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Weekly Courier-Journal, 1872-11-06

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fJfew York Herald Arrsneei T srtsrj : OsxmoxjL Ans Oct tl 1871 Mearrs Dorsay and Hodajee ths eommla eommla-sioaers - sioaers eommla-sioaers appointed to innstlgste ths facta eoanceted with the lata troubles at this place stopped abort at Memphis nnd- than ob obtained - tained obtained the written statements- of Jndge Moore-of tbe Probate Court of tola f Missis Mississippi) - sippi) Mississippi) county T D Lanier bow of Mem Mem-pals - pals Mem-pals but formerly of thie place Mr Xdring Xdring-onof - onof Xdring-onof Memphis brother of the assessor' of thla county and perhaps oaa or two others Hodgn thaa ratnrned periups to Little Bock and on the morning of ths 19th Dortey went to Marion the county seat of Crittenden eoonty on the Little Rock railroad to which place wen transferred two boxes of srms which had been forwarded from LiiUe Bock to Hopeflfld opoostta Memphis Two Deputy United States Masshsls - Blehards fwmUttls Bock snd Hart of this place wen with the commissioners at Mem Memphis - phis Memphis Tbs eoenorisaaooera had been furnished with United States warrants for tha arreet of ruch persons aa on examination of tbe facta they should think fit to have arrested tha ntmn being left blink hi the warrants Tha commies! oceri turned over these warrants to tha deputy marshals with instructions to corns nen snd further investigate the matter and to flU in the nanus snd nuke arrests Bleb Bleb-ante - ante Bleb-ante came up oa tba 19th and Hart on tho SOtb and arrived here hut night at eleven by the ctmmer Grand Tower Judge Moore Captain D Mat there a merchant snd planter of this plrce wUh aeverai otbsr temporary refugees returned on tbe unubost Hut and Richards sn busy investigating nutters in an lu form si manner of tbe facte and results of which I will gin you Information in due time i hare aacertalnel the subeianoe of the ITATBIIBBTfl laASB XSrOBB TBI COMaUSSIOS COMaUSSIOS-BBS - BBS COMaUSSIOS-BBS in Memphis and bars sifted tbe reports snd rumors that are and hare been current sud wlU give you the results condensed from the most reliable tourcM of information -By the tost reglatretion of this county nude two years sgo It appears that then was a majority of white voters over eolored of sbout one hundred aud fifty and the Damocrabe majority was nearly tbs same Those beat informed assure ma that on a full registration now it would bs found that lbs voting popu population - lation population of the county would number sbout ons thousand of which the eolored and white Badlcals would constitute nearly or qnltoone- halX yrrxrATXica a native of Kentucky and ex-captain of the Seventh Kentucky Psderal savafry who had been but three years re aidant ia Arkansas and daring that time had held the offices of Prosecuting Attorney snd Circuit Judge came to this place early in August hut opened a law outer snd ss he admits sst to work to revotntlonlxa this eoantry so ss to secure s Bepublleaa majority He became a candi candidate - date candidate for mateBenator for Ota district was appointed president of tbe Board of Beg Beg-totraUon - totraUon Beg-totraUon snd fat ttta kapsclty ta said to

pattens ons over ths other The Huillls Anaeouda or watei-boa bean only a faw round apota Both an found of tbe water the Hmllla living almost entirely in It both grow to a very large sixe aad both sn danger dangerous - - ous - dangerous - st least to children and small animals That then wen Hullliaa about ths place possibly within fifty yards of the bones then wss no doubt One of our party bad seen with his own eyas one twenty ssven feet long killed with a whole kid lnelde of it only a few nulea off Tbs brown policeman cross crossing - ing crossing an arm of Ouapspo only s month or twa befon had been frightened by meeting one In the ford whleh ibis excited imagination magnified ao much that Ite bead waa oa ons bank while as tail wn on the other - s meas measurement - urement measurement which must 1 think bs divided at least by three But in tbe very snot when we stood some tour yeds tinea happened what might hare been a painful tragedy Four young todies whose name he men mentioned - tioned mentioned to me preferred not wisely a bathe in the still lagoon to ooe in the surf side and ss they dtaported themselves one of them felt herself seised from behind Fancying thst one of her slstert was playing tricks abs called out to her to let hur alone and look looking - ing looking up nw to her attonlsbment her three stolen silling on tbs bank and benelf alone She looked beck and ehriekrd for help and only Just in time for tbe Hulllle had her The other three slrta lo their honor dashed In to hrr assistance The brute had not got hold of herllltlu body but her batbiiij(-dreaa and held on stupidly Tbe girls pulled tha bathing dren which waa luckilv of luln cot cot-tun - tun cot-tun waa torn olP the Uuillla slid back again with It in his mouth into tba dark labyrinth ot the munprove nulla and the airi waa aavec Two Minnies' delay and hia oils would have been round her nnd all would have been over - Kinsley's Weal Indies

The Sinndards Taken by Jfapoleoa I The French newspaper Unlrura has re remarked - marked remarked I but as tbe irupnunof the ware of KaiHileon I are not to ba aeen at tha In In-validee - validee In-validee lliey have probably been featured to the Germane In nply to tills tba Paris eor eor-respondent - respondent eor-respondent of tbe ludfiiidenco BVlge writes Uiat un the night of the 8Uth ol Mareb 1814 Ibe itH or 10110 banners which then hung nndiT tha dome of the Inralidos wen taken down sud formed into a pile In the court courtyard - yard courtyard The banners with I heir lances sur surmounted - mounted surmounted by Busaton Prussian a&d Austriaa raKlea wen aet on fire and upon them wen thrown other trophies eurh as the aword and regal bMigiila ot Frederick tbe Great The anlm of ibis pile wen soon swept up and thrown Into the Seine Kext day wnen af after - ter after the entry of the allies a Russian oiUcer came to tee the banners Gen Darmiud showed him tbs place when they had been and told blm they bad been burned on the previous bight Steamboat Captaias aad Owners Br Louie Oct 88 - A meeting of steam steamboat - boat steamboat capt sins and owners was held this after afternoon - noon afternoon st which it wee resolved to reorganize tbs BtesmboM Captains' Bunevulant Associa Association - tion Association and a committee waa appointee to n n-vtoe - vtoe n-vtoe tbe constitution and report at s subse subsequent - quent subsequent meeting It wss also resolved to sand a delegation to tbs Steamboat Owners' and Caplsius' Convention to be held at Cairo November la at which the general Interests of ownen and captains will bs discussed end esprclsUy will then be sn effort nude to Lsrmuutxe the in ten sis of railroad and rirsu'boBl lluea running on pa alUi routes sud sgrss upon s ms of freight which will be remune relive to both

Who 8 tola My Hog ILexinttea (Ky ) Press I ' At s prayer meeting and feuat among aomo of uur colored breihrrn s few ululita since Brother lm wsa called on to pray Ddring his eflbrtbe esked the Lord to tell blm wbo stole bit bog Bhleh be often reputed One old brother at whose house tbe meeUng was being conducted shouted at the top ot hia voice "Mrwhi-r duat pray about the hog but abont the Lord" During the course uf the evening tbe loot hog was found under tbs bed of the brother who desired the preydra f'flered to the Lord cooked and ready for tha feast Of" Tbe Mew York Tribune nys: "It seems thst the example of the colored men of the South In organlxioR secret political BOeUties has not (Men lost on their whits comrades of the North The colored men wen Ignonntly dnwn into secret leagues in order to imtiate the lectin ot the old Kn Kn-klux - klux Kn-klux In Mew York then an some thirty dsrk-lan tern organisations aaeurdlng to a cor cor-nspmident - nspmident cor-nspmident of tbs Tribune and them todgn an awora to vote against the Liberal candi candidate - date candidate and against furehmers Tbs improve improvement - ment improvement on lbs old Kw-Malhing plan conaltU In the distribution of small bri bee which like the small stakes of s gambling game "make tha thing lntereal lntereal-iuf(" - iuf(" lntereal-iuf(" to - iniUatea Thla secret oath oath-bound - bound oath-bound scion of sTjtow-MotbiiisJam la the natural weapon of a ratty which supports sn sneient "Bfahnjln'' for Vies Frraidsnt It is lbs baleful expreaslou of that spirit of prescript iou winch suunstes tha entire Ad Ad-Biutatniloa - Biutatniloa Ad-Biutatniloa party lb this tyranny of QnunV itm to know ao such a tiung sea halt?

Barely the people believe this If they are to sustain the men wbo make then declaration ssd those that sustain them Twenty-two prominent delinquents In the Revenue Dc Dc-psrtment - psrtment Dc-psrtment thlrly-ulne poet-oUce culprits and thirty others marked thieves in other depart depart-mcnta - mcnta depart-mcnta of the Govern men t two mlllione sod a half of the people's money stolen Shall such nan aa Morton In Indiana Cameron in fenn fenn-sylvanto - sylvanto fenn-sylvanto Atarpenter In Wiacoosln and Conk Conk-ling - ling Conk-ling in Mew York be continued and supported in the countir? "Xo"J 1'he moat ardent supporters of the Be publican party only aar that they must bs sustained because they sustain General - Grant - ap applause - - plause - applause - thst these must be supported becaun they support ' sud sustained tbe present Admtnistratlon and because the cotmuuance of the Presldunt In olhceandtbs carrying ont of tha prcaeut policy of the Ad Ad-ulutouatioa - ulutouatioa Ad-ulutouatioa to essential to the presmvatlon of tbe republic What else but absolute faith in aneh assertions ss these could induce men of Interest men of honor and men of intmrrity to sustain and support this nuts Administration with part at least of its policy? The tree la known by ite fruit end what frpita naa thla Administration borne aud what does it bear to-day? A man ears the old proverb to known by tbs company be keeps And what company don our honor honorable - able honorable President keep? I come from Peon Peon-vlvsnis - vlvsnis Peon-vlvsnis and I am aorrv for it lust nor -

the great invention would prove of interest to the lady readers of the Chronlule "Oh dearl ao you are a reporter? Well 1 declare 1 dont know whether I ought to show you ny patent bust or not You newspaper men - and especially tha Chronicle men - are so saner and tnsn you sn so cruelly aarcta aarcta-tlo - tlo aarcta-tlo sometimes that really I am afraid of tbs Chronicle though I would not do without It for tbs world Mow I know yon came up hen to make fun of this bust of mine: dldnt your' Reporter - No madam I assure you I eameto write sometblng In the cause of science and improvement Modiste - WeU then I suppose I mutt iluiw it to you So walk right in Uf ths mob's dm The reporter turned as nd as a beet as he enU'ied a room when several comely girl! wen busy cutting and sewing something He took a Best nearly nasaing tna chair and re re-uiaiued - uiaiued re-uiaiued very ill at ran while the inren tress retired into another room to get the wonder wonderful - ful wonderful bust Tbs girls cast mischievous aiancea st him that mads him I eel like a est in a strange garret Presently tha inven tress re returned - turned returned bearing in her hands a Un thing that naembud John McCullough'a breutpUte when be don "Richard IIL" She placed it In the reporter's lap which started the girls to giggling: again and made him fed like two strange eats In s garret Modlatea-Tou see this is just like the body of a tody It is nude of tin and we make them to any slse

gling years but now that their amirtoge must neeumsrily be into hebjlass poverty on both sides She would not suow herself to become a sheer burden to one whom ahe loved Very poor himself m the lew student certainly waa and mad u it would have been for him to marry under such etrenmstanrea ha pro protested - tested protested vehemently against toe wieer Judgment and leaser selllihneas of bis betrathsd and mads eloquent un of every argument that youtnfui romance and excited feel feeling - ing feeling could inspire at such a time But the girl wss firm She' Instated thst no engeeement should exist between tbem until time had brought brighter for fortunes - tunes fortunes to one or both and ths young nun wss compelled to jkld As they were unable to help each other ss they wen then situated tbs disengaged lover presently thought n his duty to accept an opportunity of pru&aslonal sdvanrement offered bim In Philadelphia and aecoraiugly came eastward sflcr a part parting - ing parting Uke thu of death They were to corre correspond - spond correspond with each other ss the dearest of fiienda sud by this means while tbe lawyer ass slowly making a place for himself in his distant field of eflbrt hs was able to hsn thst the true-bearwd girl in the Wnt Wnt-ern - ern Wnt-ern village wn esnlug a livelihood for her mother and self oy music-teach-' lug A hops wn maintained for aome time by the uoor widow and her "--- - that

vances on ine otn ot novemocr n soya "Friend with the countefshru" History will say "Ad ranee friend with- the euunter euunter-sign" - sign" euunter-sign" America then advanen and responds "Liberty for all and justice for every mau'' Grtat appiann History then drops her pen writes In characters oi everlssting light nnd p lory acd mskts answer " t he toawar toawar-sign - sign toawar-sign ia correct pan on" and Bounding on through iba agea and centuries echoing and re-echoing goes the cry "Pan ou" Pan on then O gnudut ana beet of nations nan on America to tbs throne and empire of the world Great cheers and applause Gath cm Fancy Extract from O AT'a Lector te Ckleeco Tri Tri-- - - Tri-- bane Mr John W Tornay has played tbs part In thu campaign of a weak spirit "letting I dsn nut wait upon I would like tha poor est n the adage" Hto course of action ahould have been decided at the time Mr Sumner broke wuh the Cameron-Grant party when Torney cried "Halt!" And even his weak order then bad the tone of command in it aud mads tor en instant panic ia the ranks He might ban cried 'About baal Marchl" at that timer and kept his party re respectable - spectable respectable or he might hsn plunged boldly In created a great paper and a Stats spirit and rendered Grant's nomination im im-noaslbla - noaslbla im-noaslbla Thev rennrehaaad hia idiant aad

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