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PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
Z. P. H. FARR,
AT T OF. IT 3 7 AT L ATT,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
ROUT. *■ ANDERSON, WM. J. THOMPSON,
Jackaonport, .4rk. Augusts, Are.
Anderson A Thompson,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jackaonport and Augusta, Ark.
Will attend the Courts of Jackson, Wood
r«ff, and adjoining Counties, and to special
cases in any section of the State. Address
•ithsr office. maylS-ly
A. C. PICKtTI. *• EANSAOa.
PICKBirr A bamsauh,
ATTORNEYS IT LAW,
AUQUSTA, ARKANSAS.
Will prnotice in the counties of Woodruff.
Jackson. White and Craighead. Special at
tention given to collections ot all claims en
trusted to their care aprlidy
J R P U,nRI»(JK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ootton Plant, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Circuit Courts ot
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts of
the seventh Judicia. District, andgive prompt
attention to ail business entrusted to his
care. i>n1
DR. ALL3 IT
Offers his services to the citizens of
Des Arc and vicinity in the practice of
medicine. Thankful tor past favors,
and bv atteuttoji to business lie expects
to share a liberal prtronage.
Office—One door east of Burney's
Drug Store.
*. a. oastt. "
GANTT & BRON AUGH,
ATTOftSlYS AT LAW.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie,
White, Woodruff. Monroe, Arkansas and Pu
laski. Prompt aitleulion given to the collec
tion of Claims faxes will be paid and titles
investigated lor non-residents aprU-dm
j7 e. uATKffi>ui>. J **• 1 hgmas,
GITEWO D £ T.iQMH
At RAW
OKS ARC, ARKANSAS.
I. N. HMKIFPKTH. T. Bi AKKKINT.
HEDGEPETH £ K NT,
ATTDASSYS AT LAW.
DBS ARC, ARKANSAS.
WII.L practice in all of the courts of
Prairie county, and the circuit courts
of lha surrounding counties. mar‘24-6m^
J,MES H. PATTERSON'. ICC!AS C- OA,'S^’
A **'. Ari J.,rk,onPor'. Ark.
Patterson & Gau<c,
ATT OBNEIT3 AT LAW,
jACKMiiport and Augusta, Arkansas.
, Wilt, practice in the Counties of Woodruff,
Jackson! Independence White,
Randolph, Green. Craighead and l ro» . an
attend to special cases in any pari <>f
Hiate. Address either office mjIS-ly
WS. R. GOODY.
COODY & MjRAE,
Assamsms* a« law
SEARCY, WHITE COCSTf,
ARKANSAS.
Will practice iu all 'he court* of Arkansas.
iuar24-___
801. r. CLAKK. SAM W. WILLIAMS
JO* W. MAKT1N.
CLARK- WILLIAMS A MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
WILL practice in all the Courts, proseeut
Claims of all kinds, collect debt*, am
c t a* ft',tI Etlatt and Oenrrnl Agenli.
OrricK—Markham Street, near State llou*«
april'JS-tf ^
W. HICKS, Formerly of the firm of Cypert i
Hicks.
H. R. FLKLDISO, Formerly of Athens, Ala.
HICKS *• FIELDING.
ATTORNEYS at law,
Searcy, White Co., Arkainat
WILL practice in this and the adjaeen
counties, in the District Courts, and St
preino Court of the Slate.
K. W. WILLIAMS. T. M. OIBSOJ
WILLIAMS Ac GIBSON,
A.TTCF.2TSYB AT LAT,
Dos Arc and Devall'a Bluff, Ark.
WILL praetioe in Prairio and adjoinin
Counties All business confided to their cai
will bo promptly attended to. scpCM t
I c JONSON. Other—West Point, Arkansa
jsO. M. MOORE. Office—Searcy. Arkansa
JOXSON A MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS „/y UHAXCER *
— AMD—
General Land and Collecting Agent*,
HEARCVi AllR.VNSAS.
Wilt Birepromptattention to any busine
in the eountie* ofludependencc,
Woodruff, Monroe. Prairie, White, Conwt
*u-i V*n Bur«n ,0#
PROFESSIONAL CARPS.
I 0*0. K. NORTON. *• ▼ATTOHA*.
2I0S.T02T A. VATTQHA2T
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
as
1 solicitors nr chancery,
DBS ARC ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in the Court* of th* eouAtlei
of Prairie, White, Jackson, Woodruff and
Monroe Particular attention given to the
collection of claims any where in the State.
scpTtf._ ,__
“ml HOST. B. TSEZET1MT
Tenders his professional services to
the citizens of Des Are and vicinity.
Office—At Johnson k Davie’ Drug
Store._ «eP21
THOMAS J. MARSH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
.A. t Law,
DES ARC, A RE AN SAS.
•SrPartcniar attention given to the
collection of all kinds of claims against
the Government.
Office—On Buena Vista street next
door to J. M. Burney's drug store.
may 26
WM. T. JONES. B. C. TOTTEK.
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
WTI.f, practice in the counties of rulaski,
Prairie, Monroe. Woodruff, Jackson and
White Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of claims, aprlt-ly
DR. J. "77. SUB-NSY,
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN,
Being permanently located at Des
Arc, will continue the practice of his
profession in all its branches. 8pecial
attention given to the treatment of
acute and chronic diseases. sep21
F. LEPTIEX,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I AM SOW PREPARED TO PO ALL
kinds of work iu my line. Mend
ing, Cleaning. &c. .
_Thankful for past faTors, I solicit a
continuance of the patronage heretofore be
stowed on me._~tf
JAMES J. GALLAGHER.
^cVtto ney at Lnw,
COTTOX PL XT, WOODRUrrCO. RK.
Will practice where called.
*ej>28-tf.
DR. J A ROtSELiUXS office, is |
now at Jobn»on «i Davi*' Drug Store;
eon be be consulted at hi# room at tb. Harvey
H >u,o. He will give hi* undivided attention
to Chronic l»l*eaae« of every deecrip
tion.
The best of referctiee* can be furnished, by
j ipplying to
‘ DR. J. A. ROU8ELAUX,
junl tf Do* Arc, Arkansas.
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• mertainmentT!
rnilF. TTNPERSIGM® HAVISO M
I opened a Houm «• Fnlfr- JSI.
talnmenl, »n Buena Viata Street, near
J the Steamboat Landing, for the aueommoda
tion of •
TRAVELERS AND BOARDERS,
'' By the day, week, or month, eolleifa the pat
ronage of those sisiting Pcs Arc. The fare
will be ns good ns the market affords, and
terms moderate.
Oise me a trial, and I will endeavor to give
satisfaction.
BENJAMIN HATLEY.
Pes Arc, Ark-. March 28. 1867—12m
A H kTn1Ta8 gazette,
little rock, ark.
Tertnp—Invariably in Advanoa.
PAILY’, $10 00 per annum: $1 00 per mouth
) for any laaa period
s WEEKLY, $* 00 per annum; tSBH eiubi
of * we or utorv
MISSOURI HOTEL,
(Formerly the Memphis Inn,)
UE8 ARC, ARKANSAS.
THIS HOUSE, Situated-near the steamboat
landing, has boon repaired and renovated
and fitted up with new furniture, and ie pow
open to tho traveling publie. The proprietor
pledges himeolf that it shall he hept in every
department equal to any hotel in this eity,
and respectfully solicits a share of the. pat
ronage of tho traveling public. Accommo
dating porter always at tha landing on tho
arrival of steamboats.
I. N. HEDGPETH, Proprietor.
NEW HOTEL
J\ SET ALL'S SLirr, ASS.
THE “JiTLAS HOTEL ”
19 NOW OPEN for the accommo
dation of the travelling public exclu
sively. The Tables will be 8upplied
with'the choicest the market affords.
Our accommodating and gunial Triend,
J. M. McCliutock, is proprietor. All
who patronize him will go away
“laughing fat.’’ Janll
HICKORY PLAIN
MALE and FEMALE
INSTITUTE,
SXOSORY PLATXT,
PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKAN8A8.
THE Trustees of Hickory Plains Jfale and
Female Institute, take pleasure ia an
nouncing to the public, that they have se
cured the services of
PRO'. H. H. IKIRItH. A. HI.
a graduate of the University of Mieeiesippi.
to take charge of the School.
The next session will commence the 3rd
Monday in January, 1868.
From the high character of Prof. Croeirr
as a scholar, we flatter ouraelves that we will
give general satisfaction to the patrons of the
School.
He will be assisted by a competent corps of
Teachers.
The course of etudy will be as complete
ae that pursued in the best colleges.
Terms, the same as heretofore. For par
ticulars. address the Principal, or President
Board Trustees.
W. L: MOOR*, Pres.
C. M. Greer. Secretary.
Hickory Plains, Ark., Dec. 23rd, 1867.
jan-4-tf.
THE
Saint Louiw Vutual
LIFE INSURANCE
Company;
ASSETS, October 1st, 1?«7, OVER
&53,250,000.
Ollicerws
D. A. JANUARY, - - President,
JAMES H. LUCAS, - Vice-Preeident,
WM. T. 8ELHY, - • Secretary.
To tho Biinluean Men of the
South and Wut.
AS a Western institution, destined to hold
a place aineng the first in the country,
we solicit the patronage of tho great West and
South; and believing onr interest identical,
and possessing advantages equal, if not supe
rior, to any like institutions, we request your
influence and support, with every confidence
that your best auticipations will have full re
alise'ion in the management and future of the
company.
J. n. McMahon, Newton S. Otis.
MeXAHOfl A OTIS,
GENERAL AGENTS,
No. 43 Madison Street, DeSoto Block,
MEMPHIS, TENN.
J. P. MELLA.RD,
SPECIAL AGEyr.
decW-flm
Wasters A Virginia Tobaooo Agency
MATER, M4R8HCETZ * CO.,
.
IMPORTERS end Wholesale Dealer, in He
gars, Tobaoco. Pipes, and the largest
slack of 8mokers’ articles in the South. COB
NEK SECOND AND JEFFERSON STREF.T8,
Jefferson Block, Memphis, Tens. Order!
promptly filled. oetlU-ly
A. J. Thornes, R. G Gill, B. Blskenay
THOMAS, tilLL * CO.,
BBCXIVIXG, rOBWAEDIXG,
Commission Merchants,
—AND
STEAMBOAT AGENTS,
DEB ARC, ARKANSAS.
ALSO, dealer, in DRY GOODS. GROCER
IF.S. BAGGING and ROPE, Eic , Etc
janlltf
Regular Memphis A White Rlvei
SATURDAY PACKET.
The N*EW and BLEGANV PASSENOEI
| STEAMER
DEM ABCi
JNO. D. t'LHOTT. . Master
We. M. Jfitxas. Can J Hinas, Clerke
Leaves Memphis every Ssturdsy at t p. u
Returning leaves Jeokeonport every Tuesday
at 6 a. Dee Are every Wedaeaday, at fi a
m. Conneetest DeYatle Bluff with IVait
for T.lule Rock • junJk
The Devil a Delight.
From tho Land We Lore ]
To broakfaat one morning the Peril came
down.
By demons and Tassels attended;
A headache had darkened his brow with a
drown.
From his orgy last qjght, or the weight of
his crown,
But his present;* infernal was splendid.
In a rob* of rod flame was Diarolo drest.
Without smutch of a cinder to soil it;
Blue biases oareloped his throat and his chest,
Whil* th* tail, tied with ribbons as blue as
the rest,
Completed his Majesty's toilet.
K* masquerade devil of earth could begin,
I With hiseouaterfeit horns and his moek tail,
To look like his model Original Sin,
Aa of lava and lightning and bitters and gin
He sat and compounded a^ cocktail.
But to give, in all conscience, the Devil his due
He seemed sorrowful rather than irate;
And his Majesty moped all the dejnmer through
With a twitch, now and then, of the ribbons
of blue,
And th* look of a penitent pirate.
Then a stpile such as follows some capital
joke
Of a Dickens, a Hood or a Jerrold,
Sweet, playful and tender, all suddenly broke
O’er th* faoe of Sathanas, a* turning he spoke.
•‘Qo imp! bring the HI* of the Ihrald!"
The paper was brought, and Old Nick ran his
oye
(In default of debates in th* Senate)
Over crimes, there were plenty, of terrible
dye,
Orer letter and telegram, slander and lie.
And th* blatherskite leaders of Bennett
There were frauds in high places, official
deceit;
tUVIV »«•» " v •• “VV - ■ --
ladies;
There were Mexican murders, andvmurder*
In Crete,
By the thousand, all maaner of villainies
sweet
To the Herald's subscribers in Hades.
But the numberless horrors of every degree
Did net wholly dispel his dejection;
•‘The Herald's a bore, I'm a weary, " says he;
*Tben, uprising, he added, “wuats this?
•Trsiicssex^'
By jingo! here a Brownlow's election!
•‘Ho varlet! fill up till the beaker runs o'er!"
Cried the Deil. growing joyous and fiisky;
A white-hoi ferruginous goblet he bore,
And the liquor was vitriol ‘straight,’ which j
be swore
Was less hurtful than tangle foot whiskey |
••Fill up! lot us drink,” sai l the Fathers of ;
Lies, »
“To the mortal whose claims are most 1
• weighty!”.
-And a light diabolic shone out of bis eyes
That made the thermometer instantly rise j
To fully five thousand and eighty.
“1 b^e knight* of the garter ard knights of
the lancjj *
Who shall surely hereafter for sin
I have writers of history, ethics, romance, fHL
In England, ^merica, (leWuany, Fraites,
And a gay lit »fe poet in Swinburne:
"Reformars, who go in for infinite smash;
The widows' and orphans’ oppressor;
D. D.’s, by the dosen, whose titles are Irtish
To be written with two little d’e and a dash;
And many a Father Confesjm^
“And besides all the hypocrites." chuckled i
the Deil,
••Who eerve me with ter jnd £*•</<>,
I have tyrante that murder, commanders that j
steal, ** *•
Dahomey, MouravielT. Butler, O’Sicll, • I
Thad. Stevens, Joe Holt, Escobedo:
••But the man of all others the most taB*
mind.
The dearest terrestrial creature.
Is the blaspheming p'iqjit and thpJHyranl
combined, —
Who mocks at his Maker and curses his kin<l, |
Ill Mir (£•»•
! "Anil *o Ion kne*» I'm absolute
Mm •
i Prom hu prsumBPeshall bo no deduction, j
Whose sots e most exquinito melioe evince
And whose government furnishes excellent j
hints *j
Opportunely for Hilt,’* RscosstcittIon "
j ThenRbs Fiend, wi,h OgHk language
m»y toll,
brained cup.
Orisd “Hip, Hip, Harra^^^Pf a boistcroue
J®11 m .
i Went round fill the uetharmoat oonfine* of
Hell
Re-echoed •Thremchoers for old Brownlew!'
A White Max'* Paett.—It will be
•een from thi* issue qf the Arkanslan
i that an earneat attempt ia at last about
; to be made to organize a white man’s
party in thia State. Thi* has already
I been too long delayed. Had inch party
been organized we would have voted
down the Convention hv 10.000 major
ity, and the oppressed tax-paver would
have escaped the burden* he must now
boar, for the gratification of a few ig
norant adventurers, who vainly imag
ine thev are fit for high official posi
tions, and who expect to attain it by
cajoling the simple-minded negro, and
disfranchising the Intelligent white
man.
This farce, called a Convention, will
cost the hard-working white men of
the State not less than $150,000! and
what is the object?—to place the ballot
i In the hands of 25.000 negroes and take
it out of the hands of 10.000 white men.
Shall this thing bs ? No! Come out,
white men of Washington county, to
the meeting on Saturday, the 28th inst.
Lot the people of the State know that
this I* Mill the banner white man’s
county of Arkansas. .Come one! come
alii It makea no difference whether,
yon wore the gray or the blue. If you
are opposed to the iniquity of negro
suffrage and the disfranchisement of
■ white men. von will be welcome!
[Fayetteville Arkanslan.
UU« BUT U TIUJS AL UUJN V ±»IN HUJN
8100ND DAV.
Jancakt 8th, 18G8.
The convention was called to order at
10 o’olock, a. m
Mr. Brooks (radical.) offered a resolu
tion for the appointment of a select com
mittee of three to memorialise congress for
the relief of the suffering poor of Arkan
sas
Mr Brooks stated that unless some re
lief was speedily afforded there would be
great suffering and starvation in some parts
of the state
Mr. Cvpert (conservative,) favored the
project, but thought the committee shoeld
be instructed to inquire into all the fasts
and submit their report to the eonvention,
and the entire body would sign the me
morial so as to give it greater weight, rep
resenting as it did the entire state.
Mr. Brooks modified h's resolution as
suggested by Mr. '.’ypert.
Mr. Bradley (radical,) moved to amend
by substituting seven for three. Accep
ted. and the amended resolution adopted.
Mr. Hodges (unknown,) of Crittenden,
offered a resolution tor the appointment
of a committee to memorialize the military
couimandef to suspend the oolleetion of
the present state tax.
The member said he understood there
were about 8220,000 in the state treasury;
and there was no need of having any hu
ger sum there. From his understanding
of the reconstruction laws it wag necessary
to raise money for the payment of the ex
penses of the convention by the levy of a
special tax, and therefore the money in
the treasury would not be applied for the
payment of auch expenses
r. nonces ^ruuioaiyj ui i uuta&i,
thought the contention was hardly pre
pared to tote at once on the resolution
an 1 he would move ita reference to the
standing committee on finance, taxation
and tha public debt when appointed.
The motion pretailed.
Mr llodges. of Pulaski, offered tho fol
lSwlng resolution:
Resolved, That a select committee of
five (5) be appointed by the chsir. whose
duty it shall he to prepare a memorial to
congress, asking that the disabilities of
those citizens in the state who hate faith
full; and honestly advocated and assisted
in reconstruction, be removed, and
that said committee be instructed
to receive the names of such citizens, and
to embody the same in their memorial.
Mr Hinds moved to refer the resolu
tion to t.he committee on memorials when
appointed. Tho motion was subsequently
withdrawn, and by a turther motion it was
laid on the table.
Mr Hinds offered the following resolu
tion.
RK.srti^VEP, That each member and of
ficer of tuts convention furnish to the sec
retary a list of papers for which he wishes
to subscribe, and that the secretary sub
scribe for such papers to be paid out of
the moneys that may ba appropriated to
pay the expenses of this convention; pro
vided that no member shall-he allowed
more than ten daily papers, or weekly pa
nprs equivalent to that number of dailies.
AAfpted.
On raotiop' of Mr 11^, of Pulaski,
ijie convelmon adjourned until 10 o'clock
to morrow morning.
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•' THIRD DAV *
The convention was celled to order at
10 o’clook. Prayer waa offered by Mr
Beasley The journal of yesterday was
read, amended and appfcved.
The preaideuW added Messrs Bell and
Gantt to the committee on rules.
Mr. Brooks (radioal) offered the follow
ing: . .
Resolved, That the committee on fi
nance be and is hereby instructed to esti
mate the expenses of this convention, and
to report an ordineuoe for the levy and
collection of the necessary tax to meet
suoh expenditure. Adopted.
Mr. Sims (radical) offered the following:
Resolved, That it is the opinion of
this convention that the tax on raw cotton
should be rein -ved; that it bears heavily
on the laboring classes of this state, at a
time too, when from the almost complete
failure of the crops the very moans of live
lihood of the people would seem to be al
most exhausted; and its continuance can
only have the effect of practically prohib
iting the culture of the atfple during the
present and succeeding years; and that the
secretary be directed to furnish a copy of
this resolution to congress. Adopted.
Mr. Beasley offered the following:
Resolved, lhat the convention me
morialise the oonimindor of this depart
ment to suspend theooliectiou (by law) of
all indebtedness in Arkansas, uutil the 1st
day of January, 1809.
Referred to the committee on public
debt, finance aud taxation.
Mr. Gy pert offered the following:
It’llereah, It is the convention to re
lieve the people of this state, as far as
possible, from the burden of taxation, and
to that end it should pursue a system ot
rigid economy; therefore, be it
RksuLved, 1st, That the offices of sec
ond and third assistant secretaries, second
and third assistant door keepers, second
assistant seargeant-at-arms, and postmastei
of this oonvention, he abolished.
Za lDii inememuersonijf uc lurmwiw
with one of each of the daily newspapers
of this city, instead of ten, as now pre
scribed.
Mr. Brooks moved to lay it on the ta-1
ble.
Mr. Cypert thought the members should ,
not act hastily where an effort was made
to save the people's money There were
more officers now than there was any ne-1
cessity for. While we are petitioning j
congress for aid in support of the poor, we i
were paying salaries to officers whose ser-:
vices were not needed. The county courts 1
are not able hardly to support their poor !
and we should not squauder the people’s
money. He appealed to the members not
to unceremoniously dispose of a resolution
which has for its object to relieve the peo
ple of taxation. *
Mr. Ayle offered as a substitute, that
the resolution be referred to the committee
on finance that it might iuve tigate the j
matter. •
After considerable debate Mr. (.'ypert;
called for the ayes and noes, the motion
to refer prevailed. Ayes, 45, noes, 18'
The President appointed the several j
standing committees.
Mr. Bradley offered the following reso- j
lution:
Resorted, That the services of the
officers embraced in the resolution offered j
by Mr. Cyport, be dispensed with until;
the resolution shall finally be disposed of. t
A motion was made to refer the resolu
tion to the same committee as that to j
which Air. Cypert’s was referred.
Mr. Hicks (conservative.) desired to,
be informed by what authority these offi
ces had been created and under what law
they existed.
_ « v . • r or
l oe preniucin. saiu tuu «|vuvu
cers created the offices, and the incumbent* |
had been selected because the convention
thought it would need their services.
Mr. Bradley said he belonged to no
clique or factionj and although he had
been advertised in the newspapers as be
in* a radical, a member of the great re
publican party, he would say now he rep
resented no party on this floor. lie had
come here as the representative of a con
stituency of several thousand citizens, and
in looking to their interests he iguored
everything like party attachment. Ho
would not participate in any hasty legisla
tion, and would not sandle unnecessary
burden on an impoverished poople.
Mr. Snyder said as the gentleman from
Bradley seemed so solicitous to save money,
lie had taken the paint to make a calcula
tion and foutfd that his speech had cost
the state eighteen dollars which would
buy 360 copies of a daily paper. ITe re
lated an anecdote to show the value of a
newspaper to t family. lie thought the
sad condition of the people of the State
was due to thsir lack of informstion in
times past and which would to s great de
gree be supplied by the circulation of
newspapers.
Mr. Cypert read a portion of the report
of the first day’s proceedings in the Eve
ning Republican and alluded to its mea
gerness and sa& suoh information was of
no benefit to the people. His intention
was to lop off superfluous expenses.
Mr. Hodges- of Pulaski, said he would
take hut a moment of time, and that al
ready sufficient timo had been occupied in
discu^g the matter for which the peo
ple's money will be usod, to go fur toward*
paving the expenses that the gentlemen
•ubjected.to; and tUpk the people would be
satisfied with thdconventioo so fur as its
expenses were concerned, if they would
speedily accomplish the work for which it
is assembled.
Mr. Bradley did not wish to be under
stood as saying all newapapera were cor
rupt, but that 4they were devoted mainly
to promoting party pnrposea instead of
circulating valuable information.
Montgomery laid that there were
Other superfluities here beside the officers
and perhaps they had all better be re
moved at once.
The vote was had and the realution of
Mr Bradley referred: Ayes, 49—.Voes,
11.
Some debate on reports was had after
which, on motion, the convention ad
journed until the regular hour, 10 o'elock,
to- morrow*
FOURTH DAT.
January 10th, 1868.
The convention was opened with
prayer by Mr. Langley. The journal
of yesterday was read, corrected and
approved.
Mf Iloge objected, as his credential!
were not regular, and it was proper
that the member from Benton ahould
be sworn in so at to be allowed a vote
on all questions which may come be
fore the convention.
On motion of Mr. Snyder, the presi
dent was authorized to administer the
oath to members.
Messrs. Reynolds, and Mallory, of
Jefferson, were sworn in.
Mr. Gantt moved to refer Mr. Toney's
credentials to a select committee of
three. Mr. Modges, of Pulaski, moved
as a substitute that they be referred to
the standing committee on elections.
Mr. Duvall thought that according to
the act of congress the commanding
general was alone authorised to deter
miners to the validity of election*, and
ains, he doubted the authority of the
committee on elections or the convcn-1
tion to awarit the seat to any other per
son.
Mr. Brooks thought the convention
was competent to determine in cases Of
contested elections.
Mr. Dale had had a talk with one of
the registrars, who told him Mr. Toney
had been elected by a majority of eight
votes.
Mr. Cypsrt said there was no case be- >
fore the convention. No person had
offered any credentials, and nntil the
person who possessed those credentials
presented them no claims of a contest
ant could be considered. It would bs
anomalous to recognize Mr. Toney's
informal claims by referring them to
the committee on elections.
Mr. Kyle said the convention had no
authority outside of that conferred by
the acts of congress. Although it might
be said that we wers the representa
tives of the people in their highest ca
pacity, yet it was nevertheless a fact
that the body did not exist under and
by virtue of the state constitution, and
its assembling was not sanctioned by
the majority of the people of the state
proper. He looked upon the command
ing general as the sole and ultimate
authority to determine who was elect
ed.
Mr. Wilson (radical,) thought there
was a sufficient precedent in th^action
of Gep. Schodeld, who had referred all
contested cases to the Virginia conven
tion.
Mr. Bradley would “make haste slow
ly.” These was no precedent in the
Virginia case as there was no contest
here; no member hae-presented any
credentials.
Mr. Hicks (conservative,) moved to
indefinitely postpone the subject, and
called for the ayes and noes. The call
was sustained and the vote resulted :
ayes 26; noes 34—all the conservative
members voting among the ayes.' The
substitute was then adopted—ayes 38;
noes 17.
Mr. Cvpret wished to call the atten
tion of the president, with all due de
ference to him, to the fact that Mr.
Bradley, who moved the appointment
of the committee on the penitentiary,
had uot even been named on it. It was
parliamentary usage that he should be
named, and particularly as it was sup
posable that being the mover he had
some particular information on the
subject.
Mr. Bradley desired no distinction in
the way mentioned ; he would be satis
fied with an opportunity to discuss the
reports of committees.
Mr. Gantt (conservative.) said if par
liamentary usage was to be ignored to
gratify private spite, the convention
might as well know it at once.
The president declared the gentle
man out of order, and Mr. Gantt took
his seat. The president said that un
der the rules the authority was given
him to name the members of commit
tees, and he would exercise that right
to suit himself, being responsible for
all errors of judgment.
Mr. McClure, from finance “commit
tee, reported the following ordinance:
lit it ordained by the people of the State of
Arkanea*, in Convention Aeeembled. Thai there
is hereby levied upon the taxable property of
•aid State one half af one per cent, for the
purpose of defraying the expenses incurred
under the provisions of an act of Congress
entitled "an act to provide for the more effi
cient government of the rebel Slates passed
March second, eighteen hundred and aixty
seven," and acts of Congress supplemental
and amendatory thereto, and that the offioem
now provided by law, for the collection of
taxos. shall collect and pny the same into the
treasury of the Slate on or before the first day
of June, eighteen hundred end sixty-eight.
And be it further ordained, That the Auditor
of said Stale is hereby directed to issue his
warrant upon the Treasurer of said Slate, for
such amounts as ths President and Secretary
of the Convention may certify to be due, to
HUj pcrtuu v» - ' ~
tea incurred uuder the provisions of the efore
eeid eel- Upon the receipt of the warrant
eforeeeid, the Treeeurer will ieeue hie Wer
rent payable on the first <ley of June, ene
ihoueend eight hundred end eixty-oight for
the euiount thnt may be due euch pereon er
•ene. All oollectore ef taxes ehell reoeive
the warrent of the treeeurer of aaid Stole,
ieeued >■ eforeeeid, in payment of the tax
levied by thi* ordnance, or for in; texee due
to eeid State. Thet tbe amount to be levied
by tbe provieione of ibis ordneuce shall be
! pieced upon the tax-booke for the year eigh
teen hundred end eixty-eeven. by the olbcert
now designated by lew, end it is hereby made
the duty of the Auditor of State to make the
apportionment among th« different eountien
of the State in proportion to tbe valuation ot
tnxehle property in aaid countiee.
Mr. Hinds moved to refer the ordi
nance to the committee on memorial*
and ordinance*. Mr. McClura object
ed ; he said if every ordinance had to go
through that committee the eitting of
the convention would be long. The
ordinance had been drawn under the
instructions of the convention. Mr.
Hinda withdrew hi* motion, atatlnf he
thought the ordinance had been offered
individually Mr. Cypert moved to make
the consideration of the ordinance the
special order for Monday next, and
that the ordinance be printed.
Mr. Hodge* (radical) of Pulaski, said
the demand for money wee urgent.
The secretary on hia own reapoualbili
ty had supplied the desk* of members,
and his credit was about exhausted.
He wanted the ordinance considered at
an early day, as money mutt be forth
coming. Mr. Brooks said he thought
ell could wait.
Mr. McClure said that a tax of one
' percent, had been levied in 1S66, and
! in 67 of one-half per sent., and that
there was now only $60,000 in money
in the state treasury and $25,000 was
being paid out quarterly to iqpot tho
expenses of the state government.
* v Iinu VCOH wawivirv Vi »||* w««»v
fund* invested in 10.40 bond* which
were on deposit with the secretary of
the treasury. What funds were now
in the treasury wonld be paid out in
nine months for the expenses of th“
state. From the auditor’s books he e
timated the entire taxable property
the state at $43,000,000 and a tax of one
half per cent would yield $215,000. He
was satisfied that it ■was out of the
power of the convention to take a cent
out of the treasury.
Mr. Cypert only asked time to In
vestigate the matter more thoroughly,
and it could not be done before Mon
day.
The motion to postpone and print
prevailed.
Mr. Hutchinson (radical) offered the
following:
R'tolved, That no member be allowed to
occupy the floor to exceed twenty minutes at
any ona time, except by eoneent o^UM-lhird*
of the members present. ^B
Mr. Cypert said he was Wot long
winded himself and did not think lie
would ever desire to speak over twenty
►thcr members he thought
t more time, and subjects
cussed to which justice
done in that length of
Mr. Montgomery (radical,) would
Tote against it because he wanted aome
of the members to “blow off ’ early in
the sessiou. *
Mr. Bridley did not desire to be put,
as it were, in a straight-jacket ;«nd al
though he thought it improbable that
he would ever desire to speak over
twenty minutes, yet he did not want to
be cut short. He wanted every thing
he and others introduced sifted thor
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ed through in packages, as it were.
Every man was making a record for
himself here; he and his posterity must
shonlder the responsibility of his acts
and he would not therefore act hastily.
He and his couldjnot pack up and leave
Arkansas at a moments notice; they
were harnassed to the soil. He was
not a partizan, but was acting for his
constituency and the people of Arkan
sas and he would make haste slowly.
Mr. Hodges, oi Pulaski, rather favor
ed the resolution. He thought if mem
bers were making sensible speeches the
convention would not hesitate to
lengthen the time.
Mr. Smith moved to table the reso
lution. Carried.
Mr. SarUer introduced the following,
which was adopted:
Resolved, That the president of this
convention appoint two additional
members on the committee on appor
tionment. Adopted.
Mr. Smith (radical) offered a resolu
tion to appoints committee of three to
wait upon Gov. Murphy and General
Smith and invite them to seats within
the bar of the convention. Adopted,
and Messrs. Smith, Bradley and Coats
were named the cemmittee, and retired
on their mission.
Mr. Brooks moved to adjourn. There
was a tie on a division and the presi
dent voted in the negative.
Alter the order of business was pro
ceeded with, and nothing further being
introduced, Mr. Gantt moved to ad
journ, which motion prevailed.
-The Tine Bluff Dispatch of the 4th inst.
•ays:
“We know of no contracts for laborers for
tha current year haring been made yet. This
time last year, labor, labor, was the word;
now it is not so. Then enough help oould
not be secured; now but few need what little
is being offered, and rery little that is relia
ble is en the market.
-Tbs MeatissU* Guardian, of tbe 1th
iost. lays:
In consequence of the failure in oropo, and
the depression of the market, our farmer* are
backward in making ooutraota with freed men.
• A burnt child dread* the fire’' io an aphorism
ouitod to the time*, and believing that thia
reticence bodeo no good to the freed people,
we would advise them to make early contracts
on any terms they can, otherwise suffering
and want will be their portion.
_A meeting of tbe Republicans of Mar
shall, Texas, on the 3I»t alt., wss broken up
by a mob. Judge Caldwell, tbe speaker, waa
gred at several times. He sought protection
at poet headquarters, and the disturbers were
arrested by the military, but afterwards, by
order *f Can. Hancock, turned ever to the
qivil authorities, who released them on bail.
_A Richmond special on the 9th, to the
Hrrtid cays Hunnieutt created quite an ex
citement la the eenveatioa, the day previoue.
by calling Henry A. Wise and R- M. T. Hun
ter traitors. The latter, being present, called
HunnieuU a liar, and Mr. Leggett endorsed
Hunter. After considerable e*afusion, dur
ing which pistol* wsr* shot, th* whole enb
jest was referred to * committee. Much feel
ing sxieta.
-A man who had filed n petition for
divorce was informed by his sonnssl that
his wife had filed a “orose-petition,” as the
lawyers called it. “A cross petition!” *x
eiaimsd the hasbsod. “that'sJtart Hke her.
She never did n good nattutd thing ia her
life-”
-Gen. Lougstrcst waa arreated at
Nashville on Friday last whils os his way
to Washington, on an old indictment for
treason. On account of a law in the
warrant, bis name not having been writ
ten properly, the General got aboard the
train and was off before the warrant oonld
be amended.
Killed.—As tba wife of Mr. J. B.
Bxilsy, of Van Baren county, was chop
ping some wood on* day hist weak, aba
| mao* a misliek with tba axe, tripped up
and fell backwards on a knotty stick of
! wood, killing har almost instantly.
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