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PROFESSION .IE F AROS._
z. P. H. FARR,
ATT©?.:?3-’ AT 3ATT,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
EOBt. 8 ANPERSON, WM. J.TWOllMtON,
Jaektonporl, Ark. Auguila, Ark
Anderson A Thompton,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
■Jaoksonport and Augusta, Ark.
Will attend the Court, of .Taok»on, Wood
ruff. and adjoining Counties, and to special
cases in any section of the State. Address
either office. mayl8-ly
a. o. ricaeTT. L- bajuabb.
CICKErr A HAMdAUR
ATTORNEYS IT LAW,
A VG CSTA, A RKA XSA S.
Will practice in the counties of Woodruff.
Jackeon. White and Craighead. Special at
tention given to collection, of all claims en
trusted to their care aprd-ly
ji n r. ALDRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cotton Plant, Arkansas,
■\Vu.L practice in the Circuit Court* of
Woodruff conntv, and the Circuit Court, of
the seventh .Tudicia District, and git* prompt
attention to all business entrusted to his
care. J>n12'
'"5~?.7~A 3 3 3 2?
Offers his set vice* to the citizen* Of
Lies Arc and vicinity in the practice of
medicine. Thankful for past Davors,
and by attention to business heeEpects
to share a liberal prtronage.
Office—One door east of Burney's
Prusr Store. *ep21
A. i. OAYTT. W J. UttOSAUliU
GANTT Sr. BRONAUGH,
4.TT0BX *YS AT LAW.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie,
Wuile, Woodruff. Monroe, Arkansas and Pu
l«<ki. Prompt suuoiiss given to ike collec
tion of claims faxes will be paid and titles
investigated for non-red lents aprl 1-om
J. K. UAfliWUul), J- t>- THOMAS,
GATEWOID & Tfiomas,
4t 4 aw ;
DES ARC, ARKANSAS*
I. ». UBDGirRVH. T. m AK* KICNT
HEDGEPETH & IT NT.
AT YO aX SYS A.T LAW.
DE3 ARC. ARKANSAS.
W1TX practice in ail of the courts of
Prairie county, and the circuit courts
of the surrounding counties. mar24-8in
JAMES It. PATTERSON, LUCIAN C. OAUSC,
Aujuita. Ark. Jaektonport, Ark.
Patterson A 6au'<e,
attorneys at law,
Jarksonport ana Augusta, Arkausas.
Wtr.L practice in ttie Counties of AVoodruff.
Jackson, Independence, White, Lawrence,
Randolph, Green, Craighead and Cross, and
attend to special ease# in any part of the
State. Alldress either office. myl8-ly
VS. It. GOODY, D- *0*4*.
000DY & McsRAE,
AS 44W
SEARCY, WHITE COt .YTY,
ARKANSAS.
Will practice in all the courts of Arkansas,
marlj-l-_
I80L. r. CLARK. SAM w. WILLIAMS.
JOE W. MARTIN.
CLARK WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
TIMM, practice iu all the Courts, prosecute
•yy Claims of all kinde, collect debu. aud
act as K*al littatt and SJeneral tymf*.
'S Orrtci—Markham Street, uear State House
apriL>8-tf __
W. HICKS, Formerly of the firm ofCypert i
Hicks.
H. tl. FIELDING, Formerly of Athene, Ala.
HICKS * FIELDING.
ATTOHSKYS AT LAW,
Searcy, White Co., Arkansas.
TITILL practice in this and the adjacent
BE Uy oounties. in tho District Courts, sud Su
111 premo Court of the State.
M> W. WILLIAMS. T. »f. f.IBSON,
WILLIAMS Ac GIBSOIV,
ATTOP.ITBYS AT LAW,
Das Arc and Detail's Bluff, Ark.
WILL praotiee in Prairie and adjoining
p Counties All bublneoe confided to their c»ri
will be promptly attended to. eepC-’l tl
J C .I0N.8ON. Otlice—Went Point. Arkansas
JNO. M. MOORE, Otfioe—Searcy, Arkansas
JOISOI A MOORE.
Attorneys at Law,.
SOLICITORS IX CUAXCERY
-ast,
Oeneral Land and Collecting Agents,
SKAIlCV. AnK VNtSAB.
TT'tt.t. giro prompt attention to any hiieines
In the c-untics of Independence, Jackson
Woodruff. Mouree, Prairie. W hite. C onws.
and Van TTnrvn in,..'
PROFESSIONAL CARHS.
j 0*0. *. MOKT01*. A V- VAOnUA!,.
1 1I0RT0SY & VAT70KA1T
'ATTORNEYS IT LAW
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCBBT,
DES ARC..ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in the Court* of the ceuntie*
of Prairie. White. Jackenn. Woodruff and
Moare*. Particular attention given to the
eelleeuen of claim, any where ia the State.
**p7tf. t
DR. ROBT.B. TREIEVANT
Tender* hit ffrofwaional oerricee to
the citiMM of De* Arc Aud vicinity.
Oflce—At Johmon k Davi» Drug
Store.__»cl>21
TUOMAI J. MARSH,
ATTORNEY ANB COUNSELLOR
.A. t Law,
DES ARC, ARJCAX SAS.
$9»Partcular Attention given to tha
collection of all Iciud* of claim* againet
the OoTernment.
Oppicx—On Buena Vi*ta *treet next
door to J. M. Burney'* drug *tore.
may-5- __
WM. T. JONES. B. C. TOTrSN.
JONES k TOTTEN,
41Y04MY* 4114W»
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
WILT, practice in the countir* of I’ulaeki,
Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff. Jsck'os aad
White Prompt attention given to the follec
tion of claim*. aprlt-ty _
nr.. j. x. sriuYST,
resident phtsician,
Being permanently located at Des
Arc, will continue the practice of his
profession in all its branches. Bpccial
attention given to the treatment ot
acute aud chronic di*ea*e*. »ep21
F. LEPTIEN,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
I AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ATI,
kinds «f work in my line. Mend
ing, Cdeening. Ac. .
_Thankful for p»»t favors, I solicit »
centinunnce of tie petreusgc beret"fnr. be
stowed ott me. febdA-tf
jXMES J. GALLAGHER.
Attor ney at L»nw,
COTTOy VI. y'T, WOODRUFF CO. RK
Will practice where culled.
Mp28~tf.
DRl A. ROI REI.41U o*ce. i.
now at Johnson 4 linrie' Drug Stare ;
can be be consulted at kie ream at the tlareey
House. He will give hi* undivided attention
to Chronic Diuniei of every deserip
tion.
The bent of references can be furnished, by
Applying to
DR. J. A. ROUSEDAUX,
Junl-tf Dee Are, Arknntee.
ENTERTAINMENT!!
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING jgL
opened a Heitee of Eater* JuJL
Inlnmeat, on Buena Viola Street, near
the Steamboat Landing, for tha accommoda
tion of
TRAVELERS AND BOARDERS,
By the day. weak, or month, aolicita the pat
ronage of thoee viaiting Dea Are. The fare
will be as good as tha atarkat affords, and
terms moderate.
(Vive me a trial, and I will endeavor to give
satisfaction.
BENJAMIN HAYLET
Dea Ar«, Ark., Marsh 2V 1M7—l'.’m
aTTiC a N 8 A 8 a A Z K T T E,
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
Terms—Invariably in Advance.
DAILY, 110 00 per annum; tl 00 psr month
for any laaa period
i WEEKLY. 00 per annum; f 7 JO to t’.uhs
MlH f*T
Address of tke Democratic State
Central Committee.
Rooms or the Democratic i
State Central Committee, >
LiUtle Rock, Ark., Deo. 9, 1867. j
To the People of Arkansas;
It Ills been made the duty of this
Committee to take steps to place in
communication With each other, by
mean, of a thorough organization, all
the opponent, of negro supremacy iu
the State.
It has been thought proper, there
fore, to issue an addreas to you in ex
planation of our action thus far, and of
the means adopted to place this move
ment on foot.
The meeting In the city of Little
Rock, which appointed this Committee,
was composed of gentlemen from dif
ferent parts of the State, who hap
pened to he in the city at the time,
without regard to former party afllMA
tion, and with the singlozjUAlificartion
that they were opposed to negro suf
frage. That meeting wus unwilling to
assume more authority than whs abso
lutely necessary to institute a move
ment looking towards organization and
a concentration of our .strength. It
was deemed improper to do anything
further than that, but, under tbe cir
cumstances, perfectly legitimate to do
that much.
The impossibility of having a State
Convention in time to accomplish any
good was apparent to all. According
ly the meeting appointed this Commit
tee subject to ratification by county
conventions throughout the State, and
made It our duty iu the meantime to
proceed witli the work of organization.
We have accepted the trust, and now
appeal to the opponents of negro suf
frage everywhere in the State to per
lect their couuty ana towusmp organi
zations at once, and place thetuselves,
through those organizations, in com
munication with this Committee.
There should be a Democratic club
in every towuship, and a county Exec
utive Committee at every county seat.
The enemy has hia forces disciplined
and well iu hand, and we must not ex
pect success except that we strive for it
iu su energetic manner, and witli per
fect concord and hnrinouy in our.ovjn
ranks. That harmony of feeling and
the unity of action, no»v more neces
sary tiiau is ordinarily requisite in a
political campaign, can only be secured
by a perfect organization. Under the
peculiar circumstances surrounding us,
it must be so that each opponent ot
negro supremacy may, through the
committees of bis party, know exactly
what policy will be adopted by those
who sympathize with him in distant
portions of the State; so that one of
our uumber iu Denton county, for in
stance, may act in unison with bis po
litical friend in Chicot, without the’risk
of differing with him iu his line of pol
icy. when between them tbtreis a unity
of sentiment.
That a very large majority of the reg
istered voters of the State are opposed
to the adoption of a Constitution which
confers Shu elective franchise upon a
class of persons who have just emerged
from slavery, aud are iu every respect
undt to be entrusted with so high a
privilege, and the practical operation
of which would have the effect to give
the coutrol of the State government to
that class, no truthful man will deny.
Thai ant'll inaini'ltv will Vnlv iifrikiliMt H
Constitution embracing a provision ot
that kind, if they vote at all, is equally
certain. That the people of this whole
country—those whose lathers estab
lished the Government and have made
the Atnerican name reapectabie and re
spected every where—have determined
that this shall be a white man’* Govern
ment, will not be-questioned, iu view
of the astonishiug reaulU.'of the recent
elections in different portions of the
Union.
The voices of the Democratic and
Conservative masses of the North call
npon us now to s«6ist in defeating the
attempt of KadfcalUru to destroy our
old constitutional Government and set
up in ils place one in which others than
white men shall hava the controling
influence. We must heartily respoud
to that call.
To accomplish the purpose wc must
ho ae united in the line of policy to be
pursued aa we are in sentiment and
opinion upon the maiu question itself.
Former divisions and differences
must be ignored, and all bickerings
hushed, until we shall have wou the
battle for which the eomtnon enemy is
now making such admirable prepara
tion.
Each county should at once hold u
convention and adopt resolutions ex
pressive of the sentiments of the peo
ple, and suggesting the better mode ot
defeating negro suffrage, whether by
calling out our full strength and voting
down the new Constitution, or by re
maining away from the polls aud there
by making the election a failure under
the act of Congress. Indue time, when
the opinions of the party throughout
the State npon this point shall have
been received, and a conclusion arrived
at aa to the preferable policy in that be
j half, a second address will be issued.or
1 other means taken, to aunouucv such
conclusion and to ensure unity among
; ourselvee in that particular.
In the meantime 1st every patriot In
sympathy with the movement consider
it his duty to go to work at once to
perfect the organization of a club-in
every township, and an Executivt
rommltlee at every county scat, which
shall immediately put itseit in commu
nication with the State Central Com
mittee and with the township clubs i
its own county.
Tills is a matter which affects th
most vitai interests of our people; am
the action of the meeting at Littl
Pock, and the step* taken by this Com
mittee thus far, have seemed to he tli
best that eould be adopted under th
circumstances, reference being had f
the tiict that no State Convention o
the partycautd well be had at present
and that prompt action was ucceSsar;
to accomplish any good.
Xor can just exception be taken t<
i tlie party name under which we pro
pose to make this tight against Radical
ism upon the question of negro suf
frags, The only organized party in tin
tield in opposition to the extremists w
found to be the Democratic; and fo
the time being, at least, our people cai
surely forget party prejudices, and avai
themselves of the perfect orgatiizatioi
of the Democracy throughout the land
in order to successfully combat the ru
iuous heresies of tliose who by force
and by every foul and unlawful means
would thrust negro supremacy upon ai
. iiiiwilling people.
i It is better that we should beexelud
1 ed from the electoral college in tin
! coining Presidential election, than tlm
tlie votes of our State should assist it
'electing a President in sympathy wit)
those who1 would destroy the CoUstitu
tion of the Cuited Slates in order t<
perpetuate their part) power. The fur
tlier disfranchisement of white met
and the enfranchisement of tlie blacks
by the convention shortly to assemble
will secure Arkansas to the extremists
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tution is submitted to the people.
The mailer of llie greatest import
aucc at present is thorough and com
pletc organization at once. Delay ii
dangerous, and if long continued maj
prove fatal. We have much to do, am
perhaps but a short time allowed us U
accomplish the work.
The Committee is composed of lh<
following members :
Hubert A. Lloward, Chairman, Little
Iiock, Ark.
Hon. Win. Byers, Butesvillc, Ark.
J. S. Dunham, Van Buren, Ark.
lion. A. B. Williams, Washington
Ark.
L. B. Nash, Esq., C. B. Moore, Esq.
Arnold Sv berg, Esq., E. A. Terry, Esq.
It. C. Newton, Esq., Little Hock.
John Al. Harrell, Esq., Secretary,
Little ltock.
All communications for the Commit
tee* should be addressed to John M
Harrell, Esq., Secretary, Little ltock
Arkansas. It. A. HOWARD,
Ch'n Dcm. State Central Com.
J. M. Hakkkll, Secretary.
The National Finances.
The Senate Committee on Finance
in their recent report, remark it should
be not merely to declare and obey the
existing law, 1ml to adopt a compre
hensive policy that will preserve tin
public peace nnd restore confidence tc
the people and stability to our businest
interests, and yet will appeal to tin
sense of justice of the people, if it i:
unnapptiy urawtt imu me siena u
party. Financial matters ought not It
belli any sense partisan, but they ilia)
become so. Unless Congress can uilop
a correct policy the contest on (best
most delicate and difficult question:
may be transferred to the hustings
wltere the heat of party strife may letu
to dangerous results.
The Committee, after an examinatioi
of the provisions of tlmbill, state tin
condition of tlie public debt, und tltei
taking up tlie question as to whethei
tlie 5-20 bonds are redeemable in tut)
other money thau in coin of thc*Unite<
States upon tlie voluntary couseut o
the holder, but it is believed that tin
great body of them will readily inaki
tlie exchange, aud tliut the Uovet iimeu
will be able to sell tlie new bonds at :
rate that will redeem at the purchase
an equal amount of the d-20a.
This manifest interest of tlie bond
holder and tax-payer to have his right
clearly defined so that Congress, afte
full consideration, should so settle then
that he will not be affected by any nit
certainty as to the matter of these pay
incuts. If this change is refused b;
the bond-holder, it will be time etiotig
to consider whether by condition u
bis bond he tuay uot bo payed iu law
t'ui money.
The plan proposed establishes a max
ituum of ourreucy at the amount an
nuxed by law, and may be diiuiuiehci
by payment of tax, aud its conversio
into gold bonds. This process would
it is believed, restore our currency l
u standard of gold, without the sever
i disturbance aud uncertainty caused b
■ the present system ; wheu tlie restore
; credit of the Government advances tli
market value of our bonds to u gol
standard price, the payments may b
i resumed and maintained.
This pluu is iu accordance with th
unilonu practice of our Governmen
prior to July, 18li3; of Great Itritai
: during the long period of suspensio
of specie payments, from 17t>7 to 18:!.
The holder of paper raouey paid on
, was allowed at auy time to convert i
i into a bond of annuity. The not
{ forced upon the people during tlie mi
t pension of specie payments was neve
allowed to be of less value than otlie
securities held by public creditors.
The Committee is of opinion that tit
' time is not distant when it will becem
*
- mu uuiy oi v.ungruKs iu ru)iu»i »u mum
- of the existing law a« mak'** Uuitcd
1 States notes a legal tender iu payment
o(k debts. The duties on imported
; goods aud interest on the public debt
1 are, by law, excepted from (lie legal
; tender elau*e; this implies that the
- principal of the debt is not excepted,
> and the construction drawn from the
• payment of previous loans in golit is
> answered by the fact that the net under
fi which' these bouds were issued express
, ly declares that a note •shall be lawful
• money as well as gold, and shall be re
ceivable in payment of public debts.
i The argument that a construction was
. put upon the law by agent* of the
■ United States is answered by the fact
• that this was not a mutual construction
• recognized by both parties as a part of
■ , contract, but was rather an opinion
• based Upon a supposition of a state of
i facts which did not actually exist.
I It is clear that if the bonds are pny
i able when due in legal tenders, they
, are redeemable after live years from
■ date in the same kind of money. The
, word payable implies a duty or obli
, gabion, which must be performed at
i the time stipulated. The word re
deemable implies a discretionary pow
er, which may or may not be exercised,
but the same kind of money iu the
same mode tendered, will redeem a
note or pay a note.
The committee have deemed it their
1 duty to present the argument in favor
of redeeming the bonds in legal tender
notes, for it cannot be concluded that
this construction has been adopted by
many who disclaim all purpose to
evade public engagements. Still the
admitted part remains that these bonds
were taken up on the supposition that
tills was expressly declared by author
ized agents of the Government in the
negotiation of the loan; that such dec
laration must have been known In
Congress, and that it was sanctioned
by three successive Secretaries of the
Treasury ; Hint upon the face of it the
bonds have been continually of a high
er market value than notes; and pttb
j lie sentiment, both in this country and
in Europe, would regard it as a breach
oT public faith.
The public credit is of so sensitive a
quality that time cannot restore it when
impaired, it is better far to forego a
doubtful privilege in the judgment of
impartial men; we have no right to
exercise it, but it should be promptly
removed. The discussion of the ques
tion manifestly impairs public credit
I until it i« settled. N'o new loan can
1 he negotiated; the public mind be
comes accustomed to the idea of re
pudiation. and the wildest schemes of
paper money of the days of the George
| t.aw. poison the foundation of public
, and private credit.
The committee lias been provided by t
j Congress, by joint resolutions which
; declare that the five-twenty bonds are .
redeemable only in gold. This, in
stead of settling the question, will on
! ly create divisions and parties, and the
resolution when passed will be the
subject of agitation and repeal.
These consideration* induce the rum
! mince, without deciding the question, )
! propose a substitute of now bonds,
clear and explicit in their views, for:
the five-twenty bonds ns they become j
redeemable. This exchange must de-I
1 pend on the debt, public or private, i
I This provision was adopted with ex- .
t....... „ ..nln.iGinoo a ml illiilstl*
| of an overwhelming necessity.
The committee having slated their
■ views upon tlie difficult propositions
I of the hill, they consider this measure
i1 as embracing all the financial meas
ures demanded by the public interest,
■ | but they present it in the hope that
i they may not be embarrassed by other
[ financial problems uot excitiug general
f I discussion.
Mr. asd Mrs. Davis.—Among the
' passengers who sailed from lialtimore
| on Thursday last, ou the steamship
, Cuba, for .New Orleans, were Mr. and
J Mrs. Jefferson Davis. The Hun thus
1 describes the scene ou the departure of
( j the steamer:
••A large concourse of persons as
( sembled on lirown’s wharf to witness
the departure of the ship, many, no
I doubt, having been drawn thither by a
. desire to see Mr. Davis, although the
j tuct of his intended departure l>y the
.•I steamer had been kept as quiet a» pos
.; sible. About a quarter of an hour pre
j vious to the time ol departure Mr. and
Mrs. Davis drove on the wharf in the
_1 private carriage of a friend, and as they
I alighted there were some dcmoiisira
! lions and cheers by the crowd. Mr.
; Davis, however, proceeded quietly on
' board, where a number of pcrxoual
; friends gathered to bid him adieu. As
the ship gracefully moved from the
I dock Mr. Davis stood ou the quarter
deck, with head uncovered, and ac
I knowledged, by bowing, the friendly
0 personal manifestations with which he
Imd met. Mr. Davis appeared to be iu
good health and elastic spirits. During
the stay of himself and wile in lialti
more they were the guest* ot Cliarlea
Howard, Esq., where they quietly so
journed in the enjoyment of social in
tercourse wilh personal friends.”
! -The Liberty Herald says: ‘•Times
continue pressing iu this town and comity,
though wo shall indeed be grateful if they
get no worse. Mouey has almost become
a reminiscence of the past, and a dollar is
; regarded as great a curiosity as biscuits
c 1 rrc said to bs :u Jachron oouuty, Ga.
Dvarviug uonainon oi we ifeeuiuei
in Arkansas—A Movement fo
their Belief.
\Vc give the following extract frou
a letter written by an intelligent gen
tlemau in Clilcot County to a gentle
man in Balcsville, dated at Lake Yill
age, Dee. 7th, 1867, wliieh will give ai
idea of the condition of things in tha
part of (lie State:
•‘Despair Is depicted upon the ooun
tenanees of every one. They are with
out hope, and in daily apprehension o
all outbreak, (of the uegroes.) Noth
ing, in my opinion, will prevent it hu
the establishing here of a standing mil
itary force, for which tiie people hav
petitioned lien. Ol d. If parceled out
there is not ti.ree months provisions
The planters arc unable to plirchas
any. The negroes are being turne<
adrift without a dollar. Starvatioi
will be upon them. lYliat the conse
quences will be, God only knows. Till
is the ease all along the Mississippi am
Arkansas rivers, as far as I can hear.”
Front the Memphis Appeal of tin
24th ult.. we take the following cxtrac
from an editorial in that paper:
‘•Already, negro women have beet
found in Arkansas, lying dead or dy
ing of starvation in the roads. Havin'
pretty nearly exterminated the swim
in the bottoms, the freedmen arc nov
destroying the cattle. On the Alkali
sas river, we learn, corn is scarce an;
already liisrh—hardly more than i
bushel to the month, in the riverconn
try, we are told. Two short years o
folly have sufliced to alienate from tin
silly and besotted negro the sympa
thies of those who would fain liavi
been bis friends. A short carnival o
license Hiid laziness is to be succeeded
for him, by a long winter of discou
not iilile either to employ or to l'ee<
him; ami no longer want his service
or his presence. The only questioi
now is, how to get rid of him ; and tin
process of extinction by starvation, ex
posttre and disease, has already begun.
The Appeal further says, “that tin
following order, issued recently b;
Gen. Ord, is good ns far as it goes ; hu
the difficulty is that the planters u<
longer want negro labour, and are no
able to employ it and pay for it. Tha
is the result of compelling them to pat
in 1800 and 1807. twice as much pc
month for labour ns it «n* wortii, am
then robbing them of a large part o
the price of every pound of cotton.
The order in question is :
Commanding officers are directed t<
notify the leading colored men. am
take snch other measures as may bi
necessary to give general publication
of the fact, that all freedmen who an
able, will be required to earn theii
support during the coming year, am
to go to work upon the best terms tlia
cau be procured, even should it fttrnis)
a support only ; and tints prevent theii
becoming a burden to the Government
All freedmen who can, but will no:
earn a livelihood when employment
can be procured, will lay themselves
liable to arrest and punishment as va
grants. The co-operation of Sherill';
and Constables, mul Police Magistrate!
is requested in the enforcement of thii
order, and any just action of theirs un
der its provisions will he sustained 1<>
the military authorities.”
in the Pine ltliitf Dispatch of tin
21st, December, we find the followin'!
in reference to the freedmen in tha
ni»r!inn !
•‘We have not learned that any thing
has been done toward securing mean:
to feed the negroes of Jefferson county
and keep them from starvation, during
the coming winter. Something mus
be done, a system of public works in
angerated, rations and clothing furn
ished,—they must not bo permitted ti
go idle, they must uot, cannot starve
and if some public provision be no
made, and in season, something ma;
happen, that will astonish the natives
we trust it will be averted..”
Til view of the deplorable conditio:
of the freedmen in some portions o
Mi'-issippi, General Ord has issue:
the following important special'order
H'lKit'AHTCR* Fourth Military District,’
(Mississippi and Arkansas.)
tlrricR o» Civil Aitairs.
Holly SraiNua. Miss., D*o. 18, 18i’,7.
Special Order No. 20S:
[extract.]
I *»»»«*•
; 111. Brevet Major General Alvan C
j GiJIem, Colonel 24tli United Stutes In
j fantry, Assistant Commissioner Bti
i-ean of Refugees. Froodfnenand A baa
.lulled Lands for the State of Missis
sippi, will proceed to Washington, L
C„ aiul represent to the President am
Secretary of War the starving coudl
| lion of the freedmen in a large numbe
of the counties in his Sub-Distriot
due to the ruin and bankruptcy of col
j ton planters—and the absence of cor
or the means to buy it. He will repot
! the absolute necessity or some provi
sion being made bv the Government t
| feed the armed freedmen, and avert
I war of races in such sections as ar
! without food. General Gillum wil
' lake with him such reports and letter
on tile us bear on this subject,
i **»♦**•
By command of Brevet Major Get
! Ord. O. 1). Greene, A. A. G.
! -M.j. Mct’ardle, of the Vieksbur
Times, has again been arrested by order i
• en. Ord, and placed under a bond of or
thousand dollars to keep the peace ft
j twelve months, and uot to write anythin
J “ libelous " against any ore for tbs san
11’ng‘h rf tirae.
p| -The Helena Clarion a^ys of the
(Helena and Iron Mountain railroad :i
l i “ We are informed that negotiations are
I now pending which arc likely to result
favorably. Certain capitalists now hold
j nndrr advisement propositions submit-!
; ted to them by the Board of Directors,
t j which, if accepted, guarantees the con
struction of forty miles of the road
this year.”
-The “ Qftntral Radical Commit
I tee ” has issuKgli^for a State Con- !
. fMitloii to n«Mrme in*fc!ftle,$lofk otfl
I {the 13th inst., to nominate candidates j
.1 for State offices.
:' -Gen. Ord lias issued an order j
, prohibiting the carrying of couccaled (
. weapons, and punishing all offenders 1
. by fine and imprisonment.
I -One undivided half of tlw; Pine
i Bluff Dispatch is offered for sale. .
’ i -A temperance society has been
II organised at Magnoloa.
-The Magnolia Vindicator strong
ly endorses the movement to organize
(, the Democratic anti-negro suffrage
( party in the State.
-The following General Orders j
.: (So. 40) were issued from Gen. Ord's (
. office of civil affairs, at Holly Springs, !
| on the 12th ultimo :
“I. In future, whenever a citizen is ;
arrested by the military authorities in ■
I this Military District, lie will be at once (
furnished by the officer ordering the ;
arrest with a written copy of the
• charges upon which lie was arrested.
, Such charges will, however, in all cases,
be subject to such modification as the
, tacts of each particular case rutty seem
• to demand; which modification must
lie made, and a copy of the charges as
modified furnished to the prisoner,
, prior to hU arraignment for trial.
“II. Writs of habeas corpus issued!
bv United States Courts will in all
1 I
leases lie obeyed and respected by all
, officers of the military service iu thL ,
. | command.”
’j -Ck'CuL.' Xu. £0, from Gen. C. II. I
■ Smith’s headquarters sub-district of
•; Arkansas, at I.ittlc Rock, was issued on
: the 24tli ult., and is as follows :
i "Delegates elect to the Convention j
ordered to assemble at Little ltock,
January 7, 1808, will receive their cer
tificates of election at these headquar
. iters, on application in person, and iden
| tilying themselves.”
1 j -In the Senate, on the ISth ult., i
; the Chair presented a memorial of citi- i
rens of Arkansas, addressed to the |
1 Governor of tout State, setting fortli I
that there is great destitution in seve- |
ral of the counties of that State, and i
the imminent danger of an outbreak by j
blacks in consequence. Referred to!
'j Committee on Military Affairs.
i -We are requested to state that J. j
T. Daniel, company A. third Arkansas j
regiment, who was killed on the 27th
of October, 18C4. is buried in the pri
vate ground of Mr. John A. Worsham,
I at. Jit. Erin, better known as Fulton
Hill, in the county of Henrico. It is
1 hoped, through the medium of this
publication, that his friends will be in
formed as to the place of his interment.
[Richmond (Va.) Whig.
-We clip the following item from
the Eldorado Sentinel of the IDtli inst. :
“We are credibly informed that a
gentleman by the name of Pool, resid
' ing in the lower part of this county, I
! mounted his mule and went to the for
j est for the purpose of hunting deer.
He had not gone far, however, before
. | his attention was attracted by the ap
! 1. ..f ..*• st... __i
; lie ut once halted, and not wishing to I
: turn the course of the deer, concluded !
. to remain in his saddle. The deer came !
- within a few yards of Mr. Pool, when :
> j lie tired and killed him. The mule be
. ( cowing frightened at the report of the
ligun, dashed Mr. Pool to the grouud, |
(killing him instantly, and in running
. i through the thick woods at the top of
his speed, came in contact with a tree, |
11 or some other obstacle, killing itself,
i Thus, from the firing of a single shot,
I three lives were sacrificed—the deer, i
: the inau aud the mule.”
-———— . |
An Extbaordinaut Cask.—We yea-j
terday made the a’c^uaintaiice of Mr. C. ,
M. 9upear, who related to us the most |
remarkable experience we have ever i
know u. He was a soldier iu the Con
federate artny in the late war, aud a
- member of the -lilt Tennessee cavalry,
- of Harrison's brigade and Gen. Worth’s
-idivisiou. In the battle of Jonesboro,
-ion the 1st of September, 181U, lie was
. prostrated, but not wounded, by the
I i explosion of a shell. There were no
-' marks of injuries upon iiis person, but
r j he hud lost the faculty of speech and
- of hearing, aud from that day until the
-,18th of the present mouth, when he
II submitted to au operation, be has not
11 uttered or heard a word. The opera-!
- tiou restored his lost faculties instantly,
) and he is now in the full enjoyment ot
i both speech aud hearing. We do not '
' remember tnat we have ever heard of
I so remarkable a cure. Mr. hupear is
s well known in Meade county, iu tids '
State, and hundreds of tne citizens will
certify to the fact of his singular mis
■! fortuue, while hia present condition is
1 the most satisfactory evidence of his
it J perfect care.—[Lou. Cour.. Dec. 27.
' j -Gen. Ord denies any intention to
|r interfere with the collection of levee taxes
in the counties of Bolivar, Washington
snd L:sq«eni. •
a jieion uourieou^.
The Memphis Appeal, of the 2Sth,
December, says “the Congress of the
Cuitctl States has seemed for some
tittle to imagine that the President had
no power of reprisal, and that its mem
bers could insult him at their pleasure,
without a danger of a blow in return.
At last it has the blow, in the mess
age that we append. Contemptuous
and sarcastic, under the mask of cour
tesy and patriotic ardour, it is such a
blow as no Congress ever before re
ceived. It is the epitaph of Radicalism
and Reconstruction, w litten in advance
of their departure. We doubt wheth
er, by this time, any member of the
House is inclined to “laugh derisive
ly” at it, and do not wonder that some
of the Senatorial snobs proposed not
to order it to be printed.
Gentlemen of the Senate and of the
House of Representatives:
An official copy of the order issued
by Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock,
Commander of the Fifth Military Dis
trict, dated headquarters in X’ew Or
leans, La., on the 2t»th day of Novem
ber, has reached me through the regu
lar channels of the War Department,
and I herewith Communicate it to Con
gress, for such action ns may seem t<»_
be proper, iu view of ail the circum
stances.
It will be perceived that General
Hancock announces that he will make
the law the rule of Ills conduct; that
ho will uphold the courts and.other
civil authorities' in Jib1 performance of
their proper duties; and that lie will
use his military power only to pre
bi i % c me iR’iau hiim uiiiurci' im;
He -declares very explicitly that the
sacred right of the trial by jury, and
the privilege of the right of habeas
corpus shall not be crushed out or
trodden under foot, lie goes further,
and in one comprehensive sentence, as
serts that the principles of American
liberty arc still the inheritance of this
people, and ever should be.
When a great soldier, with unro*
strletcd power in his hands to oppress
hia fellow-men, voluntarily foregoes
the chance of gratifying his selfish am
bition, and devotes himself to tlie duty
of building up the liberties and
strengthening the laws of Ids country,
lie presents an example of the highest
public virtue that human nature is ca
pable of practising. The strongest
claim of Washington to be "first in war,
fir«t in peace, and first in the hearts of
Iris countrymen,” is founded on the
great fact, that in all his illustrious ca
reer lie scrupulously abstained from
violating tiic legal and constitutional
rights of ids fellow-citizens. When lie
surrendered Ida commission to Con
gress, the President of that body spoke
liis highest praise in saying, that lie
had “always regarded the rights of the
:ivi! authorities through all dangers
md disasters.” Whenever power
above the law courted liis acceptance,
lie calmly put the temptation aside.
By such magnanimous acts of forbear
uice lie won the universal admiration
of mankind, and left a name which has
ao rival in the h.story of the world.
I am far from saying that Gen. Hun
:ock is tlie only officer of the American
srmy who is influenced by the exam
ple of Washington. Doubtless, thou
sands of them arc faithfully devoted to
the principles for wtiicii the men of the
Revolution laid dowu their lives. Hut
llie distinguished honor belongs to him
of being the first officer in high com
mand south of the Potomac since the
close of the civil war, who has given
utterance to these noble senftments in
mu ivi *«» vi w w . ---
I respectfully suggest to Congress 1
that tome public recognition of Gen.
Hancock's patriotic conduct is due, if
not to him, to the friends of law ami
justice throughout the country. Of
such an act as his. at such a time, it ia
hut fit thaLthedignity,.should he vin
dicated _and the virtue -.peucjitimed, soi
thflf fis.-vhhw'TTs ati example may not > ,
be lost to the im'tfou. _—
ANDREW JOHNSOWt-v
Washington, D. C. Dec. 18, IS67.
» - V # m i
Desertions From Tuk ueoujul*.,*.
Army.—The New York Tribune soWr
“Tb% report of General Grant mentions
the remarkable fact that during the past
year no fewer than thirteen thcu>and men
have deserted from the army. T he greater
part of these desertious. we presumo, oc
curred on the plains, where it ia well
known that men often enlist in western
bound regiments, for the express purpose
of getting cheap and safe conveyance to
the miuiug regions. During the last Rea
son, lor example, more than half of the
Seventh cavalry (Custar'a) deeumped wifh
their horses, arms and accoutrements, and
probably made their way to the gald re
gions of Colorado and Montana. A dea
perado who wants to reach the diggings,
has only to enroll himself in some com
mand bound for the Indian country end
he is pretty sure of au opportunity to make
off wheu be bus marched as.far as be
chooeae to go. The number of recruita
during the year was thirty four thousand,
io that the desertions reached the enor
mous ratio of nearly forty per ceut of the
enlistments.
The Huntsville Independent aaya that
notwithstanding hundreds of negroea are
idle in Marion county, a large part of the
cotton now in the field will perish because
hands esneot be got to pick U.