Dm 3lrr Citijen.
J. C. MORRILL, EDITOR.
~~DES ARC," ARKANSAS :
WEDNESDAY,_OCTOBER 3, 1861
DEMO CRA TICTICK E T.
FOR PRESIDENT,
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE,
Or KENTUCKY.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
GENERAL JO. LANE,
OF OREGON.
PSaSOENTIAL ELECTORS.
W. W. Floyd, T. F. Sorrells
» W. Taylor, W. W. Leake
THE CITIZEN
TO BE
ENLARGED!
We have made arrangements to enlargi
the Citizen, and shall next week present i
sheet, in size, inferior to none in the State
fifi?“The first edition of our enlarger
paper will be circulated in every county ir
Arkansas, and in every State in the Union
Advertisers will find a great advantage ir
sending in their favors in time for our em
larged edition. We shall issue at leas
three thousand copies.
We understand that the tenor ol
an article which appeared in the last issue
of the Citizen has been misconstrued.—
We alluded to the article copied from the
JN ash vi lie Union and •American, in re
gard to the proposition to withdraw the
Douglas electoral ticket and to fuse on a
common ticket. The article in question
was published merely as a matter of news,
with no purpose of committing ourself to
the proposition suggest^ by the Douglas
electors of Tennessee.
186T* Enclosed in this issue of the Cit
izen we send to our subscribers a supple
ment containing an address to “ the De
mocracy and people of Arkansas,” by the
Democratic Central Committee of this
State. We bespeak for this document an
attentive perusal; it is an able and logical
review of the issues of this canvass, and
is completely exhaustive of the topics dis
cussed. It is proper to add that it is from
the pen of our accomplished friend Col.
J. W. McConauguey.
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Our Prospects.
Despite the efforts of the opposition to
throw discredit on our gallant standard
bearers, the fact is becoming more appar
ent every day that our cause is rapidly
gaining ground in every State in the South,
and is advancing with giant strides in the
larger Western and Northern States.—
The reaction is so marked and strong that
the opponents of Breckinridge and Lane
• betray unmistakable symptoms of weak
** ness in the knees, and are now concerting
schemes of fusion whenever such a com
bination offers a chance of success. They
have discarded that flippant, boasting tone
which they assumed at the opening of the
canvass, and are now resorting to passion
ate appeals in behalf of the Union as in
sincere as they are ridiculous. This is a
species of game now wholly played out,
destined to recoil with stunning effect
upon its perpetrators.
The Norfolk speech of Senator Doug
las has aroused the indignation of the peo
ple of Virginia to such a pitch that some of
his warmest admirers in that State at once
“cut” their connection with his party. His
wanton attack upon Mr. Breckinridge cre
ated the most unmitigated disgust, and re
vealed in their hideous deformity the dem
agogueical proclivities of the Presidential
aspirant. His long search for his mother,
though fruitless in one respect, has yet
opened the eyes of the people to the ob
jects and designs of this reckless political
schemer. The Telegraph informs us that
he is still on his Northern tour, and we
hope that he will have frequent opportu
nities of being betrayed into making*
speeches. We hope that he may visit
every State in the Union, as we are con
vinced thaf'nolhing will tend more to the
tiiumphant election of Breckinridge and
Lane.
To every observant mind it must be evi
dent that Mr. Douglas has no expectation
of being elected now; but that he is play
ing a bold hand for the Black Republican
nomination in 1864. We are convinced
that he will adopt the policy long suggest
ed by his man Forney. By dividing the 1
Democratic party and widening deeper the 1
I breach which exists, he is striving to in- '1
Bure the success of Lincoln. Tins is un- j
doubted!)' the programme of the Northern 1
Douglasites, and what fully confirms us in 1
this view of the case, is the unconcealed 1
satisfaction with which Seward, Burlin
E*roe auJ Greely applauded and encour- i
«gc the “Little Suckers” defection. Di- i
0w£ey impera is a Machiavailic principle,
and Utfcugh attempted to be enforced by
the corrupt myrmidons who follow in his
lead, the honesty, patriotism and intelh
gence of the Democratic masses are has
tening to the rescue and will prove fully
_ adequate to “crush out” the incendiary
plot.
We have an abiding confidence in the
political integrity of the masses. They
may at times be deluded from the path of
duty by wily and oily-tongued dema
- gogues, but they are soon aeen in cor
recting their errors and in upholding the
h cause of truth and justice. These indica
- lions of returning reason are unmistaka
ble in Pennsylvania, New York and New
Jersey. Our brothers in those gallant
States have unfurled the banner of Con
stitutional Rights, and are battling man
fully for our jeopardized institutions. They
are daily advancing with full confidence of
success. The contest may be hot and se
vere, but the issue now hardly admits of a
doubt. Will Southern men stand idly by,
while our Northern friends are up nnd
doing Will not they shake off their
' apathy and don their armor once more.
Will not the South unite to a man with her
gallant defenders.
Is Lincoln Moke Conservative
than Seward?—It is suggested by a
class of journals who are endeavoring to
. prepare the public mind for a quiet sub
mission to Black Republican rule, that the
nomination of Lincoln and the defeat of
Seward is the result of a reaction in favor
of conservatism among the Republicans.
A more dangerous and deceptive fallacy
cannot be fastened upon the Southern
mind. Whatever horror may be entertain
ed by conservative men of all sections, of
the radical and dangerous doctrines of
William H. Seward, will be intensified in
regard to Abe Lincoln, the coarse and
reckless candidate from Illinois. It is a
matter of historical record that Lincoln is
the real author of the infamous dogma of
the “irrepressible conflict.” In June 1858,
four months before Mr. Seward’s Roches
ter speech, Lincoln avowed the same nes
Mn. Bell also a Repudiator of
the Decision op the Supreme Court.—
Mr. Bell in a speech delivered in the Sen
ate on tho 18th of March, 185S, on the
Kansas-Lecomption question, said:
“Whatever may lie the decision of the Su
preme Court on the power of Congress to in
terfere with the question of slavery in the
Territories, and however clear and well-found
ed in principle and authority its decisions may
be, r have supposed tlfat inasmuch as it is a
question of constitutional construction or in
terpretation, and relates to the jurisdiction and
power of a special department of the Govern
ment—a department always more or less under
the influence of political consideration, the
question would not be regarded as permanent
ly settled; and that whenever in the future, as
heretofore; Congress shall be called upon to
legislate concerning a Territory, the question
will again become the subject of decision, and
such decision as the majority shall think pro
per to declare. Congress was never swayed
by the opinion of the Supreme Court on the
question of its power to establish a National
Bank, nor will it be controlled bv any of
its opinions on questions involving politi
cal consideration.”
Every question of vital importance is a
political question more or less, and accord
ing to this theory of Mr. Bell, there is no
necessity for the Black Republicans to
carry out their present avowed purpose of
“revolutionizing the Supreme Court.” It is
only necessary for them to break down
the Democracy and effectually revolution
ize the North, getting the control of Con
gress, and they will have all they require
to accomplish their ends. What matters
it that they have a Supreme Court to de
cide disputed constitutional points and de
termine the rights of the minority as well
as the majority. “All matters” says Mr.
Bell, “of a political character remain open”
for a dominant majority to do as they
please. “Congress will not be controlled'
by any of its opinions on questions involv-'
ing political considerations.” Was ever! *
more dangerous heresy promulgated b
any man who set himself up for an Arne- *
ican statesman. We appeal to honeti |
linking people—every one of whom hve <
rights to be protected from the encroch- i
nents of licentious power—to kno' if f
hpv will stihftp.rihtt sur.Vi upnlimpnls anil »
Judge Douglas out Flat-fcoted for
Squatter S«reig%.
He Doffs all Disffse awl Shows fhi
Cloven Foot—ow do 'J™
Think of Douas ■
At Clifton Sprin”. New %k- on,lhe
15th ult., this questn was Pullo Douglas,
and his answer wr as followii
The question *s—“ Hav(1he people
of a Territory ib>r‘gkt' according to the
doctrine of non”i-er',aD*'0^’. ^ abolish or
exclude slavery om a Territory while in
a Territorial co^***on.*
Id answer t<the cries of **iwho wrote
that question ? it was s*a*el^ that it was
put by H. C. futchinson. [Luthier.]
Mr. Dough* then said—I i|ve only a
word to say i reply. If that gentleman
had read a/ one speech thu I have
made on the object in the last fiv» years, be
would haveouud an unequivocal answer
to that que*°n. I have made more than
fifty speeies this year in whiph I have
answeredthis question, and yet political
opponentiusist on putting it to oic for the
purpose 1 creating doubt on the subject.
1 canno believe there is a man in Amer
ica, of ((Unary intelligence, who does not
know tA I hold that the people of a Ter
ritory,-ohile a Territory, and daring the
Terrifrial condition, may introduce, ex
clude}lbolish or regulate slavery, just as
they jease. When I have seen newspa
pers ud small politicans renewing that
queson. it has excited in my bosom no
othr feeling than that of unmitigated con
teorit, that they should pretend to have
doots on the subject. [Loud applause
foowed this interlude.]
Kendall on Texas.—Geo. W. Ken
all, Esq., one of the proprietors of the
few Orleans Picayune, writing^ his pa
ler from Texas, where he is now resident,
.nd engaged largely in agricultural oper
.tions, presents the following summary of
lis operations:
I have heretofore cultivated just ground
mough to “bread” my household and
vork hands, and to feed such horses as I
lave in constant use, and I have succeed
d. I made a good crop of corn in 1858,
lotwithstanding the grasshoppers cot down
oy first planting; I made another good
rop in 1859, notwithstanding the drouth;
tilential idea, which was caught upbySe
ward, and has proved the ruin of theBlacl
Republican leader of New York. Lik
the poisoned shirt of Nessus, it will slid
to its true author and will strip him of hi
political hide. Conservative men Nortl
and South will have their eyes fully opei
to the direful consequences of the eleva
tion of such a man, holding and preparer
to carry out such a monstrous programme
A large body of the Northern people wh<
have generally abstained from casting theii
votes, will be warned by the lurid dark'
ness glaring in the future, that the onl)
safety for our institutions and for theii
own property and best interests, is to rail)
to the polls and “crush out” the monster,
Black Republicanism, embodied in such
men as Lincoln and Hamlin. Seward with
his talent and education, might have fell
it to his interest to play the conservative
in case of his success; but from a man like
Lincoln, who in his reckless hatred of the
South, declared that he would delight to
stand on the banks of the Ohio and hurl
his missiles of fanaticism into the slave
institutions of Kentucky, nothing but the
bitterest and most deadly fruit can be ex
pected. He has the malignity of old John
Brown, without his self-sacrificing bravery,
and good men of all sections and all par
ties will turn with dismay from the bitter
cup of disunion and civil and social dis
cord presented to them. Lincoln is not a
whit more conservative than Seward, and
his nomination was brought about by no
concessions to conservatism.
His advocates rely mainty for success
upon the continued divisions in the Dem
ocratic party. It has been the high mis
sion of the Democratic party on several
trying occasions, to allay the storm of fac
tion and disorder, and to save the Consti
tution and the Union from disruption. We
still have an abiding faith that it will be
equal to the occasion. In this election are
liberal and constitutional institutions, and
we yet look to the Democratic masses, in
dependent of the action of their leaders,
to close up their divisions and place the
confederacy upon a firm and stable basis.
Douglas versus Johnson.—Douglas
says a State has no right to leave the
Union, but the right of revolution. H. V.
Johnsou says “ tho right of peaeeabie se
cession must be maintained ; it is the only
hope of the South.” Douglas says he
will use the Federal troops to coerce a
State. Johnson says he will resist with
all his might the attempt of the Govern
ment to coerce a seceding State. Is not
such a ticket held together by “ the co
hesive power of public plunder,” rather
than by a unity of political principles.
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Douglasism at the South.—Six of
:he nominees on the Douglas electoral
icket in Tennessee have declined to act
he part assigned them. In Florida, the
Douglasite ticket has entirely collapsed.
\ Breckinridge paper describes theSquat
erite electoral ticket of Mississippi as
‘like a mouth with a bad set of teeth—full
if vacancies." We have no doubt that
Ireekinridge and Lane will receive a
marly uuited vote of the Southern De-!
nocracy, carrying' a large proportion of
he Southern electoral vote.
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A Baltimore Bell Organ.— The Balti
aore Patriot says :—“We have advocated and
halt vote tor Messrs. Bell and Everett. To
hat end they ought to be elected, and to that
ind, i£ they can uot be,$ve accept the election
)f Mr. Lincoln, according to the Constitution
tnd the mode pointed out by the laws, as bet
er than any Democrat,”
elevate the author of them to the fiecu
live Chair of the nation.
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JS«^” We are in receipt of a pmphlet
copy of the Militia Law of the itate of
Arkansas, together with some of he gen
eral regulations of the United Stses Mili
tia. Appended to it we find a nost ex
cellent address from Gov. Conwy, urging
upon the people the necessity f keeping
: at all times an organized and fined Mili
, tia. Some of his suggestion in this re
gard are so wholesome that w will, at an
early period, lay them beforeaur readers.
We believe that we have n-ver been ac
cused of any partiality for (ov. Conway;
but we will do him the jusice to say that
he has displayed a most commendable
zeal in pushing forward thereorganization
of the Militia.
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Hon. C. F. Jaccson, Governor
elect of Missouri, whos; recent election
has been so loudly prochimed a Douglas
triumph, addressed, a f<w days ago, the
Breckinridge State Coivention, in which
he repudiated Squatte’ Sovereignty and
avowed his prefereme for Mr. Breckin
ridge.
A friend wiiting to us from North
Port, Alabama, ays, in regard to the
Presidential canvass: “ I see some of the
Douglas and Bell papers are claiming
Alabama. This is all hurabuggery.—
Breckinridge’s majority over the two com
bined will not be less than ten thousand.
I see men from all portions of the Slate
every day, and it is Breckinridge and
Lane all the time.”
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Squatter Sovereignty in 1854.—
While the Kansas bill was under consid
eration in the Senate, Mr. Chase, of
Ohio, offered the following amendment:
“The people of a Territory, through
their appropriate Representatives, may,
if they see fit, prohibit slavery therein.”
Thi3 was popular sovereignty, pure and
undisguised; yet, we find every Demo
cratic Senator, Judge Douglas included,
voting against it, while every Black Re
publican Senator voted for it. Now
Judge Douglas is trying to toist this mis
erable Black Republican dogma upon the
Democratic party, and threatens to des
troy its organization unless received.
The Fairmount True Virginian says:
“That old Roman, Wm. Letcher, the Gov
ernor’s father, being a strong Breckin
ridge man, was asked what he would do
now that his sou had come out for Doug
las he replied.
‘ I was a Democrat before John was
born ! ’
Three oheers for this old Jackson Dem
ocrat !
——
The Last Dodge.—A Cincinnati paper
tells a story of a dry-goods drummer in that
city who secured a “first class Iowa merchant”
from the attacks of other drummers, by giv
ing him a dose of medicine, which obliged
the merchant to keep his room until the drum
mer had leisure to attend him—that is, sell
him a large bill of goods.
Another Douglas Elector Out eor
Breckinridge and Lane.—John G. Stokes,
of Tuakegee, Ala., who was appointed Doug
las elector for Tallapoosa county, declines to :
serve in that capacity, and says he shall sup-'
port Breckinridge and Lane.
Douglas’ Revenge.—Douglas hopes to
get his revenge against the South, by throw
ing New York for Lincoln. In this he will
probably succeed; but as the chances are for
Breckinridge in Pennsylvania, Squatty’s cal
culations may yet be overturned. God graut it!
Douglas Takes the Responsibility.—
The Douglas leaders have taken the respon
sibility of refusing the oiler made by Breck
inridge’s friends, to fuse in New York and de
feat Lincoln. Let our friends everywhere ex
plain this to the people.
I have made a better crop this year, in
the face of a worse drouth; I intend, if I
live, to make a still heavier crop next
year—I will have it. So much for my
farming operations. As regards ray suc
cess at sheep raising, I can say that. for
the last four years, ending in May, 1860,
I have realized a clear profit of 75 per
cent, per annum on the amount invested,
and my prospects for the ensuing year are
equally flattering, as my flocks were never
in better condition at this season. As I
am not greedy, I am satisfied with these
gains; and I do not see why any one, who
will watch as close and work as hard as I
have done, cannot realize corresponding
profits so long as sheep locations can be
secured at presents rates.
I will not pursue this subject further to
day, but wish it distinctly understood that
I have not done with it yet. In my day
I have bad some experience in the settle
ment of new States; I was all through
Ohio as long ago as 1828; have since been
in most of the Territories east of the Rocky
Mountains when the new population was
first coming in, and I intend to describe
what I have seen. Texas, dry as it has
been, will not suffer much from compari
son when a general average is struck of
advantages and disadvantages.
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The Sreat Elevator.— A southern
gentlemjn, at one of the hotels in Penn
sylvamadast week, perceiving that the di
ning-roofn servant, a negro, was bestowing
his attentions elsewhere to his neglect,
called uaJohn, and accosted him in this
wise:
“John, I have servants at home, and
am waited upon as a gentleman shouldbe.
I am nejjected here, and am tired of it.
1 give yoB fair notice that I shall inform (lie
proprietor of your conduct unless you be
have bettdr.”
The consequence was John becajie
very attentive during the few days ihe
gentleman remained. On geiug awiy,
the gentltman called John up and pfle
sented hid with a dollar or two, which he
thus acknowledged:
“Thanb’e, rnassa; Southern gemmin
always s*—reprimand us if we do^’t
’tend ’em right, but dey always give rn a
dollar or kvo ’fore dey leave. But d#e
Abolishun gemmen mighty hard to sat,
and requife so much ’tention, an’ wfen
dey leave »hake your hand, look up to|le
sky, an’ say: 1 God bless you, my un»r
tunate friejd, and elevate you in the scble
of humani^,’ or something like dat, jut
never givelus a thing to elevate us.”
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Good News From Pennsylvania.!
The Old Line Guard, the organ of tie
sterling Djnocracy of Indiana, thus refeb
to the Pern sylvania election:
Senator ligler and other shrewd poj
licians of I annsylvania say, that Brec|
inridgc anc Lane will carry that State fy
4.0,000 maj rity. Douglas has gone thele
to break uplhe fusion of both sectionsif
the Demociits on the electoral ticket, b
he did in (Inuecticut. Our friends s^
he can’t do ft. They are getting their
eyes open i» his treason, and now beg^i
to look upon; him as a second Van Buret
As Pennsyltania goes, so will go Net
Jersey; anti these States, with a unite! j
South, willjput Breckinridge and Lani
through.
-The Washington Union, publishes thl
following as the aggregates of imports ami]
exports for tlf fiscal year, ending January'
30, 1860 :
Exports. .$400,107,461
Imports.^..361,797,209
Balance in ivorof Exports....$38,370,252
Upon this sho ring the exports exceed any
previous yearlver $27,000,000.
Report MeIiation in Mexico Untrue.—
Letters from Washington state positively that
the reported ajeeptance by our government,
of the proposilon for joint mediation with
England and Dance, in the affairs of Mexico,
is untrue. It iskdded that Gen. Cass was busy
preparing iDstaictions for Mr. McLane. but
nothing whatefr is known of their nature.
-It is sai that ex-President Tyler, now|
seventy-five ye. s old, and looking more ro-l
bust and young r than when he occupied the
White House, as an iufant daughter only
two months old
Political Catechism Worth Studying
Question.—Who said in a speech in tin
, United Slates Senate :
“ Had I been conscientiously opposei
j to slavery, and had settled in Kansas will
a view to better rny condition, and wit
' nesscd the outrages said to have beet
I committed by the citizens of Missouri 01
; the rights of the free State inhabitants
1 and had I felt my neck galled by the yok<
1 of a usurped government, and had lost al
hope of relief from any quarter—if resist
ance to such oppression be treason, so hd1
me God, I would have been a traitor /”
Answer.—John Beil.
Question.—Who settled in Kansas, con
scientiously opposed to slavery with a viev
to better his condition, and witnessed al
that transpired there ?
Answer John Brown, who died a
Charlestown, Virginia.
Question.—Who voted against the rub
to exclude Abolition petitions from th
house of Representatives ?
Answer.—John Bell, John Q. Adams
Tom Corwin, Josh. Giddings, Mr. SIad<
and other Abolitionists.
Question.—Who said—“ Sir if ant
should now desire to know my poor opin
ion upon the proper mode of terminatim
this [Mexican] war, I say make the bes
treaty with any existing government tha
you can. If you must have the territorie
of New Mexico and California, get a ces
sion of them; if you cannot do that comi
back to the RioGrande, to the boundary
you claim title to and save your honor ?
Answer.—John Bell.
Question who said in his speech in th<
Senate—“My advice is, to stop the war
Flee the country as you would a city
doomed to distruction by fire from Hea
ven ?”
Answer.—John Bell.
Question.—Who said—“I fully concur
red in the main line of Mr. Sumner;
speech,” in the Senate, on the Kansa
Bill, for which Mr. Brooks caned him?
Answer.—Edward Everett.
Question.— Who said he believed Con
gress had the power, and that that bod;
should exercise it, of abolishing slaver;
in the District of Columbia, prohibiting i
in the Territories, and abolishing the slavi
trade between the Southern States?
Answer.—Edward Everett.
Question.—Who said he was “opposei
to the admission into the Union of an'
new State, whose constitution tolerate
negro slavery ?”
Answer.—Edward Everett.
Mr Douglas and the Governor of Vir
ginia.
In his Norfolk speech, Mr. Dougla
being asked “ if Abraham Lincoln is el
ected President of the United States, wil
the Southern States be justifiable in sece
ding from the Union.”
He replied :
“ To this I emphatically answer, no
(great applause) the election of a man t<
the Presidency by the American people
in conformity with the Constitution of tht
United States, would not justify an at
tempt to dissolve this glorious confeder
acy.”
In his inaugural message of the 7th o
January, 1860, Gov. Letcher, who is nou
a warm partisan of Mr. Douglas, say:
with equal emphasis:
“If the aggressions to which we have
beeu subjected for so many years are t<
be repeated, if mutual discord and sus
picions are to continue, and if the eledioi
of a sectional Republican candidate v
I860 is to be superadded, it is useless h
conceal the fact, that in the present lempei
of the Southern people it cannot and wil
not be submitted to.”
In reply to another question as to wha
he would advise in case the Southert
States secede from the Union upon the in
auguration of Lincoln. Mr. Douglas ii
the same speech says:
“ I answer emphatically that it is tin
duty of the President of the Unitec
States, and all others in authority undei
him, to enforce the la^vs of the Unitec
States, passed by Congress, and as the
courts expounded them, [cheers,] and I
as in duty bound by my oath of fidelity
to the Constitution, would do all in my
power to aid the Government of the Uni
ted States in maintaining the supremacy
of the laws against all resistance to them,
come from what quarter it might. [Good.j
In other words, I think the President ol
the Uuited Slates, whoever he may be,
should treat all attempts to break up the
Union, by resistence to the laws, as Old
Hickory treated the nullifiers in 1832.”
[Applause.]
In his message of the 7th of January,
Gov. Letcher, with equal emphasis says :
** TTKu * irrnnroOoiKLi rmnflint *
-, - ‘“-I
announced and advocated by the ablest
and moat distinguished leader of the Re
publican party, is an open declaration ol
war against the institution of African
slavery, wherever it exists; and I would
be disloyal to Virginia and the South if
I did not declare that the election of such
a man, entertaining such sentiments and
advocating such doctrines, ought to be re
sisted by the slavetiolding States. The
idea of permitting such a man to have
the control and direction of the army and
navy of the United States, and the ap
pointment of high judicial and executive
officers, postmasters included, cannot be
entertained by the South for a moment.”
After such disclosures as this, is not the
conclusion inevitable that the Douglas
leaders are a set of political adventurers,
held together by no co-herence of prin
ciples.
A New Class of Live Stock at Agricul
t'UKAL Fairs.—An itemizer of tile Adams
Mass.) Transcript says that a man in Wil
iamstown has a large lot of bullfrogs, ail
fattened for a foreign market. Some of them
lave been highly fed for several years, and
pe of enormous size, weighing about 40
pounds! Although no premium is offered on
pis stock, he intends to exhibit them at the
fioosac Valley Fair.
-The Chicago papers state that the seven
Northwestern States have produced over 118,
000,000 bushels of wheat, and that the surplus
that can be spared from Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin, and Missouri, after keeping
abundance for bread and seed, will be ei^uel to
half of their whole crop.
The Electoral Vote.
> As every one is cyphering nnd prophe
sying on the probable result of the Presi
I dential election, it may be interesting to
our readers to have a table before them,
1 showing the number of electoral votes to
which each Slate is entitled. The follow
1 ing list will afford the desired information:
Alabama. 9 California...*. 4
’ Arkansas*..... 4 Connecticut. 6
! Delaware. 3 Illinois.11
l Florida. 3 Indiana.13
. Georgia.19 Iowa. 4
Kentucky.12 Maine. 8
Louisiana*.*. ...... 6 Massachusetts.t3
Maryland. 8 Michigan. 6
Mississippi. 7 Minnesota. 4
. Missouri. 9 New Hampshire.• • 5
North Carolina.... 10 New Jersey. 7
South Carolina.**• 8 New York.35
1 Tennessee.12 Ohio. .’23
Texas. 4 Oregon. 3
L Virginia.15 Pennsylvania.27
Rhode Island. 4
Vermont. 5
s Wisconsin.5
120[ 183
120
‘ Total Electoral Vote.303
Necessary for an election of President-.152
’ In case of a failure of the people to elect
■ a President, the present House of Repre
: sentatives will have that duly to perform,
t each State casting one vote, and a majori
t ty of the whole number of States being ne
t cessary to a choice. The present House
■ is divided politically as follows: Demo
* cratic—Alabama, Arkansas, California,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Lou
isiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oregon,
South Carolina, Texas, Virginia—14;
! Republican—Connecticut, Indiana. Iowa,
1 Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne
sota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Vermont, Wisconsin—15; Equally Di
vided—Kentucky, Maryland and North
■ Carolina—3; American—Tennessee—1.
> It requires 17 votes to effect a choice, and
> as neither the Democrats nor Republicans
have a sufficient number, the four last
named States will, of course, hold “the
■ balance of power.” Should the House
' fail to elect a President before the 4th of
1 March, that duty will then, in effect, de
t volve upon the Senate, which has the elec-.
' tion of a Vice-President, who, under the
provisions of the Constitution, becomes
President of the United States. The
t Senate is composed of a majority of Dein
I ocrats.
s —
“Keep it before the People, that
Douglas cannot get a Single State in
the Union, and that he is running sim
ply to divide the Democracy, and to prf.
vent the election of a Democratic Presi
dent !”
OAKLAND GROVE
1 WOOL-CARDING MACHINE.
MY CARDING MACHINE is now
in full operation,and ready to accommo
date customers.
Have your Wool washed in clear cold
1 water, without soap, and well picked.
JAMES M. BEAKENEY.
Oct. 3,.1.860—[4w. Proprietor.
BISSOLlTi:a.\.—
mHE Co-partnership heretofore existing
[_ between James A. Jennings and Thomas
C. Dismukes, under the firm name of J. A.
Jennings fe Co., was, on the 20th day of Au
gust, 1800, dissolved by mutual consent; dis
l solved only so far as is necessary to the wind
ing up of the oM business. The books, ac
counts and notes are placed in the hands of
Horace P. Vaughan, who is our agent, for the
purpose of settling up the entire concern. All
persons indebted to us will please call on him
and settle. Those having claims against us
will present to him for liquidation ; he is fully
authorized to receive and receipt for all dues
to us, and to pay out and take receipt for all
demands against us.
J. A. JENNINGS.
THOS. C. DISMUKES.
HAVING the books and papers of the
Firm of J. A. Jennings & Co., I would
be glad that all persons indebted to them
would come forward and settle, that I may be
able to meet the demands against them.
HORACE P. VAUGHAN.
Oct. 3, [4t.
To all Whom it may Concern:
NOTICE is hereby given that, on the 10th
day of September, a. n. 1858,1 applied to
W. R. Miller, Auditor of the State of Arkan
sas, and received a donation deed to the north
west quarter of section thirty-three, in town
ship five south, range four west of the fifth
principal meridian, containing one hundred
and sixty acres, and paid to said W. R. Mil
ler one dollar and a quarter therefor. Now,
therefore, all persons who can set up any right
to said land so donated, in consequence of any
illegality, informality or irregularity connect
ed with such sale, are hereby called upon to
show cause at tho April term, a. d. 1861, of
the Circuit Court of Arkansas county, at a
court to be holden on the fourth Monday af
ter the fourth Monday in March, 1861, at the
court house in the town of DeVVitt, in said
county, why said deed shall not be confirmed,
pursuant to a petition by me to then be filed
fin t.hf» 'hanparv cido nP aniil i>nnrt
p. f. McFarland.
per J. E. Gatewood. [oct3-6w
Confirmation of Tax Titles.
NOTICE is hereby given, that at a Sale of
Lands for non-payment of taxes, penalty
and cost, due thereon for the year 1858, held
in the Town of DeWitt, in Arkansas County,
at the Court House door of said county, on
the second Monday in March, 1859, by Henry
K. Stephens, then Sheriff and Collector of
Taxes in and for said county of Arkansas:—
Samuel W. Kennedy purchased the following
lands, to-wit: in Town 2 south, R. 5 west,
the S. E. 4 of sec- 14: taxed in name of Lydia
A. Foster, and the S. E. 4 of sec. 36 ; taxed
in name of William E. Foster. In Town 3
south, R. 4 west, S. E. 4 of 21, taxed to Mary
F. Stringfellow; and the S. E. J of 22, taxed
to Win. M. Stringfellow. In Town 3 south,
range 5 west,
The S. E 4 of sec. 1, taxed to Sarah E. Gibbs.
And S. W. I “ 4, William D. Jones.
S. E. 4 “ 21, “ Martha R. Jones.
And N. E. 4 “ 3G, “ James A, Jones, jr.
In Township 4 south, R 5 west. S W 4 of sec.
17, taxed to James B. Stringfellow ; in 4 south,
R5 west, SE 4 of 21, taxed to W. H. Maloney
and S W 4 of 15, taxed to Isaac B. String
fellow; in Town 4 south, R 6 west, S W 4 of
sec. 13, taxed to James Elder; in Town 5south,
R 5 west, S E 4 of sec. 2, taxed to S. M.
Strong, for which the said Samuel W. Ken
nedy paid the sum of two 93-100 dollars for ,
each tract, and received from the Sheriff of j
said county a ceitificate of purchase therefor,
and the said Kennedy having transferred said
certificates of purchase to John H. Quisen
berry, and the said Quisenberry having re
I reived from Joseph W. Maxwell, Sheriff of
Arkansas county, Sheriff’s deeds for all the 1
! lands above described; now, therefore, all J
Ig^sons who can set up any right to said lauds,
j or any pact thereof, in consequence of any |
j informality, irregularity or illegality connec- I
ted with such sale, are called upon to show \ ■
cause at the April term of Arkansas Circuit j .
■ Court, on the Chancery side thereof, at a ! s
Court to be holden on the 4th Monday after j'
the 4th Monday in March, 1861, in the Town i
of DeWitt, in said county, why said sales
should no. be confirmed, pursuant to a petition
then to be filed by me in said court for that
purpose. JOHN H. QUISENBERRY.
per J. E, Gatewood, Oct. 3, Gt, 1
1 l
PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Rev. James T. Morri«, on the si,je
and Everett, and R. S. Gantt, or B. c °
on the side of Breckinridge and
address such of their fellow-citir.et
choose to give them a hearing, at th
ing times and places. Gen. W. B.
also expected and invited to at
ticipate in these discussions:
Clear Lake, Wednesdg
Rich Woods, Thu radar
Hamilton, Friday,
Brownsville, Saturda
Nathan Trotter’s, Saturda
Atlanta, Monday,
Hickory Plain, Tuesday,
Walter’s Chapel, Wednesd
Des Arc, Friday,
Buck’s Landing, Saturday
Devall’s Bluff, Monday,
La Grew, Tuesday,
Sept 19, 1860.
Partner
TO engage in a lucrative
Arc. A small capital on
dress “ X,” Citizen office.
AUCTION ! AUCTIOsiT
GOING, GOING,
ON WEDNESDAY and TH
24th and 25th Oct., 1800
auction to the highest bidder, p
out reserve, at my Store in Des
assortment of Dry Goods, Read
ing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, B
ware, Saddlery, China, Glass an
Books, Stationery, Castings,
Glass, Tobacco, Dog Irons, PI
Negro Goods, as well as a grea
articles too numerous to enuinerat
All sums over $10 in one day, cr
January; under $10, cash. 1 wil
sell at auction every Wednesday a
thereafter, as well as at private
times, at a very small advance on
the usual credit. J. H. QUISEi
Auction, Commission Merchant
Estate Agent.
FALL & WINTER
R. C. MCCARLEY &
DES ARC,...
Are in receipt of
A NEW STOC
—OF—
FALL &, WINT
GOODS,
CONSISTING OF A COMPLETE S
OF ALL ARTICLES USUALL
KEPT IN DRY GOODS
HUUBKS. B
Their Goods I
have been selected I
expressly for this Market,
and great care has j»
been taken ■
as to *
QUALITY AND DURABILlfTB
They fiatter themselves that all who ■§■
them their custom will be satisfied, as BB
are determined to PLEASE. ;'-jM
Give them a call, and satisfy yoursel^^H
Sept. 26—tf. i, 1
’ Hj'kK-st ■ I
Dos Arc Property and LH
MONDAY, OUT. 29,116a
A-t Dea A-rc. A.rU:auBi
1WILL SELL at Auction, for the
on Monday, the 29th of October, l^^H
following U\|K HOIJSES'and I^B
Six lots adjoining the town of Des ArcBUfi
South, containing 1} to 1’ acres eac^^B
and dry, well suited for family resid^^B 1
also 480 acres of Land erst of White^^B.B
one to one and a half miles northeast oBpl"
Ai.-; numbered N. E. 12. S. E. 1, E. j.-jBLl*!
and S.1N.1V.I. T. 4. N. 5, W. AlsoB 1
1 of S. E. 30, T. 4, N. 4 W., on the casMiBJ
of White river, 3 miles below Des ArcBpB*^
tabling 54 89-100 acres. Terms ok SaB>B
One-fourth cash, balance in four, six, t®|
and eighteen months, with 10 per cent. B>' I
est from due until paid. | 1
ALSO, the large new framed house anflpl
lots, now occupied by Isaac Gair, on the®-!
lie Square in Des Arc ; also, a new frawl
house, well arranged, and 2 lots on the cofcjj
of Anderson and Thornhill streets, occuBro
by Mr. Edmonds; also, a house and three® I
adjoining the Erwin Survey, south of L^^B
Harrison’s dwelling; also 6 vacant loU^B
block 3, north part of town. Terms : flpjl
known on day of Sale. Other Property i^B|
be added to this list, making it one of tliem^B
Important Sales of Proper*
ever held in Des Arc. Parties anywhere v^Ba
find this to lie one of the best opportunities^®
profitable investment ewer offered in this s^B
tion of country. I
CO.if Hi O.YU, C 0.1115 .9M|
to this large sale of valuable property. F^B
further particulars addresser see the uniM®
signed Agent, Des Arc, Ar kansas. Mi
.i. nr. qi isENnrimv.B
Auction, Commission Merchant, and R*^B
Estate Agent. [sep 26—4t^K
DISSOLUTION. 1
THE Partnership heretofore existing Dj®'
tween the undersigned, in the practice! <^B
Dentistry, was dissolved by mutual consent ol®
the 13th inst. E. T. Sweyer is alone author!®
ized to settle the business of the firm. ^B
H H HARRISONS®
E. T. SWEYEK. W
Des Arc, Sept. 19, 1860.—-it 1
E. T.SWEYER, I
DENTIST, DES ARC, ARKANSAS*
WILL continue the business in*
a|l its branches, including conUM*
^'O-LlxTTuous Gum Work. ■
r (E3T Olfice on Buena Vista-street, up-sUbb*
Jackson’s new building. »
Sept. 19—tf. *
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
McLaren & jackson,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
IOl> ASSORTED PACKAGES
>f goods in their line.
ALSO,
Star Candles, Soaps, &c.
All of which they intend selling as cheap
as the cheapest,
ESPECIALLY FOR CASH.
Persons visiting our town for the purposeef
mrchasing, will please give us a call beror
mying elsewhere.
Des Arc, Ark., Sept. 19, I860. ______
JUST RECEIVED
flcLAREN & JACKSON,
Das .ire, «Urkansas.
^ DOZEN silk, cassimere and soft fur Hay
3 assorted. Also, 1J gross Garrett’s snun,
’urpentine in bottles j Quinine and Sir"n
?omc; Star Candles j Soda j Starch ; Bnin
tone : Bar Soap, fcac., &.c.
Aug. 22, 1860. _
Town Lots for Sal^1
[pnoM one to roiia hundred lots,
P in Des Arc, to suit purchasers, for ** *
y tebi.tt FRITH 4a CATLlN