Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1875 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY. APRIL 22 1875

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HJS FARMER DREAMER. BT JAMWW. RILEY. ThellW.h and Heme, or April 10, publishes Ue following poetical conceit by vouck ciiizen of Greenfield, Indiana, who has repeatedly contributed, by Lis literary and iramatie genius, to tho entertainmentat Robert Park and other churches in It is. citvtiurlcg the rast twelve months: PART I. yie was adreamfrof thedays: IcdolT.t a ly trz In mid umteer that . luly ; l.y.

Voder the hillside where he neeied kucaln a tt.-.wer- a teornful eye And ri "a In the har K tit Id, Wmioenm:. AnJ luraor said. Tappln wi h finger a shaking bead--i ioi auch a curious kind o' May ; Wouldn't surprise rn much, 1 say! Itn prone h upturned gaze. Idly dreaming away Uia daya. SSirtTm ndJr b U arm he look . To rcad aloud t a lonesome brook ; Ina !ch ol-bov. truant, once had heard a tränte voice chanting, faint and dimFollowed the echoes and round it bliu parched tn a tree top. lifce b:iJ, rMiHeVan from the highest limb; nd fri-rrally aw. d. tbey all Mipoe.1 by To Sonder in whisper 11 he comd ay. alone:1 nt lather sa'.d VbVu in village teacher came to say, -lie took no pari In bis books to-da Onlythe leMu the- wader readies mind eroa adly goiLg . VTih S .Jone!" came the mournful tone. And "be Ir.Uier " rlef In bl ad eye rhone lHillnc hU liWe in his tre.i.bl.u hamlI "mW I could understand! ltntM will it 1 accept. UneowDlalnlng." so be wept. Then wont - the Dreamer' as be wicJ. vl .Controlled as alight sal fitted Klnta-ra about Ith an mpty boat liedf o itaraatemiiga aud afloat; linfTed outof the busy quay TdallMhool-moortniss listlessly; Urtfied oil on ti.e alKinn breeze. alone with bis revcrlea; Prifusl on s his fancier wrotigutOuton tho xul6tty gulfs oi thought. PAKT II. The farmer come i n t he eve" imr gray Vnd took the bars or the pasture aowu. alied to the cows In a coaxing way, iE" and, badj"-whiteanii brown; While fbey reused with a wide-eyed hture. As tho' surpri-ed at bis coming there. Äu fnotSr tone, la a higher key, BroinV tUlr ob.yanca loathf ully ; 00-e-u- hs 1m xlowly turned and urun Thetopmo-t bar toil proper leit. Komethlu fluttered along and flung Ärnenlshiverins at his breust- . V wind-soar d fragment of legal cap. Which darted a? in, as he struck hU baud Upon his breast with a sudden slap. And hurried sailing across the and. Kut It clanÄ be bad cantiht the glance it a little penciled ccunteimnre, And a Klau'"rot wnnn worus; anä bene. A moment later, over the fence. Hare and there gone astray Over the blhs and far away. He rhasad it Into a thicket of tree And took It away from the captious hretr.e. serap-of paper, with a rhyme, Written there of summer time; A pencil sketch of a dairy maid If ndef a arm-house porch a shade. Working merrily ; and was blent Into her feat tires sucn awet content. That a fcouK she win In the lines below Made it most ucu.i y apropos: HON3. Why do 1 ilng-Tra-la-la-la-la iladaaaklDgi-Tra-la-U-la-la. Well, alnoe oa a&k, 1 had euch a pleasant Uwk 1 can not help but sing! Wby dol amile Tra-la-la la-la vfnrk unnthUis nlav. bo I'm t.layinj' all the 1 can not help. but smile! So.If voa please-Tra-la-Ia-la la i i .. - ..v:,I.UwÄTr!i !a-la-la-la! You've ontr Eet to tarn, and, you ee, it's bonnd to rliorn It earnoi help but please!' Tt farmer nondered and scratched lila bead; Readin again each mystic word. Soma of the Preaner's work I ' he said Ab, here's m -rel" The pood mac read, Tanent applied for J u'y third. 1 iKighteen hundred and seventy-four!" Tho fragment Ml lr3m his nervous grasp. Ills awed lips thrilled with the joyous gawp : I aee tbe p'lut t ) the whole concernlie's made a patent on a churn !" NEWS AND GOSSIP. It Is easy enough to start a dally paper. Keeping it Roing ii what exercises tbe inventive genius. It is feared that there will bo an unusually large crop ol Fourth of July orators this sea son. They are ouaaiug ueauuiuuj . A "Lsaven worth man who has been lecturing oo tbf? descent ol women. n lie probably shows now she comes down on a man. The pope, we are told by a French paper, has been offered a magnificent palace id Brooklyn. Keep away, old man, keep away. Rochester Democrat. The inhabitiats of the Nicobarlslands, in tbe Biy of Bengal, are the only persons who bad front seats at the total eclipse ot tbe sun, which took placs on the 6th inst. There is talk of a complimentary dinner to Senator Behurz at New York, the las week in April, just belore he goen to üermanv with his family for the suminer. The Hon. Tbomas II. Nelson, of Indiana, and ex-minibtir to Mexico, has taken np bis residence t tbe Fifih Avenue Hotel says the New York Der aid. Where's the widow? Pinchback forced Oimeron and Morton to take hash with bim. Pinch saidi "It was all damn foolUaness; tney bad to come to it sooner or later,'' and had better be Initiated by their peer. Aman dieiata reviral meeting, and a Chicago reporter saya, "his lamp of life was burned out. the golden bowl was broken, the silver chord looted, and the spirit had flown t i'a diver" Ue meant to convey the impression tbat the man was dead. The obitaarj editor of tha Chicago Tribune must have been off on an editorial ex CUrs'lOa coraswhere, else waiting for the foreign exch-tnges. He just got in his Obituaries J. Jarua and Jjhu Martin, on Thursday, April Hit b. " Mr. Lord bu Bsrved the people of Monroe county as no senator ever served them before." Rochester Union and Advertiser. And the ppla ot Monroe county xniv well hope and praytbf.tha will never be permitted to aervetbem so any mora. But if they do it isthtir own fault, and they deserve such service as he has been rendering them in ths past. Bafkins was down In Chlctzo the other day when he received a Utter from Lis young wife, aaylng to him that "on this lovely spring morning a bird Is singing in my heart," and old Blif. just looked wild a minute and tueu took a freight tr-iu for home, m.uiering ti himself, 4,Dd rat, il them alt t the same things tbat Elizabeth writ to Beecher, and no bird shall stay in tny old woman's buzzim, nor shall any other man." Spinner undoubtedly bad more "pots" than any oth?r government official. The ladUs were bis especial favorites, and many and many a diy has tbe old brau passed in happy rccreiti n with tbe favorite ::U in Uncio N.ui tmploy, on tt.e shorts of the upper P. t uii?. I think the charming l'.t:le widow win drew her ulca 1 1 le one bundred a month icr pu ting a blotter over the old bu:n's rsne-vn U'ist tr will never lock us b'.:-it and lasciuatlDg again. Eochei-ter KxpreM. Herace Maynard Is a good man for tbe Ccutaatlnopla mission, ile'll bo a afa

man to have arounUithe cartiu. -ghostly lu feature nu awkward In figure that there la little likelihood ol tbe fwüs e

femalo gettinr f Iruek wjtn mm. i" -danger, while ho wears'bis blr lnt:es?.Ps test trail down bi neck jl round bis sbouUer net unlike tbe wild and wierd grape vine on a Jack cak that has beeu d,3- " . . , i ..vi ctirf irA lit. couras:-d ineariy gTotu " v, tempi, at "girdhnr." The preeont rags lor spelling schools Te,freUan annr-lote ot Gen. Scott. He had drairn nii the roush draft- of a:i order, In J .w , va ivArrt "nion" occurred. Tb general lrispriea one ? "L clerk, on discovering it. timiaiy 1. a,..hrttr r. StlPilCli VU'i "l"-1 . min inn mil rim it. v tu uicuicu ant General Scott, commanding the armies of tbe United States, sir." thundered the old i rv.a ,.:rit nt least, thought the authority suiScient. Boston Globe. There was a cm cn company ai wacoa and Mr. Ed. Strochecker, of the!o?al chivalry, introduced himself in demi-toilette Into tho room of one ol the women. ji.u. f.0r-i.-,n nnrrnrinfr und others were In tbe tA I ' . - ? . ... room, ami aier ms inenu .a...,i nnantH hi vi s. Strochecker reached for his revolver. rext day he mn Id ree bcfflclrntly well to put a bullet a wits u v vj-v-tw--i -' int, inn j ff 3 rA ann ri Lnrji uu;uu wnii ... . . .it.. iittA hid a trvi IUI" üa -v- , to aam re AUU Ulirj xjaavay - - - most the airy performer or the true oouiaern centictnan. Old Iliifkln'a younpr wife happened to meet the old gent on a back street a lew days ago, Just in time to tee a pretty w oman throw a kiss at him from a hair open uoor, oa tho noil-ired him and demanded an orrLaimn f, excla'unpd: Were it not lor the other nearts tens uu tuo, bl t.n von all. Do not leproach me lor what I have dene, lest 1 smite thee with a blaz'.ntr sword." Ana fdp wecv ouiue in a i-irnw ri a'ndv. trustinsrlv believintr in v. mil ftliri rlnwn town and et 'em up for all the boys he could find. llllwau kee News. Ex-Governor, ex-Postmaster and cx-Ed itor Sam Bard called upon Postmaster-General Jewell vesterdav and asked why he was relieve from duty. Alter having been in formed that he was "too unanimon9," talked isw ninnh vmta t nn inncrt and aloahed aronud generally too much lor tbe good of fh cervix. &.im went n n to seetna old man,"' as he familiarly terms the president. It 1 aaid that when he came out of the WhitA HoiiPft ho stormed at the Western Union headquarters, on Fifteenth street, and telegraphed to Atlanta to "bust up" that Tfiiru-ierm tiuotnas meets iu mo na.ikroomcf the postofüce, ae'd the old man's DlHure at auction, and send on tho money to bim. WHEELEK'S VORK. COM PLKTE SUCCESS OF IHK I.OVISIAN.V ADJCSTMENT itETIREilENT OP REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OP TUE LEGISLATURE AN ANI MATED CANVASS VOR THE SPEAKKRSH1P PINCnUACK's WAf. OX PACKARD AND KEL Tho New Orleans special ot the St. Louis republican telegraphs yesterday morning's issue of that paper concerning the euccess ol the Wheeler compromise of Louisiana af fairs: The nuestion of speakership la tne ai absorbing topic among the conservatives tonicht. the race b?ine narrowed down to Wiltz and Estilette, or the city vs. tbe hold f n-niht at the St. Charles Hotel, from which the Estilette men bolted, leavitig it present, auu lter a heated diacusfoii a vote was reached, resulting: in 37 for Wiltz, 1 fjr Hall and 4 O'ank. ristiietie men sccurcu luepieugooi . ...a . " 12 members to stick to mm, ana naa asur nces from Kelloiri and Packard tbat toe republicans will vct3 lor him 6olidly. There is soma doubt ot this, however. Wil:z claiming tbat be has twelve republicans who will vote for him, and a ytt Speaker Hahn has net made up his mind as his choice ol a successor, notwithstanding Wheeler, Packard and KelloR endeavored for some time to get him to esp-mse Estilette's cause. The republicans ardwell iware that they can not elect one of their own members, for if such a nomln - tlon were made conservatives would vote solidly for Wiltz. and for that reason would coalesce with tbe most liberal conservative tbey can lit. Pinchback is workinsr amonss the aegro members for Wiltz, and claims that he will defeat Kellogg and Packard, and It need bs tbe entire republican administration. By their action in voting almost solidly to-day for the joint resolution recognizing THE LEGALITY OF TUB ELECTION IN 1872, and declaring that tbe Kellogg government is legal, the democrats have conceded even more than was expected of them, and as a matter of course bolted wbeu tbe radicals Utetnpted to defeat a motion to adj uirn, -bey knowing full well that It would call forth a party vote on tbe reorganization question, and, although a majority ot tbe jnnserva'.ivis voted lor adjournment with i . m . t six repnnncsn memoers inaicaimg a idj rty lor Wiltz, the feeling is to favor of Estilette, an original compromiser, and be unioubtodl? will be elect ed, a insjoritv of boi h democrats and republicans having expressed tnemselvea la his tavor. Three or lourot the unseated radicals made appropriate speeches upon KOir.g out, showing that they had been well drilled in the manual of adjustment, and the subsequent sppointment by Kellogg of these martyrs will not Rur prise anyone here. Packard and Kellogg sre elated over their success. Congressman Wheeler, feeling satifled with his lab rs, left for home on tbe evening train. Really he hss accomplished more in the rtstoratiou if harmony than could have teen don by he politic ians in j ear", and to bim tO-da Louisiana owes a dett of gratitude lor his tffjrts in bobalf or ies-H, A YVlNsojj: WIDOW. FUNERAL BAKED MRA f TROMISKD FOR THE THIRD WKDOINO FK AST BY THE SKOXD Hi;BAND, WHu WAJS ISKITHKR DEAD NOR SLSKTINO. This rattllne romance is reported in the Chicsgo Times by tlegraph from Fort Madison, Iowa: Some IS months ago, a l unlly by the name cf Oaks livad hsppily t gether In Green Bay, a lew miles above this city. Daring tbe first of the wintarof 1873-4. they bad a boarder, John Gardner, who was 'rested as one of the laixiuy. lit due time the head ot the family took It Into his head o shake off tbis mortal eoil. Tbe blooming widow then collected her funds together, and moved to this city, and in a few day was married to Gardner, scarcely one month having pa-sed since tbe d"-trea-e of Oaks. River navigation opened, and the newly wedded p-ir moved to Ls Crosse. In about a month Mrs. Gardner came bick alone, with tbe stcry tbat her liege lord bad deserted her, taking all tbe ready caBti. and bad died, and t ha -she was agsln a widow. Another man bgn to pa nor attention, and tbey were soon engaged, with the day net for tbe wed. ling. Iu Gaidner in tbe Üesh epseared last week, and desired to continue taeir fvirmsr relations, but she was not in favor of reciiP t ruction. At this be became wra'bv, and deularod tbat if the;,' tH married, be wcul 1 shoot both of Iben. Tben follower; an f xiriticg t-cn!, wh'ch ooded in btroli g to a jasticH and swearing her lifo against him. In the meantime, he departe-l lor putunknown, and ti e gushing nrss wilow and bor intended have tone loBuil.ngton to permanently reside.

AFTEK THE STOIIM.

After tbe atorm, a calm; ir..r 1 1. a It nlse. a balm : Fort, lit brt lessjnod, In the Lord's own time, Ana lliemsn nccuiun tue paiai After the drought, the dew; After tte do'Jd. th tltiet "or the sky will ml!, in the sun's srood time, And the eartn gro' giaa ana new. r.loom is th he r of bilzht. Uiwu istbe child of niqbf. And the rollincliaDgnof ib buv world Lids tho wronu led back ihe ritjni. L'nder the fotiut of 111 Many a cup totli rill. And Ihe pu'.ieat lin thouzh it drinketU olt. Finds only the bitter still. Truth seemed oft to sleep, lUovsincs alow to rean. Till tbe hours oi waiting are wearv to bear. And the courage Is hard to keep: Nevertheless, I know Out of thedark must grow Sooner or later, whatever la fair. since tbe heavens liave willed II so. AN AllKAXSAW TRAYELEli. HIS OBSERVATIONS THERE. Till' PEOPLE PROSPEP.OUS AND PEACEFUL. ARKANSAS TODAY AORICTJr.TURAI. TNTRHrsra and pr.osrEt.Ts of the state the NEO-O AS A LABORER COTTON PLANTING AND CORN RAISIN' ON THIS ROTTOMS NOTES T NORDHOFF. Nordboff, of the New York Herald, concludes his correspondence concerning the state of Arkansas as follows: Tha reeonstructors of Arkansas have boen too busy issuing bnnds and scrip and manipulating law sicca 1533 to pay attention to Industrial siatist:!s:lcs. Hence I could get but scant and uncertain answers to many questions affecting the rf al interests of the state. A leading plilician conld tell me readily enough how many black voters there are, and why these are more numercos in proportion to population than white voters, which is because formerly mainly adult negroes were brought in as slaves, and since tbe war the small colored immigration has consisted largely of colored meu. seeking political and other adventures. Bat when I asked tbe same man the more important question, how many colored real estate owners the stats has, he had not the least Idea. I believe Governor Garland means to draw information of this kind from the " sheriff of the counties, who are also o!ton tax collectors. Arkansa", as viewed from a railroad car, is not a charming country to a Northern's eye. It contains a good deal of thin and worthless land, and where yon meet with civilization t ie farms have a ragged and uncombed look, the farm buildings are usually of a poor character, and very high fences show that rtockis allowed to run wild. Fields are oftonest full of rtumps, and in the cotton region "deadenings," or fields with girdled and decaying trees standing upon them, give the landscape a melancholy aspect. IJut, alter all, it is usefnl for a Northern man to remember tbat dead trees and stumps are more economical than acleanor culture where labor is scarce, alnd that THE ABKANSAS FARMER docs not need as eolid a house as bis countryman in New York or Massachusetts. Though tbe farms, and plantations of the state h3ve too often an unprosperous look, the census tables of 1S70 disclose the singular fact that the value of the agricultural product of tbat year in the ttate equaled the asesad v&lue of all the farms and plan tations, which, if it is a correct statement, would mke Arkansas one of th richest ol our agricultural Mates. The tate is divided hy natural configuration into two sections, the south and east producing mainly corn and cotton; the north and northwest, which is mountainous, yielding wheat and other grains In the Utter part there are but few colored fopl. and hera, dnring tbe war, were found Union men, who fougbt for tbe old flag, either as volunteers or guerillas. The richtsi and moht productive lands of t he state are, ot course, tbe river bottoms, and here are found the most colored people. Ths Arkansas negroprefers, it seein, to raie corn and cotton; he sutlers less from malaria ban the white, and he likes tbe bottom lands. Of the 40,000 negro voters in the i-tUe it is believed tbat at least one In 20 owns either a farm or a house and lot in a town. This would give but 2,000 such indeDendent landholders a small number, bat .yet a beginning, showing tbftt even amid tbe Intense and Incessant political tarmoll of the last seven years a part ot the colored men have been perslstsntlv industrious and economical. In tbat pirt ot fie cotton country which I saw I heard of a number of negroes who had taught farms, and not uncommonly a manager or planter would say, 'There's Jim; he's (10INO TO BUY LAND IEXT TEAR If this crop turns out well." In one negro cabin the woman told me her husband lost f GOO in the Freed man's Bank, and seemed delighted wbeu the plauter told her she would probably gt back a small sum. I was shown a black man who bought a frm of eigbty acres last year all cleared cotton land for f 1.000, paying f700 down. Oa the remainder he was to pay ten por cent. Int-r est, and tbo planter who sold it to him told me he would make It all safely out of the farm. This fellow haa gonuiue energy, fr b employed other, negroes to cultlvBte his own farm," and binosell worked 50 acres of rented land. "He gets more out of his people than I could," said the planter to me; "he'll hire soms women and Rt a man's work out of every one o' them." The u-tual manner of workiog tb Cotton lands is to let them either on share or for a fixed price per acre. omo planterhave their laborers by ihe month or year, but it la'not thought a profit sble plan, and. I believe, t is Lot so well liked by the nearoea. Tha rich be t'om lands are worth from s50 to $,"0 peracre, ao"ord njf to loja'ion and ondi'i m. Where land is let for a share of tbe crop tbe renter usually pavB the nwnir from eihtvto ninety pounds cf clean co ton per acre. II he has good luck he can raise 400 pounds to tbe acre, and he tlrus to gft also corn euougrj for himself and his stocks. In such cae the owner gins ail tbe coiton, and be supplies, besides tbe land, oncing, firewood, a hou-e, wblcb, even it very good, will not co;t more than $251, end often is a mere log cabin, and range for stock. Tne renter must have his OWN TEAMS AND TOOLS, and must pey for extra labor for picking for him, if he needs It. For twelve acres he ought to have a mal?, plow, hoes and seed : and be may get eiirht bales of cotton, ol which two would go for rent, and ths net rein dnder would be worth JliOO, beside tbo value of his corn. Tho planter or landowner usually expects to make bis people advances of f.od and clutbirg; und it is evident, from what 1 have seen and bo trd, tb&t the groater tttiDibsr ot the people are careless and do not lay up mnfy. That tbev can, however, is shown by many instances. Wfcere a planter hires "laborers colored men receive from $!5 t. $13 a month and board, or 1 a day if they lned themselves. Women, employed In hoeing rotten, receive as much as men. It they do a full dsj's woik. I could not learn that any difference lu wages

Is made by reason ot color; but negro laborers are thought to te more pcacesbie and more easily provided lor than whites. Gen. Churchill, now state treasurer, told me thfctHomeot his formt. r slaves were still on his plantation as renters. .Several manabd 40 or 50 acres each. He found no dil5culty in collecting his dues from thorn, anil liked them as renters. But bo remarked to me that th young colored people do net farm so well as their lather?, and mora ol tbem seek pome ether. employment. Tho Isvorite method, I think, is to renr cntton land for a fixed price per acre, usually Irom $' to f 10, tha owner ginning the coüoa in th9 latter c&se. The negroes usually use tbe labor ol their womeu and children in tbe fielder, and a man takes more or less iaod according to the number of his family If a renter takes fifty acres at fS, his account loan avereg9 year would stand sornewhst thus: THIRTY ACRES IN COTTON would gin 25 bales, worth f 1,300. Of this he would pay out 100 rent, and probibly 150 forextra labor in picking, etc., and would have left f730 cash and 20 acres ol corn as food for his lamily and ttock. Such results not only satisfy the negro, but they even tempt white insn to corao iroru the lcs lertilo uplands, and on some plantation there are Swiss and Germans, who, as a rulo, become prosperous, I am told. The planter keeps on the placa a store e.t which renters may buy tbelr supplies and where they get a moderate credit." He also Keeps a gin and a giist mil!, lor tbe use ot which be makes the regular charge; and he takes care to gtt his year's rent out of tbe first of tt,e crop; in practice, furthermore, tho planter finds it necessary to ride daily ihrouirii the fields to ses that tha renters are at worl: and to aid them with his advice. During the winter he hires them to chop wood f;r his own use, and to split rails and keep up tte f.'ncs. All the plantations have a quantity of unue3 woodland, in which stock roams at larr, and this Is free to tne rectgrs. It li a wasteful and wretched W3y to keep stock, an I one result of it you can see in the ateers which are used to draw wood Ißto Little Rock, some of which are not muc bicker that a EODd s'zed Newfoundland dog. It makes trouble t.K about hogs. The boj is in Arkansas what tbe umbrella is in Now York the prey of the first man who needs it. Pork ia called "meat," and when vour planter friend explains to you that he has to bay all his meat, he will add that THE NEGROES WILL STEAL nOU., you can't keep a hog on the place. The cabins of the renters, white as well as Hack, are usually pretty cheerless aCTiirs, and there are few signs ot a desire for taste.f al or even orderly surroundings. But iu this respect the platter's own horns surroundings ara usually but little in advacca cf his tenants. Here and there you find a ror.a wno keeps a kitchen gardsu, but mist of tbo people have chickens; a forehandel nesro will own some cows, and they all buy coffee, sugar molasses and wheaten flour, which iist the preler to corn meal. A plantation store'which I examined was pretty thoroughly supplied not only with dry goods and grocri tis bu' with furniture, saddles, cooking oves acd all kinds of kitchen and stable ware, rfifce plainer sort, oi course. A placard ant-ounced "Scotch snuff," and to my inquiry tbs storekeeper told me that many of t ie women, white as well as black, use it in the way called "dipping." I was sorry to discover that at some ot tbe plantation stores whi?ky Is sold to tbe reutars. On cue

or the plantations I was told thss negro renters are preferred because they are easier to get on wit b, and less apt to gram ble and find fault than native whites; and I jude, Irom all I hwrd, that the negroes are quite as economical and as apt to buy land out of their savings as the poorer ciass ol whites who become renters. Cotton picking, w icb, it used to bo said, could never be satisfactorily done with tree labor, because it requires tbe conceutratlon of so much labor .at a ceitain time, is, it toem, baiter done now than ever und-ir tbe slave system. In the picking season, women aud children GATHER UPON THE PLANTATIONS Irom towus and villages, and from all tbe surrounding uplands; and as they are well paid, and by the hundred weight, the work ia quickly and wtll done. "During slave times wo never got through picking so early, or saved the whole crop in such gooJ order as now," said a planter tome; "sometimes the cotton was not all gathered before March, and now the fields are usually stripped clean beiore frost comes." Every neigoborhood has a church and school for tbe colored people, aud usually, also, a school Icr the white children. On Sunday the women o to church in bright dresses, and this is a reat occaaion. Tbe colored preachers are u-ually renters, and I Imagine tbey have some political influence among their people. Political met tings are held in the churches. To concln 1e. Wherever I met colored people they seemed comfortable and tt eas, and I neither eaw cor heard tue least evidenco tbat they are regarded by the whites otherwise than as an integral and. important pait of the population. They appear to ms to have witdbtood very creditably the demoralizing influences of political iahkniing barbecues and excitement Incident to the earlier years of reconstruction. On the pljetitions white and colored renters seeui t hold like relations to the owners of ihe laud. Cotton land i still so abundant that there is no ditliculty in buying it in such quantities as laboring men, white or black, want. In Li'ttlo Rock negro policeman are seen as frequently as white, aud iu the state house and elsewhere in government cflices I saw tbem employed. Arkansas is at peace. IHK CONDITION CK rARTIKS i kes proscripiion lor opinion's sake im4 sible, for neither party can aff jrd to sacrifice adheritits. Thoro is tbe best evidence that industry h is revived all over tho atate, thattbe peopleof both parties strongly desire peace aad order, and tbt the cessation ol federal interference bns removed the only cause of disorder by throwing the politicians on thsir Own responsibility and leaving the people to control their owu local atLvr?, and to remedy abuses at the polls, whicu bifore tbey were unable to cure or remove by lawinl means, and were therefore tempted to resort to th shotgun aud revolver. "Iu my couutry," said an Arkanan to me, "the county clerk and " collector of axes were appointed by the governor. They were not cuiz-us of ths county, tut strangers; they wasted tbe taxes: issued scrip to a heavy amount acd stole tbat; gave us neither improvements nor good management, and we bad Dot appeal nor way, ac elections or in any otber method, of ridding ourselves ol them. Taxes went np to seven per c-snt. on a high valuation. What should we do? One of these scoundrels was shot and the other rin away. And then came a howl ot politic tl cstr&cism and persecution ol union men. But now we can protect ourselves at th3 polls, and we will keep the peace." The public debt of. Arkansas Is very great, aod ts manigcmett is fall of difficulties for tbe present. But the natural wealth of the state is lare, too. It is now under tbe rule ol honest men, acd tbe people, individually, owe less in propoitlon lo their property than ever belore in ihe history of tbe state. Their pro-pect therefore, are favorable, an I Afcood crop this year will, everjbody tticks, make them prosperous.

JJEFOP.E MAKTYKDOiL HV CAROLINE NORTH. From Crood Words. Out In Ihe wild ni.tht she prayed Jod ! m soul U not, n(ri:l : "vtiat is there 'twlxt the and me Hat my frail humanity? "For this splrlt-d trk as death 1e?uh nor oarkness Iniureth. tbily the grave-tapers how Where Ihy 11-ht begins to glow. "For this body rat ked and worn from thy semblance c-ushid and torn; liCt Ibeearih creep to kindred eartb, Tbat thy sp rlt may have birtii. For this har It is not mln. M'holly. infinitely Thine, l.rand of fire that hnrns an 1 glow Through tnis wast t fcndle knows. "Love is lovi; In earth or heaven Wt y fchou'd love from love be riven? xl ! lnt all the p"ople see Kow thy love can burn iu me. "lint this people will rot tnrn Ttiouzli my heart should glow aad burn, Krt ak to flume uor stay to weep. Allen still the p:ople ktcp. "Oh, ziy people ! mine by flr. Hv tnv pjln, love, grief, desire: Mine lor Ti:et to rouse au i wake, txttp me t.th büimi for their K:ke. 'so. iirpi r Uoath. be harJ for me, Kwct.tt i :a is earth than Thee; IVss me leave me f.U I briaz My D'.ofjle v.-it".i me to thir Klaz." THE FIRST DRAWN BATTLE.

Heminiocenc83 of tho Revolution. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE KVKNT. HISTORICAL DISCOURSE PREACHED AT THE UNITARIAN CHCRfir, LKXINüMN, BY THE KV. II EN HY WI S 1 CO IT, IN ANTICIPATION OK THE ONE nCNDKKTU ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST BLOODSHED ON TUE FIELD OF BATTLE IN THE INTERNST OP AMERICAN 1NDKPKSDKNCK. Monday will ba the on? hnndrcth anniversary of the bsglnning of active hottilitles between Great Britain and the American colonies, whica lol to tho declaration of Independence, and tho first attainment of that inestimable boon. Tho Boston Globe gives the following in this connection: There was a large attendance at the morning service at the Unitarian Church, Lexington, Sunday, when the Rev. Henry Westeott delivered an Interesting historical discouse, ol which a brief abstract is given below. After a pertinent in?rcdc;ior, ho said: The JeelrguMnte;; whkh turii.s the thoughts of to many hither a: the present time is not on a-coutit ol any great bettle or of any superiority ot tbe men wko ttood upon Lexington Greeu, waiting the approach of the British soldiers, but Lexington Green happened to be the place where the British troops first met Arneric ins in arms, drawn up lor the express purp;ss ol lorcibly resisting, if possible, their movement of hostility. IV.ood had been febed previous to April 9, 1775, bat ia all these cases it wes occasioned by acts ot annoyancaoa t ho prt of the British ra'hor than by actof direct hostility. But bore tbe JJntieti iroops were on their way to strike a blow at the pteparalion that whs being made bv this colony for tbe conflict which was thought to be. approaching. Here the troops 6ent over to deprive the colonies of their liberties first came in conflict wito. a part cf that army which was raised to sustain those liberties. This I whit gives, to-day, an interest in tbe name of Lexington. The territory now included in the town of Lexington, before tbe year 1713. formed a part of Cambridge, and was generady known as Cambridge Farms. In 16S2, when the number or fa:niies had reaohed about thirty, the people petitioned tbe general court to be aet off as a district parish. Oa account of tbe opposition of the people of Cambridge, this was not effected till 1691, when the place wes called North Cambridge. The meeting house was built in 1692. The Rev. Benjamin Estabrook, who graduated nt Harvard in 1690, preached from time to time, but was not ordained until 16y. He lived less than a year after bis ordination. The next minister was Ihe Rv. John Hancock, who wan settled in 1093. He was also a graduate of Harvard College, and was THE GRANDFATHER OF JOHN HANCOCK, of revolutionary lame. He remained pat, tor of the church forty-five years. The town was incorporated in 1713, deriving its name from Lord Lexington, of England, a noted man at that time. Some of the duties to which tbe people attended seem strange to rr ltte, but were regarded as imoorUnt at that time. They appointed a committee to seat toe families in tbe meeting house according to age, dignity and wealth, and also persons to look after tbe children during and between tbe religious services. Persons liable to become a public charge were warned out of town. In 1739 tne town voted that representatives to tha Great and General Court should serve tor six shillings per day, and in 1757 it was voted that all money received by the representatives over three shillings per day should be paid into tbe town treasury. The Rev. Jdr. Ilanc ck died in 17Ü2. In 1761 the bell which gave the alarm on tbe morning of April 19 1775, was presented to tbe town by Isaac 8tone. In 1755 the Rev. Jonas Clark was ordained as the minister of tbe Lexington Church. He graduated at Harvard College, and married a grand-daughter of his predecessor. In ! tbe controversy between Great Britain and tDe American colonies be tok au active part. Here followed a review of the causes which led to the conflict, tbe doings of tbe provincia: congreee, etc., alter wnicb tbe speaker said: We are so accustomed to dwell upon tbe events ot tbe 19.li oi April, 1 4 7o, tnat we rail to realize the anxiety in which the lew months previous to that time were passed by the Inhabitants (1 this town. As tbe winter wore away, with tbe increasing cettalmy of tbe approaobii'g conflict, and as the Fprin pa-swl with tbe provincial congress meeting, in March, ai Concord, to periect the work ct preparat.on which it previously laid out; as tue days passed by wiih tbe" cobllict appartntlys' near that men were appoints to wttcb closely every movement of tbe British, there must have been many auxtoas hearts within this town. Nearly eveiy family baa one or more ot its members enrolled in th military company of tbe town, and for many nights husbands and wives and child ren, and fathers must have fallen asle.-p expecting belore morning to hear THE ALARM KUNO OUT FROM THE EFLFRY on the Green. At last tbe alarm was heard. About 1 o'clock on the morning of tbe 19. b of April, 1775,;tbe inhabitants of Lexington who dwelt along tbe road leading to Boston heard the clattering of a horse's hoofs. It was the horse of Paul Revere, who was hastening with a message from Joseph Warren to Samuel Adams and John Uai-ock. who were passing tbe nigot with t he R-v. Jonas Clark, tbat a large body of the king' troops were embarked in bouts lrt,m Boston, and that it was susp-cted that they were ordered to dtstrov store at ConCord. Soon tbe bell sounded tbe alarm, aod by 2 o'clock rearly all the members of, Capt. Parker's company answered to their names as tbe roll was called upon the Green. After remaining about an hour aod hearing nothing of the regulars, the company was

ismissed with orders to appear immediately t the beat cf tbe drum. iSomoof the men a whose homes were nsr rr.irrl thifh. while the greater part went Into Buckniaa'a' iaern, wniea stood on tho erpo-dt? : le of the road. It tho walls of' th: landing; could only Fpak and tell whit c--urred durir gtlat hour, when tho "vi!- jjnirv dens" e;it and taiked in the light of the cheerful fire, it would b on.; of tte !:;.: interesting relics to be shown cn ihe coning anniversary. But thrir converse': mi was suddenly interrupted bvthe r 11 of ti e drnin and the a'.ari gua. Grasping th-ir muskets tbey bestered from thatoasoto the Green. Here, whib tbey were ior.nirt; in line latere the lino wss copipktiv firmed the Ilritisa troops made their aparanoe between tbe meeting houe and the tavern. Capt. Parker ordered every mm to 6tand bis ground, but net to fire unless fired upon. Pitcairn shou.ed, -Lay down vour arms and disperse, you rebel?," nUfcpa iuimediately ordered bis own men to fire. Tbe Bri-ish tired, firM, over the heads of the minute men, bat at tbe second command they fired, killirjr and wounding a number of Americans. einÄ hi3 men outnumbered, Parker ordered them to d speree. Light Americans were killed and nine wounded. The news ol what had bees done narhed Concord befoi j the Brill did. Concord end the SIOHBOE1NO TOWNS HAD EEES ALARMED. aud men from Acton and Lincoln Ftccd with those of Concord to cCer further resistance. While a part ol the British troops were f pgi-ej in searching for and destrcyInKPtoree, a detachment left to cuard tbo noith bridge fired upon the Amrricaus, who outnumbered the Biiikh tbrt e to ens. Thev returned the lire, killing and wounding a number cf the regulars. The British who were at North Bridge rcfrted tjward the center of the town, and jo.ned themain body of their troops, and soon the whole b:dy began that retreat so dis.tsrrons to them, alltbewayfromConcordLhrcugb Lexington end Arlington to Cbarlestown." In regard to what took place on Lexington Green, iuthe morning, attempts have btn made within th9 last fifty yeara to raise a question whether or no the Minute Men returned tbe fire ot tho BritUh troops. Bat there was never any 6uch question to be raised. There is no more doubt that the Minute Men, on Lexington o reen, returned Ibe fire uf the 15riti3b, than there is that the Minute Men were oa the Green. The testimony which conflicts with this statement was Dot such either in amount or character as caused a shadow of doutt in tha miuda of the members of tbe provincial congress that the fire of the British was returned. The narrative of the events of April 19, ordered by tha provincial congress to be published in the following month, implies that the fire was returned by the Amcr'.iiEs: In thd staenent that the British "first began the hostile scene by firing oa this small party, by which tbey killed eight men on tbe spot acd wounded several others before any guns were fired upon the troops by our men." Iotheprocamation of tbe provincial congress of Jone 1. 1735, it is expresäly stated thst thafir of tue British was returned. There is no. fact concerning the whole American revolution which has much better authentication than the fact that, on Lexington Green, began that resistance to British troops which was continued at Concord, which was con tinued all the way from Concord to Charlestown, which was continued at Bunker Hill, which was continued till 17S3. when the British troops weredrivtn from American soil and the liberties ol the Americin colo nies were secured. It is true tbatbe FIRING BY THE JilNCTB MEN on Lexington Green was not done ia obedience to any oomrand cf Captain Parker. Individual soldiers fired opon their own responsibility, but that circumstance does not detract from tbe significance rr import ance of the firing. There was very little firing by the Americans on that day that wu done in obedience to tbe commands of of ficers. It was done by Individuals behind trees, fences and walls. If the tiring of the Americans on Lexington Green was not of much importance. then tbere was very little firing of importance. done on that day, and tbe approaching cele bration oi ite centennial anniver sary can be scarcely anything more than a tirce. It may be asked what was gained by the resistance made on Lexington Green. Ä few men died a glorious death, but the excedition of the British was defa ced onlv about calf an hour. Whtt advantage wan gained by the colonies from tbe death of the men whose dost reposes uuder yonder monument? Some defeats effe t more than some victories. The battle ot Bunker Hill was not a victory for the Americans, yet nobody will deny that it exerted a great Influ ence in their favor. While the colonies de termined not to be aggressors, tbey were equally determined to nDpoee every open act of British hostility. On tbe monument at Thermopylae, which marked the spot where a few Greeks allowed themselves to be sacrificed by the overwhelming host of Persian invaders, the poet wrote the words: "sUran2er, the tidings to the Spartans tell. Tbat here, obeying the command, we Ml." And by that message tbe nation was aroused, and drove the invaders from tbe soil. It was the same message that went forth on that morning from this field of blood to the inhabitauts of this colony. Obeving the commands of tbe people cf this colony, as expressed by thtir congress, those MEN FELL ON LEXINGTON O BEEN. And had there been no further resistance oa that day, their blood would have been enough to summon the people cf this and an the other colonies to arm", and to drive all those who were worse than invaders from the land. It should not be oar endeavor at this time to exlt our town on account ol what wss dote hfre a century ao. Tbey ot that time said, '4 Not unto us, O Lor but unto 1 bee be the K'.ory." Let us follow their example. L t us be content with the position which hi-tory. accords to the heroes of that morning, and to the soil on which they fell. Waatever may be said ol these men, or of tho ground on which they fell, let us rerarmSer tnat it was not for tbe glory of this town ttjat tbey died. As we consider the spirit by whica tbey wereinspired, the names ot men and of towns -ink out of sight in the noble cause in which tbey were engaged Let us not look back to that day sayier, What a dav lor the glory of LxiDgton, but what a glorious day for A il erica. A WHIMSICAL WILL. AN OLD M 4N WHO WOULD NOT GIVE HIS WIDOW ANOTHER CHANCE. The New York Sun has this to say cf a will tbat will create considerable comment : Surrogate Hutchins has decidfd to admit to probate tbe whimsical will of the late Samuel Hall of Newark, thus terminating a short content. Mr. Hall made a proviso for his wife's maintenance ut.t.l she married igaln, and for her burial, provided she did not marry, and gave an ample annuity to a widowed daughter, provided she did not marry again, and revoked all tbe provisions tor his widow in case she did rot live a decerjt and rtppeciable life, and forbade her renting rooma in her residence to any one but an elderly and respectable widow of retired habits, who would occupy the apartment beraelf onlv ; this direction to be followed, or tne widow to loritlt tbe house. He bequeathed bis widow all the documents relating to a divorce from another living soman, to be kept by the legatee for her protection. Tte will was contested by eon who was cut off with fS.

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