J. C. MORRILL, EDITOR.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS:
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SATURDAY..AUGUST 3. 1881.
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ftgrWe are authorised to announce, Hon.
James E. GatS^ood, as a candidate
for the State CoRventym., from Prairie county.
Election on Saturday 10th of August.
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53^* Rev. Mr. Burrow, Cumberland Pres
byterian. will preach at Watkins Chapel on
to-morrow (Sunday) morning, commencing at
11 o’clock.
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Special Notice.—We wish it distinctly
understood that we print no papers or extras
to give away. We can’t afford it! A person
has as much right to ask a merchant to give
him five cents worth of any article, as to ex
pect a ncvspaper publisher to give him a
paper or ej.tr a for nothing. We have to pay
for every type set, every sheet of paper, ink,
and other expenses ; therefore it is not right
to ask us to give away our extras and papers.
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Tennessee ELECTION.— Trie partial re
tvrus received, indicate the election of Har
ris ever Polk, for Governor, by an over
whelming majority.
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A Good Suggestion.—The New Orleans
Hnlictin suggests that the N. York politicians
captured after the great battle near Manassas,
on the 2lst inst., be kept by our Government
In close confinement until all our negroes that
have been stolen bv Gen. Picayune Butler
and his brother military thieves, shall be res
tored to their rightful owners.
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a dispatch to the New York Tribune
pays that when the Federal troops entered the
'town of Fairfax Court House, at the battle
or Bull's Run, they were greeted with groans
by the negreos t
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(£3^* The latest reports of the great battle
states that Sherman’s Battery, when captured,
had not a man left and but four horse3 sur
viving.
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Gen. Beauregard.—On Monday, Presi
dent Davis, while at Manassas Junction, rais
ed this gallant General from the rank of a
Brigadier to the rank of a full General, in
token of his admiration of the achievement of
Sunday the 21st.
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The Virginia Race Track —Who wa3
foremost in the last heat at Manassas? Will
that old tory of the Louisville Journal answer?
[Paris (Ky.) Flag.
JJjjT* The tents for a single regiment cost
not far from $4,000. Twenty-five wagons are
required, costing $150 each. The entire ex
pense of equipping a regiment does not fall
short of $60,000,
It took about three months, says the J
Louisville Courier, for Gen. McDowell to
march his grand army from Washington City
to Bull’s run, and it is a remarkable fact that
lilt; saint; ai mj reiiuucu tu abaiu^i>uu iu ljuc
short space of three hours.
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Old Abe’s Special Message.—The New
Orleans Crescent surmises the following as
old Abe’s special message to congress last
Monday:
Gentlemen of the Senate snd House of Re
presentatives :
Somebody is hurt. A. Likccm.
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{JS^*The Fort Smith Times &. Hera'd of the
2Dth ult., gives the following news ;
Trouble in the Cherokee Nation.—A
gentleman direct from the Cherokee Nation,
sav= that Montgomery, the notorious robber,
is fortifying himself in the upper part of the
Nation, and has taken several hundred cattle
from the Cherokees living in that part of the
country, and killed four of the Indians of that
tribe. Stand Watie, he says, sent to Tahle
quah for ten kegs of powder, but could get i '
only two kegs. There is great excitement in 1
the Nation. A large number of the Pin party 1
have changed in favor of the South.
Our people on this frontier had better k^ep
a sharp look out for Montgomery and his
robbing band.
Going and Coming.—A federal dispatch,
written before lhe great battle, says that the ,
movement of the grand aimy was an imposing •’
sight. For five hours one steady column of
troops passed through Centerville. We may i
add that the return of the grend army through
Centerville was not quite so imposing.
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A Prophecy Verified.—One of the pris- ,
oners carried from Manassas to Richmond, <
who hails from Wiscon-in, says that of all
the representations made to him by his ofii- !
cers since he left his home in the West, the ,
only true one was that he would certainly be <
in Richmond during the month of July.
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Alexandria to be Re-occupied. — The (
Richmond Enquirp o£ the 25th says that *
President Davis, it1 ^is sp»eches to the people
* otv?li® rc‘a'n from! ^ani3sas, said that he ex- \
aiu.5h d to reoccupy Alexandria immediately. j
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THE BATTLE AT MANASSAS !
Another Northern Account.
The Louisville Courier subjoins the follow
ing extracts from the report of the war cor
respondent of the New York World, who was
on the field of action, and had a loota out “up
a tree” to note the process of the fight. It
will be seen by this report that the brunt of
the fight was against the left of the Southern
host, the command of the gallant Johnston,
with his invincible Mississippi and Kentucky
regiments. The fight ended just where it be
gan, but the flight extended to Arlington
Heights. The fears of the reporters of the
Black Republican press magnified the army
of Jell'. Davi9 to one hundred thousand, when
in fact he had only fifteen thousand engaged in
the action :
THE BATTI.t.
From the point i mention, where the [road
slopes down to a protected ravine, we caught
the first glimpse of the enemy. A line of in
fantry were drawn up across a meadow in the
extreme distance, resting close upon woods be
hind them. We could see the reflection of
their bayonets, and their regular disposition
showed them expectant of an attack. After
a moment’s inspection, Gen. Tyler ordered
Carlisle to advance with his battery to the
front.
By this time our scouts reported the enemy
in some force on the left. Two or three Ohio
skirmishers had been killed. Carlisle’s bat
tery was sent to the front of the woods on the
right, where it could bebroughtto play where
needed. A few shells were thrown into the
opposite thicket, and then the Second Ohio
and Second New York marched down to rout
out the enemy. In ten minutes their musketry
was heard, and then a heavy cannonade an
swered. They had, without doubt, fallen upon
a battery in the bushes. For a quarter of an
hour their firing continued, when they came
out in good order. After advancing a furlong
they saw the enemy, who exchanged their fire
and retired through the forest. Suddenly from
a different direction a voice was heard, ex
claiming : “Now, you Yankee devils, we’ve
got you where we want >ou.” and several
ueavy guns were opened upon them wit *1 S*ich I
heavy effect that Scheuck finally ordered them
to retire, which they did in perfect order.
A t'pw dpad And wntindpd hpenn tn Ko hrmttrlif
in, anil the battle of Manassas had commenced.
Carlisle’s howitzers and the great rilled gun
were opened in the direction of the battery,
which answered promptly, and a brief but ter
rific cannonading ensued, in less than half
an hour the enemy’s guns were si’enced, two
of Carlisle’s howitzers advancing through the
woods to gain a closer position. But a fatal
error was here made, as i thought, by Gen,
Tyler, in not ordering in a division to drive
out the four rebel regiments stationed behind
the battery, and to seize its guns.
Meantime, Richardson, on the extreme left,
could not content himself with ‘-maintaining
his position,” for we heard occasional dis
charges from two of his gun3. However, he
took no other part in the action than by shell
ing the forces of the enemy, which were sent
rapidly from his vicinity to the immediate
point of the contest. From the hill behind
we could see long columns advancing, and at
first thought that they were Richardson’s men
moving on Bull’s Run, but soon discovered
their true character. Indeed, from every
Southward point the enemy’s reinforcements
began to pour in by thousands. Great mouds
of dust arose from the distant roads. A per
son who ascended a iofty tree could see the
continued arrival of cars at the nearest point
on the Manassas Railroad, with hosts of sol
diers, who formed in solid squares and moved
swiftly forward to join in the contest. The
whistle of the locomotive was plainly audible
to those in our advance. It is believed that at
least fifty thousand were added during the day
to the thirty thousand rebels opposed to us at
the onset.
At a. m., Hunter was heard from the
extreme right. He had previously sent a cou
rier to Gen. McDowell, reporting that he had
safely crossed the Run. The General was ly
ing on the ground, having been ill during the
night, but at once mounted his horse and rode
on to join the column on which so much de
pended. From the neighborhood of Sudley
Church he saw the enemy’s left in battle ar
ray, and at once advanced upon them with the
14th New York and a battallion of regular in
fantry—Colonel Hunter ordering up the stal
wart Rhode Island regiments, one led by that
model of the American volunteer—Burnside—
the second New Hampshire and our own fine
ly disciplined Seventy-first. Gov. Sprague
himself directed the movements of the Rhode
Island brigade, and was conspicuous through
the dav for eailantrv. The enemv were found
in heavy numbers opposite this unexcelled di
vision of our army, and greeted it with shell
and long volleys of battalion firing as it ad
vanced. But on it went, and a fierce conflict
ensued in the northern battle ground. As soon
as Hunter was thus discovered to be making
bis way on the flank, Gen. Tyler sent forward
the right wing of his column to co-operate,
and a grand force was thus brought to bear
most effectually on the enemy’s left and cen
:er.
The famous Irish regiment, 1,600 strong,
who have had so much of the hard digging to
ae'iform, claimed the honor of a share in the
lard fighting, and led the van of Tyler’s at
ack, followed by the Seventy-ninth (Holl
anders,) and the Thirteenth New York, and
he Second Wisconsin.
It was a brave sight—the rush of the Fixty
linth into the death-struggle! With such
iheers as those which won the battles in the
Peninsula, with a quick step at first, then a
louble-quick, and nt last a ru >, they dashed
orvvard and along the edge of the extended
'orest. Coats and knapsacks were thrown to
'ither side, that nothing might impede their
vork; but we knew that no guns would slip
Tom the hands of those determined fellows,
'ven if dying agonies were needed to close
hem with a firmer grasp. As the line swept
ilong, Meagher galloped toward the head,
irying; “Come on, boys; you’ve got your
hance at last.” I have not seen him since.
THE HEAT OF THE CONTEST.
It was noon, and now the battle commenced
n the fierceness of its most extended fury,
rhe batteries on the distant hills began to play
ipon our own and advancing troops, with hot
md thunderous effect. Carlisle answered for
is, and Sherrnan for Hunter’s division, while
he great 3’2-pounder addressed itself persist
ntly to the alternate defenses of the foe.— ,
Ihe’noise of the cannonading was deafening \
md continuous. It blenched the cheeks of the ,
’illagers at Centreville, to the main street of ,
vhicii place some of the enemy’s rifled shell (
vere thrown. It was heard at Fairfax, at .
Alexandria, at Washington itself. Five or .
ix heavy batteries were in operation at once, ,
ind to their clamor was added toe lesser roll
if 20,000 small arms. (
We indeed heard continuous tidings of hero- i
sm and victory; and of those in 'he trees above t
is more than we could discover with our i
idd glasses from below. We heard that Hun- t
ter had fairly rounded the enemy’s flank, and
then we listened for ourselves to the sound of
his charge in the northern woods, and saw for
ourselves the air gathering up smoke from
their branches, and the wavering column of
the Mississippians as they fled from their first
battery and were forced in the opened field.
Then we saw our 69th and 79th corps, ani
mated by a chivalrous national rivalry, press
on to the support of the more distant column.
We could catch glimpses of the continued ad
vances and retreats; could hear occasionally
the guns of a battery before undiscovered;
could guess how terribly all this accumulation
of death upon death must tell upon those un
daunted men, but could also see—and our
cheers continually followed the knowledge—
that our forces Were gradually driving the
right of the enemy around the second quarter
of a circle, and by ten o’clock the main bat
tle was raging at a point almost directly op
posite our standing place—the road at the
edge of the woods—where it had commenced
six hours before.
As the 69th and 79th wound around the mea
dows to the north of this hill, and began to
cross the road apnarently with the intention
of scaling it. we saw a column coming down
from the farthest perspective, and for a mo
ment believed it to be a portion of Hunter’s
division, and that it htd succeeded incom
pletely turning the enemy’s rear. A wild
shout aro-“* from us all. But soon the look
outs saw its ensigns bore secession banners,
and we knew that Johnston or some other re
bel General, was leading a horde of fresh
troops against our united right and center. It
was time for more regiments to be sent for
ward, and Keyes was ordered to advance with
the first Tyler’s brigade. The three Connec
ticut regiments and the Fourth Maine came on
with a will; the First Connecticut was posted
In reserve, and the other three corps swept up
the field, bv the ford on the right, to aid the
struggling advance.
All eyes were now directed to the distant
hill fop, now the center of the fight. All
could see the enemy’s infantry ranging darkly
against the sky beyond, and the first lines of
our men moving with fine determination up
the steep slope. The cannonading upon our
advance, the struggle upon the hill top,the in
terchange of position between the contestants,
were watched by us, and as new forces rushed
in upon the enemy’s side the scene was re
peated over and over again. It must have been
here, I think, that the Sixty-ninth took and
lost a battery eight times in succession, and
< l > i ki i i v weic cmiij'rucu, tuiau v r.\nau!tcu, iu
resign the completion ot’ their work.
Then the battle began to work down the re
turning half of the circle, which the enemy
described during the day, driven before the
desperate chargts of emr troops, until they
reached the point where Tylers advance com
menced the action. Down the hill and-into
the valley thickets on the left, the Zouaves,
the Connecticut and *New York regiments,
with the unconquerable Rhode Islanders,
drove the continually enlarging but. always
vanquished columns of the enemy. It was only
to meet more batteries, earthwork succeeding
earthwork, and ambuscade after ambuscade.
Our fellows were hot and weary; most had
drank no water during hours of dust, and
smoke, and insufferable heat. No one knows
what choking ihe battle atmosphere produces
in a few moments, until he has personally ex
perienced it.
And so the conflict lulled for a little while.
It was the middle of a blazing afternoon.
Our regiments held the positions they had
won, but tlie enemy kept eceiving additions,
ami contiued a Rank movement toward our
left—a dangerous movement for us; a move
ment which those 'n the rear perceived, and
vainly endeavored to induce some general cliff
cer to guard against.
As it. was, Capt. Alexander, with his Sap
pers and Miners, was ordered to cut through
the abattis by the side of the mined bridge, in
the valley directly before us, and lay pontoons
across the stream. Carlisle’s artillery was de
taffed to protect the work, and the Ohio and
Wisconsin reserve to support the artillery.
Meanwhile, in the lull which I have mention
ed, the thousand heroic details of Federal val
or and the shamef ulneSs of rebel treachery
began to reach our ears. We learned the loss
of the brave Cameron, the wounding of Heint
zelman and Hunter, tiie fail of Haggerty, and
Slocum arid Wilcox. We heard of the dash
of the Irishman and their decimation, and of
the havoc made and sustained by the Rhode
Islanders, the Highlanders, the Zouaves, and
the Connecticut Third; then of the intrepidity
of Hurnside and Sprague—how the devoted
and daring young Governor led the regiments
he had so magnificently equipped again and
again to victorious charges, and at last spiked,
with his own hands, the guns he could not
carry away. 'I he victory seemed ours.
At this time, near 4 o'clock, I rode forward
rnrougn uie open plain lo inn creek where the
abattis was being assail d by our engineers.
The Ohio, Connecticut, and Minnesota regi
ments were variously posted thereabout; others
were in distant portions of the field; all were
completely exhausted and partly dissevered;
no General of Division, except Tj'Jer. could
be found. Where were our officers ? Where
was the foe ? Who knew whether we had
won or lost?
The question was quickly to he decided for
us. A sudden swoop, and a body of cavalry
rushed down upon our columns near the bridge.
They came from the woods on the left, and in
fantry poured out behind them. Tyler and his
staff, with the reserve, were apparently cut
eff by the quick maneuver. I succeeded in gain
ing the position 1 had just left, there witnessed
die capture of Carlisle’s battery in the plain,
md saw another force of cavalry and infantry
souring into the road at the very point where
;he battle commenced, and near which the
South Carolinians who manned the battery si
enced in the morning, had doubtless all day
jeen iymg concealed, the ambulances and
.vagoris had gradually advanced to this spot,
md of course an instantaneous confusion and '
iismay resulted. Our own infantry broke
anks in the field plunged into the woods to
ivoid the road, and got up the hill as best they
:ould, without leaders, every man saving him
self in his own way. <
By time I reached the top of the hill, the J
•etreat, the panic, the hideous, headlong con- ‘
'usion were now beyond a hope. I was near
he rear ol the movement, with the brave Capt.
Alexander, who endeavoi'd by the most gal
ant but unavailable exertions, to check the on
ward tumult. It was difficult to believe in the f
■eality of our sudden reverse. “What does it f
ill mean?” 1 asked Alexander. “It meansde- r
eat,” was the reply. “We are beaten.”
Meantime I saw officers with leaves and ea- a
ties on their shoulder straps, Majors and 1
Colonels, who had deserted their commands,
mss me, galloping as if fo dear life. Only '
me field officer, so far as my observation ex
ended, seemed to have remembered his duty
Jeut. Col. Speidel, a foreigner attached to
. Connecticut regiment, strove against the cur
ent for a league.
But what a scene and how terrible the onset
if that tumultuous retreat! For three miles,
losts of Federal troops—all detached from \
heir regiments, all mingled in one disorderly (
out—were fleeing along the road, but mostly
hrough the lots on either side. Army wag- ,
on?, sutlers’ teams, and private carriages
choked the passage, tumbling against each
other, amid clouds of dust and sickening sights
and sounds. Hacks, containing unlucky spec
tators of the late affray, were smashed like
glass, and the occupants lost sight of the
debris. Horses flying wildly from the battle
fields, many of them in death agony, galloped
at random forward, joining in the stampede.
Those on foot who could catch them road
them bare-back, as much to save themselves
from being run over, as to make quicker time.
Wounded men, lying along the banks—the
few either left on the field or taken to the cap
tured hospitals, appealed with raised hands to
those who rode horses, begging to be lifted
behind; but few regarded such petitions.
Then the artillery, such as was saved, came
thundering along, smashing and overpowering
everything. The regular cavalry, I record it
to their shame, joined in the melee, adding to
itsteri ors, for they rode down footmen without
merev. One of the great guns was overturned
and lay amid the ruins of a caisson as I passed
it. 1 saw an artilleryman running between
the penderous fore and after wheels of his
gun-carriage, hanging on with both hands,
and Vainly striving to jump upon the ordnance.
The drivers were spurring the horses; he
could not cling much longer, and a more agon
ized expression never fixed to the features of
a drowning man. The carriage bounded from
the roughness of a steep hill leading to a creek,
he lost his hold, fell, and in an instant the
great wheels had crushed the life out of him.
Whoever saw such a flight ? Could the re
treat of Borodino have exceeded n in confu
sion and tumult ?
I think not. It did not slack in the least
until Centerville was reached. There the
sight of the reserve—.Miles’ Brigade—formed
in order on the hill, seemed somewhat to reas
sure the van. But still the teams and foot sol
die: s pushed on, passing their own camps,
and heading for the distant Potomac, until
for ten miles the road over which the grand
armv had so recently passed southward, gay
with unstained banners, and flushed with
surety of stiength, was covered with the frag
ments of its retreating forces, shattered and
panic-stricken in a single day. From the
branch rout, the trains attached to Hunter’s
Division had caught the contagion of the
fight, and poured into its already swollen
current another turbid freshet of confusion
and dismay. Who ever saw a inoie shameful
abandonment of munitions gathered at such
vast expense? The teamsters, many of them,
cut the traces of their horses, and galloped
uora uieir wagons. u:uers lurew one rneir
loads'to accelerate their flight, and grain, picks,
and shovels, and provisions of every kind, lay
trampled in the dust for leagues. Thousand of
muskets strewed the route. When some of us
succeeded in rallying a body of fugitives, and
formed them into a line across the road, hardly
one bin had thrown away his arms. The rout
of the Federal army seemed complete.
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A special dispatch to the Cincinnati
Gazette says it is asserted, on good authority,
that Gen. Scott says that he was forced into a
precipitate advance by the importunities of
Congressmen.
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£5?” Forney, of the Philadelphia Press,
seems to have had his eyes knocked open by
the Manassas shock. He says: ‘‘ We have
paid an awful penalty for the error of under
rating the strength of our enemy, and attempt
ing, with too small a number of men, to drive
him from his stronghold.
*voTi€:i;.
C< R. SMITH, ami all others concerned,
k? * are hereby notified, 'hat 1 will proceed
to take the depositions of certain witnesses
at the office of J. B. Goss. Esq,, in the town of
West Po nt, County of White, State of Ar
kansas, cn Saturday the 17th day of August,
1861, between the hours of !) a. m. arid 6 p. m.
of said day, to be read in evidence, in my be
half. before the Land Agent at Jarksonport,
on the 20th day of August, 1861, for him to
decide which has the legal rights of pre-emp
tion, you or I, to the w i of n w ^ of sec. 18,
iri township 6 n, r A w, at which time you can
appear and cross examine my witnesses if you
see proper, and at thes-une time and place pro
duce your own witnesses, if you ha' e any, al
lowing me to cross examine ihem. Given un
der my hand.
C. W. BOATWRIGHT.
West Point, August 3, 1861—ot.
HICKORY PLAIN
riaiii A.anui *..72 i i K.
fFUIE Third Session will com
I mence on the first Monday of
September next. The School will ,
still be under the control of Prof. ‘
V/. A. Garner, who has given gen
eral satisfaction to the patrons of Insti
:r.te. Professor Garner will b» assisted by a
::orps of competent teachers. The last two
Sessions have been very prosperous, and vve
rope for an increase of patronage, as we feel
lonfident the School is worthy of the public’s
encouragement.
Mi-s J. A. Ward, an experienced teacher
>vi 11 have charge of the music department.
11A T1 -1S O F T UITI ON,
(Per Session of Five months.)
Spelling. Reading, Writing, Prima
ry Geography and Mental Arithmetic $10 00
The above with English Grammar,
Geography and Written Arithmetic. 12 00
Ti.e above with Natural Phylosophy,
English Composition, Ancient or Mod
ern History and Elementary Algebra.. 15 00
The above, with the higher branches
if Mathematics, Latin, Greek, French. i
Astronomy, Rhetoric, Logic, Botany..
Jhemistry, &c.. 20 00
MUSIC.
)n Piano or Guitar. 25 00
Jsn of Instruments. .j 00 1
Silks Embroidery, Ornamental Leather
Work and Wax Flowers, each*. 10 00 :
’aintirig in water colors... 10 00 f
ncidental Fee. 50 1
Scholars received at any time, and *
barged to the end of the session. No deduc- J
ion made, unless in cases of protracted sick
ess. r
Board can be had convenient to the School
t from $8 to $10 per month, including wasti
ng, light-, ioc.
For luriher particulars in regard to Text 5
looks, &c., address the Principal.
SAM’L. I DUNN. ,
A. J. Thomas, Sec. Pies’t Board Trut’s. s
August 3, 1861—6w.
NOTICE- .
DR. N. B. TUCKER, continues the prac- -
tice of his profession, and offers his ser
icss to the citizens of Des Arc and adjacent
ountry. J
Particular attention given to tbs di3- j
ases of females. June 12, 186l_tf ;
8EASICY FEMAL£ INH'FITCTF
SEARCY, WHITE COUNTY., ARE
I, F. COX, A. M., Principal.
Pro#. C. H. Oakes, Principal of Muii
Department. Ic
1* iss IWf. II. Sfakely, Principal Dena^> j
nient of Ornamental Painting and VV
Work. Fine Arts, ami Assistant in Literal 1
Branches. ‘ “
This first class Institution, for the cduca
tion of young Ladles, will resume exercises on
first Wednesday in August—Session. 6 Mon-h,
RATES OE TUITION—$12,50, Sl6t
$25, according to class of Studies. For par.
ticulars address, J. p< COX/
July' 11—Im. Principal
TO ALL WHOM IT KAY CONCERN'
I Will sell on Saturday 3lst nay 0r Aijgust
in Des Arc, at Robinson & Branch’s Ware
House, to pay charges and freight, the follow
ing articles:
1 Set Segments, Marked J S. GrBy.
2 Boxes drugs, Marked W. H. Rays.
3 “ “ “ W. Thompson.
1 Trunk and contents. Marked J. W. Wilson
1 Gilt Glass Frame, Marked J. H. Thomas'
F. M. RORLwIox '
July 27, 1861— It.
•VOTltJJL. ' ~
"J OHN V. JUDSON, and all others toncern
t) ed. are hereby notified, that on the lotfi
day of August next, commencing at 10 o’clock
a. m. of said day. 1 shall proceed to take de
positions before W. A. W. Mann, a J asticeo* i
the Peace in Wattensaw township, j Prairie
county. Arkansas, at Devali’s Bluff, tc* be read j
in evidence before the State Land Agent at
Jacksonport, on the 23d day of August, 1861,
to contest the legal right to mv pre-emption
on the W. \ N. 16. Sec. 21, T. 2 N., R. 5. VV.,
at which time and place they can appear and
cross-examine my witnesses, and also produce
their own, if they see proper, allowing me
the same privilege.
W. J. RORINfeON.
Devalls Bluff, July 27, 1861—3t.*
STATE CONVENTION?
To all whom it may Concern
’”pHE Convention having provided for the
_L contirurencv of its lieino- ro.icfmhlpit
and made it the duty of the several presiding
Judges of the County Courts, as well a® of the
President of the Convention, accordas
either may be notified thereof, to ©r<k-r Ac
tions to fill vacancies in that, body; [And it
being important for the people of the ; State to
be fully represented, should any emergency
arise, which in the opinion of the prudent
or of the Military Board, would rerp ire the
Convention to be called; I have issuec writs
of election, to be held on the 10th day of Au
gust next, to fill vacancies officially c Bmmu
nicated to me as President of of the C inven
tion. as follow : In the counties of J
Arkansas—James L. Totten,
Calhoun—P. H. Echols, I
Franklin—W. W. Mansfield,
Iiard—Alexander A oasis,
Jackson—J. H. Pattekson, }
Jelferson—\V. P. Grace,
Lawrence—Samuel Robinson,
Prairie—B. C. Tottln,
Washington—David Walker. *
And in all cases of resignation receivedP5! K
Presiding Judges of County Court*, we
requested to order elections to fill thevvncaii
cies occasioned thereby, as prescribed by
Ordinance of the Convention, adopted J“n*
1st, lSol. and the Convention Act of tlu- Gen
eral Assembly, approved January 15.
GEO. C. VVATKIiN's
Little Rock. June 11, 1S61.
.VO Tics:
IS HEREBY GIVEN", THAT I WI1;*<°N
X Satiiiday, the 27th day of July, l8'*’se|f
to the highest bidder, for cash, at the
ground, in Des Arc township, Jackso*»ID,lnv’
Arkansas, one horse. Said sale being tc reu111*
nerate me for the keeping, boarding, kc., of
said horse, the property of S. Cbenivai Sale
within legal hours.
HENRY F. DICK°‘V
Julr 20, 1361—2t»
take notice.
W. E. Copeland, I). .1. McC< sst.li ,
J. A. Christian, Administrator of the1 X*1
tate of J. H. Copeland, decrasni, aucf ai*
others eoucerned.
^TMIAT on Monday the 29tb (by of kily,
I. 1801. between the hours of ( o’cloc*
M. and ti P. M., at the office of H P. Vau(|b*n> 1 |
J.P.. in the town of Des Are, c unity of Pra*1 'e'
in th p f-tntn rtl A-L'-•» e I , V.. 11 nrncpfld to* I
take depositions of witnesses t.i be read in ev* I
idence before the State Land Agent at faqk* I
sonport, in the State of Arkansas, on tE* 314
day of July. A. 1).. 1861; rexpecting cinflic- I
ting pre-emption claims to the N. E. , I
NT. W- J and ihe N. W. 1 of the
section 2fi in T. 5 N. R. 5 W., when an where j
you can appear if you think proper. t
MARY J. PKTE'.SON.
Des Arc, July 18 I86l.£sw-lw.
FEMALE SCHOOL.
rpHE second session of MrsJMAKIAr?
X Robinson’s I
S jE Mj js c t s c sfoot
Commences on the third Monday/February.
Tkrms or Tuition.—From $11 to $15 Ptr "I
session. Pupils will bechaigedXm entrance
,o the close of the session, excel in cases o.
protracted sickness. ' janlo
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