$rai-l!$eekltjCitijen.
J. C. MORRILL, EDITOR.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS :
WEDNESDAY...JULY 24,1861.
The Southern Army Victorious.—In
addition to the despatches to be found in our
columns, we have received just as we go to
press, reliable intelligence that the triumph
of the Southern army was complete in the bat
tleofthe 21st, at Manassas Junction. Jeff
Davis commanded the centre of the Southern
army, Beauregard the right and Johnston the
left. Scott commanded the centre of the Fed
eral army, Patterson the right and McDowell
the left. McDowell is reported mortally
wounded. The Federal army was defeated,
and retreated. The loss was heavy on both
sides.
Col. H. B. Todd, of Missouri, passed
through our town yesterday, bound for Rich
mond, Va. The Colonel, by invitation, ad
dressed a large audience of our people at
Watkins Chapel, at 11 o’clock. His address
occupied over an hour, and was replete with
facts and arguments, showing that the South
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ucieuuiij" hci »uu against tile
encroachments of the Abolition hordes. His
description of the wrongs which Missouri has
suffered from the Federal Government, was
enough to arouse the vengeance of every true
• patriot and lover of that liberty which was
handed down, from our forefathers. The Col.
is an agent of the Missouri State Guard, and
we bid him God speed in his efforts to redeem
hi9 adopted State from the thraldom which
surrounds her.
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nr We invite attention to the Proclama
tion of Hon. Geo. C. Watkins, President of
the State Convention, requiring that ejections
be held to fill vacancies in the same. The elec
- tion is to be held on the 10th day of August.
As Hon. B. C. Totten, our member in the
convention has resigned, and it may be neces
sary that the convention should again meet, it
would be well that the people of Prairie should
look around for a suitable man to fill the va
cancy.
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“Agricultural people” says the Charls
ton Mercury, “is always superior in war, in
the long run, to a commercial or manufactur
ing people. The South are essentially—in
tastes and habits—both city men and country
men—an agricultural people. Agriculture
supports war; war exhausts commerce and
trade and manufactures. An agricultural is,
too, the more hardy people, better prepared to
encounter the seasons, and they are more lithe
and vigorous of frame and muscle; are less
likely to be dried up# flabby, puffy or obese;
are accustomed to invigorating exercises, and
better versed in the practice of all weapons.
It has been so from the earliest ages. It is so
now. It waa the difference between agricul
ture and commerce in the training for war,
that enabled the Laconian States to conquer
Attica, though Athens had all the shipping.
inenoDiues or Aiaens never could stand the
shock of those of SfJarta. They were lighter
of heel, but neither so strong in sinew nor
soul. What sort of conflict will the cobblers
of Lynn make with the rangers of Texas?
How will the clock-makers of Connecticut
stand the bayonet wrestle with the backwoods
men of Tennessee ? And what sort of fight
will the dandy and the rabble “roughs” of
New York maintain against the hunters of
Kentucky, or the lithe and eager Mississip
pians, armed with the deadly rifle and bowie
knife. Nous verrons. Our worst customers,
to be first disposed of, will be the regulars and
marines on shore duty—a handful,—and the
Northwestern border ruffians and farmers. And
these, denied their rations, are but half men. 1
It is the misfortune of ell the free dirt
States that a nice calculation of the profit and ]
loss enters into all the patriotism and virtue of ^
the people, and where they may be physically j
hardy, they are morally weekly.” “How ]
does it pay ?” is the natural question with t
these people, and the pence usually get the *
better of the patriot. In the present instance, {
sooner or later, it will be discovered that the 1
war Is a very bad speculation.” s
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(ET President Lincoln has recognized the I
government inaugurated at Wheeling, as the [
government of the State of Virginia. How t
can Lincoln claim that England and France t
shonld not recognize the Confederate States ? I
asr Gen. McCulloch has moved to near |
Keatsville. Mo., on the road between Fayette- t
ville and Springfield, Mo. ..
(J5^Fifty one prizes, in all, have been taken „
by Southern privateers, whose aggregate val- v
ue is computed to amount to $3,000,000.
OP The regiments are having a lively time ! j
at Bird’s Point. The river is cutting away „
the point on which they are located so rapidly j
that thsy have to change position daily.
fSS" A tinner in Pensacola, Fla., by (he !
name of Sellans, has been ordered offfor “talk- v
log Lincoln.” b
[From the Richmond Examiner.
The War ad its Resalts.
A three-years war would be better for the
South than that immediate peace, which should
restore friendly relatione and renew trade and
intercourse with the North. We have been so
long dependent on New England in almost
every department of business, and the affairs
of our citizens are so mixed up and inter-rami
fied with theirs, that an early peace, unless
very cautiously and carefully guarded in its
provisions, would be sure to restore in a great
measure, our former dependence. Again we
should be flooded with Yankee goods, Yankee
manufactures, Yankee teachers, preachers,
pedlars and drummers. Again their vile liter
ature—their books, magazines, reviews and
newspapers would infest us, thick and nox
ious as the plagues of Egypt, and inoculate
our people with their shallow thought, tawdry
fashions, mischievous theories and gross im
moralities. Again would our merchants flock
to their cities, our youth to their schools, col
leges and universities, and our rich and fash
ionable men and women to their watering
places. A peace attended with these conse
quences, or even a part of them, would be
worse than a three years’ war; for such a
peace would rob the South of its money and
its mind, destroy its nascent manufactories
and prevent the growth of its foreign com
merce. Such a peace would impoverish the
South and restore the wealth of the North.
In all but name, we should again become their
slaves and tributaries. Trade now conquers
faster than arms; and the centres of trade are
the seats of power;whilst the countries which
they trade with are their subjects, their pro
vinces, or their colonies. If disunion does not
build up centres of trade and centres of thought
and centres of fashion in the South, disunion
will have effected little good. Centralization
is one of the great evils of the day, and the
only way to become independent of centrali
zation from without is to create centres with
in. Whilst a speedy peace is almost sure to
make us again the tributaries of Northern
trade and Northern centralization, a three
years’ war would be certain to make us suffi
ciently independent of all nations, by teach
intr us to live within ourselves, to do our own
hand-work and our own head-work, to write
our own books and make our own shoes, to
manufacture our own doctors; profe or and
pill-venders, to build our own house - an-’ i,ake
our own clothes. In effect!'’" * we
should necessarily est b' trade,
of manufacture .... , .ght and
of fashion.
The very hope of a speedy peace is doing us
much harm, by preventing men from undertak
ing various forms of manufacture which they
knew would prove profitable during the war,
but would be ruinous after a peace, patched
up on Yankee or Submissionist terms.
We desire peace as much as most men, and
would not have the war continue one moment
after its legitimate purposes have been attain
ed. But this is a war of independence—we are
independent whilst it lasts; and if peace is to
restore dependence, we say, then, better fight
on—fight forever 1
There is a greater danger to be apprehended
from a hasty and incautious peace than any
we have as yet suggested, and which we have,
therefore, reserved for separate consideration.
It is bad enough to deal with Northerners—
to have them visit us, and to be forced to visit
them—but it would be ruinous to have them
come down upon us in shoals as numerous as
the mackerel and-cod about their coasts, to
seize the ballot-box and control the helm of
State. Unless the terms of peace exclude
them, this they will certainly no. The Yan
kees are not fanners, and few will remove to
the Northwest. We have been their best cus
tomers—have bought most of their manufa -
tures—and, if we refuse to go to them, Ihey
will certainly (unless prevented) come to us.
Lowell and Salem, Boston and Hartford, and
every other town and village in New England,
will empty their scoundrel bosses, their filthy
factory hands and starving laborers upon us.
They will change the whole tone and charac
ter of our society, and soon, uniting with the
Submissionists, abolitionize one half of the
South.
No treaty of peace will be worth a fig that
does not effectually exclude Yankee notions
and Yankee people. Our tariff should dis
criminate against their goods, and our natur
alization la'.vs against themselves.
The Tredegar Iron Works.—A corres
pondent of the Georgia Citizen from Kicb
mond says there are over 900 men employed in
fha HT ro/loivo r* Tvnn Wnrlro irharo fhpV him off
over ten cannon per day, iron.five to one hun
dred and thirty-four pounders—columbiads,
howitzers, field pieces, rifled cannon and shell
shot and balls enough to supply an army of
500,000 men. The musket stock is made in a
peculiar way. The piece of wood is put into
a machine, and it comes out a perfect stock;
five hundred are turned out in a day.
The manufacture of cartridges is another
show. They are made by women and girls.
Between three hundred and four hundred are
3mployed; about 800,000 are turned off per
lay. There are twelve hundred mules em
jloyed conveying the war munitions, stores,
stc.
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The Theatrical Scounerel—Why he
Designed. -The military career of this geR
leman, Bcernstein, is about being brought to a
dose. In a public declaration he states that
m the 21st he takes his leave of the army.—
iis age and his infirmities, and the fact that
hree months of active duty in the volunteers
las cut off two years of his life, are assigned !
s reasons why he may be excused from fur- 1
her service. Better reasons than these might
e produced. He knew that he could not get
regiment to serve under him for three years. (
le knew that he had tried it. He knew that
is regiment, when questioned revolted, and
efused to have anything to do with him. He 1
new that they had no confidence in him, and 1
fiat the merest accident enabled him to get
o Jefferson as a military commander.—[St *
•ouis Republican.
tar Mr. Breckenridge was dropped from j £
ie committee on military affairs in the Sen- *
te because it was understood that he thinks a ,
Union held together by the sword is not r
rorth preserving.”
gy 'The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal says
,ieut. Crossan, of the North Carolina Navy, L
lade another fine capture a few days ago.- ®
[e got hold of another sugar vessel and car- t
ted her into Hatteras inlet.
The flag officer of the Confederate Na- *
y at Savannah advertises for contracts for h
uilding five vessels, of about 16U tons each g
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!PF- We copy the following from the Fort
Smith Times and Herald of the 12th inst.
The statements below have all been con
firmed by private letters from members of the
Des Arc Rangers :
From Missouri.
Fight at Carthage—Retreat of the Ene
my—Return of our troops to Camp Wat
her—Incidents of the March—Captain
Sturgess gone to Springfield.
Major Porter, Sheriff of this county, return
ed from Missouri, last night, direct from Car
thage, the scene of the late conflict, between
Gen. Raines and the St. Louis Dutch. Retells
us that the battle was fought, principally with
cannon, the Dutch having eight pieces, and
the Missourians seven. The contending par
ties in the fight ran over, in retreatiug and
charging, about fifteen miles of ground. They
fought all day. and when the Dutch retreated,
they kept up firing until 10 o’clock at night.
The Missourians lost eight killed, and two
mortally wounded, besides others slightly
wounded. The Dutch lost a large number,
most of them being thrown into wagons and
hauled off. and 18 found dead on the field, a
part of which were found in a Creek sunk in
the water.
Gen. McCulloch’s and Pearce’s command did
not reach the scene of action until the day af
ter the fight, and could not pursue the enemy,
I as men and horses were too much jaded by
forced marches. If they had been able to pur
sue the enemy, the whole command would
have been captured. Capt. McIntosh, Adju
tant General, proposed to take 1000 inen and
pursue them, but it was not thought best.
Maj. Porter speaks in the highest terms of
the bravery and gallantry of Capt. McIntosh.
He was with him when they captured the
Dutch at Neosho. He says, that as they en
tered the town of Neosho, the women cheered
them, by the waving of handkerchiefs and
bonnets. The Dutch were quartered in the
Court House, and Capt. McIntosh gave them
ten minutes to surrender, and which they did
in nire, marching out of the Court House,
kneeling upon one knee, and delivering up
their arms. Capt. McIntosh turned to our
troops and said, he hoped the troops would
treat the prisoners well, for the honor of Ar
kansas. Then seeing the old flag flying he
auiu mat uugui tu curnt; uuwu? wunu was uu
.-ooner said, than down it came, the women of
the town standing by tore it into shreds. After
picking up all the pickets and fellows with
soldiers clothes on, there turned out to be 120
prisoners.
While t|ie matter of surrender was going on.
a fellow 0.1 horse back rode up and called for
the commanding officer. Capt. McIntosh told
him he was the man. The fellow said there
were 8 or 9 wagons loaded with Commissary
s', ares, and that he had better send some men
to protect them as the Arkansas troops might
capture them. Capt. McIntosh took him pri
soner, and then ordered Capt. Carroll, to take
his company and the prisoner, who was a
Missourian, and if he did not show him the
wr' ons in t.vo hours to hang him. The Mis
sourian shewed the wagons in double quick
time.
Mr. Porter say's, that he heard that Capt.
Sturgess. with 26,000 men. from Kansas, pass
ed within a few miles of Cartilage, on his
way to Springfield.
Gov. Jackson, Gen. Price and Raines, are
camped within ten miles of Camp Walker,
where they will organize their forces, most of
them are without officers.
Gen. McCulloch will at once organize the
Arkansas forces, that ere at Camp Walker.
The force there is very large and troops ar
riving every day.
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A Call to the Ministry.
Somebody is always- telling stories about the
“Hard-sbell Baptists ” Wags have the run
on them, and they may as weil be content and
bear it. Here follows a tale told of them not
long since. My informant locates it in the
mountains of North Carolina, where the hard
shells are quite numerous, and where they be
lieve pretty strongly in dreams and voices. In
the impyrtant matter of a call to the ministry,
a dream or a voice is almost indispensable.
Now it came to pass that a man by the
name of Walker felt himself considerably
moved to “hold forth,” and kept “spreading
the fleece,” Gideon-like, to ascertain his duty
in the. important jpremises. To assist him in
his pious investigations, he called at a still
house one evening to get some of the good
critter.” After refreshment, the story runs,
he left home, and on the way he felt “moved”
to go into the grove a few hundred yards from
the road, “thar to wrastle on the subject.”—
While he was “wrastlin” most earnestly,
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passed the road with a long eared animal, po
litely called aJohn Donkey, and John let oif,
as his race is wont to do sometimes, in a most
moving and thrilling manner.
Walker’s imagination, by his earnest “wras
lin,” was wrought up to great intensity, and
he cenverted Major John’s discordant music
which, to most men, resemole the filing of a
saw mill saw, into a call from heaven urging
him to preach the gospel. No time was lost
He rose from his knees duly commissioned,
and went to his pastor, who interrogated him
thus:
Parson.—Do you believe, brother Walker,
that you are called of God to preach, “as was
Aaron ?”
Walker.— Most sartinly I does.
Pastor.—Give the church, that is the breth
ren, the proof.
Walker.—I was mighty diffikilted, and
was determined to go into the woods and wras
;le it out.
Parson.—That’s it brother Walker.
Walker.—And whi.e there wrastlin’, Jacob
ike, I hern one of the curiousest voices I uver
learn in all my born days.
Parson —You are on the right track, broth
er Walker. Go on with your norration.
Walker.—I could’nt tell for the life ov me,
vhether the voice was up in the air or down
n the sky, it sounded ro curious.
Parson.—Poor creeter! how he was diffikil
ed. Go on to norrate, brother Walker. How
[id it appear to sound unto you V
Walker.—Why this a way ; Waw-waw-ker ,
-waw-waw-ker! Go preach, go preach, go .
ireach-ee go preach-ah, go preach-un, go
ireach-ah-ee-ub-ah-ee. (
Parson.—Brethering and sisters, that’s the
ight sort of a call. Enough said, brother
\alker. That’s none ov yer college calls, '
or money calls. No doctor ov divinity ever
ot sich a call as that. Brother Walker must 1
ave license for sartin and for sure. j
The license was granted, the story goes, and 1
Valker is doubtless making the mountains 1
ing with his stentorian lungs.
The Richmond Examiuer says: “To- |'
acco is going up higher every day. Mr. Lu
I, the agent of Messrs. Huffer &. Co., who are (
le French Contractors, is now in this city, i
iperintending the purchase of tobacco for the ;
'ranch Empire, and this, of itself, is sufficient t
> give a great stimulus to trade. It bodes no j i
r»at duration to the present blockade.” I.
The West Point Rifles.
This company, commanded by Capt. A. T
Jones, left West Point on Tuesday the 16th
inst., about 5 P. M. for Jacksonport. A beau
tiful banner was presented to them by Mis!
D. Whitney, in behalf of the ladies of Wes'
Point and vicinity, to whom Col. A. Forbes
responded in his usual eloquent style. The
following are their speeches:
Miss D. Whitney’s Speech.
Gentlemen of the West Point Rifles:
The circumstances which surround us are nc
common ones. To-day you are called] upon
not to enlist in the service against a foreigr
foe, but to defend your own southern soil
your homes, your firesides, yea, your beloved
peculiar, and much cherished institutions
against a ruthless foe, once called brothers
almost as numerous as the dread locusts of the
East. I need not speak of the grievances com
plained of or the offenses committed. Suffici
itto say, gentlemen, our cause is just; and re
member, that “he who has his cause just ii
doubly armed.” To day everything that we
hold sacred and dear to us is at stake. The
liberties of all future generations stand sus
pended in doubtful poise, and you must go fortl
and contend for the prize. Tis true many oi
you have ties at home which it is almost
death to sever. ’Tis true that the tears anc
sobs of an aged mother, and decrepid father
the trembling accents of a loving wife anc
darling sisters, are enough to wring drops of
blood from the heart that is not steel, but
guntlemen, no wailings, no cries are equal tc
those of expiring liberty as she lies prostrate
bleeding at every pore. Then go forth, like
the gallant sons of Sparta, resolved to returr
victorious or return no more; and if it be the
will of heaven that you return no more, may
the news reach our ears that like Lord Nelsoi;
the last thing you did was to die for your
bleeding country. Then, in behalf of the la
dies of West Point, I present to you this ban
iier wrougUL uy men uwn nanus. may yut
never suffer it to be dishonored or polluted by
an enemy’s touch so long as you have strength
to raise it or life to stand. And when mar
shalled before the booming cannon and expos
ed to the solid sheets of liquid death, may il
inspire your souls and nerve your arms and
lend new courage to your drooping spirits.—
Gentlemen you have our prayers, and they
shall continue to ascend to the throne of the
Most High in your behalf. Then go forth,
avoid the scenes of vice and dissipation, put
your trust in a High Power, leaning on his
armor for protection, and the God of right
•‘will cover your head in the day of battle.”
Col. A Forbes’ F^eply
Ladies and Gentlemen :—My heart is
filled on the present occasion, with feelings
that rny tongue can never express. How can
I give utterance to my feelings, when I look
around me and behold my friends and neigh
bors, perhaps for the last time, assembled for
the purpose of bidding faiewell to fathers,
brothers and husbands, who are in the act of
leaving for the bloody battle field, to offer
their lives in defense of our long cherished
liberties and institutions that were won by the
blood of our fathers. Though, while on the
battle field death shots may fall around us as
thick as hail, and we ‘-be exposed to the solid
sheets of liquid death,” we will prove our
selves worthy of the boon of liberty bequeath
ed to us by onr fathers. We feel deeply the an
guish of your hearts, that is occasioned by our
leaving. The great trial with me isfully real
ized in separating from my wife and children.
May God grant my return, when the dark
clouds of war are driven away by the propi
tious winds of heaven, to find them Jiving to
welcome iny return. Miss D. Whitney, I ac
cept the beautiful banner that you have pre
CQnto/t t n A i 1 AArm An in V. V. . 1C _ 0 k k 1 1 : _
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of West Point. Language is inadequate to
express our high appreciation of this special
testimonial of your regard. I present to you
the thanks of our company for this manifesta
tion of esteem for the West Point Rifles. La
dies we bid you farewell. We are going to
our Northern borders to battle for the rights
and sacred honor of the fair and lovely daugh
ters of our sunny South. If the enemy cross
the line and invade your homes “they will
have to walk over our dead bodies.” And
while contending for our cherished rights we
will plant this flag triumphantly on our soil
or find a grave beneath its verdant sod. And
while battling for our rithts under this ban
ner, we will call to mind the donrs of this
beautiful gift, who are far away from us, like
angels of mercy, sending up their warm pray
ers for our success. Again ladies, we bid
you a farewell, hoping God will protect you
it home while we defend you abroad.
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Bloody Bills for Congress.
Senator Wilson has given notice that he will
ntroduce the following bills immediately:
A bill to ratify and confnm certain acts of
he President for the suppression of insurrec
ion and rebellion.
A bill to authorize the employment of vol
inteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protec
ing the public property.
A bill to increase the present military es
ablishment of the United States.
A bill providing for the better organization
if the military establishment.
A bill to promote the efficiency of the ar
ny.
A bill for the organization of a volunteer
nilitary force to be called the National Guard
if the United State.
The titles of these bills sound strange in a
Republic, based upon the sublime principles
if the Declaration of Independence.
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[0T The Central Bank of Alabama, with a
apital of $9,000,000, have resolved to take
>300.000 of Treasury notes from the conleder
,te States, which is 33J per cent of its capi
al, besidas having taken $100,000 of confede
ate bonds, and having loaned to the State of
Uabama, for military purposes $2E>0,000. I
From tha Brownsville Rifles^
In Camp Near Oaineuvime. Ann
•Ill|y 15, 1661 ’j
Nothing of any genera] interest ha* tranl
pired since I last wrote to you. Col. Croj'
although expected for several days pa_,t . '
not yet arrived, he will probably reach het'
, on to-morrow or next day. The '‘Rifles»
not yet received all their arms, only sixty thj
far having been distributed to them. Th
still require some twenty-five or more to com
plete the number. The remainder are at p0
eahontas, and will, as we learn, arrive hern .
a few days A, report, as we learn, ha»rei<>b!
ed some portions of the count; y that our Re
giment has been suffering from want of pro
visions. This is entirely untrue. It is tru#
that the rations distributed have not been of
the most delicate character, but they have *i
ways been ample of their kind. A largest,,^
of army provisions has reached Pocahontas
and a portion of the same will, doubtless be
soon transferred to this Regiment.
Several new recruits have recently arrived
from Prairie county, H. R. Harris, W. and
Henry Boyd, end soma two or three others are
eu route for the camp.
A man named Hall, some time since,attach
ed himself to one of the companies of thoRf.
gimer.t, with the view and intention of ob
taining an office. Finding some ten days since
that his prospects for the desired positio
were becoming infinitesimally small, he con
eluded to engage in the lucrative business of
whiskey selling. Accordingly, he procured a
barrel of cheap liquor, and concealed It inth#
bushes, and soon initiated a large number of
bibei s into his secret. The clandestine trade
was soon discovered, the head of the contra
band barrel knocked in and its contents emp.
tied
On We Inesday last the Regiment was drawn
up in the road fn two ranks, faced to the cen
ter at charge bayonet, and Mr. Hall placed on
the extreme left of the line. At the command,
(you know what you have to do Mr. Hall,)
he started through in double quick time. Hi?
long ringlets sireameu out rrorn unuer nisrus
ty “stove pipe” bat. Hi9 carefully cultivated
whiskers parted in the center of his chin, and
his coat tails played fantastic tricks upon the
breeze. Such was the appearance of Mr.
Hall, as he passed between the bayonets of
the 5th Regiment of Arkansas volunteers. Mr.
H. will, doubtless, conduct himself henceforth,
so as to avoid a repetition of this trip. He
has not since been seen in our vicinity.
Mr. Ross, the absentee from the Austin Ri
fles, returned this morning.
Your correspondent is unable to ascertain
when the 5th will leave this place. j
Hie companies are rapidly improving i»
discipline—both company and battalion.
You may expect to hear from me again soon.
PRAIRIE.
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Worth Thinking About.
Wheat is selling at one dollar per bushel,
corn thirty cents.
Butter is worth in our town ten cents p<r
pound, wool at a nominal price and Without
demand.
These prices will be considered low by our
farmers. Most of them have been enabled,
by their wealth, to hold over the large stocks
of last 3'ear, in the hopes of better prices.
The wives and daughters of our country far
mers, very natmally, are indignant at the
miserable . emunerative prices offered for their
pains taking products—those products that
produce the comforts, the luxuries, the refine
ments of agricultural life.
Do their masculine protectors tell them the
reason for this great change? If not, we will.
A change has come over our country, almost
without observation, that has stopped the
channels of trade, destroyed the businessof
the States and threatens our very liberties
The fabrics of your toil were consumed at
the South. Your butter, by every Southern
coaster found market in every city and almost
or, oi'neir nl n 'PV. .. _ L I m«1
arled, as is also the great distributing one, k
New York. 1
The steamers that were daily loaded with m
the material of your wealth are now convert- I
ed into transport ships to convey your broth- 1
ers to fight with their own blood, and with » I
people with whom they have no quarrel. I
Ithaca (N. Y.) Democrat.
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Col. Woodruff, at the bogus Kentucky
regiment, has presented a “splendid rifle and
equipments” to Capt. Phillips, of the Conne
waga—said rifle having just been stolen fro®
a Secessionist of Guyund'otte.
ATTENTION PRAIRIE GREYS!
PARADE at West end Trimble Prairie,
Saturday next, 27th, at 10 o’clock, A. M..
in full uniform, by order of Capt. Horne.
July 22, 1861. J. S. WILLIAMS, O. S
STATE CONVENTION.
To all whom it may Concern.
THE Convention having provided for the
contingency of its being re-assembleo,
and made it the duty of the several presidd's
Judges of the County Courts, as Welles of the
President of the Convention, according aS
either may be notified thereof, to order elec
tions to fill vacancies in that, body; And »
being important for the people of the State to
be fully represented, should any emergency
arise, which in the opinion of the President
or of the Military Board, would require the
Convention to be called; I have issued writs
of election, to be held on the 10th day of Au
gust next, to fill vacancies officially commu
nicated to me as President of of the Conven*
tion, as follow: In the counties of
Arkansas—James L. Totten,
^Calhoun—P. H. Echols,
Franklin—W W Mansfield,
Izard—Alexander Adams,
Jackson—J. H. Patterson,
Jefferson—W. P. Grace,
Lawrence—Samuel Robinson,
Prairie—B. C. Totten,
Washington—David Walker. .
And in all cases of resignation received by to
Presiding Judges of County Courts, they **
requested to order elections to fill the vac#'
cifis occasioned thereby, as prescribed by’ *
Ordinance of the Convention, adopted Ju
1st, 1861, and the Convention Act of the
eral Assembly, approved January^Sj^Mto
Little Rock, June il, 1S51.