LOOSING AHEAD.
While wa are nil poor—that is, all in
i!e South—ami for two years have
struggled hard to gain subsistence, we
are and have been braced up with the
hope that a better day was coming.
Throwing aside politics and political
distinctions, the year through which
we are passing, is perhaps the hardest
of many almost passed ; bad crops, ne- ]
ccssarj debts, and over-strained credit;
havo operated against us. and made it I
hard, very hard, for most of us to live. I
Yet, at this timp, if we look into the |
future just a little, we can see a better \
day. Providence 1ms smiled and is '
smiling upon us. Onr prospect for
crops are far better than last year;
whilo late corn may be seriously in
jured by dry weather, enough has been
nlready made to supply the demand
and leave au excess; the wheat crop of
the north and west is six hundred
thousand bushels greater than last year,
which will materially decrease the
price of bread; these things with a
great increase of stock for meat, all
have a tendency to loosen the hold of
hard times upon the mass of the south
ern people. God "rant that it may,
and that they may be persuaded to for
sake all else, in their devotion to in
dividual and each others’ interests. In
looking forward we can see the rewards j
of labor gathering, and realize that
though we cat onr bread in the sweat
of our faces, yet that bread is sweet.
CHANGE IN THE CABINET.
It is no doubt graifyiup to a great
number of people North and youth to
Ituow that ytauton—the great, bold, j
consequential Secretary of War—is no
more, as Secretary of War. President!
Johnson got tired of him—the people
were tired of him long ago—and ad
dressed him a very polite note to the
p fTn c ♦ 4 r, 4 l.tc a 4 ! a .. •>. .
cefftcd, but the gallant Stanton politely
refused to do the thing desired, and
Andy exercised hie authority, dis
charged the gentleman, and now has
(ion. Grant acting in Ida stead. It is
rumored that other Cabinet changes
will follow this one ; that Seward and
others will probably resign, If these
changes take place, it may work a little
change in the management of the gov
ernment; but whether for better or
worse is hard to tell.
AN AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
A meeting was held at J. M. Turney's :
Drug Store on Saturday last, to con- I
eider the practicability of nu Agrlcul- '
tural fair in the fall. The enterprise
was set on foot, committees we.-e ap
pointed for the purpose of soliciting I
membership, apportioning prem tuns, j
and other purposes ; which committer s
arc expected to report this day week,
to a meeting to be held for the further- ;
aucc of the enterprise. We. do hope!
the people of Trairie county wiii enter j
into this thing with a good will, and let '
ua build up our Agricultural Society !
to that perfectness it had attained be
fore the war.
»9rTho feverish pulse of political
excitement, which beat feebly high in
the beginning of registration, is becom
ing calm, and we now hear very little
of convention, or no convention ; very
good, the less said about these things
the better.
*#- The people of Independence
county arc fully alive to their interest ;
they are to have an Agricultural Fair
this fall, to which everybody is invited.
SOU THEM* POLITICS.
SPLENDID SERIES OF PATRI
OTIC FAPER8.
NOTES ON THE SITl'ATIOH-.Vo. 12
BT HON. B. H. UII.l , OK GEORGIA.
T lin\ A iimr kKnirn Mint MilHni...
Hills arc unconstitutional. There can
lie nothing clearer than this, tor they
are in the most direct conflict with the
very language and purpose of the Con
stitution, and the position is conceded.
Of course there can be no possible good
reason for violating the Constitution,
for to say to, is neither more nor less
tliau to say the Constitution is wrong,
aud the Government organized under
is ought to be subverted! Aud this is
exactly what every man wiio voted for
or approved these bills did say and
docs say ; and every tnan who votes to
carry out these bills, votes to sot aside
she Constitution and subvert the
Government!—I eare not what his
month says or his lips profess about his
loyalty, his heart is far lrom the Con
stitution, and his art is to destroy tho
government. The poll lists of register
ed voters will tell us precisely who is
for the Constitution, and vvho is against
it; who is for the government of law
and who is for anarchy.—In plain
worda, the question who is "for a Con
vention" and vvho is "against a Con
vention,” meaus precisely “who is
against the Constitution,” and “who is
for the Constitution.”
Hut 1 have shown that all the excuses
or apologies made for these bills are,
like the bills, also unconstitutional; and
arc untrue in themselves are. contrary
to the laws of every civilized war, and
are founded iu false pl ot, uccs, aud are
. insincere purpos ‘s, aud really tend and
■ mend to subvert the Goverument aud
degrade the white rare in order to pro
long the exiRtcuce of the party that is
thus faithless, deceitful, oppressive and
dishonoring to both Government and
people, audio their own pledges.
If, iu tlie face of this plain statement
of the isniio. the correctness of which
statement no mu man can gn.nsay, and
no honest, mind will gainsay, there is
s till to bn found a man in America who
can sec in these Military Hills any safe
ty for property, or life, or liberty ; or
any protection in the enjoyment of ei
ther : or any elevation lor the black
race, c.r anything in government but
anarchy, with its long ordeal of blood,
iiuil robbery, and .actions, and havoc,
and spoil, and wast, and crime in every
form and grade, until power or powers
shall arise aud proclaim the peace to a
deluded, exhausted atid ruined people
through * nip,. ", • input a *1* ■ pn
:i*m or despotisms ; such a man is him
ply given over “to believe a lie that he
may he damned yea, and to act a lie
that his country may he damned 1
The nest question, in the natural or
der of argument, ia tlda: In what way
shall these bills bo resisted, or by what
remedies shall tlioir enforcement and
final establishment te prevented? 1
enter upon this branch of tnc discussion
with pain and pleasure—with pain be
cause I shall consider it my dntv to
declare some grievons errors committ
ed- by friends of onr side of the Con
stitution ; errors, too, which amount to
no less than n surrender of some of the
most effective remedies against these
measures; and with pleasure because 1
can still see remaining to ns remedies
ample to save the*Constitution, the
country nnd liberty, if, as rulers and
people, we still have even a moiety of
that glorious moral courage which
makes us not afraid to tell the truth
and defend the right. Never, never
had any people in any age of the world
such an occasion—such necessity—for
moral courage as have now the people,
not only of the ten States on which
rape is being perpetuated, but of the
United States, who are all involved in
the crime and must pay its penalties.
That devilish spirit oftreason, which
eomes not with arm* and open, manly
warning, but creeps and hides itself in
some unsuspected, yea. trusted form is
now in our political Eden, and, with
artful words, nnd with prestige of au
thority, and a«snrances of safety nnd
blessing and greatness, is persuading
our people to cat that forbidden fruit
of using force to preserve a Govern
ment or consent, and of making by
states, that like and equal which God
by nature made unlike and unequal and
in so doing to disobey the e.ommands
of the Constitution ! And some arc al
ready persuaded, nnd lustily cry “It is
true, let us disobey, and taste, for w'e
shall thereby be great; and if our peo
ple awftke not now to their danger, and
drive this modern political Satan of
Radicalism, with scourging and hissing
from their heritage, then death—politi
cal death—will come, and quickly,
fiercely come, with blighting course
all over this last ail'd noblest domain
of freedom, and*doom ourselves and
onr children to (he “blood and sweat”
of despotism forever!
Oh, that some voice would rise whose
thrilling notes of patriotism could cover
all the land, and, hushing this Redlam
dire of sectional crimination, distrust
and oppression, inspire the people to
unite and make one more manly na
tional effort to save the Constitution,
and stop the deep and ever deepening
stahs which treachery, through force
and perjury, arc madly making at the
very vitals of liberty ! Vi'c ndfcd a fear
uci viiiw—Biruuj; in iihm .ti vuuni^e
ami a universal country-wide patriot
ism—to kill this Neniwan lion ; to burn
to the roots the more than hundred
heads of this Lermean Hydra ; to clean
this Augoian stable, whose fierce ra
pacity, and prolific terrors and bound
less filth are all combined in this de
stroyer of States, this assassin of writ
ten Constitution, this more than brutish
defiled of its own race the modern Rad
icalism '
The framers of the Constitution
doubtless supposed they had provided,
or left existing, ample remedies for all
violations of that instrument; both
preventive and curative remedies,
whether those violations slit uld be
made by the Government or by the
States, or by the people; and In d also
provided for the amendment of the
Constitution in n proper mant el-, to
suit it to sucti uiifttr.idp.ited necessities
ns the future might del elope. Those
remedies were distributed—some 1 cing
lodged in Hie different departments of
the Government, and some left under
regulations with the people.
Those remedies should always be ap
plied iu their proper order, according
to the nature and source of the viola
tion.
In my opinion, the first remedy
against these Military Hills, was with
the executive department of the Gov
ern incut.
The Government is divided into
three departments, and separate powers
given to each department for the great
purpose of providing mutual checks
and balance, so that no one department
shall bo able to destroy the government.
Now, if either department can, by any
means, absorb to itself the powers confi
ded to the other departments, or of
either of the others, it, by that means,
gets to itself powers which it was not
intended it should exercise; and can.
by reason of this increase of powers,
accomplish what the division of powers
intended to prevent—destroy the Gov
ernment. bo, if either department
instead of thus absorbing to itself the
powers of the other department, can. iu
lieu thereof, adopt some means by
which it can compel or induce the other
departments or either of them to exe
cute its unlimited will, it cau thus as
effectually and perhaps more conven
iently accomplish the forbidden end—
destroy the Government, than If it had
absorbed the powers to itself; because
tlic department so ( 'impelled or induc
ed to serve, ceases to bo a check or bal
ance to prevent destruction as was
intended, but degenerates into a mere
tool or aider and abettor in (be work
of destruction.
Here—right here—is precisely the
... l.. ... i. :..i. 11.:.. r...
clave of u Congress is destroying the
CSnUietitution mid the Government un
der the Constitution.
'Ihov that excluded from both Houses
all the representative* of ten entire
States, because they were supposed not
to be willing to the. schemes of the ma
jority making the exclusion, and, to
make t)ie exclusion effectual, they
denied the right of representation to
the ten States, all, In the teeth of the
most explicit and positive provisions
of Hie' Constitution, declaring how the
Congress shall lie constituted, and of
what the two Houses shall be compos
ed. They next, under various trans
parent pretences, cxcludea obnoxious
members from other States.
This process of exclusion continued
until two-thirds of those remaining
were of one evil mind. The Executive
Department, though earnestly denoun
cing the body us not organized as tlm
Constitution required, yet recognized
this fragment us the Congress. Tims
organized and thus rccoguizcd, this
fragmentary conclave — uow berojne
very bold and dictatorial—began to ab
sorb to itself the powers and functions
of both the oilier departments of the
government, and to threaten impeach
ment and re-inodeliug and non-appro
priation of salaries, if the other de
partments should presume to torn
checks upon its will. The President
sent back w ith bis now ineffectual ob
jections. the 'Vera! steps of this con
clave in the work of destruction, and
accompanied those objections with an
earnest patriot ism ..ml a fervor of
mcauiug which have not been excelled.
Hut why talk patriotism to traitors, or
address reason to fanatics now cou
' scion* of their power to destroy and
i of safety to themselves in tlie work ?
They would laugh and gnu, and pass
tlie bills to destroy the Constitution
with the glee of the eat which plays
with the contortions of its captured,
dying mouse. In anovil hour the Pre
sident consented—agreed it vvus his du
ty—to execute us law whatever two
tidrds of this fragmentary conclave
might desire, declare, or order!
“Then 1, ami you, and all of a* fell dovu
Whilst bloody treasiu douri.-.bed over u«.'
I hive no d»tiht live I’e! lent acted
iu this ma'ter, from the purest and
most, patriotic motives. His course
was advised and commended by men
distinguished for ability. lie is sur
rounded by circumstances peculiarly
responsible and embarrassing, and ev
ery desire of my heart is to help him
and not to say anything that may
weaken any man's fiiitli in him. But
the country is passing through a most
fearful ordeal. Everything wo all
have or can hope for is involved. Er
rors may ruin though motives be an
gelic. On questions of policy or expe
diency l love the yielding, conciliating
spirjf. I despise, from my heart, the
bigot or fanatic. But a principle—a
vital principle—should never he aban
doned for temporary relief, nor yield
ed to conciliate the enemy. The Con
stitution ought to be administered in
a spirit of concession, lint no man en
trusted to administer it should allow
its destruction upon any pretence. I
do believe tlio idea that the President
is bound to execute whatever a two
thirds majority of Congress may de
clare, is tlie most fatal and dangerous
error of this generation, not excepting
secession, or coere.ion, or even fanati
cism itself—the hideous mother of both
secession and coercion. It is the error
which, being committed, will he the
greatest lever of strength to fanati
cism, and which, not having been
committed, would have been the death
blow to fanaticism and to all its bullish
brood of horrors. I am not writing to
please any man. I see—have no doubt,
1 see—unprecedented evils ahead of ns.
I hi inly believe there is no way to es
cape these evils but by cleaving to the
Constitution. I love all who love the
Constitution in this crisis, as I love my
property, my life, my liberty, and the
peace and happiness of my children,
for by that Constitution aloue can
these blessings lie enjoyed. I hate all
who violate the Constitution as I hate
the thief wtio steals my property, the
tyrant who letters my liberty, the mur
derer who seeks my lite, or the mon
ster who would dejtroy all the hope
for my children : because, in the de
struction of the Constitution liv force
and fraud, all these curses will come.—
If (lie Constitution needs amendment,
let ns all—all the States—amend it; if
free government has failed ictus admit
it. and form another like men of rea
son and honesty. But whatever gov
ernment or laws we have, let us obey
them while we have them, and not
seek to evade them by fraud, or over
turn them by force, for then we have
anarchy, which me ans the utter absence
of nil safety and hope, aud the actual
presence of every danger, for person,
property, liberty and life. Of all ene
mies to individuals, to society, or to
government, he who deceives and
takes advantage ot trusts reposed, or
power conferred, to injure, slander or
betrav, is the meanest, most cowardly,
and tiio most dangerous. Therefore, I
denounce the Radicals and all their dis
ciples. I know the President is a pat
riot. but his error threatens to place
him and his country in the unrestrain
ed and cvngeful power of foresworn
enemies, and he who believes it is an
error owes it to his couutry to say so
and give ills reasons for hi., belief.
in the construction of all human in
strument? there must arise questions
on which men will honestly differ.
These doubtful questions have risen
under the Constitution. It was antic
ipated they would arise, and arise, too,
between the Executive and Congress,
and the method of settling sttrh differ
ences was provided. When the Presi
dent thinks a bill presented to him js
unconstitutional, he must return it
with his objections. Congress must
reconsider it, and if two-thirds differ
with the President the bill Heroines a
law, notwithstanding the Presidents
objections. Now', that this refers to
eases of mere honest differences as to
what is the meaning of the Constitu
tion—to eases of doubt—is very clear
from deliberation which is required of
all parties. The President is required
to send ids objections to Congress.
The objections must lie in writing.
The House to which the objections are
i sent must “enter them on their journal.’
i and then proceed to reconsider. If
. two-thirds differ with the i'resideut,
1 the bill and objection must be sent to
the other house. The other house
j must also reconsider ; and if. after all
i sides arc fully hoard, and the matter
has been considered and reconsidered,
two-thirds of both houses differ with
J the President, the hill shall become n
i law. That is, in these doubtful qncs
i tious if two-thirds of both Houses after
: full consideration of all sides shall be
of one opinion and the President and
i one-third shall be of another opinion—
all presumed to be honest and tinsel
tish aud desiring only to govern the
country according to the Constitutions—
the opinion of the two-thirds shall pre
vail. Such were the Rank and Tariff
and Internal improvement questions
and many others. In all such cases, it
[ is vert manifest the President must ex
ecute'the law until the Judiciary shall
I pronounce against it. The President
cannot, himself, become the Court, or
j absorb to himself the functions of the
j Court.
j This is the whole extent of the doc
, trine of the President’s obligation to
j execute the laws. No more, no lc«s.
I Does this give two-thirds of the Con
I gross power to subvert the Govern
ment. and is the President bound to
i liclii tlu-in subvert it t The Constitu
tion, in separate clauses, delines what
I Congress may do. and then, by other
.clauses, declares wlmt Congress shall
not do, lioubts naturally arise in as
certaining the extent of the men tiling
i in those clauses which seek to deflue
what Congress may do. Put suppose
I Congress undertake to do that which
the Constitution says Congress shall
| not do? How then? If two-thirds
say they will do it any how is the Prc
i sident hound to execute it?
i 'The Constitution says; "Xo bill of
attainder or expost facto law shall be
! passed.” Suppose two-thirds pass a
Hi!I of attainder, is it a- law? If So.
! tw o-thirds of the Congress can annul
| the Constitution. If so, the will of two
j thirds of Congress, and not the Con
stitution, is the supremo law. But the
President is not bound to execute that
which is not a law. The President ad
mits the Sherman Bill is a hill ot at
. i Hinder against nine millions of people!
, llow then, < uu he be bound to execute
that which lire Constitution says shall
i not be done ?
! Suppose two-lbirds of tliis conclave
shall declare that the present patriotic
Coventor of Connecticut was not pro
, peril clef ted, because the colored citi
zens of that State were excluded by the
laws Hiproof from voting in the elec
j tion: and should then declare the gov
1 ernuieut was provisional, and send a
military commander there to govern
the people until they should change
heir laws and hold another election in
which the colored citizens should par
: l l ipate? Must the President execute
, this order ?
Suppose this two-thirds shall declare
, tb it all elections. State and Federal, of
persons not of the Radical or Republi
can party, arc void, because such per
sons are not loyal, ami shall reduce the
people quietly of such disloyal elec
tions to military subjection; must the
: President execute the mandate?
ISuppose two-thirds of this conclave
I shall declare that the President is dis
; loyal aud lie is. therefore, not a legal
President and i* removed, or not to he
obeyed : mtt«t the executive depart
ment execute its own demolition?—
■suppose llo i cm tb" '■•upreme Court
is an obstruction to progress and is
abolished ; yea, more—suppose they
shall declare what they have often
ssiit, that the Federal Co’n.-titutioti “i»
a covenant « ith hell and a league with
the devil,” and that no ritate COBStltu
tinn is republican In form, and that all
sliall hn act a side, or declared only
provisional, and the whole country
shall be placed under military rule
with commanders subject only to the
order* of this conclave, until new Con
stitutions, State and Federal shall bo
approved by them, and in making
which all who agree with them shall
be enfranchised., and those who differ
from them shall be disfranchised, must
the President be bound to execute this
revolution or quietly look on and see
the Government destroyed? All of
these things some of this conclave hare
declared ought to be done, and have
threatened to do I More than all these
they have done, and arc now actnally
doing for ten of the States. Why may
they not do so for all? The power is
the same over all that it is over one.
They ought to do so for all or for none.
They send a single officer to Virginta,
who is not even a resident of the State,
and claim for him power to repeal the
laws passed in the days of Washington
aud by the votes and approval of Jef
ferson, Madison. Monroe and Marshall;
and a similar non-resident individual,
by his own irresponsible edicts, sets
aside whole constitutions and codes in
the States of Macon and Pioknevs, aud
proclaims others in their stead, in a
manner more summary and arbitrary
than apy monarch in Europe dare ex
hibit! All this is admitted to be plain
ly, grossly unconstitutional, but it must
be done, and the Presldem is bound to
see to It that It Is done, because two
thirds of this conclave says it must bo
done I
Thus, not only two-thirds of a Con
gress, hut a fragmentary conclaves of
members—who secure that two-thirds
by unlawfully excluding from their
scats those members who are not will
ing to commit perjury to destroy the
Government—become not only greater
than the constitution, not only have
power to destroy the Government, but.
can command, order, compel every
other department of ti.e Government
to aid in the destruction. Was ever
conclusion so lunie, heresy so danger
ous, or patriotism so self-destructive?
Henceforth, not the Constitution and
laws passed in pursuance thereof, hut
the will of the two-thirds of Congress,
or of a conclave taking forcible posses
sion of t he capitol, shall he the supreme
law of the land. Would it not be well
to require us all, from the President
down, to take an oath to support that
will, instead of requiring us to swear
to support the Constitution, and then
compelling us, by the higher power of
a ...;n , „ .. am, ..a, Sa v
Xo Congress not even a legitimate ]
Congress, by even a unanimous vote, :
have power to destroy States, to pass I
laws forbidden by the Constitution, nor
i to subvert the Government: and when
they undertake it, and in the meanest
and most dangerous of all ways—under
( over of oaths and office—it is as much
(lie duty of the President to suppress
them as it is his duty to suppress an in
surrection or an invasion. The contra*
ry doctrine is a 'proclamation to lladi
! oalism that it shall be aided in its work
even by the friends of the Constitution.
It is a licence to propagandist!) to hring
jail Constitution-, Governments and
people into complete subjection to its
will.
Alas! our country sinks for want of
i nerve in its defenders. Truth i- weak
i only because its disciples will not sup
port as well as assert it. Radicalism is
strong only in its sense of impunity.—
i Unlimited, it, loses ait consciousness of
■ guilt, and throws away restraint upon
1 its will. Assured of assistance from its
| enemies, there is no excess at which it
j will hesitate. Hut boldly and fcarless
1 ly opposed, and denounced and treated
ns the most dangerous enemy of all
■ government and law, its own con
science will at once become its fiercest
; accuser; it will grow weak, will trem
1 hie like the detected thief, and will
i soon sink beneath the weight of it
own sins, abandoned by the selfish, and
despised by the good. Hut now, such
men as Stevens and Sumner, seeing how
timid and indifferent and unnerved tlie
friends of the Constitution have be
' come, encourage the hesitating of their
party iu the same spirit witli the bloody
l.ady Macbeth when urging her falter
ing husband to his crinia :
"When iu swinish sleep
, Their dreanobed natures lie as in a death.
What cannot you and I pci form upon
! Tin* unguarded Duncan ? What not put upon
! Ilia spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
i Of our great murder?”
ibsigr Senator Doolittle is iu Europe,
' as is said, for the purpose of making
offers to Denmark for the purchase by
the United States of the Island of St.
Thomas. Whatever be the value of
the rumors in regard to the matter, the
Government of Denmark has felt itself
I constrained, in consequence of Mr.
Doolittle's presence at Copenhagen, to
| give public notice that it has no inten
! tion of selling the Island.
Curious.—At the Unrig Exposition is
a bar of iron about as long and as thick
1 as the pole of a carriage, tied in a knot
as elegant and apparently us easy as
though it were a notion wttnont a
! crack or flaw, and the visitor is assured
that it was tied when cold. There is
also a specimen of a railway bar bent
I double until the two sides meet flat tip
on each other, without a symptom of
breakage at the bend.
Ifey- Gen. Schofield has issued an or
det that after the 20th instant all the
destitute in the state shall be turned
over bv tlie military authorities to the
overseers of the poor in the different
: counties and cities. The freedmen's
; bureau rations willuo longer be issued.
1 Philip D'Orleans has removed
ft he boards of aldermen and assistant
I aldermen of New Orleans, with the ex
| ception of one member of each. Among
the new appointees are several mixed
! bloods. Joseph Hernandez, city trea
surer, has been removed jmd Stodard
Howell appointed inhisplace. Cause:
radicals wanted offices.
-The celebrated trotting mare Flora
Temple, now the property of A Welch,
i of Chesmit Hills Philadclpha. i« in foal.
| The sire of her embryo is the colt Uysdyk
I bv Hauibktoniau, dam by Lexington,
grandam Magdalene by Medoc. 8he was
1 heretofore believed to” be barren stock'
| but the celebrated Dr. Weldon prououneee
: her to be in foul.
•^.Private intelligence, save the New
' Orleans Times, just received from Mar
shall Texas, records the shooting and kill
ing in that town of a well known cx-Con
federate officer. Colonel Fowler, by Judge
Davis B. Donfoi. the latter being a thirty
I venrs re.-ident of Marshall, and for six
i years Judge of the Circuit Court.
waV.Tho Dishop of Orleans, in a letter,
expresses apprehension for the security of
(he Papal States lie docs not fear inter
nal revolution, hut th'uks that some insid
ious plot against the Holy Father is being
matured at Florence.
-The Sovereigns of Prussia and Aus
tria have had a mooting. Theci owued heads
i of Eurofse have hid an unusual number
of interviews of late The conjunction of
fuch stars i* geeemlly uufavciablc for lib
ertv tid the weifa; c of the pr'vple.
BY TELEtiKAPH ! j
WANMVxVrOW.
Washington, August 10.
The Amount of gold in (tie United
States Treasury to-day is $87,<X)(),000 in 1
coin and S20,<AI0,<j00 in gold certificate*. I
Receipts for customs IVoui the 1st to j
18th of August, Sfi70.4I:t.
The records in the Smithsonian In-'
stitute show a fall of six inches of rain :
during the recent storm. This exceeds
the entire amount during any previous
August for years.
Thirty-four members of the District
of Columbia bur have called a meeting
to disavow the action of the previous
meeting relative to the Bradlev-Fisher
case. They hold that the action of the
court is not the proper matter for re
view at a public mcetinsr.
Advices from the Paris Exposition
say that no other than American mow
ers and reapers have received other
testimonials than bronze medals.
Washington. August 20.
The President has sent to Gen. Grant
a positive order relieving Gen. Sheri
dan, which he has directed him to
transmit. The order relieves Sheridan
and orders him to the command of the
Department of Missouri in place of
Gen. Hancock, who goe* to the Depart
ment of Tennessee to relieve Geu.
Thomas, who has been ordered to re
lieve Sheridan. The Presidential or
der was received by Gen. Grant this
morning, and wus positive in touc—
giving no alternative hut compliance.
The story that Judge Advocate Holt
has been granted leave of absence until
the filth of September, preparatory to
his removal, has no foundation, other
than on the 5th inst. he was granted a
month’s leave by Secretary Stanton,
which lie was enjoying when the late
assault on him was made.
Secretary Browning was taken ill
with a congestive chill at his office to
day.
The acling Attorney General is said
to be preparing another statement in
the Ashley, Butler and Conover matter.
Another one will probably bring Mr.
Stanberry back.
General Pelonse. of the War Depart
ment, goes to the department of Dako
ta on special duty, and will return here
on its completion.
SIX FRAXCISCO.
San Francisco, August 19.
The mail steamship Sacramento, for
Panama, to-day, look only 8287,422
dollars treasure, nearly all of which
was for New YorR. This is the small
est shipment for two years.
The political canvass throughout the
State is the most active for runny years.
Al'CilSTA.
Arot'RTA, Ga., August 20.
Judge .1. \V. C Horne, » prominent
citizen of Sunitercoutity, wns murdered
by a party of negrors recently. Five
men have ainre been arrested and im
prisoned at Macon, four of whom con
fess to their participation in the eriuir.
A Radical organization has been es
tablish'd in . very city and town
throughout the State, preparatory to
conducting a vigorou- campaign ii: fa
vor of recon -trucliou under the Milita
ry bill.
YEW YORK.
Xew Yoke, August 19.
Three ruses «*f cholera to-day ; one
fatal.
Judge F.latchi’oid, to-day, in the
United Stales District Court decided
that debts from defalcation of the debt
or, while in a Judiciary capacity, could
not he discharged hv any proceeding
in bankruptcy.
Havana dates of the 14th assert that
many sedition# expressions were heard
during the late riot at Matauzas.
The necessary funds to meet the in
terest on Spanish scrip held by citizens
of the United States will he placed at
the disposal of the Spanish Ministers
at Washington.
Sugars continue dull.
The disturbances in British Hondu
ras have ended.
Emigrants from the Southern States
continue to arrive.
I.Ol’ISYfULE.
Louisville, August 19.
River stationary, with three feet uinc
inches In the canal.
IfAttiriKtE.
Nashville, August 19.
Ex-Governor Win. B. Campbell died
to-day at Lebanon.
FOR Kit! Y.
London, August 19.
The steamer Quaker City from New
York, with the Holy Land excursion
ists, has arrived at Constantinople.
Svltzbach, August 18.
The Emperor aud Empress of the
French, the Emperor aud Empress oi
Austria, and the King of Bavaria have
arrived in this city.
To-day they met at a grand state
dinner given by Francis Joseph M.
Roller, French Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, and Baron Yon Bcust. Austrian
Prime Minister, also arrived. A con
ference between the sovereigns takes
place to-morrow.
Antwerp, August 19.
To-day and to-morrow are observed
as holidays. Produce market and stock
exchange closed.
Liverpool, August 19.
A vessel arrived here reports having
passed, ou the 28th ultimo, the little
schooner yacht John L. Ford, from
Baltimore for Paris. Ail well.
MARKET*.
New York, August 19.
Cotton quiet and firm; sales to-day
950 hales, at 278.c for uplands.
New Orleans, August 19.
Sales of cotton to-day, 500 hales;
market still' 26!sc for low middling;
28>6 for middling. Receipts 675 bales.
Flour firm, with quotations unchanged.
Corn dull, at $1 05 for mixed; St 12
lor white. Oats firm aud in good de
mand, atfiOc for inferior ; G5c for prime,
llav dull and nominal, at $2S®30.
Pork firm at S26. Bacon—supply light,
and demand fair, at 14c for shoulders ;
18c for clear sides; 20(22-V, for sugar
cured hams. Lard firm, at ll.'ie for
tierces; 15c for kegs. Gold, to1.®
40Uc. Sterling exchange, 53®54 for
commercial hills : 55 for hankers’; New
York checks, G. premium.
St. Lons, August 19.
Tobacco active at full prices. Hemp
quiet. Flour quiet, at 89 50 for XX;
810 50 for XXX : $10<2l2 50 for choice.
Wheat buoyant mid firm at 82 35(22 3G
for lauev wtiite. Corn inactive, at 8l«jl
1 05 for white; 90<295c lor yellow.—
Oats easier, at 58®62c. Rye firmer, at
9295c. Pork, 824 26. Bacon hus
an upward tendency; clear sides,
ltiUc; rib sides, 15'»c ; shoulders, 12Gj
®12?4c. Lard, 12'^c for choice kettie.
Cincinnati, August 19.
Flour firm—family. 810 00<?,10 50.—
Wheat active and higher—82 17® 1 18
for No. 1 red, and 82 30®2 35 for No.
1 white. Corn higher—88<’ for No. 1.
If, • •. |r»v-cd «! !'• and firpt. Oats
dull—57058c. Barley, 81 25. Whi»ky V
steady. Provisions firmer. the failure
of the corn crop influi nciiiK the mar
ket Pork held *t S21. Bulk meats
held firmly at II 13 Vc. Bacon
firmer—tgi.fr for shoulders, 12V ,or
dear sides. »nd 20®22r for sugar cured
hams. hard held at 12>vc. Sugar dm. t
at ll(«15c for raw. Coffee firm at
27c for Rio.
tVn at Piett it is tub Woittn Hates. ]
It is not true that the world hates piety. :
The modest and unobtrusive piety
which fills the heart with all human
charities, and makes a man gentle to
others and severe to himself, is an ob
Jeet of universal lore and veneration.1
But mankind hate the lust of power,
when it is veiled under the garb of.
pietv; thev hate canting snd hypocri
sy ; thev hate advertisers end quacks in
pietv ; ibey do not choose to be insult
ed ; thev love to tear folly and impu
dence from thealtar, which should only
be a sanctuary for the wretched and ,
the good.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
STRAYED OR STOLEN.
ON the night of the 2$d, from the place of
C. Brock, Dee Arc, one Dark Iron Grey
More Mule; medium si/e, four yaars old : ha*
a large white spot under the left hip. Any
information in regard to said mule will be
thankfully received, or liberally rewarded
for the return thereof.
W. IT. BROCK.
Pea Arc, August 24, 1867.—
NOTICE.
To nil Wbom It may Concern.
TAKE NOTICE, that I shall apply ri tha i
October Tcrui. e the Probate Court of :
Prairie County, to be holden at Brownsville,
commencing on the T4th day of October. 18H7,.
for an order to sell all the lands belonging to
the Estate of James H. Qarriaon, deceased, to
pay debts.
W. C. ROBINSON, Executor of last
will of J. fl Garrison, Deceased.
August lOt It, I HOT.—aug'Jl-lt
NOTICE.
To all Whom tt# may C oncern.
mAKE NOTICE, that I shall apply at the ■
1 Octobor Term, of the Probate Court of
Prairie County, to bo holden nt Brownsville, ,
Arkansan, commencing on the 1 -Ith day of
October, 1887, for an order to sell all the
land* belonging to the Estate ol Burrell My- ,
er», deceased, to pay debts.
'.V. C. ROBINSON, AdraV of the
Estate of Burrri.l M tic ns, Deed.
August 10th, 1887.—aug'24-lt
LCST~$20 r.S’TAP.D r
JOS T on the 26th July last, between Grocr
k Bros. Livery StnhV. and Mrs. Jack*
1 »oiiV place one mile west of Pea Arc. a Gold
i l.cvnr Watch The finder will receive the
above reward by leaving it with Dr. Butler,
Butlersville; D. H. Johnson, Hickory Plain;
or F. Hates, Des Arc. «ujr 24-2t4
CAPT. G. W. HURLEY,
—WITH—
tfcmsift nmnz>
Cotton Factors,
CO M MISSION 31EK-J11A N TS,
NO. S3 TUloVmOl’LA S KT..
)
V ««w O rloan^, I. ?i.
Liberal advance* made on con*i^nnicnt* ut‘
Cotton • augj 1-tiia
I.eavcn Memphis Every Friday.
. Regular SI«*vii}*JilK unit Hlilie
River TarKel,
DES ARC,
,)N0. D. ELLIOTT. Mister.
! Wm. H- Millkk, and Cai>.1, Hanks, ( larks.
^■oSSB* THE Des Arc ba* been
! 1: Nr.n>t*h>v repaired aud re
tit ted, expressly for the above trade, and will
• leave Memphis on Friday September 13th,
' and will run regularly throughout the sea
; AOU. Sllg24
8TATE OF ARKANSAS, 1
COUNTY OF FRA IB Ilk >
In the County Court of said County, at the
July Term thereof, 1867—the 25ih day of
July, 18G7„
Slate of Arkansas, Plaintiff.
vs. { Citation on Kslrnv Bond.
J Winningham, Defendant.
THIS day it appearing by the return of the
Sheriff endorsed on this behalf, that the
j said J. Winningham was not found in his ju*
; risdiction. It is therefore considered and
ordered that this cause be continued until the
next torm of this court; aud that notice to
said J Winuingham be given by publication
of a copy of this order for two w eeks succsh
! sively. in some newspaper printed and pub
lished in this 8tate, tho Iasi insertion to be at
leuat four weeks previous to tho commence
ment of the next term of this court, of the
pendency of this suit, which is an action on
an Kstray Boud executed by tho said J. Win
uiughatn, on the 20th day of Pocember, 1860,
for the sum of tweuty-fivc dollars, with R. M.
Kudisill and A. J. Blakemorc as his securi
ties therein, for twoccrtaiu cows taken up by
said Winningham, aud estrayed before D. P
Black, Esq , a Justice of the Peace in the
County of Prairie; and that unless he shall'
appear on or before the third day of tho next
term of this court, to bo begun and holden at
the court-house in the town of Brownsville,
on the fourth Monday iu October, 1807, and
show cause to the contrary, judgment will be
rcuucruu against in in iur uuv u»n m ius ap
praised Taluo of said cows, after deducliug.
and his estate sold to satisfy the same.
A true copy from the Record.
Attest: Wm. GOODRl'M,
augl7-2t Clerk.
Memphis and White River l ulled
states Mail Line.
The steamer. Commercial ami Rowona
i will form a 8cmi-Wo«kty Line between
Memphis aud White river.
The $j lcndid Passenger Steamer
JM COMMERCIAL. jAt
Wm. J. ASIIFURD, Muster.
Leaves Memphis every Tuesday at o o’clock pm
j 41 Augusta every Friday at 10 o’clock a. m.
44 Searcy every Friday at 4 o’clock p.m.
| •* West Point every Friday at o'clock pm
•• l>es Arc every Saturday atti o’clock a.m.
t 44 I>. Bluff every Saturday at 12 o’clock is.
The Elegant Passenger Steamer
A f! OWEN A. iMt
JOHN B. DAVIS Master.
Leaves Memphis every Saturday at A o’el’k p.m
j •• West Point every Monday at 5 o'clock p.m
“ Jack-unpaid every Tuesday at 10o’otk a.in
“ Augusta every Tuesday at Go clock p.m.
** Des Are every Wednesday at 6 o'clock a.m
D. Bluff every Wednesday at 12 o'clock m.
j muKSE boat, have been thoroughly re
1. paired aud retitted expressly for the
' ir.de. and having the mail contract for four
veare, passengers and shipper, can rely upon
their remaining in the trade permanently, and
; are the oily boat, having a Cuuueotion vvilh
ilie traiusut Derall'a Bluff for Little Rock aud
| Hot Springs.
These are the only beats authoriied to sell
through tickets to Little Buck via. railroad
! from Dcvafr. Bluff. Time tLrough fertv
| three hours.
A f Htd light draught stoau.er will be run
j iu couueciiou with these packets from Augus
Ia aim Juckkonport, making two tripe per
week to Pocahontas, on Black river,
JOHN B. DAVIS, Superintendent
Memphis and White river V. 8. Mail Line
tl> 1« 7
STATE OF AKKANSA8, >
COL'NIY OF l'H-UBlt. )
lu the County Cuurf if **i<! fUtaty, *i the ,
July T,nu J8"7"“ U ^ f
.July, ,1807.
of Ark hum*. Plniuliff. „ , !
T„ ^ CiUlion on EMrny Bund.
S. K. Hytnpnnn, Def«H*nt. .
rnHI.S'dsy tt appearing to the court, by t»<k)
1 return’of the Sheriff endorsed on the ct
tetion in this behslf. that the *»td >. K.
Svmpson wss not found in his jurisdiction.
" Witt en pos, It is ordered by the court *'>*1
Ibis cause b« continued until ibe next term or
Ibis court, nud Ibet notice to the said N B.
Syinpson ho given by pubHcanon ot * copy or
this order for two weeks successively, in some
newspaper printed aud published in this
State, the last iusertion to beat teasl four
weeks previous to the commcucenient of the
next term, of the pendency of this salt, which
is an action on a certain Bond executed by
theeaid N. K. 8ympntn. on the lath d»v of
February. 1883, in the sum of one hundred
and fifty dollars, fora certain horse taken up
hy the said 8ympson, and estrayed before J.
A. Garlington. Esq., a Justice of the Fence,
on the 7th day of Kohruary, 1368, and that
unless lie shall appear on or before the third
day of the next term of this court, to be begun
and Holden at the court-honse in the town of
Brownsville, in the oouuty of Prairie, on the
fourth Monday of October, 1887. aud show
tjMti -contrary, judgment will he ren
dered against him for one half of she ap
praised value of aaid horse, after deducting
all (he legal rtxpenaes in that behalf.
A true copy from the Record.
Attest: Wn. UOODRCM,
auglT Jt Clerk.
BMWN&VILLK
MALE Sr FEMALE
ACA DEMY.
rnHE Board of Trustees of the IIF.OWV.S
l VILLE MALE AND FEMALE ACADE
MY. are happy to announce that they have
completed arrangements for the permanent
continuance of the School, under the present
efficient corps of Teachers.
The government will bo mild, but firm,
conforming a# nearly as possible, to that of a
well regulated family.
The Fall term will commence MoiKlSl}’,
September lGtll, 1S6I, and continue
twenty week#.
TERMS,
Primary Department — Orthography,
Reading and Writing, $12 60
Intermediate Department—Grammar,
Philosophy. Written Arithmetic,
Geography, Etc., £16 50
Higher Department—Higher Mathe
matics and the Language#, $20 00
Incidental Expenses', $1 00—for Fall term
only.
Bills payable one-half in advance, the bal
ance at close of the Term.
JOHN WIUGIIT, President.
--w. f?»»crrtnrv.
August I", loti*,—*tu
gkay Hotel,.
BRO WE S VILLE,
A *• u n n h » h .
rpiilS Hotel has been rcopenod by /.-jA
l Alt's. 12. ,i. Gltlletl, who is
notv prepared to accommodate the public
with the best the market affords, She ha*
also a viable, with plenty ot‘ feed and good
hostlers. ruigl0-3t
ADMINISTRATORS SALK *
—OF—
JL A. 1ST 1J.
IN ohedicue to ft decree of the Probate
Court of Prairie County. Arkansas, ren
dered at tho July Term thcree:'. 18(17. I, as
.\dtnini*u rat or of the Estate of William M.
Brylcs, df*r<‘irwtl. will offer for sale to the
highest bidder, in the town of Pcs Arc, in
said county, on the 2d day of St‘ploiu
1NG7, on h credit of four, eight, and
twelve months, all the Land* belonging to
said Estate.
Purchaser* will be required to give hood
with approved security for the purchase
money, and lieu* will be retained on the land.
Sale will commence nt 10 o'clock a, m.
ASER PIPKIN, Administrator.
August 10, 1807.—tds
X. H. WILLIAMS,
ATTCP.172T AT 1AT7,
Will practice Law in Prairie and adjoining
counties. Prompt attention given to all
business confided to his care. aug3
OrricE—At II. P. Vaughan’s Law office.
~ NOTICE.
Something Every Farmer
SHOULD HAVE.
IT will add 100 per cent, to the value of
y<>ur farms. Fruit and Ornamental Trees,
Shrubs, Roses, Greenhouse Plants, &c., culti
vated and for sale at the Highland Home
Nursery, St. Louis, Mo.
N. N. DAVIDSON, Proprietor.
N. B. Nothing but first class Trees shipped.
To flbow It May Concern.
Tnis is to certify that L. L. Cross is au
thorized agt.to fake orders for the High
land Home Nursery. St. Loai.% Mo , for plaut
ing iu the Full of 1807.
N. N. DAVIDSON Proprietor, v
per Wm. Espy, Qfn'1 Agent,
Des Arc. July 151th, 1807—>ju 127-41
U E5 .YKC, tiuue -Oiu, lOOi.
PR. J. A. KOUSELAUX,
Honored Sir:—After laving suffered for 8
or 10 years will <y most excruciating disease,
aud having had treatment of the most eminent
physicians of Mississippi and Arkansas, ami
others, with but little or no benefit, and hav
ing taken gallons of Patent Medicines, I had
dispairod of ever being cured ; but 1 am now
happy to inform you that I honestly believe
your treatment has entirely cured me. for
which you have the deep gratitude of my
heart.
I have the honor to subscribe mvsctf your
friend, CASSANDRA HOWARD.
Particular Notice!
The J3est Known
C HOLERA
Medicine.
It cared hundreds of case* last year,
iu Louisville and Nashville. It j;ives
immediate relief.
l*nt up by Dr. J. A. It on s elan x. and
for sale at Johnson & Davis' Drug
Store.
Dos Arc, Arkansas, July 2 >, IStiT.
J. J. SCHMIDT,
UOOT>14UEK AND HEl'AIKilH,
Des Arc, Arkau as.
Join now prepared Co do all kinds of wovk
in ay hue. My shop is on ltucrm Yisca
Si rout. nest doer to StalsworiVs tfrog" Score.
my 2.1, 18t;7-ly.
JSrOTICK.
Ill A \ L a nice Carriage uud Harness 1 will
sell for money, or trade for town property.
1 uave some Laud bev«u or eight Bailee west
of Dcs Arc, I will dispose of .'tine My;
I lave a Hooka way and Harness, uud a two
horse Wagon and dear, 1 am anxious to dji
poa# of.
IlOKACE P V WOHAN
t‘ Arc July 2 v 1**7 df
IT- T?. A 1ST TV, t
AT COTTON PLANT,
Woodruff County, Arkansas,
September 6th, 1867.
TOOCKEDS FOR THR HKXEFIT OF TRE
Destitute Widows and Orphans
or satn rorN'TT.
PROGRAMME*
ADDRESS - By Bon. J J GAlXAGilETv.
jt
Cen. D. C. Govan, Helena.
Col. P. If. Wheat, Derails Bluff
Col. Win. FTiok*. Seorcy.
Maj. U. C. Lftaford, Lea Arc.
Capt. Win Wilburn, Clarenlou.
Capt. Wm. McDaniel. Mndicon.
Capt. Wm. P. Campbell. Augusta.
Capt. J. M. TTaylev. West Point.
Cap:. Bart, Turner, TTeuton.
Benj. Nail, Esq., Jericho.
W. B. Lynch, Esq , Cotton Plant.
W. B. Swon, Esq., Cotton Plant.
B. R. 0Ion or, Esq., Plain Township.
MARSHALS:
Capt. Win. Cook, De* Arc.
J. II. Balding. Dea Arc.
LIST or PHIZES:
1st Prize—Fine Saddle and Bridle.
2nd Prize—Fine Silver Goblet.
3rd Prize—Fine Gold Locket,
4th Prize—Pair Silvpr Mounted Spur*.
6th Prize—Plain Gold Bing.
Committee or Arranirement:
Capt. J. K. Shelton. Tuck Cappelina.
H W. Llnthicnm. Th»v. C. Webb.
J. L. Howell. Madison Burkett.
A general invitation is extended to all
Knights from the surrounding country
W J. TURNER, Sec. and Trea.-.
August 3, 1867—1m
"hickory PLAiar
MALE and FEMALE
I INSTITUTi:,
IHAIKifc (.'(inn. A K A M - A.*.
fTUlE 15th * semi annual session <f t h i
X School, under
; PROF. W. A. GURNER SfsD LRDY,
1 Assisted by an able rorps of Teachor--. v 11
commence *Ioi»fliiy, I hr ftf!i of All
trust, 1867.
Terms, the same ns heretofore. For par
ticulars. address the Principal.
W. L. MOO UK. Pn> Board Tii.tee.;.
A. J Tuomam. Secretary
July 18, 18G7.—tf
DES AEG
FEMALE SCHOOL.
| MISS ELLEN PII1XXEY will o; 11
I a School at her residence, known as tin’.
I Black house, on Montliiy, 5ili Auguefc.
Terms of Tuition.
Elementary Eng. branches. Head
ing. Writing. Geography,
Grammar, etc., per session of
tivc months §15 o>
Higher Eng., Philosophy, t'heni
is:i*y. Rhetoric. Mental Science,
Physiology, Geology, Algebra,
etc fdS Hi
French and Latin, (extra,'i per
session $15 00
Music. §05 q.)
Use of Instrument §5 oo
Drawing and Painting, in water
or oils §15 00
Incidental Expenses <<1 01
Charge made fl om time of admission,
and deduction made incase of protract
ed illness.
References.—Bishop II. C. Lay, <’.
G; Scott, Esq., Little Rock; Henry,
Williams & Co., Van Huron, Arkansas :
’ *>0^> New Castle, Tenn.; Gen.
Albert Pike. jnl20-tf
1> E 8 A RC
VIAJ8 mi PEIffiAL.E
academy.
The fourth session of this School will open
on Monday, the oth of August, under Uit*
charge aud direction of B. D. TERRY
assisted by a competent Female Teacher.
Terms, per Session of Fire Months.
Orthography, Reading and Writing. $u 00
I Die same wiih Arithmetic, Gennadiy
I Grammar, Philosophy, Algebra, Ge
ometry, Chemistry. Rhetoric, llook
! Keeping, &c„ sir (V1
wmn ana Greek, 00
No incidental cxpepee*.
I ,K- l* T'1* milion must bo paid at l.lia «n,l
| ol each month, or you will be notified to keep
vour children at home. ’
| Dcs Arc, July 20, lsiR.—iy
SPRING GOODS!
(SPRING GOODS!!
rases AlTD 2T3V ? i
I -
NOW' OPENING AND JEST RECEIVED,
ii large and splendid assortment of
D Ft Y GOODS,
Nolioai, badlrs' and Genii’
j Half*. Hoots anil Shoes,
Qneemware, Hard
ware, llollowwtire,
'MmS*l85MIS211KPMS£
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
AT
(OLD STAND OF GILL & BRO.'J
It is onr intention to please every
oue, \\ e it ill seR our DooRs ul a very
small advance upo^eost; hut in order
to l>e convinced, t ome ami examine for
i yourselves. It i» uo trouble focus to
j show Goods.
TIIOJUS, CR.L A AO,
TVs Arc. Ark.. April IS, 1*1.7