N. W. GAIK, KtUtor.
DES ABC, ARK-V APRIL 27,1867.
SHALL WE HAVE A DISTEICT
COURT?
The Legislature, previous to its ad
journment, passed an act to establish a
separate, or District Court, in Prairie
County, which was so amended in the
Senate as to make it optional with the
County Court whether the hill be al
lowed, or submitted to the people of
thooouatv for ratification. Ou Mon
day last, the Court iu session decided
to submit the question to a Vote of the
poop to. As falsa ideas June obtained,
concerning the soutiuiont entertained
by the people of this portion of the
County, wc doom it expedient to say n
few things in their defense.
Wc have petitioned for a District
Court, and are much indebted to our
representatives in the Senate and Leg
islature, for their efforts in our behalf.
We did Ibis because we are So removed
from the County town, as to make it
difficult at any, and all times, to reach
it. for the transaction of snrli business
as wo hare in the Courts. It is said we
desire the seat of the County. Kegard
ine that matter we wouid disabuse the
public mind. We do not want the
County scat, hecuuS' wo arc not eli
gibly situated for it. We believe that
it should be left with the people of the
County to »ay where their Courthouse
shall be, and that their voice should
control tins matter. Wc liave asked
for this District Court because wc be
lieve tho interest of the people of this
section demand it ; and that the demand
is reasonable, all must admit. While
it w ill accommodate itself t o the neces
sities of many. It will interfere with the
plans of no part of the County. \ As the
question will be submitted to tne peo
ple in Juno or July, we would call their
attention to its importance. It is im
portant to us because it facilitates the.
transaction of such business as is now
attended with difficulty. It is of im
portance to the whole County, because
it increases the. revenue of the wliole
County by its tendency to settle and
populate an already desirable portion
wf the country. Tbc’TKSoplc of South
of the railroad cannot urge legitimate
objections to a Court at this place, be
cause, with it, they will not have to do.
Their Court is at Browusvillc, and with
it we wish not to interfere. The peo
ple of the Western portion of the Coun
ty should not oppose it, for it does not
retard the progress of affairs w it It them.
They can make such disposition, of
* themselves as is most compatible with
their interests, and we shall not say
nay. We would have the people think
of these things pud when the time ar
rives, lend us the aid of their votes to
establish a District Court iu this part
of the County.
THINGS TO LEABN.
Every day tre live, wc learn some
thing of oursol v.c-, and of those with
whom we are associated. The man
who is too wise to learu, is a fool—well
deserving the pltv of the meanest of
his kind. That wearc constantly learn
ing is evident ; but, that we constantly
profit liV what we learn, is doubtful.
The great lessons of the past, have gone
far toward tear! in ' u B bmission to
the great change that lias been wrought
in our political condition. Experience
has taught us to expect little from
those in high plnees. that will be for
our good. Vet, we have lessons to
learn, that heretofore have been little
heeded. We express a wish, and are
constantly desiring that onr beautiful
city and rich surrounding country
would be scttle.d and tilled up, with
that class that most help to develop the
resources of a country, yet we arc not
sufficiently alive to the importance ot
encouraging the immigration of such a
class. What are we doing, and wliat
have we done to attract the intelligent
masses that have become dissatisfied
with their condition in the older States
and determined to seek, elsewhere, a
home for themselves and children ?—
Have we engaged in such enterprises
as prove our liberality ? Have we sup
ported enterprise and encouraged edu
cation ? We think not. We have a
city in prospect, if not in reality, and
as sure as the traveller, in search'for a
home, enters the mouth of White riv
IT, PlllT \>lll IIV- >l9lt I.H9 ill), BU*
in in', ifnot remain. If we would luive
him stay, we must give heed to other
things than mere speculation upon our
advantage in position and locality.—
If we really desire that our town be
built up rapidly and by such men as
will make ii strong, we must hold out
inducement,*, social, moral and educa
tional. This thii.g we have not suffic
iently learned to practice.
jnjr The Conservative party of Ten
nessee met iu convention al Nashville,
on the 10th day of April, and nominat
ed the Hon. Emersou Etheridge, of
Weakly comity, lor lioveruor. This is
• certainly the very best selection l)iat
could have been made. No man in the
State of Tennessee has earned a more
enviable reputation during ami since
the war than Emerson Etheridge. As
bold as a lion, as unflinching ns steel,
lie lias constantly stood by the Cohsli
« tut ion slid advocated, amidst bitter up
position. Conservative principles.
White canvassing his District against
the gallaut Atkius lie displayed great
powers as a debater, and met Mm steel
to s|.Ccl. His sarcasm i« witheringand
his Irony sharp.. With his ability and
a clean record, lie will so cauterise that
old mass of corruption, Brownlow. as
to make him grotf faint and die with
iniquity of tho brain. Success to the
Conservative party of Tennessee and
their gallant leader.
_A number o,l Massachusetts mift?
llfacturers. representing capital to the
amount of hundreds of millions of dol
lars, assembled in Boston recently, and
entered into an agreement to resist the
eight hour system. They arc to aid
each other and energctieplly oppose the
movement.
’QUESTIONS OF THE DAT.
bights and duties are tvhat might be
called correlative and reciprocal as be
tween citizens or subjects in their re
lations to Government and in the cor
responding relations of Government
to them, bights are primarily vested
in the people. They are God-given,
and, to some extent,.they are inaliena
ble—that is to Bay, there are some
rights bc.-Kiwed on man by God which
man ha*norighrto give mvay. God
gave such rights to he enjoyed by man.
| but ifftl to be given up to another per
son or to another power—not even to
Government itself.
Now, as man existed before political
Governments were instiloted. and as
the institution of Government was for
the benefit of mankind, and was insti
tuted by man for the bettor security ol
ids person and the better enjoyment ol
his rights, it follows that as between
mankind and Governments the rela
tion of the latter to man is that of duty
to rights.
.Man, not Governments, lias rights.
Government is instituted to perform
duties, not to exercise rights, for some
rights arc inalienable, and therefore
cannot be given up. but nothing-wbieh
Governments have belong to them 01
right ; but on the contrary all (hut Gov
ernments have of property or of au
thority belong primarily to the people
who can whenever they please secure
, the possession of whatever they may
i have given to the Government.
but GoveruinenU as sometimes ad
ministered, act upon a very different
1 principle to this. Take our Govern
ment of the United States as an in
I stance, as also the Government of sov
| oral of ihv respective States.
These Governments act as if their
authority came directly and immedi
i ately from God, instead of coming
from God through the people to be
| governed. They set themselves up
I above the people, not as (heir mere
I agCtits executing thefr will and per
| forming the dut.es prescribed to them
by the people, but, on the contrary,
they ucl as if they were exercising
rights which exercise of authority it
was only the duty of the people to
obey.
Now, the conformity of (lie people
] to the exercise of pow er by the Gov
\ eminent is not, properly, obedience,
j There can be no snob relation between
I citizens of a free Government and that
Government as obedience, because
obedience implies the absolute right to
I coycrit, wliieh political Governments
i do not possess. As well might it be
said that when two persons enter into
u. contract to do a certain tldng, the
! performance of the contract is obe
i dieucc on the purt of one of the con
! trading parties, us to say that con
formity to the legitimate exercise of
! authority by the people to acts of Gov
ernment; is obedience.
It is a right of man to establish such
a system and form of political Govern
ment ns lie iil>t*ie exercise of judgment
thinks will best promote his interests,
or as he in the enjoyment of his case
or in his inditicrenee to his rights is
vvillid# should be imposed upon him.
That thrill or system of Government
which is instituted by the intelligent
judgment of matt is called free or con
stitutional, because It is the result of
tho free, mitrainmc.led will of the per
sons to be governed, and because it i
so constituted as rather xc perform
prescribed duties than to asenjie to
exercise rights.
• The other tonus which men submit
towithout having had any will orthe
exercise of judgment in their forma
tion. are distinguished by such terms
as absolute and despotic, as they may
assume to be in their relations to the
governed. Hut even these forms of
government have no vested rights.
They are mere Usurpers of power, and
of prerogatives which God never be
stowed, urn) which he never eonlerred
upon mankind to be given away.
Although man may submit himself
to any form of political Government
for the time being, he has no more
right to divest himself of the inaliena
ble attributes with which lie is vested
by the Divinity than he has to destroy
or permit the destruction of the life of
his body.
lie cannot give away wliat does not
belong to him, ami which was given
him to he used by himself, and not
cither by any one else or by Govern
ment.
In his relation to the Creator man
owes obedience, and in complying with
the commandments of God, man per
forms a duty, because it is the right of
the Creator to impose conditions upon
limn for the. enjoyment of life and its
concomitants, hut in his relations to
fctovuruuient man takes I lie plan of ltie
Creator, instituting Government for
tiis own purposes, imposing upon it
duties, exercising towards it rights,
making it the instrument of his w ill,
the avenger of liiifw rotigs, the'protect
or of his person, tlie security of his
property, the guardian of his house
hold. in a word a doer of all such du
ties as man individually could not per
form without inconvenience and dis
comfort.—[St- J.ouis Times.
,1evtn: Hyehs,—This gentleman came
here a stranger, as .Superintendent of
the Western Snperiutendeuey. Wr
found him a gentleman, wholly devot
ed to the duties of his office, anti itt all
of his intercourse with the Indians.and
those hnv ing business in that depart
ment, he has given entire satisfaction,
uii.I linn iriiii.nl <i li-mip flfi till iiiifii'lit
anil honest officer of the government,
and a gentleman. It appears that lie
was not, eontirmeii by the Senate, but
this should not surprise any one, as
Judge 15. is uol a ltailioal. Besides lie
is an old Arkausian, and a good Ctiion
man. We regret that Judge Byers
could not have been permitted to re
main, but as lie is to leave lie will take
with him when he retires, the good
wishes and respect of all those who
have made his acquaintance during his
sojourn here.
air. H. (’• Smith, the son-in-law of
Judge Byers, an old resident of Uates
ville, iu this State, and who has been a
merchant l'or years in that place, has
been acting a- Clerk and assistant of
Judge I!, in the Superintendent's of
fice, is very much of a gentleman, kind
and obliging iu the performance oflbs
duties. He carries with him the beat
wishes who have made his acquaint
ance in tills place. Mr. Smith's father
came to Arkansas before a steamboat
ever navigated Arkansas river.—[tort
Smith Herald 11th.
-Governor Jenkins, of Georgia,
iu an address to the people of that state,
lints gives Ids views as to u hut should
be the action of the state under the re
cent acts of congress. He says:
The public discussions seems to rec
ognize only two alternatives. 1. Prompt
acquiescence iu the already rejected
proposals for amendment of the feder
al constitution, and in all the require
ments of the two acts of congress, to
gether witli the incorporation of them
all, by our nets, into our own constitu
tions und laws.
2. A firm hut temperate refusal of
sneli acquiescence aild adoption, and a
patient, manly endurance of military
government until, in the elliux of time,
|.aud on the subsidence of the passions
gem rated by civil war, better counsels
shaft prevail at the federal capital—tro,
! meantime, strictly observing law anil
| order, and vigorously addressing our
selves to industrial pursuits.
As hetwc^Jj^Me alternatives, I have
i no hesltatl^Wnad vising the adoption
of-the '-if jjjj;. ■
An Important Order.
We have just received, says the Lit
tle Hock Gazette, through the courtesy
' of nth-district headquarters, the sub
joined geucral order No. 5. It speaks
for Itself; a document plain and to tlie
point, dictated by sterling common
| seise and a thorough appreciation of
our precarious condition, it will be read
With pleasure by all Who anxiously de
sire the public weal. It would lie well
that all those who have ffeedincn em
ployed would make it a special duty to
read them all orders that emanate from
headquarters; and the contents of the
following, should, for obvious reasons,
be made known to them :
n KA!>QCARTKKS 4lll MILITARY Pis'T.J
Mississippi aw Arkansas, [•
. VicKscfiio, Miss.. April 15, 1SH7.)
hui. Orders No. 5.)
T. No elections will hcreaffeiMiehold
1n Mississippi or Arkansas to HU vacan
cies existing or occurring in offices of
: tlie provisional governments of those
J States, until a registration of voters is
made. Officer# of the provisional state
governments who may have been by
statute law competent to m ike appoint
ments to till vacancies occurring before
the passage of tlie reconstruction act,
passed March 2, 1SI>7. where a vacancy
! may exist or occur which it is import
! ant to have tilled, arc requested to no
tify the General commanding, and lie
who is responsible that tlie require
ments of that law he complied with,
will make tlie necessary appointment
to (111 (tic vacSney, until an election for
that purpose can be held according to
law.
II. Local civil officers of existing
provisional governments of tlie States
| of Arkansas and Mississippi, will con
J tinue in the performance of their duties
until tlie expiration of this term of their
offices, unless otherwise directed in
special cases, or until their successors
may be appointed or elected in accord
ance with the net of Congress to pro
vide for the more efficient government
of these rebel Suites, passed March 2,
1SC7.
III. The most important duty devolv
ing upon freedmen in their now condi
tion, is that of providing, by their own
labor, for themselves and families; they
now have a common interest in the gen
eral prosperity. This prosperity does
not depend so much on (row men vote,
as upon how well each member of so
siety labor# and keeps his contracts.—
Freedmen are therefore urged not to
neglect their business to engage in po
litical discussions, hut continue to
eomplv with their contracts, and pro
vide for themselves and families; for
unless they do so, a famine may come,
and they will have no food. When the
time comes for tirtmt to have their
names entered in the books of voters,
which will he before September next,
nit: viriurui i uiiiuKinum^ Will si'im
them word through proper United
States or County officers, nnd send the
books to places near by tlieir homes so
that every voter can have liis name reg
istered, and can afterwards vote with
out going far from ids home. Onl\
those residing in town will be regis
tered or vote there.
By command of Bvt. Mij. (Jen. Ord.
O. 1). (JHl'.KNE,
Asst. Adjt. (Jen.
A ti tle copy.
Samuel M. Mills, 1st t,t., Adjt. 2Sth
111!'., Asst. Adjt. (Jen.
ttiT the Avalanche says the South
pj.ivs for two tilings: First, for non
intervention ill her domestic matters;
second, for lai.or. The military des
potism now ruling her people by the
bayonet, instead of by li e law, pre
cludes all hope of our having u’.r hrst
prayer granted, and the course of that
same military arm begins to cause
i more serious apprehensions still, touch
! iugtlie seeond. it seems, from an Al
■ abnma exchange, that negro recruiting
i ottlcura ure ihmugh the country
j and enlisting negro men for the United
i Slates army, who have made contracts
! with planters for this year, and upon
| whose labor and continued services
! these planters depend for their crops.
Surely, in all our cities, can le found
negro men chough for war purpose s,
who, if not inclined to go to work,
| may possibly follow the fife nnd drum.
I Thousands of them are but consumers,
i while we need producers, in every
county of every Southern Stale. We
trust that steps will he taken to bring
tin's outrage promptly before the prop
i cr department of the Government ; for.
| in the present starving condition of
many portions of our land, we cannot
afford to lose even one laborer from
our fields. The cities tan spare
enough idlers. The country can spare
no laborers.
Hon. John 0 BtuakiMiiDua.—The
Atlanta Era, says: This distinguished
general and renow ned statesman lias ad
vised his friends to accept in good faith
tlie Sherman recoustruigion bill, as the
surest and only mode of restoring tlie
country to peace and quiet Geu. Breck
inridge ranks among the greatest of living
statesmen, and the south will nut fail to
heed liis voice on the most important
question of the day Lei the column
move forward till all complications are
overcome and forever put to rest The
prospect tor the future is now more hope
ful than it lias been at any time within
the last two years, and it is came tly imped
that nothing will occur to prevent the
consummation of an early and complete
seliii-ment of national difficulties.”
Kkvf.uk < iiAiiiiK.—A correspondent
of the Springfield (Muss.) Kepublictin,
lias this paragraph iu reference to Gov
ernor Brownlow. Of course tve do
not know whether the charge is true or
false :
Unless those high in authority under
Inin have lied and sonlud.it with an
oath. Governor Bl'owulow lias coun
seled and encouraged assault, murder,
riot and mob-law. More than a year
ago, 1 heard one ot those "prudent and
experienced men," now "placed iu
charge of that ‘State Guard,”' swear lie
laid standing pardon from Brownlow
and he would shoot whom he pleased ;
and at a subsequent period, also within
my own observation, the same fellow
proffered to suit the action to the word
and I have no doubt would have done
so promptly had not his demands made
in violation of all law. bueu complied
with.
-Dr. franklin remark* that a per
son as often gets two dollars for the
one lie spends iu informing his mind,
as he doe* lor a dollar lie lays out in !
any other way. Afpau eat - a pound of
sugar and it is gone, and the pleasure |
he has enjoyed is ended, but the infor
mation he got* from u newspaper is j
treasured up to bo enjoyed anew, ancl
to be used whenever occasion or incli
nation calls for it. A newspaper Ss not
the wisdom of one or two men, it is
tlie wisdom of the age, and of past agns
■too. A family without a newspaper is
always a year behind the times in gen
eral information : besides they can nev
er think much nor Hud much to think
about. And then there are tho young
ones growing up without any taste for
J reading. t\ he then, would i>e without
I a newspaper, and \\ ho w ould read one
, regularly w ithout paying for it?
-The Selma, Home and Dalton
■ railroad is rapidly approaching rout
j pletiou. Hands are at work between
, Blue Mountain and Jackson vide, and
the track will soon be laid to the latter
! place.
Moke Land.—It is rumored that the
United States Government is ncgotln
ting foe the purchase of Sonora am
other Mexican States nnd that the prict
is to be ten million dollars in gold.—
Tliis rumor Jackw tonfirnmtion, but i
I would not be as surprising to wake u|
I some fine morning nnd find our posses
sessions thus extended as eras the I!us
sian American affair. The Washing
ton Government maneges our interna
| affairs so beautifully, annuel' a ptetlio
j ra of funds has been created in the na
I tional treasury by the late war of sub
jugafton, that the extension of the ea
glc’s wings over other domains inns
lie exceedingly desirable.—[M.cmphii
l.cdger.
— m — -
•stf'Tlie Pittsburg Commercial say
that a full meeting of the mill owner
of Pittsburg and vicinity was held 01
Tile tel ay when It was determined not t(
resume operations until the workmei
; will accent -nob prices as will warran
them in doing so. The question is no
i whether the price shall be seven o
nine dollars, but who. in the presen
j condition of trade, will be able t<
maintain work at any price. If tie
mill owners could have’thcir own wa;
they would not feel justified in rosnm
ing permanently at anything like the;
would have done a few weeks ago. /
few week's running at half their capnr
ity would enable the mills to snppl;
the market for months, nnd anothe
stoppage would be the consequence
Pull resumption, at any price, is out o
the question.
-An action of much interest am
importance was tried, Wednesday, ii
the Supremo Circuit Court of Ncv
York, before .Judge Mason. It involve
the validity of a judgment rendered it
(lie Sixth District Court of New Or
leans, by a Judge who lmd taken a ju
dlcial oath to support the Constitutioi
of tlie Confederate States, nnd win
rendered Judgment in Austin in Fell
rttary. lWi2, after military law had lirei
proclaimed thero, and after Judge Pea
body had, l>v authority of the Prosi
dent, entered upon die duties of hi
office. Judge Mason directed a verdie
for the plaintiff, subject to the opinloi
of the general term, tints sustaining til
judgment rendered by tlie New Oricau
‘Court.
Trouble in the Rutland Quarter.*
—The Rutland (Vt.) Herald report
serious difficulty in the quarries. I
says that a number of workmen, win
have been in the habit of havin'
their own way heretofore, reee..tl;
struck, in consequence of tho discharge
of a favorite overseer. The eompan;
Jias in consequence discharged‘the slri
kers, nnd is taking measures to ejec
them from their shanties. The hand
threaten to resist, nnd a riot lias beet
j feared. The hill to prevent uniawfU
i combinations of workmen, just passe
tlie legislature, nau reference 10 tin
: ease.
| French Prince Imperial.—Then
] have of late betin various reports of tin
! dangerous illness of the heir to tin
French throne. Tlie British Mr'dica
j.Tonrnal states that it has authority t<
! contradict these rumors, so far ns the;
refer to the sarious constitutional char
actor of the Prince's illness. Hr ha:
hern suffering for some time from at
absre-.s resulting l'roin a bruise, but i
has been successfully treated by hi:
physicians and is now- healing. Thi:
youpg gentleman, about w hom there i:
so much anxiety, is eleven years old.
AI. n any A mcsk m ents.—The New
York Herald has this paragraph:
Keuo is said to be a very populai
game >n Albany, this session, aino.ni
tlie general residents and visitors o
lhe capital, although the aristocrat i<
Senators and members, witii therepre
sentatives of the Jicxv York "rings,
and railroads, still adhere to draw po
The regular lohhymen scout both o
these pastimes, and have no taste foi
anything but the fiercest of tigers.—
Apropos of poker, will Jacob Sharp*
let u> know how much he lost or woi
in his tilt with Ben. Wood a few night,:
since? Information wanted at Hh*;l
Broadway.
Ita-Thc negro says if he lias wool or
his head, the rads shan't pull it ovei
his eyes.
-The legislature of Wisconsin hat
passed the bill granting suffrage to Hit
women of the stale.
-The Cincinnati Enquirer says the
tendency of the Mississippi river ahovi
St. Louis is to form a new channel
which Yvill leave that city high and dry
-The Nashville Gazette says tin
Radicals of East Tennessee are leaving
Brownlow en masse. We are not in
formed where they are going.
-lieutenant Jno. E. Iicnuct, of tin
‘J8th United States Infantry, has been ap
pointed Inspector General of the Depart
incut of Arkansas.
-Rumors are still afloat in Wash
ington that Mr. Seward is negotiating
for the purchase of Sonora from Mexi
co. The district is not as favorable
for the ice trade as Russian America,
but the price talked of is the same asi>
to he paid for the latter.
-Attorney General Stanbcrry is
said to have recently remarked to the
District Attorney of Virginia that ex
president Davis must he disposed ot
Court of the Coiled States, whirl
meets at Iticliiuoud on the first Mon
day In May.
-A Washington dispatch says il
was developed Thursday, through tin
remarks of onerf the Judges of the
Supreme Court, that had the Attorney
General interposed any objection to the
tiling of the Georgia injunction case,
the Court would have sustained that
objection, as it did in the Mississippi
ease.
-Printers heat tlie Dutch, and cv
ervbody else but their wives. Wo have
now in ourodlceoue who preached the
gospel, ran a side show to a cirrus,
kept a singing school, run away with a
man's wife and two children, practiced
medicine, been an agent for a concert
troupe, and a clerk of a steamboat.—
We ll make a man of him yet.—[Ex
change.
-The Catholic Telegraph, edited
in part by Bishop lloserran*. inveigle
very bitterly against General Grant for
bis eagerness in accepting General
Hoserrans' resignation. Jt says that
Grant tears him as a dangerous ri.yai.
uud that lie has shamefully betrayed
and maligned Dim. The Telegraph
isn't as lo;, ui as it used to be. m
—-A Ecntan General, John O'Brieti
has written a letter to Lincoln’s private
detective to learn the never-to-be-suf
iieiently-lumcntcil Ac.'a views on h’cnl
an Dm. Let us know by all means fot
“such views'1' my,,i be rare ones, and
the world would cease Iter revolutions
Unless the great fact were made public.
Has Hurts—Among the most curious
on diUt of the times, is one that Horace
Grcoley has hopes of winning the next
Presidency, lie thinks that by the timr
the ball opens, lime, “which makes all
things even,” will have vindicated his sa
gacity in sustaining iiis ideas of universal
suffrage tind universal amnesty, and thus
recommend him as the statesman par ex
^lienee. This is perhaps the wildest hob
by the gray coat philosopher ever rode.
•
j The Cm; use ox Tutc Lo>l. -TJjc
i Smithficld Times toil a story illnstra
tive of the old saw the ‘‘course of true
love never did run smooth." A young
' couple iu Smithfiekl hud Tnid a plan to
out wit the vlgtUwvfe Of cruel parents
land elope. The sequel-'legs thus: tlie
youth stood beneath the window—the
• lady attempted to nlimb put—when,
■ oli. horror, some One detained her front
, the rear! "Why dost, thou not come.
• gentle Amelia? She answered iu an
agitated voice, -7 can’t. Bill; main’s
got hold on my filters 1”
- am
tKff~ A young fellow whose better hall
. had just presented him with a pair ol
i bouncing twins, attended elmreh one Sun
day. Curing the discourse (be clergyman
looked at our innocent friend and said
j “Young man you have an unpigtantRe
sponsibility thrust fipon yott." Tw new
ly fledged dad. swppnmwg ' bw niinded u
the peculiar home event, considerably
startled the audience by> oxclaiujiug, “Yei
I have two of them.”
-Mr. John W. Forncjr> whose ed
itorial talout is so gnyyt that ho has Jc
“run” two daily newspapers, to-wlt
i the Philadelphia Press and the Wash
ington Chronicle, predict* that the cot
I ton crop of this year will be much
larger than in Btf-fi. and ’tint much be
low the average crop raised previous
to the war.” Forney has always knout;
[■ more about .Southern matters than tli<
Southerners themselves.
, -A New Orleans correspondent o
ftlie Charleston Courier attributes tin
destruction of the layers outlie Missis
sippi to the depredations of the “clay
fish, ilosuys: “The claylish is a din
digger. Innumerable a* (lie white gilt
they live like troglodytes in dark eav
eras, along the odes of ovory stream
pool, lagoon or river, in the batiks o
which they scoop out their lthblta
tiona.”
-Calhoun County, Alabama, is ho*
called “the green ppnt in the Heathen
desert ” They do not “sue and ho sued’
iu Calhoun. The people there bear ant
! forbear with each other, and work “with :
' 1 determination to Ihake up tlteiY losses.—
j There arc no crimes committed, and nt
| one is prosecuted- The Sheriff findinp
■ : that the ofit^ was not a ‘ paying institu
1 tion,” ins resigned.
COTTON SCRAPERS.
ll'Hil received, s lot of Avery'* lilt*
- •' preved Steel Colton Sitrupers,
■ j Those iu need of flie ariicle, should sce then
" --' t...*r>.. - - ---x
i l,y
; I up-7- STEWART. MWY NSE A pi
1 (. M. UEDOPETH. «. N. JACft'OX
i HEDGPETH & JACKSON,
SOHSOTSAC
LAND AGENTS
Dos Arc, Arkansns.
Wiib enter Lands under tbe pruvitdrqrs o
tlie Act of Congress, May 21, 1^0-, entiilr«:
"An act to secure Homesteads to actual set
tiers on the public domain.” ap27
DEN TISTTvY
rpilF. underaigned o!Fen*hi«* pro- ff
I fos*iori»l services, to the <’ it i
I xens of Dos Arc uad vi<j»n,itj.
Witl be in t)os Arc first of June, and remain
through the month. Is thoroughly prepared
with^lU of the late improvements in the pro
fession, to extract teeth without pain.
I will practice in Dos Arc regularly in fu
1 tnre, in March. June. SepfemNcr uud Peeem
I Wer.
» LifluT— Over Walt <& Co's f••re.
Ij. A XJ YxSl' A.T11V
HrffuENc rs. — 11. C. [ anfoVd ; J. L. Den
ton : W 8. Burtu it : (’. H. Hailey.
l>es Arc, Ark.. April 27, 1807.—tf
J. W. lit’KN E Y. H. 15. Tit EilKVAKT.
Ujs. Burnt') & Tmnsact.
H AVING associated themselves in the
HILUTK i: or
• otter their professional services to the citi
t zens of
DUS AUC AND VICINITY ;
1 And will devote a portion of their lime, to
t the treatment of ('hhoj»jo Disk inks, of every
. description. Otikv -At Burney Bro’s
Drug Store. apr2
BILLIARD AND DRIKING
| Saloon,
Buena Yista Street,
DKS ARC, ARKANSAS.
\LL kinds of Liquors, Wines, Braudies,
Sugars, Tobacco. &ot, constantly on hand
Don’t forget the place to have a game of Bil
liards or get a good drink,
i up. 27-ly.
1 >is*oltK.t ion.
N'OTICfc is hereby given, that I have pur
chased the interest of Mr. Frank Hyde.
! in the Auction and Cuntaisaioo business, in
the firm of ('lurk & ll\de. The business will
j be continued under the name and style of J. S.
Clark Co., hoping to share a liberal portion
! of the public patronage.
J. S. CLARK & CO.. Auctioneers.
Little Rock, \: 1... M .y-b 2b,*18(37. aj)-7 It
GREAT ATTRACTION!
Walrlifd, Silver I'orkN and
Spoons, Jewelry, and Other
luluables.
RE\Ji3irV F. BITLllR,
(late of New Orleans,)
Informs lua fricniU aud (he public generally,
that being desirous to dispose of his large
stock of Watches, Silver Spoons and Porks,
! and other valuables, he ha® opened an elegant
, store at Lowell, Mass., where he will be bup
| py to see his old customers.
The articles arc ail second hand, hut have
I been well taken care of; in fact, have never
been out of his possession. He will sell
CftKAP a OR CASH,
• as Lc has scouted them at the very lowest
! cost.
Country dealers and retailors generally will
| do Well to give liitu acall before apply ingelse
where.
I Address by mail, enclosing orders and cash
! —chiefly the cash. •
UK#* {Southern papers pleaso copy.
j J. B, FISCIIESSER,
|W ATCIIM AKEll
—AND— *
JEWELER,
BOTEEKSVILLE. - ARK A VISAS.
H.\{S on hard, a nie«» stock ofAVaiicb- &
os. Clocks, Jewelry t;u i Foncy
\rtio!cs. AL- \ will repair Watchp «stW&’
Clocks, Jflvrellry, Musidtn Instruments. etc.
In c<uu action wiu* the above, 1 have a
rilOTOGRAPU 0 A TiLERY,
i Where any kind of a Picture can be taken,
apr?' 3m J. R. FI3C11E&&ER'
loiiartucrstilp Notice!
We 1i»t. this d.jr »s§oci»ted with us in
business. P II. IIayi.ey. The business will
be continued ns heretofore, undct Ibe firm
■.trio of 8tewabt. Gwtxne It Oo.
STEWART. OWVNNE & CO.
April 21, 'WiCT.—lm
t ibe.
undetWcned mri n g purrlinse.l ol
tertt. Strom; U Seeley, their cutirt
in Ol*
STEAM
SAW AND GRIST MILL,
At Taylor’s Bond Arkansas ;
I WR At RE PREPARED TO FURNISH
limber or au dimEaNSIons
1 At price* to nult the times, and-to pay the
' highest market price for all kinds of *
csooD Bound logh,
I Delivered at the abute place. Persona liar inf!
claim* ag.ilnst the late firm of Strong k
Seeley, will find it to their interest to call on
i us.
COWGITiL, KNOTT & CO.
Taylor’s Bend, Ark., April 20, 1807.—2m
* WALK Ell DUOS. G. 11. JCIAAII. V. U. MYF.US
1 ' ™
. WALSBP., BP.OB. & OO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
1 •
AXD U.MUFACTU11KKS OF
turn’s ami guys’ <£loihiny.
AND FUJBNISIIIXG GOODS,
Alin jobber* o?
1 Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
LACES AND YANKEE NOTIONS,
BOOTS, SHOES AND H ATS,
No. 229 Main Street,
MEMPHIS, TEMN.
No. 220 Xorth Third 8t., Philadelphia, Pa
apri!20-3m
A BAHCJAIb' !
TT1AVE a neat nnd comfortable little resi
denee, which I desire to dispose of; and
ii‘ i can do t»o by first of May. will give r
urreat barciiiu. Necessitv fur nmner it* tL*
inducement. Apply to II. V, Vaughan, 01
myself.
JOHN BARNETT.
Dos Arc, Ark., April 20, 1 —tf
“TH iTsOTTU KU\ FARMESV’
. A BKAUTIFUjjLY tllustrand Sionthly Qt
A V 10 pages, quarto, devoted to (hf* interests
of the Farmer, the Fruit Grower, the Garden
er, the Stopk Raiser, the Inventor, and Manu
facturer, white every Housekeeper will find it,
l think, an invaluable companion. St»l»«jrip
! tion price $2 00 per anuum, ln advance.
1 have engaged the ablest pens in the
South to assist me. and am determined to
malic Tuk Fa km f.h a Weeing tfl the South in
this houf of her distress and need.
M W. PHILLIPS,
Formerly of Edward's Depot, Miss.
THE TIME OF THE El!
THE PROPHECIES
Mx:Pn,A.iisrED "
i A NEW AND INTERESTING WORK
JUST published, by
OR. SAMUEL TARVER.
Tliia work aims at tlio UXBOLDING
1 OPTRUTH; discusses freely
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream,
,
Daniel's Vision,
AltD OTHER PROPHECIES,
.
! Argotug from them, when the END OF
| EMPIRE SHALL BE. Everybody
j should have a copy.
For sale at J. M. Burney’s Drug
Store.
IklKSOLlTIOV
THE copartnership heretofore existing be
tween U. G. Gill and John G. Gill, un
der the style of GILL A HUD., is this day
dissolved by mutual consent, and R. G. Gill
is authorised to wind up tlio business flf the
■firm. R. G. GILL.
JNO. G. GILL.
Des Arc, Ark,, April 1, 1807.—aprld-ltn
SPRING GOODS!
I SPRING GOODS !!
i —,—
| mass AMD M2W ? I
I _
N'OW OPENING AM> JEST RECEIVED,
a large and splendid assortment of
DRY GOODS,
Notions, LudiM' and Genii'
Hats, Moot* and Shoes,
Qneetiftwnre, Hard
ware, Hollowware,
, OF EVERV DESCRIPTION,
AT
(OLD STAND OF GILL & BRO.)
I
I -mvi ■
It is our iulciuiou to please every
1 tm». We will sell our Goods nta very
i small advance upon cost; bill in order
* to be convinced, conic and examine for
yourselves. It is no troubl| for us to
i show Goods.
THOMAS, tall.I. 1 CO.
Dcs Arc, Ark., April 13, 18*'-7.
\OHCJF.
rnilE partnership heretofore dialing be
L ;stvu Ur J J. I.vse and Ur. J \t Itch
MO. was. on lTic 11th day of April. 1867, dis
solved, by the death of Ur. J. J. 1.sVK. All
persons indebted to aaiil firm, w ill please
tothe forward nnd settle; and all having
•hums against the firm, will present them for
| settlement to
J, \Y BRUMBY, 8 irwieing Partner,
of the firm < f Lava « licSKET.
Det ArcpArli,, Ajiril 28, 18*7,--tut
ivuwmu nausE
(Formerly llardwlck Mouse,)
NO’S. 61. 63 AND 65.
AiiA.ws (*rUtsr,
SI3i£*EI0, V31?i7BB033,
WIHIAMS St GLOVEB. Proprietors
n R. HARDGKAVE, formerly at Jackson
P , Tenn.. is with us, and would he please,
to see his friends. npr20-6m
Ii. T>. Plar.-sliaw,
Hickory Plain, Ark.,
BSAUiii U
rntmom,
SCHOOL BOOKS,
ETC., ETC.
II 1C CONY PPaiw. April OwJW 7—4m
ii. R. RQJt. NEVIJ.S A ROSK
R. R, ROE & CO.,
-AND
*Hmhauta,
w
AVe'st Point, A.rk
W* have on hand a full supply of *11 kind
of Grocei lea, and would be pleased t
hare our friends and Ibe public generally I
call and see us. Our steak is large, and w
shall koep all articles usually found iu a firs
class Grocery House. IVc have ou hand, au
for Salt1,
BACON,
i torn.
la nr*.
sugar,
COFFEE,
RICE,
SALT,
MEAL,
MOLASSES,
CANDLES,
i; r \ A r.
SALT,
CANI>Y.
FRUIT.
PICKLES,
And a variety of other article,* too numerou
to tneorfon.
The highest cash price* paid for all kind
of country* prod.tee, Hides, Peltry, etc., ii
Hoods at cash prices.
R. R. POE & CO.,
U H. POE, Agent.
West Point, Ark.. ApriljG, 1807.
PICTURES :
Pictures 2 2!
AT
k, k, CROSS’
Fll ART GALLERY.
* #
Situated on Buena Vista St.,
2|cs Jirr, Arkansas.
Where Pictures of all kind? are made,
from small miniature 1© life size Pho
tographs, and colored with Indelible
Ink, Oil, or Water Colors. All work
warranted perfect and durable.
The subscriber herein has spared no pains,
or expense Ln making this UALLliUY far sur
pass any in this Territory, and having bad
an experience of many years in the business
of Picture making, with the aid of a perfect
set of Apparatus, feels confident that he can
defy competition in PRICES or QUALITY.
&R8CRS RTOHRS©.
Having reduced my prices, it places Pictures
within the reach of every man woman and
child.
Just fifty cents is all the expenso.
Of a Picture made of your face.
And for double that turn, if you quickly come,
Will be made nud put iu a Case. •
Don’t delay this opportunity, for you may
— ■ - . — r - —— - - — r
but a little time and expense to get a
rsnrsoT ?:citup.s
Of yourself or friend**, and you never will re
gret it. “Remember ifyo old must die, and
the young may die.” So
“Secure the shadow.
’Ere the substance fudo,«
Let art copy that
Which nature made.”
Photographs of Capt. Rayburn, and views
of the towi* for sale at Uio Gallery.
I shall keep constantly on hand a large
stock of
ALBUMS,
FRAMES,
ANI) CASES,
And all articles usually kept in a first class
GALLERY.
1 will also furnish Country Artists with
Alhbrolypc and Photographic Goods, Appa
ratus, Chemicals, etc., a* Memphis prices.
1 pictures taken iu ail kindi of weather,
i old Pictures copied and made new and life*
I like.
Please give me a call.
L. L. CROSS, Proprietor.
«
Pea Arc, Ark., April 6. 18C7.
LOOK HERE!!
Garden Seeds !
Wi have on lb* wuy * large Tot of Lan
dr»tli'iMiel««ted Uardeu Seeds, every variety.
Call aad get your supplies.
HAZES & McPftERSOS.
Tes Are, Februaij
#
1 9 A T? *C ""H
II O U S fi, SIGN,
—AND —
OBNAMlNTAXi
PAI TSTXTN' Q-,
Glazing ard Paper Hanging,
I )evftll’s Uluffl, Art.
Apr?8-fhn
STEAM
SAW AND CRIST MILL!
miTE undersigned Has now in complete run
I ning order, Hie Me* a in Sail ami
(■rlstf >1111, 14 m i lew north weft of Des
I Arc, (ou Rayon Res Arc.) where He is pre
pared to furnish Oak, Cypress and Gum lum
ber, of any site or dimension.
•j>rl3-6w M. SHETTER.
.^Y • I .j» Doi\Jamin,
dftousf, £anic,
Gariigo ami Oniaaieatal
EA.HSTTEE.
i _
HAVING permanently located in Rea Arc,
would inform the citizens of Res Vroand
vicinity, that he is ready to do any kind of
work in bis line on short notice. Orders for
Sign*, frotji a distance, promptly attended to.
Res Arc, Ark., April t>, 1807.
DUYGOODS
—AT—
: EASTERN PRICES!!
i
i
TTaving recently purchased McLaren
& Ilayley s
ENTIRE STOCK
j
-or
i Dry (roods, boots. Niocs,
Hats, Etc.
}
' WE OFFER IT AT
i
i
"Wholesale Prices
For the nest
Thirty I3ays,
In order to make room for the large
stock ot SIMU-NG GOODS now on tlio
way. We say to the farming commu
nity, if you want a bargain now is
your time. We solicit an examination
i of our whole stock, consisting of
GROCfltllES, IM1T GOODS,
Bows no mini'll,
U.iHDW 111 11.
i
: FARDIIXG DIPLEMEXTS,
STOVES A5D TRLHlinGS,
ITRATflKE,
TIimiRE, WOODEXW
CASTINGS, etc., ETC.
j Give us a call and examine for yourselves;
; we try to keep nothing but what will stand
i inspection. STEWART, GWYXNE A 00.
| mardt)
J". Sims ^Vllen,
GENERAL RECEIVING, FORWARDING,
—AND—
Commission Merchant,
AND fflALEE IN
Groceries, Hardware, Furniture, dec..
BUS ARC, ARKANSAS.
My stock consists in part, of the follow
; ing articles:
! UACOS, LARD,
FLOUR. SUGAR,
| COFfEE, .MOLASSES,
I nior.' xi i- i t
SALT, CANDLES,
CASTINGS, NAILS,
COAL OIL. LINSEED OIL.
LARD OIL, TURPENTINE,
8 TON E-WA HE, WOOD- W A RE,
HINGES, LOOKS,
RASPS, CHUNS,
AUGERS, FILES,
COLLARS, SAWS,
BRIDLES. 1! \MFS,
POCKET KNIVES, HOPE,
GLASS, TABLE CUTLERV.
PUTTY, PAINTS.
BEDSTEADS, LOUNGES,
BUREAUS, CRIBS.
TABLES. SAFES,
CHAIRS.
ilATTRASSES—COTTON, SHUCK A HAIR.
Together with a large lot of useful Goods,
which I will sell low for cash.
Mr. Geo. AY. Vadkx and Mr. Hack B Kks
dau., always no baud to dispose, but not to
he disposed of.
Des Are, Ark,, March 10, 18(18.
Bacon!
I I’ST received, 10,000 pounds No. 1 Uacou.
iel and for halo by
aprti- J SIMS ALLBS.
1 » . MITCHELL. S. C. MITCHELL. T. H, MITCHELL.
V MTTfiHFJ.T. & PRO'S
CoLUiaissiaa Merchants,
AND DEALERS IN
j
Liquors, Fruit. Fish, Produce.
8, E. for. Serend and (krotcui Sts.,
iuoD- .St- Louis. Mo.
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