The Constitutional Union.
_W. JI. RIIEA, Editor.
DK8 ARC, FRIDAY. JANUARY 25. 1801.
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©Sploded. W. II. Rhea.
State Convention.
The bill which has been passed by both
Houses of our Legislature calling a State
Convention to consider the course of Arkan
sas in regard to the present troubles, will be
found in another column. The time for vot
ing on the question of Convention has been
designated as the l$th of February, and
should it be decided to convene such a bodv,
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the time for its meeting has been set for the
first Monday succeeding the second of March
Fully believing that the present State of af
fairs demands the assembling of a State Con
vention, we advocate its calling together.
We see that a number of the citizens of
Des Arc have addressed letters to Hon. 11.
C. Totten, and R. S. Gantt. Esq., of this
county, both of whom are aspirants to a po
sition in a State Convention to mark out
the course to be pursued by Arkansas in
the present condition of the country, should a
vote of the people determine to call together
such a body. Each one of the gentleman,
above named, appears to have been requested
to define the position which he would sus
tain, in the Convention, as best for our
State to pursue, and each one has framed his
reply, at some length. From our reading of
Judge Totten’s letter, we deduce his posi
tion to be. that every possible means should be
resorted to and exhausted, in order that the
just demands of the South for her consti
tutional rights, be recognized and accorded
by the North, before he would consent
to withdraw Arkansas from the Union, and if
such a movement “ to which our statesmen of
most moderation look for safety, shall achieve
no good, and it is made apparent that South
ern rights and the equality of,Southern States
can no longer be maintained and protected in
the Union it is our duty to remember that
the rights of life liberty, and property are
more sacred than the government which was
made merely for their protection.” And
then comes the moment, thinks the Judge,
for a disruption of the government.
Judge Totten's position is the same as the
one which was assumed by all true friends of
the Union, immediately upon the upheaving
of the national difficulties, after the past Pres
idential election, and has been the basis of
their action since. With what success, a review
of the affairs of the political world since the
assembling of Congress in November last,
must determine. A committee of thirtv
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three was formed in the House, and one of
thirteen in the Senate, to take into considera
tion the national troubles, and, if possible, to
fix upon some honorable plan of adjustment,
which would be satisfactory to those States
North and South, whose principles of govern
ment did so much conflict as to produce all
our troubles and woe. Several plans have been j
suggested l>j Southern members of both the
committees, but all have met with opposition, !
save a few honorable exceptions, from the
body of Representatives and Senators of the J
Northern Republican States. They have re
fused, as yet, to recognize the right of prop
erty in slaves, which is the very thing tho
Southern States have asked, and the only !
plan, with honor to themselves, upon which
wc can fraternize, and henceforth keep the ;
bonds of union with •• the constellations of
the North.’ And, in the meanwhile, Mr.
Lincoln, contrary to the expectations of those
“ statesmen of most moderation,” and every
one else who anxiously looked to hint in the j
hope that he would give expression to a wish ,
or plan to conciliate the disturbed elements of,
our country, before he would attempt to be
inaugurated, has maintained a strange and
forboding silence as to what was best to he
done in this crisis, and appointed to seats in \
his Cabinet Seward and Chase—men who j
are more abhored and distrusted by the South- j
ern people than himself, his platform, and the
rest of his party. Thus, instead of pouring 1
oil upon the troubled waters, has lie widened
the flood gates of agitation.
This being the actual state of things, we
think Judge Totten’s plan has simply come
too late for any practical use in shaping the
course of Arkansas. And we tliiuk lie will
arrive at the same conclusion before the as
sembling of our State Convention, from the I
fact that it docs not convene until the 4th of
March, the inauguration day of the Black
Republican President; and all the Southern i
States nearly, with the exception of our own, I
will, through their conventions, have decided
their destiny either for or against the support
of Mr. Lincoln's administration. And,
from present indications, there is no doubt
but that Texas, Virginia, North Carolina,
Louisiana, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennes
see, added to the already seceded States,
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Ala
bama and Florida, will form a breast-work of
opposition to the old LTnion, under the rule
of Black Republicanism, which can only be
battered down at the cost of streams of blood.
When such a position shall have been taken
by the States mentioned above, it is hardly
fair to presume that they have been less willing
to have the rights of the South guarantied,
and the compact of union preserved upon
satisfactory, fair and honorable grounds, than
the single, separate State of Arkansas, whose
interests, social, commercial and political, are
only co-equal with the rest of the Gulf Squad
ron, and certainly not greater.
The only question which will then remain
for Arkansas to determine—in the event
which is certain to take place, of the throw
ing off of allegiance by the rest of the truly
Southern States, to the Union as it has ex
isted—will be with whom she will cast her lot.
and whether it willbe with the North, or with
th# South.
We hfcve been particular in attempting to
demonstrate that Judge Totten’s idea of
making an effort to maintain and protect
Southern rights and the equality of Southern
States in the Union, if not already so, will
have been fully and fairly tested before the
meeting of our State Convention, and that
the secession of the other Southern States will
have boldly assumed his own suggested dernier
resort, “ to remember that the rights of life,
liberty and property, are more sacred than
the government which was merely made for
their protection,” and by that position unmis
takably assert that no basis of constitutional
adjustment could be gotten from the North,
whereon the South could, in honor to herself,
consent 10 sianu, as uimeu in imcrcsis wiin
that section. And such being the case, that
a majority of our sister Southern States
having declared that they could find no secur
ity for their lights by remaining in the
Union, and consequently declare themselves
by an act of secession, or revolution, or what
ever else it may he called, severed from their
ancient connection, it will be the bounden
duty of Arkansas to make their people her
people, and their God her God. Wc have
been thus particular in setting forth the sub
ject as we have done, in order to call out the
the opinion and views of Judge Totten
upon this important point, for, with this one
exception, wc doubt not that his letter will
find favor with a majority of the people of
Prairie county, inasmuch as it shows him to
be a man of mildness and moderation, and at
the same time of determined purpose when
conscious of right j and that when found
to be his duty as a member of our State
Convention, he would have Arkansas to so
bear herself that the enemies of the South
should beware of her.
Mr. Gantt’s position, which wc have care
fully attempted to arrive at, is of the regular
Hotspur and straight out secession school,
unmindful of the action of any other State,
either North or South. If it were possible
for a basis of adjustment to lie fixed, up on
which all the rest of the South could and
would consent to stand, and dwell banded to
gether with the North in future, it seems to
us that Mr. Gantt’s views would not permit
Arkansas to move with them, lie shouts
nothing hut secession, as lustly as Patrick
Henry said Jolmy Hook “ bawled beef, beef,
beef, through the American camp.” inthedays
of the revolution. Mr. Gantt furthermore,
has the unkindness to speak of those, who. how
ever useless the idea, are yet willing to have
the difficulties adjusted in some satisfactory
way, and the Union preserved, in the follow
ing language:
“ There is a class at the South, small it is
true, I am rejoiced to say. who advise delay
and postponement, and suggest ‘‘ remon
strance with our Northern brethren.” These
men will tell you with one accord that the
ultimate disruption of the government is
merely a question of time, and that every
possible means of adjustment ought to he
exhausted before we determine to resist.—
Such men are willing to preserve tin Union
at the cost of our honor, our safety, and our
independence.
A\ e know of many old and highly respect
ed citizensof this county, who, although they
might and perhaps do wish “ a remonstrance
with our Northern brethren,” in order that
the l nion which they love might be perpetu
ated, if it is possible, would be just as averse
to having it done “ at the cost of our honor,
our safety and our independence ” as any in
the land. And they arc men of as much con
scientiousness, worth, integrity, and devotion
to Southern interests as Mr. Gantt or the
seventy-five Pes Arc gentlemen who address
ed him the letter requesting him to “ vote the
state out of the Union when the Convention
meets.”
Changes in the Cabinet.
Joseph IIolt, of Kentucky, now Postmas
ter-General, is to be appointed Secretary of
War. and A. P. Greenwood, of Arkansas,
now Commissioner of Indian Affairs, is to
take the place of Mr. Thompson as Secreta
ry of the Interior. Mr. IIolt is now the
master spirit of the Government, having full
sway in the Cabinet. The latter is now con
structed as follows :
J. S. Black, of Pennsylvania, Secretary
of State.
John A. Pix, of New York, Secretary of
the Treasury.
Joseph IIolt, of Kentucky, Secretary of
War.
Isaac Tol'cev, of Connecticut, Secretary
of the Navy.
A. B. Greenwood, of Arkansas, Secreta
ry of the Interior.
Postmaster-General, vacant.
J. M. Stanton, of Pennsylvania, Attor
ney-General.
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Probate Court.
We have been requested to state that an
adjourned term of the Court of Probate will
be held in Brownsville on the first Monday
in February next. The regular term failed to
be held on account of sickness of the Judge.
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[From The New Orleans ricayune.
NAVIGATION OF TIIE MISSISSIPPI—
> TREATY HISTORY.
It is now nearly a century since questions
about the navigation of the Mississippi were
the subject of negotiation and controversy
among Europeans. These began when the
vast interior was an uninhabited wilderness,
the banks of the great river itself had but
i few and scattered settlements, and its whole
i commerce reached only a few miles from the j
mouth, and amounted to a few thousands of j
dollars. When these States were colonies of
Great Britain, a mere slip along the Atlantic ■
coast, when all beyond tire Alleghenies was ;
> unbroken forests, and the lower Mississippi,
j belonging to foreign powers, was dotted along
j the coast with a few military posts, France,
; England and Spain, in view of the prospect
; ivc grandeur of the commerce of the great
j valley, were contending against each other
I for privileges in the liver.
By the peace of Paris, concluded in 17G9,
| between Great Britain, France and Spain—
] whereby the old French war, as it is known
i in our colonial history, was closed—Great
Britain acquired, in addition to her original
colonies, Canada from France, and the Flori
das from Spain. France retained, and was
confirmed in her dominion over Louisiana,
which then included all the territory on the
west bank of the Mississippi from its source,
and the island of Orleans on the east bank of
the river, which reached from the bayou Iber
ville to the gulf. France accordingly had
possession of both banks of the r.ver from
ibervile down.
By the treaty of 17G3 the boundary be
tween Louisiana and the British possessions
ran through the middle of the -Mississippi
river from its source to the mouth of the
Iberville, thence through lakes Maurepas and
Pouchartrain to the Gulf
By that treaty it was agreed that the sub
jects of Great Britain should have the right,
forever, of navigating the Mississippi from its
| source to the sea, and all its passages, in and
out, “ without being stopped, or molested, or
subjected to the payment of any duty what
soever.”
But France had, cotemporaneously with
the negotiations which led to this treaty,
made a secret treaty, ceding to Spain the
whole of Louisiana, as it remained to her af
ter tue treaty. Spain thereupon succeeded
to the rights and obligations toward England,
including the stipulation lbr the perpetual
free navigation of the Mississippi river.
By the treaty of 1783, the independence
of the United States was acknowledged by
(ireat Britain, (.'oteniporaneously with a ces
sion of the Florida* to Spain, and the defini
tion of the 31st degree of latitude as the
northern boundary line of the Florida*, from
the Mb>issippi river eastward to the Ulinta
liooclice. '1 be western boundary of the 1 ni
ted States was delined as it had been in the
treaty of 17(53 with France, except that the
southern point on the river was fixed to Ik; at
the intersection of the 31st parallel instead
of the mouths of the Iberville.
The eighth article of the treaty was as
follows :
" 'Flic navigation of the river Mississippi,
from its source to the ocean, shall forever re
main f.ce and open to the subjects of (Beat
Britain and the citizens of the United States.”
(ireat Britain bad previously the same stip- j
ulation with France, when France possessed
the whole right bank of the Mississippi, \
and jurisdiction over one half of the liver—
astipulation, the obligations of which passed
to Spain, which had succeeded to the domin
ion. (ireat Britain, in ceding her sovereignty
to the 1 nited States, stipulated for a continu- J
a nee ot the same privilege from the United
States. -
The United States also succeeded to the
rights of England, derived from the treaty of
! 1703 with 1 ranee, to which Spain had sue
rceeded.
; Between 17S3 and 1705 this subject was
j much contested b_\ Spain, ami caused great
J excitement in the western eouutry. Spain
j denied the light of navigation—and soon at- j
| ter the Meaty made regulations lbr the eollec
j tion of heavy duties on imports all the way |
i down the Mississippi river; and. establishing
military posts and appointing ollicers with in
struction*. collected the duties by military j
force. This was in furtherance of a scheme
ot Spanish policy, to create a dissatisfaction j
with the Federal (iovernment in the Western
States, and detach them from the Federal ,
l uion. then under the (Iovernment of the |
old Confederation. 'i he intrigues for that j
object form, however, a different branch of
subject from that which we are considering |
1 lie claim of Spain was denied very strenu- j
ously by the (iovernment; but Spain was un- j
yielding, and the agitation continued to the j
year 171)5, when the treaty of Madrid was
concluded, under Washington’s administaa
tion. between the United States and Spain.
That treaty contains two provisions in re- j
speet to the navigation of the Mississippi.
The second clause of the fourth article pro
vides :
“• 11 is Catholic Majesty has likewise agreed
nniM.rntiiil. . .1' ftl4l L'i I I I T 1 VI»1* MfW*
; Mississippi) in its whole breadth, ironi its
! source to the ocean, shall he free only to his
subjects and the citizens of the United States,
unless he should extend this privilege to the
subjects of other powers by special conven
i , • it
| tion.
By the twenty-second article the right of
deposit is regulated thus :
“ liis Catholic Majesty will permit the
citizens of the United States, for the space
I of three years from this time, to deposit their
merchandise and effects in the port of New
Orleans, and to export them from thence with
out any other duty than to pay a fair price
for the hire of the stoics, and his Majesty
promises cither to continue this permission,
if lie finds that during that time it is not pre
judicial to the interests of Spain, or if lie
i should not agree to continue it thus, he will
assign to them, on another part of the banks
of the Mississippi, an equivalent establish
j meat.”
By this treaty, the free navigation of the
river was again specially confirmed by Spain
i to it, by their treaty, from England, which
| rested on her previous treaties with France,
by which Spain was also bound.
I lie western people were comparatively
quiet while that right of deposit continued,
btit at the expiration of the three years, it was
not renewed, nor was another place designa
ted, and a new excitement was created, and
i expeditions projected in ihc Western States
for the seizure of New Orleans. The right
was restored by the Spanish government in
171H1, restored again in 1SU1, suspended
again in 1802, and restored in 1808, when
| the subject was finally put at rest by the con
■ elusion of the treaty by which Louisiana was
! purchased by the l nited States, and the
I "hole of the Mississippi river, from its source
to its mouth, included within the territorial
: limits of the United States.
fJ he purchase of Louisiana was made from
1'ranee in 1808. But it had remained in the
possestion of Spain up to within a few days
of the transfer from France to the United
States. ri he treaty of transfer from France
to Spain was negotiated in 1800. By the
convention of that year—between Napoleon
I-, First Consul of the French Republic, and
the King of Spain—France obtained a retro
cession of the province of Louisiana, to be
delivered six months after the execution of
i certain conditions therein named, the princi
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pal of which was the transfer of the king
dom of Eruria (the present Tuscany) in
Italy, to the Duke of Parma, son-in-law of
of the Spanish king. The estimated value
of the Italian territories was 100,000,000f.,
which is the nominal value then placed on
the whole territory. But the delivery was
not actually made until the 20th of Novem
ber, 1803, after the signing of the treaty ot
transfer from France to the l nited States.
The French flag continued to fly until the
20th of December, when the territory was
formerly surrendered to Messrs. Claiborne and
Wilkinson, Commissioners ot the L nited
States.
One foreign privilege only existed on the
Mississippi after this date, which was the
right of the British to free navigation, under
the treaty of 1703, to the obligation ot which
the United States succeeded, as successors of
Spain and France, as well as by the treaty ot
1783, between the United States and Great
Britain. The same privilege was especially
confirmed and enlarged by the treaty ot 1804,
between Great Britain and the l nited States.
The war with Great Britain put an end to
that, and a renewal was refused by the Amer
ica, Commissioners who negotiated the peace
of 1815.
These are all the treaties which have regu
lated the Mississippi navigation for a hun
dred years. By all of them the navigation
has been declared free to all inhabitants on
its banks, and moreover, through all that
time, the doctrine of the Americans, as colo
nies and as States, has been that the freedom
of navigation is a natural right, for which
treaty stipulations are only matters of conven
ient legislation.
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[Special dispatch to The New York Express.
THE POLICY OF THE GENERAL ADM1X
1STUA Tl ON.
Washington, January 11.
The Administration being now a unit, I
have the very highest authority for saying it
has agreed upon the following line of
action:
1. It is believed that, in the present crit
ical exigencies, the Government can only be
preserved by inactivity, and not by arms.
Upon this point the Executive and all the
members of the Cabinet are perfectly agreed
—having reason to believe that there will be
a reaction m the South, against secession, if
the secessionists are let alone. Coercion, or
kilnn Eiuoifil oiunvioni it ij •nlniittnil tmiwit
lead to bloodshed and civil war, and utterly
destroy not only the lew remaining chances
of reconciliation, but place a reconstruction of
the Government, entirely out of the question.
1. Entertaining these views, the Cabinet
have come to the conclusion that the occupa
tion of the forts, arsenals, etc., in the South
ern States is, in itself, unimportant, and no
atlemps, therefore, will be made to recover
them. This will make the northern coercion
ists and northern disunionists howl; but. as
peace can not be preserved without howling,
it is deemed better that the howl go on, than
that the last chances of saving the country
from destruction should be thrown away.
o. The Star of the West, with her troops,
is not to return to Charleston. Nor has the
sloop-of-war lJrooklyn been ordered thither.
T here was at one time a disposition to send
her there, but cooler counsels have led to a
different determination.
4. In regard to Fort Sumter; as Major
Armstrong reports that Major Anderson has
provisions enough there to last him six
months, and with men enough to enable him
to resist an attack, should such be made, in
structions will be forwarded to him to adhere
to a strictly defensive policy. If the Admin
istration had learned these facts before the
Star of the West sailed, that vessel would
never have been sent, lienee the dispatch
ol the lJrooklyn—not to carry her into ( liarl
cston harbor, as some reports have it. but to
bring back her troops—the steamer herselt
being left to keep on her regular voyage to
Havana.
T here has undoubtedly been a formida
ble conspiracy to break up the Government at
Washington by force between now and the
4th of March, but the Administration are sat
islied now that it is quelled, and that the
peace will be preserved in the federal district,
no matter what may happen elsewhere, if
there are mischief-makers in office, they will
be decapitated.
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CoKKl’ION AS VlLWKU AV A UK1*L ULICAN'
—The Indianapolis Journal, the central or
gan of the Indiana republicans, takes a very
sensible view ol' the policy of coercion, as ad
vocated by the radical republicans to prevent
secession. In the last Thursday’s issues, the
Journal makes the following remarks on this
point :
You can not compel friendship and fra
ternity. and if the l nion is not a friendly one.
it is nothing. If it is not held together by
love for it and trust in its benefits, it is no
1 nion, whatever else it may be poorer for it.
It will cost us much and give us nothing. A
subjugated province is always an clement ot
weakness, and not unfrequently a door for
ruin, until the exasperation of defeat and
humiliation have had time to wear out, and a
generation arises that has forgotten the past
in present blessings, fight the Gulf States
to compel them to love us well enough to
stay with us! This is the absurdity at the
bottom ot coercion. The countervailing ar
gument that the Union must be preserved is
no argument at all, because the Union is not
preserved by war. If it were, we would see
the wisdom of coercion at once. The Union,
in its very life ami essence, is broken to pie
ces by war, and it is hopelessly broken.
Peaceable seperation does not break the Un
ion half so utterly and irremediably as coer
cion, for time will teach the slave States the
folly of disunion, and bring them back, while
a war will put an impassable gulf of blood on
the way of a return forever.”
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Failure of Cyrus \Y. Field.—Pink
thus writes from New York city to The
Charleston Courier: Among the recent fail
ures is that of Cyrus \Y. Field it Co. Mr
Field will be remembered as the great Atlan
tic cable hero, who was drawn through Broad
way amid a multitude quite equal to that tu
witness the entry of the “ Jafo,”or Lord Ren
frew. Cyrus is said to be a cute Yankee, but
lie floundered when he and his cable got into
mid-ocean. lie failed in 1857, but it was
said lie paid in full, taking, however, avenge
time of eighteen months to do it. Now lie
is ‘ gone by the board’ again, and his credi
tors were recently in solemn conclave at his
office, where he showed them that lie owed
about two hundred thousand dollars, and had
to pay it a little over fifty thousand dollars
coming out you perceive at the wrong end oi
the horn, lie undertakes to pay twenty-five
cents on the mighty dollar, in payment, al
nine months, twelve months and fifteen
months, without security or interest, whicli
is by means a flattering show. Cyrus was ai
one time a rich man, worth, it was said, hit
quarter of a million, but he would go outside
his business ; he would get notoriety, and se
the poor creditors pay for the whistle.
Flour is selling ill Little Rock at 88 to 81
per barrel; corn meal at 81 25 per bushel
buckwheat at 5c. per pound, and side bacor
at 10c.; coffee at 17c.; and sugar at Oc. t<
10c.; lard at 15c.; and butter a good article
at 25c.; molasses at 50c. per gallon; ant
Whisky at 50c. to 82 50 per gallon, accord
i ing to quality.
SALE OF LANDS AM) TOWN-LOTS FOR THE NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES.
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Cuustable's Office, Des Arc, January 1st. 1S61.
To tlie Town Connell of Des Arc:
T R M RUD1SILL, TOWN CONSTABLE AND COLLATOR FOR TIIE TOWN OF DES ARC
! do hereby report the following as a list of all Lands and Town Lots, or parts of Lots owned
tVand assessed to persons not residing within said town,and to persons unknown, upon which the
(axes have not been paid, as the same appears upon the tax-book in my hands tor the year •,
and I also report that the amounts annexed to each name i* the amount ot l.ixes, 1 enal 1
Charges now due upon the same for the year 1800, and tfcat the owners, so tar as 1 know, have no
goods or chatties upon which l can levy for the amounts due, to wit^______
-- v„ n*i ] ‘ t’ousta-1 Record-;Printers rp . ,
Owners Names. JjQtB i Description. Value, lu Penalty Feelers Feel Fee. !
IVanklm'M. D. L. 2 3, 4, in block 50 $ 800 $2^0 8 60 $!"<> $> W f $ 6 ^
Green C 2 9 10 “ “ 47 200 (0 12} 1 00 1 00 2 00 4 .2
SK, Nat. 4 1,:,0,4, - 57 400 1« » 200 2 00 4 00 925
Horne, Sim 2 5,0, “ 57 200 50 12} 100 1 00 2 00 4 0 }
Holloway, John 1 4, “ 25 2 000 5 00 1 2o 50 60 1 00 8jo
IaneerJ 1 7 “ 14 500 125 31} 50 50 100 3 50}
Moon&Catlin, 2 9,10 “ 38 300 75 18} 100 100 2 00 4 93}
McKinney & Co., 1 1, Erwin's sur. b 4 200 5) 12} f f 100 - 0-}
Nixon 11 1 2, “ “ 4 500 1 2. 31} 60 50 1 00 3 50}
Ostcnburg, J. C. est 4 1, 2b. 42, 11.12. b 00 000 1 30 37} 2 00 2 00 4 00 9 8/}
(hrelsbv W M. 1 9, in block 30 423 1 12V 28 50 oO 1 00 3 40}
Robinson. J. W. 2 1,’2, '• 15 200 30 12} 100 1 00 2 00 4 12
Thomas, J. W. 1 3 “ 40 200 50 2 60 50 100 2 02
Tunstel, heirs of 3 1.2.3, “ 12 900 2 3» on} lot 150 3 00 8 81}
W.lson, W. T. fract E >, of 8 & 9 b 36 500 1 }5 31} 60 5<) HH) 3ob}
Wiseman, II. A. 2 11, 12, in block 4 1 600 1 30 37} 1 00 1 00 ~< 0 5 8< }
Williams, J. S. 3 1,2,3, “ 4 7 300 75 18} If 150 8 00 6 93;,
Unknown owners 1 1, “ 71 100 2. <>} oO ■>' “ 7* j
«a,ne 2 7,8, “ 30 500 2 25 50} 100 100 2 00 6 81}
HZ] 3 4,5,6, “ 36 450 1 12} 28 1 50 1 50 3 00 7 40
same, 1 7, “ 40 200 50 12} 50 f 100 -622
same 1 0. “ 58 200 121 50 50 1 <«) 2 62}
s.1Ine’ •> 7 8 “ 28 800 2(0 50 100 1 '»() 2 00 6 50
same’ 2 3 4 “ 30 800 2 ('0 50 100 1 00 2 00 6 50
samel 2 5, 6, Erwin’s sur. b. 7 200 50 12} 1 00 1 00 2 00 4 62}
same, 6 7 8 9101112 “ block 12 250 62} 15} 3 00 3 00 6 00 12 88
STATE OF ARKANSAS, PRAIRIE COUNTY: Notice is hereby given, that the whole of the fore
guiiiir tracts of Land and Town Lots, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to pay the taxes,
penalty and costs thereon, will be sold at the door of the Mayor's office, in the town of Des Arc, on
the 4th Monday in January, 1861, unless such taxes, penalty, costs and expenses of advertising be
paid before that time. R- >»• RUD1B1LL, Constable and Collector
j Given under my hand at office, this 1st day of January, 18046 jan 4, '.l-4w.
j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS^
SAVE THE I WON!
I WILL ADDRESS THE PEOPLE THAT MAY
l assemble, at the following times and places,
; us a candidate for Representative in the Arkan
sas State Convention. Election on the 18th of
February. Other candidates arc respcetlully
| solicited and expected to attend :
Des Arc, Wednesday, February 13. Hickory
Plain, Thursday. February 11. Atlanta, 1 riday.
j February 15. Brownsville. Saturday, February
10. jan 23-3t. J. II. (jL'ISENDERR V.
MONEY! IHO\E¥!! NOSEY!!!
VLB THOSE INDEBTED EITHER To THE
tirm of Washer, Vaughan & Co., or R. C.
I McCarley & Co., for 18**t*, will please come for
ward and pay up, as we are compelled to have
! money to pay our debts,
jan 1-5, ’Cl-tf. R, C. McCARLEA & Co.
ATTENTION OFFICERS!
All the officers commissioned and
non-commissioned of the Second Battalion
j of Fiffiticth Regiment, are hereby commanded to
appear at Des Arc, on tlie 23d day of February,
lor the purpose of officers' drill. By order of
J. B. PERRINS, Major.
p>er Rt ss Evans. Orderly. jan 25, ’01 -tf.
1‘KOC l'.ss IONA I > ('All l)S.
T J. JOBE,
Attorney at Law,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
VITILL PRACTICE IN PRAIRIE AND THE
I ? T adjoining counties, l’articluar attention
given to Collections.
Rkfkrkxces.—T. J. & C. Powell, Knoxville.
Tenn.; Tlios. H. Callaway. President of Ocoee
I Bank. Cleveland, Tenn.; Moore Mar-h. Chatta
nooga. Tenn.; lion. John 11. Lumpkin. Rome, Ca.;
Hon. William Daugherty. Columbus, (la.; Hull.
Joseph T McConnell. Ringgold. Ca.: William II.
Inman. President Northwestern Batik, Ring ■ .Id.
! (Georgia. nov 3. j
T. B. KEXj'T,
Atto rney sit La aat,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
VT71LL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS OF
, ? Prairie. White. Monroe, Arkansas, St.
Francis, Jackson and Independence counties. All
1 business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. Office on Lyon street. no23-tf.
Dr. .1. .1. LANE,
a J ! Pliyslcia n,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
1 mENDERS IMS SERVICES To THE CITIZENS
of Des Arc and adjacent country. From
his experience, he hopes to share at least a por
tion of the patronage of the public. Office on
Buena Vista street, at Balsly's Drug Store, jy-y
S V LVAMA
o st cL 0133.37-,
I»R * 111111 COl \Tl , tllii 4XS4S,
1). M’FAYDEN, ----- Principal.
It. A. Richmond, ... Assistant.
rniin second session of the above
I Academy will open on Monday, the 4th day
of February next. The Principal Hatters himself
that, having an experience of many years in the
profession of teaching, he will be enabled to give
satisfaction to the patrons of his school. The
Academy is located in a healthy region of coun
try, remote from all those localities of dissipation
and vice, so destructive to the morals of youth,
and in the midst of a community, combining all
those virtues that compose a good neighborhood.
No pains will be spared by the teachers to advance
the pupils entrusted to their charge. Special
attention will be directed to have them thoroughly
to understand the elementary principles of all the
branches of Science taught in the school. No
pupil need apply for reception who is unwilling
1 1 be either governed or instructed. Pupils will
be charged front the time of entrance. No deduc
tion will be made except in ease of protracted
illness.
Tl'ITION PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS.
Elementary Branches, - $1H HO
Higher English Branches, - - - - lo 00
Languages and Higher Mathematics, - 20 Off
Board can be obtained at from Eight to Ten
Dollars per month.
Oakland Grove. Prairie Go.. Ark. jy 11 ’61-4t
3 > 13 H It C
FEMALE ACADEMY,
mSS SALLIE A. DAVI«, Principal.
mins institution will be opened on
I Monday next, the 2tith inst.. for the recep
tion of pupils.
TERMS OF Tl'ITION, PER SESSION OF TWENTY-ONE
WEEKS.
Orthography, Reading and Writing, - - $10 00
English Grammar, Arithmetic. Geography, 12 00
Algebra ami the higher English branches, lo 00
French and the higher Mathematics, - - 20 00
Students will be charged from the time of enter
ing school until the close of the term, except in
cases of protracted sickness.
References.—Rev. J. Douglass, A. M., Presi
dent of Franklin College. Holly Springs, Mi*s.;
i T. SANDERS,.J. I.. NKEL.
DRS. SANDERS & NEEL,
llcsldcnt l’liyslt'ians,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Having formed a partnership in
the practice of their profession, tender a
continuation of their services to the citizens of
Dos Arc and adjacent country. Office, up stair',
corner 1’iicnn Vista and Woodruff streets, nov 3
E. T. SWEYER,
J Jen 1 isst ,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
YTTILL CONTINUE THE BUSINESS IN AI.I.
It its branches, including continuous Uuiu
Work. Office on Buena Vista street, up stairs,
\ Jackson's new building. nov lb if.
RUSS EVANS,
REAL ESTATE & GENERAL LAND AGENT.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I3ROMPT ATTENTION WILE BE GIVEN TO
all business entrusted to him in his
| line. nov 3.
J. T. PARHAM,
-Architect ancl Unilder,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
KOLICITS CONTRACTS FOR BUILDINGS OF
every style. He is also prepared to furnish
Designs, Estimates and Drawings of all the mod
j cm orders of architecture; build, superintend
[ and furnish working plans for building at mode
j rate prices. Orders left at the “Citizen Office.”
will receive prompt attention. nov 3-y
DR. H. ARMISTEAD,
Having permanently located at
DES ARC, offers his professional services
to the citizens of the town and adjacent country.
| Office on Lyon street. nov 3.
E. S. HAMMOND,
Attorney at J -. a tv ,
OFFICE: TELEGRAPH BUILDING, NORTH
Side Court Square,
jay 18-tf. MEMPHIS, TENN.
T. J. WOODSON,
Attorney sit Law,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
WILL PRACTICE IN THE FIFTH JUDICIAL
Circuit, and the counties of White, Jack
j son and Monroe. All business intrusted to his
care will be promptly attended to. nov 3
C. A. JUDSON,
Carpenter and .Joiner,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
Dealer in sash, doors, mantles,
Window and Dior Frames, etc. Shop corner
Erwin and Park Streets. N. B.—Coffins made to
( order, on short notice. nov 3-y
A. W. MCNEILL,
Attorney at Law,
, DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
j PRACTICES IN THE COURTS OF PRAIRIE
' I X and adjacent counties. Office, corner Erwin
) and Lyon streets. nov it
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• • 'Mi. .1. .1. > ’i v j, vi « i .mi. i A'l-".. x mi.
M. D. Shelby, Carson’s Landing, Miss.; J. E.
Gatewood, Esq.. T. .1. Woodson, Dos Arc.: .1. M.
Coyle, Hickory Plain, Arkansas. nov 23-2m
1)ES AKC
MALE AC AI MY,
T. It. 0SB9RXE, Principal.
rnilE FIRST SESSION OF THIS ACADEMY,
I located in Dos Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas,
commenced January 7, 1H>1.
T’lic terms of Tuition are $10, $12,50, $15 and
$20 per session of five months.
The government of the Academy will be strict,
yet mild. The mode of teaching will be strictly
methodical. Parents will observe that it will be
of great advantage to their sons to be entered at
j or near the beginning of the session. Parents or
guardians need not enter their sons or wards un
less subjecting them entirely to the mode ol
instruction and of government established in the
i school.
Tuition payable from the time of entering till
i ilie end of tlie session. Deduction in cases ol
I prolonged sickness. jy-lb-y
*2,;joo vvoenza or roods
Just Received ou Consignment!
—
MUST HE SOLD!
i
FUST RECEIVED, A LOT OF GOODS TO SF.L1
0 AT COST, AND LESS THAN COST.
Such as Ladies’ Talmas, Silk Dress Patterns
Trimmings and Fringes, Shoes, Parasols, Cra
vats. Gloves, Mitts, figured ami plain Muslins
Robes, Rerage, Shallies, Cotton Cards, Sega:
\ Cases, Buttons, Hats, Bonnets Coats, etc., etc.
Attention of Merchants is especially called, n
1 will sell in lots, at less than Eastern pricts
Call and see the bills.
J. H. QU1SENBERRY,
Auction, Commission Merchant,
nov 30-tf. and Land Agent.
E X C E \j L E N T V LOW S .
Y\rE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGI
\ V quantity of the best Cast Plows, which wi
‘ oder cheap. nov 3. J. JACKSON &C0.
DES ARC CITY"
* . i
DRUG STORE,
ft
To Physicians, Druggists, Merchants
PLANTERS,
AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY
y
Your attention is respectfully invited to one of
the best selected stocks of fresh
drugs, medicines,
FRENCH, GERMAN & AMERICAN
CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES, '
TOILET ARTICLES,
PERFUMERY, BRUSHES,
DENTAL & SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,, -
GLASS, GLASSWARE, PAINTS, OILS.
DYE STUFFS, Etc., Etc.
t
and all other articles pertaining to the Drugbusi
licss, lately received, and now offered at the
i
DES ARC CITY DRUG STORE,
I I'
| At WHOLESALE OR RETAIL! '
ON ACCOMODATING TERMS.
I
A CHOICE LOT OF
i Scgars, ( hew ing A Smoking Tobacco.
— . \ .
ALSO, ALL KINDS OF SUPERIOR
LiqiORS FOR >IEU1ML FSES,
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND. -
' * *
Orders From a Distance will Receive Prompt Attention!
ANI> THE GOODS FORWARDED WITHOUT DELAY. **
m
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS
V ‘ jl
Compounded of>iie purest anj3 best materials, ' \
with accuracy and despatch, at
y
ill Slours of thr Day or .\ight!
, «t
nov 8-1 y. JOHN B. PERKINS.
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n i: w 8rrohe:
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ENTIRELY NEW STOCK!!
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We have just opened our new stock of
' !’
FALL AM) WINTER ROODS,
i ,
■which consists, in part, of
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KERSEYS, WOOLSEY5
HOME-MADE JEANS,
KENTUCKY JEANS, SATINETS,
LINSEYS,
AND GEORGIA PLAIDS.
VI.SO. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF POPLINS,
Do Borages. Merinoes, Scotch Plaid Alpacas,
j etc., etc., eto. »
h.
ALSO, A COMPLETE STOCK OF
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CLOTHING!! ,«
t'
A better assortment cannot be found. Also, tbs
*
largest stock of
I
BOOTS AND SHOES! '
I
In the market. We kindly solicit all who wish to j|
purchase to give us a call, and examine
our goods and prices.
TAYLOR & CO.,
nov 3-tf. Des Arc, Arkansas.
AT COST AVl» CARRIAGE.
I AM OFFERING MY ENTIRE STOCK OF
Dry Goods at Cost and ten per cent. Every- .
body is invited to call and see for themselves.
[ My goods are inferior to none in this market, and
my object in selling off at cost and carriage is to
enable me to replenish with a stock which will be
bought exclu ' ly with cash.
nov3-tf. LEVIN HARRISON
TOWS ELECTIOS.
"VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT AN
_LS election will be held at the Mayors’ office in
Des Arc, on Mondey, the 4th day of February
next, for Mayor, Constable, and four Council
! men, for the seventh corporate year of said
town. g. R. BROWN,
* JanV61-4w May r,
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