DES ARC citizen.
W J. C. MORRILL, EDITOR.
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DES ARC. ARKANSAS:
Wednesday,. .February22 isso.
Democratic Conventions.
The national convention meets at
Charleston on Monday the 23d of April.
The State convention meets at Little
Rock, on Monday the 2d of April.
The congressional convention for the
first district meets at Dover, Pope county,
2d Monday, 14th of May.
The congressional convention for the
second district meets at Arkadelphia,
Clark county, on the 2d Monday, 14th
May.
The County Convention of Prairie
county, to appoint delegates to the Stale
and District Conventions; Also, to desig
nate the time to hold a County Conven
tion for nominating a candidate for the
Legislature, &c., meets at Brownsville on
Monday the 12th of March.
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Democratic Meeting.
The Democracy of White River town
ship are requested to meet at J. E. Gate
wood's office, in Des Arc, on Saturday
next, to appoint delegates to a County
Convention to be held at Brownsville on
Monday the 12th of March next.
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«u*vu. ’j. tuc wca /lit
comes out in favor..of re-opening the slave
trade a-.d says: “ If slavery is wron», it
should be obliterated—if right, it should be
perpetuated.” This and other arguments
used are good, and we are ready to concede
the right of the Southern States to import
African slaves, but we think such move
would be ef doubtful policy and be a danger
ous experiment that might disastrously affect
the present harmony of the Southern States,
by introducing at the present time this new
element among our contented slave popula
tion.”
We find the above in the Jefferson In
dependent of the 1st inst. We have an
abiding failh in the fealty of the editor of
that paper to the “cherished institution.”
But that which has produced the greatest
amount of injury to Southern slavery, has
been the indirect admission of its friends
that it should not be perpetuated by the
only means known, viz: “ The Re-open
ing of the Slave Trade.”
It is true, that since 1807 the U. S.
Government has prohibited the slave trade
by stringent laws. But those laws have
not prevented the importation of Afri
cans—the trade has been carried on, and
multiplied hundreds have been added to
the slave population of the South—their
condition changed from that of barbarians
to profitable tillers of the soil—from
Heathenism to Christianity—from unpro
fitable to that of profitable servants both
to God and man. Men, in their short
sighted philanthropy, may ignorantly at
tempt to ihwart the decrees of Heaven,
but they never have and never can suc
ceed.
It has been well and truly asserted that
“without the protection of the white man,
they (the Africans,) become a race of
worthless vagabonds; hence the negro
leans upon the white man as the vm<*
clings lo the oak. Take him from the
object that he looks to for sympathy and
protection, and he becomes unprofitable,
worthless, a burthen to himself, and a nui
sance to society. He at once takes his
seat upon the ground—he works no more
—he soon fills the hovels of poverty and
the sinks of iniquity, shame, wretchedness
and misery. To protect them we must
first enslave them, for the duties of pro
tection and obedience are reciprocal.”—
The teachings of history, coupled with the
condition of the free negroes of the Uni
ted States, to say nothing of the miserable
failure of the English and all other gov
ernments who have favored the sad and
fatal attempt to equalize the races in the
West India Islands, will, for all lime to
come, prevent men who have a decent re
gard for the welfare of the human family
from encouraging to the least extent, the
abolition of that sysetm of servitude which
was ordained of Heaven, and vouchsafed
to all the generations of earth!
The importation of African slaves is no
new experiment. It is time-honored, and
Dever has been abandoned. It belongs
exclusively to the States in their sovereign
capacity to say whether it shall, or shall
not be tolerated. The General Govern
ment has the same right to prevent the im
portation of any other property as that of
negroes, and the sooner the law of inter
ference with the rights of the slave Slates
is blotted from our national statute books,
the belter it will be for the benighted and
down-trodden sons and daughters of Afri
ca, as they will then be brought into a
state of contented servitude, where they
will learn the truths of Revelation and be
compelled to till the soil and render “ma
terial aid” in feeding and clothiug them
selves and the multiplied millions of earth.
Agriculture.—Like Arkansas, Ken
tucky has been negligent of the claims of
agriculture so far as legislation is concern
ed in its favor. The present legislature of
that State has, however, appropriated $5,.
000 to the State Agricultural Society, and
it is also proposed to arrange a State bu
reau of agriculture.
runmnA 500 .f4ct.0IT> capable of
oparatfon’st be*n P«t in
The Troc RLES ON THE RlO GrAXDJ
t rontier.—Recent events on the Mexi
can frontier make it positive that nothing
less than an effective force will bring the
robber Cortina and his Mexican adherents
to a proper understanding of the charac
ter of our people. An American stemnei
on the Rio Grande has been fired into.—
An advance guard of Capl. Tornlinsor
was fired upon from the Mexican shore
and a guard of American baggage wag
ons encountered some twenty-five Mexi
cans on th's side of the river and drove
them across. The Mexicans kept up
their fire from the opposite side, mortally
wounding Fountain 13. Woodruff. Forty
nine Americans crossed the river and at
tacked Cortina's command, who they
found posted behind a strong picket fence.
We give the following particulars of the
fight which the New Orleans papers of
the 17th quote from the Brownsville Flag
of the 9ili.
Their cavalry numbering about fifty, were
drawn up in sight. When Ford came up
within a quarter of a mile of the Mexicans
be formed bis line of battle opposed to that of
the enemy—faced to the right end moved to
the right- By this manoeuvre the bank of the
river was gained, and an admirable position
secured to fight from. The Mexicans opened
the engagement by pouring in a volley. The
Rangers gradually worked their wav up the
bank of the river, and annoyed the Mexicans
by a sharp and well-directed fire. When the
firing had lasted an hour, Lieutenants Pugh
and Rogers, with a small party of mounted
men. moved up this side of the river and opened
on the enemy’s left flank. The cavalry re
treated and Ford ordered a charge, which was
gallantly made. The enemy fled, and the
Rangers pursued about three-quarters of a
mile, when night put an end to the fisht.
The loss of the enemy is thought to have been
twenty-five killed. It is reported by Mexican,
authority to have been sixty killed and wound
ed. The Ranger’s loss was one mortally
wounded and two slightly. There were horses,
arms and other trophies taken on the field.
Wre have been well assured that had our men
been mounted, they could have annihilated the
whole force of the enemy, which was not less
than two hundred strong.
Our forces recrossed the river the same
night; but the next day, Ford and Littleton,
with forty-eight mounted men. went back, and
there remained until some time during the
night ensuing, when Ford received an order
from Maj. Heintzelman, U. S. Army, to re
turn to this side; the latter having conferred
with the representatives of the Mexican nu
thorities, who had promissed to guard the
Ranchcio against attack from the Mexican
side; whereupon Col. Ford and Capt. Littleton
with their forty-eight daring spirits, returned
to this side.
Miscellaneous.—The Flag has also the
subjoined items:
Important information was received here
yesterday, which we are not privileged to
make public. Ail we can say is that the
fruit is fast ripening—that too, on the parent
stem.
Lieut. Ramsey, U. S. A., of Capt. Stone
man’s command, came in last evening, bring
ing along as evidence that scouting companies
are needed at this time, one of Cortina’s men,
whom he captured at Las Rusias, where Capt.
Stoneman is at present encamped.
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8®* The London Times is impatient
with the persistent negro. It observes, in
1 recent article, that “floods of pathetic
jloquence and long years of Parliament
iry struggling taught the English people
o imagine that the world was made for
Sambo.” The Times has arrived at the
‘ollowing conclusion:
“The negro is a lazy animal without
my foresight, and therefore requiring to
be led and compelled—he is decidedly in
ferior, very little raised above a mere
animal.” He is “void of self-reliance
and is the creature.of circumstances—
scarcely fitted to take care of himself—
has no care for to-morrow—has no desire
for property strong enough to induce him
to labor—lives from hand to mouth. In
Jamaica emancipation has thrown enor
mous tracts of land out of cultivation, and
on these the negro squats, getting all that
he wants with very little trouble, and
sinking in the most resolute fashion back
to the savage state."
The Charleston Convention.—
Most of the delegates will be appointed
to the Charleston convention now in a few
days. State conventions will be held for
that purpose in Iowa, Des Moines,
February 22; Michigan. Detroit, February
22d; Pennsylvania. Reading, February
29; Louisiana, Baton Rouge, March 5;
North Carolina, Raleigh, March 8; Geor
gia, Milledgeville, March 12; New
Jersey. Trenton, March 28; Arkansas,
Little Rock, April 2; Missouri, Jefferson
City, April 9.
Mississippi Delegates to the Con
vention or Southern States.—The
J^ksoti Mississippian says the two
Houses of the State Legislature met in
joint convention on the night of the 9th
inst., and selected the following gecttletnen
to represent the State of Mississippi in
the Atlanta Convention:
Samuel S. Boyd, of Adams; Wiley P.
Harris, of Hinds; A. M. Clayton, of
Marshall; Samuel J. Gholson.of Monroe;
W. R. Hill, of Yazoo; Henry Dickinson,
of Lowndes; Hiram Cassedy, of FranK
I in. _ _
gtssT" We extract the following from
the article of the Atlanta (Gn.) Con
federacy, on the eletion of Speaker:
A Black Republican, a Douglas Free
soiler, and a Winter Davis Know Nothing
have been elected as the principal officers
of the House of Representatives. Thus
far the combinations against slavery is
strengthened. The popular branch of the
Government is in the hands of the incen
diary or John Brown party. The poor
South makes no demonstration or resis
tance. She submits like the manacled
slave.
Pennington, the Black Republi
can presiding officer of the U. S. House
of Representatives, is classed “moderate.”
Yes! but not “moderate” enough to be
restrained from voting for Sherman; nor
“moderate” enough to be objectionable as
a candidate for Speaker to Sherman him
self and the rest of the signers of the
Helper book. “Moderate!" Out upon
such a contemptible apology for Abolition
insults.—[Mississippian.
Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland, hss
been burned in elfigy in several places at the
South for voting for the Republican candi
date for Speaker of the House of Representa
tives.
The Charleston Convention.
Tiie Charleston correspondent of the
New York Journal of Commerce, writes:
The visitor at Charleston regards with
no little interest the hall of the South
Carolina Institute, in which the Demo
cratic National Convention is to be held
on the 23d of April next. Tim audience
room is spacious, ndmirably lighted by
long windows on three sides, and is capa
ble of sealing 2.500 persons. A stage
occupies the end, and there are galleries
upon three sides. There are also con
venient private rooms on both floors, and
easy access is had to all the different
apartments. The ceding is beautifully
painted in fresco by no less an artist than
the brother of Garibaldi, the hero of Italy.
The entire hall has been recently fitted up
with special reference to the meeting of
the convention. The proceedings of that
body will have no small influence in shap
ing the future destiny of the States.
Where the multitudes who will be pres
ent at the coming convention, will be
lodged and fed, is a question of consider
able interest. The greater part of the
available space of the principal hotels and
boardinghouses has already been engaged,
and those who apply late will fare badly.
Nevertheless, extensive preparations have
been made for the accommodation of visi
tors, and all that can be done for their
coinfort, will be. Charleston has two fine
hotels—the Mills House and the Charles
ton Hotel. The latter, for good accommo
dation, substantial fare, and attentive
waiters, is not surpassed by any in the
country. It is a granite edifice, faced by
an imposing colonnade, and is one of the
chief architectural ornaments of the city.
It is also a “Union’’ house—its manage
ment, we believe, being equally divided
between northern and southern men.
The Kentucky Refugees.—The Re
publican party newspapers are howling at
a great rate over the recent expulsion of
some nineteen abolition missionaries from
Kentucky. They were Garrison aboli
tionists who undertook to settle in Ken
tucky not long since, and there to dissem
inate their views of the fitness of things.
The doctrines they preached and taught
were those of naked incendiary abolition
ism; and they were therefore no more fit
to be at large in Kentucky, than so many
mad dogs. They may be thankful that
they got back into the non-slaveholding
Slates without losing their ears. Never
theless, their case is being represented in
all quarters of the North ns one of un
justifiable persecution and outrage. The
truth is. it was as proper to drive them
from Kentucky, as it would be to drive
from Cincinnati a gang of so many
known burglars and incendiaries. We
fancy that the people of Cincinnati would
not rest content with simply expelling
persons of so great danger to their peace
and property, if the existence of such a
gang among them was well known.
They had been supported in their labors
in Kentucky by money raised at the
North; and the very act of giving money
to support abolition missionaries in slave
holding communities is an aggression in
principle, after the fashion of the raid of
John Brown; leading, of course, to in
creased discontent in the South with the
conduct of the North with reference to
southern domestic affairs.—[Washington
Star.
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Numismatics.— At an auction sale
held recently in Philadelphia, a collection
of coins belonging to Mr. Levick—con
sisting entirely of American pieces—
realized the sum of SI,444 73, the in
trinsic value being but SI 13 94. The
catalogue numbered over 1,000 lots. An
experimental, or pattern cent, of. date
1792, struck by the National Mint pre
vious to the regular coinage, brought S50;
another, larger and slightly different,
S66 50. Five different types of the re
gular issue of the cent of 1793 realized
S40 25; a cent of 1795. SI 1; one of
1799 and 1804. each $8; sundry half
cents as high as S10 and S12; a “Wash
ington” cent of 1791, S25; a New York
cent of 1780, S28 50; a silver dollar of
Ifl'tt ©iq. „r tow ®vv. „r
1794, $5 50; a half dollar of 1796, and
one of 1797. S17 and S23, respectively.
This sale indicates a growing value set
upon the retired coinage of our own
country, by those among us who delight in
numismatic collections. It is said that
occasionally an American coin, valuable
for its rarity, is picked up at the street
stalls.
Daniel Webster in Virginia.—The
Virginia Senate has unanimously passed a
bill naming a new county, “Webster.”—
Mr. Senator Paxton, in advocating the
name, said:
I understand that an effort has been
made (whether successful I know not) to
remove from the State Housp ground of
Massachusetts the statue of Webster. If
the Abolition authorities of Massachusetts
consider their soil is desecrated by the
statue of Webster, I doubt not the authori
ties of Virginia would give it a place in
our capitol square. Contiguous to the pro
posed county we have a county called
Clay; and another called Calhoun; what
name more appropriate than that of Web
ster for the new county ? Let Virginia
cherish the memory of these great men.
g@“W ork is paid for in California by
the job or by the day, without reference to
the sex of the party who performs it. A
washer-woman gels $3 a day in the coun
try; a carpenter gets no more. A lady
teacher gets the same wages that a gentle
man would teaching the same cluss. If
males have ever predominated among the
teachers, it was because the supply of
teaching material was mostly of the mas
culine gender. But it does not predominate
now, whatever it might have once done.
Of the 75 teachers recently appointed by
the Board of Education, to take charge of
the city schools, 13 were males and 62
females.
Lo uig Napoleon and the Pope.— '
The Paris Univers has been suppressed
by the government of Louis Napoleon.
It is an organ of the Catholic party, and
has been free in its strictures of the
policy pursued by the French Government
toward the Pope.
-The merchants of Texas, in favor of
direct trade, propose a line of steamers from
Belgium to the Gulf ports via Charleston.
[From the Arkansas State Gazette.
“In Philadelphia, since the great Union
demonstration of last month, an anti-slavery
fair has been opened, and two public meetings
have been called to counteract its effect.”—
[Exchange.
The fact is too patent to admit of disguise,
that the treasonable doctrine inculcated by
“Helper’s book.” are spreading like wildfire
over the whole North. Conventions are being
called, fairsopened. public meetings held, reso
lutions pa'sed, arid every possible demonstra
tion made to kindle the flame of popular ex
citement and prejudice into a crusade against I
the South. Associations are being regularly
formed, funds raised, arms and munitions pur
chased and distributed, sermons preached and
tracts published, all with the view of indu
cing perfect concert of action, and develop
ing a systematic policy, having for its end
and aim the annihilation of slavery.
There is butone saint known to the North
ern calendar, and that is John Brown. Ac
cording to Abolition faith. John Brown and
Jesus Chri«t occupy the same platform. His
name is their watchword, and his example
their emulation: and we feverentlv pray that
his doom may prove their destination!
Conservativedemonstrations have been made
in several Northern cities, but all friendly ex
pression of sentiment towards the South is
heing crushed out by counteracting influences.
Their fanaticism is so inveterate and radical,
lhat conservatism is but an impotent element,
and far from being a correct indication of
Northern feeling. The masses are swayed by
the leaders. Sixty-eight Northern Congress
men have openly and publicly endorsed the
Infamous doctrines of “Helper,” which, of
course, constitute the creed of their consti
tuents.
Thus has the contagion snread until the
whole North is becoming united as against a
common enemy. It would be impossible for
a more heated state of feeling to exist there,
in the immediate prospect of an invasion from
a foreign foe. Does this savor of conciliation?
Is this the amicable spirit which the South
would construe into an expression of fraternal
sympathy? Too long have we manifested a
blind indifference to our fate. Too long have
we been lulled into the belief, that all would
yet be well. Far be it from our design mali
ciously to contribute aught towards the fur
ther alienation of the two sections. But we
must consider circumstances as they actually
exist, not as we would have them; and regu
late our action accordingly. The Southern
press is generally conservative. From all
sections, its tone is that of moderation and
conciliation. While a due degree of for
bearance is usually commendable, there are
occasions when it is no longer reckoned among
the cardinal virtues. While the South is man
ifesting a general disposition towards amity
and compromise, the whole North is being
leagued against us in battle array. Our pa
tience and inaction are interpreted into a tame
and cowardly submission! The North affects
to regard us as standing self-accused before
the judgment bar of God! They affect to
believe that the people of the South “with all
their imperfections on their heads,” dare not
lift up a voice, or nnsheath a weapon in self
defence! They fondly imagine they can con
tinue, with perfect impunity, to multiply in
sult. aggression, and outrages untold upon us,
without any overt manifestation on our part,
of resistance or resentment. What signify
these recent peaceful demonstrations in se
veral cities of the North, when counteracting
assemblages, ten times as numerous, are con
tinually laboring to neutralize and undo their
.... 1. A r.. 1 no 1 tHn Qnillh ttrn'llll
console herself that these isolated in?tancesof
friendliness are’to be considered exponential
of the true s’ate of Northern sentiment! She
would delude herself into the belief that a
conservative re action will ultimately prevail.
But when were fanaticsjever known to reason,
especially, when impressed with the delusion
that God is on their side? The Northern peo
ple are now being educated in the belief that
they have a divine mission to perforin,—and
that mission is the eradication of slavery from
American soil. Therefore it is idle, and ab
solutely dangerous to cherish the false hope,
that the angry elements of contention will ul
timately subside, and the country be restored
to its original quiet and harmony. So long
as we are disposed to remain obsequious, we
may expect nothing but insult and degrada
tion. Our rights are being trespassed upon.
Our institutions are being subverted, and the
nation threatened with all the horrors of a
civil war! Shall we then, look on calmly and
unconcernedly, with folded hands, while
clouds of fearful potent are looming above the
northern horizon, and angry lightnings are
vividly painting forth the mene tekel of our
doom? Shall we quietly waituntilthe fairest
land on God’s green earth is overrun by a fana
tical horde, our peaceful homes reduced to
smouldering ruins, and the shrieks, and groans,
and wailings of our outraged and murdered
families wildly and vainly implore us for re
venge? No. The remedy is with ourselves.
We are the arbiters of our own destiny, and
we possess within our own limits, the requisite
element of strength, power, independence and
self-preservation. These elements, properly
developed, are amply sufficient for protection
and defence. The true policy is, to prepare
for the worst. We shall then be ready for
anv emergency. It is now as fully incumbent
upon us, as if an armament were being fitted
out against us in a foreign port. Let us then
be fully alive to our own interests, and there
fore true to our country, our kindred, our
homes and ourselves. Let us ‘-organize ai)d
arm,” and drill, and endeavor to infuse into our
people a proper spirit of patriotic enthusiasm!
Let us begin to form the ranks and place our
sentries! Let us organize a battalion in every
county in the land! Let our beacon-fires
gleam brightly forth from every “heaven-kiss
ing hill!” Let us build up, endow, ami liber
ally patronize home military institutions for
tuc puijM'SC Ul CUUVaoilif, anil aiiim^ UUI
youth. Let our preparations be of such a
character, that when the evil hour may come,
when the surcharged clouds lower darkly over
and around us, and Abolition myrmidons seek
to devastate our own beautiful, sunny South,
that we may be ready at a moment’s warning,
to respond to the first bugle note, and march
proudly forth to the battle field in defence of
our institutions, our altars and our homes!
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The Free-Trade Alliance.—After
all that has been said iff the bad feeling
supposed to exist between the English
and French, those powerful natious have
established a new bond of Union between
them. France has adopted principles of ■
free trade and effected a treaty of com
merce with England upon that principle.
This is certainly one of the age. Our
Minister to France, Mr. Faulkner, it is
said, is instructed to negotiate with that
government a treaty upon the same prin
ciple.— [Memphis Bulletin.
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The Oberlin College.—There are
in this famous institution 1,253 student*,
of which number 481 are females. Many
of the students are negroes, and they are
upon a footing of perfect equality with the
whites. Abolitionism is the main ele
ment in the moral culture of these youth
fuljjminds. John Brown’s sons were edu
cated at Oberlin. The above statements
are condensed from an article in one of
our exchanges, and if they are correct,
present a sad picture of the degradation to
which fanatical demagogues may bring
those who follow their teachings.
Judge Douglas at Charleston.—
Judge Douglas has said, within a day or
two, that he thought at one time he was f
gaining at the South, but that he now s
Joubted, and was by no means certain n
hat his time would come before 1864. b
Jefferson Davis deuies that Douglas has y
he ghost of a change at Charleston.— fi
"Washington correspondent. p
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-The g.u|d*nts of the South Carolina
College at Coluimbia, have come out in suits Cl
>f grey kerseys, made at the mills of a firm in l*
hat city. tl
BY TELEGRAPH!
PROCEEDINGS Or CONGr ’ S.
Washington, Feb. 16.—The house met to
day at 12 M., Speaker Fennington in the
ehair.
After prayer and the reading of the jour
nal. Mr. Bingham introduced a bill for nulli
fying that portion of the acts of Territorial
Legislature which provides for the establish
ment or prohibition of slaverv.
After a brief discussion, the bill was re
ferred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mr. Sherman offered a resolution instruct
ing the Post Office Committee to inquire into
the expediency of letting out the entire postal
service by districts to thelowest responsible
bidder. The resolution was adopted.
POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION DILL.
Washington, Feb. 16.—The President has
approved the post office appropriation bill, as
passed by the Senate yesterday.
The bill appropriates $4,296,000 for arrears
due by the Post Office Department for postal
service previous to the 30th June last, and
$4,000,000 for the expenses of the department
to the 30th June, 1860,
NEW U. S. TREASURER.
Washington, Feb. 16.—Mr. Bowler, of
Tennessee, has been appointed U. S. Treasurer,
in place of Mr. Casey, deceased.
BRECKINRIDGE DELEGATES TO CHARLES
TON.
Washington, Feb. 17.—The Pennsylvania
delegation to the Charleston convention will
support Vice President Breckinridge for the
Presidency.
HAZLETT CONVICTED.
Charleston. Va.. Feb. 13.—Hazlett, one
of the Brown conspirators, was convicted on
Friday.
UNITED STATES AID FOR MEXICO.
Washington, Feb. 17.—It is stated from
reliable sources that the Juarez government
of Mpxico has accepted the profered aid of
several thousand citizens of the United States.
Large tracts of land have been ceded to them
in several of the Mexican States.
LATER FROM NORTHERN MEXICO.
Washington. Feb. 13.—Major Phelps, of
the United States Army, has just arrived in
this city from Northern Mexico. He reports
that a body of five hundred men. supposed to
be robbers, but calling themselves Tacubayans,
were marching from Durango on Chihuahua.
The Governor of Chihuahua had sent to El
Paso for United States rifles. It is intimated
that the United States Government will ii
terfere in favor of Chihuahua. President
Buchanan has the subject under consideration.
SLAVE PROPERTY IN THE TERRITORIES.
Washington, Feb. 16.— The following
named Senators were to-day appointed on the
special committee to examine into the report
to the Senate on the various questions touch
ing the protection of slave property in the
Territories of the United States, viz: Messrs.
Green, of Missouri, chairman; Gwin, of
r'»kt;#cxw>vio Plrrlor Do,, oeo I . , „ r, j „
of Indiana, and Chestnut, of South Carolina.
TEE CHARLESTON CONVENTION PLATFORM.
New York, Feb. 16.— The Washington
correspondent of the New York Times says
that Mr. Bright, the Chairman of the National
Democratic Committee, has named Messrs.
Green, Fitch, Bigler and Chestnut, as the
committee for organizing a platform for the
Charleston Convention.
MOVEMENTS OF CANDIDATES.
Washington, Feb. 16. — It is generally un
derstood, in political circles, that, if Senator
Douglas fails to secure the nomination for
President, at the Charleston Convention, he
will transfer all his strength and influence to
Senator Stephens, pf Georgia.
ARREST OF A FREE NEGRO TRADER.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 16.— A man calling his
name Andrew J. Rodgers, ami hailing from
Heiena, Arkansas, was arrested here to-day,
on the charge of abducting free negroes, and
selling them into slavery. He had effected a
sale at Macon, Ga.. and was conveyed to that
city for trial, in charge of an officer from
Macon.
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We are glad to note that an im
portant change lias been made in relation
to the importation of India Bagging, in
stead of its coming first to Boston and
then South.it now is imported direct to
New Orleans, and thus the price is re
duced by having the Boston commissions
cut off. Direct trade is what the South
needs and although a single article is here
noticed, yet, it is the initiative steps of a
move in the right direction. Strange to
tell, however, we are indebted to British
houses for this move.—[Memphis Ava
lanche.
-«-»-*
Hon. T C. Hindman, of Arkansas.
Among the many able speeches which
have been made in Congress during the
present session, the one recently delivered
by the Hon. T. C. Hindman, of Arkansas,
is pre-eminently distinguished. We have
read it carefully and attentively, and
justice compels us to say that in all the
elements which constitute a telling, forci
ble speech, it deserves to take rank among
die best efforts of the best intellects of the
body of which he is so able a member.
Col. Hindman was born and raised in
Mississippi; it was here that he first dis*
:inguished himself as an able and fearless
ldvocate of Democratic principles; it was
lere that he first gave the world assurance
ff a man, and it was here that we first
aught ourself to admire his talents, appre
:iate his force of character and respect his i
integrity as a man and a politician. Under
such circumstances we could not if we
vould and would not if we could give
iredence to the many slanders made
igainst his Democracy, by the official j
ugan 01 me Arkansas democracy at ,
Little Rock. When a tnan tells us that j
Col. Hindman, whom we know to be so *
rue to his party and so faithful to his j
fiends, is a disorganize^ caring for
lothing save himself, advocating nothing
>ut Hmdmanism, we at once set that man ■
lown ns a slanderer and a falsifier, and
ippcal to the past career of the subject of
uch abuse for the truth of our assertion. '
3ol. Hindman is a true Democrat and a i
oyal Southerner, and as long as he re- b
(tains so, we shall not hear him traduced '
>y the venal and corrupt, without entering
>ur caveat against the course of his 1
landerers in the premises. He is odious, "
t is true, to a certain faction in his adopt- t
d State, but when we reflect that they 81
iate hint for selfish considerations, and
lot on the ground of his lack of devotion -
3 correct principles touching the South *,
nd the Democratic party, their denuncia- G
oos of him are no more regarded by us *
:ian the idle winds which we allow to
ass by unnoticed. Hindman will not r
ubmit to the dictations of a clique, does
ot regard the action of a self-constituted b
ody of censors, as the essence of all “
isdom, and thus it is that he is set apart
ir destruction by the sleuth-hounds of
trty. He is a man of his own mind, 3(
its for himself and speaks what he con
lives to be the truth without reference to ta
e opinions or wishes of other*. While *'
tch a man will always have enemies, he, S'
at the same time, will gather around
1 about him friends strong and devoted, who I
will stand by him in the sixth trouble and J
: not desert him in the seventh. The at- j
i tempt, therefore, of certain politicians in |
Arkansas to break down Col. Hindman, I
destroy his influence and cripple bis poli
tical prospects must needs prove a inag
| nificent failure; and they may as well
| forego embarking any further in so fruit
| less an enterprise. The people are with
' him, and despite the slanders of his ene
| mies and the double-dealings of pretend
ed friends, they will adhere to his fortunes
as long as he proves himself worthy of1
their esteem and confidence, and not
desert him at the bidding of bankrupt
politicians, venal editors and unscrupulous
wire-pullers, who through corrupt motives
would draw him down to their own de
graded level.— [Vicksburg Sun.
Death of Col. may.—Col. Charles May,
U. S. A., who distinguished himself at the
battle of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma,
the taking of Monterey, the siege of Vera
Cruz, and the battle of Cero Gordo, died in
Washington city on the 9th ult.
An Ex-Baptist Pastor Enters the
Episcopal Ministry.—The Bishop of Rhode
Island held an ordination in Grace Church,
Providence, on the morning of Advent Sun
day. when he admitted Mr. J. P. Tustin, late
a minister of the Baptist denomination, to the
holy order of Deacons.
DES ARC HOTEL ARRIVALS
UP TO 12 O'CLOCK, YESTERDAY.
[newby & branch, proprietors.]
J. W. Wallace, Ark.; J. B. Hale and son.
do.; William Darrah, Ala.; M. M. Kiggnas,
Ark.; S. S. Edmondson, Memphis; W. E.
Raulston, Ark. ; B. F. Jpnes, do.; E. W.
Goodrich. Augusta; J. B. Hendricks, Ark.;
J. P. Wair, county; Jno. Conan, Memphis;
J. C. Johnson, Ark.; J. W. Davis, do.; W. H.
Head, do.; John McConley, do.; Thomas
Hallen, Memphis; T. L. Yarbaugh, S. C.; D
Lyon, Memphis; A. Petit, St. Louis; P. W.
Hallorand, Monroe county; Col. J. Choice,
St. Louis; J. C. Surrenhauft, Philadelphia;
M. McClearen, Ark.; S. R. Bener, do.; A. P.
Feeley, do.; R. S. Hurst, Va.; John L. Bunch.
Memphis; J. Jones, Ark.; W. Echols, do.;
T. T. Dismiikes, do.; R. B. Walker, do.; J.
C. Lane, do.; T. J. Allison, Atlanta, H. E.
Dudley, Ark.; S. W. Henry, Tenn.; S. It.
Srneade, Ala.; J. R. Belt, Ark.; P. H. Pharr,
do.; 1'. J. Penn, Augusta; W. L. Owen,
Miss.; R. R. Aden, Ark.; John L. Saffold. do ;
H. 1. Morgan and son. do.; It. W. yarr, do;
Robt. E. Rives, do.; N. B. Pucker, do.; M.
Dainker, Philadelphia; Saliuzer, Memphis;
D. YV. Lyon, Ark.; James Acree, do.
A CARD.
A rumor having gotten abroad, in this com
munity, that the preacher in charge of Des
Arc station, has assumed the power of mak
ing his own appointments every Sabbath at
YVatkin’s Chapel. YVe the Trustees and Stew
ards of said Chapel, do assert, for the benefit
of those who have not made themselves ac
quainted with the usages of the Methodist
Church; that this power belongs exclusively
to us ; who in this instance have acted in
strict accordance with the rules of the Dis
cipline. YV. H. BROCK.
in behalf of the Trustees and Stewards.
Des Arc, Feb. 22, 1860.
C. A. JUDSON,
QARPENTER AND JOINER, Also,
Dealer in Sash, Doors, Mantles, YY’indow
and Door Frames, &c.
Shop corner of Erwin and Park streets.
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
w. B — Coffins made to order, on short
notice. feb22:ly
STRAV HORSE.
STRAYED from the subscriber,
living is Des Arc, on the 8th in- jX^'J}
stant. a large sorrel horse, about six- M/J
teen hands high, two white hind feet, saddie
and harness marks, and other marks not recol
lected. He is quite foolish about his head
being handled. About nine years old. He
had on saddle, bridle, martingales and halter,
when he got away. Any person returning
the horse, or giving information so that I can
get him will be liberally rewarded.
feb-22-tf. YV. H. CHAMBERS.
PARTNERSHIP NOIIO .
WE have associated with us in business
Mr. S. Lovvenstein. The business
will hereafter be conducted under the style
and firm of Gans, Rosenbery & Co.
L. GANS & CO.
Des Arc, Feb. 22, 1860.—lm.
BUSINESS PARTNER WANTED.
A GENTLEMAN of good business quali
fications and moral character, having
a cash capital of from two to five thousand
dollars, and can devote his whole time to bus
iness; can get an interest in an established
Mercantile house in Des Arc.
Address, YV. YV. M., Des Arc Post Office. 1
feb-22-1860- -3t.
CLERK WANTED.
AiUUNG Man from the Western or South
ern portion of Prairie county, who can 1
iring good recommendations, can get a good
permanent situation in one of the best dry
;oods store’s in Des Arc. None need apply
inless they can first produce letters of recom
nendation from good and substantial citizens.
As to morals, industry, etc , they must be of
he very best quality. One acquainted with "
he business preferred. Wages as good as
iny other merchant can afford to give in this I
:ountry. Address, A. B., through the Des
Arc Post Office, within fifteen days. t
feb-22-1860—2t.
STEAM MILL FOR REST OK v
SALE. f
WILL be in perfect running order on the 4
banks of White river, at Buffalo city, ‘
Arkansas, within sixty days, a first class New s
iteam Circular Saw Mill, that will cut five r
housand feet of lumber every 10 hours. The f
aill will be for rent or lease at $800 per year, v
>ayab!e monthly, in lumber, at mill prices, or ^
or sale at cost and carriage—One-third cash,
lalance in twelve months. The mill is not to b
e moved from Buffalo City. Apply to n
J. H. QUISENBERRY,
feb-22-1860— 3t. Des Arc, Arkansas. 0
JUSfllECEIVED,
I BOXES Shoes and Boots.
Also,
1000 Apple Trees, from the nursery of J
irady Price of Lauderdale county, Alabama, b
eing a selection of the best qualities of fruit -
l the country.
janlS- G. & J. McLAREN & CO. 2
’I OWA, l’tOWd, I*J OHS. 1
UST received, 28 one and -j J
' two horse Avery Plows, for -
ied. [feb8] J. H. QUISENBERRY. '
Onion Actts am) Garden seed. 1
["UST received 2 barrels Oni-m Setts, and a *'
• large stock of all kinds of the very best
arden Seeds. Also, Irish and Sweet potato
de by_ [feb8J J. H. QUISENBERRY.
MONEY WANTED.
rHE undersigned is now making arrange- ^
ments to start soon, for a splendid stock
: Spring and Summer goods. Come and see rr
e. [feb8-] J. H. QUISENBERRY. 1
Blanks! Blank*!! ji
In addition to our regular stock of blanks, ^
ch as deeds of Conveyance; Quit Claim 4
!ed«,&c., we have just printed a “Sheriff's g<
x-deed—drawn by B. D. Turner, Attorney |
Law. Searcy, White county.” This form is
iknowledged superior to any other in the
ate.
TOWN LoTT^
AT AUCTION!
AT HICKORY PL AIK,
PnAtniE CotMYTT, Ass
OV MONDAY. Ilie «tl, DAY
MARCH i. ext. I will sell at pub*,
auction, a number of Lots in the town t
HICKORY PLAIN, without reserve.
The town of Hickory Plain is situated in
Prairie county. Arkansas, fifteen miles
of Des Arc. sixteen miles North East from
Brownsville, and fourteen miles East from At
lanta. The town of Hickory Plains offer,
more inducements to purchasers than any in
land town in the State; from the fact that 1
the society in and adjacent thereto cannot be I
excelled in the South West. In point of I
health, it is only equalled by locations east 1
of the Bine Ridge. Besides, there are other
inducements held out to purchasers. „ucy1
being in the heart of the best upland portion
of Arkansas; and being situated directly on
the Stage road leading from Des Arc to Fort
Smith, and also, on the road from Des Arc to
Little Rock. And last, but not the least We
are building, and will soon have finished’one
of the finest Seminary building; in the State
We design establishing a high school of the
first character. We also have a number o*
churches in and around Hickory Plain. 1
Terms.—One-half of purchase money paid jj
at the time of selling—th» other half in twelve !
months- P. H. WILKINSON
February 15, ’fiO-ts.
P. n. HALEY.A. S. EH\m
HAYLEY & ERWIN,
Successors to j. a. frith &. co l
respectfully solicit the patronage of their I
former customers, and the surrounding coon
try generally. They are determined to keen
A GOOD STOCK AND AT LIVING
PRICES!
We say to our patrons, that in filling orders,
all goods sent them not proving satisfactory ;
can be returned. jfl
Des Arc, February 1, IRfiO. tf 1
apothecaht,
ALSO, DEALER IN
Stationery, Perfumery,
fanc y articles &c.,
Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista street, |
.Gsr Fine Wines, Brandies, &c., for Me- I
dicinal purposes, always on hand.
Physicians prescriptions are accurately
compounded of the best articles that can be I
piucuieu. jania-tr.
.— .. ..... ■
Boot and Shoe Manufactory,
SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT.
IIii< lira Vi-fa Sr., B'b Arc, Aik. J
«t&-s THE undersigned respect- gp]
WSI fully calls the attention of the—JLl |j
* ^^.citizpns of Des Arc and ad- E
jacent country; to his fine stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
of his own manufacture—consisting of the j
most fashionable styles, and of the best mate- j
rial, and of workmanship superior to any in i|
this or the adjoining counties ; which will he
warranted in all respects as represented. His j
etock embraces the finest
French and Philadelphia Calf-Skins
ever brought to this market. He invites and J
solicits an examination of hi? work and stock, jj
confident that they will hear the strictest 9
scrutiny, and please the most fastidious.
-ILL WORK JUDE TO ORDER, I
From the lightest to the heaviest Roots and 9
Shoes.
j0?" He keeps constantly on hand, For 1
Sale, the best French Calk-Skins,
Side Leather, Oak-Tanned Sole-Leather, |
and Findings of every description.
jy Terms — V * s If
jai,25-tf. FRANCIS HOLT. ^9
IMPRIH ED PROPER ' V ON RIJi -
«A VISTA STiCfcET FORSAKE, J
THE East half of LOT No 0, Block 25, on |
Buena Vista street, in Des Arc, is offered for I
(ale on reasonable terms. The building was II
formerly occupied by J. W. Wallace, as a k
Family Grocery. The location is one of the |
dest in town. For terms, &.C., apply to
jan 18—lm] J. C. MORRILL. ■
CLOSING OUT FALL AND WINTER
STOCK OF GOODS!
AT RE DUFF D RATES!!
J. A. JENNINGS & CO.,
A RE offering their entire stock of Fall snd |
ri. Winter Goods at reduced rates, in order 1
o close out and make room for their Spring
Stock.
Call and see them for they mean what they
ay. janll-tf.
J O . ’ S
NEW RESTAURANT.
THE CHARM! |
One Door East of John Jackson Sf Co. s■
BUENA VISTA STREET,
DES ARC. A K K A N S AS. I
feblily
NOTICE TO BCII.OLltS.
PHE undersigned is authorized to con- j
tract in behalf of Prairie county, for the B
rick and carpenter’s work of a county jail, I
roposed to be erected at Brownsville, in said I
ounty. Scaled bids or proposals to do said H|
'ork will be received until the 12th day of |S
larch next. The first story is to be furnished 1
nd ready for the iron work by the 15th of w
.ugusi, aim til" actmiu aiuijr i>y tuc - «
eptember, I860. The whole is estimated to J
iquire 83,000 brick, counting 22 to the cubic |j§|
rot. The carpenter’s work will consist of l1*
indows, 2 outside doors, 2 inside doors, 2 gs
m-lights for gables, flooring and ceiling.
The contractors will be required to execute J
ond with approved security for the perfor- |
lance of the work.
Plans and specifications may be seen at the i
ffice of Gant & Bronaugh, Brownsville, Art
jan25-td. R. S. GANTT, Com’r. »
Town Lots for Sale!
jIrOM ONE TO FOUR HUNDRED LOTS. |
' in Des Arc, to suit purchasers, for sale -jf
V fcblitf FRITH & CATLIN- j
£30,000 , .
icres of LAND for Sale! *
N TRACTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS, I®
different portions of the State.
Apply to feblitf S. P. CATLIN
1 IV(J MB E it OWE '*'»♦€» of j
V LAND, containing 1.400 ac</J I
Rich Woods, for sale, and who Will buy - f
Apply to S. P. CATLIN, la
febiltf Des Ar^
For Sale. I
i ND WHO WILL BUY ONE 01
L
THE CHEAPEST
RACTS OF LAND
ON SURROUNDED HH-L.
ckson county; which contaias 4-lli acr,!.
rtth a Front on White [liver #
4 acres—50 acres in cultivation, witJ |
od house and other buildings, together wi j
300 bushels COR V, stock, farming uten*11’’ a
:. For terms, &c., apply to
S. P. CATLIN. “
feblitf Des Are.