DES ARC CITIZEN.
1. C. MORRILL, ETUTO*.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS:
WEDNESDAY...MARCH 14 1830.
Democratic Convention*
The national convention meets a!
Charleston on Monday the £3d of April.
The State convention meet* at Little
Rock, or. Monday tire 2d of April.
The congressional convention for the
first district meets at Diver, Pope county,
2d Monday, 14m of May.
The congressional convention :or the
seconl district meets at Arfeadelphia,
Ciiuk county, on the 2d Monday, lit!.
May.
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Democratic Meeting-Centre Township
Toe Democracy of Cer,:re township are
requested to meet at McEwen's School
House, on Satcrbay the 31st. of
March, to appoint delegates tb the Dem
ocratic County Convention, to he held at
Btownsviiie on the 4th Monday of April
next.
Thc Latr W. L. D Williams, Esq.
This gentleman, who died of consumption
•t Little Rock, on the 23d uh., bequeathed
some $10,000 to the Theological Semi
nary in Columbia, Souih Carolina, to aid
in the cause of ministerial education.
^Tlw Masonic fraternity, his legal asso
ciates, &c., have performed their last sad
au:y m me puonauan 01 su; auie inuwra
of respect to his memory. Mr. Williams
was universally acknowledged as possess
ing the highest order of tuients. He was
licensed to practice laiv in the Supreme
and inferior courts of Arkansas in Janu
ary 135-1, a few months before he was 21
years of age. His close application to
the profession of his choice, no doubt ten
ded to shorten hi# life.
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Agricultural Societies.—By refer
ence to a notice in our local column,
*ig >ed by the Secretary of the Prairie
County Agricultural Society, it will be
observed lint the annual election ol offi
cers will take place in D s Arc, on the
2‘ith of May next. Tne farmers of
Prairie county, a3 well a3 the members
generally, should attend this election, and
ftes that suitable p-fs->:n are selected to
fill the various positions to be filled.
The farming interest has, thus fir, been
neglected by the Legislatures of own
State. But we trust that a liberal appro
priation will be made at the next ses-ion
of the General Assembly. As an evi
dence of the high appreciation of Agri
cultural Societies by various States of tue
Union, we subjoin the following from the
Rural Register:
Kentucky—This Stale appropriates
$5 000 anna illy to me support of its Ag
ricultural Society.
Pennsylvania—$2,000 to its Society,
and ins donated 850,020 to us Agricul
tural College.
M ASSACiiusEr rs.—Contributes S6.000
annually to its Stale Board of Agrioul
lure, and 8600 annually to every Agri
cultural Society in the State.
Michigan.—$40,000 to its Agricul
tural College, and $2,000 per annum to
its State Society.
New York—Has loaned for forty
years, without interest, $10,000 to the
establishment of nn Agricultural College,
and $700 annually to the State Society,
besides publishing its transactions, which
costs some uiousauds, besides aid to local
societies.
Ohio.—Pays 810,000 lo her State So
ciety, and we believe 8200 to each of her
hundred local societies.
Wisconsin.—S3 000 annually lo her
Slate Society, aud 8100 to each County
Society.
Mibsocri —85,000 to the former, and
*80 0 to the latter.
Iowa.—8200 annually to each County
Society, the amount, if any, to the Stale
Society, unknown.
Illinois —83.000 to the State, aud
$50 to each Countv Society.
Tennessee—S3 000 each, to the So
cieties in each of the three geographical
.districts of the State
Virginia.— No Stite aid, hut the Ag
ricultural Society has been richly endowed,
(While the expenses of its annual exhibi
tions and show grounds are generally de
frayed by local authorities.
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■ZffiT From an official statement it ap
pears that there is now due to the Suite ot
Arkansas by the General Government
1,491 muskets, or their equivalent in oth
er kinds of arms—which are subject to
be drawn on the requisition x>f .the Gov
ernor.
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f®* We learn through the Memphis
papers, that the election for oificers o:
Shelby county, on the 3d instant, re
sulted as follows:
James E Felts, She-itT.
G. fl Powell. County Tax-Collector.
A. Woodward. County Trustee.
l3■ P. Trezevanl, County Court Clerk.
M. D. L. S-ewart, Circuit Court Clerk.
Marcus J. Wright, Clerk City Courts.
J. W. Kura. Coumy Register.
J W. A. Pettit, County C-urt Judge.
Hume F. Hill and C. A. Mallory
Magistrates for the Fourteenth Civil Dis
trict, sod L. R Richards, Magistrate fo;
•Urn Filth District.
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A Rare Petition. — Petitions bavi
been addressed to the Legislature of Ohio
asking them to appoint a day of GeCkii
and prayer to atone for the sin they coni
muted by sppiopriaiu.g 83,000 for drunk
eiKiess and debauchery. in that treat give
to the Legislatures o! Kentucky and Tec
£ (MW.
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PRAIRIE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC j
MASS COSYENTICJ.
Browvsvillb, March 12. 1360.
According to previous notice tbedemoc- ;
racy assembled at the Court-House in,
| Brownsville; when,
J On motion of Hjp. it. 3. Gantt, Dr. ^
jj. S. Pearsos was called to the chair and
J. C. Morrill appointed secretary.
The Chairman stated that the Convefi
: non had assembled for the purpose ot np
! pointing delegates to the Democratic State '
1 Convention to be held at Little Rock on
[the 21 of April, to nominate a candidate
j for-Governor and appoint delegates to the
i Democratic National Convention, to be
| held at Charleston, on the 23d of April.
Thai it would be the duty of this Mass
! Convention to appoint delegates to the
i District Convention which assembled at
Arkadeiphia, on the 14tii May, to norai-j
i nnte a candidate for Congress from this
! District. Also, to define the time for hold-1
; ing a Democratic County Convention, to ’
select a suitable caudidate for the Legis-j
i laiure from Prairie county, and ii deemed
(necessary, for the various county offices.
On motion of Col. A. A. Pittman, a
i committee of five was appointed by the
j chair to draft resolutions expressive of the
] sense of this meeiing, ns follows: Messrs.
|J. E. Gatewood. D. VV. Davis, H. Rey
J nolds, A. A. Pittman and R. S. Gantt.
The committee, after retiring, reported ^
the following, which was adopted:
The Committee to whom has been referred
the objects of this meeting, and upon whom
has devolved the duty of preparing such ex
pression of views as may seem right amtprop
er, beg leave to report the following resolu
tions, as expressive of the views of the De
mocracy of Prnirie county:
Resolved. 1. Th;it we do mort cordially
endorse the well known principles and policy
of our party, anu regarding in;u anc erir. anu
well known usage, the Convention system.,
as the only means of concentrating party
strength, we do appoint the 4th Monday in I
April, as a suitable time, ami Brownsville, as ;
a suitable place for the Democracy of Prairie j
county to meet in Convention for the purpose!
of oininating a candidate for Representative,
! and if necessary, for the various county!
offices ; and that we request th > various town
ships to hold primary meetings, and to send j
up delegates to said Convention.
2. That we approve the proposition to hold :
a Convention of the Democracy of the State:
at Little Rock, on ihe 2d day of April next.!
and that this Convention appoint twenty Dele
gates from this county for the purpose of re
presenting us in said Convention.
3. That in view of his long tried and patri
otic devotion to the best interests of his party
and country, and his eminent fitness and «•
j pacity for the position, we instruct said deie
! gates to cast the vote of Prairie county in said
| Convent.on for our distinguished feiiow-citi
i zen. Hon. B. C. Totten, for Governor, m J
1 further urge them to use every honorable
means to secure his nomination.
1. That ten delegates be appointed to repre
sent us in the Congressional Convention, to be
held at Arkedeiphia on the 2d Monday in May,
ami that they be instructed to cast the vote of
Prairie for Hon. E. W. Gantt.
5. That the Democratic party is based upon
principle, and was Organized, not for the pur
pose of appropriating to its members the spoils
of office, but for the purpose of perpetuating
| great principles, and that any effort under the
specious guize of potiiv to injure the an
cient landmarks of the party, or to lower the
standard of party triumph is thoroughly de
moralizing in its eff-cts upon our organiza
tion, and should be visited witii the severest
condemna ion of every true Democrat.
6. That the efficiency cf tbe Democratic
party, and its capacity to do good, depends not
upon its numerical strength, but upon its rigid
adherence to principle, and that we require
of our delegates to the Charleston Conven
tion, even a: the risk of suffering a defeat, to
secure for us a platform that recognizes the
equal rights of all the States and the citizens
thereof; a platform that, without any ambi
guity, equivocation or evasion, shall declare
that neither Congress, nor a Senatorial Leg
islature, whether bv direct legislation, or
legislation of an indirect and unfriendly
character, possesses the power to annul or
impair the constitutional right of any citizen
of the United States to take ilis slave property
into the common territory; and that if expe
rience should at any time demonstrate the in
ability of the Judiciary to afford the requisite
protection, it will then become the duty of {
Congress to supply the deficiency.
7. That it is better to be defeated in an I
open issue, than to triumph at a sacrifice of
principles; and tint if we can not succeed on .
such plain and constitutional principles, it is
better that we should be defeated.
M Tli it oiitorr-i i nin t fha iiion v iira hor* tit at
! avowed in regard to the power of the Terri- !
torial Legislature, and regarding a rigid adhe- !
rence to them as vitally essential to the pro
tection of the rights of the South, we cannot
refrain from expressing our disapprobation of
certain doctrines.announced by our immediate
Representative. Hon. Albert Rust, in a recent
speech in the II. 8. House of Representatives.
9. Tuat we mention a? doctrines particular
j ly obnoxious to us, and woitby the unanimous
I censure of his constituents, the assumption
i by Col. Rust, that -the people of a Territory
j through thrir Representative, in Legislature
i assembled,” have the power to abolish slavery;
: his further assumption that it is impolitic to
I extend slavery North of 36-30; his pledge to
vote against the admission into the Union, of
, any of the at present organized territories of
j 'he V. S. with pro-slavery Constitutions, and
j his avowal of opposition to the Leeompton
j policy of Mr. Buchanan’s administration.
I in. That Mr. Buchanan’s course in regard
j to Kansas, as does the general policy of his
! administration, meets our most cordial appro
bation, and that if Col. Rust had avowed the
sentiments he now entertains, in the canvass
which resulted in hiseleetion, we would have
I Seen compelled-, in justice to ourselves, to
withhold from him our votes.
H. That in view of the alarming increase
and arrogant demands of the Black Republican
party, we feel called upon to declare that the
election of a President by that party, upon an
Irrepressible Conflict platform, and pledged
to Use the machinery of the Federal Govern
ment for the destruction of slavery, would be
indicative of a fixed determine ton by the
people of the North, to continue an agitation
which can only end in the overthrow of our
. social system. That whenever a sectional
party seizes upon the Government, for the
purpose of administering it in a spirit of hos
tility to the other section, it will have about
it all the qualities of a despotism and usurpa
tion, perpetrated though it be, under the
e,-nnty nageantrv of the forms ot iaw. The
spl.'it of the Constitution will have been
slain and the forms only will hang around a
dead body; that it will iuvoive a violation of
the Constitution so flagrant and palpable, as
to justify the South in ‘-resistingeven to a dis
ruption of every tie that binds us to the
j Union.”
Iu conformity wilii the foregoing reso
! lotions, the Chairman appointed the fol
lowing Delegations:
STATE CO.XVEXTIOJf.
Sim. Horne, A. F McCain,
> J. E. Gatewood, IV. T. Jones,
T. B. Kent, J. C. Bogard,
’ George Mclvert R. 8. Gantt,
H John C. Davie, H. fceyn'btds,
• } W. L. Moore, W. P. Preston,
- i I). Walker Davis, j Ur. C. W. Womack,
tl j K. E. Rives, j James M. Biakenev,
j J. L- Bogard, Josephus Tucker,
• j A. A. Pitman, j J. C. Morrill.
Tijcn'.s .Milton, ■ D-. J. 8. Pesr-on.
CONfSEtE SSI ORAL CORV ERTlOi*.
r,.»tt Johnson, | Hon. B. C. Totten,
J. C Morrill. H. Reynolds,
W. A VV. Mann, . ! f)r. James Robinson,
Dr. o. A. Rives, James M. Biaitemay, j
A A. Pitman. | Dr. J. S. Pearson.
R. S. Gantt, I
On motion, in* names of the Chairman j
,ici<j Secretary were added to the lists of i
Delegates.
On motion it was
fewW. That the Chairman of the
District Convention be. and is hereby in- j
strorted. to cast the vote of Prnirt** cotrniv •
for Hoa. E. W. Gavtt, for Congress, in!
case the delegation should not attend. j
On motion, the Democratic newspapers t
throughout the Second District, were re
quested to publish the proceedings of this
Convention.
On motion, the Convention adjourned.
J. S. PEARSON, Ch'n.
J. C. Morrill. Sec’y.
Democratic Meeting. Poik Township,
Arkansas County.
‘ At a meeting of the Democratic party
of Polk Township, at Mount Adams, on
the 5th day of March, for the purpose of
appointing delegates to the Coun'y Cou
veinioo to be holden on the 17th instant,
at DeVVtti; the meeting was called to*
order by calling Ci.pt. Logan Fitzhugh to i
the Chair, and appointing James T. U. ‘
Hawkins, Secretary.
Tue chairman in a neat and pleasant
address explained the object of the meet*
ing.
It was moved and seconded, that the
chairman appoint a committee of three to
draft resolutions; whereupon the chair
appointed Capt. C. P. Halley, Dr. S. M.
Alien and Col. A. D. Mathews, said
Committee.
The Committee retired and after some
delay returned, and tnrough their Chair
man, Capt. C. P. Halley, submitted the
following report:
Resolved, I- That it is our imperative
duty to assemble in primary meeting, and
sel»ct suitable persons 'o represent us in the
Demociatic Countv Convention, to nomi
nate a Democratic County Representative, and
appoint delegates to a District and S'ate Con
vention.
Resolved, 2. That we advocate the doc
- 'In« oe non-nu c i vennon—I'.a ercci. i:pvK
tbs Cincinnati Platform, and expect demo
crats only to affiliate vvilh in.
Resolved. 3. That the course of our Sena
tor. Hon. Thomas Fletcher, ai. l our Represen
tative, Gen’t. Samuel Twitched, merit our
unqualified appiobaticn and well deserve the
encouraging plaudits of their constituents of
“ well done good r A faithful servants.'’
Resolved. 4. That we ciaim to be Consti
tutional State Richer u-mcc.a's. and will,
cheerfully and cordially give our support to
toe nominees of a Democratic convention,
but we wish it to be distinctly understood that
we do not approve the intestine war or war
faro that hi.*’ ^&**h oh in our oartv.
And that we believe that all malcontents, ami
disorgar.izers should be unhesitatingly thrown
over board ; that perfect harmony and con
cord nr; once more nresideover our councils.
Resolved, 5. That the chairman appoint
a suitable number of persons to represent us
in the County Convention.
The report of the CcmmUtee was uuarji
mously adopted.
In accordance with the 5tb Resolution,
trie following were appointed as delegates
to the County Convewion at DeWiu, on
Saturday the 37th instant: Col. A, D.
Mathew*. Dr. S. M. Allen, Capt. C F.
Halley, F. H. Davis, .3 L. Locket', VV
D. Grasetta, Benjamin Walker, J. T. U
Hawkins, Col. Jacob Haigh, Z T. Pike.
Dr. J. L Davis, J Pi. Lane. Capt Logan
Fhzhugb. Leroy Montgomery. Isham
Zoru'g, Col. John Koach, S. Marsh, T
H. Davis, F. C. Alien, Esq., Col. Ciark
and Mr. Cowan.
Capt. C. P. Halley introduced the fol
lowing resolution, which was unanimously
adopted by the meeting.
Resolved, That our fellow citizen Dr. S.
M. Allen, is our first choice, and Col. A. D.
Mathews oar second choice to represent u« in
the State Legislature, both being orthodox,
and efficient every way to honor, and will ad
vocate the interest of the County, and that
our delegates are h“reby instructed to use
every honorable influence to secure their
nomination.
Dr. S. M. Allen being present, disclaim
ed any political aspirations, pleading pro
fessional and primary disability and trust
ed the Democracy would select some oth
er better qualified to discharge the duties
of County Representative.
Col. Mathews, thanked the meeting for
the high compliment, but trusted the
choice of the convention would fall upon
another, as home engagements, prevented
the acceptance of a nomination.
rtr At uikwiL'd 11 tt tli'frtfi fhf* follow*
ing resolution which was unanimously
adopted.
Resolved. That if the choice of this meet
ing is not sustained at the. County Convention,
tb it the delegates be instructed to support an
orthodox Democrat for County Representa
tive.
Dr. S. M. Allen introduced the follow
ing resolution which carried:
Resolved, That Judge Sorrels is the choice
of this meeting to represent us in this Con
gressional District.
Upon a motion, it was ordered that the
Secretary he instructed to furnish copies
| of the proceedings of this meeiing to the
j ■■ N ipoleon Planter,” •• Des Arc Citizen."
and the “ True Democrat” with request
:o publish.
Upon a motion, the meeting adjourned
iil peace and harmony.
LOGAN FITZHUGH, Chairman.
: James T. U. Hawkins, Secretary.
March 5ih. 1860.
The Lynn strikers still hold out.
hut the excitement has greatly abated
In Saugus, Milford and other Massaclru
I setts towns, and in Dover and Farrning
j ion, N H., the shoemakers have either
j imitated their Lynn brethren, or ure de
j bating the propriety of so doing.
i Withdrawing from Liberia.—The Mafy
I land: House of Delegates reently cut oli' from
I the Colonization Society the annual appropti
ation of $5,001) by a decided vote ‘and "(eft
only the clause of the Code giving $7u pe.(
capita for each free negro that may betaken
from the Slate.
Counterfeit Bill—The editor of the
i Savanuah News saw a counterfeit bill of$>0
on the Bank of Hamhuig. S. C. It is a fac
simile of the genuine bill, and can only be
detected by acaieful examination of the signa
tures which are photographed and not written.
-The King of Siam has expressed his
admiration of American character by naming
his youngest son George Washington —
A bill is pending in the Louisiana Leg
islature to fix the tax of gaming houses in New
j Orleans at $5,000 per annum.
——The Atabain i Conferehcebasdetermined
to erect a monument, costing $400, over the
grave of the late John Newiaud Malfitt iu
j Mobile.
Census of 1360.
Th" Secretary of the Interior has nd-'
dressed circulars 'o each of the U S.
M urshals in regard to the census of I860,
of which the following is the conclusion:
In making this subdivision, it is hoped
you wilt inform yourself of the estimated
population of every portion of your dis
trict, and avoid the construction of any
subdivision so large ns to make it imprac
ticable for an assistant to complete the
enumeration thereof in six weeks of active
service ; for although the law admits of
returns being made as late as November,
this was rendered necessary in 1950. be
cause the iaw was not enacted until near
the close of the month preceding that in
wh+eh the census was to be taken, and in
many places the work would not be com
menced until the month of August,
whereas it will now be possible, as it is
deemed essential, in taking the Eighth
Census, that every Assistant shall com
mence the execution of his duties on the
1st day of June, and that he shall unre
mittingly persevere in their performance
until they shall have been completed.
Tiie subdivisions should he of a form as
regular as possible, with boundaries easily
comprehended.
In a few weeks you will be supplied
with instructions respecting the desciption
of persons to be appointed, and the regu
lations which should govern the general
execution of the work. Direct ail com
munications relating to this service to the
Superintendent of Census.
Very respectluliy,
Your obedient servant.
J. THOMPSON.
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Mr. Ward's Trip to Pekin'.—The
story was ex ensiveiy published in English
and American papers,that Mr. Ward and
his suite were conveyed to Pekin in a box,
closed on all sides, so that they could get
no views of the country. This represen
tation of things was in a measure borne out
by the letters of lire American naval
officers who accompanied Mr. Ward, but
who had so thoroughly imbibed English
prejudices and hatred of the Chinese that
they were determined not to be pleased
with anything. The correspondent of the
Journal of Commerce.—a clergyman—de
nies the story in toto. and ascribes it to
English jealousy at Mr. Wards complete
success, wiiicti proven mat meir auacx on
the Pebio torts was utterly needless and
barbarous. The writer says.
“Instead of one great ‘box’ for the
whole party, there was a carriage for each
indiviHual, servants and all, while some
besides r.ad horses, which they rode at
their pleasure, and then entered their car
riages again, while as mm; more car
riages followed in the train, used by at
tendant mandarins and officers who made
our escort, and as many more nearly for
baggage and other purposes. Shut up in
tills cage, from which vve could see onlv
liJe o.t> aiiU kiiti iUil, kViit'ii Ui6 nu.it clUu
sides of the carriages were open! De
prived of all liberty and observation, when
at each stopping place for lodgings or for
dinner, all wandered about the towns and
villages as they pleased, without the least
restraint, and when Mr. Ward left the
handsome junk, the finest the government
could command, whenever he pleased,
and his suite with him, and walked for
miles every day along the river, and
strolled into the towns and villages which
lined the banks, as freely and as securely
as though limy bad been at home.
Nor was one junk only at his service,
and U,at, as I have said, the finest winch
could be produced, and called the Man
darin junk, because it was u*ed tor the
conveyance of the highest officials of the
empire, but half a dozen more, occupied
by the party, while as many more were
used by the escort. The carriages, it is
true, were not in accordance with Ameri
can ideas of comfort, taste aud conven
ience; but they were the best the govern
ment could command, and in the imperial
city I saw with my own eyes Kweiliang.
the prune minister of the empire, whose
only superior is the emperor, enter just
such a carriage, and descend from it and
ride in it.”
Neither was Mr. Ward and his suite
shut up tn their quarter as in a prison
When he made his visits to the Imperial
Commissioners, he and his suite went
through the streets of the city on horse
back. observing all things without hin
drance or objection. The correspondent
says he is suitsfi -d that the Chinese d'd
an in tneir power, accoruing 10 tneir mens,
for the honor and comfort of Mr Ward.
Jo. Lank’s Boyhood.—The New York
News relates the foliowing of Jo. Lane’s
| boyhood.
! Gen. Lane, one of the bravest Gen
i Praia of the Mexican war, and now United
I States Senator iron* the State of Oregon,
was the son of a revolutionary patriot,
noted for his bravery and for his tough,
iron constitution. He had several boys,
of whom Joseph was one of the younger.
1 It was the old gentleman's delight to tell
| his boys all about his hard scrapes and
| lough scenes during the war of the revo
!■ ration, and it was their pride to become
|“a3 tough as father.” He lived with his
i hoys on the side of one of the mountains
I northeast of Lake George in the town of
Chester, Warren county, in this State.
I One ofliie recreations of the boys was,
when in the corn field, to take turns in
| standing on a slump and let the other pelt
| him with stones, and the one who could
I stand tins pelting longest was '• most like
lather— tough and fit to lie a soldier.”—
They ail in their turn would yield under
the pelting but young Jo. His remark to
[them, when he got on the stump was,
“Tnis is my post and l will never leave
it alive.” Sure enough, he never would,
and his determined will and bravery coin
ing to his father's ears, he clapped him on
the head, saving to the others, ••its no
use, hoys; Jo. will never yield ; he will
die first; he will make a General.” The
old gentleman did not live to see bis
prediction fulfilled but Jo. did make a
General, and a brave one, too, as welt as
a noble man, and a democratic Senator
from one of the young gian: States of the
far West.
-The State Goverment of Oregon is a!l
| carried on in the second story of a brick store
i in Saleai. The Governor h n one room, and
| the Secretary of State and Treasurer ano her;
and as the Legi-lature meets but biennially,
thatbmnchof the Government will be dis
posal of iu the public bail overhead when oc
j easion require*.
Distribution of Public Documents
The editor of the Newark Gazrfle
writing from Washington expresses sur
p*ise at the pertinacity with which many
persons cling to the idea that their Repre
sentatives at Washington can send them
anything they please free of cost, and
adds that the following matters ought to
be understood by the people:
1. Every speech that a member of Con
gress sends to his constituents he has to
pay for at prices varying from riVe to ten
dollars per thousand ; and where a con
stituency of many thousand electors ex-'
pects to receive a distribution of speeches
all round several tunes during the session,
the expense becomes quite u serious mat-.,
ter. If persons write to their Represen
tatives todistmbbte speeches and political
tracts, they ought to scud the money to
pay for them
2. All documents, reports, etc., ordered
to be primed by any Congress are to be
distributed to the members of that Con
gress, and succeeding members can only
obtain them by buying them. Members
are’daily receiving letters asking for the
Patent Office Reports printed by order of
the last Congress. Those who were
members of that body may have some of
those Reports left over; but the new
members have none, and the new Re
ports will not be printed till next summer.
3. Such costly works as the Pacific
Rtilroid Report, the Japan Expedition,
the Wilkes’ Exploring Expedition, the
Brazil Expedition, etc , can only be ob
tained by the present members by pur
chasing them at the bookstores, and no
inernoer mis any greater lacnuy lor oo
taining them than any private citizen.
4. It is understood that no seeds, etc.,
will be distributed from the Patent Office
this year.
Removal of Gcacral Jackson's Re
mains—Letter from A. Jackson, Jr.
Gov. Harris, of Tennessee, recently
sent a special message to the House of
Representative of that State, enclosing
the following letter from Mij. Andrew
Jaskson remonstrating against removing
the remains of Gen. Jackson from the
Hermitage. Tne Senate had already
passed a bill for that purpose :
Sea-Song, B it of St. Louis, 3
Shif.ldsbobough, Feb. 22, I860. 5
His Excellency Gov. H-trris:
My Dear ir: — l was called from my old
home, the Hermitage, a few weeks since, to
the South, my pre-oat residence, on some busi
ness, ar.d expected to return before the ad
journment of the present Legislature, which,
perhaps, I cannot do. I now write you. Sir,
for tae purpose of expressing the dying senti
ments of my venerated father to me, and Mrs.
Jackson,-just before his decease, as [ perceive
a ta&vsiai . : has bsen made in the Legislator#
to have his and Mrs. Jackson’s remains re
moved to the State Capitol grounds at Na-h
viile. He called me and tny wife up to bis
bed-side and said: *• My son and daughter,
it mif become necessary for yon to sell or
dispose of the Hermitage grounds hereafter;
but I beg of you to let my remains and those
of my clear wife remain together at the Her
mitage—a sacred spot to me —there to rest in
| peace and quiet until the iinal day of judg
| ment. when our Lord and Master will call for
us,” etc., etc.
t h ive written you rath-'-r hastily. Governor,
upon the subject, and will you do me the favor
! to present the expression I have here used of
I the dying request of my father, to tile mem
i bers of th; Legislature generally. Perhaps
I they may, under the circumstances, re con
i sider the matter. I tru»t so. I nor any mein
i her of my family have been consulted in the
I matter. Therefore we ail earnestly and rc
fspeetfuHy protest against it. Oil, let his
: bones and ashes repo.-e at his own chosen anil
I loved Hermitage. Do plead with the meia
I hers about it; and oblige your distressed
! friend and Ob’t Servant.
Andrew Jackson.
[From the Detroit Free Press, Feb. 23.
Aa Agency to A-sist Fugitive Slaves to
Return to their Masters.
; Mr. C. J. Brown, an enterprising South
erner who has been sojourning for some
i weeks in Canada, on a special mission,
has opened an office in D.-snoyers’ block,
! with the charitable view of rendering ma
terial assistance to the colored race in as
sisting those who are so disposed to re
) torn to their masters at the South. He
says that he has made such investiga
tions ih Canada, especially at Chatham
and other places where Afric ms most con
gregale, lo sausly him that large numbers
of them are anxious and ready to return
| to their masieis at the Souih, if they only
had the means, and he proposes to furnish
them with transportation tickets, and to
send them in company with an agent,
j looking to their owners for remuneration
' for his benevolence. He is evidently a
man of nerve and determination, and is
i possessed of the means to carry out his
1 project.
The following is his circular addressed
to tne Colored population :
“The undersigned, having made ar
rangements at the Soutii to furnish means
to those of the colored population who are
desirous of .returning, has taken an office
at No. 2. Desnoyers' block, entrances on
Jefferson avenue and Bites street, where
he can be found from 10, a. m. to 5 p. m
Arrangement# entered into with parties
will be guarantied beyond question as to
the strict fulfilment of all obligations.—
Parties desirous of returning can commu
nicate witii the undersigned, either per
sonally or by letter.
C. J. BROWN. Agent.”
There are numbers of the poor crea
tures wiio are starving to death in conse
quence of their mabdiiv lo support them
selves, and we have no doubt that the new
enterprise will have a successful run of
business. We have always made the
welfare of the race an object of our spe
cial solicitude, and now advise every one
of them logo directly to Mr Brown and
get their return tickets. It is very obvi
ous that they will have to give up white
wives and iiuie luxuries, yet tne fact re
mains that, while they have not a second
shirt to their hicks here, they will not
need any at all when they get home lo
the warm climate. We predict that the
through reiurn route will entirely eclipse
the underground railroad.
Good Crocpiwg.—The ta Grange (Ga.)
Reporter says tbit Mrs. Mary F.. Potts, of
Troup county, made last year, with only five
| bantte. fifty-four bales of cotton, the average
vvenrht ef which was four hundred and seventy
five pounds—a little over ten bales to the hand.
-\bout ^WO,0hO his bsen subscribed in
1 Lexingtion. Mississippi, for the purpose of
| building and putting'in operation a cotton
' manufactory.
Protection to Home Tra»e.—The Legis
lature of Alabama has passed a bill exempting j
goods imported at Southern ports, from tax
ation when sold in Alabama; also, a bill to
call a convention to reform the Stats Consti-,
tution.
Simon Sats Cp.-“A Wisconsin paper, spsak
ieg of the chances of Hon. Simon Cameron, of
Pennsylvania, says Simon may be struck by 1
lightning, but Simon will never be president. !
Financial Condition of T^xas.—The !
treasurer of Texas reports that there will b*|
a surplus in the State treasury, after defraying I
the year’s expenses, of ftOO.CWM, which can be j
applied to the payment of troops for the i
frontier defense. }
Just Received.
YARDS White Osnaburgs, 1500;
wO* /U y^rds Brown Domestic, £o pieces
Calico.
-ALSO
A lot of Hardware, Locks, Hinges, Butts.
Screws. Steel Hoes. Garden Rakes, Long
handle Shovels and Spades, Scythes and Cra
dles. Jtc., for sale by
mai 14- G. & J. McLAREN & CO.
Fro Bono Fubliro.
W B. LOCKE,
JYeics and Periodical
(One door East of John Jackson &. Co.’s.,)
Bueua Vis a t. Des Arc. Ark
A LSO, A GOOD SUPPLY OF FINE
Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Ac., always on
hand. marl4-tf.
~ ^ asms sou |
Drs0 Bryan & Aug path,
SURGEON DENTISTS,
MEMPHIS, T» XX.
DR. L. AUGSPATH will be in Des Arc j
in a few days, and ail those wishing any j
work done in his profession, will do weil to j
call upon Dr. A. He can be found at the |
Des Arc Hotel. Will remain a few days only.
March 14, I860.—It.
WM. D’tESCH.T. L. RIVES.
D’CENCH, RIVES & Co,
INPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
OILS, PAINTS.
Doe-Stuffj anii ©lass autre,
No. 4 Second Street, bet. Marke.and Wainut,
NEARLY OPPOSITE BARNliM'S HOTEL,
SAINT LOUIS, MO.
marl4 dm.
Xiw A I) EXCLUSIVE
WHOLESALE
DRY-GOODS HOUSE.
-- — -
j 303 *Uaj« St., .Memphis, 3Q3
biiepkrlT& moors,
i 7
TAKE pleasure m announcing t’nai
thfiv a-e now onanin? and »rer>ared ex
| dibit, 'o Merchants buying for Cash or pie- j
; pared to make prompt ami reliable arrange- I
| mentv a very large and entirely new stack of
| Staple and Fancy Goods,
I ClOTHING. EmBHOIDERZES,
Wrappings. Trimming,
and Varieties,
Adapted to the s?a«on, and embr cing alto
gether one of the most complete and attrac
tive stocks ever offered in any market.
They respectfully solicit Lorn I he trade a
careful examination, with confidence that the
stock and prices wili be found satisfactory.
marli-ly.
A CALL.
4 LL persons indebted to rhe undersigned.
iTL must com“ forward and pay to J. M. Pet
ty ail money due me either on Note or Account,
as he is fully authorized to recei ve and re
ceipt for the same. J. GRIFFITH.
marl4-ltn.
MfCXEV TO LET.
A LL persons indebted to Lane A Watts
TV. either by Note or Account, are requested
| to come forward and pay up. as we must have
money. J. M. Petty is fuiiy authorized to
receive and receipt for the same.
| marI4-lm. LANE A WATTS.
TOWN ORDINANCE*
[ Passed Mu ck 3, I860 ]
Ee it Ordained, by ibe Town Council of
Des Arc. that each and every person owning
property on ei'her side of Buena Vista street,
and ori Lyon street from Buena Vista to Wal
ton street, are hereby required to pave in
fiont of their lots. Said pavement to be made
of brick and to be completed'by the first day
of August, i860. And thatail 'Ordinances, or
parts of Ordinancescoiifticting with the above,
be and are hereby repealed.
t. S. R. BROWN, Mayor.
D. P. Black. Recoider.
Wont m:7
THE co-partnership heretofore existing be
tween the uriJ-rsigoed as Dry Goods
merchants, is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. Russ Evans is alone charged with
the settiement of the business of the concern
and will use the name of the firm in liquida
tion. RUSS EVANS.
SIM. HORNE.
Des Arc, March 7, 1860.—lm.
A LL those indebted to Evans ft Horne.
TV either by Note or Account, will find
.1 .. -V - '.. . . --... 14 . I...
& E win, where Mr. Russ Evans will be found
at all times, and would be pleased to wait on
them soon. mai 14
To all Whom it may Concern
rpHE undersigned will apply to toe Cir
J cult Court of Prairie county, to be holder)
six rnonlhs after the date of this publication
on the 4 h Monday of November, 1*61; at
Brownsville, P. a trie county, on he 2b'h day
of said month, for a confirmation of the title
of the following tracts of Land, to-wlt: The
S. E. J of section 17, township 3 north, of
range? West which being previously forfeited
to the State was donated to Stephen Beales,
by the Auditor of the State of Arkansas, on
the 2'rth day of April. A. D. 1842. and by
- iid Beales conveyed io S. W. and W L. D
Williams and by them to B. C. Totten.
Now all per-oBs who can set up any right
to the said lands so forfeited, by reason of
any iriforma ity, irregularity or illegality
about said forfeiture, aie required to come
forward and show cause, if any they can. (at
said te mof said Circuit Court of Prairie
county.) why such titie should not be con
fi,rued. B. C TOTTEN,
by S. W. Williams.
March 14, I860 —fiw.
PLOWS, PLOWS PL. WS.
T UST received, 28 one and ^
,J two horse Avery Plows, for ~
saie by [feboj J. H. QU1SEN hLiiK i .
C t JLDSBN,
^ CARPENTER AND JOINER, Also,
Dealer in Sa^h, Doors, Mantles, Window
and Door Frames. &c.
igrsbop corner of Erwin and Pa>k streets, j
DKS ARC. ARKANSAS.
' . B.— Dili IIS made to order, on short
notice. feb22:l>"
JUST IlECEIVED,
I ffT BOXES Shoes ami Boots.
-L - J Also,
HWO Apple Trees, fiom the nursery of
Bradv Pi ice oF Lauderdale crmnty, Alabama,*
being a selection of the best qualities of fruit ;
in the country.
o. ,u McLaren lco. i
*■ W. MARTIN."^>1^
MARTIN & SIMPSON'
at elAv/
Des Aac, Aai, *
TV/ILL practice In Prairie, Wblt"
VV itansis, Monroe. Jackson and
joining counties. Office on Lvon s*re** *4,
feb2#-tf.
‘WM. G-REENSLADiT
merchant Tailor, 1
Des Arc, As*,,
SHOP on Buena Vista street, one doo- w
of the Post office. AH Worknamt**
a neat and fashionable style.
feb09-iy.
a omi • i** rut t oirTxoxi^'
ALL nersons indebted to the estate of l,
phen Bed, deceased, are requested to
payment by the lQth of March next, or V^’
wul find their notes, accounts, jri a
hands of ah officer for c dlection. ’**
feb29-2t J. M. ROBINSON, Adab
LIVERY STABLE:
BY T. F. GREER & BRO.,
Des Arc, Ant.
r «<KLjKJ8P^ THE proprietors of
this Stable! which is
“— the oldest establi'ment (jHp>
of the kind in Des Arc, situated on Bur,*
Vista street, near the Public Square, are I
pared as heretofore, to accommodate the!-1
customers with Horses, Buggies, CaekUcu 1
<fcc . on short notice.
jy We are prepared to accommodate*#; 1
number of horses, by the single feed, dar 1
week, or month. We attend to the stablead! £
selves, and can assuree all that their stock £
will be well attended to.
To the citizens of Prairie, White, St
Francis, Jackson. Monroe and Pulaski conn,
ties, we are under peculiar obligation* for
their liberal patronage; and can assures jj
i-even those who come from afar off,” thatr»
effort shall be spared on our part to pUai,
ihem. ns in by gone days.
feb29-tf.
FEMALE SCHOOT
Atlanta, Prairie County. An*.
H AVING succeeded in establiihinr
the above School, and havingwr;
red the invaluable services of Mia
E D. S.srroRZj.as principal.whei!
educational advantages, in connec
tion wi h her untiring energy a»d perseve,.
anc? has won for her a reputation as a teacber
attained by few. And having all the advir,
tages nature could bestow’on a locality, s#,-.
rounded by a moral, energetic and deeply is.
terested community.
Ali the Trns’ees feel proud in offering out
young, but flattering institution to the patren
age of the public.
First Session commenced on Monday th 1
13:i> February, ledO,
TERMS PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTH!,
Primary Department. $10 00
1st Acadamic Class. 12 ft)
2nd Acadamic Class, embracing
Algebra,Geometry & Astronomy” 16 (0
French and Latin ...™ ... jo oo
M -ic. 2o OS
!ar Good board at reasonable rates.
REFERENCED
Col. Tno. M. Bell, M,,j. I. C. A. SkilUrn,
Maj Peter St Ciair, Rev. I. V. Corbitt,Oil
land Grove, Ark.
By o ier of the Trustees.
feb29-if. L. B. Mitchell, Se’ey. 1
SOUTHWORTH, NANCE & CO.I
Wholesale Dry Goods
AND i
CLOTHING STORE,
Mticrmt, Te.u. I
nr. s. socTKwoitTH, > vr. h. nance,
GNO. C. TEATMAN, J Late C? Hu. tSvflfc At.
Of Eoagtas oi. i. ~., > jcs. c. 3aAF,L»:y. of
Nashville. { Bradley, WilsonJtCo.
New Orleans.
TTfE have opened early for spring sales.
Vy at No. 163 Main street, Memphis-Teft,
a large and varied stock of fokeion ah
DOJAESTiC M f GOODS. CMTHINO, NOtWSi,
hosiery. n.va*ELLA3. &c., &c.. exclusiif^
for wholesale trade The merchants cf As
kansas, will find it to their interest to examis
this stock before going to other market
Goods and prices will he found' to compu
favorably with any to be had-in the Units
States.—and ail we ass. is an opportunity3
prove our words true. Barter or ail disci!?1
rions, taken at highest market value.
SetiTHWODTH, Nance. & Co.
feb29-3m. Above Worsham House.
Oiseoltil on of Partnership
rri H E co-partnership heretofore existingbe-S
L tween us under the firm name, of J. A|
Frith & Co., is this day dissolved by miM*
consent. John A. Frith is alone authorial!
to settle un the old business.
J. A FRITH.
G. W. GLENN,
j. E. GLENN.
Oes Arc. March t, 1860.
All persons indebted to the late firm of .’
A F< ith Jt Co., are notified to come foreu
and settl ■. as the outstanding claims mustb
ai iusted without delay.
J JNO. A. FRITH.
March 7, I860.—2m.
VALUABLE DES ARC
T OWN PROPE R T Y, ?
I OR SALE.
THE undersigned will sell at public Am
-titan, on
StTURDAT THE 7TH OF APRIL
The following desirable and well locatr
prop, rty. vias „ ,
Lot No. 1.in Block 27, corner of Butt*
Vista ami Woodruli' streets, 011 which I* *
good two stiry frame business house, at pr'f
ent occupied by Nat Gilbain, as a Fa*-"
Grocery and Furniture Store. The hi1"*
rents for $450 per year, a d as is well k»#*J
rhe location is central and among the bM“
the town.
— ALSO—
The West } of lot No. 2. Block 27-*
Buena Vista street, on which is an exeru"
one story frame honee, at present octupW^S
John McNimee as a Tailor Simp, a** j
O’Brien Si Co., as a Boot it Shoe Shop- * I
property also pays a handsome rent.
— ALSO— .,
Lots 1 and 2.11 Ac 12 in Block h°\*;
corner of Erwin and Foster streets. Tot' (
provem»nts on these lots are inferior ton "
in Des Arc. The house contains live re"1 J
with kitchen, smoke house, stables, c
houses, out-houses, together with a nue ?
den spot, alt neatly enclosed, 'ihe ouilui »
were built last year by ii. P Vaughan- t <,
whose judgureur was beautifully di-playW^
the erection of a tasty and neat fabric. ^
all necessary conveniences. We will “
a number of our unimproved lots on the 3
day. -!;*
My pbj»ct in selling is to decie*3
quantity of real estate, and turn it 11!- ||
tuaI means. .
Terms— One-third cash, balance I J9
twelve and eighteen months, with a lie oSl
the piopeity until the payments are ^ B
pie ed. Kcsj t- I
fib_9 6t.__-9
pTuTtKUSIIIP W TH'K* 1
WE have associated with us in h,lS1^ .9
ftlr. S. Lowenstein. The bu>" J|
w ill hereafter be conducted under the
and dim of Gans, KosKNsrao St Co.
L. CANS Ac CO- ,
LEON GANS. S. J HOSENB£,l/
1)es Aar. Feh. 22, I860.—lm. ^ I
•>'||| A URLS good up Laud -i
from Des Arc. for sals
term.-. WiLUAM-S St HORN
tuirehiS-tf.