m ARC CITIZEN.
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J. C. MORRILL, EDITOR.
DES ARC. ARKANSAS:
FRIDAY.21,1859
jrnlCIAL ELECTION,
We art requested to announce, that Judge
John 3. CtrunKwiv, is a candidate for re
election as Circuit Judge of the Judicial Cir
cuit, composed of the counties of Conway,
Pope. Yell. Perry, SaTine. Pulaski, and Prai
rie. at the election to be held on the Second
Monday of February next.
CHARGE OF DAY OF PUBLICATION.
In orde!»to suit the departure of the
various mails from Dea Arc, we have been
compelled to change our day of publica
tion to Friday, instead of Saturday, as
heretofore. This will enable our sub
scribers to receive the latest news through
our columns.
From Little Rook.— The mail fail
ed to bring us the True Democrat last
night, but we learn privately tlict the
Legislature convened again on Monday
—a quorum being present. We learn,
also, that Hon. C. C. Scott, one of the
Associate Judges of the Supreme Court,
ia laying at ihe point of death. No hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
If the Postmaster at Little Rock would
do his duty, the Little Rock papers would
reach here the day after publication.
They are now from four to si* days in
coming to hand.
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Telegraph Line prom Memphis to
Des Arc.—Our citizens have already ta
ken over $3000 stock in this enterprise.
The subscription may be seen at the
‘‘ Citizen Office,” where those wishing to
take shares are invited to call.
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Railroad from Dei Arc Westward.
We invite ‘attention to a communica
tion nvef the signature of “A Towns
man,” What we most need is a charter
for a railroad from Des Arc westward.
A bil1 has been introduced in the Legis
lature for such a railroad, and at Inst ac
counts Imd been read the second time in
the Senate and referred. We call upon
Col. Terry to look after this bill, and
thereby redeem his pledge to his con
stituents in the Northern portion of Prai
rie county. Also, Hon. H. Reynolds
should see that it is introduced in the
House immediately after it passes the Sen
ate. We are ready to form a company,
and to commence work early in the com
ing spring. We have the best natural
route in the Stale for building the proposed
road, and every inducement is held out
for a profitable investment in the contem
plated enterprise. For a distance of thir
ty miles west of Des Arc the country is
well settled and the people only want the
opportunity to take slock in the road.
Will the Legislature give us our charter
with as little delay as possible ?
We second the motion of *» A Towns
man," and truslthai a day for the pro
posed meeting will be suggested in time
for publication in our next paper.
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Congress.-—The distant public inay lest
assured that the balance of the current
session of Congress is destined to be the
most industrious one known to the history
of the country. While something inay be
due to the very universal condemnation of
their act in resolvintr upon the recent re
cess, uttered by the press in all quarters of
the country, iu superinducing extra efforts
of the members, it is also true that since
they first came together on the first Mon
day of last month, they have labored with
far closer application to business-consum
mating far more—than ever before so early
in the session. Thus they have worked
in this session and are destined to work
for inure systematically during the remain
der of it, than ever before.—[Washington
Star.
Tribute to Gen. Quitman.—The
following beautiful and touching passage
oocurs in the eulogy pronounced in the
Senate of the United States, on general
Quitman, by Jeff Davis:
Faithful to his couutry, endeared to his
friends, honest in all his relations, public
and private, respected by his neighbors,
language fails me to express the lender
nod exemplary relation which he bore to
Ins family; he closed along life of public
usefulness,having impresed upon those who
knew him best the conviction that every
day. made him but more and more neces
sary, not to his family only, but to his coun
try also. At home, audio the midst of
his relatives and friends, his mission was
ended, and life's fitful fever passed on the
17th of July, 1858. He died, leaving be
hind him that good name, without winch
•tglory is but a tavern song."
—
10* The Nashville News says it knows
a venerable old man in Williamson county,
who has passed, by three-fourths of a score
of years, the period allotted to human life
—being now eighty-five years of age—
who never took a chew of tobacco—though
making in his life millions of pounds—
who never smoked a cigar or pipe, and
never had on n pair of boots.
REvax.WTroNAHT Stock.—The wife of
the Count Montaiembert, who was recent- j
hr tried and condemned by tbe tribunal ofi
France, for a too free public expression of
hh opinions on tbe affairs of Government,
it a niece of the late General Lafayette.
It » Mid she has great influence over her
husband, and he was most probably en
couraged in the expression of his too lie*
eral sentiments by ber.
83“ Gen. Pierce and lady were inji
-JJapU s at last accounts. Ji
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BATES
VILLE !'
Afa sonic Hall, Register's Office, Post
Office. Si’c., Destroyed—Loss $50,000.
We learned, yesterday evening, from
passengers on the IT. S. Mail packet,
Fortune, that a destructive fire occurred
at Batesville on Sunday night last.
Our informants stated that the Ma
sonic Hall, Register's Office, E. C. But
ler’s produce and grocery house, the Post
Office, n Jewelry establishment, and sev
eral other houses were consumed. W.
P. Byers & Son^ occupied^ room in the
Masonic Hull as a law office—they lost
their books nnd papers. The books and
papers in the Register’s Office, as also,
those in the Post-Office, were destroyed.
The loss in property is estimated at $50,
000, to say nothing nf the valuable pa
pers and public records that were con
sumed.
“ State Rii. h i s Eaoi.e."—The dread
ful fire which visited Camden, a few
months since, destroyed the material of
the State Rights Eagle office, and the pa
per has been suspended until the 14th
inst. New material has been purchased
and thep'per increased In size to that
of amongst the largest in the State. We
congratulate the “ Eagle,” not only on the
beauty of its plumage, but for the noble
sentiments of A. W. Honsoir, Esq., its
energetic and talented editor. The de
mocracy of that section of the Stale should
“help with a wdling hand" in sustaining the
establishment—-not alone with their good
will—but with “ material aid." We copy
the following portion of an article from its
columns, headed “ Democbacv.
*'The democratic party is not dead, or
dying. It can never die. Its organiza
tion may indeed be impaired or it may be
for a time overthrown and defeated. All
the parties that have ever opposed it have
been swept away—error always perishes
when it comes in contact with truth. It
is built upon principles ns contradistin
guished from mere political expediency,
principles which are not of yesterday, or
to-day, or to-morrow, but of all time, past,
present and to come, therefore so long ns
the people shall he sufficiently educated 10
appreciate right from wrong, justice from
tyranny, and good from evil, they will
cling to an organization wiiose watch-word
is “equal rights” and which is based upon
perfect political equality. So far then,
from considering that the day of the party
are numbered, as some wouid have us be
lieve, it is evident that it is yet in the very
prime of a young and vigorous manhood
Its destiny is the destiny of the Union
When democratic principles are ignored
the Union will die of infaction, for then it
will not be worth maintaining. That day
is however far distant, for it can only be
when the people shall have become ignor
ant degraded, and corrupt.
We feel an abiding faith that in the
next contest, the democracy will be again
victorious over the host of Hlaek Republi
cans and traitors whether united ordivided.
Twenty years ago the Southern people
with few exceptions honestly believed
slavery to be an evil, but since that time
public opinion has undergone a radical
change, until to utter such sentiments
would now be considered treasonable; al
ready the weight of this opinion is being
felt at the North, and there are numbers
of Democrats in the non-slaveholding
States, who openly avow their belief that
slavery is right, and who boldly defend
the institution against the attacks of its en
emies. Discussion is all that is necessary
to ensure a triumph of these opinions
wherever men are not blinded by fanati
cism. Let. therefore the Democratic Press
North and South, stand firm upon the
broad Catholic doctrine of “ Slate Rights,"
let it proclaim the constitutional doctrine
that slaves are property, that the States
are Sovereign, as to all powers not ex
pressly delegated to the Federal Govern
ment, and that in the last resort they are
ihe judges of their reserved rights and the
mode and measure of redress against plain
and equitable principles these the mad
waves of fanaticism may beat in vain: As
a general rule the people eu masse are
honest, and patriotic; if they err it is
through ignorance. They feel and appre
siuie instinctively the blessings of consti
tutional liberty, and they love and venerate
the form of government transmitted to
them by their lathers. Demagogues may
lead them astray, and fanaticism blunt
their perceptions of right and wrong, but
give them time to reflect, or present them
reasons good and true, and they will ever
lie found ready to uphold and maintain the
constitution in the beauty and strength of
its original proportions.
Irish Secret Soc ieties.—Tlie Bel
fast (Ireland) Mercury, commenting on
:he arrests of the members of the Phcenix
Club, says:
“The club was preparing to recieve with
ppen arms the regiment of American militia
which we lately heard so much about as
coining to Ireland to see once moro their na
:ive land. This was the ostensible object
for such an unprecedented visit from the
American militia ; but, coupling their
avowed intention to come with the fact of
an illegal society being established in Ire
land to receive them, it iseviden to us that
they only wished to feel their way ‘Col
pnel Ryan' was to command them, and
[heir slay in Ireland was to be something
ibout six weeks. During that time they
were to encamp (that was the military
word employed) in the south and in the
north. Great tilings were, no doubt, ex
pected from the Yankee invaderwr who
would have endeavored to spread as much
iisaflection and disloyalty as possible in
be breasts of the ignorant people who
would have flocked round them. In fact,
here cannot be a doubt of the object of their
a.ended visit, and tbe result now proves it.
rhe British government has very properly
put a atop to their coming, and since they
pave been stopped, tbe Lord Lieutenant of;
[reland ha* issued a proclamation against
llegal societies, and their recent arrests of
he members of tbe Phcenix Club have
‘lw>4y 4i>Mo wed the proclamation ”
A GOOD SUGGESTION.
W*> publish the following article with
pleasure, and insist that a meeting be
held at an early day, to carry-out the
propositions of the writer.
For the Dps Arc Citizen.]
Mb. Editor: A great ileal has been lately
said about the removal of the seat of Govern
mentfrom Little Hock to our town, and the
tax-payers have actually pledged themselves
to raise $100,000 to assist the State of Arkan
sas in building a tenable, not to say a decent
Capitol. F propose to make some suggestions
on the *nb|pct to our townsmen, which occur
to me, if adopted and carried out. would con
duce vastly more to the direct interest of Dos
Arc, than tlie one already proposed, and of
course the immediate and permanent improve
ment of our beautiful town, is the great desid
eratum with all persons connected with this
Capitol question. We have unfortunately in
curred tile deep odium of our neighbors of
Little Hock in mooting and keeping up this
excitement and with good reason too, for if
they lose their public buildings they- lose
about all that makes their city one of any note,
with ii river furnishing the most uncertain
navigation, without a Railroad, and indeed
WITHOUT ANYTHING HUT A VERY REMOTE.
possibility of getting one from Memphis,that
MAGNIFICENT REQUEST OF $45,000, RESERVED
euno, to the contrary, notwithstanding, left
high ami dry two miles west of the great Rail
road route from Cairo to Fulton. The struggle
with her is for life or death, so far as her com
mercial position is concerned. Let’s ignore
tills removal question for the present. Des
Arc, unlike Little Rock, does not require the
extraneous influence of the Capitol with its
biennial assemblage of Legislative wisdom to
make her commercial importance. She has
White, glorious Old White, for constant nav
igation—constant too. without the help or in
furfaranea 1?,. .I...... I ... _ . _ 1 .. _ 1
has ever been by the powers that be, without
the appropriation of one single dollar ever
having been made to open or keep open our
noble river, she still rolls on her placid cur
rent bearing upon her bosom the freighted
wealth of a most magnificent farming country.
This gives us all the outlet we want towards
the East and South. But to make Des Arc a
place of first importance in our State we must
have an outlet West, and upon that hangs her
destiny. VVe arp near, or on. the 35th parallel
—that child of tiie administration—we want
a Railroad upon that line ani> wk can
nun.D it. Let us hold a public meeting in
Des Arc and memorialize our Legislature, now
in session, to put through the White river
Railroad charter, from Des Arc westward,
giving us a chance to devolope otir energies;
then let us pay up and appropr;ate thaffji 100,000
with all the rest we can get, to the starting of
this Railroad. We can build it thirty-five
miles with scarcely a cut. or fill, exceeding
four feet. Let us at any rate see what can be
done to stir up our citizens to the importance
of this matter and convince them, that in a
money point of view.it is the interest of all of
us to put our shoulders to the wheel ourselves
RIGHT now, and my word for it, the first shrill
whistle of the Locomotive upon a road leav
ing Des Arc for the west, will prove the death
knell to all doubts and misgivings, and make
Des Arc, what she should be, the Memphis of
White river. A TOWNSMAN.
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For the Des Arc Citizen.]
FOREIGN DICTATION.
Mr. Editor: I notice in the Memphis pa
pers of the 10th inst., the proceedings of a
meeting held by a portion of the citizens of
Memphis, relative to the Memphis and Lit
tle Rock Railroad, in which it seems to ine. a
spirit of interference and dictation in the
affairs of another State seem high, and a
want of confidence in the ability and integ
rity of the Legislature of Arkansas is pre
dominant. That meeting resolves, ‘‘Thatthe
Chairman of this meeting appoint a commit
tee of-members, whose duty it shall be
to memorialize the Legislature of» Arkansas
upon the importance of granting* such ma
terial aid to that Railroad as will insure its
speedy completion from Memphis to Little
Rock.” Why the necessity of “memoraliz
ing the Legislature of Arkansas upon the im
portance of granting such material aid. &c?”
ho Gin T n.riolof.veo fS.P f n CtnU /vd \ -
kansas understand well the “importance” of
the thing, if .'here be any importance attached
to it? This project has been on foot now for
several years, and our people ought to know
by this time what to do with it, but these
Memphis people who held this meeting and
unanimously passed that resolution (wonder
how many voted) think that in all probability
if theydon’t put their shoulder to the wheel-, if
they don’t interfere, and enlighten the Arkan
sas Legislature by the intellectual sparks pro
duced from the friction of this great “memo
rial” and the “importance of granting such
material aid,” why the Legislature will pro
bably fail to see the “importance” of the
thing, and fail to grant “such material aid”
as our Memphis friends think is necessary for
a “speedy completion.” Seriously. 1 think
this resolution a slam upon the intelligence of
our Legislature, and of the good people of the
State who selected the members composing
that body. It is to he hoped, that the Legis
lature will do whatever that body may think
best, without reference to, and independent
of, any foreign influence, or dictation that may
be brought to bear upon any subject. If we
are to look to Memphis or any other foreign
port, to ascertain what Legislation is neces
sary, it is a had state of affairs. We can man
age our own affairs, and if we conclude to
grant “material aid” to the construction of a
Railroad, can do it in our own good "mate
rial” way, without dictation, and without the
necessity of having a few persons in Mem
phis put themselves to the trouble of inflating
their bellows by way of a “memorial setting
forth the importance” of the thing. And if
we grant any “material aid” will do so, in a
“material” way. without any mortgage upon
any navy yard, that Uncle Sam may establish '
within our borders, and in a fit of liberality
give to any of oca cities. CATO.
Dead.—Gen. Henderson. Chief of the j
U. 8. Marine Corps, died very suddenly. I j
in Washington, on the 6th inst. He had j(
been in tbe service half a century.
AhaST" Notwithstanding the great pros-;,
perity of the English manufacturers,: j
France seems to be steadily gaining on ,
England in the consumption of cotton. |
No More Small Notes.—By the act
of the 18th March, 1S58, no bank in:
Tennessee is allowed to issue or pay out 1
notes of a less denomination than five do!- ' v
lara. M
A bill is ready to be reported for I j
edminioc of Oregon tn»o the Union, j e
'* The Wanderer and the Laws
RELATIVE TO THE SLAVE TnADE.-The
Washington correspondent of the Mem
phis Jipptal in n recent letter says:
Itnppears from all the facts elicited in
the examination of the persons summoned,
in the case of the Wanderer, that no real
Africans, fresh from their native shores,
were landed on the coast of Georgia, as
thev all understood and could speak Span
ish, making it evident they were shipped
from Cuba, where negroes are much
cheaper than in inis country, on account
of the supply being kept up by importa
tions from Africa. Perhaps the owner of
the Wanderer, after landing his cargo of
renl Africans on the coast of Cuba, as
certained he could make a speculation by
purchasing resident negroes and bringing
them to Georgia; or, what is more rea
sonable, he obtained them for his own use.
This case, and that of the Echo, has
given rise to considerable excitement on
the subject of existing Inws relative to the
slave trade, and the proposition to repeal
the same, would not meet with such gen
eral opposition in the House, as the reso
lutions relative to re-opening the same in
the Congress preceding the present, met
with favor, ns the impression is general
the laws now in force are inoperative
where properly tested. Seward has in
troduced a resolution into the Senate which
has been agreed to, requiring the Judici
ary Committee to report whether any
amendments are necessary to the present
laws. This repeal of those laws is gain
ing favor every day.
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“ Pleasure Trip" of the Yacht Wanderer.
From the charts, log-books, and papers
found on board of the -yacht Wanderer,
says the Savannah Republican, we glean
the following particulars relative to her
late voyage:
Leaving New York on the IStli of June
she reached Charleston on the zoth, and
there remained ten days, entertaining a
good many visitors and taking on board a
great variety of articles, which may, or
may not, properly belong to the regular
outfit of a vessel clearing for “ Trinidad
and any other ports in the West Indies."
Among these supplies are noticed a goodly
quantity of wines and cigars, 12,000 gal
lons of water, and 30 six pt. pans, 50 five
qt. do. and 50 one pt. tin cups, which ar
ticles of tin ware were doubtless intended
to hold bait, for fishing, and had no con
nection with the “ wooden spoons." On
clearing from Charleston, the yacht's com
pany consisted of twelve persons as
“ crew,” besides several persons called
“ traveling companions of Captain Corrie,"
and yet who appear to have received cer
tain sums of money from him.
Leav ng Charleston on the 5th of July,
the yacht made the run to Port of Spain,
Island of Trinidad, under unfavorable
circumstances, in eighteen days. During
the five days of her stay at that port, she
received a good many visitors, and among
them “ the Governor of the Island, the
American Consul, several of her H. B.
M. officers, the Governor’s sister and
daughter, and a number of ladies"—and a
part of the list appear to have been enter
tained at dinner.
Further supplies were taken on board,
including 1,200 gallons of water (the
thirsty souls !) On leaving this port the
heading of her log stands from Trinidad,
Port Spain, toward St. Helena, her course
was directly toward Congo river, which,
iftera run of fifty-one days, she enters on
he 16th of September. It appears from
he entries in the log, that during the ten
lays passed in Congo river, the yacht re
;eived on board “ all the white inhabitants
if the place”—that there were many dul
ler parties given—that the officers of the
English frigate Madusa made “ a visit of
tourlesy" and dined on board, and that
1 Capt. Corrie and his friends dined on
:ioard the Madusa.” More water was
ikewise taken on board. On September
26th, the Wanderer “ got under way and
proceeded to sea; gave the yacht Mar
grette a trial and passed her like the wind.”
The log further states that on “October
1th, arrived at Benguela, (lower down on
he coast,) alter eight days hard beating
igainst the wind and current.” Here all
•ecord in the log-book ceases, and but lor
Tieinoranda she could not be traced with
certainty any further. From these, how
ever it appears that site left the coast be
.ween Congo river and Benguela on the
16th or 17th of October, and thence her
;ourse is as direct as possible (position
»ach day being accurately determined) to
Brunswick in Georgia. At meridian,
November 27th, the yacht was within fifty
Tiiles or Cumberland light, and must have
aken the pilot on board on the morning
if the 28th, making the run home in about
orty Jtlays. From a in moramlum of
•List of Cargo, ten to the Talie,” it would
ippear that the number of Africans ta
ken on board was 409. As about 325
tie known to have been landed, some
seventy-five to eighty must have died on
•he .passage.
The Contagion of Example.—It)
Chicago there has lately been a convert
ion of blacklegs to revise Hoyle, reform
he laws of poker, and we suppose also,
o compare notes on the subject of “ stock
ng" cards and cheating at roulette. In
New York, the “goniffs,” (professional
liieves,) have lately had a public ball, at
which male and female pickpockets, and
pocketbook stu(fers|beld up their heads
tad danced with the uublushing faces of
lonest men and women. Such examples
ire contagious.
In Ohio, the State Central Committee
tf slave stealers have called a State Con
tention to hear the reports of their agents
tpon the operation of the U. G. II. R.
riie burglars come next.
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Tits: Obiect or the Conference.—
rhe object of Gen. Scott's present visit to
New Orleans is said to be a personal con
erence with Gen. Twiggs as to the force
hat might be detached from his and an*
•ther department, for the purpose of the
nilitary occupation of Sonora and Chi
luahua. according to the recommendation
if the President's Message.—[Memphis
kvalauche.
On the borders of Green Bay,'
Visconsin, there are thirty-six saw mills,
nth an aggregate capacity for running
00,000.000 feet ot lumber annually.
Lnd this does not lake into account the
Singles, lath and timber* man«faru>r“d I
MAHIIIED:
On the 30th ult.. in Tipton county. Tenn..
bv J. U. Brown, E<q., Mr. V. P. Keli.ev. of
White county, Arkansas, to Miss Sarah L r
CHURCH.
J. H. AlVDERSON,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
DES AHC. ARKANSAS.
RRSPECTFULLY informs l$K_
tile citizens of Prairie ami iCAO
adjacent counties, that he has on hand. '■!_ 23
and is prepared to manufacture to order,
Saddles. Bridles, Martingales, Buggy,
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of work
usually done in such establishments.
jy Shop on Lyon street, back of Frith &.
Jackson’s store. jsin21-Iy.
J. GRIFFITH,
BLACKSMITH
AND
WAGrOlV MAKER,
WOODRUFF STREET,
3D>»a Air©, Pfffim© (0®., A:?ko
Wagons. Carts.
Drays. Wheel-har
rows, Ac., made to
order on short notice. Repairing and planta
tion work done on the usual time for prompt
paying ci stomers, (all others must pay cash.)
fry" All new work must be cash or its
equivalent. J. GRIFFITH.
Des Arc, Ark., Jan. 21. 1859.-ly.
A SPECIAL, CALL.
ALL those indebted lo the firm of Watts
&. Bethell. and Lane & Bethell. are re
quested to come forward and close their ac
counts either by note or otherwise, as we wish
to close up the business of >he firms.
WATTS & BETHELL.
,jan21-2t.] LANE & BETHELLL.
BUTLER & PARHAM,
Carpenters and Joiners,
Dos Arc, Arltanswiis,
WUULD respectfully inform the citizens
of Des Arc and vicinity, that they have
n.rm.n.ntlv lnrntpd. 0Tir 1 are nrpnarpd to pvp
cute all work entrusted to them, with neatness
and dispatch. Their long experience in the
business, justifies them in believing they can
give the utmost satisfaction to all who may
favor them with their patronage.
Plans and designs of buildings furnished
to order, free of charge, where they contract
for same.
Or All orders left at this office, will re
ceive prompt attention. jan21-ly.
HENRY BEST WICK,
TIN AND SHEET IR ON WORKER.
HAVING OPENED A SHOP IN
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
Tenders his services to the citizens and the
country at largo. Being experienced in
his business, he pledges himself to
give entire satisfaction to his cus
tomers. Hp will keep a sup
ply of
TIN AND SHEET IRON WARE
Constantly on hand, which he will sell, whole
salo or retail, on the most reasonable terms.
Guttering made and put up, and all kjftds
of job work done promptly to order.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
23?” Shop on Lyon street, opposite steam
boat landing. jan. 21-fim.
CLOTHING’! CLOTIIING !!
PA Coats—assorted;
yvr 50 Vests, do
50 Pair Pants, assorted.
Just received and for sale by
Des Arc,jan. 21. LEVIN HARRISON.
GARVIN. BELL & CO,
LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY, ARE
NOW GETTING UP FOR
SPRING TRADE,
THEIR USUAL large stock of DRY
GOODS AND CLOTHING, which
they will sell on terms and prices to compare
with any of the Northern cities, and trust
their friends will pay more attention to facts,
and not be led by the name, of buying goods
so far from home, as if that would make them
cheaper, or better. They are ready at all
times to compete with the northern and dis
tant markets, in stock, prices and terms, and
ask the continued patronage of their friends,
on White river, and the adjacent count'y,
which has been so largely bestowed hereto
fore, and for which they express their sincer
est thanks. jan. 21-3mo.
DES ARC MALE
ACADEMY!!
fffiBiXL first sess'on >n <he new
Academy will coinmer.ee on
' i<*»i<i“ Monday tile 31st of January, un
der the charge and direction of B. D. Perry,
who hopes by strict attention, to merit the
patronage, not only of the town, but of sur
rounding country. Every attention will be
paid to order, and especially to the in ellec
tual. and moral culture of his pupils. As it
is very necessary, to make a good and strong
pull that all should pull at the same time, it is
hoped that parents and guardians will send
their children the first day. All scholars
considered regular from time of entrance, and
no deduction for sickne.s under one week.
Terms—per session of five months, or twenty
weeks; Orthography, readi g. writing and
mental arithmatic, first part. $10. The same
with geography, grammer. arithmetic; second
or third part, Watts oti the mind, philosophy,
Town’s analysis, algebra. $12. The same
with physiology, chemistry, rhetoric, geome
try, etc.,$14. Latin and Greek $18.
jan 15-ly.
WANTED,
ALL those who are indebted to us,
either by noteor account, to corne forwad
and pay up. We are compelled to have money
to pay our debts, and wc must get it from
those who are owing us. Come soon and set
tle, and it will save cost and trouble to us both.
FRITH & JACKSON.
January 1, 1859.—ltn.
TOWN ELECTION.
ON MONDAY. THE 7TH DAY OF FEB
RUARY. 1859, there will be held an
election at the Mayor’s Office, in the Town of
Des Arc. for one Mayor, Four Council.men,
and One Town Constable and Collector
GEORGE W. VADEN,
j»nl5-#t. Mayor.
NEW RESTAUR ANT!
THE
COSMOPOLITAN !
Corner of Buena Vista and Lyon streets,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
IS now open for the reception of visitors.—
The best of Liquors, Wines, Ale, Cigars,
etc., will be kept constantly on hand.
*•* Oysters, Game, &c.. will be furnished at
short notice.
..rar This Restaurant will be attended to bv I
Messrs. J. C. Tarkinton and J. E. Hoke.
jantMSm._CT.OLDHA M.
SALTED PORK.
HAVING advertised about three months
since, to engage to deliver Pork Hogs at
Des Arc, without being able to close any con
tracts, and prices spoken of being lower than
mine cost, have determined to kill at Buffalo
*nd, f“tur® engagements at De! Arc
at Memphis prices. Applications received at
Buffalo City within 30 days, will receive
prompt attention.
JOHN H. QUISENBERRY
I>e* Acr« Ark , Jan. 8. _3t.
JYo. 448 Main Street Louisville, I£cu1wi,(, j
WHOLESALE DEALER AND IMPORTER OF
DRUGS AND Gil EM IGA LS, DYESTUFFS, PAINTS, OILS '
Varnishes, Window Glass, Tobacco and Cigars
T) KING determined'to sell all articles in my line as low as they can he bought ir. ^
J> Union I most respectfully ask a call from purchasers before purchasing elsewhere. Ail
articles sold bv me will be warranted fresh and genuine, and put up by experienced
*\wr A * FEATHERS, Ginseng, Beeswax, and Rags, for whirl ;,r
If A. It J. JLdJ "• highest market price will be paid in cash, or taken in ex.-|.,
fer goods. __ (■ '
8AI.K OF LANDS AN 1> TOWN LOTS FOR THE NON-PAYMENT t,j
T AXES.
CONSTABLES OFFICE, DES ARC. Decfmbe* 0, l«ts.
To the Town Council or Des Ahc: _
I, C. T. Oldham, Town Constable and Collect,,,
for the town of Des Arc, do hereby report the following as a true list of all Lands and Tov.
Lots or parts of Lots, owned bv and assessed to persons not residing within said Town, am; ,
upon which the taxes have not been paid, as the same appears upon the tax-book in i.iy band,
for the year 1858 ; and 1 also report that the amount annexed to each name is the muo'iat of \
Taxes, Penalty, Cost and Charges, now due upon the same for the year 1898, ar.dithat !h. j
owners so far as I know, have no goods or chattels upon which 1 can levy for the am«ij,
due, to-wit: _ _ _
rati o ,». < H -o 9 | is ■, 3 r 3P T -i I
U S 12j H 7 > sis!*!?* t I
I? 2 17: « : 3 t : 5 i S I : I 3 . r 1
OWNER’S NAMES.' % 3 | ;:i : j : • • I 3 1,3 j £, ! : ; : j
: 2 ; : : i : i : 1 "i I ? i g : : : • :
!:, _ •1 • • j • : et ' « '• • i • • • • a
i: & * i • ! : | i - ! j ’• : 1
Noland L. B.. i 1.. 28;3(Mi f i SO i 37L 50 j 50 i 50 | . 3 '4l{
Patrick F. E.2 17 and 8, 38 300 l 50 3741 50 50 50 3 37*
Read and .Tories. 14 H and 12. 3 . 1
sam,>..J4|l to 12, fig 1000.5 00 1 25 7 00 7 00 7 00 ; , 27 20
Steel J. T.3 |5 and.fi, 54 !
,.,m,. 3 7, 37 325 It 621 40 1 50 1 50 1 50 l 05 2 50 JO 0;y
Owner’s Unknown. 8 12, 4 100 I 50 61 50 j 50 50 2 ffi 9
same.8 12 and 3, 36,250 jl 25 31! 1 00 I 00 1 00 j 4 551
same.8 111 and 12.i7fi;'200 jl 00 25 ! 1 00 J 00 I 00 ! j 4 25
O’Neal Harris. 1 [l E. S, jl j250 it 25 ■ 31|i 50_50 ; 50 _ ! 3
7625 1312E 422! #* 12 50,12 50 , 53 85
STATE OF ARKANSAS, PRAIRIE COUNTY.
■\TOTICE IS IIERERY OIVEN, That the whole of the foregoing tracts of Land
IN and Town Lots, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to pay the Taxe . Penalties end
Cost thereon, will bn sold at the door of the Mayor’s Office, in the Town of Des Arc, on the
4th Monday In January next, unless such penalties, cost and expen-es of adxerli
sing, be paid before 'hat time.
Given under my hand at office, this December 6. 1858.
dec25-t«. C. T. OLDHAM, Constable ami Collector.
C. A. J XT D SON,
MANUFACTURER OF
DOORS AND SASH,
—ALS O—
CONTRACTOR TOR EVERY LiESCRIPTlOX Or
HOUSE CARPENTER
4ND JOIiTER WORK, &.C.,
DES .IRC. JRK.'IRS.'IS.
-TERMS
Cash, unless other satisfactory arrange
ment is made.
Orders from the country promptly attended to.
jan 8-ly.
NEW FIRM!!
SIGN OF THE
BIG BOOT!
BIJEJYA I’fST.I STREET
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
»• THE undersigned would most
'% respectfully call the attention of ther^
' citizens of Des Arc and adjacent
country, to their fine stock of ROOTS AND
SHOES, of their own manufacture, consist
ing of the most fashionable styles, and of the
best material, and of workmanship superior to
any in this or adjoining comities, which will
be warranted in all respects, as represented.
Our stock embraces the finest French and
Philadelphia calf-skins, ever brought to this
market. We invite and solicit an exnuiina
11ion of the same, confident that it will bear the
strictest scrutiny, and will please the most
fastidious. AH work made to order, from the
lightest to the heaviest boots and shoes.
(J3F* We keep constantly on hand the best
j French and Philadelphia calf-skins and oak j
tanned sole leather for sale. Terms—cash!
invariably. O’BRIEN ft HOLT, j
jan. 8-6m.
ROGERS HOUSE
FOR SALE.
MY business is such, that ] am compelled
to quit the business. So, I wish to sell
my tavern stand in Brownsville. There is not
a better opening in Arkansas for a tavern than
this. I have a beautiful place, and seven
acres of land well improved, with an excellent
well of water, and will sell on the best of
terms. If you want a good bargain now is
the time to get it. W. J. ROGERS.
Brownsville, January 8, 18ii9—2ni.
FINAL NOTICE,
ALL persons indebted to the late firm of;
Mclaben, Quiseniserry & Co., are re- !
questeu to corne xorwara atm settle up ny toe
1st day of February next, as longer indulgence I
can not be given. GEO. McLAREN.
January 8, 1859.—4t.
g. & j. McLaren,
DEALERS IN
Staple ant) .fancy Dry ©aoils,
Ready-Made Clothing, Boots, Shoes,
HATS. QUEENSWARE, HARDWARE,
Stationery, Medicines, 6it., Sfc.
—also—
RECEIVING, FORWARDING AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, |
declS] DES ABC, ARKANSAS.
furniture.
TUST received, 6 Tin-Safes, 6 Bureaus,
J 14 Tables. 12 Common Stands, 43 Bedstead’s
assorted. 6 dozen split bottom Chairs. 1 dozen
Mattrasses and 2 Lounges. For sale by
jan8 G. & J. McLaiien.
DRY GOODS!
JUST received, 50 pieces Calico assorted,
1 bale 4-4 Domestic, 5 pieces Ticking, 10
pieces Pant Stuff. 10 pieces Striped Osnaburgs.
10 pieces Plaid Linsey. 22 pair Blankets, and j
various other articles.
jan8 G. & J. McLaren.
H .4 It DWARF.
AN assortment of Hardware, Cutlery, Axes,
Planes, Ac., Ac , for sale low bv
janS G. & J. McLaren.
BOOTS AND SHOilS.
JUST received, 13 cases Boots and
Shoes, assorted.
G ij. McLaren.
Jewelry and Notions.
WE have just received an assortment of
Breast-Pins, Ear-Rings, Finger-Rings,
Watch-Guards, Keys,
Gold Jr'oxUS.
Beads, Fiddles, and Yankee Notions, in great
variety. Call and see.
janS G. & J. McLaren.
Lauderdale Factory Agency.
JUST RECEIVED, direct from the Lauder- i
dale Factory, in Alabama, ten bales of
Oonalaurgs.
and a lot of 8 p u n C 011 o n , for sale.
janS G. & J. McLaren.
Books and Stationery.
jifTfiM JUST received, a general assort
ment of BOOKS and STATION-!
ERY—full in every department
usually required in this country; for sale
cheap, W
M ’ Q A J McLaren. -
J. M. MURPHY & CO.,
(SUCCESSORS to PATTERSON' AND CO.)
RECEIVING, FORWARDING AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
GROCER) 5S,
FANCY AND STAPLE
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
Hardware, Queensware, Stone-ware.
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Saddlery,
Trunks, Staple Drugs, Sic., Sic.
TERMS CASH, OR APPROVE!) SECURITY.
«;in\D OV.AIZE, 4IIHA\StlS
ja». 8-1}'.
M. T. COOPER,
DES ARC, ARK ANSAS,
OPPOSITE THE JACKSON HOUSE.
DEALER
K AND 71
< DRY GOODS, Z
m <<
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS. AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
dec 18-tf.
«
DISSOLUTION!
EITHF, firm of McLaren, t^uisenberry A. Co.,
A is this day dissolved by mutual consent
Those indeb'ed to the firm will please call ami
pay their indebtedness without delay, those
who we owe will please present tbcir claims
for payment. Mr. Quisenberiy and Mr. James
McLaren will be absent for a while. Mr
George McLaren will be found at the old
stand ready to settle any business of the firm,
those who owe us for Goods bought this year,
are entitled to credit until the25th inst., whet
we feel satisfied they vrill, without hesitation,
pay their accounts, as we must close yp our
busine-s to enable each partner to control his
means. We sincerely hope afl will pay ns, arid
none force the necessity and expense of bring
ing suit, which must be done in aii cases without
a solitary exception if this notice isdisregard
ed. Very many of orjr friends still owe us for
Goods bought last year, some of whom seeia to
be unconcerned about it, while we suffer. Wc
only mean what we say, ovn business just
BE SETTLED UP WITHOUT DELAY.
JOHN H. QU1SENBERRY.
GEORGE McLAREN,
james McLaren.
Des Arc, Ark., Dec. 13lb 1858.
, ay The undersigned will continue th*
business at the old stand, and solicit a contin
uance of the patronage of the public.
decl8-lin.] G. & J. McLAREN.
W. E. RAUIjaTOKr,
GENERAL
LANDAGENT
BROWNSVILLE, PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
WILL locate Lands with Scrip or Land
Warrants. Also—Collect debts anu
pay taxes, on reasonable terras.
Refer to—Payne Jc^Unthaiik, and J. P
Parsons, Memphis; J. C. Morrill, Des Arc,
Ark.; Dr. B. T. Hall. Brownsville, Arkansas.
janl5-ly.
EDUCATIONAL.
THE second session of the “Des
Arc Female Academy,"
under the charge and direction of
Miss BLACK, will be open for the
reception of pupils on the 1st day
of February next.
Terms, per Session of Five Months :
Orthography and Reading.$10 00
Orthography, Reading, Writing and
Primary Arithmetic.■•••• 12 00
The above with Primary Geography and
Grammar....... 14 00
High Branches.••• 1® 00
Instrumental Music. 25 0®
Use of Instrument. ® **
ipy Pupils charged from time of entering,
mono deduction for withdrawal or absence,
sxcept in cases of protracted sickness.
Des Arc, January 15, l859.-tf.
PICKLES.
1(1 DOZ. Gallon PICKLES.
10 dor.. 4 gal do
10 dox l gal do
a :5U G. W. VADLS