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frfRLTSHED BYERY FRIDAY.■ At;DES ARC. PRAIRIE COUNTY. ARKANSAS. BYT I
^VOLUME V._1)ES ARC, ARKANSAH, MAK
[THE DE8 ARC CITIZEN.
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loiJR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
Wc have supplied ou selves with a good
Bassortment of Printing Material, and aie
r»n<lto execute all kinds of Job Piinting, on
St reasonable terms.
We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Ca.a
Blogues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball
■ Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
Stion, for Cle ks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
‘ji| Peace. Constables, fcc.
” J. S. AN»BRSOX.
SADDLE, BRIDLE
■St AIR » A3 3 WE i’E' &R *
DES AltO, ARKANSAS.
H/wSV RESPECTFULLY informs !
K ‘'sag the citizens of Prairie and JplB j
Sadjacent counties, that he has on hint. 1 /A j
■ su'd , prepared to manufacture to o d»r,
Saddles. Bridles. Martingales. Buggy.
Carriage r,ud Hack Harness,
■as .veil as every other deyeviption of work
■usually done in such establishments.
•*r Shop on Lyon street, back o. Frith &
Lick on’s store. jan.l-lv.
| y;V iprni’Hi.R'WX.
COUN I'Y SUK.V YOK.
I A LL persons wishing my services in
this department of bu-iness. will please
1 address me a’ Brownsville. Prairie county,
■ Ark. Every call will be punctually Idled.
| novl3-ly _
I NEW REST ATI 11 A N T !
TSIEi
■COSMOPOLITAN !
| Corner of fluent! VUUi and Li)on sheets,
I>ES ARC, ARKANSAS,
TS now open for the reception of visitors.—
.L The best of Liquors. Wines. Ale, Cigars,
?§ etc., will be kept constantly on hand.
Oysters, Game, &.C.. will be furnished at i
■ short notice.
jjy This- Restaurant will be attended to by
■ Messrs. J. C. Tarkinton and .1. K. Hoke.
■ janR-G.-n C. T. ORB HA L
HARVEYS "XCHANGE,
•.Corner of linen a Vistaand Foster
Streets,
■'NEAR THE JACKSON HOUSE,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
HAVING completed, our new building, and
. opened a first class establishment for the
■ accommodation ol! the public, and furnished it
■ with the best of Liquors, Cigars.
■ Tobacco etc., the undersigned flitter
® themselves that they will continue to receive
■ the patronage which has been heretofore be
■ stowed upon them.
Adjoining their Exchange they keep a
i general assortment of FAMILY GROG Kill F.5.
■ Also, Cove Oysters, Sardines, Fine Pickles,
■ Catsups, Pepper Sauce, etc., etc.
jv24-tf HARVEY & MATTHEWS.
A S. H ARRIS,
ii* .i t a ss - -fs .1 si e ss;
tA n r>
f~\FFICE on Buena Vista
V / street, opposite th*'
1 Nticlftuj House. Des Arc,
Wi Arkansas. Flocks. Watches and .Jewi-ii.ry
3 repaired with neatness and dispatch, and yv tr
m ranted to give satisfaction. riov2<>-t>m
~f7lE P T I E NT
CLOCK AND WATCH
£ s 31 IB
AND j
jewellrr.*
■ Buena Vista street, opposite A. Stewart &
Hrothers.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
HT3 ESPKCTFULLV informs the citizens of
sg IX Des A c and th' adjacent country, that he
Sis prepared to execute all kinds of CLOCK j
l^and WATCH Work, in a workmanlike man
ner, and to Repair and Clean Jewelry, &.c.
| jnnlU—tf
JAMES JOHNSON.
Swim smith,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Havixg permanently located mv-»lf.
fjfT I am n nnireii to manufacture GUNS.
PISTOLS. &c , to order.
UriS’” All kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired,
on reasonable terms.
tigS* LOCKS repaired, and KEYS made.
In fact, any kind of work iu my line will be
promptly attended to.
HOT Terms —Cash. »pr3 ly :
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
/"1HAKLES P. BERTRAND Attob
key at Law, Little Rock, Ark. [jan21
P JORDAN. Attorney at Law,
. Little Rock, Arkansas. [decll-ly.
ITT’ G. Sc TV D. TURNER, Attor
VV . keys at Law. and General Collec
tors, Searcy. White county. Arkansas. Prac
tice in ’he Circuit Courts of Randolph. Law
rence. Independence, Jackson, White, Prairie.
Monroe. Arkansas. Jefferson and Pulaski
counties, and in the Supreme and Federal
Courts at Little Rock Ark. 83TP rompt and
faithful attention given to the collection of all
claims sent to them. [janS-tf.
nR T. HANDERS, late of Memphis.
having settled in the town of Des Arc,
tenders his professional services to the citi
zens of said town and vicinity; and, from a
longexperience in the healing art in the West,
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. g|5jp“ Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. deco-tf
TAR. Y\ . F. WALSH having located at
j / Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vice? to the public. (BT Calls promptly at
tended to. may 29, 1858-1 y%
DR. WM. BETHELL, will continue
the Practice of Medicine in Des Arc. and
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during the past fourteen years, he hopes to re
ceive a share of the public patronage.—
i|Sy Office at Betiif.i.l & Watts’s Drug
Store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the '■ Erwin House.” may22-tf
1"}R. J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi
cine in the different branches of the Pro
fession, and respectfully tenders his services !o
the cit.i-s.piiK of Des Arc and surrounding conn
try, hoping to share nt least a portion of their
patronage. OFFICE—On Buena Vista street.
mayi5-tf
A CHIDSEY, Resident
* Dentist. Clark’s Marble
Block Memphis. Tennessee. Will -sXjlXt
visit Des Arc. of which notice will be given
through the “Citizen.” octl3-6m
TAS. R. HARRINGTON,
** MKCHANICAI. AND St?RGICAI.l5*p3^%%
Dentist, Near Oakland Gi ove.
Prairie county, Arkansas. DIt. HARRING
TON is prepared to perform any operation, or
execute any artificial work in the Dental pro
fession. Hehopes by his particular attention,
carefulness arid experience to merit the pat
ronage arid influence of the citizens of Prairie
and adjoining counties, which he respectfully
solicits. tnay30-ly
r. veathkiiston..z. r. H. fash.
TT'EATHERSTON Si FARR. Attok
P neys at Law, and Rf.at. Estate Aof.nts.
Clarendon, Artsansas. Will practice in the
counties of Monroe. Arkansas, Prairie, St.
Francis. Jack-on and Phillips Particular
attention given to collections. References:
Madison, Ark.. Hon W. G. Benseley. S. W.
Childress; Clarendon. Ark.. H. M. Couch,
Panola. Miss., Col. Calvin Miller; Colfeeville,
Miss.. E. C. Walthall; Memphis. Tenn., D.
M. DuBose. Esq., W.J. Webb; Hollv Springs,
Miss., W T. Featherston ; Washington. _D.
C.. Jacob Thompson. jyl~
r E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
,1 , Law. Des Arc, Prairie county. Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie. \r
cans.us, Monroe, St. Francis. Jackson. White,
Oonwav, and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention to all business entrusted to him.
pg* OFFICE—Over Town Hail. (Frith’s
New Building.) first door. feb!3-tf
WAKE VLAN W. EDWARDS, Law
yer. Springfield, Conway county, Ar
kansas. Will practice in the va ions courts
>f Middle Arkansas, gg^" Prompt attention
riven to the collection of all claims entrusted
o him. n30*
F W. MARTIN. Attorney at Law.
, Des A' c. Prairie county. Arkansas. Will
iracti're in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas.
If. VI I-.Wh'lta
is?" Prompt attention given to the collection
>f claims; also, the locating, selling and pay
ng taxes on land. tXfiee on Lyon street.
sept26-tf
WILLIAM T JONES Attorney
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
jractice in the counties of Prairie, Jefferson.
Arkansas, Monroe. St. Francis, Jackson anil
White. Prompt attention given fo the collec
tor! of all claims in the middle and eastern
lart of the State. sept2(i-tf
|\M’r. W. WtLT.IA'MS.W. L. D. WILLIAM*5.
\\r ILLIA MS & WILLIAMS, Ar
torvkys at Law, Little Rock, Ar
cansas. Office on Markham street. One of
>ur firm will be almost always at Brownsville,
vhere he can be consulted on professional
msiness, and will give his personal attention
o all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to
hem. deed :
f.\ MOON, Attorney at Law.
. Oenkhal Collecting and Land Agent.
For the Northern and Eastern Counties of
Arkansas. Des Arc, Arkansas ocUO
S» FURNISS MARTIN. Attorney
* at Law, Brownsville, Prairie county.
Arkansas. Will practice in the counties of
Prairie, Pulaski. Conway, Pope. Yell, Perry.
Saline. White. Arkansas. Jefferson. Jackson
iml Monroe. Prompt attention given to the
lollectioii of claims. Also, the locating, sell
ng and paying taxes on land. jyl*-ly
■ L. ..W. p. JACOWAY.
ROLLOWELL & JACOWAY. At
torneys at Law. Dardanolle, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell, Perry,
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je2fi-tf
BLJCKSMn'lll.VG
A XI)
W AGON MAKING !!
MARTIN SHETTER,
□I ARC. ARKANSAS,
fPHANKFUL to die -act
| people for their past fa-If )
vors.respectfully announces A (7
ipened a shop at T. A . I.-e's old
stand, on Park st.eet, where he is prepared to
do all kinds of wo k in the above line.
(jg^BIncksimthing, wagon ami buggy build
ing wheelbarrows, repairing. &.C., doue on
shor notice.
SST* orse-shoeing done promptly.
feb 18-tf__
.1 11 ; dan Bo i) k. m e R,
SHAVING, HA lit-CUTTING,
AND
IIAI R-D R E S vS I N G SALOON.
-Al«0
SHAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING,
BUENA VISTA Street, west of Nucleus
House, Des Arc, Arkansas- octld-ly
YOUNG AMERICA.
BY BOBT. JOSSELYN.
When I was a boy, it is no matter when,
1 admit ’twas a long time ago,
There were plenty of children with rounda
bouts then;
Ar,d the world turned around very slow;
I At nine the old people went through with their
prayers.
And the children all went to their beds.
For they never took part in the grown folks’
affairs
Till an idea came into their heads.
But now we. have exquisite dandies at ten,
Who trust iu their swallow-tailed coats,
And put on the airs and the vices of men,
And squander their change and bank notes;
They top off their co'cktails and wine with a
smack.
Till, though green, they ail get very mellow.
And they slap you familiarly over the back,
While they say, “How d’ye do, my old fel
low!”’
They turn up their noses at girls in their
frocks,
And talk about lioops and long dresses,
At an age when their fathers wore nature’s
own socks.
Nor dreamed of intrigues and caresses;
They smoke, chew tobacco, bet. gamble and
swear,
And dance all the polkas and fancies,
With an easy assurance and languishit s air,
That delights all the Bridgets and Nancies.
0 dear. I am frightened half out of my wits
With the hurry, and bustle, and stir,
The world, by steam p; ogress, seems knocked
into fits
And goes round with a whizz and a whirr;
Shall we never go back to the steady old pace,
And grow up and expand by degrees?
For now we rush on as if running a race,
And the devil the hindmost would seize.
THE OLD MAN S STORY.
FUBUSHK.n by request.
I shall.never forget the commencement
of the temperance reform. 1 was a child
at the time, of some ten yeats of age. Our
home had every comfort, and my parents
idolized me, their child. Wine was often
on the 'able, and both my father and my
mother frequently gave it to me iti the
bottom of the glass.
One Sunday at church a startling an
nouncement was made to our people. I
knew nothing of its import, but there was
much whispering among the men. The
pastor said that on the next evening there
would be a meeting, and an address upon
i lie evils of intemperance in the use ol al
coholic drinks. He expressed himself
ignorant of the object of the meeting, and
could not say what would be best to pursue
in the matter.
The subject of the meeting came up at
our table after the service, and I question
ed my father about it, with all the curious
eagerness of a child. The whisper and
woids which had been dropped in my
hearing, clothed the whole affair in great I
rnysterv to me, and I was all eagerness to
learn of this same strange thing.
My father said it was some scheme to
unite Church and Slate.
The night came, and troops of people
gathered on the tavern steps, and I heard
the jest and the laugh, and saw drunken
men reeling out of the bar-room. I urged
my father to let me go, hut he refused.
Finally, thinking it would he an innocent
gratification of my curiosity, he put on his
lira i orvrl apmsa l!to n rupn f IIi<j
church. I remember well how the people
appeared as they came in, seeming to
wonder what kind of an exhibition was to
come off.
In the corner was the tavern-keeper,
and around him a number of friends.
For an hour the people of the place
continued to come in. until there was a
fair houseful. All were curiously watch
ing the door, wondering what would next
appear. The pastor stole in and took a
seat behind a pillar under the gallery, as
if doubtful of the propriety of being there !
at all.
Two men finally came in and went to i
the altar, and took their seats. All eyes!
were fixed upon them, anil a general still- |
ness pervaded the house.
The men were unlike in appearance,
one being short and thick-se' in build, the
other tall and well formed. The younger
had the manner and dress of a clergyman
a full, round face, and quiet, good-n timed
look as he leisurely looked around the au
dience.
But my childish interest was all in the
old man. His broad, deep chest and un
usual height, looking giant-like, as he
strode up the aisle. His hair was white,
his brow deeply seamed with furrows, and
around his handsome mouth lines of calm I
anti touching sadness. His eye was black !
and restless, and kindled, as the tavern-i
keeper uttered a low jest aloud. Hi-* lips
were compressed, anil a crimson flush :
went and came over his pule cheek. One j
arm was off above the elbow, and there
was a wild sear over the right eye.
The younger finally arose and stated
the object of the meeting, and asked if
there was a clergyman present to open
vith a prayer.
Our pastor kept bis seat, and the speak
er himself made a short prayer, and then
made a short address, at the conclusion
calling upon any one present to make re
marks.
The pastor arose under the gallery and
attacked the position of the speaker, using
the argument which I have often heard
since, and concluded by denouncing those
engaged in the movement as meddlesome
fanatics, who wished to break up the time
honored usages of good society, and injure
the business of respectable men. At the
i conclusion ofiiis remarks, the tavern-keep
i er and his friends got up a cheer, aud the
i current of feeling was evidently agains'
the strangers and their plan.
While the pastor was speaking, the old
j man had fixed his dark eye upon him, and
j leaned forward ns if to catch every word.
I As the pastor look his seat the old man
■ arose, his tall form towering in its symme
try, and his chest swelling as he inhaled
j his breath through his thin, dilated nostrils.
(To me, at that time, there was something
awe-inspiring and grand in the npp ar
ai'iee of the man. as he stood with his fit I
eye upon the audience, his teeth shut hard
laud a silence like that pf death throughout
the church. He bent his gaze upon the
j tavern-keeper, and that peculiar eye lin
gered and kindled for half a moment.
The scar grew red upon his forehead,
and beneath the heavy eye-brows his eyes
glittered and glowed like those ol a ser
pent. The tavern-keeper quailed before
the searching glance, and I felt a relief
when the old man withdrew his gaze.
Fora moment he seemed lost in thought,
and then in a low and tremulous tone
commenced. There was depth in that
voice, a thrilling pathos and sweetness
which rivetedevery heart in the house be
fore the first period had been rounded.
My father's attention had become fixed on
the speaker, with an interest which I bad
never before seen Inin exhibit. I can but
briefly remember the substance ol what
the old man said, though the scene is as
vivid before tne as anv that lever wit
nessed.
“My friends!—I am a stranger in your
village, and I trust I may call you friends.
A new star has arisen, and there is hope
in the daik night which hangs like a pail
of gioom over our country.” \\ ith a thril
ling depth of voice the speaker continued:
“O God! thou who lookest with compas
sion upon the most erring of earth’s chil
dren. I thank thee that a brazen serpent
has been lifted, upon which the drunkard
can look and be helped; that a beacon has
burst out upon the darkness that surrounds
him, which shallguide hack to honor and
heaven the bruised and weary wanderer.”
It is strange what power there is in
some voices. The speaker was slow and
unmoved, hut a tear trembled in every
eye. and before I knew why. a tear drop
ped upon my hand, followed by Others, like
rain-drops. The old man brushed one
from his own eyes, and continued:
“Men and Christians! you have just
heard that I am a vagrant and a fanatic.
I am not. As God knows tny own sad
heart. J came hereto do good. Hear me.
and he just
“I am an old man, standing alone at
the end of life’s journey; there is deep
sorrow in my heart, and tears in tny eyes.
I have journeyed over a dark and beacon
less ocean, and all life's hopes have been
wrecked. I am without friends, home or
kindred upon earth, and look with longing
to the rest of the night of death. Without
friend. kindred or home! It was not so
once.”
No one could withstand the touching
pathos of the old man. I noticed a teat
trembling on the lid of my father’s eye,
ant! I was no more ashamed of my own.
“No, my friends, it was not so once!
Away over the dark waves which have
wrecked my hones there is a Messed light
of happiness and home; I reach again con
vulsively for the shrines of the household
idols that once were, now mine rio more.”
The old man seemed looking through
fancy upon some bright vision, his lips
apart and finger extended. I involuntari
ly turned in the direction where it was
pointed, dreading to seo some shadow in
voked by its movements.
“I once bad a mother. With her heart
crushed with sorrow, she went down to
the grave. 1 once had a wile—as fair an
angel-creature as ever smiled in an earth
ly home; her eyes as mild us a summer
sky, and her heart as faithful and true as
ever guarded and cherished a husband's
love. Her blue eyes grew dim as the
floods of sorrow washed away their bright
ness, and tiie living heart was broken. 1
once bad a noble, a brave and beautiful
boy; but be was driven out from the ruins
ol bis home, and my heart yearns to know*
if he yet lives. 1 once bad u babe—a
sweet, lender blossom, but my bund des
troyed it, aud it liveth with One who loves
children.
“ Do not be startled, my friends ; I am
not a murderer in the common accepta
tion of the term. Vet there is a light in
my evening sky. A spirit mother re
joices over the return of her prodigal son.
The wife smiles upon him who age in
lurns back to virtue and honor. The Child
angel visits me at night-fall, and 1 leel
the hallowed touch of a tiny palm upon
my feverish cheek. My boy, if be yet
lives, would forgive the sorrowing old
man for the treatment which drove him
into the world, and the blow that maimed
him for life. God forgive me for the
ruin 1 have brought upon me and mine.”
lb* again wiped a tear from his eye.
Mv father watched him with a strange in
terest, and a countenance unusually pale,
and excited by some strange emotion.
“ I was once a fanatic, and m idly fol
lowed the malign light which led me to
ruin. I was a fanatic when I saenfleed
my wife, children, happiness and home,
to the accursed demon of the bowl. 1
once adored the gentle being w hom I in
jured so deeply.
“ I was a drunkard. From respecta
bility and affluence I plunged into degra
dation and poverty. I dragged my fami
ly down with me. For years I saw her
cheek pale, and her step grow weary. I
left her alone amid the wreck of her home
idols, and rioted at the tavern. She nev
er complained, yet she and the children
went hungry for bread.
“ One new year’s night I returned late
to the hut where charity had given us a
'roof. She was yet up, and slnve.vng over
' the coals. I demanded lood, but she
i burst into tears and told me there ivas
none. I fiercely ordered her to get some.
She turned her eyes sadly upon me, the
tears falling fast over her pule cheek. At
j this moment the child in the cradle awoke,
and sent up a famishing wail, startling
the despairing mother like a serpent's
sting.
“We lave no food, James; I have
had none for several days. I have noth
ing for the b,ahe. My once kind husband,
mu.'t wo starve ?”
“ That sad. pleading face, and those
streaming eyes, and the feeble wail of
the child, maddened me, and I—yes, I
struck bora fierce blow in the face, and
she fell forward upon the hearth. The
furies of hell boiled in mv bosom, and
with deeper intensity as 1 fell I had com
mitted a wrong. I had never struck Ma
ry before; but now some terrtbe impulse
bore mo on, and I stooped as well as I
could in my drunken state, and clenched
both hands in her hair.
‘•■God of mercy. James !*’ exclaimed
my wife, as she looked up in my fiendish
countenance. ‘ you will not kill us—you
will not harm Willie?” and she sprang to
the cradle and grasped him to her embrace
1 caught her again by the hair, ami drag
ged her to the door, and as I lifted the
latch the wind burst in with a cloud of
show. With the yell of a fiend, I still
dragged her on and hurried her out into
the storm. With a wild ha! ha! I closed
the door and turned the button, her plead
ing moans mingling with the Wait of the
blast and sharp cry of her babe. But my
work was not complete.
“ 1 turned to ilie little bed, where lay
my elder son, and snatched him from his
slumber's ; and against his half-wakened
struggles, opened the door and thrust him
out. In the agony of fear he called me
hy a name 1 was no longer fit to hear, and
locked his lingers into my side-pocket, i
could not wrench that frenzied grasp away,
and with the coolness of a devil, ns I was.
shut the door upon his arm and with my
knife severed it at'the wrist.”
The speaker ceased a moment, and
hnried his face in his o.vn hands, as if to
shut out some fearful dream, and his deep
chest heaved like a storm-swept sea. My
father had arisen from his seat and was
leaning forward, his countenance blood
less, the large drops standing out upon
his brow. Chills crept back to my young
heart, and I wished I was nt home. The
old man looked up, and I never have
since beheld such mortal agony pictured .
upon a human face as there was on his.
“ It was morning when I awoke, and
the storm had ceased, hut the cold was in
tense I first secured a drink of water,
and then looked in the accustomed place
for Mary. As I missed her (or the first
tinv-, a shadowy sense of some horrible
nightmare began to dawn upon my wan
dering mind. 1 thought 1 had a fearful
dream, but involuntarily opened the out
side door, with a shuddering dread.
•• As the door opened, the snow hurst
in, followed by the fall of something
actors the threshold, scattering the snow
and striking the floor with a sharp, hard
sound. My blood shot like red-hot arrows
through my veins, and I rubbed my eves
to keep out the sight. It was—O, God !
bow horrible !—it was my own injured
vr.j t _ l_l .. f...... . ... t ti,., I
ever true mother had bowed herself over
the child to shield it, her own person stark
and bare to the storm.
“She had placed her Imir over the face
of the child, and the sleet had frozen it to
the white cheek. The frost was white in
its half-opened eyes and upon its liny lin
gers. I know not what became of my
brave boy.”
Again the old man bowed his head
and wept, and all that were In the house
wept with him. In tones of low and
heart-broken pathos the old man conclu
ded :
“ I was arrested and for long months
raved in delirium. I awoke, was sen- j
fenced to prison for ten years, hut no tor- ]
lures could have been like those I endured
within my own bosom. O God no!—I
am not a fanatic. I wish to injure no one.
But while 1 live, let me strive to warn
others not to enter the path which lias
been so dark a one to me ”
The old man sat down, but a spell, as
deep and strong as that wrought by some
wizard's breath, rested upon the audience.
Hearts could have been heard in tie ir
beating, and tears to fall. The o.d man
then asked the people to sign the pledge^
My father leaped from his .-eat and shI
ed at it eagerly. 1 had followed lum^HH
as he hesitated a moment, with pen it^Hj
ink, a tear fell from the old man’s eye off
the paper.
“Sign it, sign it, young man. Angels
would sign it; [ would write my name
there ten thousand times in blood, if it
would bring my loved arid lost ones.”
My father wrote “ Mortimer Hud
son.” Tbe old man looked, wiped his
tearful eyes, and looked again, his coun
tenance alternately flushed with u red and
death-like paleness.
“It is — no, it cannot be; yet how
strange !” muttered the old man. “ Par*
| don me, sir, but that was the name of my
! brave boy.”
I My father trembled, and held up the
I left arm, from which the hand had been
I severed.
They looked fur a moment in each oth
j er’s eyes, both reeled and gasped :
I " My own injured sou!”
“ My father! ”
They fell upon each oiher's neck and
wept until it seemed that their souls would
grow and mingle into one. There was
weeping in that church, and sad laces
around me.
JLet me thank God for this great hi ess*
ing which has gladdened my guilt-burden
ed soul!" exclaimed the old man? nnd
kiiutiling down he poured out his heart it;
one oi Ute most mailing prayers I evei
! heard. 1 Ire spell was then broken, nnd
| all eagerly signed the pledge, slowly go
ing to their homes, os if loth to leave the
spot."
The old man is dead. The lesson hi
taught his grand-child on his knee, as hi'
evening sun went down without a. cloud
will never he forgotten. His fanaticlftr
has lost none of its fury in my manhood':
heart.
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A NEW ARGUMENT ON THE TAR
IFF aUESTION.
We call the particular attention of out
readers to the following paragraph in the
speech of Hon. J. F. Dowdell, of Ala
hama, delivered in the House of Repre
sentatives, on the 2d ult,
Mr. Chairman: I do not intend to dis
cuss, at this time, the subject of the tariff;
nor to reply at length to the ingenious nnd
able argument of the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, [Mr. Morns] who has
just taken his scat. I deny the constitu
tional power of this Government to im
pose nny duty for protection. He takes
the power for granted, nnd endeavors to
show, by an ante review of the past poli
cy of this and (Uher counii ies, that a tariff
for protection is highly expedient; nnd
that it not only benefits the manufacturer,
hut after a series of years will cheapen
the nrice of the nmtectod articles to tin
consumers. In the course of his remarks,
he says:
“I challenge the advocates of free trade
(o produce a single article which has had
the benefit of protection for a series ol
years, that lias not fallen greatly in price,
instead of protective duties enhancing the
cost of the fabrics, they have everywhere,
in the United States and in Europe been
tiie certain and only reliable means of in
suring its abatement.”
Now, Mr. Chairman, is it not a little
strange that the great agricultural and la
boring classes of this country, who con
sume the greater part of these protected
arikslesj have not before this tune discov.
ered the truth of this proposition, and
been before Congress with petitions for
higher duties ? Is it not si ill more strange
that the protected classes, whose manu
factures ore thus reduced in price, have
been the only people who clamor for high
tariffs? But, in answer to the challenge
to the friends of free trade, I can give
him a class of property of no little value,
which has for a “series of years”—yes,
sir, for fifty years—been protected against
foreign competition to the point of prohi
bition, and has all the time, aside from
temporary fluctuations caused by deiauge
ments in the currency, steadily increased
in price hundreds per cent. I allude to
the slave property of the South, now worth
6>U.000,000,000. Is not this a case in
point ?
This is what we call a palpable Inl
and a center shot at that. It is no ad
caplandum stroke It bears full investi
gation and elaborate discussion. More
over, the argument is even stronger than
would appear on the first glance. II
there is any reason, whatever, for the
doctrine that protection operates to cheap
en prices, it would apply, practically and
theoretically, with much greater force to
slave property than to manufactured arti
CIG9*
There is no important fluctuation in the
supply of slaves. Nor istherethe rapid
recurrence of demand necessarily incident
to articles of consumption. There is
nothing precarious in the possession of
this property. A slave once purchased
lasts for a lifetime. And there is no
necessity, in cases of sale, to make a mar
gin of price sufficient to cover losses on
oilier sales, past or prospective.
Finally, slave property has an inherent
power ol perpetuation and multiplication,
and the expense of the nurture and main
tenance of a slave is tiie mere offset to
the gross value of slave property, the de
duction of which ascertains the net value
in each instance. Thus the entire ex
pense attached to slave property must lie
regarded as a mere incident ol possession,
and re-production and multiplication may
be regarded us involving no cost whatever.
And this constantly recurring increase,
secured without expense, makes an item
of supply much greater than that furnish
ed by any one species of manufacturing
islmients of ll.e whole country.
the comparison by figures. 3VIr.
estimates the present value of
>,'pro|)einr at 8'J.OuO.UOtJ 000. Sup
mg tins in tie renewed every thirty
years, and allowing for a rate of increase
somewhat inferior to that 01 preceding
years, we must have an average yearly
supply,during the next thirty years, to be
valued at aboui $1-10,000 000.'
Now the statistics for the year ending
June 30 I860, place the value of product
of all our m uiulactures for that year, ni
$1,019 106.616. When we consider the
immense number of various manufactures
anong which this is divided, we find that
the amount of supply yielded by any par
ticular species of manufacturing establish
ments, will fall tar below the annual sup
ply of slave property.
Moreover, manuiactures are not, as
slave property is, self-producing. Then
production requires the permanent invest
ment ol a large capital, and immense out
iaV* for raw material and labor.
Certainly, if the protective system will
operate to cueupeit prices ol manuiacturec
articles .valued a $1,019,106 610 and pro
duced utan outlay of nearly $830,000,000
the same system ought to operate muci
more strikingly in cheapening the price o
i ether property rrxJurpd annually 10 the
1 amount of $140 000,000, and without any
outlay whatever.
Moreover, the fluctuations in the sup
ply and demand of manufactured articles
•—and their frequently perishable nature
—the lossesand risks incurred, all operate
to keep up prices. As we have shown, no
such causes operate on slave property.
This whole view of the subject, ffiPn,
in all its aspects, shows that if protection
wouhi insure a reduction of prices otv
manufactured articles, it ought to manifest
J the same effect much more strikingly on
sVtve property. And yet, as Mr. Dow
dell shows, pi ices, in the latter instance,
have steadijy increased under a system of
rigid protecU'oa. bv hundreds per cent.
**£J}ichrnnnd Enquifer.
—-*~ ♦»-»».,;-—.
AN ACT to prevent Captains and owners
of steamboats navigating' tmy of ilii*
waters of this State from employing
free negroes on their boats.
§ 1. Ho it onaetedby the General Assembly
r f the State of Arkansas, That if any owper
or on .tain, or any person having charge, or
in command of any steamboat, keelboat, flal
lioat. or any W.iter craft of any kind or de
scription w hatever, navigating any of the wa
ters wi hin the State of Arkansas, shall em
ploy. or suffer any free negro or free mulatto
to perform any service, or travel on any of
their said boat", or crufts within this State,
shall be deemed to be guilty of a high misde
meanor. and the grand jury of any county,
t hrough which any such boat or craft may na.
vig-ite ot' pass, shall have jurisdiction of the
c.itise, and shall prefer a" bill of Indictment
therefor, and upon conviction, [he or they!
sh ill be fined in any sum not ie s than $500,
nor more than one thousand dollars, and may
be imprisoned not exceeding twelve month-,
ami in defuutt of the flue and costs that shall
_..-i .. _< u ;__;.1 ak. -K ^
county having chnrge of the execution, ahull
he and he Is hereby required to levy on the
boat—on which said free negroes or mulatto#*
Was charged to be employed—and to make
the amount of the fine and cost that may have
been assessed, and said boat shall at all time*
be liable till the said line and costs shall be
fully paid off and discharged.
5 2. lie it further enacted, That the judge#
of the several circuit courts within thi* State
are hereby required to give this act in special
charge to the grand jury, and that this act
shall tulle elect and be in force from and af
ter the fir«t of January, A. D. one thousand,
eight hundred and sixty. .
Approved 21st February, 1859.
AN ACT io prevent iiie peoples from bev
ing defrauded with Bank paper.
§ 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of ihe State of Arkansas, That it sh ill not be
lawful for any person or persons, l'roip and «fr
ter the fourth slay of July, 1859. to put in cir
culation* to resolve, or pass, sign.countersign,
o. indorse any bill, bond, note, check or ticket
of a less deiibrainutioii than ten dollars, with
an intention that thu same shall pass ns cur
rency; and that no person or persons, or .com
pany, shall 'within this State, receive, vend,
pass, or offer In payment any bank .note, bill,
bond, check or ticket of a denomination les.%
111 a n ten dollars, and intended to be ii.-eij In
circulation as currency, whether the same wild
first issued in this Stute or not. • -
§ 2. That It shall not be lawful for any per
son, or persons, from and after the fomth day
of July, IStilJ, {» put in circulation, to receive
or pass,sign, countersign or indorse any bill,
bond, note, check, or ticket of a less denomi
nation than twenty dollais, with, an Intention
that the same shall pass as currency; and that
no person or persons or company* shall within
this State receive, vepd, pass, or offer in pay
ment any bank note, bill, bond, check or ticket
of a deuoiirination ksj than twenty dollars,and
Intended to be u-ed in circulation as currency,
whether the same was first issued in this State
or not; Provided, Hint nothing herein con
tained shall bo so construed, as to prevent Iho
circulation of negotiable paper or county scrip
or win rants.
A M 'I'lvnt n virvlnfi.in nf ntiv nf nrrivi-cu.
ions of this act shall be a misdemeanor, pun
ishable in any of the circuit court* of this
Slate by p c ointment or indictment, and the
party offending, upon conviction, shall be fined
in any sum not less than fifty nor more than
five hundred dollars for each and every offence,
ut the discretion of (he jury.
6 4. That it shall be the duty of the several
judges of the circuit courts to give this uct in
charge to the grand juror? at each circuit
! court; and that this act take offset from amt
after the dates respectively mentioned.
Approved 8th I eb. 1859.
AN ACT to cause all school funds to bt*
paid directly to tho commissioners of
common schools for the several counties,
fi 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Arkansas, That from and afuV
the passage of this act nil the sheriffs of tjfe
several counties, and all other persons who
may receive any of the moneys belonging to
the’school fund shall pay the 'same directly to
the commissioner of the common schools ifi
the several counties, and take duplicate re
ceipts therefor instead of paying toe same to
the county treasurer.
§ 2. Be it further enacted, That at every
session of the county court in each county in
this State, upon making settlement with the
sheriff or any other officer that has, or ought
to have moneys in then- hands belonging to the
common schools, such sheriff or officer shall
be directed by the county court to pay the sam'r
to th» commissioner of common schools, and
such court shall cause Ihe clerk to ceitify the
amount so found to be due to the common
school commissioner of the county; Provided,
[ That the counties of Arkansas, iSradly, Pu
laski. Izard. Marion, Poinsett and Fulton be,
1 and they are hereby exempted from the pro
visions of this act.
' 0 Be it further enacted, That this act
shall take effect and be in forte from and after
its passage.
Approved lrt'h Feb. tS.>9.
The Lakge-t Land Suit is the
World. — We learn that suns are about to
be commenced by the Cherokees, woo
I were driven from T* xas many years ago*
I for the lands granted to them by Mexico.
Tirese lands compose ihe richest and most
I fertile portion of the eastern patio! Texas.
The surviving Cherokees have employed
able counsel to conduct the business for
them. There are a number of heirs who
will try ‘he strength ol their cln.ms. It is
! but simple justice that they should regain
i the land which was wrested from them by
; force.— f Fort Smith Times.
j 1
Greeoe <oumy correspondent of
the Pocahontas Advertiser writes to that
paper that cumbers oi emigrants are p lci *
mg their tents in that county, and that it
: is settling up faster than any county in lb#
State. - ■ *