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Saturday Morning, June 29, 1S67.
WHO SHALL BE GREATEST? I
The people of Arkansas arc proving
their wisdom in the field; not upon
the field of battle, but in the field where
honest labor and firm perseverance
never goes unrequited. For years I
they have bowed before tlie throne ot '
king cotton and acknowledged bis su- j
premaev. Hut now they are awaken
ing, they sec the extremes to which
this allegiance to cotton has carried Un
people. and are determined to break
the spell that has bound them and
serve this cruel master no longer. Let
us look upon bis work for a few years
past and sec what be has done for us.
He has deranuded our constant atten
tion in the field, has eaten up onr sub
stance by compelling us in our fidelity
to him to eschew corn, and lienee buy
meat and bread, for which our lands in
many eases, and our crops in more, had
to mortgaged in advance ; has reduced
ns from honest independence to entire
depeudeuec—made us dependent upon
tho merchant for our meat and bread
nt the merchant's price, and upon the
buyer to price our cotton at his pleas
ure. These things could not always
lust; the people of Arkansas are fast
learning that cotton is the most despot
ic of all monurchs, and everywhere are
giving indications that they will not
longer be ruled by him. Hundreds of
acres of the best land in the State that
last year were planted in cotton, are
now covered with corn : and we hear
from many quarters of farmers regret
ting that they planted any cotton at all.
The people see that their policy is to
raise corn, make at home their meat
and bread, and thus raise themselves
above that dependence to which cotton
has subjected them. The power of
cotton is waning fast in this section ;
Hiwl mnre limn mice have We heal’d the
prediction that in less than ten years
Prairie county will not raise fifty hales
of cotton. It is as it should be, corn is
triumphing, and under his reign pros
perity will smile upon us and we will
be permitted to enjoy the fruits of our
labor.
The Registers have closed their work
at tliis point and gone to other pre
cincts in the county. Everything at
tliis plaA passed off quietly, there be
ing 221 persons registering, 78 of whom
were colored. Now when we consider
that the voting white population of
While River township is considerably
more than the whole number regis
tered, the inquiry very naturally sug
gests itself, why did not all register
that could. Many men have persua
ded themselves that all has been done
that can be done, and any effort that
they may make to secure citizenship or
save the State from extreme radical
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of persons we honestly differ, to us it
was and is clearly tho duty of every
man to register and secure the voice of
one man. at least, when we are called
upon at the ballot box to test the
questions which, in a short while, will
be submitted to us. The quostion, or
more properly the election, which will
first follow registration, is one of vast
importance to every individual citizen
of the State of Arkansas. Whether or
not we will have a convention to ac
cept the conditions of the reconstruc
tion bill is a grave question, and should
be seriously studied by every citizen.
A convention to reject is a convention
for no purpose. The question with us
is. shall we by our voice accept that
w hich w e have so long rejected, or
shall we remain as we are. We have
sufficient confidence in the people of
Arkansas to believe that we write the
sentiment of the whole State when we
say, no convention for us.
We learn w ith no small degree of
pleasure that the prejudice existing in
various portions of the county against
the establishment of a District Court
... n.in ~ . n>i..
pic, looking at this matter considerate
ly, can easily see that it is for the good
of the whole county. The country in
and around DcsArc is well settled, and
ttiat, too, with a class of people who
have much business at the various
courts. To be as inaccessible as they
arc now is a great inconvenience, which
can alone be remedied by this court.—
We h tve spoken of its advantages be
fore, and again take occasion to say
that tills measure will not at all inter
fere with the hopes or wishes of those
in extreme portions of the county,
while it will lie a convenience an 1 ben
efit to those on this side of the prairie.
The election will hr liolden on the 6th
of July next, and every voter in the
county should divest himself of preju
dice and vote for this measure, which
cannot possibly do hurt to anybody,
and wilt, to say the least, do much for
the county.
In accordance with an old and time
honored custom there will lie no paper
issued front this office next week. The
printers claim one week during the
year in which the season will admit
their taking a little recreation, in fish
ing. hunting, or some otheraiuuseiiteut
that will vary the mouotouy of the
composing room.
Political excitement seems to be at j
alow figure in tile older States. Eve
rything is quiet save ill Tennessee,,
where Etheridge is bombarding
Browulow with the same artillery that i
tlie preacher politician used on Pryne '
years ago. Elsewhere the people arc
busily engaged iu making bread and
meat, and have no lime for political
! disturbances.
A report says Maximilian has been
convicted and sentenced to be shot,
with Miramon and Mejia. The com
i mandant of the city of Mexico threat
ens retaliation If tills sentence is put
into execution. Much bltfme is at
tached to Napoleon by all parties for
hit course toward Maximilian.
LETTER JFROM “X."
Editor Des Arc Citizen :
June ITtli. (! o'clock, r. m.
M e are on the train that runs from
Memphis to Charleston—quite a crowd
hurrying and hustling to get tickets
and scats—a storm is gathering and
fast advancing, lightnings gleam and i
thunders roll, mingled with the rumb
ling sounds of omnibuses and hacks; a
shrill keen whistle tells that wc are
about to move; a jostle of the ears and
we are oil'; the wind blows, the rain
descends, the thunder roars, but on wc
speed—dense, warm, sweating crowd—
with no ice, no water aboard. Mre
waited, and thirsted, and sweated, hilt
had no water till wc got to Grand
Junction ; again we saw not and tasted
not water, till we got to Decatur, at
which pii;fe we tranferred ourselves to
the X. & 1). 11. It., with few regrets on
leaving the M. & C. train, a- wc found
much hotter ears, better scats, better
company, and better attention, and
plenty of pure, cold, ice water. Little
worth noting occurred from Memphis
to Decatur, as we traveled most of that
route after dark and in the rain. Crops
along the road near Memphis arc not
promising ; much of the land is thrown
out as commons, with no fence around
it: weeds, briers and bushes are “gain
ing ground,” while those, that once
subdued these verdant sovereigns, have
gone into Memphis and joined the
“LTnion Loyal League,” and washed
their hands of the “dirty business ol
farming,” and arc preparing to become
(not vestal virgins,) but Priests in tIre
temple polities!.
Crops along the Nashville and Dera
tin' I!. It. are the finest l have seen, viz:
corn, cotton, wheat, rye, oats and gar
den vegetables. It seems the planters
have had more time to cultivate the
crops up here, as few are in the grass,
and the crops give conclusive evidence
that they have been well attended.
Much excitement prevails in some
portions of Middle Tennessee, relative
to the efforts of Brownlow and Cuffy's
getting the inside track on the people
politically. But most of the intelligent
reflecting men feel more interest in
making meat and bread, than they do
in Politics, Browulowites, or Nigger
tics.
It is rumored to day that William G.
by virtue ofliis excellency as Governor,
lias issued bis bull and excommunicated
the entire county of Giles and several
other counties in the State. It is
thought that somebody in an unguard
ed moment, and by an unguarded ex
pression hurt William's feelings, but it
is not known yet, who it is that has
been so cruel and reckless as to hurt an
old man of Divinity, the quondam
Preacher and Temperance Lecturer.
It is hoped here, that no one will be so
j rude as to again wound the feelings of
j the old Patriarch, as did the llev.
i Prvne once on a time. Brownlow is
i afraid that some one like Booth, in or
1 der to become immortal, will attempt
to kill him, hence his vigilance.
June 19th.—It is wheat harvest here,
MVyK SHtWf A'mnSK'tfmT'feVl iVn
; mediately interested in the question of
bread, and I believe that includes all,
1 except those that are invisibly fed, or
feed themselves at other's expense.
Middle Tennessee is certainly in an
' enviable condition, as to cereals and
liorticulturals.
The health of the people is fine, nev
er better. On to-morrow. (20tli.) 1 ex
pect to attend the examination of the
students of the Mooresville Male and
Female College, in Marshall County,
i in charge of Prof. A. M. Burney, who
lias a large school of young ladies and
gents. The 21st is exhibition or com
I inenoemont day, and I wish to get there
early, lest something might happen
that I would "miss seeing.”
I am now temporarily stopping near
j some fine, pure, clear, cold, bubbling
springs, and feel no need of ice. These
springs come hurrying up from the
base of flic towering hills, as if escaping
from a severe superincumbent pressure.
1 love these romantic hills and the pure
water tlial well up at their base.
June 20th.—It is a lovely day, and at
an early hour a large crowd assembled
at the Male and Female Institute. The
exercises were vaiicu aim proiracieci,
interspersed with lively music nt iu
. tcrvnls, both vocal and instrumental.
At noon the teachers, pupils and crowd
all repaired to a lovely grove near one
ol' those pure, limpid springs, whose
cold, sparkling waters would make
Xiobc laugh. The dinner was spread
upon the soft green carpet of nature—
we mean such a dinner as the Middle
Tennesseeans were accustomed in oth
er and better days, to spread on such
occasions. After dinner the exercises
were resumed and continued to a late
hour in the afternoon, with apparent
satisfaction to all that witnessed them.
June 21st.—it is the regular com
mencement day—the morning is tine—
tlie people ut an early hour are pouring
in from every point of the compass—
anxious again to see the ball open. The
advanced students arc to exhibit to-day
—original speeches and compositions,
interspersed wih music is the pro
gramme—ull of which passed off with
credit to both pupils and teachers.
This institution seems to he in a flour
ishing and healthy condition—eligibly
located in one of the loveliest and most
healthy parts of Middle Teuuessee—
and there is one thing in particular,
tiiat I can speak plainly and definitely
about, and that is the hospitality, so
ciability, and umiableuess of those liv
ing at and near this school. May they
all live long, and behold their Institute
flourishing, for years to come.
A****«
-Under the present law of Geor
gia. indigent maimed soldiers of the
State who have purchased artificial
limbs, bn their own account, and those
who have lost limbs, leaving such
stumps as will not admit of artificial
limbs being used, are entitled to draw
from the State treasury the government
price of an artificial limb.
-The frieudsof Generals Sheridan
und Sickles Imre sent them telegrams
giving assurance that they will be sus
tained by Congress. The latter lias
also been advised to reconsider his de
termination of giving up hi* command.
IMPORTANT LEGAL DECISION. |
Compulsory Payments to Rebel Re* i
ceivers No Release.
Among the important cases derided
by Chief dustier Chase, at Halcigh,
was one brought by a Pennsylvania
firm against a North Carolina firm, for |
the payment of a note given before the
war by the latter to the former. It ap
pears that the defendants had been
compelled to pay the note and interest
to the rebel government during the
war, under the sequestration act. They |
set up the claim that while it existed
tlie Confederate government was a i>f.
facto government, ami that citizens of
those States which did not recognize
its authority were aliens, and in time
of war alien enemies ; that consequent
ly acts of sequestration were valid acts,
and therefore that payments to a Con
federate agent of debts due to such citi
zens. if compelled by proceedings un
der those acts, released the debtors
from all obligations to the original
creditors. This was the first ease of
the kind brought lip for decision since
the close of the war. and the opinion of
Chief Justice Chase was looked for
with great anxiety, lie concluded as
follows:
‘‘We hold, therefore, that compulsory
payment under sequestration arts to
rebel receivers of debts due plaintiffs
and defendant was no discharge. It is
claimed, however, that whatever may
he the right of the plaintiffs to recover
the principal of the debt from the de
fendant, they cannot recover interest
for the time during which war prevent
ed all communication between the
States in which they respectively re
sided ; we cannot think so. Interest
is the lawful fruit of principal. There
are. indeed, some authorities to point
that interest which accrued during war
between independent nations, cannot
he afterwards recovered, though the
debt with other interest may lie. Ttnt
this rule, in our judgment, is applicable
only to such wars. Nor do we per
ceive anything in the act of tlio 13th
July, 1861, which suspended for a time
all intercourse between the loyal and
insurgent portions of the country, that
warrants its application to Hie case
before us. Legal rights could neither
he originated nor he defeated by the
action or control of the authorities of
the late rebellion. The plaintiff must
have judgment for principal and inter
est of the debt, without deduction.”
Fate of Maximilian and Mexico.
* * Tho sympathy naturally extend
ed to a brave man struggling with mis
fortune, is reviving in some quarters a
line of comment only explicable hv the
forgetfulness of its authors. The ICm
t.orni' At v ini itmn leii'inir failed, ns fill
who were capable of taking a calm
view of the facts three years ago fore
saw and predicted he would fail, an at
tempt is made to make some one res
ponsible for that result. Sometimes
the American Government and some
times the French people are blamed.
It is quite forgotten that the Empire
was broken down by its own weight.
The published dispatches of M. Druyn
de L'hnys prove this. The French army
did all that an army could do. D emi
! quered and held its conquests. Hut
Maximilian could not establish his
Government. Ho plunged enormously
into debt, exhausted bis credit, and was
at last obliged to call the general of the
1 French army to advance money out of
the military chest. The French people
bore with marvelous patience the Mex
ican drain upon her resources; but at
last tlie Emperor was compelled to ac -
knowledge that it would lie wrong to
' call upon them to make further sacri
fices for the sake of the Mexican Km
wliieh had from the first warned that
of France that it could not establish a
European Prince on the throne of Mex
ico, at the same time interfered, but
more to secure that result to which
Maximilian was only adding the hor
rors of foreign war to those of intense
anarchy, and he had introduced the bar
barous practice of shooting in cold
blood, prisoners taken in regular war.
No responsibility is ineured by putting
an end to his inlerferanee iti the allairs
of a country which lie might uillict
with new curses, but which he was
powerless to benefit. As far as the
prospect of a re-establishment of peace
and good government arc concerned,
Mexico remains pretty nearly where it
was before tlie French expedition. The
causes of its disorders He too deep to
bo removed by the sword of conquest,
and will probably last until the time
has come for the introduction of a new
| population of a nobler race than that
which now engrosses a country it is
unable lo develope, and which seems
j incapable of founding any stable order
of society.—London News.
Accounted For.—The sudden break
down of impeachment at Washington
took many persons by surprise. The
! cause operating in favor of tbo Presi
dent has been accounted for in various
ways. This, from a Baltimore paper,
will strike the reader as singularly
[ characteristic of the party: "YVo sus
pect that one of tho strongest reasons
for not urging impeachment at this
time is that if lieu \Vadc cot into the
Presidential chair he could not be got
out until 1N72. This would spoil the
little plaits of Colfax Co., for the
nomination in l.stiri. We have always
believed that if Mr. Fessenden had
been elected Vice President instead of
Wade, the President would have been
impeached, for Mr. Fessenden would
not have been in anybody's way In
1 Stirs. Certain it is, tlmt men who, but
the day before, wore tierce for impeach
ment, no sooner did they it ml Mr.
Wade the Vice President than they
turned around and became eminently
conservative or openly against that
measure. Curiously enough, all the
gentlemen thus affected were either
candidates for the Presidency or ex
pected to be. One of them, when
asked by a friend about it. and who no
doubt represented the views of the
others, said: 'Well, Sir. 1 was for im
peachment. but when old Ben Wade
was elected Vice President T went
ugainst it, for you know t have some
ambition.’ and if that old devil ever gets
into the Presidential chair, we can t
get him out until he dies.' ”
X'o Convention.—The Mobile Trib
une takes tills view of the duty of the
people of A labamn : To seek safety by
reconstruction, so-called, under the
Radical prog lam me, is like plunging
into the sea to get out of a shower; or
to use a more familiar illustration,
jumping out of the frying pan into the
lire. Our only hope of salvation lies
in the Overthrow of the Radical party,
not In entering the ranks of that party,
torrh in hand. To adopt the recon
struction (so-called) aimed at by the
Sherman bill, is to all intents and pur
poses, to enlist under Radical colors.
Our neighbor, the Times, in an article
yesterday, headed "From Black to Red,'
demonstrated very clearly the Inevita
ble tendency of Radical measures. Of!
these measures, reconstruction uud'r
the Sherman bill, is the very filie du
regiment of the Radical chasseurs,; the
net measure of general s:ul private ; the
black liarlot whose womb is pregnant
with a litter of red fiends. Let every
man register and vote against the at- j
tempts to move the Statu in the direc-1
tion of the threshold of such a crea
ture's den—-that i«. vote "So Conven
tion.'’ |
NEWS ITEMS.
-Jefferson Davis was sixty years
old on the 3d (lay of June.
_Salem, Massachusetts, Ins re
fused to license the sale of firecrackers
for the Fourth of July.
—Green corn hns made its appear
ance in the Mobile market at a dollar
and a half a dozen.
—.—Governor Flanders, of Louisiana,
in a recent speech, denounced the con
fiscation proposition.
-A swindler in New York has!
been making up telegraphic reports j
and selling them to merchants.
-Copper distilled icecream proves .
ns poisonous in Selma as in Memphis. I
The lives of some victims arc despair- j
ed of.
-Leading citizens of New Orleans ;
pronounce the charges of speculation
against Collector Kellogg false and
malicious.
-Indictments have been found;
against William James, Collector of
Internal Revenue at Richmond, for
malfeasance in office.
-Nine hundred and seven persons
were committed to the Boston ‘ tombs'
last month, 637 of them for drunken
ness.
-Elias Polk, colored, for many
years body servant of President Polk,
is spttken of ns Conservative candidate
for the Legislature in Davidson county.
-A Yankee negro teacher at
Thomasville, Georgia, being about to
leave his blnck sheep lately, collected
from each the sum of ten cents to re
member them in his absence.
-The Parisians arc disgusted with
the Ethiopian minstrels who were so
popular in America and England, and
regard them as vulgar and coarse.
-The coroner's jury in the ease of
Roe. who was killed in the recent duel
in Charleston, rendered a verdict of
felonious homicide against the surviv
ing principal and seconds.
—,—Judge Wylie, of the District .Su
preme Court at Washington, has deci
ded that a combination of physicians
to prescribe their own fees is illegal,
and thereupon materially reduced a
doctor's bill in the case before him.
-Mr. A. J. Winters, of LobdcU s
store, was found dead on the highroad
in Hinds county, Mississippi, a few
days ago, says the Baton Rouge Advo
cate. We find no cause in the Advo
cate for the catastrophe.
t.. ii... n.a. r ir...i..
cry, on Saturday, Paul Taylor, a one
armed negro, was found guilty and
sentenced to death, for the murder of
a peddler, uamc unknown, near Mt.
Meigs, some time since.
-J. 5V. Simontou, General Agent
of the Associated Press, at New York,
sailed for Europe by the steamer of
June 15, to perfect and enlarge ar
rangements for receiving foreign news
by cable.
-Samuel II. Randall, a Boston
lawyer, expelled from the bar in 18(11.
lately brought suit against Judge Lin
coln I'\ Brigham, of the Supreme
I Court, (w ho made the order of cxpul
I sion.) laying damages at $7,000, but lost
' the case.
-In New England an enterprising
citizen lias invented and patented a
knitting machine, said to be the most
perfect yet brought before the public.
It will knit fifty pair of stockings in a
: day, and is so simple that a child can
, work it.
j .. —^.t.Kilft\ilisStefffiRfila.,Wfijd;r\1Wd
Secretary Seward. The band shaking
was so impressive that Mr. Seward had
' Iris finger hurt, when lie perpetrated a
huge I*, it. goak by declaring "his was
j tlie fust blood shed in Delaware.’’
-The llnndsboro (Mbs.) Demo
crat says that Win. II. Henderson, a
reputed lawycrand consummate scoun
drel, eloped from Biloxi, a few weeks
sg b with Ids wife’s niece, having fust
1 nibbed Iris sick wife of ail her valuable
ijewelry, and left her destitute and
1 heart broken.
-The Chicago Times says truly:
"Whether General Santa Anna, in
proclaiming himself Emperor o:‘ Mexi
i eo, with the concurrence of the I'uitcd
; States, or Commander Lcrov, in taking
Santa Anna by the ear and ordering
him to leave Mexican waters, in the
name of the 1 lilted States, exhibited
the greatest aimnuit of cool impudence
it would be difficult to say.”
-The Clayton (Ala.) Banner says
! that it is distressing to hear of the
I number of mules that are dying from
the effects of Western corn fed to
them. It thinks that the injury comes
from feeding the corn in its whole and
: shelled state ; that the stock eat it rap
, idly, without sufficient mastication,nnd
die of indigestion. If this be so, the
| remedy for this year is to grind the
\ corn : and n far better remedy tlieroaf
i ter is to have nothing to do with Wes
, tern corn in any shape, but to raise
j corn enough at home.
who lias recently returned from Kug
land, states that capitalists were very
1 cautious in lending money, because
there was a general feeling among
business men that many small Arms
and some companies, must soon fail,
and that then there will be considera
ble disturbance in monetary all'uirs. It
is this distrust, which has not only
made money accumulate in the Hank
of Knglaud. but lias given consols the
upward tendency of the past mouth,
lie says that our securities would ad
vance also, were it not for the influ
ence of the New York gold and stork
gamblers, who have agents in London,
Haris and Frankfort, to create distrust
in them.
Not Yai.id.—After the passage of
the Louisiana secession ordinance, and
while the Government was unable to
protect its interests, over one million
dollars were paid by the mercantile!
firms of the city of New Orleans to die
rebel authorities as duty on goods in
the bonded warehouse there prior to
secession. The records of the w hole
transaction, with a description of the
goods and the names of the parties in
terested. have come into the possession
of the Government, and the Treasury
Department lias receutly sent an agent
to tiiut city with instructions to collect
the import duties in question for the
benefit of the I'nited States—the pay
ment to the rebel authorities being in
valid. It is stated that one Anil will
have over one hundred thousand dol
lars to pay.
At Their Work.—The lirandon,
Miss., Republican is informed tb"‘t i|u.
Radicals in Rankin coll'dy warn the
negroes, if they d<j not register and
vote the Bb'k Republican ticket, they
will hot lie permitted to live ia the
county : that a squad of soldiers would
be sent to limit them up. who w ould
run their bayonets through all such as
refused to follow their eour.se. The
same scoundrel* tell the iguorunt blacks
that Congress Is going to cut up the
large plantations Into small ones, giv
ing each freodman a farm. If that is
not Kiiflieieut inducement to vole the
Radical ticket, the poor devils are to
be driven from the country at the point
ot the bayonet,—[ Memphis Ledger,
SmT" Win. .Swinton, Of the New York I
Times, enjoyed a recent interview and i
free conversation witli liencral Lee. |
lie deeciibcs him ns follows:
••Seated at the tnble wnn a handsome j
looking gentleman, dressed in a uni- >
form suit of pepper-and-salt cloth—a j
very portly, well-preserved gentleman
of 'tonic four and fifty, with a tine
bronzed complexion, a nobly-modeled
nose, compact bead, gray hair and beard
of the same color, closely cropped— j
who rose to shake hands in a courtly,
gracious manner. It was the man who .
wielded the thunders of Chanrellors
ville and the Chicahominy—it was Pre
sident Lee.”
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GrRAKTD
TOURNAMENT
AT DE3 ARC,
July 26tli, 1867.
rKOCEEDS TO IIE APPI.IKD TO REFIT
HALL OF WHITE RIVER LODGE,
DESTROYED DURING THE WAR.
PROG R A M 31 Jb: .
ADDRESS—By Coi,. I. X. IIEDQPETU.
JUDGED.
Lieut. Gen. N. B. Forrest, of Memphis.
Maj. Gen. E. O. C. Ord, of Vicksburg.
Mnj. Gen. T. C. Hindman, of Helena.
Maj. Gen. T. J. Churchill, of Little Rock.
Brig. Gen. D. McRae, Searcy, Arkansas.
Col. W. K. Patterson, Jaoksonport, Ark.
lion. Win. Byers, of Batosville, Ark.
Col. L. M. Ramsauer, of Augusta, Ark.
Col. S. P. Hughes, of Clarendon, Ark.
Col. P. H*Wheat, of Dcvall’s Bluff. Ark.
Maj. S, II. Mulherciti, of Austin, Ark.
CHIEF MARSHAL!
Colonel Will Hicks, of Searcy, Arkansas.
ASSISTANT MARSHALS|
Honorable R. S. Gantt, Brownsville, Ark.
Dr. E. G. Bradley, Cotton Plant, Ark.
Captain A. T. Jones, West Point, Ark.
Dr. R. B. Trcievant, Des Arc, Arkansas.
HERALDS:
Colonel L. H. Hoots, Derails Bluff. Ark.
Judge A. 0. Edwards, Des Arc, Arkansas.
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x >rr i< 1
1 LL parties are hereby notified not to
> Y unde for a certain note of hand, given
by me, with l’. M. Smith a security, to Drs
Stallworth & Uousclaux, as the consideration
j for which said note was given has failed, and
* I v\ i 11 not pay if. IV A. Sl lT
; June 29, 1 Ht*7—Of
ivo'itcl:
If< HEREBY til YEN that 1 rii.lt apply to
the Probate Court of Prairie County, at a
term thereof to be holtlea at the court-house,
in tlie town of Brownsville, on the 2d Monday
iu July next, lor a decree to sell the lauds
belonging to the Estate of John II, Chisum,
deceased, to pav the debts of sai l Estate.
NAN ME L CIUSCM, Admx of Estate
of Jons II. CtiistM, Doccubed
June G, 18G7—jun29-11
THOMAS M. OIBsr v,
i ^ m * A *•*"•
» ■» W mai — mm m mm W f
| DEVALL S BLUFF, ARKANSAS.
Will give special attention to collection of
, claims of every character. jun29-ly
STATE OF ARKANSAS, I
COUNTY OE PUAIUIK. j
In tlie Circuit Court c.f said county, nt Feb
ruary Term thereof, 1807. May the 13th,
1897.
Witlie Nichols as administrator of']
the estate of Hubert E. Hives, j
deceased, plaintiff
vs. I Debt.
Charles D. Taylor, A. S. Erwin, j
and E. 0. Stallings,
defendants.
This day comes the plaintiff by attorney,
and suggests and shows to the satisfaction of
the Court that the defendant. Charles lb Tay
lor, is a non-resident of this State, and that
he has not been served with process herein;
and thereupon on motion of plaintiff, it is or
dered that tiiis cause be continued until the
next term of this court; and that said defend
ant Clini'lo^ I) Titvlnr ln> 1111r iVi«*• i hv nuhli
cation of a copy of this outer, for two weeks
successively, in some newspaper printed and
^published in this State, the last insertion to
he at least thirty days previous to the com
mencement of tlx* next term, of the pendency
of this suit, which is an action of debt for the
sum of four hundred and thirty dollars and
seventy live cents, founded upon a certain
writing obligatory, executed by said defend
ants to said plaintiff, and that unless be shall
appear on or before the third day of the next
term of this Court, to bo begun and Uolden at
the courthouse, in the town of Brownsville,
on the third Monday in August next, after
the dale hereof, and answer the plaintiff in
premises, judgment will bo entered against
him and his estate sold to satisfy the same.
A true copy from the record.
Attest: WM. GOOUilUM, Clerk.
jun-9 lit
Ptailey & Warner
CASH DEALERS IV
Groceries and Prjvisions,
I>«‘!s Are, Arkansas,
Are in ret ipt of a large atxl fresh supply
of Goods; and having purchased their stock
after tho late decline of Goods East, they feel
confident of their ability to please their many
friends and customers, both in regard to
Price ami Quality of Goods,
Terms, cash md prices to corfosv nd.
lies Arc, Arkansas, June 29, 1807.
Notice.
\I,L PKKSONS Are hereby warned not
to furnish my wife. Klim both F, Bird
well, with any goods, groceries, clothing,
food, boarding or lodging, she having volun
tarily left my bed and board without Jnst
cause, 1 will not he chargeable with, or pay
for anything which may hereafter be furnish
ed or sold her. GEQKGJS P. pIKfjNVELL.
White Mi nty, Ark., June 29, 1867.
jutt29*dt
SCHOOL.
rilHE second session of Mgs. S.C. P^sskll's
1 School, will commence with the 1st Mon
day in August, 1£67. Term* moderate.
The undrnignotl living been Appointed j
Register., under the provisions of »n net of \
Congress, entitled "An set to provide for tlie
more efficient government of the Rebel i
.State*,’’ passed March 2J, 18G7.
Notice Is Hereby Given,
That they will meet in the various precincts j
herein described in Frail ie County, Arkansas, ,
as follows :
White River Township, Des Arc, commencing
Juno 21st, cuding June 26th.
Tigcon Roost, Hickory Plain, commencing
June 28th, ending July 1st.
Caroline, Austin, commencing July 3d, ending
July 8th.
Centre, Walnut Plains, commencing July
10th, ending July 12th.
Centre, Yeakle’s, commencing July 16th,
ending, July 16th,
Wattensaw. DevaU’s Bluff, commencing July
18th, ending July 23d.
La (Irue. Belcher’s, commencing July 26th,
ending July 27th.
Hamilton, Ilord’s, commencing July 30th,
ending July 31st.
Rich Woods, Pettis’ Tlace, commencing Au
gust 1st, ending August 6th.
Clear Lake, Morris' Church, commencing Au
gust 8th, ending August 10th.
Prairie, Brownsville, commencing August
13th, ending August 31st.
For the purpose of registering all voters
under said bill in said Townships.
Hours for registration from 8 to 12 a. m.,
ami 4 to 7 r. m., of each day above named.
T. M. GIBSON, )
T. J. MASII. V Registers.
JOHN JACKSON.)
June 22. 1807—2m
WATTENSAW
Wursery.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
FRUIT TREES,
ONE AND TWO YEARS OLD,
FOR SALK IN 1867-8,
BY JOHN I). MORROW A SON,
PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
" I .1 I l ., v i uvi.ll '•■ign^cu iu iiiio uuoiiii; jQ •»»»
I IT the last seventeen years, in Mississippi
1 and Arkansas; and having studied it closely,
, we claim to have acquired a knowledge of the
j FnriTs adapted to our climate. We refer the
public to specimens in our Orchards, and Or
I chards sold by us, in this and adjoining
j counties. Address
John D. Morrow & Son,
1 j\in22-tm Des Arc, Arkansas.
NOTICE
I S HEREBY GIVEN, that in pursuance of a
I decree «*f the Circuit Court of Prairie
' County. Arkansas, on the chancery side there
of, rendered at the February Term thereof,
A. D. 1807, in a certain case therein pending,
William Magby was complainant, and JacoL
R. Gray. as Administrator of the Estate ot
Mat. i Cooper, deceased, with others, were
defendants ; 1 shall, as Commissioner of said
Court, proceed to sell to the highest and best
bidder for cash, at the court house door in
the town of Brownsville, on the 10th day ot
August next, the following real estate, to-wit ;
! The X \ of S E J of sec. 2.1. iu township four
decree, and will make a good and sufficient
viced of conveyance to the purchaser, as com
missioner as aforesaid.
J AS. S THOMAS, Commissioner.
June 22. 11807s^-St
STATE OF ARKANSAS, !
COl'STY OP PRAIRIE. j
In the Circuit Court of said county. February
term thereof, 1807—February the8th 1867*.
James Jackson. Charles']
Man.son A; John Jackson
Partners, as Jackson &
1 .Manson. Plaintiff. Debt by Attachru’t.
vs.
Francis P. Redmond,
; Defendant. J
Now «)ii this day came the said plaintiff by
their attorney, and it appearing that the said
defendant lias not appeared and pleaded, or
otherwise answered the said action of the said
1 plaintiffs. It is ordered that the said defen
jdniit be notified of the pending of this suit,
whiv ii is an action of debt by attachment, for
the sum of thirteen hundred and fourteeu dul
1 birs, with interest, and that an attachment
ha* been issued against his estate, and that
, unless he ahull appear by himself or his at>
i torney on or before ffie third day of the next
! term of this court, to be begun mid liolden at
! the court house, in the county of Prairie and
; .State of Arkansas, on the third Monday of
lugust next, judgment will be entered against
! him. and his state sold to satisfy the same;
and that a copy of this order be published for
two weeks successively in some newspaper
published in this State, %thc lust'insertion to
be at least thirty days previous to the first day
I of the next term of this court.
A true copy from the record.
Attest : W.M. GOODRUM,
! junel *> 2t Clerk.
.M XJD 1st, lew7.
Dry Goods in Abundance at Reduced
Prices!!
Hr mean exactly till*.
IIAZEN A McPHERSON.
*”J1TS 1ST, 1667.
MACON SIDES.
IJKCKIVKI*. and in store, and for sale:
l 10,000 Pound* Bacon Side*.
IIAZEN A Mil'llEUSON.
JUNE 1st. 18t!7.
KILN DRIED MEAL.
Mo Barrel*—fresh and Good.
IIAZEN Sr. MoPHERSON.
JUNE 1ft, 1807.
TIOIILST TSSr?
One Ca*h Pickled Beef—Prime.
iiazen * McPherson.
JUNE 1st, 1807.
SUGAll CURED (IAM3.
1,000 round* Choice S. C. Hnn>“.
iiazen a- McPherson.
jtrJrS 1st, 1567.
A.tlOO rounds shoulder*.
ii azen \ McPherson.
COTTON SCRAPERS.
I I'ST rucuii■ 1. » Ui t'f lierj's lm
•I proved Steel Cotton Scraper*.
Tib'-.* in ii km I I. i tii. article, glioutil see (hem
bdMio puretiasiiig *!».*hrii- bur nU .heap
by .
a,,::- STEWART. CfWYNXE i CO.
NOTH i :!
Z ^ 1 will rhip all FREIGHT
—; ii mt ■ rr:[in ~l lo in#, for .trainin'
t O.M Htlttl II,, with .mt cummisaion or
Uiayagr. J SIMS'ALLEN, Agent
Ti'ni’ll- 8rg.ur* Coasmcii*.
... ISAAC GATES.
FERDINAND GATES.
». AATS8 &
dealers I>
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
LADIES DRESS GOODS,
gents furnishing goods,
NOTIONS, ETC.,
SOUTH SIDE BUENA VISTA ST.,
WB3 41C, AMM.AMSA3,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED AND OPENED A NEW AND
FRESH STOCK! OF
CONSISTING IN PART OF
Sucb as Poplins, Mo*aml»lqties, Grenadines, Bareges, Organdies,
Printed Jaconet, Lawn, Colored Linens, Swiss, Victoria Lawn
Jaconet, Nansook, Barred Muslin, Chnmbrays, Ginghams,
Black Silk, Calicoes, Cotton Stripes, Table Cloths, Tow
els, Marseilles quills, Black Velvet, Brown and
Bleached Domestics, Bed Ticking, Etc,, Etc., Etc,
A Large Stuck of Shoes aad Boots.
Particularly a large assortment of Ladies Shoes, Hoop Skirts, and Balmoral*.
A largo stock of Jeans, Tweeds, Cottonadcs, and Linens;
a very large and well selected stock of
Consisting partly of Black Cloth, French Drab dc Eta, Cassimere, Alapacas, Lus
tres and Italian Cloth, Linens of all grades.
Guns and Pistols, Cutlery, Pocket A'nives, Butcher A'nives, Carving A'nives, Ta
ble Anives and Forks, Table and Tea Spoons, Spectacles and Cases, and Shaving
Apparatus. A large and woll selected stock of
^fntlcmcu’ss jurutefimg
Also, a fino assortment of Fancy Parasols, Sun Umbrellas, and large Umbrella*.
NOTIONS.
Our stock of Notions is large, and consists of a variety of dress, pants, coat, vest
and shirt buttons, spool cotton, flax and silk thread, floss, serpentine braid, star braid,
silk crochet braid, worsted braid, edgings, inserting, laces, magic ruffling of all sixes,
dress, card, tassel and bugle trimming of all colors, silk ribbon trimming and a large
assortment of belt and bonnet ribbon; french flowers; a fine assortment of crewel; linen
and cotton tapes, skirt braid: Ladies’ and Gents’ pocket books and companions: pho
tograph albums, and a large assortment of combs of all descriptions; toilet soap and
perfumery; french and jews harps, spinning tops, marbles, china and wax dolls,
| pocket mirrors, work and shaving boxes; a large assortment of Ladies collars and
! cuffs, silk, lisle thread, kill and cotton gloves; a large assortment of hosiery, suspon
j ders. embroidered, linen and silk handkerchiefs, cravats, tetting, crochet and sewing
I needles; fancy Shetland shawls, fancy walking basques; melton c’oth and silk dusters,
I chesterfield’s Ladies hats and trimmings; white embroidery, skirting, irish linen,
shirt bosoms, fancy silk bonnets; stationery, aecordeons, violins; the roman, german
and italian violin mid guitar strings; brushes of all descriptions; niusquito nets;
trunks; saddles and bridles and saddle wallets
Having purchased our Goods in the best markets, and when they were at t! cir
lowest prices, we can and will sell as cheap as any house in this part of the country.
Give us a call and sec us, uud examine Goods and prices.
Is". GATES & 15IIO.
Art* A rlnncne, 1 1
1W II JOt Sammmmm m A
WILSON; & GQ OK »
DRY GOODS MERCHANTS,
Des Arc, Arkansas,
AUE Jl'ST IN RECEIPT OP THEIR
SPEI KG STOCIv,
AM) ARE OFFERING FOR SALE, AN ENTIRE FRESll SELECTION
OF THE LATEST STYLES OF
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS;
.
j Consisting of Bombazines. Mozambique*. Silk Chnllies. Poplins, Alapaoeas,
] Grenadines, Cbanibrays, Lawns, Frencli Gingham-, plain and dotted Swi-s
Muslin. Jaconet, Nansook, Bolting, Briliantine, Irish Linen, French and
American Print*, Glove*. Hosiery, Handkerchiefs of every description, Linen,
Paper, and Embroidered Collar*.
A nice line of Mourning Goods; Cloth and Kid Gaiters; Balmorals, etc.
A CIJOICK SELECTION OP
MENS’ AND BOYS’ CLOTHINGh,
' Of all sorts and sizes, and of the very latest fashion.
Also, a line assortment of Boots, Shoes and Slippers. A rare selection of
! Metis, Boys and Childrens Hats; Brown and Bleached Domestic, Osuaburgs,
j Cottonades, Bed Ticking, etc.
A very tine article of Pocket and Table Cutlery, Scissors, Combs, Needles,
| Pins, and a great variety of all kinds of Notions.
AES0—4 GOOD EOT OP TRI’NHS.
Having bought our Goods whilst they were at their lowest stnge, we now offer them for
sale, at GREATLY REDUCED RATES.
Substantial* for the Men and Boys ; nice things for the Ladies and Misses; and tots of
little tricks for the b tbies.
Accept our heartfelt thanks for the liberal patronage hereto extended us, and we beg for
a eontinuaton of the same, and guarantee for every dollar invested, to give value received.
Call and examine our Stock, that we may make good our assertions.
"Wilson A Cook.
• Den Arc, Arkansas May 18, 1807.—tf
wb*®£8& a wx-£s&&
HIGHEST PREMIUM,
ttWQfitJMMNttiVS*
Awarded the highest premium at the Exhibi
tion of the
St Louis Agricultural and Mechanical
Fair, IStiO,
THE WORLD’S FAIR, LONDON,
AT THE
FRENCH EXPOSITION, PARIS.
Every Machine Warranted 3 Years.
(From the London Time*.)
The Whosier & Wilson Machine, whieh is
the one best calculated for household work,
usee no shuttles, and makes the Lock Stitch,
alike on both aides of the goods.
(From the Scientific American.)
We use the Wheeiev & Wilson, and pro
; nouuoe it without a rival.
Send Jar Circular.
A SI MNLit & CO..
70 leffervon 8t.. Memphis, Teun., did North
5tb St.. St. Louis. M"
my 2d, l«t',7-ly.
Valuable Farms
901 lilt.
7AA A*!** Ol ■.anil, on Pigeon Roost
I ' t\" Creek, lit) miles west of Des Are. SoM
together, or in tracts to suit purchaser. Uiu
House and other improvement*.
Also, a More-house, which is an exceHeul
stand for doing a considerable business.
rorn in acres
THREE lit vailEO ACRES
QKVPV miles west of Des Are—unimproved.
Cl SoM together, or in tracts to suit purcha
ser.
TW O TOW \ COTS
JN Des Arc, on Buena Vista street.
AAA Acre* of Lund, in Bell county,
<wVU Texas—improved.
Apply to T. ti. Oi ti ek, at Untlers
ville, 20 miles west of Des Arc.
T. GK Butler.
Bntlenville, Ark . May 2S, ISfiT. ti,n