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Grenada, Miss.
GRENADA SENTINEL.
Saturday, May 1611% 1868.
From the Land We Love.
TELL THE BOYS TM COMING SOON.
BY J. AUGUSTINE SIGNAIQO.
J
I was just well enough to leave the hospital
to repair to my command. In passing out I
stopped to bid a sick comrade adieu. I found
the poor fellow was dying. He took my h
in his, and, with a last effort, whispered: "
the beya I'in coming soon !"—Letter from At
lanta, 1864.
Where a hundred sick and dying
Groaned in agony and pain,
While tho whining shells were flying
Fast as comes the pelting rain,
Wan a soldier quickly straying
Into death's remorseliss swoon ;
Still be woke up firmly saying—
"Tell the boys I'm coming soon I"
"Did you hear it not ? the rattle
Of the canister—tho crash!
Hear tho furious peals of battle,
See the cannon s lightning flash !
Gcdof H /avenl my bosom's swelling,
beating to the bullets' tune 1
Listen to their distant yelling—
'Tell the boys I'm coming soon* "
Tell
"JUv« they fought another battle ?
I must be with them—I must!
God! thert'a music in its rattle
As the foenien bite the dust!
Tell the boys to strike for freedom !
'Tis of Ifcaveu tho priceless boon,
Tell all freemen that we need 'em—
'Tell the boys I'm coming soon !' "
Fast tho soldier nov is'sinking,
Like the setting of tho day,
Still his mind was dreaming, thinking,
Of the boys who wore the grey ;
And with otio strong effort sighing,
Krohe fell in Death's last swoon,
Ftill ho said
"Tell the boys I'
In
i dying—
coming soon !
Coming quickly, coming bltyiflly,
Uisiug up beyond the ikies,
Marching onward, marching grandly,
To the gate* of l'aradiw !
Tell the dead who've gone before him
He has won the holy boon,
Tell the smut .1 who still wall bed o'er him—
Tell all Heaven he'd coming soon.
SHOPPING.
Thu following "pome'' on shopping is going
tlm rounds of the papers. It is good :
She stood before the counter—
The day I'll ne'er forget—
She thought the muslin dearer
Than any she'd seen yet.
I watched Ler playful fingers _
The silks and satins toss ;
Tho clerk looked quite uneasy
And nodded at the bo.-s.
"fllitw me some velvet ribbon,
Barege and satin Turk,"
ishe said; "I want to purchase
Than gave the goods a jerk.
The clerk was all obedience;
Ue traveled on his shape."
At length,with hesitation,
3he bought a yard ot tapo.
A BULL FIGHT IN CUBA,
BY MARY m'a. CAIIILL.
When we arrived at the Plaza dc
Toros, an assemblage of not less than
ten thousand people had already con
gregated to witness the great Spanish
national sport. Among the dense
throng were many Americans and
other foreigners, attracted thither, no
doubt, more by curiosity than a desire
to sanction by their presence this
barbarous Gothic amusement. At a
signal from the Captain General, who
usually presides on these occasions,
the ring was cleared and a couple of
hull-fighters, mounted on rather sorry
looking horses, were ushered in amid
the sound of trumpets and the cheers
of the audience. The two bull-fight,
ers saluted the president of thel'laza
and rode around the ring accompanied
by their chulos or assistants and a
number of banderillos, splendidly
dressed in jackets of lively and bril
iant colors.
Malinohe I There is Malinche
shouted the concourse. What a brave
woman! How defiant she looks
What a firm and serene eye she has
Malinche approached the upper end
of the inclosure. Her dress was of
cherry colored satin, adorned with
profusion of silver and gold tinsel.
From the small pookets of her flashy
jacket, the ends of two red handker
chiefs were pending. Her vest was
of rich silver tissue, and a handsome
little red velvet cap completed the
rioh and elegant costume of that
Moxican woman, whose strange, wild
taste had induced her to seek renown
in savage encounters with one of the
fiercest of wild beasts.
After having saluted the authorities
with a gracious bow, Malinche took
her position in the arena. The other
combatants, who were all of the malo
s«x, did the same. The latter occu
pied places at equal distance one from
the other, whilst the matadorcs and
the chulos were scattered gt intervals
around the ring.
Then, as if by magic, all was pro
found silence; jt seemed as if that
swaying mass of people, so noisy and
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VOLUME VII.
GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI, MAY 16, 1868.
NO, 45.
turbulent but a minute before, had
suddenly been deprived of the power
of speech and motion.
The master of ceremonios gave the
signal; the trumpets sounded, and
their reverberation, like that of the
wind instruments in. the valley of
Jehoshaphat on the day of judgment,
produced a general uprising. A wide
gate that separated the inclosure,
where the bulls were confined from
the arena, was thrown open, and a
large red bull rushed into the circle
amid the most tremendous uproar and
shouting. On hearing this the bull
stopped, raised his head, and with
fiery eyes appeared to ask if all that
provocation was intended for him.
He reconnoitred the ground and pre
cipitately turned his head from one
side to the other in a menacing at
titude. He hesitated a little whilo
longer; the loud and penetrating
shouts increased; then he rushed,
with a rapidity that seemed (incom
patible with his size and weight, to
wards one of the fighters. Hut on
feeling the pain produced by the en
trance of the point of the goad into
his flesh, he withdrew a little and
turned on the second fighter, who was
not so much on his guard as the'other,
and his thrust in consequence was
neither so straight nor effectual.
He wounded the animal, but did
not stop him. His horns disappeared
in the body of tho horse that im
mediately fell to the grouud. A cry
of terror arose throughout the circus;
all the chulos were instantly around
the horrible group ; but the esraged
animal had already taken full posses
sion of his prey, and was not to be
distracted from his revenge. At that
moment the shrieks of tho crowed be
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came blended in a deep and uniform
clamor, that would have filled the
whole city with terror, had it not
issued dela plaza de los loros. The
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scene was becoming really horrible at
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each moment of its prolongation, lhe
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bull was resolutely coring the horse
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the horse was ciushing the rider by
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his weight and convulsive movements.
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At this critical inomeut a young
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woman, clad m silvery garments and j
sinning like a star was seen approach
ing behind 'the bull. J his young I
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woman of delicate frame and brilliant j
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aspect, took hold of tho fierce aui
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mas tail aud attracted him towards;
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her, with as much sangfroid as if he
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were a little lap dog. lhe bull, sur
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prised at this insolent interruption, I
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turned furiously around and rushed
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to his adversary, who, without turn- ;
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ing her back, made a dexterous re-*
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trogadc movement, aud avoided the
first encounter by a half turn to t ,.e
right The bull faced around to butt,
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asiain,but the skillful Malirehe avoid
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ed him a second time by a quick
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movement to the left, continuing thus
till she drew him near his railing.
She there disappeared from the as
tonished eyes of the animal and tha
anxious gaze of the people who, in
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toxuatid with the enthusiasm, rent
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the air with thunders of applause.
In the meantime they had raised
the horse, but the poor animal could
not stand. The intestines were hang
ing from his lacerated side and drag
gtng on the ground. The rider had
also been placed in a perpendicular
position and was trembling with rage
against the bull. Ho could not be
dissuaded from mounting the poor
anirnal again; he tore himself from
tlie arms of the chulos by main force,
and vaulting into the saddle, buried
his spurs deep into the bleeding sides
of the horse.
By this time tho bull had de
spatched a considerable unmber
horses; the unlucky one I have just
mentioned was dragged along, his
intestines trailing on the ground, to a
gate through which ho disappeared,
Others that could not rise were
stretched here and there trembling in
the convulsions of mortal agony. At
these signs of life, the enraged beast
returned to the charge, burying his
bloody horns in the lacerated and
palpitating members of his victims.
After that he walked around the
ring, his horns and forehead dripping
with gore, in an attitude of provoca
tion and defiance; at one moment
tossing his head menacingly towards
the people, whose wilA^shouting did
not cease for a moment; then he
turned towards the gayly dressed
chulos, who- were passing up and
down before him endeavoring to ex
cite his fury to a still higher degree,
by sticking darts or goads into his
flesh, which on the moment of enter
ing, exploded, producing in the bulla
quick, convulsive movement of the
wounded parts, followed by a deep
hoarse bellow indicative of rage and
kill the bull. The assistants watched
her movement with attentiou, and
seemed ready to execute her orders,
The intrepid woman selected a con
venient place, and indicating it to her
assistants, she called out in a com
minding voice:
The chulos ran towards the bull to
exeito him, and the animal pursuing
I them was brought to the very spot
vengeance.
At a signal from the president, tho
trumpets sounded a second time, and
all was again silenoe. Then Malinche
with a sword and a red haukcrchicf
in her left hand, issued forth aud
stopping before the seat of the presi
dent, saluted and asked permission to
Here!"
where Malinche stood in waiting. The
bull halted, as he found himself face
to face with his daring antagonist.
This was the most solemn moment of
the fight. A profound silence
ceeded the noisy tumult and the
vehement shouts that had welcomed
the first fighter into the arena. The
bull, seeing that snfall enemy who was
laughing as it were at his tury, stop
ped as if to reflect. So great was the
silence at that moment, that one
would have thought tho immense con
course was engaged in tho most
solemn religious devotion, instead of
being present at the noisiest and most
barbarous of public amusements.
Tho two adversaries stood looking at
each other. Malinche shook her left
hand. The bull lowered his head and
made a fierce onset, which she skill
fully avoided. The animal turned on
his opponent again, and this time the
impetus with which he rushed for
ward, was Romewhat checked by the
point of Maliuohe's sword which en.
tered at the shoulder blade ; the ani
mal cootiuued to advance till the en
tire blade, to the very hilt, disap
peared iu his body, and he fell heavi
ly to the ground.
I will not attempt to describe the
thunders of applause that immediate
ly resounded throughout the plaza ;
in was deafeniug-—so much so, that
tho music of three military bands,
which began to play at that moment,
could scarcely be distinguished amid
the general uproar .—Southern Home
Journal.
lVhat Makes u Town.
We copy the following from the
Toledo (Ohio ) Blade:
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Not many years ago Canton in this
btate > was °" ouf lbo du ' lest a " d leiis
F 0 S™sivc towns m Ohio Instead
ot increasing ia wealth and popular
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tion, it was retrograding, as no one
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thought worth while to settle there,
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aud leaviug lor more progressive lo
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Jbinallv, one man, a Mr.
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Hall, paving mvented au lmprove
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ment in mowing machines, proposed
that j r the eitiz " ns of Canton would
, him ttn thousand dolU „ l0
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manufacture them at that place, ho
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would immediately erect a factory,
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1 hey did it, and that one factory
was the nucleus around which the
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following have gathered: Twoim
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mouse agricultural implement menu
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lactones, one ot paper aud mower
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knives, one ot saddlery hardware,
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two ot furniture, one ot cultivators,
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one of wrought iron, bridges, aud ouo
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°f. 8oa P' besldcs " lur B° number ?
^ or less . "P eaa,V8 ' II
must not be supposed that thoso we
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have enumerated are small concerns,
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the maelune interest .alone support
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*"8 -f 00 P eo P Je '. 11,0 own . , has
treb ' ed popuHfen quardrupled m
wealth, and he people satisfied by
experiment that manufactories can le
made successful m the West, are Still
pushing forward in that direction,
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Bayard Taylor gives this refreshing
BCr »P o. 1 ' I|"*'an railroad adventure :
j" At Pistoja I made the acquaintance
of a railroad conductor, whoso honest
simplicity struck me as something
miraculous in this land of sharp
practico. A strong fevei was upon
nlc , and I wanted to secure a com
partment for ourselves only; sol
called this conductor aud said :
you will put no other travelers in
here I will give you a buonamano"
''I understand," said he, with a beam
face. As we were approaching
of-I'l° re nce I offered him a note of two
j francs, as he ban managed to have
j left alone during the journey. "
signore, said lie, "thats too much ;
j I ought not to take it. I only meant
that you might give me some trifle—
enough lor a cup of coffee or a cigar."
"lake the note, and welcome," said I,
"you have a double right to it.' "
"If
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Mark Twain enters the Ball,
Akers and Forence Percy controversy
about the authorship of "Rook mo to
sleep," and demolishes Mr. Ball, the
noisest competitor, in tho following
measured strain: "Backward, speed
backward, oh, Ball, in your flight I
Make not the ass of yourself—(just
for to-night); pull the few silver
threads out of your hair, fill up and
varnish those furrows of oare—care
that was born of attempting Fame's
steep, which you couldn't climb, Ball,
whom nons rocked to sleep. 0, Bally,
come back from the echoing shore I
cease for a season the public to bore,
with your infamous rhymes and your
stupid complaint, for you know you
are claiming to be what you ai'n't.
Oh, drivel no more—lou't snuffle,
don't weep—hang up your lyre, Ball
—I'll rock you to sleep."
A Local Flood. —An English
author and compiler asserts that he
made one of the most important dis
coveries of the present age, namely—
that of demonstrating the identity of
great pyramid of Egypt with the
ancieflt biblical Tower of Babel, and
proving by conclusive evidence that
the Mosaic deluge was a local flood,
produced by tho bursting of an
ancient African laxe, the remains of
which he points out, aud also indica
tes in detail the cause of the great
catastrophe.
the
Aranza.
A. Head Huns for Office and is
Defeated.
AN O'ER SAD TALE OF FRAUD.
From the New Orleans Crescent.
I told them not to nominate
me ;
that I had no thirst for office; that 1
not legible ; but they said I was
"the coming man," and must serve.
I protested with tears iu my eyes
(which stayed in) that I wanted no
office, but as they forced it ou me I
would be compelled to forego all pri
vate considerations and sacrifice my
self, my time, my influence, my city
money, upon the altar (ntion) of my
country I On this hint I spake.
"Make no gaudy chaplet," I said,
"but know me as I am, the Duke
I was auouymou-ly select
ed as the Republican candidate with
out a dissecting voice,
terest in the matter except the love
I bore my country (men) for votes.
One of my constituents, who was
somewhat white, said, holding me by
one ear aud the only button hole left
in my coat by the Kepublican party
—says he: "My name's Jim ; and I
kin kontrol most ov the-votes in my
ward ; I'll go fer yer and git all the
niggers in the ward to vote fer
too, il you II only give iue a share in
the loaves and fishes."
Said I, My friend, as for the first,
you can loaf as much as you please ;
as for the 2d, don't be too of-fish-usl"
This ended the loaf and fish business
with him.
was
I felt no in
(*rasping him by the hand I ex
claimed with passionate emotion,
there is the sum twice told ; blush
not to take it (was dearly won.'
W ithout looking at it, he put it
into his bosom, and said, "My trieud,
wo are organized, and we shall carry
the State and all the offices. We have
got dead loads of colored gentlemen
tvho are registered in arid out of town
parishes who love their country and
the old flag; and after voting in the
country parishes, they will lose their
papers and come to New Orleans and
vote ou affidavits for you and all our
loyal and martyred candidates. 'Twill
be a proud day for you, my Head,
when you can stand upon the battle
ments of the new Jerusalem, with a
crown of glory encircling your brow,
the tablets of the Almighty in your
right hand, and tho vote for the con
stitution in your left. I say it will
be a proud day for you then to stand
up and say in the words of the 7th
clause of the constitution of our be
loved Union, 'blessed be the descen
dants of Ham, for they shall come
down upon the rebel copperhead-dem
ocrats like a Hammer!'"
He squose my hand, and loft mo.
Registration day came, and with it
a crowd.
It was a hot day, hut I struggled
to the door and shook hands with a
lot of my constituents, who were all
sunburnt. As I did so, I felt a thrill
of patriotism rush through my vitals,
and I raised my hands, and putting
them on the curly heads of my differ
ent constituents, I said iu a solemn
accent to my Kepublican friend beside
me, (in the words of Hamlet):
"I'r'ythee, Horatio, tell me one
thing?"
"What's that, my lord ?"
"Dost think. Alexander looked 'o
this fashion on the earth ?"
"E'en so."
"And smelt so? Pahl"
And I took my hands from off my
colored constituents, washed them
(not the constituents, although they
needed it, but my hands) and entered
the registry office. There I found 5
fellahs sitting at desks, with pens be
hind their ears, drawing $8 per diem
per day, I walked up and said "I
am white." He asked me about 400
questions, and told me to hold up my
right hand and swear. I held up my
right hand and he made me swear
that I never was a U. S. ossifer and
never meant to be; that I never was
in a rebellion vs. the United States,
and never heard of one ; that I nev
er had done any thing in my life and
never was going to agaiff, <fcc., "too
numerons to mentiou," as Charley
Nash, Frank Bartlett, or any other
auctioneer, would say. I was theu
ushered to another fellah who made
out a search warrant, which he called
it a certificate, and after answering 75
questions more, he allowed me to
sign my name to the foregoing swear;
I signed it thus :
yer
But, finally, along came another
chap, a iriend of mine, I know he was
a Iriend of mine by tho rentark he
made ; said ho, pattiug me on the
shoulder and taking me one side,
"Head, my boy, you're a good feller,
and mean well, but that won't win ;
you're a regular nominated candidate
of our party, the ouly party as rep
resents true sentiments of love fer
this our distracted and contracted
country ; as a candidate we have
seased you 5250."
Says I, grasping him by tho hand,
and shaking it warmly, "I'm delight
ed to hear it, for I ain't been able to
get rid of my monoy fast enough,
owing to the abundance I havo
hand. I'll give you a cheek at once."
I gave him a cheek on David Bar
ker's bank.
US
ou
his
A. + HEAD,
(park.
— •••*-;
Then I went to the next fellah,
who asked me some more questions,
md made me sign my name in. what
he called an oath book.whioh it made
swear over again. Any man would
swear under the circumstances. Then
I had to go to the 4th chap, whose
name was Polonius, who asked
more questions, and some interogato
ries, made me sign my full
above, aud then I got my papers, and
was allowed to squeeze out through
my sweet scented constituents, and
went home to my homestead.
Y r oting day came, and I went to
the postoffice to deposit my vote, and
waited three hours io throw it in.
When I got a chance, I put my Whig
vote over, and also my registration
paper. They asked me if I was col
ored, how I was, and if I
peeled to do so again.' I told them ;
and after looking through three
four books, they said my
on the list; they then took my vote,
indorsed it "white," wrote my certifi
cate "voted, this 1st day of April.
(All Fool's day.) On-ths-Other-Sidc
of Jordon, Commissioner." and then
I was told to put my vote in.the letter
box.
name as
ever ex
or
name wus
I waited to see the next voter. He
had the precedence—he was black.
He cauio up and offered his affula
vy, which it took him 2 minutes to
hold up in tho right hand, and he
allowed to vote. He had 3 day
Waiting and 4 bushels (avoirdupois)
advantage of mo on account of his
fashionable color—but he had it.
llis hair curled natural—mine cost
me 6 bits to curl.
He had only voted in the country
once, where there were no municipal
officers to be voted for, so, of course,
lie had a right to vote over again—
for them. He forgot ho had voted
for the constitution once before, but
he was loyal.
After the election was over, and
while the counting was going on, I
treated all Die commissioners, treated
my friends, who said I was elected,
and treated myself. When the count
ing was over I found I was over, too.
I appealed to "headquarters," but
"headquarters'' told me I was not
only beat but a dead beat.
I resolved myself into a committee
of one, aud reported that the whole
and it was a fraud,
elected, it utuld havo received my
sanction as a faireloetion ; as I was'nt
elected, U. S. Commissioner Shallow
and l have concluded that the whole
thing was a Democratic fraud. I
am determined to rip the whole thing
was
I waB defeated
If I had been
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■The Republican party : it must and
shal be preserved; it it amt were
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Although Io,1,1.till say I want a
up. Congress is on my side, so is the
impeachment committee. I have
therefore adopted Jackson's motto:
offis; not because I want it myself,
but because my constituents want me
to liavo one. I must have it or up
goes this election.
I shall order Gen. Buchanan and
Col. Gentry to have another election,
with a promise that if I die, my ene
mies are to forgivehne ; If I livo they
must vote for me, and elect me, or I
will declare Louisiana a Gulf State,
and out of the pail of redemption—
(in specie.)
Outrage on American Citi
zens in Monterey.
The Brownsville Courier extra con
tains the following account of out
rages perpetrated ou six American
gentlemen at Monterey, Mexico,which
tho telegraph has briefly referred to :
On the evening of Tuesday, April
21st, Messrs. Ernest Leichbard,
Forbes H. Potter, Samuel B. Kath
reus, Montgomery, Zaptha and Rice
were quietly walkiug on the street, at
about 11 o'clock, conversing in au
ordinary tone of voice, when Senor
Davila, secretary of the governor of
the State of Nuevo, made liis ap
pearance on the balcony of tho gov
ernor's palace, and ordered a patrol
to arrest them, which was done.
The patrol delivered them to the
police, and the latter conducted them
to the calaboose. 'They were thrust
into a miserable, dirty Cell, with about
seventy condemned felons, and passed
an uncomfortable night.
On the morning of the 22d two of
the Americans were ordered to carry
out and empty a large tub containing
the accumulated filth of twenty-four
hours. This they refused to do. The
order came from a prisoner employed
by the jailor to perform his menial
work aud to execute his tyrannic
commands. This loafer and felon
immediately drew a cowhide from his
clothing, aud inflicted the lash upou
one of the gentleman, cutting his
coat and lacerating his back at every
blow.
Knowing that resistance would bt
certain death, they concluded to per
form the dissagreoable job. .
They were thon set to sweeping the
court yard of the prison. One ot
them did not use the broom to suit
tho caprices of the diabolical under
strapper, aud ho was flagellated un
inetcifully ; and his back bears the
marks yet, and will for many a day.
Every epithet of abuse audf
vituperation were heaj.ed upon them,
and every indignity offered which
malignity and cowardice could
gest.
tug
From the prison they were taken
before an alcade of the first instance.
This digDitary 'took his seat With
great pomp, aud said to the prison
ers: "Gentlemen, you created a
scandal on the street last night—I
fine you ten dollars each." Mr, Mont
gomery demanded the production of
witnesses to prove the charge. The
<tlci.dc inquired where were their
witnesser to prove they did Dot.
The alcalde said Mr. Davila
his witness. Mr. Ulrich, the Ameri
can consul requested him to he
brought. The alcalde said he could
not force him to come.
The jailor and his
brought into court. The latter did
not deny having whipped the prison
ers—did it because he had the right
—and jailor trId him to do it.
The jailor denied, and said he told
him to treat them kindly. He also
denied having robbed them of all
they had on their persons, except
their watches, which was his first
official not after receiving them.
Mr. Ulrich explained the matter to
the alcalde. He finally released them
after remitting the fine, and expressed
his regret that tho affair had
was
man were
oecur
ixl.
The articles taken from their per
were recovered by the payment
of a fine of twenty-five cents each.
Gen. Trcveno, governor of Nuevo
Leon, also expressed regret at the oc
currence.
Gen. Escobedo said he
sons
was sorry.
However he had just arrived and had
narrow escape on the road— flight
saved him from the haDds of bandits.
These penitent feelings were fol
lowed by no act of redress on their
part.
A Lawyer named Garzaly Melo
took tho case of the outraged Ameri
cans before the "juez de letres,"
where it was being investigated.
There was great excitement, es
pecially among frorign residents.
There is hardly a day passes with
out the perpetration of some wanton
wrong by violence upon the person or
property of foreigners by Mexican
officials.
Mr. Ulrich has reported the trans
action to Secretary Seward, and there
is hope that our government will take
measures to avenge the outrageous
insult to her flag by the base in
dignities perpetrated upon her citizens,
A Word About Names.
Southern Democrats commit a grave
error in calling themselves Conserva
< ivea . The WQrd mc ans nothing. A
Conservative ought to be a man want
ing and trying to save something—
politio , H , i , preeerver of the G ° ov .
ernment. Where is the Government
to be saved? There is not a decent
man in America that desires a con
tinuance of tho existing disorder of
affairs. Even the Radicals themselves
are not quite " conservative" on tha^
point, for they are doing all they can
to make things worse. The party in
power are only conservative enough
to wish to hold on to all they have
stolen from the people aud at the same
time " preserve " their hold on good
positions they have made for them
selves—to hold on to the "spoons and
silver ware "—the robbery and plun
dering of the people—the perquisites
of office—tho infernal revenue and tho
bonds. Let them have the name of
Conservative, too. We havo no Gov
ernment to " preserve." It has been
effectually destroyed. There is not
even
We are Democrats, and uncon
ditional States Rights Democrats at.
that. Let us proclaim it boldly and
maintain it fearlessly. Democrats
mean something, and the time now
ig when all must be earnest, faithful,
fearless. Be a man and a Democrat,
Democracy is right or it must be
wreng. If we are right_if Wash
,ugton and Jeffersou aud Patrick
Henry, aud the lovers of political
honesty, truth and justice in the days
0 f the llepublic were right, then
" A rose of tho wilderness left on ita stalk,
To tell where the garden has been."
Look at the mob of theives, bum
mers, "spoonies," murderers, shysters
tyrants aud destructives of every de
gree ; mixed with a few so-called
conservatives," afraid to call their
souls their own,and a corporal's guard
of Democrats, styled Congress, aud
ask yourself if it is a Government.
Look at the glorious old State of
Tennessee, with Bcownlow and the
negroes to damn it, and ask yourself
if we have a Government to save.
Friends, you are not " Conserva
tives." President Johnson and the
Supreme Judges still iu office may
probably feel conservative or try to
feel so, whilo holding on to the names
of Executive and Judicial—shadows
without substance. On the other
hand, a Democrat is a man who re
spects the sovereignty of the people
and the rights of the State"—a man
who wants to see the Government of
Washington and Hancock and Jeffer
son restored. That is the woik be
fore us. We must recover and re-es
tablish the Government of the olden
lime.
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GRENADA SENTINEL,
J. A. SIONAKSO
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Corner First and Ckurch si/, d/rneda., J&jf.
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Democracy right, and you Ought to
be a Democrat, and call yourself one.
If opposed in principle, to all these,
and desirous of perpetuating the
anarchy aud despotism which have
usurped the place of good govern
ment; if you believe the negrp
superior to the whUe uan, and a tbief
superior to an honest man, then yon
are a Itadical, and ought to eay so.
God or Mammon—the Ilight or
the Wrong—Justice or Oppression—
the People or their Enemies—Liber
ty or Bondage—Demoepcy or Radi,
calism. Choose you this day which
you will be.
>so fight is Won withontan honest,
earnest struggle. The Jacobins fight
under their own banner, and they
fight boldy. Democrats must do the
same. We must organize. The lov
ers of freedom, of right, of jnstice ;
the advocates and defenders of law,
order and constitutional government,
must work together—work zealously
aDd unceasingly, earnestly and boldly
for the restoration of the Government.
There is no middle ground between
right and wrong—neutrality is pnsi
lauimity. You must be either a Itadi
cal destructive or a Democrat.—
Brownsville (Tain.) Bee.
Gen. S. B. Buckner. —The
Louisville Courier, of the 30th says:
The many friends in Kentucky of
this peerless gentleman and accom
plished soldier will he gratified to
hear that he hRS determined to re
sume his residence in Louisville, and
it affords us no l.ttle pleasure to an
nounce to the readers of the Courier
that they are hereafter to have tho
benefit of his brilliant and scholarly
pen. Ever since the close of the war
Geo. Buckner has resided and trans
acted business in New Orleans,
although he all the while retained
his citizeuship in Louisville. So
soou as be can close his business
South, which will be within a few
weeks, he will return here with his
family and at once assume his duties
iu the editorial ropms of the Courier,
to which paper he will thereafter givo
his entire time and attention.
Apropos of a remark that Rus
sians are absolutely incapable of un
derstanding or appreciating a joke,
this story is related :
Russian friend that he had once Been
on a country road a post with this
inscription : "This road leads to the
town; all persons who cannot read this
may apply to the blacksmith." To
the great anguish of the narrator, his
friend remained perfectly composed,
and thanked him for his story, with a
studied politeness which showed that
he had not understood il in the least.
But the next morning the Russian
burst into his friend's room in convul.
sions of laughter, exclaiming, "My
friend, I do understand it now I Fool
that I was not to think of it! As if
the blacksmith might not be away
from home 1"
An Englishman was relating to a
An Englishman, having heard a
great deal about the Yankee propen
sity of " bragging," thought he would
make an experiment in that art him.
self. He walked up to a market wo
man's stand and pointing to some
largo watermelons, said: " What I
don't you raise an^ bigger apples than
these in America?" "Apples!"
said the woman disdainfully, "any
body might know you was an En
glishman. Them's huckleberries."
A Nevada widow erected a tomb
stone and planted rosebuds on the
supposed grave of her husband, only
to have the ungrateful man turn up
alive from the other side of the
mountains, just in time to spoil a par
ticularly advantageous marriage, for
which she had engaged herself.
is
A correspondent of the Tribune.
writes that an Arab doctor resolved
some copies of that j ournal into palp,
and administered small doses to his
patients. The result is not told, but
may he imagined—every one of the
poor fellows died of "black vomit."
Invaluable Receipt. —To quiet
a crying baby, prop it up with pil
lows, if it cannot.sit alone, and smear
its fingers rrith thick molasses; then
put half a dozen feathers into its
hands, and it will sit and nick the
feathers from ono hand to the other
till it falls asleep. As soon as it
wakes again—more molasses aud
feathers.
East Canaan, N. H., sent a man (o
jail three years ago, because lie re
fused to pay a tax of three dollars.
After paying $400 for his three years'
support in jail they have concluded
not to undertake to collect the claim
and have released the delinquent.
A Western paper strikes the names
of two subscribers from its list be
cause they were hung. The publish
er says he has to be severe, because
be did not know their present ad
dress.
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"Father, why don't we ever see
any faces at the window?" asked a son
of his parent as they were passing
insano asylum. "Because tliuir heads
are all turned," was the reply.
SI.