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fciturday MorninR. Sept. 7, 1S6.’. :
W^ owe to one readers some
apology for the non appearance of otir
paper Inst week. We failed to get pa
per iu time-one of our compositors
•vao sick—these circumstances threw
us so far behind, that it was impossible
to issue at our vegnler time—these
things will sometimes occur, and no
one regrets them more than ourselves.
We here take occasion to say a word to
the over anxious concerning the desti
ny of the •‘Citizen.’’ It has been re
ported that we are apont to fail; to
suspend ; to break up generally—in an
swer to ail this, we say wait awhile
gentlemen—if times arc hard we can
stand them—and the last thing we in
tend to do is to go under. The Citizen
is'self-sustaining, fully able to stand,
and will stand, through thiek aud thin..
If there are those who w Uh our down
fall, we are sorry for them, they must
be disappointed. We pledged ourselves
in the beginning to give to the people
a newspaper worthy of patronage, aud
they have given to us such support,
that we can say, we have one of the
best paying papers in the State. We
intend to keep up our paper, to sus
tain its reputation, and our friends can
rely upon this as a truth.
United States Bonds.
It is a very significant fact that the
United States securities arc regarded
as being on the increase iu England.
While (he solid and stable old consols
are yieldinga little, United States Five
twenties are advancing. The combi
nations formed in New,York to dis
credit the Government bonds have sig
nally failed of effect, and the parties
engaged in the conspiracy have been
held up by the respectable press to
jiublic scorn and contempt. They are
more deserving of exile from the coun
try forever than “the unrepentant re
bels'’ of the South, who are denounced
by Gen. Pope. The rebels are open
_: tbr.nn Inlslsaxn Anil t LB ? * z\V d
deal in defamation and falsehood,
through which they hope to undermine
the national credit and shake the Gov
ernment itself.
Now that the United States bonds
have begun to raise abroad, we may
expect that they will reach par ere
long. They certainly will, if recon
. structiou on a lair anil reasonable basis
be accomplished. This Government
and the country are exposed to the
dangerous machinations of both open
and concealed enemies, of political as
well as financial desperadoes. The
doctrine of practical repudiation,
through the payment of national obli
gations in waste paper, may give us
some trouble, hut will no doubt he ex
ploded by the sound sense and elevat
ing integrity of the mass of the people.
“He Strikes Twice who Strikes
Quickly."
On the 6th of June, 1867, in the town
of Raleigh. North Carolina, the Chief
Jcistiee of the United States opened the
session of the Circuit Court. It was
the first time that a Justice of tho Su
preme Court had snt on the bench in
that State since the rebellion interfered
with the jurisdiction of the Federal
tribunals. Naturally enough, the Chief
Justice signalized the occasion with an
address, which was distinguished alike
for its liberality, its moderation, its
dignity, and its unaffected respect for
civil authority. Among other noble
utterauces, he concluded with these
memorable words:
It is true that the military authority
is still exercised within these Southern
circuits, hut uot now hs formerly, in
consequence of the disappearance ol
local authority, and in supervision or
control of all the tribunals, whether
State ot national. It is now used un
der the acts of Congress, and only to
prevent illegal violence to persons and
property, and facilitate the restoration
of everv State to equal rights and ben
efit. in the Union. This military au
thorin' docs not extend in any respect
to thecourts of the United States. Let
ivo knnA il.ct VionPflfm'tll I’ftLfil
lion nor any other occasion for the ns
scciation of any military authority
over the courts of justice will hereaf
ter suspend the due course of judicial
administration by the national tribu
nals in any part of the Hepubllc.
The Vicksburg Rpublican of the
12th of July says : '"Since the tomb ol
last mouth one of our neighbors lias read
in the Papers and recorded one huudred
and sixty-seven murders—not half, he
presumes’, that took place in the United
States during thiB time.” One hundred
and sixteen of them took place in the
Northern States, and forty-one were per
petrated by negroes in the South 'line
leaves ten murders out of one hundred
and sixty-seven, presumed to have been
committed by unreconstructed rebels —
Ravchtro.
WajrlJorton, Mayor oi Mobile, appoint
teo of the Military Satrap of that King
dotn, has been held to bail in the sum of
$2000, for violation of the Civil Bights
Bill, in the banishment of Archie John
son, the orm legged negro newspaper car
rier of the Mobile Utibme
et^Anuuw Walker, of Mass., who has
been collecting statistics ou Ministers'
salaries, publishes the result. Ho has re
ceived leports from 1,000 ministers of
eight different denominations. Of those
whose topart? were exact enough for
classification. he finds that the average
salary in l^OO was $772 52: in 1807 it
was 1907 28. From all these returns he
deduce? the general Get that since 1860
ministers' salaries have advanced nut more
than twenty pur cent , while the cost of
living has advanced 100 per cent.
A German chemist publishes the fol
lowing simple method of preserving
small quantities of ice, which he has
practiced with success:
Put the ice into a deep dish, cover it
with a plate, aud place the dish on a
pillow carefully, with another pillow
on top, aud by this means excluuu the
external air. Feathers are well-kuowtt
conductors of heat, and in consequence,
the ice is preserved from inciting.
The plan isiimple. and within the
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TOURNAMENT AT AUGUSTA.
StKAMF.K RoWENA,!
Sept, oil 1867. $
Editor Citizen Thinking you and
yonr readers would probably like to
learn how your sister town acquitted
herself in her Tournament enterprise,
and it having been our pleasure to be
present on the occasion, we send you
this skeleton of a description of what
transpired, as a full recital wonld occu
py too much of your space.
About 9 o'clock the people began
collecting on tlio gronuds, which soon
presented quite a large assemblage,
composed, principally, of visitors from
Prairie and White and the citizens of
Woodrnff county. First in the order
of the day was an address by Col. W.
E. PattcrsoD. of Jarksonport, who ac
quitted himself with credit and to the
I satisfaction of his many personal ad
mirers present. Barely touching upon
i the political issues of the day, he went
back to the inception of ancient chival
ry in Europe, traced its origin, showed
how it raised lovely woman from a
state of vassalage and servitude to that
of her present condition, and from
which hns resulted all our civilization
and refinement. Ho concluded with
some excellent advice and instruction
to the knights present, showing the
difference in their duties of this age
and that of the earlier days of the
order.
The tilting was the next tiling in
order. The lists were of a circular
form, with five Hugs to be taken, the
distance from the starting point to the
last ring being lTOyards. Time, eleven
seconds. The following summary will
show the results :
J. T. Wiekersham, of Augusta,
Knight of Hope, 10 rings.
Berry Wilkerson, of Augusta, Knight
of Dispair, 8 rings.
Dick Poe, of West Point, Knight of
Released Chief, 8 rings.
T. J. Rainey, of Augusta, Knight of
Wild Tribe, 8 rings.
Levin Bland, of Augusta, Knight of
Forrest, 11 rings.
L'apt. J. ,1. Ilall, of Augusta, Knight
of Fagan, 6 rings.
W. C. Davis, of Cotton Plant, Knight
of Don't You See Me, 13 rings.
IT III. 1 ciguauii, v»* axuguomj
of Black Plume, 5 rings.
Wm. Gregory, of Augusta, Knight
of Ivunhoe, 2 riugs.
C'apt. Jas. A^aril, of Augusta, Kniglit
of Shelby, 8 riugs.
AA‘. E. Brown, of Des Arc, Knight of
Watlcnsaw, 8 rings.
John Monroe, of Augusta, Knight ot
Night Before Last, ti rings.
C. L. AVagoner, of Hickory Plain,
Knight of Hickory Plain, 12 rings.
Geo. It., Hiblcr, of Augusta, Knight
of Augusta, 3 rings.
K. L. Vaughan, of Augusta, Knight
: of Blue Sash, 7 rings.
Five of the knights making a tie of8
rings each for the fifth prize, they
1 made a single till, which resulted in
! favor of the Knight of Released Chief.
The judges having awarded the prizes,
they were presented by Col. James II.
Patterson, of Augusta, delivering
I prize to the successful contestant with
la few well-timed and appropriate re
! marks. '
The lists were then opened to the
contestants for the Ladies’ Prize, sev
eral of whom exhibited great skill in
the management of their horses and
accomplished ease and gracefulness in
their riding. After a considerable
' coutest it was awarded C. L. AVagon
1 er, Knight of Hickory Plain. The
prize was a fine watch chain, made
! from the tresses of Augusta’s fail
young ladies aiul beautifully mounted
with gold.
The crowning of the Queen of Love
and Beauty and Maids of Honor fol
1 lowed as next in order, the Knight ol
Don't You See Mo selecting Miss Liz
zie Patterson, of Augusta, Queen ol
1 Love and Beauty ; the Knight of Hick
: orv Plain naming Miss Lulu Davies, ol
Augusta, First Maid of Honor; Hit
Knight ot Forrest naming J^iss Josie
Gregory, of Augusta, Second Maid ot
I Honor; the Knight of Hope naming
Miss Mollie Bland, of Augusta, Third
l Maid of Honor; and the Knight o!
Released Chief naming Miss Mollie
Lewis, of West Point, Fourth Maid ol
i Houor.
As soon as the crowning ceremony
j had been finished, the hell of tlie Row
cna sounded the knell of our pleasant
*tn\ with the <rnnd neonle of Autrtista.
It was a happy thought that induced
them to give this entertainment, and
wo hope they may have many more
tucli, all as happily conducted as this
i one.
('apt. Davis, the gentlemanly Super
iutendont of the U. S. Mail Line, de
serves the thanks and good will, not
only of the recipients of his liberality
. in giving them a free round trip from
Derail s Bluff and Des Arc, hut of all
the people of Augusta for thus aiding
the success of their enterprise. You
may book him us a liberal and kind
hearted gentleman. SKMO.
Assassinasion of Lopkz.—A letter
gives the following detail* of the assussi
■ nation of J.opez, who betrayod Maxi
inillian:
1 arrived Loro to-day and learned the
1 startling uews of the assassination of the
traitor Lope/,. The particulars of tho as
sussination are as follows : Lopez was
staying at a hotel in J'uebla, whore his
wife spuruod him from hor presence
Early one morning a Mexican arrived,
and familiarized himself with an ostler in
’ a livery stable adjoiuing the hotel, Gcn
i oral Miguel Lopez was iuqnirod for, but
not being in. the stranger was told that
tho General would be at dinner. Before
the dinner hour Lopez returned, and was
* pointed out to the stranger, who mado
: special note of his man. II Lett dinner
, was called, Lopez and his assassin occu
pied opposite scats at tin- table. After
sume minute*, dur'ng which time the
stranger called for and drank a glass of
i wine, bo deliberately rose, drew a conceal
cd knife, and sprang upon Lopes, and
stabbed him nine times. Tho stranger
then took bis bat, und, as he started to
* leave, said: "This is the way all traitors
j should bo paid.”
No one interferred to prevent tho as
I sassio from leaving. Thus the blood of
! Maximilian, Miramon, Mejia, ves, aod
* llmii'ands of other*, was avenged
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NOTES ON THE^ SITUATION,
BY B. H. HILL.
NO 13.
I have said in all cases of iliubtfiil
constitutionality the Executive Depart
mentjConld not become a court or judge
in the matter. Neither can Congress
be u court. But it was necessarydhere
should bo a final arbiter, ami therefore,
the Constitution i%ovided a third
department of government ca'lrt the
Judicial. This Judicial power is i
expressly declared to extend to all I
cases arising under the Constitution.;
the laws of ti.e United States and trea- j
tics. etc. etc. But here again difference
[ have arisen, and it has been insisted I
I that the word "eases' lias a legal tech-1
j nical signification and must he confin
ed with it. nod, therefore, that the |
j judicial power does not extend to all ;
questions arising under the Constitu
j tion. This position was a favorite one
j with persons of the strict construction
! State-right school.
When South Carolina declared the
1 Tariff Act plainly ami palpably uiicon
| stitutional she refused to refer the
j question to the Court, but preceded to
nullify the act in'licr borders. The
Union men and Federalists insisted
| that she could refer the question to the
Supreme Court as the final arbiter,
but South Carolina refused to do so.
j insisting that that State was an inde
pendent, seperate sovereignty outside
of the express powers granted to Con
gress—that tliis was a political ques
i tion, affecting her seperate sovereignty,
land that she would not permit any
I other power to sit in judgment, upon
questions involving her sovereignty ;
that in tliis respect South Carolina
j stood to the United States as she did
| to France or .England.
It was supposed that the peculiar
1 doctrines of State Rights U!'d been de
i vided by the war against the position
j taken by South Carolina, and that
j hereafter the Supreme Court would
j become—what the old Union man nl
, ways contended it was intended to lie
j —the filial arbiter upon all questions
j arising under the Constitution, so as to
! leave no excuse or necessity tor an ap
j peal to arms to settle controversies
i between the General Government and
! ihe States.
Georgia and Mississippi were the
first to net oil the new idea. They did
what Booth Carolina refused to do.—
They applied to the, Supreme Court (in.
I think, » proper case made) to enjoin
the enforcement of bijls palpably
unconstitutional—admitted to be so—
j in their borders. The reply was, the
I question made is a political question.
I and not a judicial case. The Supreme
I Court refused to entertain the jurisdic
I iic c? m nl v nfFirtrHMl whftl
was called the ultra Wate Bights doc
trine of South Carolina. I am glad the
question was presented. I am especial
ly glad they w ere preseated by South
ern States, showing a disposition there
by to abide the decision claitriet^)
1 have been made by the war, amno
recognize an arbiter of future disputes
short of arms.
These decisions, therefore, so far
from showing there is no remedy
against these Military Bibs, shows
| clearly the reverse. They proceeded
I on the very basis that the Stales are
i still separate political communities, and
j as such it* necessarily follows that their
| internal domestic govi ruments cannot
be.abrogated, regulated, or interfered
with bv Congress, lienee the way is
clear for every State, citizen and cor
poration to make a case and test these
Militarv Bills, when any person, by
their authority, Khali interfere with a
right of property, or of person, or of
| liberty.
I 1. therefore, beg ever citizen, black
land white, even the humblest ot the
1 ten millions who inhabit these ten
I States, to remember—never’forget that
j it is his right—his glorious, unimpeach
able right—to resist every interference,
by any officer, high or low, w ith his
property, on his person, or lus liberty,
under these Military Bills; and that
cmh citizen owes it to every other
citizen and to his State, and to posterity
and to Constitutional liberty, to assert
the right boldly and fearlessly against
every such interference. Xor have
military officers in such case one par
ticle more of protecMon from such
resistance than civil officers. The law
is superior to all—is muster of all; and
the strength, the majesty and the merit
of the law. make the citizen’s panoply
in this issue.- Hear wluit a distinguish
ed American writer says on this sub
ject :
••It is now settled in England and the
United States, that an officer of the
forces who executed the unlawful or
der remains personally answerable. It'
the highest in command, the British
monarch himself, orders, contrary to
law, an officer to quarter his soldiers
upon the citizens to annoy and oppress
them, as Charles I did, the officer re
mains responsible, in the fullest sense
of the term, to the law ol the land.—
All that has been gained by the ardu
ous protracted struggle which began
to show itself most singularly under
Charles 1. may be summed up in the
few words, that the law 6hull be supe
rior to all and every one and every
branch of Government; that there is
nowhere a mysterious, supreme ana
unattainable power, which, despite of
the clearest law, may still dispense
with it or arrest its course. This is
the sum total of modern civil liberty,
the great, firm and solid common’s lib
erty.”
Our Constitution—our supreme law.
which no Congress, nor President, nor
other earthly power can violate or au
thorize to be violated with impunity—
is our rule, our only ruler, and all the
highest office-holders—civil and mili
tary—are but its servauts and bound,
under penalties, to obey its commands.
Our Constitution declares—
“The privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus shall not be suspended, unless
in ease of rebellion or invasion the
public safety may require it.”
“No bill of attainor or expost facto
law shall be passed.”
“The trial of ull crimes, except in
case of impeachment, shall be by jury."
“No soldier shall, in lime of peace,
be quartered in any house without the
consent of the owner.”
“Congress shall make no law abridg
ing the freedom of speech or of the
i press.”
I No citizen “shall be held to answer
; for a capital or otherwise infamous
< crime, unless on a presentment or iu
| dietmeut of a grand jury.”
“No warrant shall issue but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or
i affirmation.”
These are the commands of the only
' imperial power in America—the Con
jstitntion. They are so plain that a
j wayfaring man. though a fool, cannot
i err in reading them. They cover every
j State, and territory, and province and
j foot of soil over which the jurisdiction
of the l ailed States can possibly go.
! Vet ever> one of these positive com
mands, and otliet s besides,are violated
and ordered to l.n violated by these
Militan Bill-. They are, therefore,
assaults—unmi-t ikeaiilo, traitorous as
saults—upon the Constitution; nud
every m m, woman or child, or officer
civil or military, in the United .’'tales
who votes for these hills, or approves
them, or accept* them, or executes
them, Or passively submit* to them, is
• *n enemy of the Constitution and an
enemy of every eitizeu whose lights
are protected h> tbp Constitution t
care not v hat excuses arc made, nor '
what pretences are whined out about
the power of Congress aud the pro
gressive Radical party. Such pre
tences only show cowardice or the]
treasonable Intent in those who use
them. The only way to crush the Rad
ical party is to bring down upon it that
power which is greater than the Radi
cal party—the Constitution. If the
President is a slave and bound to exe
cute the orders of traitors, the people
are freemen and entitled to resist.—
The only question, and, therefore, the
only danger is, have they the courage
to resist? A freeman should know uo
master but the law, and bend the knee ■
to no earthly power but the Coustitu- ,
ton. '
As the result of reason and settled I
authority. I affirm :
That every officer, high or low, who i
seizes the property of a citizen under j
these military hills, is r tresspasser, i
subject to indictment and suits for j
damages as individuals.
That every such officer who arrests n j
citizen under these bills is guilty of
false imprisonment, and subject like- j
wise as an individual, and is amenable j
to the writ ot habeas corpus before any j
court, States or Federal, having juris-!
diction to issue the writ.
That if a single citizen, white or i
black, is tried by a military commission
and executed, the officer ordering the
eourt, the individuals composing the
court, the counsel prosecuting the case,
the officer approvingand executing the
sentence, up to and including the Pres
ident, each and all are guilty of murder,
and indictable ip the country where
the crime is committed.
And 1 again beg our citizens, every
where, to assert these remedies, and
assert them fearlessly. I>o not be pre
vented hv the sickly, cowardly, crimi
nal statements that the courts are pro
hibited from taking jurisdiction. This
is the poor defense with which those
authorizing the crimes have sought to
shield those creatures who may obey
them, and is itself unconstitutional.—
The power which cannot violate the lav
cannot annul or i cape the process, or
remedies aud penalties of the law.
Sue in damages for every injury ;
indict l'or every crime, lie sure and
include the thieving treasury agents
who wore lately stealing your cotton
or other tilings, bite or indict iu the
county where the injury was or may
be done, or the crime was or may be
committed. Whether defendants are
present or absent, get the true bills.—
Don’t let lapse of time bar you.—When
ever you see me at a eourt, understand
1 wili aid you Without fee or reward.
The written (institution is iny client,
and the preservation of its protection
the only lee l shall ask.—The time for
the law s triumph over passion will one
day come. If our people will now,
,‘ui'vvwlini'i' assert these riirhts. not, bv
egaii. abandoning Die Constitution but
by claiming its remedies, that time will
come fjuickly ; and then we shall de
mand the criminals wherever found
and they will be delivered. If the
President himself should commit mur
der in tlie manner I have indicated, l
do not hesitate to say that I would
urge a true tiill against him and de
mand him for trial when hiss terra lias
expired. We owe it to ourselves, to
our children, to free institutions, to
teach all, however high or low, who
take advantage of degenerate times like
these, to violate the great guaranties
of the law, and trample on the rights
of the citizens, that when the political
spasm is over they can liud no hiding
t place from the law’s avenge, nor take
i shelter from its penalties anywhere in
■ tho jurisdiction of the Constitution.
Let this generation teach this lesson
1 now and teach it faithfully and well,
and we shall have no return of such
periods of sorrow and crime for us or
for our children. If we do not teach
this lessou, than sorrow and crime will
| increase their coming and prolonging
I their stays, because rogues will steal,
tyrants will oppress, little officers ••will
cut fantastic tricks, * auu traitors will
use traud and force to perpetuate their
, power, just ns often and as loug as
they think they can do so with impuni
ty.
’ I also earnestly hope the people of
each of the ten States will go boldly
forward, and preserve and continue
their existing State governments, and
I hold all elections in the manner and at
! the time prescribed by* existing State
Constitutions; will chose officers qual
ilied according to existing State Con
stitutions and laws. If any oitizcu or
officer shall be interfered with in exer
cising his rights under these laws, or
in discharging the duties ol any office
to which he may be chosen, let him
make the issue fearlessly.
I would have them continue this un
til, and even after, pretended constitu
tions may he formed by deluded
: negroes and their designing interiors
under these Military Bills ; and if an
attempt were made to displace existing
i constitutions and governments by pre
tended constitutions so formed and
’ officers chosen thereunder, 1 would
indict every officer so attempting to
subvert existing legal States govern
ments, and 1 would then have our Gov
ernors or the Legislatures (if in sees*
j ion,) make application to the President,
under the Constitution, to protect ex
1 istiug State governments “against do
mestic violence,” and thus compel the
President to decide whether he is
; bound to displace by force what he ad
, mils to be existing legal State constitu
nous ana governments ior tuo»e lie
admits to be illegal, unconstitutional
' and tyranical.
I will add two important considera
i tions why our people should thus re
sist and never consent to these usur
! pations:
In the first place, if we once allow
' these new governments to become le
gally fixed on us by our consent, we
cun never get rid of them.—The power
1 will be in the hands of those who make
aud administer them ; and, though de
stroy as thev will, they will hold on to
their iniquity. It will also require
! three-fourths of the Stntes to concur in
; the adoption of the odious Constitu
tional Amendment, but it'adopted it
will then require three-fourths of the
States to get rid of it.
Hut, in the second place, if, as is
clear, these bills are so grossly uncon
stitutional, then they can never be le
gally established if we continue to res
ist them. Let us commence cases now
aud continue cases as fast and as often
as they arrive, aud if, even alter these
military constitutions are framed and
organized, and have oppressed an un
willing people for years, the Court
finally decide the acts authorizing them
to be unconstitutional, then, unlike a
case ofoncsbct ween belligerents, every
thing done under them will be declared
void—the wicked governments will be
displaced, every man who has adminis
tered them will be a criminal, and our
existing State constitutions will be
restored to us.
Then will patriots meet again at
Washington ami at every Slate capital,
and, gathering the records of these
Hadieal traitors, and of all their State
subordinates together, will do, as our
fathers in Georgia did when corruption
had usurped power and soiled our hon
or as a people once before—wo will
catch lire from Heaven and burn them
up.
If then, we yield now, our remeies
are gone and we are conquered forever;
but if we refuse to yield, our remedies
will coutinue. and wo can never be con
quered,
, , — T-mrn-rTT ■■ —~
11V TI .LKG HAI'H !
MW ttMLBANS.
September 2.—'There wore thirty in
terments from yellow fever yesterday.
Anion? ttie victim* was Tom Kina, the
pngilist, mid Lt. M. MaCorniick, of the
iron clad Mnhaska.
The official order relieving Sheridan
was received this morning at head
quarters.
Genera! Griffin has been telegraphed
for. Upon his arrival, Sheridan takes
his departure. Cols. Sheridan, For
sythe and Moore accompany him.
SEW l'OBH,
September 2.—The steamer Chancery
brings California news to the 10th tilt..
and $111,332 In. gold. Also Panama'
advices to the 23d nil. !
A plot fora revolution in favor of
Mosquera had been discovered at Pan-'
a uni, and the leaders arrested.
The preaching ofatwo capuchins at .
Cholatonaga in Salvador, a place for- ;
merly noted for its laxity of morals, j
induced 600 couples to get married and
900 partook of the Holy Sacrament.
The cholera is dying out in Nica
ragua, but is still raging in some dis
tricts.
The Peruvian Congress will proba
bly pass a law allowing Spaniards to
remain iu the country, hut iu case of
acts against the Republic, to be tried
and punished for high treason. Con
gress also favors the reduction of the
standing arinv to 6.900.
Rumors dtifeutbrenks were rife, but
the authorities seemed prepared for
any emergency.
Fears of the return of the Spanish
fleet w> re alipost dissipated, and tho
work on the batteries at Callao was
about suspended.
A luriou storm at Valparaiso, June
27th, did much damage to the shipping
and dwellings. One bark was wrecked
and ten lives lost.
General Hovey, tho American Min
ister to I.ima. was iu Chili, and a ru- j
mor prevailed that his mission was in
relation to the meditation of the Uni-1
ted States in the Chillian-Spanish dif- i
Acuities.
Tlie Herald's 'Washington special J
says, iu relation to the forthcoming
amnesty proclamation that those xvlio |
are supposed to know something of the
President’s intentions, say that pardon
will he granted lo all classes of rebels
excepting those guilty of piracy and
i ruel treatment of Union soldiers.—
This amnesty will restore the parties
i onccrned to ail civil rights except
those taken away by acts of Congress.
W.4S!infCTOX.
September 2.—A warrant was issued
from the Treasury Department to-day
for $431,706,590 iu coin, in payment for
the interest due oil 1405. uo to the first
instant.
The Secretary of the Treasury re
ceived a dispatch to-day from special
agent Bell at Galveston, stating that
the yellow fever there is fatal bevo.nl
precedent. Got of twenty.six officers
in the Customhouse, only three are tit
for duty, and the remainder are cither
sh k or dead. The Department lias is
sued instructions for the removal of
the Customhouse further down tlie is
i laud, and outside the city limits.
13 v G 54 UTS.
Cincinnati. Septembers.—Flourun
t changed, family 10 Ot.) to 1050. Wheat
! firm nml quiet nl 2 25 to 2 50. Corn
le»s firm. 1 '.lb. . Oats noth o. 55 to 57c.
I Bye quiet. 125. Cotton dull and ttn
j changed, uplands 25 to 2i%c; the first
j bale of new cotton of this season was
sold to-day at 5j, ; it classed as mid
dling upland*. Whisky steady, 32c.
i Fork. 23 tv to 23 25 : hulk meats firm ;
; shoulders 11% to 11% c; sides, 13% ;
. bacon inactive; shoulders. 13c: clear
rib sides. 15%c; clear sides, 15%c.—
j I.-ird, 12%c. Groceries steady ; coffee,
22 to 27c ; sugar, 12 to 15c.
New Okleans, September 2.—Cot
ton salt-s to-day, 300 bales; low mid
dlings, 2-1% to 25c; receipts. 272 bates.
Sugar and molasses quiet and uu
I changed. Flour dull, superfine, 8 75;
! choice 11 50 to 12 50. Corn dull, sup
ply light; white, 1 -“.d. Oats dull,
| iOc. Fork in good demand, 26 50.—
I Bacon active, 13% c for shoulders;
! clear sides, 17% to 18c. Lard in de
mand, tierces 13%c; kegs 15e. Gold,
: 140% to 140%.
Memphis, September 3.—The mnr
■ ket opened without animation, and
i closed dull and depressed under the
influence of a decline of %c in Now
York. No sales of importance trails
j pired, anti quotations are nominal:—
, oiriet Middling 25@26. Middling 24
; @24%. Low Middling 23@23%. Good
^Ordinary 21 @22. Ordinary 19@20.
The Improved System of Taxation.
We learn that Mr. David A. Wells, the
special Commissioner of the Revenue,
who ts now in Europe encaged in statisti
j eai and financial inquires, has informed
; the Treasury Department that be will
; soon return, having m tst successfully ful
| filled the object of his mission.
He will be prepared to report a new and
; improved system of taxation, internal and
external, winch will currv out the main
I principles winch ho advocated in his
finance report — hut which ‘Jougress did
i not endorse—to obtain a sufficient revenue
i lor the neeessaiy wants of the Govern
! went, including interest on the public
} debt, in a manner the least burdensome,
aud the most just aud impartial, in rela
tion to the various industries of the couu
try.
Oue great feature of a new system must
be the reduction of the number of articles
selected for taxation, either by the tariff
or by excises Only fourteen different
articles, of the whole list soleeted for
internal duties, produced in 18(16 over a
hundred and seventy-six aud a half mil
i lion of dollars. But of that amount dis
tilled spirits yielded only twenty-niue j
millions, five-eighths of the product escap
ing taxation. Mr. Sherman estimates the j
revenue from whiskey at eighty millions, :
if the law be enforced.
A large reroute can also bo oollected
upon a comparatively small number of
in ported articles. Eight-two millions
could ba collec ed, under Me Wells'
scheme, from spiiits, wines, Ac., coffee
and tea, spices, sugar, rice, tobaeoo and
segars, and silks, without burdening indus
try with heavy taxes on raw material, or
for the protection of manufactures, au
amount of revenue could be collected
which would meet all the legitimate pur
poses of the Federal Government- Ot
course, we exclude the bounty swindle,
which impose sixty or eighty ml!ion*ofj
unnecessary expenditure upon the Trea
sury for the present year.
Me. Wells has shown conclusively that
the protective policy of the present tariff
is destructive of foreign commerce and the
shipping interest, without even any eorres
pen ling benefit to the interests protected
According to the Now York Evening
the number of articles now subject
to taxation is sixteen thousand- Taxation
may bo confined to acme twenty or thirty .
articles, or classes, with beuefit to the pro
ductive energies of the couutrv, aud afford,
at the same time, an ample and increasing
revenue-—-V«r /»■
As Extraordinary Ornnn or Gkn ;
Popf.—A despatch fr. ul An“U*U. G»
in the 21st tilt.., states that “tienofal Or _
ler No M, from General Pope’s LenJ
^unrters. directs that grand and petit ju
rors for the trial of nil eases in hi* depart
ment be hereafter drawn exclusively fr. tn ,
the lists of registered voters, without die-!
crimination Sheriffs will require jurors i,
to swear that they have been registered,
specifyintr the precinct and county, und
the affidavits arc to be placed on the hies
nf the court.” 1
This high-handed proceeding, exclud
ing from serving on juiies all who, bv ex
press enactment or forced construction,,
are denied the elective fnnehiso, ia no- ;
where authorized by any of the “recon
struction” laws Its manifest effect will |
be to place on future paucls h majority of
unlettered negroes.
__ - CANDIDATES.
B8).We aro authorized to announco Capi |
SAMCEL TAYLOR, of Pea Arc, aa a candi
date for the Convention, sep".
85^- We are authorized to announce L T.
DODSON, of Caroline Township, as u candi
date for llio Convention. eep7.
DIED
In thia city on the 1st iuat., JonvNT, elicit
eon .f Jobs A. and Ouloz A. Print.
The visitation of tho “king oT terrors'’ has ;
robbed a household of one of il3 grraiest joys.
The pride of a father’s heart and (he fond oli- !
jeot of a mother’a doting love, ,hns be.-a cut i
down in life aa the bud nippod era its petals
expanded.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.”
OKU. K MORTON. U- P. VACUHAN. 1
M0S70X fc VATOKAU
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in theCour(6 of tlucountie?
of Prairie, While, Jackson, Woodruff au i
Monroe. Particular atU-nlion giveu to the
collection of claims any where ia the State.
te.pTif.
NOTICE TO m au UEJLSa
J~)Y d.reetion .of the County Court of 1‘rairi**
) County, l hereby invite proposals, lor
buihiifig a JAIL and (JO U ill -HOPS K, in (bo
towu of Brownsville. The bide wilibeopemb
on the -Sth day of Septeuihor, whou the coo
tract will be awarded. The ri^Lit to reject
a a v and all bids in reserved.
Plans and specifications can bn soon at the
office ef Gantt \ Bmnaugh, in Brownsville.
Tbo contractor will be required to give
bond, with approved security, lor the fftuh
ful performance of the work.
fc K. GANTT.
Commiatioacr of Public Buildings.
sep7 6t.
nottceT
IS hereby given that I will apply at the next
term ot the IVobu'o C oirt of Pi airio Coun
ty for au order to sell the Lands of the Esta'.e
of Wild* Webb, deceased, to pay debts.
W. W BY BAM adm'r.
dc bonecs non of said Estate,
sep7-lt.
Notice
rs hereby given to all persons interested
J. liiat I shall apply to the Cuurt of Pi\ 'vi.e
ut Prairie County at the October term, 18(57,
lor an order to sell the rfcal estate belonging
to tbo estate of John W. Clary, deco rs d, lor
(Hie purpose of paying tbo artebts of f.aid .
estate. A. J. DICKERSON, Adisr.
sep7-lt.
Notice
j S hereby giveu to ati persons interosted
that 1 shall apply to the Court of Probate
of Prairie County at tho October term, 1867,
lor an order to sell the real estate belonging
to tho estate of Jacob B. Hudson, deceased,
for the purpose of paying tho debts of said
estate. IS A AG W. BAN BERLIN, Admr. j
sop7~lt.
IXTotico
IS hereby gi\cn to all persons iut rested
that l shall apply to tho Court of I'rohat, ;
ot Pr irie County at the October term, 1867c |
for hu order to soli part of the real estate be
longing to tho estate ot Win. D Neeley, de
ceased, for the purpose of paying the debts I
of said estate. J. A. HART, Admr.
aep7-lt.
KTotio©
IS HEREBY GIVEN, That l shall apply to i
the Court of Probate of Prairie County at I
the October term, 1867, for an order to sell
the real estate belonging to the estate of M.
D. Vance, deceased, for tho.purpose* of pay
ing the debts of said estate.
JNO. M. PERRY.
Ex. of M. D. Vance, dec’d.
sep7-1t.
B. R. POR A R. II. TOR, J. A. NEVILS. ■
West Point, Ark. Memphis, Tenn. :
R. R. POE A CO.
COTTON FACTORS
AND
tenoral Commission Merchants,
Xo. !V», I'ROXXSTREET,
M EMPHI8 T E N N E S 8 K E.
Will give their undivided att.ntiou to Re
ceiving and Selliug of Cotton ami other Pro
duce consigned to them, and to tho purchase
of all orders for their customers Cotton Ac.
ui.M ui./'Anli n (a lu'ilur mid lU'inif
tanceg made accordingly.
All Cotton Ac..consigned to us will
be covered by Insurance units a otherwise in
structed
Li beral advuuees made upon all con
aignmouts.
Circular.—The undersigned takes this
as one of the methods to inform his friends,
as will bo seen from the •'.hove card, that ho
ha*? formed a copartnership for the purpose of
doing nu exclusive commission business, j
In doing so he thanks his friends for all past
favors, and asks for a continuance of the
same by consignment of their cotton aud other
produce, from one dozen eggs up to one thou
sand bales of cotton. Our Mr. Ncvilshas hud ,
loug experience iu the selling of cotton, Ac ,
and is considered one of the best cotton ^ales- I
men in the city. I pledge myself that all
things that may be entrusted to us shall have
my personal attention aud shall be promptly
and correctly attended to, an Ijdrictly account
ed for. As a firm we owe nothing, and we
have entered into an obligation not to oudorse
uor accept for any one unless w have the
cotton, Ac , in hand. That being our policy,
we will iu no case have to sell one man’s cot
ton to pay another man's debt to keep from
going to protest. Having bean a citizen of
Arkansas for the last ten years, and having
had a large acquaintance iu the Confab rate
army, ( flatter myself that wo shall receive a
liberal share of patronage, aud that l shall
yet be able to make a liviug. and with that I
am determined to be satisfied.
I am. very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant. H. H. l’0£.
Sep 7tf.
Leaves Memphis Every Friday.
Ktegtilar Memphis and White
Kftver Packet,
1> E » ARC,
JNO. 1). ELLIOTT, . MaMer.
Wm. H. Mulkb. and Cai> J, Hanks,Clerks.
A ■■--jlSDfc.'n THE Dew Are has been 1
JSaSggSHgBsfetboroughly repaired and re
fitted, expressly for the above trade, and will
leave Memphis on Frida? September liith, !
and will run regularly throughout the sea
aug‘.-J
lemlitil' *}«**£”
Slates Lta<-* ,
be uteaifitr, Commeroial andRoWfloa
will farm a S»tnl-W«klj- linn between
Memphis and White river
The Splendid Power'ger Steamer
,Si COMMERCIAL. JMt
AVm J. ASHFORD, Maater.
.eaves Memphis every Tuesday 60 cWk p in
•i Augusta every Friday** iOo clock a m.
*« Soaroy evory Friday at-4 o’clock p ®
.« West Pointeve*y Friday attic > lock p.m
•• Des Arc every Eaturdat at 6 o’clock a m.
“ D. Bluff every .Saturday at 12 o'clock w.
The Elegant F nger Steamer
JOHN n. DAVl>. Mastei*.
Leaves Memphis every Saturday at 6 o’eVk p.m
*• West Point every Monday at o o'clock p.m i
• ‘ Jackson port every Tuesday at lOo’olk a.m i
“ Augusta every Tuesday at d o’clock p.m. '
“ Di*{« Arc every Wednesday at li o’clock a,in <
D. Bluff every Wednesday nt 12 o’clock in.
riUIESE boats L*ve been thoroughly re-1
1 paired and refitted expressly for the
trade, and having the Kind contract for four
rears, paa.ccugara anil shippers enn rely upon j
their remaining iu the trade perinttnently, and
ire tho only boats having a connection with
the trains at TV rail’s El off for Little Rock and j
Hot Springs.
Th»se arc the only beat* authorized to sell
ihruUfc’u tiok^ta to Little Rock via. railroad
from Dev.all’s Bluff. Tine through forty
three hours.
A good light draught steamer will be run
in connection with those packet* from Augus
ta anu .Tacksonport, makug two trips per
week to Pocahontas, on Black river.
.JOHN B. DAVIS, Superintendent
Memphis and White river U*8. Mail Line.
August 10, 1867.—
LOO7-0SO r.a’w^r.Dt
IOST on the 26th July last, between Greer
J Si Bros. Livery Stable, and Mrj. Jack
son’s place one milo west of Pe3 Arc. a Gold
Lever Watch Tho finder will receive the
abo\£ reward by leaving it with Dr. Butler,
Bu»ler*villo: D. B. Johnson, Hickory Plum ;
or F. Gates. Den Arc aug-21-2t*
CAPT. G. W. HURLEY,
—WITH—
S3r-£BS-£-X)ll
Co 11 On Factors,
—AND —
COMMISSION MERCH ANTS,
NO. 33 TG!IOl;PITOT:LAa ST .
N- e xv Orleans, La.
.Liberal advances made on consignments of
Cotton aug24-6m
BROWNSVILLE
MALE Sr FEMALE
A C .V i > E M .
rpHE Hoard r»f Trustees of the BROWVS
I. VILLE MALE AND FEMALE ACADE
MY, are happy to announce that they nave
completed arrangements for the permauent
continuance of tho School under the present
etficieut corps of Teachers.
The government will bo mild, but firm,
conforming as nearly as possible, to that of a
well regulated family.
The Fall term v. li commence Monday,
Septelnbcr l and continue
twenty weeks.
TERMS.
Primary Department — Orthography,
Rcadin/ and Writing, $12 50
Intermediate Dep a tm mi-r-GraR.mar,
Philosophy, Written Arithmetic,
Geography, Etc., $16 50
Higher Department — Higher Mafhe
raatk.y and the Languages, $20 00
Incidental Expenses, $1 00—for Fall term
only.
Bills payable one-half in advance, the bal
ance at cli.se of the Term.
JOHN WRIGHT, President.
-. Secretary.
August 10, 1807,—2m
GRAY HOTEL
ERO WJSj S VIE LE,
A r k a n 8 a 8 .
FJ1HIS Hotel has been reopened by AA
L Mrs. K. A. Oulletf, who is Ji-SL
now prepared to accommodate the public
with the best the market affords. She has
also a stable, with plenty of feed and good
hostlers. angl0-8t
X. W. WILLIAMS,
ATTOBNST AT LA*”,
Will practice Law in Prairie and adjoining
counties. Prompt attention given to all
business confided to his care. ang3
OrriCB—At H. P. Vaughan's Law office
notice.
Something Every Farmer
11 VJ I J 1 U 11 ^ > Hi .
IT will add 100 per ceut. to the-value of
your farina. Fruit aud Ornameutal Trees,
Shrubs, Hoses, Greenhouse Plants. &c., culti
\aied aud for sale at the Highland Home
Nursery, St. Louis. Mo.
N. X. DAVIDSON. Proprietor.
X. 15. Nothing but first cla*a Trees shipped.
To IVtioin it Hay Uoiirrni.
flllilS is to certify that L. L. Cross is au
1 thorixed agt. to ;al<o orders for the High
land Home Nursery, St. Louis, Mo , for plant
ing iu the Fall of 1867.
N. N. DAVIDSON. Proprietor,
per M m. Espy, Genl Agent,
Des Arc, July 18th, 1807—-jul27-4t
Dts Arc, Ark., June 2StU, 1867,
L)R J. A. ROUSBLAUX,
Honored Si*t—After having suffered for 8
>r 10 years with a most excruciating disease.
Hid having had treatment of the most eminent j
ihysleiaus of MissUsippi aud Arkansas, and !
ithers, with bur little or no benefit, and bav
ug taken gallous of Patent Medicines. I had
Unpaired of ever being cured ; but I am now
\appy to inform you that l honestly believe
rour treatment Las entirely cured me, for
vhich you have the deep gratitude of my
le&rt.
1 have the honor to subscribe myself v«*ur
Vieud, cA88AN DRA HOWARl>.
.1. .J. SCHMIDT,
IlOOTMAliCB 4\D RtlMIKER,
Dos Arc, Arkansas.
r am low prepared to do all kinds of work
L in (ny line. My shop i - on Duet* i Vista
street, uext door to 8tal ;worth’s Drug Store,
my 2*5, 1867-ly.
Nvifropr
III AVE a uioo Carriage aud Haines I will
. sell for money, or trade for town property.
1 uave some Laud seven or eight miles we*t
>f Dee Arc, l v.ill dispose of same way.
1 have a Uoekeway and Harness, and a two
iorse Wagon and Gear, I am anxious to dis
ioso of.
HORACE P. VAUGHAN.
Dcs Arc, July 20, 1S07—tf
G II A 1ST D
AT COTTON PLANT,
Woodruff County. Arkansas,
September 6th, 1867.
PROCEEDS roll THE BEJTEK17 OF Tur
Destitute Widows and Orphans
OK SAID COCNTT
PEO GRAMME
ADDRESS—Br Ho*. J J OAIjEAOfTF.il.
jcoces:
Cer. D C. 0-iv»n, Helena
Ojl. p. If. Wheat, Derail'* Bfatr.
Cot. Wiu. Hick,. Seorcy.
Mnj. K. C. f,an ford, Des Arc.
Capt. Win. Wilburn. Clar -ntfon.
Oapt. Win. MoDaniel. Malison.
Capt. Wiu. 1’..Campbell, Augusta.
Capt. J. M. ffayley, West Point.
Capt. Bart. Turner, Trenton.
Iienj. Nail. Feq., Jer.cho.
IV. 1). Lynch, Esq., Cotton Plant.
W. D. Siron. Esq., Cotton Plant.
B. R. Glover, Eeq., Plain To'.rualup.
MAHSU41.8:
Capt. Wtn Cook, lies Arc.
J. II. Balding. Des Arc.
LIST OF PRIZLiS:
1st Prize—Fine Saddle and B idle.
2nd Prize—Fine Silver Goblet.
3rd Prize—Fine Gold Locket.
4tli Prize—Pair Silver Mounted Spurs.
5th Prize—Plain Gold Ring.
Committer of Ainingeaiont:
Gapt. J. R. Slic’tou. Tuck Cappclina.
H W. Linthicum. 1 s. C. Webb.
J. L. Howell. Madison Burkett.
A general invitation is extended to all
Knights from the surrounding country.
W. J. TURNER, Sec. and Trt-as.
August 3. ISh?—!m
"mbSEORT PLAIN
MALE and FEMALE
INSTITUTE,
*■'* n*m
mtuim *»< W *» u aJtuunut ^
ft
PRAIRIE COVNTY, ARKANSAS.
rpHi: loth .semi-annu;:; ►«- ion of this
1 Sehool, under
fR0F.yj.fi. GARNER AfiO L 0Y,
Assisted by an able corps of Teachers, will
jommenco Monday, tl*4i AtJl of Au
j gu»t, IS07.
| Terms, the Hittno as heretofore. For par
ticulars, add Vo-m ’' v T iricipal.
W b. MOOR lb Pros, board Trustees,
j A. J Ttiov\a, SWetary
July 18, s ;.- .1
11KS ARO
F K M L K S G II U 0 h.
MISS FT.T.MX PIIIYXLV will open
:i School :i* her re ddenre, known the
Black house, on Monday. 5th August.
'reruis; <>!' 'JTii.it ion.
Elementary Fug. brant lies. Bcail
in;.r, Writing. (.. u^auphy.
Grammar, etc., per ses-inn of
; Jive months >; 15 Od
; Higher Eng., 1’h: osnplty. < hem
>st ry. Tihetori.-, Mental Se-ien re.
Physiology, Geology, Algebra,
etc ‘ . ?18 00
Freuch and Latin, (extra,) per
session 'JIS oo
Music. . §25 00
Gse of Instrument §5 (jy
Drawing and Painting, in water
or oils . $15 00
Incidental Expenses $1 00
Charge made lrom lime of admission,
and deduction made in ease of protract
ed illness.
UtCFERENCES—Bishop II. (’. Lay, ('.
G. Scott, Esij., Lillie Uoek ; Ilenrv,
Williams Ss Co., Van Buren, Arknnsa; ;
J. J. Polk, Xew Castle, Tcnn.; Gen.
Albert Pike. jnll'O-tf
i>i:h s\.r c
t&WS M®
ACADEMY.
r|M!K fourth session of ibis School ttiil open
I on Monday, the fitli oT August. under the
charge and direction of B. D. PERKY,
assisted by a competent Female Teacher ’
Terms, p*r Session of Five Months.
Orthography. Heading and Writing. $1* (X)
The same with Arithmetic, Geography
Grammar. Philosophy. Algebra, Ge
ometry. Chemistry, Rhetoric, Book
Keeping, &c., ’ Jlfi OO
Batin and Greek. gay (X)
No incidental expenses.
N. B The tuition must bo paid at the end
of each month, or you will be notified to keep
your children at home.
Res Are, July 20, 1867.—ly
SPUING- GOODS!
SPRING GOODS j J
rr.SSE A27D ITS”’ • 5
VTOW OPENING ANT) JUST R EC ill YEP,
i' ** large ami ppleiuliti assort meat of
dry a o on s,
Xotlons, Ladlm' and Grntt'
llitts, Hunts and Short,
Qurmstvate, Hard
ware, Holloivnarr,
Oi)ITEMS JOT 2ii??WSS
OF KVEUY IiESCllUTIOX,
\ T
(OLD ST4HD OF GILL & BfiO.)
It is our intention to please cverv
one. \\ e will sell our floods at a very
small advance upon cost; but in order
to be convinced, come and examine for
yourselves. It i„ no trouble for us to
show tioods.
THOM tS, GILL & VO.
lies Are, \rk., April !J, |v.7.