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OF. S ARC, ARKANSAS:
Tuesday Morning, Oct. 6, IS«8.
The CITIZEN la NOT the Dili
rial Organ or (lie Kadlrol Paris.
It In not the Recipient ol FORCED
Patronage; but relies on Its onn
Merits and on a Discriminating
PIHI.K. Tor success.
National Drniorrnflr Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Horatio I.SoyjKour,
or MV KIRK.
TOR VICE PRESIDENT,
Francis I*. Hlair, Jr.,
or MISSOVIU.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
FOR THE VT ATE AT LAKOR :
ROBERT S. GANTT, of Pnlavki.
JOUN R. FELLOWS if Ouachita.
FIRST district:
W. W. DRUMMOND, of ArkaniA*.
RECORD district :
A. B. WILLIAMS, of Uempitnad.
THIRD district:
J. E. CRAVENS, of Joliunon.
For Congrea*.
OflAS. S. "CAMERON,
OP CROPS COCNTT.
NEVER GROW WEARY.
For nearly two weeks there has been
an almost perfect calm in politics.
Everybody seems to have paused, that
they may become spectators, or rattier
watch the.action of those great States
that arc to hold their elections on the
13tli of this month, with the thought
of tracing the final issue from their re
sults. There is no doubt but their ac
tion will exert a great, influence with a
vast number of the northern people,
but it should have nothing to do with
the duty we have to perform. It can
have no influence here, except to dis
pirit in case of defeat where we look
for victory. This defeat we have no
reasonable grounds to suppose ; but, in
such an event, wo should still labor as
earnestly in the canse, even though we
knew the final Issue should go ngaiust
us, for we should put ourselves upon a
record that we could be proud of in
after days. Now is the time, not only
to he vigilant and watchful, lest wc be
come supine and careless after so much
enthusiasm: but to work constantly
and laboriously in making preparation
and arranging the detail of duties for
the hour of contest. There is no time
to be wasted, for there is a work for
every day between now and the elec
tion.
In regard ^to registration we fear
numbers have had their fears of.not
being allowed to qualify and vote
lulled by the registrar giving them
certificates of registration. Everyone
who was very closely questioned, or
has any doubt of Ids caso, should go to
work at once to prove his right and not
tease until be lias brought everything
to hear, that will reach the case. While
the board of revision is in session, our
people should attend in numbers, and
see that nothing is done contrary to
the law, and that every act be public
sad known to all the people. We will
not get a fair registration unless we
use all tiie means at our command to
procure it. This matter is entirely in
partisan hands, and we know by past
experience that they have no scruples
when there is any advantage to be had.
They will eliminate name after name
if there is no protest oficred, and proof
ready to prevent it. Get all the proofs
and certificates required and he ready
to assert your right—then they dare
not refuse to do you justice.
Besides tlds kind of work, which is
Individual, there are duties for clubs as
organized bodies, to perform. They
should know their strength, and the
strength of the enemy; employ some
of tlioir most nctivc and efficient mem
bers as canvassers, and appoint some
orgRuizaiHHi 10 wurn UII me uuj ui
election. Constant ami unremitting
effort judiciously applied never fail to
accomplish tho ends sought, and If we
will not grow weary, but work to-day,
work to-morrow, and work every day
until the last hour, we may confident
ly expect to be rewarded for our la
bors by u glorious victory.
85?* The postal service is being con
tracted in Arkansas. Fewer malls and
more soldiers would appear to be the
pressing want just now in severdl-parts
of the South.—Jf. V. Tribune
This very qulntesceuee of hatred
with which the Radical party hate the
people of the South will crop out occa
sionally in spite of the well dissembled
cry of • Let us have peace.” This is
the peace we may expect if the people
of the north sustain the policy of the
Radical puny iu the coming election.
Then we will have imported carpet
baggers to value and assess our prop
erty, no mail facitilics, no protection,
except some musketry to drown the
murmurings of discontent at the flagi
tious w longs heaped upon us. They
would place an iron mace in (lie bauds
of a cold and cruel nature and gloat
over tho tyranny of his rule of our
people. lint tyranny uud injustice
cannot always triumph, uud hateful
tyrants, sooner or later, must receive
that punishment which they merit.
B©“ Mr. Stephen L. Crosby, a rail
road surveyor of Manchester, N. IL,
has written home from Peru where be
has been surveying a railroad in pro
gress. lie was a mile and a half from
the Ocean ; and four miles of embank
ment parallel wiih the sea shore had
just been finished, but the earthquake
shook it all away, so that not a vesluge
is left of it. The great wave caiue up
so near the camp of the railroad ineu
that they, with five hundred people,
fled to tbs hills, and there spent a dis
mal uight. A little town about three
miles from their camp was obliterated,
gud five hundred people thers were
drowned.
ftJK'amj'JL J-L_HJLil_Ll.LI'Jggg
Our Political revolution and the ex
citement consequent upon anfactive
campaign necessarily involve, to a
greater or less degree, every individu
al who considers himself interested in
the aflairs of government. Consc
queutly the question is often asked,
, yet seldom answered. What are the
chances for the defent of Radicalism,
and what will be the consequences if
it is defeated? Just now, when Radi
cal wrath and|desperation have reached
its topmost hight, it is a matter of
prime importance that this question
should he fairly answered. As guar
dians of the people’s interests it is due
them wc should tell the truth; as sen
tries for the people we ought to make
honest reports and warn only of real
danger. Candidly, then, in a very few
words, we answer that the chances for
the defeat of Radicalism are very flat
tering; but in order that this party
may be defeated vigilance is and will
be required. No more can we defeat
Radicalism by inactivity and indolence
than we can by failing to vote. The
chances for the success of principle in
the coming contest is with every one
an individual matter. If wrery one;
does his duty we surely will triumph;
if too many fail then the consequences
of defeat will be, in our judgment,
more severe than by many are imagin
ed. If we succeed, and they are de
feated, the consequences will he not as ]
some imagine and the Hadicals them- j
selves teach—war, turmoil, strife and
civil commotion; hut a peaceful ad
ministration of the government under i
the auspices of a party supported by
public opinion, against which no radi
cal will dare, to murtuer but in secret.
Let every timid citiiten quiet Ins fears
produced by these incendiary teachers,
and let the rabid bush every expres
sion of endorsement of wrong or vio
lence and let ns all by our votes end
our influence bring about tbc election
of onr ticket and thereby defeat radi
calism and secure to our country a
peace in which all men will have con
fidence.
CiUEHOK.
McCullough's Letter.
Judge Perblas’ cemmsali
that Letter.
The following letters sufficiently ex
plain themselves, and comment is
hardly necessary. The style and tone
of McCullough’s letter were enough to
condemn St in nil unprejudiced minds,
without the refutation made by Judge
Perkins in the columns of the Memphis
Bulletin. It seems that a man of never
so pure a character can come before
the people for au office without some
partisan being found mean enough to
attempt to traduce his fame and char
acter at the cost of all truth and hon
esty :
McCuxloughs’ Letter.
Big Bottom, I*i)ir*sD*RCi Co.. Abk , 1
September 6th, 18t>8. /
Editor Baletviilc Republican:
Dear Sir—I have just discovered
and met with, in one of the most dis
tinguished persons in the State, an old
acquaintance and fellow soldier. Von
may almost doubt my statement, but it
is a fact that as 1 am, I still was, but a
few years since, actually the aeqvtnint
ance of the distinguished person going
about our State under the name of Col.
Cameron, and now the Democratic can
didate for Congress in this district.
And knowing that lie is a comparative
stranger here, I take great pleasure is
giving to the public the following
sketch of Ills history acquired by me
in u campaign of nearly one year in the
same regiment together, on duty at
Helena and other points in Arkansas
during the late war. As yon know I
was attached to the corps of Guides
and Scouts of the Federal army, serv
ing mostly in Arkansas and at Vicks
burg. In’this capacity I was ordered
to join the Cav. Beg. $th Illinois Vol
unteers, then stationed at Paraquite
BlntT. I soon became acquainted with
all its officers, as follows : Col. Alb'tl*.
Bracket, in command of the regiment :
Lieut. Col. Bickles, Major Wallace,
Adj't Stevenson, Capt.Bluckiuore, Capt.
Burge, Capt. Knight, Perkins and
Buell, all on duty at their several po
sitions in the re’gimcnt, and also 1st
Lieutenant Charles Cameron, in charge
of Company K., in said regiment. By
some cause this Lieutenant was pro
moted but not commissioned, Captain
of the Company, and so continued un
til court martialed and dismissed from
the service by special order Bo. 508
front the War Department, dated Dec.
81st 18(13. For nearly one year before
l.io rlicifilcQuI 1 wilts cnn>tiuit!v Oil liillt’
with the Uth Cavalry as above stated ;
and the last fight iu which Cameron's
Company figured, took place ou the
Waddle farm, in Jackson county, and
in which Cameron fell off his hors*' aud
after running for hall' a mile holding
to the stirrup of a horseman. was at
last carried off' behind sergeant Clark,
of Company K.
Lieutenant or “Captain Charles Cam
eron,” as he was commonly called by
us in the regiment, belonged to Cout
pauv K., raised in the city of Chicago,
Oct.' “Bth, 1861, and then was commis
sioned 1st lieutenant of the Company.
The members of Compauy K. thrown
together soon became acquainted and
intimate; und they then found that
their Lieutenant was known about the
streets of Chicago and to the police of
the city as n dissipated and abandoned
character; an inmate of, and a “pimp”
for one of the lowest houses of prosti
tution iu the city, and the female he
brought to the command at Helena as
his wife, was said to belong to the
house referred to. Certain it is that
the unusual attractions of the lady in
question pleased the eyes and fired the
hearts of too many persons belonging
to our command. But Charley Cam
eron if he had his frailties aud if he
had a bad character in his company,
was strictly a temperance man, and to
his credit, 1 wish to state that he was
so fond of water that 1 have known
him in sight of the whole town of
Helena to lay iu a gutter apparently
insensible, and no doubt happy, while
the rain poured from the skies, and
the water in the gutter swelling and
threatening to sweep our temperate
and gallant officer into the Mississippi
river. Aud now that our Lieutenant
lias been taken bv the intelligent and
refined rebels of Arkansas and promo
ted to the rank of Colonel, and is their i
gallant leader and candidate in tho
coming election, 1 cannot forbear lend
ing my bumble assistance to help his
election, aud to lay before the people
of my Btate the brilliant record ot the
past life of Charles S. Cameron. And
of its truth and correctness, the accom
pany certificate of the Ass’t Adj’t Gen
! eral of the avmy, [omited] and the po
! lice of the city of Chicago, Illinois, anil
I Col. Albert Brackett, Maj. Wallace
t'apHi’e Knight, Blskrmosr, Burge and
Perkins, all officers in the regiment in
which Cameron servsd until he was
dismissed from the service, can nt any
time attest to nny person who will take
tho pains to apply to them.
Wm. MoCclLoCGH, P. M.
JUDGE rr.KKItJ.S RKPLT.
To the Editor of the Bulletin:
My attention has been eallcd to a
letter written by Win. McCullough, to
the editor of the Batesville Republican,
and copied into your paper of the 22d
inst.,with editorial comments, in which
letter my name (among others) is re
ferred to to establish the truth of the
statements therein contained.
I deem it my duty to submit this re
ply to that communication.
1st. Mr. McCullough is mistaken as
to the rauk Mr. Cameron held in the
army. He, (Cameron.) was commiss
ioned captain of “company K, 9th Illi
nois cavalry,” long before the regiment
left Camp Dougluss, Chicago, Illinois.
2d. It is true that ('apt. Cameron,
(with several other officers of the cav
alry division,) was ordered before a
military commission. Mr. McCullough
refers with positiveness to an order
purporting to he issued from the war
department, being “special order No.
508, dated Dec 31, 1868,” dismissing
him, (Cameron,! from the service.”
No such order, as I am informed, was
received at the regimental headquar
ters ; on the contrary, 1 am reliably in
formed, and believe the fact to be, ttiat
before the finding of the commission
was received at Washington, Cameron’s
resignation, which long before the con
vening of the commission had been for
warded to the war departraeut, had
been accepted, and he was honorably
discliarged the service, and that Came
ron lias the evidence of this fact in his
possession.
3d, The skirmish nt Waddle farm.
Arkansas, has almost passed from my
memory ; my best recollection is, that
Captain Cameron's company was am
bushed. or iu the army parlance of that
day, “hushwhacked.” That Cameron
was unhorsed, and his company fell
U. •nnaiilAsahla Ann Ami ah nlinlif i
half a mile, when he succeeded in rallyJ
ing his command, and as I was iiifortMJ
ed by his men, behaved himself wif^
great gallantry; certain it is. that lie
was afterwards complimented in a
general order by hiB regimental com
mander, for bis coudut in this affair.
4tli, It was not true that Mr. Came
ron “was known about the streets of
Chicago, and to the police of the city
as a dissipated and abandoned char
acter. and au inmate of, and a pimp for
one of the lowest houses of prostitu
tion in the city.” Mr. Cameron, was
alway srcspected in Chicago for his
ability in his profession, and his suc
cess in its practice. At times his habits
were unfortunate ; but in that, lie was
not an exception by any means to a
great many eminent members of the
Chicago bar. Mr. McCullough is also
mistaken in his assertion that he (Came
ron) brought with him to Helena s
female who had been an inmate of a
house of prostitution. The lady refer
red to, was and is, Captain Cameron's
lawfully wedded wife, and among the
officers who had the pleasure of her
acquaintance, she was always spoken
of with respect and kindness.
5th. Mr. McCullough says, that “I
(Mr. McCullough) have known him, in
sight of the whole town of Helena, to
lay in a gutter, apparently insensible,"
etc. I can simply say as to this, that I
never did see him in such a condition,
and that I never beard of it before.
So far as my observation went, Cap
tain Cameron's habits would compare
favorably with a large proportion of
the officers in the command at Helena.
There were many very demoralizing
influences surrounding the command
at Helena, well understood by every
soldier whose misfortune it was to be
stationed there. And it is not sur
prising that many high in rank should
have succumbed to them. A nd. indeed,
1 may add that some of these influences,
especially the ardent spirits, reached to
the headquarters of the department oil
this side of the river, nuder the very
flag of the commanding general. Any
one at all conversant with the facts
must “Chart’ this to be true.
It will be seen by what 1 have here
written that J have confined myself to
such subjects only as 1 was called upon
by the letter of MoCullough to reply
to, or not doing, so, seem to join with
him in his accusation of Mr. Cameron.
As to all other matters alluded to, 1
shall leave them to Mr. Cameron to
answer—not doubting that he is fully
able aud willing to vindicate his honor
and standing in the proper way and at
the proper time.
Very respectfllv
Your obedient servant.
M AKLARli l’ERRINS.
Kroui the Louisville Journal. J
Uca. Thou. 1. Hindman.
A brief dispatch which appears in
our telegraphic columns this morning
announces the death of this distinguish
ed Confederate General, by assassina
tion, at his home in Helena. Arkansas,
on the night of the 27th instant. The
supposed assassin, a man named Rob
bins, from Springfield, Mo., said to
have served under General Hindman
during the late war, was arrested at
Memphis yesterday,and though strong
ly protesting Ins innocence, was sent
back to Helena.
General Hindman was a tiativo of
Tennessee, and in the fiftieth year of
his age. He began his military career,
which from time to time was marked
with no little brilliancy, in the Mexi
can war, serving as a Second Lieu
tenant of Mississippi volunteers. Al
ter the close of Hint war, General Hind
man settled in Arkansas, where he sub
sequently gained a prominent position
among the leading public men of that
Slate, lie was a Representative from
Arkansas in ttie Thirty-sixth Congress,
and was reelected to tho Thirty-seventh.
At the breaking out of the late war, be
was among the first to buckle oil his
armor in the service of his adopted
State, his military prestige and his
position procuring for him at once the
commission of a Brigadier-General.
Subsequently he was commissioned as
a Major-General, which rank lie held
at tho cessation of hostilities.
General Hindman was a dashing,
fearless soldier, and, though fretting at
times towards the close of the war at
the control of those of liis superiors
whom he suspected of lack of military
skill, was never found wanting when
called upon to perform his part in the
unequal struggle in which the army of
Tennessee was so long engaged. It is
impossible at the late hour at which wc
write to give anything more than this
brief resume of the life and public ser
vices of General Hindman. .Nor have
we the heart, were the data all at baud,
to write more, so shocked arc wc now
at the cruel telegram which lies before
us, telling of the death, by the hand of
a cowardly assassin, of this brave sol
dier, sitting quietly in his home with
his wife near his si(\e and his children
all about him. It is hard to think that
a man that lias borne the brunt of a hun
dred battles should be shutdown when
not dreaming of danger of any kind.
But it is all too true, aud this is the
peace which is vouchsafed to usi
ftSTlt is understood that Lieutenant
General Sherman has determined to issue
arms and ammunition to citiicus along tho
Indian frontier for protection against
further depredation* bv the savages
For tht Citizen.]
IMMICiRATIOI.
Nothing nids so much in developing .
the resources of a country as a thrifty,
industrious and intelligent immigra
tion ; and there is nothing we so much
need at present as such an immigration
into our State. We want farmers, me
chanics, artists and machinists. We
have all the natural elements of strength
wealth and prosperity scattered broad
cast by the profuse and bountiful hand
of nature; we have an abundance of
rich and productive soil—the rich allu
vial loam of the bottom lauds or adja
cent to the rivers and streams; we
have the level uplands or prairie lands,
fine for the raising of every species of
grain and stock of every kind ; we have
the highlands, interspersed with hills
and mountains, densely wooded, with
springs, rills and brooks gushing and
bubbling, leaping and sparkling in the
sunlight of day ns onward they move
over vast beds of coal and minerals of |
different, kinds; we have boundless
forests of all varieties of timber suita
ble for any kind of building purposes.
Now for the successful development of
these resources we need two things—
capital and operatives—but more im
mediately the operatives or laborers,
and these we can have if we will but
use the proper exertions. Iu the first
place laud is cheap, almost nominal in
many portions of the State, ranging
from 75 cents to $3 per acre for unim
proved lands, and from $3 to 115 for
improved lands, according to quality
and improvements. This year the far
mers have been unusually remunerated
with corn, cotton, wheat, oats, and
other productions, rendering this fall
far more inviting to the immigrant
than any season for years past. The
jsale of the present crop will relieve
i|he people from debt and place them
Tn an easy condition for future opera
tions. It is true the influences of po
litical anxiety and excitement are be
ing felt in some portions of the coun
try adversely to the true interests of
the people, hut this in a very short
time will have blown over; meantime,
if tlie farmers and mechanics would
pay less attention to politicians and
office seekers than they have hereto
fore, it would redound greatly to their
interest. it does seem strange, if
aught in the imperfections of human
reason can seem strange, that the peo
ple will suffer themselves to be carried
away by such unwarrantable influen
ces, since they have scon the loveliest
country on earth cursed and blighted
by the infectious touch and unhallow
ed footprints of civil war, the result of
political faction and discord. It is
time wc had turned away from such
folly and madness, and apply ourselves
to the arts of peace and prosperity,
and prove ourselves what wc ought to
bo. patriots in the true acceptation of
that term—builders up and not destroy
ers of so lovely a country as this of
ours. Confidence established, civil
law and order restored, the shrines ol
peace erected, the temples of Mars
closed, thin would immigration like a
mighty stream flow in upon our rich,
fertile and lovely country : and Arkan
sas, in a few years, would become tin
greatest State in all the west. Then
let us study this subject as thoughtful,
practical men, and having studied it
let us practice it in the true spirit of
men resolved to build tip rather than
tear down. X.
ii 4*0.1 it:.
Orrics or tub Granii Secrrtaht, 1
l.iitle ltock, Ark., Sept. 1, 1808 J
The Annual Assembly of the Grand
Council of Iloval and Select Masters ol
Arkansas, wili be held in this city, at
10 o'clock a. m., on Saturday, October
31st, 1808.
The Annual Convention of theGrand
Royal Arch Chapter of Arkansas, will
be heliUin this city, at 10 o’clock a. in.,
on Thursday, October 20th, 1808.
The Annual Communication of the
Grand Lodge of Arkansas, will be held
in this city oil Monday, November 2,
1808.
Returns of Subordinate Con utils,
Chapters and Lodges w ill be made up
to the 1st of October and forwarded as
early after that time as practicable.
The necessary blauks have been sent to
each Secretary and Recorder.
It is earnesily enjoined that there be
a full representation at the coming As
semblies.
Delegates will report at the office of
the Grand Secretary immediately upon
their arrival iu the city.
IVm. I). Rlocher,
Grand Secretary.
Newspapers throughout the State,
friendly to the cause, will please pub
lish the above notice.
Mon Law in Kansas.—The Kansas
City Times of the 29th eoutains the follow
ing account of the uction of u mob iu
"loyal A'ansas,” on the night of the 12st
inst., A'ansas ought to be regarded as a
very good State to emigrate to Y\ hat
with draught, grasshoppers, horse thieves,
robbers and mobs, that State is about the
next thing to the happy land of Canaan
This is what the lust mob is said to have
duue:
Last Monday night, near Mound City,
A'ansas, a drove of cattle numbering about
fifty head was deliberately butchered by a
mob of two hundred men. We did not
learn the name of the owner of these cat
tle, but he assured our informant that
every steer in the lot was from Soulheru
A'ansas and that there was not a Texas
steer among them The mob surrounded
his herd, took the herdsmen prisouers, and
then commenced a scene of wantou and 1
indiscriminate massacre upon the poor I
brutes. After all was over the herdsmen ’
were released and the mob dispersed.
General Rousseau.—This gentleman !
has been very favorably received by j
the people oi' New Orleans. He has
been the recipient ofn good deal of!
attention, and has had a Democratic
club named after him. The New Or- j
leans Picayune of the 25th says :
At twelve o’clock last evening the
Rousseau Guards called at the residence i
of Gen. Rousseau, oil Appollo street,
and presented their respects. Upon
being called out, the General said :
“Gentleman of the Rousseau Guards :!
I thank you for the honor yon have
conferred upon me in the uamintr of j
your line ciub, and in calling upon me I
this evening. I should be glad to ad
dress you at length, but 1 have for the
most part ceased making political ;
speeches, deeming it inconsistent with
my position as nil officer of the army ;
hut of you I shall make an exception,
and on some future occasion 1 shall be
happy to visit you at your hall, and ad
dress you more at lenght than I can do
at this late hour. With thanks for
your kind wishes, I therefore bid you 1
good night.”
Jobs T. IloOmnn
Who will be elected Governor of
New York by about 100,000 majority,
opened the State canvass at Buffalo the
other day in a magnificent speech. lie
closed with the following powerful i
blow at Grant and the ltadical party,1
and with the relation of a striking in
cident which will be read with in
terest :
1 go further than that. I will say in
regard to General Grant, that the na
tion lias placed three stars upon his
shoulder, and I would be the last man
to say that they ought not to have been ]
placed there. 1 would not take one of i
them off. I would let him wear them !
as lie has earned them. But I would |
not, by my voice or vote, sustain tlft
policy of the party which puts him in
nomination, which, while it leaves the
stars on his shouldors, takes them off,
the flag of the country. (Tremendous
cheering.) They 6tand emblazoned
upon that glorious old flag, each star
the representative of a sovereign, inde
pendent, and equal State, and the man
who would make one of them repre
sent anything else, would just ns read
ily take a star from the shoulder of a
general. But we want no military
(’resident, let his virtues and bravery
be ever so great. The country wants
n statesman. (Great cheering.) The
day of the sword is past. Time is come
to lav it aside. A little incident oc
curred at the national Convention as
sembled in the great city of New York,
which was at once an omen and a
warning. That grand hall where the
Convention met was full of patriotic
men. Upon its walls wore posted the
shields of the whole thirty-seven
States, and around every shield was
the American flag. Upon the platform
stood two bronze statues of noble sol
diers, one leaning upon a great bronze
sword. The Convention had been in
session for several days. Ballot after
ballot had taken place." First one was
up, then another, and presently a gal
lant general, whose name has never
anywhere been mentioned but with
respect—( menu Hancock. [I.oud
olmoiv 1 Vn man trliuMtoi' nn (lift
next ballot be was or was not to be
chosen. Everything was uncertain,
when, suddenly, the great bronze sword
in the statue’s hand snapped asunder
at the hilt. It was not touched by
mortal hand. No human agency broke
it. Some mysterious, invisible, and ir
resistible power snapped it at the hilt,
and the word went forth that the coun
try was to have hereafter a statesman
and not ft soldier for its leader. [Tre-1
mentions cheering.] My friends, the j
people throughout the great State of
New York and Ohio and Pennsylva
nia, and throughout the nation, are
being stirred, not by any human agen
cy. not by any word of public speakers
in public assemblages, but there is a
power ns mysterious, as unseen, as ir
resistible as that which broke the
sword, which is moving upon the
ni is.es of the people, and which will
elevate to the chair of state that excel
lent citizen, Christian gentleman, and
noble statesman Horatio Seymour.
[Immense cheering.]
The Surratt l ast.
On Thursday Inst the trial of John
II. Surratt finally terminated, and re
sulted in his discharge. The Announce
ment has gone over the country, reviv
ing in the minds of the American peo
ple the recollection of one of the most
dark and vindictive persecutions that
ever disgraced the annals of any nation.
We envy not that man who cun recall
the infamous proceedings that led to
the official murder of Surratt’s mother
—an amiable and venerable Christian
lady, whose innocence needed not the
confirmation given by the failure to
convict her son—without feeling hi.
cheek mantle with the bltish of shame
for the disgraceful attitude in which
his country was placed, and his soul j
recoil with horror and disgust at the j
very thought of the men engaged in so !
hateful a conspiracy. While the re- |
cords of the Surratt trials stand, the '
names of Stanton, Holt and their co-1
workers will be the synonyms for in-1
fain v.
After the most strenuous efforts on
the part of his persecutors lo procure
conviction—for well they knew the in
creased odium in which ids judicial
acquittal would place them—Surratt
has been formally discharged. Had
Stanton, Holt, and other Radical lead
ers been able to get the case before a
military commission, they could have
procured his conviction as his mother's
was procured. Well was it for him,
therefore, and for the cause of justice
that, after being pursued over a great
part of tbe globe and captured at an
immense expense to the government,
reason and law had sufficiently resum
ed their sway to insure him a fair judi
cial investigation.—Louisville Courier,
Sept. JUth.
Mikdbk in Fulton C’ountt.—We
learn that C’apt. Mason was murdered
hv some unknown persons, while pass
ing along the road somewhere in Ful
ton county, on Saturday last. It ap
pears that Capt. Mason, in company
with five or six men. was riding along
the road, when suddenly three or four
guns were tired by persons in ambush,
two halls striking Mason, killing him
instantly, and another ball passiug
rnrougii me clomps oi anotner 01 me
parly. None of the men with ('apt.
Mason saw any of the party who fired.
Mason was a man of bad character,
and was accused of several murders.—
He was probably killed by parlies who
entertained feelings of revenge for
some of his past acts, and who took
advantage of the unsettled condition
of atlairs to kill him, hoping that it
might be attributed to political ani
mosity. and thus shield themselves,
lie was president ot the hoard of reg
istration in Fulton county, and wo
have no doubt the liadical press and
party will attribute his death to politi
cal causes, and endeavor to make po
litical capital out of the matter.—N. A.
Times.
DIED.
At her residence, three miles south of Pes
Arc on the Jilt aftet s short tint painful ill
ness, Mrs. Mauiua K wife of William Itu
cttANAK in the 84th year of her age.
The deceased was an aeoeptable member of
the Paptud Church was a devoted Christian,
an affectionate and devotod wife and mother, |
an obliging neighbour, and her loee will be j
deeply felt by all who knew her. *
In this city on (lie 2d inst., Mitchf.i. j
Mizell, aged 27 years.
Nashville and Clarksville Tennessee
papers please copy.
in this city on the 2d inst., Mrs.
Emily Underwood, aged 53 years.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
I F. \V Alii 11 W \ N NF. & CO., J
|
Commission Merchants,
—AND—
Wholesale tud Ketnil Dealers in
B imm SimiIAttl)tS8,
DES ARC, AVK
oct6tf
Fresh Arrival
OF
NEW GOODS!
-AT—
MOMS, GILL & CO'S,
ALL KINDS OF
STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS
BOOTS AND SHOES. H ATS,
CArS, ETC.
A very large and complete stock of
Groceries?
In fact everything yon can name it
that line of business.
PRICES UNCOMMONLY LOW FOI
THE CASH.
REGISTRATION
Notice !s Hereby Giron,
That I will attend at (he various Preeinots ir
the Count of Prairi*, from nine o'clock ir
the morning until five o’ohwk in thievening
on the following -1 e< :
White Hirer l’reeinct, ou tb<* 7th, 8th am
9th of September.
Pigeon Konst Precinct, on the 12th. 1 4tl
and lbth of September.
Caroline Precinct, ou the 18th, 19th auc
2lst of September.
Centro Prccint, on the 24th and 25th o
September.
Prairie Precinct, ou tho 28th, 29th am
30th of September.
Clear Lake Precinct, on tho 3rd aud 5th o
October.
Kick Wood’r Precinct, on the 7th and 8*1
of October.
Hamilton Precinct, ou the ItUh of October
I.aGrow Precinct, *n the 12th of October
Wattontas Precinct, on the 15th, 16th an(
17th of October
For the purpose of Registering the lega
voters according to law.
T. M. GIIJSOX,
President Board of Registration
eepii 1m for Prairie County. Ark A
SALE OF LAND
Year Austin. Prairie Counly.
ICrOTICE IS HKUERY GIVEN. That oi
Saturday the 3d day of October. 1838. i
large and valuable lot of lands belonging ti
the Estate of John 11. Chism, deceased, lyinj
adjacent to and around the town of Austin
will be offered for sale for cash by the un
dersignod. Any one desiring a homo in i
healthy locality, g .<>•! schools, churches am
line water will do well to attend said sale
September 7th. 1>* >*.
NAME I. CHISM. Administratrix
of the estate of John H. Chism
lt-no27. _
Executors Salt oM.*ud .'Yenr Det
Arc, ArliiiUHita.
Notice is hkkedy given rimt oi
Saturday the .Id day of October, 1868,
shall offer for *ulr at Pea \rc tho hand* be
longing to the (‘state of M P. Vance, do
ceased. Terras made known on day of Bale
September 7th. 1838.
JOHN M. PERRY. Executor
of M I>. Vance, deceased
1C__ _ _
Regular White River and Now Or
leans Packet,
ST. MARYS;
J. C. SWEENEY, Master
*_-'TTaL-n Tho St. Marys will rui
JSssSSsnabL regularly in the White rive:
and New Orleans trade, during tho season
leaving New Orleans and J&cksouport on al
ternate Thursdays, commencing on 17th o
September, 1868. All orders and businesi
entrusted to boat will be attended to will
dispatch. _aug2o
Freight and Passage Card Rate of th(
Memphis ami White ltiver
INDEPENDENT PACKET,
1)ES ARC,
Leaving Memphis Every Thursday
Commencing September 3.
ROM Memphis to Helena, Delta, Friar'i
’ Point and all way Landings and moult
White river, per 100 pounds. 26c; dry bar
rcls. 5Uc; salt barrels, GOc; pork, 76c; wbis
ky, $1; molasses, $1; corn, oats aud bran
25 c.
From Memphis to Indian Bay and all Waj
Landings, to Des Arc, Augusta, West Point
and Searcy, per 100 pounds, 40c; dry barrels
GOc; salt barrels, 75c; pork, $1; whisky, $1
25; molasses, $1 60; corn, oats and bran, 30c
From Memphis to Jacksonport, per HX
pounds. 50c: dry barrels, 75s; salt barrels, $1
pork, $1 26; whisky, $1 76; molasses, $1 75
corn, oats and bran. 40c.
Passage from Memphis to I’rairie Landing
Indiau Bay, St. Charles, Crockett's Bluff.
Mount Adams, Casco and Clarendon. $8
Little Rock. $15. Des Arc. $12; West Point
Searcy and Augusta. $13; Jacksonport, $15
Cotton to Memphis, $1 50 per bale.
JOHN I). ELLIOTT, Master.
LARRY HAHMSTAD & CO., Agents, Slat
Wharfboat, foot of Jefferson street, Memphis,
•epl
Peoples’ Hotel,
DEVALL'S BLUFF, ABE.
S. A. LEVY, 6. J. PEOPLES,
Clerk* Proprietor,
Fine Billiard Saloon Attached.
jimeti
Rcpnlar Nrniplilii. White and
I.lute Red Rlter Packet,
DES ARC:
JOHN D. ELLIOTT,. Master.
Jos Elliott and Mat Glass, Clerks.
j£G3\iH The steamer Des Art
having been put in thorough
repair, will enter the Memphis and White
river trade permanently on Thursday, the 8d
Jay of September, 1808, leaving Memphis
every Thursday for all points on White and
Little lied rivers, connecting at Devali’i
Bluff with trains for Little Rock. Leave DH
Are on Monday for Memphis. *kg'26
Oldest Dry Goods House in Me mp hi el
A.. SEESSEL Ac SON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
' ‘ »
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
CLOTHING> BOOTS, SHOES,
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
Etc., Etc.,
NO 2 6 9 MAIN STREET,
Memphis, Tenn.
8. B. WILLIAMSON. N. HILL. N. FONTAINE.
WILLIAMSON*. HILL & CO
WHOLESALE
GROCERS, COTTON FACTORS Si COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
326 Front Street. HlemphiN, Tennessee. i
TN view of tho near approach of the Fall season, it affords us much pleasuro in again bo
X ing able to calL the attention of our friends and the public at large to our recently en
larged stock of goods, comprising in part as follows :
106 hhds Uncoil Sides. 500 pcs Kentucky Ragging
300 bbls Fork, IOO colls Machine Rope,
20 hhds R Shoulders. 50 tons Iron Ties,
200 bbls assorted Refined Sugars, IOO sacks Colter,
IOO bbls Molasses.
And all such articles usual in our line of business.
heretofore, Mr. HILL (of our firm) will give hie undivided attention to tho sale
of all Cotton consigned to us and hope to be nble to give such satisfaction as baa met his
efforts on previous occasions. scp8-3m
W O O D R Lr F F & C O . ,
170 M1IS STREET, MEMPHIS, TEW..
1 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
CARRIAGES, ROCKAWAYS,
Barouches, Park Pliietous, Buggies and Wagons. Harness, Iron,
! Springs, Axles, Bolts, Hubs, Leather, Duck Cloths, Enamelled
j Cloths, Damask, White Lead, Paints, Oils and Turpentine. sep8-3m
13. HiOweiLstein & I3ros.,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
| STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS.
OUR stock is the largest in the city. We soli as low as any house this side of N jw York.
Our motto being, “Quick sales and small profits.”
u. LOWKXSTi:n & bro*., 212 Main corner J*fferson .St..
i sop8-3m MEMPHIS, TEX.N.
I w&mui 1* '
Importers and Dealers in
| (Qurrnsurow, China and Cla&ttrarr, Cable Cutlery.
| Tea and Table Spoons, Ijooleimj Glasses, Coal Oil Lump', Lamp Chimneys
j and Fixtures, Tret Traps, Lanterns, and
HOUSE FIHINISIIING GOODS,
MERCHANTS, hotel and housekeepers, and steamboat stewards, arc respectfully invite t
to examiue our stock of the above goods before purchasing, as our prices will cojuparc
j with any of the eastern houses. Very respect fully.
I.L<>\ D, CLARKE & Co.. J>21 Main Street.
: sopS-.lm MEMPHIS, TENN.
! WALKER BRO’S & CO.,
229 Main Street, Memphis, Tenn.,
OFFER 3L I'ERIOK INDUCEMENTS TO MERCHANTS AND BUYERS IN
; DRY GOODS, READY-MADE CLOTHING. EOOT3. SHOE3, HATS, &o.
Call and examine our Goods before purchasing elsewhere. Our motto is “Quick sale-; and
small profits.”
sep8-3m WiLliF.R HRO S & CO., 229 Main Street.
GKO. W. WICkS. X. FLUKY.
j CAD. II A \ k S
WITH
GEO. W . W I C K 8 Ac CO.,
| Cotton and Tobacco Factors, and General Commission Merchants;
DEALERS IN BAGGING AND ROPE, COTTON YARNS AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO.
Agents fur Louisville Brought Iron Cotton Tie, and Deering’s Double Power Im
proved Cotton Press.
sep8-Gm] No. 102 Main Street, Louisville. Kj.
Proprietors Louisville Cotton Warehouse, corner Second and Washington Streets.
ALLISON BROTHERS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
Hardware, G-uns and Cutlery,
270 FRONT STREET, MEMPHIS, TENN.
WE would invite merchants visiting our market to call and examine our stock, feeling
satisfied that we can make it to their interest to give us a share of their patronage.
Our stock embraces every description of Hardware needed by the Merchant, Manufactu
rer. Mechanic or Planter; and in addition to our stock of GENERAL HARDWARE, we
keep constantly on hand a very large and well assorted stock of Rest TonnfKKef
C lmrcoill Iron, also Kentucky or ‘•II** Iron, which we can offer at prices which defy
competition, being stole agents for the Manufacturers.
Wa have recently been appointed Iho sole agents in this market for the
“E. CARVER & CO.'S” IMPROVED COTTON GINS.
The unequaled beauty of the staplo of cotton pinned on these well known Gin Slau Is, Ihe
lightness of their improved running gear, increased yield of lint, and many other acknowl
| edged advantages, make them more desirable than in former years, when, as now. the) were
the favorite. sep8-4m
;SHS SIMGIB MAHUFACTUBSHG SO.
Proprietors and Honofarturers of the World Rrnooiied
SINGER SEWING MACHINES.
BRANCH OFFICE. 275 MAIN ST.. OPPOSITE COURT SQUARE,
IXBlirSIS, TBITNEBSEB.
I ~~
THE above office—haring exclusive control of territory included in the state of Arkansas,
North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Western Tennessee—is now open for the sale
| ef our
Celebrated Manufacturing and New Family Sewing Machines.
R5Sr“All agents in tlie above territory, will please report to us at ibis office. Agents
wanted in every ciiy and town, to whom liberal commission will be given.
We shall keep at this office a full slock of M ACHIN'ES ACCESSORIES. NKEELES, Oil..
TWIST, LINEN ana COTTON THREAD. Ac.. Ac.
Send for Circulars and Price Lists. AU information furnished gratuitously.
| SINGER MANUFACTURING COM 1*ANY,
A'O. 275 MMX STKKKT,
___atJtptfssss,
C. WOSTPRDIVANT. J. *. p. o. LAW'HtlRN.
c. w. sTunuiyA^iT & go
©voces®. Cottott Eectors.
I * *
—AKP
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WO. IVI PKOXT STREET, HEHPIIIS, TESI.
' I j’®rKA3 advances on all consignments of Cotten and produce Plantation »up
* J r'V« of all desertftieBi at )ew.,t t,t„. s.yF