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t^-Xt Is 9 lamentable fact that the
disposition is so prevalent throughout
oar cdftntry, to kick against the edicts
of the powers that bc**-fo advocate and
oppose mcasuriio^-that only tend to
attract oar attention from that which
ts for oar own interest; to introduce
dissension, to encourage strife, to
breath a political atmosphere, when
there is in it so lit*!* of good. The
time when political opinion was to us
cf avail, is past; and it is to ov.r detri
ment to continually continue to tear
afresh the wounds that have already
given us eo much pain. We do say
that these politically disposed news
papers, whether they be for or against
the various measures that hang threat
eningly over us, are too often in error.
Speeches and article? are circulated and
read, advising an acceptance of the sit
uation, when whole pages and columns
arc nsec! to Inveigh against that same
situation It is folly to talk about ac
ceptance, when nothing Is before ns to
accept; it le equally foolish to talk
abont resistance, when to resist is to
court destruction. Those who have
matched the political conrsc of the
party in power, roust have concluded
that opposition has developed strength,
and thft rabid, moody disposition of
defeated politicians and their satelitea.
has done much to beget a disposition
to oppress. Even those who advise
acceptance, and those who advocate
proposed measures, do it with snch
reservations and from snch causes as
to work harm instead of good; just
now many arc advocating convention,
not feotn principle hut through policy,
and so particular arc they to define the
policy, that harm flows in upon them,
when pretended good Is their object.
« MJirp. M k-.» k . VMO
and difference?, have ever been to ns a
source of sorrow. It was Benton, we
bclieVe, wbo said "the hope of the
country was not in politicians, but in
the tranquil masses.'’ It is equally
true of ns now, that the hope of the
South is not in noisy politicians, but in
the qniet, thinking men of the country
who understand the situation, ftr.d
spend nb time in urging its acceptance.
Development* are proving to us the
wisdom of a quiet policy. We arc
being led*»r.s the politicians used to
say—by the hand of destiny, to a cer
tain point; Where it is, or what is we
cannot say. All around us is political
ly dark, to ur?C is roily's part, while to
oppose is net wise. We have no time
for political differences; no light by
which to unravel political mysteries ;
our time and talent 13 needed for well
defined purposes, and if we so employ
oureolvcs a? to benefit ourselves, we
cAn wait until flic great political bail is
unwound. Let ns cease to oppose,
fall to advocate, and devote ourselves
to local improvement; working togeth
er for future mutual good. When we
do this we will do well.
IMPSOVEMENT.
Our civ’jcns have well r.igh passed
through the verson that has required
their whole attention, and now have
time to taluk and act upon those thing
which are to us of so much irnpo dance
We must cast about and see what im
proverr.cn! to town and country an
within our reach. We need bridge
and school iionsee; roads need open
ing; and it is to the interest of Dc
Arc to do these things. Other cities o
towns of far less importance, have out
stripped its in these '.hings. Balesvilk
has an Immigration Society and an Ag
ricult irai Society. Almost qvcrj lit
tle town n the State has a school house,
but Uv.it of these things as ycl, ran he
said 01 Des Are. We ought to consid
er there things, and i i the l.gbi ot
duty, v o: k together in improving Dos
Ai«, in..1 ... ing our trade, and benefit
ing oiir.it Ives.
ear T Jacksonport Herald and
Searcy Ittcord, arc having a little con
vention talk. The Herald favors a con
r.'iiuu, nun me ftci:uru opens :in ar
tillery upon the "poiiah.” Handle
that Bttbjpet lightly gents—you've both
Cot a email force.
agjrEleofioa itiums from Kentucky
show that the State has gone largely
Democratic. Heim, the Democratic
candidate for Governor ban a majority
of 40,000. From this <f ■"■ill he seen
Kentucky is not finite Radical yet.
Cost of Secoubtruotior.
tt w eetiniatcd that it will e.iet 82,0.W>.
fKRl yoarly to carry or' the tills to enable
"niggers” to elect radh'ids ta office This
is rneroly H i the payment cf boards of
registration mid the conduct of c'v'l tusT
nc:a. The ffedmer'' bureau will coal
#‘20,000,000. The erp»"RC3 of the rfard
iugarmy in the son*h w;!l p-obnfcly reach
#150,000 000. The '.vs the burin-** of
the country from ‘be unsettled state ct
affairs in the acutb is no* leer than 83,000
000 a year. So the a:::".tal coat oi ‘'rccou•
structioa’* is shout #172^000 000, The
people are made to f.iy ihui for the sals
purpose that Vt-gcn.” may clc •: radicals
to effre.
This is what ‘‘reecn it ruction” means'
It baa not bhsih anythin.' else since cm
gress began to f mule w.th the 'iiiiitary
bills—\\ heu a ixdiu.il :mv€ it unlaws or
has meant Any.bin • alt-. ho in c donkey
or a man wlo would mete a desirable
wituns fui ihsnth. )ie was on. Hs'.onover
There is nothing noble. about the inten
tion* of cor.j.ic.A in it* work . f "rcc a.iiruc
tion” than tics matin and dirty iaev. All
the c*ut, ail the : rofessiona of regard for
freedom mi nn. twaddle about ‘God-given
rights,” and the ' wish to t enure the uuiou
on the eternal and immutable principles
ofjmtiae,” of which radical <wigra«-men
and newspapers art daily delivered in
dUonisiny reconstruction are pretouees tc
conoeal the idea tint ‘‘n’&gor.-, ’ shall
• iect radical- t. cflic; Mean is it i. uud
d.ny aa it it m uoblu and clc.tuiy .o
ejiUj—riaoti wi.a ihe rottenness of the
hypocrisy which ie attempt: ts di'^uiio
the pure:si—[Cl I— 0j Tirr...
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tsfo.l.ouie t^auc i- writing tb ’• a
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BL PIG OB TUP.
K*. EotTon—Yen will please in
dulge the subscriber in a few thoughts,
la reference to the building of bridge*
r.r.d repairing the roads from Des Are
‘o Surrounded Iliil or Cotton Plant
On the 7th itist. a meeting of a port!on
of the citizens of Pcs Arc was held to
select three Commissioner* to act and
co-operate with tt.rce Commissioner*
selected by the citizens on the oust side
of the river, in Woodruff connty.orbv
'.hone having subscribed to the project
Of hni’dlng bridges. Ac, on said road.
At siid meeting, three gentlemen were
unanimously elected to proceed on the
ensuing day to meet the other three
Commissioners, and proceed to exam
ine and locate the route for said road,
and settle down upon such route, as
they (the commissioners) might deem
most practicable, and to report the re
sult of their conference, investigation
and explanation to the said meeting, to
be again convened on the 13th ins'..,
at Des Arc. And at 5 o clock, on the
13tb, a portion of those assembled on
the ?th; met to Lear the report of the
said Commissioners. The meeting hav
ing been organized—the Commission
ers proceeded to make their report,
stating that trom the beat information
they could obtain, and from those liv
ing alODg and near the lower route, so
called ; they were fully satisfied that
the lower route is decidedly an imprac
ticable route for the road now propos
ed to be opened and put in travelling
order—and the Commissioner^ on the
part of the citizens of Dcs Arc, as well
as the other three from the east side of
the river, unanimously recommended
the adoption of the upper or old road
as cheapest and most practicable route.
When on motion, the report of the
Commissioners was Unanimously adop
ted, and the upper or old road settled
upon as the proper fiontc. And the
Commissioners, on motion, appointed
Tuesday the S9ih of August to let the
bridges to be built on said road to the
lowest bidder, and on motion the meet
ing adjourned. This is decidedly a
steD iu the riirht direction, and argues
well for the few noble patriots and
public spirited men that have taken
hold of this important enterprise—but
what can or ought to be said of those
driveling, sniveling, whining and cap
tions ones, living in and around Pes
Arc, professing to be pnblio spirited,
patriotic tnen, who affect so much im
patience to sec ortr town grow and
prosper. They want men r.t a distance
to think and believe that they are the
nucleus here around which we all re
volve. They are the front rank raeu
j intellectually considered, (they being
| judges.) at least until some project is
j sprung that addresses itself to their
! pockets: then look out for all the inge
nious and cunningly devised objections
and learned criticisms that their capri
cious minds can concoct. They will
hold back and condemn the action of
our late meeting, the commissioners,
the route and the plan of bnilding the
bridges, ic, but will never meet the
citizens of e*.1t and !ihc men corno
out and state their objections or their
opinions, and as their hands, lul.ma.el
like, are against every enterprise; so
their puree strings are eternally tied
when any project looking to the future
weal of Pes Arc is gotten up, and any
; action proposed to be taken in favor of
j doing ao&cthiug. These Savants, like
' the Pharasee arc ready to thank God
i that they are not as other men, and
1 thus stand a'oof to all efforts on the
| part of a few, and if those engaged in
any public enterprise make a failure,
us is some times the ease ; these wise
j ones exclaim, “we kno wed it, we know
| (td it at the start,” conliTnt get us into
I it, too smart for that. Ac. Iliti it some
| time* happens that these few, who are
never weary in trying to accomplish
something good for their country, sue
, coeds contrary to ti e prophesies of
: these knowing ones : when lo, they .are
i the first to exclaim, “lay on Nancy,
j lay oa Nancy, we ve kilt the old bear,
■ aim we Nancy."
Put it is to hi deprecated, deplored,
i that ae us citizens will permit our
selves to becorao divided and cstrang
i ed, touching measures that pertain to
i uie common interest 01 every man,
. .. .1 .ili.l ... .1 .. l l a
| Arc. Can we not learn to bear and
forbear with one another? can we not
i agree to disagree among ourselves,
and yet concede to tueh other good
• Hint purr motives, and pul to our
j shoulders iu building the- aforesaid
bridges and alto to get up an interest
among the citizen* to build a good and
i substantial bridge across Bayou I»es
Aru, andimi rove a road to and beyond
: said stream, and thus give to the peo
ple living on the other side of said
: Bayou ready and free access to Dcs
I Arc; also a bridge across Wattcnsaw
at some eligible point an that stream.
These are matters that eomo directly
i home to the interests as well »s pock
ets of every citizen in lies Are, be his
| business or profession what it may,
I.et us like men bury the past and rc
1 solve to unite our efforts. energies and
: means for the comuoa good and intcr
. est of all. II.
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;-(Juc grt at fact is now made fully
i apparent—that the negro freedurcu are
, cot canal at workers as negro slaves Bo
1 fore Inc war every northern man contend
ed that the negro would work better as a
freeman : ^rmtliom men believed it would
be jaet s# it i*. But that opinion was as
cribed wbollv to ignorance of human n.
tnre and a selfish interest ou our part.
But now that it is ascertained by a lair
trial that the negro is the laziest animal
alive except the sloth, you hear nothing
| of it—no candid confession is made no
man itorih of Masou and Dixon’s line
, thinks of admitting how grea.lv l.o was
tnV.aken. V.'c like candor. Wo think
it would be honorable to treke a clean
I breast of it. All the predictions of north
ern fnnat'eal. radical extremist* hare been
falsified a* to tb's rratior of negro labor.
S6r*'il'e expense of reguttration in Ark
aueas is estimated at IfebijO.OoO. On tl e
, same boats the entire com of registration
in the .South wilt be fifteen mil.mu*.
| rjauTLe.-e it not a house within twenty
five miles of Lincoln the new capital of
Nebraska, and ;.el tor town support two
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SOUTHERN POLITICS,
STIiEKT^ID FEBJES OF FATE!
OTIC FAFZKE.
NOTES f'N THE SITUATION-No. 11.
BY nc.JS. B. n. BILL, OB OtOCOU.
In all ages governments have been
overturned by men who made great
professltBis of patriotism find good in- j
tcutions. The serpent induced Eve to
eat the forbidden fruit by flattering |
her, and declaring his counsel would j
do her good. Ho greatly desired, he
protested, to improve her condition.
From that day to this traitors have
been unable to mid any better method
of accomplishing their purposes. Ig
uorauee is more easily duped than in- J
telligeuce, and. therefore, knaves have
always been advocates of conferring
power ou fools, and so fools have gen
erally thought knaves were their best j
! friends. For this very reason common-!
wealths—free countries—have produ
ced more demagogues, and have be
come more fearfully the prey of anar
chy than any other forms of govern
ment. The people generally mean
well. They think they follow friends
when they follow those who flatter
them, and they follow with “cheers
and a tiger.’’ They go, like the fatted
ox with pretty ribbons streaming from
his horns, frisking to their own slaugh
ter I
Were not they glorious 8outhem
leader? who established the kioht to
carry slaves to Kansas? What if God
had decreed slavery could not prosper
there and onr fathers lmd agreed it
should not go? Who eared lor God
and onr fathers if tlicir decrees and
compacts stood in the wav of “our!
rights 1’’ Oh, how good theories and
fair promises have wrecked hopes, de
stroyed prosperity and subverted gov
ernments ' Every command in the
decalogue has been violated in the
name of God, and every precept of the
Savior has been trampled upou under
pretense of promoting religion.
Never, at any period of Tinman his
tory, have bad men, or traitors, or dev
ils undertaken to accomplish a wicked
work, with greater professions of good
will, or with circumstances more fa
vorable for exciting the confidence of
the people in the sincerity of their pro-'
j fessions, than those by which, and un-1
der the influence of which, these Radi
cals have'undertaken to destroy the
Constitution ot the United States and
the principles of free government iu
America. With sincere convictions of
right and necessity, but in a suicidal
way, the Southern States and people
seemed (o place themselves iu an atti
tude of hostility to the Constitution.
And these Northern traitors, who pro
voked the Sonth to her folly for the
Very purpose, have ever since been en
abled to tickle and divert the minds of
the Northern people with the flippant
cry of “rebel ” and “traitor,” and thus
not only unpcrccived, but in the midst
of the wild cheers uml mad aid of th
giddy foolish masses, have gi^ tne
Constitution a fhoutr.iud stab;. And
l still the srch-ieadci . give out the key
; note rebel; and the Babel crowd catch
i t’p the refrain, and fools in office cry.
i rebel; and knaves trying to get office
i cry, rebel; preachers of lies and haters
| from pulpits cry, rebel; lunatics in
: schools cry, rebel; and, foulest of the
; foul, Southern renegades cry, rebel .
i and the traitors thank tiod for the wild
distemper of the people, and stah ox !
And the i oor outraged Constitution,
; under w hick our common fathers lived.
I and loved, and prospered, and which
i M ould gather all, black and white,
| “even as a ben g.uheroth her chicken*
• under her wings,” bleeds and reels,
and no one w'.i hear her rries or heed
her tottering!
Equally insane, but equally favorable
to the purposes of the Radicals, is the
i hypocritical pretense ot elevating tin
• black race. All wise nr good men
everywhere, and more especially those
iu the South, desire to elevate the
Mack race, but Radical traitors and
j their Southern tools alone desire to
! degrade the white race. By whatever
| oilier means the work may hr done, i!
j is certain the black race cannot he re
cure in privileges or rights, by taking
away from the white race these suu.i
; privileges and rights. Whether either
I race, and Which shall finally gain the
mastery, or whether both’races can
! live and rule together a* equals and in
. peace, are questions which good tneu
may diseu-s, uud about w hich, possi
! blv, even true men may differ, but one
I thing ts very certain, neither race sep
arately, nor both races together run
rule or be ruled wisely or peactfully,
j or wilh safety to life, properly, or
franchise, by violating or trampling
upon the Constitution—the fundamen
tal law for all. Who would, therefore,
be a friend to either race must be a
friend to the Constitution, lie who
violates the Constitution is an enemy
to both races. He who observes the
Constitution is a friend to both races.
The very reverse of all this plain j
.r ■ ' | - iriv nun n mil |
he adduced to support these military
bill*. These hills violate the Consti
tution. These hills degrade the white
race. These hills trample on the rights
of both races, and all these tilings these
hills do tinder pretense of elevating'
the blank race! The work is absurd
and impossible. I he means proposed
cannot accomplish the ends professed, i
Moth races must go together, or the
greater must control the less, or the 1
two must collide. Aud when the two
collide the less must perish, or be |
driven away, or be brought under
control, however the greater race may
sillier by the collision and the struggle. '
Aud the Radicals know this; and, j
therefore, the means they propose are
not intended to accciuplish the end
they profess,. The real end is to secure
these ten States to keep the Radical j
party in t ower iu the approaching I
}“residential election, and this they i
seek to do reckless of consequences to
bl.iek or while, to the Constitution or ;
ti overt)meut. The traitors are seeking 1
to retain, by this fraud and force at the I
South, the power they are losing hv !
the detection of their treason at the !
North. They autiul the Constitution :
in the tiainc of loyalty ; they extern)!-1
nate the black rave iu the. uanu of phi*!
lantbropy ; they disfranchise the white :
man iu the r mm of equality: they pull j
down all the defenses for life and I
prosperity in the name of liberty, aud .
in blasphemous hosannas to the Union '
they arc rushing all sections aud all
races into wild chaotic anarchy; and
all, all that traftors may hold the seats j
of power they desecrate, and riot ini
the wreck of the prosperity tlmy dc-1
•troy! And will the botulism people. ,
whom they hwc so long slandered and i
onpresdcd. take them up, as the Narth-1
ern people whom they have so long I
flattered and deceit ed are .'aotiug them
away ?
It" was my purpose to df?"USB at
length the question of civil rights and
politics! tracts, and by c hat nutans the
first could bo safely secured, aud in
and by whom the last eon id be wisely
reposed ar.d exercised, with the view
of showing how illogical and contrary i
to human nature and experience mid
safety is the dogma ihatpojiticsd tqual- j
lty in a right of ciiUcuchin, or necessa
ry to the enjoyment of civil equality.
But why labor and worry the printer
and weary the. reader by proving that
jni .trTT.Trjy •" 1 mT'
blushing enough to pretend is true.
Why isbor to provo theeo military
hills w:l) not work good to tha negro,
when they do not intend good to the
negro—are not adapted as means to se
cure good to the negro, but are intend
ed simply to add ten States to partw
power. The negroes are enfranchised
oceans® it, is believed they will vote
for the Radical party, and the whites
are disfranchised because it is believed i
they will not vote for the Radical par
ty. If the belief were the reverse the
rule would be reversed. The object is j
not to punish disloyalty, and the proof |
is found in the fact that the most hitter
original secessionists are at once re
ceived into Radical favor by ngreeingl
to support the Radical party, and the
most unscrupulous is always received
with the greatest marks of fttvor, be
cause anvil are the most congenial and
best suited for the Work of destroying
the Coustilution under pretense of
preserving the Union; and preserving
the Radical party under pretense of
loving the dear people!
It is proper, without fully elaborat
ing the argument, to suggest a few el
ementary principles which all onr peo
ple ought, in these times, to keep con
stantly belore them.
In ail society or governments are
rights to be enjoyed, burdens to be
borne, and trusts to be discharged.
Among the rights arc the right of
property, the right of locomotion, the
right to’appropriate and dispose of the
proceeds of our own labor, the right to
worship according to conscience, end
the right to protection from society in
the enjoyment of ull these rights, and
the rfjght to have all the legal processes
and remedies provided to make this
protection effectual. These are called
civil rights, and when wc speak of
civil equality we mean that these rights
belong alike and equally to all citizens,
to all classes, to all colors, to all sexes,
to all ages, and lo ail grades of inlcl-1
lcct, society and worth. These rights
necessarily attach to and become con
ditions of free citizenship. The negro
is entitled to all these rights. And be
ing now deprived of the protection
which, as u slave, he received from his
owner, ail good men ought to rejoice
that be still can be safe under the pro
tection Oi the law; and being unaccus
tomed to assert his rights, a work
which was formerly performed by bis
master, all true men ought to be ready
to aid him in that assertion. And all
but Radicals and renegades are Willing
to aid him, but they seek to use him un
der pretense of Riding him.
Ainomz the burdens of society and
government 1 way mention : working
the public highways, providing public
buildings, paying the public taxes, de
fending the public safety, 4c. These
burdens ought to be borne by all ac
cording to fitness and capacity, for
these bufdens constitute the consider
ation we pay for the protection weget.
Women and children, lunatics and
idiots do not work the highway or de
fend the society with arms, because
their conditions or -city forbid; but
they arc al! rt4‘ i t , or members of so
ciety, »" ' . taxes. These aro called
h’ ucotuse they are borne, not
i :ii selves only, but for others—for
tut public.
lastly, in every soeieiy or got, n
rnent there are trusts tob' discharged ;
offices aie to be filled; laws are to be
made, executed and administered, else
there would be no rules or process for
protection, and agent* are to be select
ed for all these purposes. The whole
business of selecting agents to dis
charge duties. as weii as titc discharge
of tho duties themselves comes under
the head of trusts. They are cail d
trusts because they aro pounsexttreis
ed not for one’s own good but for tho
good of others—lor the public. The
authority to vote i*. therelore, a trust
reposed, and the exercise of the au
thority is the exercise of a trust—the
trust of selecting agents to jirr vide and
execute the taws bv which rights are
to be protected. All men are horn to
rights—which ate personal—a fleeting
each person only; but no man is born
to a trust—toa power which a trots all
other members of society. You had
a* well say a man is horn to an office
as to say he is born to vote for that
office. So, again, all tru-ts imply ca
pacity and integrity. No man is
to be entrusted to discharge a duty af
fecting others who does not under
stand that duty, or who has not integ
rity to he be trusted with its faithful
exercise.
How can the rights of the members
of society be safe if the protection for
those rights is to he provided or ap
plied bj ignorant, or vicious agents.
And how ran ignorant or vicious
agent* bo avoided if ignorant and vi
cious perhons are born to the right to
select them ?
Kiglite aro personal—horn with per
sons— belong to the person, and t il, > t
the person ; but trust* are relative—
and born with society—belong to soci
ety—and are for tho good and under
the control of society. How is any
man horn with a right to take tur
rights, or to select another to t ike my
rights?
Suffrage, then, is not a right—it is
not a privilege—it is a trust, and a
most solemn and sacred trust, it h
trust of preserving society, of securing
rights, of protecting persons.
Would you select an ignorant, or vi
cious, or untrustworthy man as your
trustee, or the trustee for your wife or
your child ill the smallest concerns of
life? llow, then, would you make a
trustee of an ignorant or vicious man
to discharge these great ditties, on the
wise and faithful discharge of which
all rights, and all protection, and ail
tilings depend ?
The burdens of society arc light or
heavy, according us the trusts of soci
ety are wisely nr unwisely, faithfully
or unfaithfully discharged. The heavy
taxes under which America groans,
spring alonu from the unfaithful and
wicked execution of the trusts of our
people in selecting agents, and of the
agents in discharging their duties.
Universal, indiscriminate, ignorant,
vicious white sull'rage has buried a mil
lion of victims slain by each other’s
hands, destroyed the pea pros-!
pority of tlio country died in ,
lnuoceut and uub. si. ity with!
burdens too grj u to b<- Lome.
AViil it be ... to extend ll.e sacred
but ■' rated trust of suffrage to
’.-.•■re ignorance, to more a Ire, and at;
the same time withdraw those trusts I
from intelligence uud worth ?
Men burn with a right to vote! as |
they are l orn to breathe the air, or en
joy the ptoeeeds of their own labor!
Then why is it that women and chit-!
dreu and lunatics and idiots are not |
allowed to vote? They breathe and tat :
and pay taxes.
It is therefore the right of society to
decide upon whom shall devolve the'
trust of preset'v iug society and admin-1
istoring protection to rights. And it
is the duty of ..oeiely to w illihcld those
trusts from the ignorant and vicious—
since the ignorant and vicious should
uever lie entrusted, aud have no right
to be entrusted with the exercise of a
power by which they may rob or kill j
or torture oUn rs.
And it follows that cverv society ;
miint determine this matter for itself,
for it is alone to be effected'by the ex
ercise of the trusts created, it is itagi- j
lion* ; it is mean ; it is cowardly ; it Is
trea&ou to (ho very frame-work of so
ciety! to say that Massachusetts, or a
frrgmci'tary conclave of pn jured Con-:
grestional traitors from other States.
•
with tl»o gr< at duty of preserving soci
ety in Georgia; and language bleaks
In the vain effort to express tbe con
tempt and acorn I feel for the dastard
Georgian who would con«ont for Mas
sachusetts or that tropmentary coi.olxva ■
to so determine.
The negroes In Georgia are cltiront
of Georgia. They are free and hsvo
equal rights, and shall enjoy them.
They will be required to tear the bur
dens only in proportion to their capac
ity. They will be empowered to dls-j
charge the trusts when timo and expe
rience shall show they “are capsule
and worthy,” and tho good of society
w ill be promoted thereby; and thus
Georgia will determine for herself,
and not to please enemies or to keep
traitors in party power.
Camden, Aek., Aug. 8 1S67
Editors Gazette :
This morning, about dayl'ght, Breret
Major) t’aptian Pierce, at ths head, or at
least along with about thirty men—tbe
men all armed with n>U3ket3 and bayonets
and followed by a wagon—appeared on
the square of this city, and proceeded
directly to the office of tht Constitutional
Eagle, and breaking down the doors, took
violent possession of all in the office
'I hey took all the cases aud loaded thorn
in the wagon, scattered the type about the
streets everywhere, and broke >11 tbe frame
work of the press, do;6g all tbe damage
they could.
One Side of tbe sheet had been printed
for the "-eck’e issue, which tho soldiers
seized, pat on their bavoaets and marched
off.
The mayor of Camden (Hon. D. New
ton) addressed a rote to Col. Gilbert,
commanding the post, to know by what
authority this was done. lie replied that
his (tbe mayor’s) note of that date wee
received and contents noted ; that the sol
diers had been exasperated at tbe edito
rials of the paper, but that the other paper
(meaning tho Herald.) would not be inter
fered with so long as it purtued the ueual
tenor of its Way.
This is not the words used by Col. Oii
oert. but the substance. The back num
ber of the E> glc, dated tho 2d inst.. shows
the objectiouuble articles and tbe cause of
this vandalism.—The srtieles in the
Eagle is headed, “a nuisance ”
BggrGencniJ Grant has assumed charge
of tbe War Department, and waa in atten
dance at .he Cabinet meeting yesterday
afternoon Ex Sectctary Stanton was yes
terday formally suspended and ordered
to transfer the books, etc , of bis office to
bis successor. He denied the President’s
right to act in tho premises, but npon be
ing informed of Grant's acceptance of the
Secretaryship ad interim he submitted like
a little mau and abdicated. He will pro
bably spend tho next month or two at
Nahaut or Cape May, for the benafit of
his health. Tbo labor and perplexities of
office will not louger disturb the ipliet ot
bis Radical soul for the present. 1‘e^ce
tc him.— [Ledger 13ih inst.
-The Cincinnati Gaxette, wrathful
on account of the Democratic victory iu
Kentucky, rays:
"The victory is useful as showing what
tho rebel Democracy would do if they had
the power. 1 hey have lull sway iu Ken
tucky ; thence there is a icien of terror
No man who r.ahercd to the I'd ton carnc
is safe. There ij no fiSt dem of speech or
ot the press "
It is iinyofChle in com press more false
hood in f;-wc? lines. There is no reigrt of
terror in Kentucky There is uo tetter
ordered Plate tn 'he Union. Not ,.nly
is every In too a:an as safe there us auy
'.vueie oho but :•> 1 every Radical
Speech ana the press in »< free in Ken
tucky ns tli-y arc in OLiu.---Z„.;.i'« UU
Com iV.
{vr‘The report® of the grape erop in
Ohio are very Javorablc.
(tgrTh® yellow fever is abating it Gal
veston. Texas.
uyu.The price:.'. Km press uf Mvreenti
was once a peasant girl.
#J^,Therv are one hundred and seventy
drinking saloons in Nashville.
8tt? 'There is a fa ni in Rurton County
Indiana, which comaius34,000 acres.
aST'Judge Si'hs n..»ah:, of tire Supreme
Court of New York, died on the 11th.
6®,.’! he forthcoming orange crop of
Louisiana tremises fob® unprecedentedly
largo
*9rThc Spragues, who own the Suite
of Rhode Island is said to bo worth 835,
000,000.
OOr-The Cai holies ,»f New York are
creditiir an orphan a.' vluui which in to
SH7'. n>m
eauTbc Italians of Chicago have start
ed a newspaper km wn as L'Unionc. It
is a small, good look ing sheet.
tg»e,Tsieve is a great demand for white
labor in Middle Tennessee, and the place
formerly occupied by negroes, who voted
the Radical tic ket, are rapidly being filled
by white men.
-The . Bishops of the Methodist
Epi-cupal Church,Boutb. in pastorial ad
dress, have requested their whole church
to observe Friday, tba 16th iust., as a day
of fasting and prayer.
-Engineers are still engaged in lay- I
ingout a routou the Indiana side of the j
Ohio river, with the view of tusking a ro
port to Congress on the feasibility ofbuild- j
ing a canal around the falls at Louisville
-There is another famine in Con-;
neumra, Ireland. The pour people have
uot been able to -uw their Inna a* former
ly Owing to the long continuance of
frost and snow, the poor gave the seed |
destined for their land to feed cattle, and,
after’ all their efforts to save them, two
thousand <ii<d ..f starvation in Cbilde and
ouc thousand two huudreu and ninety in
Bouudstone so any muu having a cow or
a horse lost his all trying to save these j
animals. The sisters of charity are feed- j
ing six hundred persons.
-An exchange says that a French
geneologist has discovered that Maximilian
is descended from I’hilip of Maccdou, the j
fa ther of Alexander the Great; but to!
allay all jealousy, be kindly declares that
all the European sovereigns arc decendsd ■
from the same am.ester.
-Fire poof inner a is an article at!
present occupying the attention of eoien 1
tific men. It is stated that a concentrated j
neutral solution of tungstate of soda, dilu
ted with water, and tl.rn mixed with three
per ceut of phosphate ol soda, will witue
muslins against fire.
-The last freak of fashion, says the
London Medical Journal, is the abol’tion t
of the pear! powder, rouge and white lead |
that have so long reigned. Even bellodo-1
na is lobe disc a. tied at l'aris, and “golden j
hutr" will *oon become a rare commodity, j
l La decree has gone forth for black hair j
and b'oaec complex .on, aud they are hence-1
forth to p* luc-jd mut* r at " hat!
oxynt- «
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
STATS OP ARKANSAS.'
CUCKTT or PUtHUE. /
In the Cecnty Court of said County, at tbs
July Term there.f 1C.7—-t..s -IDlh Ut-y of
July, 18U7.
S:»! t of AikaU'?*?, Tlrlntlff.
vs. ^ Citation cu aatre.y E^r.J.
J Wiualt.gham, Defendant.
rnillC dav it iip.arlsg by «h« reiorn o. !u»
JL Sheriff mi;. 1M on this behalf. fuel
said J. Winmngb-m was no; found tn
risdictlon It it therefore e tns.uervtt and
ordered that 11,; rcukc bo continue I urtaitfce
next term of lists coat:; and leal i.:' Cc to
ea'.d J W anlrgbin be elver bv publication
of a copy of tbis order for two wtsns su'.cer
sively. in some newspaper priet-d andpeb
lithed In this State, the Uel iaherliott to be at
least four weeks previous 1* the comments
ment of tbe next term of IdX oeurt. of tke
pendency of thi* suit, which is an action on
an E-trey Bond eXotuted by the seld J. Win*
ninpb&m, on the 29th day cf December, i860,
for the ansa of twcnty-hicdollars, with R. M
Rodlsil) and A. J. B'akemore as»his accuri
titt therein, far two certain cows taken up by
said M'inniagunm, and cetrayed before D. I*
Black. Esq., a Justice of tbe Peace in tbe
Cnunty of Prairie; and that unices be shall
appeal on or before tbo third day of the next
term of tbia court, to be begun ar.d holdau at
tbo court-house in the town of Brownsville,
on the fourth Monday in October, 1807. and
show cause to tbe contrary, judgment will be
rendered against him for one half of the ap
praised value of laid cows, after deducting,
and his estate sold to satisfy the seme.
A true copy from the Record.
Attest: Wx QOODRCM,
aug17-2l Clerk.
BTATX OP ARKANSAS, t
COUKllf OF PiUiiUS. I
In the County Court of said County, at the
July Term thereof, lt07—this 24th day of
July, 1867.
State of Arkansaa, Pleintif.
ve. ^ Citation on Betray Bend.
N K. Sympson, Defendant,
r HU IS day it appearing to the court, by tbe
_L return of the Sheriff endorsed on the ci
tation in this behalf, that the said S. K.
Sympson was not found in bis jurisdiction.
Wuxxicpox, It is ordered by thu court that
tbie eanse be continued Until the next term of
tbil louse, anti that notice to the said N K.
Sympson be given by publication Of a copy of
ibis order for two weeks successively, in some
newspaper printed uad published in this
Slate, the last insertion to be at teas: four
weeks previous to the commencement of the
next term, of the pendency of this suit, which
is an action on a certain Bond executed by
tbe said N. K. Sympson, ou the 17th day of
February. IStiS. in the sum of one hundred
and fifty dollars, for a certain horse taken up
by the said Syrapson, and cstrnved before J.
A. Garlingtou. Esq , a Juttico of tbe Peace,
on the 7th day of February. 1863, and that
unless he shall appear on or before the third
day of (be next term of tbi3 court, to be begun
and bolden at tho court-bonse :n the town of
Brownsville, in the eftunty of Prairie, on the
fourth Monday of October, 1867. and show
cause to the contrary, judgment will be ren
dered against him for one half of the ap
praised value of said horse, after deducting
all the legal expenses in that behalf.
A true copy from the Record.
Attest: ’ Via. GOODS UM,
augl7-2t Clerk.
U. S. Internal Kcvcnne,
rRAlHIE COUNTY.
'VfOfTCE IS HEREBY GIVEN, :© all per
i.x eons residing in Prairie Count , Against
whom ustessments have boon made un tho
Annual Lift, fur Special, or License Tax;
(income and article*1 ;n rrhcdule *A.”) that
the same are new *'ue. aud that I wili le at
Bi tnvnsvi!!e, on iugdfit 19«h,
oerfua or by D< puiy, (reshalnirig i.-.til the
.1th, or during C«m rl vret-lr) f< r the purpose
uf receiving the tarns I skali Iv. pres
ent at my office a; Lcva i u L1..T, « —buu
d.sy*.-, cxcepu.1—i. i. fj a m io 3 r m., f^.*
the sair.*:- purpCf?. T!«c penalty fixed >y law
must bo imposed upon a.l vho tail to make
payment within ten (10) days item tho date
of this notice.
LOOaN H ROOTS. CblPrln*. F?v
1st District Arkansas.
August 17, 1 SOT.—it
Kiimv.Nsvru.K
MALE Sr EL MALE
A O A DEMY.
rpnr Board of Tvwa»**.! of the BLOWN'S
l VILLE MUE AND FEMALE ACADE
MY, art happy to anonunc© that they Luce
completed arrangement-* for tie permanent
c» utinuance of the Sehoo.1. uui»?r tbe p’tsent
efficient rot ?.w of Teachfiv.
The government wili by mild, but firm,
conforming as nearly as possible, to that of a
well regulated family.
The Fall term w .11 cor nence >So»<!n.V,
September Hftfj , and continue
twenty weeks.
TKItMS.
Primary Depart (pent —- Orthography.
Reading at d Writing, $12 60
Intermediate Dop *ri n&tat—Grammar,
Philosophy, V, titlen Arithmetic,
Geography, Etc., $16 50
Higher Department—Higher Mathe
matics aud tho Languages, $20 00
Tn/.;a,Cl nii v..n ,
only.
Bills payable one-half in advance, the bal
ance at close of tho Term.
JOHN' WRIGHT, ’.’resident.
-, Secretary.
August 10, lSGi,—2m
Memphis and White River United
States Mail Line.
The steamers Commercial and Rcweua
will form a Semi-Weekly Line betwicu
Memphis and White river.
The Splendid Passenger Steamer
iMi COMMERCIAL. JM
W«. J. ASHFORD, Master.
Leaves Memphis eve>-y Tuesday <uho'clock p m
•* Augusta every Friday a; 1C o'clock a at.
Searcy ovary Friday at 1 o’clock p.m.
•* West Point orer, Friday at 6 o'clock p.r.:
’• l)ea Arc every Saturday at 6 o'clock a u>.
•• t>. Bluff every Saturday at 12 o’elcck a.
The Elegant Passenger Stearnsr
JOITX B. DAVIS, Master.
Leaves Memphis ovary Saturday at 6 o'oi'k p.m
** West Point every Monday et 5 o’clock p.m
•• Jackaenport every TUesday at Wo’ctk a.m
*• Augusta every Tuesday attio’clook p.u.
“ Dee Arc every ’Vedn< day a: b o’clock a,m
D. Bluff every Wednesday at 12 o’clock ta.
•TIUESE boats have boon thoroughly ro
i. paired and rvuttod cxprcsUy for the
trade, and having the mail contract for four
roars, passengers and sblppcVs can roly upon
their re o» uing in the trade permanently, aud
a:« the only luais having a connection with
the trains at Duvall’s El .in for Little Rock and
Hot Springs.
These sre the only heata anthvritod -o sail
through teksts to Liuio Rock via. railroad
froju Derail a Elutf. Tlao through farty
thr.a hours.
A good light draught s’.r'Oter will ba run
ia connection with these rackets from rlugui
ta am Jacksanpert, nuking two trips per
week to 1’oeabcnta* or, lilac* river.
JOHN B. DAVIS, Superintendent
Memphis ar.d White river C. S. Mail Lino.
August 10, 1867 —
June 1-t, 1807'.
GOOD NUMBEe’oNE MACEEEEL
At retail or by the package.
AT COTTON PLANT,
I (VooJrnff retmi j, Arkaasss.
i September Cth, 1867. ;
rtOCtlM FOR THE BEKtm OP THE
1 MltJftte Widcwu and Orphans
or SAID COWTT.
PROGRAMME
ABt BSSS-Bv Bon J J GALLAGHER.
JUDGES:
Con. D C. Govan, llelaca.
Col. P. II. Wheat, DavaU's Bluff.
C<1 Wm. Dick*, Beorey.
MaJ TV C. Lanford, Be* Are.
i Cap*. Wm. Wllbura. Clarendon.
Capt. Wm. McDanitl. Madnon.
Capt. Wm. P. Campbell, Augusta
Capt. J. M. JJayley, West Point
Oapt. Bart. Turner, Treuton.
Betij. Kail, Esq., Jericho.
W. B. Lynch, Esq., Cotton Plant,
W. B. Swob, Esq., Cotton Plant.
B R. Gloter, Esq., I'lain Township.
MARSHALS:
Capt. Wm. Cook. Des Arc.
J. H. Balding. Des Are.
LIST or PRIZES:
lit Prise—Fine Saddle and Bridle.
2nd Prise—Finn Silver Goblet.
8id Prise—Fine Gold Lockel.
<th Prise—Pair Silver Mounted Spurs.
6th Prize—Plain Gold Ring.
Cammittee of Arrangement:
Gap*.. J. R. Shelton. Tuck Cappelina.
II W. Linlhlcum. Thos. C. Webb.
J. L. llowoll. Madison Burkett.
A general invitation is extended to all
Knights from the surrounding country.
W. J. TURNER, Sec. and Trias.
August 3, 18(i7—lm
! ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE
I
' —r* m -gS™*
L ^ ]ST D.
IN obedient- to a decree of the Probate
Court of Prairie County. Arkansas, ren
dered at the July Term thereef. 1807, I, as
Administrator ol the Estate of William >1. i
Brylei, deceased, will offer for sale to the
highest bidder, in the town of Des Arc. in
said county, on the 2«l day of Septem
ber, 186? ou a credit of four, eight, and !
twelve mouths, all the Land3 belonging to
said Estate.
Purchasers will be required to give b*"nd
vi:b approved security for the purchase
! money, end liens will be retained on the land.
Salt will commence at lu o clock a, m.
ASER PIPKIN, Administrator.
August 10, 1887.—ids
X. W. WILLIAMS,
!
U ■ w i *4»V md 4 *4 « 4J4* IV 3
Will practice Lavr lu Prairie and adjoining
I counties. Prompt attention given to all ;
! brjincss confided to b;>. cure. augS- !
Oifrcrs—A*. 15 P. Var»rum*a L..w office.
: SoticST
SEDietntr— Every Fanner
:•» II Ol’l. I) II A. V 1C -
: j
T T wi'! Hud 100 nor cont. to tbe value ol ,
I your farms, fruit ami Oruamcntal Trees'.
Shrubs, Rutea, Greenhouse I hints Ac., culti
vated ami f ir ualo at the Ihgblaud Home i
Nursery, ci. Louis Mo.
N. N. DAVIDSON. Proprietor.
N. F>. Nothing but firtt class Trees shipped, j
To WUoiM it May Concern.
f 111! 18 is to certify that I.. L. f'uoss is au- ;
I tliorizcd ngt. to take # rdtrs for the High
'.and Home Nursery, St. I.ouit, Mo . for plant
ing in the Fall of 1887.
N. N. DAVIDSON. Proprietor,
per Wm. V 'EY. Uni Agent,
Do Arc. July 10th, 1887—-jul27-*t
iHt.s Arc, Vkk , June Jrf;h, 1687. J
DR. J. A. ROUSE! VI X.
Honored Si-:—After bavlug differed f»ir <8 i
i or 30 yf nr* with a most excruciating disease.
Tad Laving had treatment of lire most eminent *
physicians of Mississippi and Arkansas, and j
j others, with but little or no benefit, and hav i
• sag taken gallons of Patent Medicines, I had
diep.vrcd of c-vcr being cured: but l *n> now
happy to inform you that I honestly believe
.our treatment has entirely cured u»c, for
which you have the deep gratitude of uiy j
1 heart.
I have the honor to fubwtdb* myself vnur
| Lund. CASSANDRA HOWARD.
BACON SIDES.
RECEIVED, and in store, and for sale:
10,000 Pounds Bacon Sides.
j hazen a mcpherson.
Particular Notice!
The Best Known
CHOLERA
Medicine.
It cured hundreds of cases last year, I
in Louisville and Nashville. It gives:
immediate* relief.
Put up by Dr. J. A. RonjelaUs, and
for sole at Johnson & Davis' Drug
Store.
Dcs Arc, Arkansas, July 20, lsttiT.
XOTICE.
HTRA7SD 0?. STCLS2T
],T.’OM the subscriber, abou: the loih June
1 tail One* Il'urk Horse, .bout fif
teen baud. high, eitfht or ten yytrs old,
branded U. S. and J. It. on tbe left shoulder,
and bis been foundered. Works and rides
well. Said horse was raised at Bkiesvilte,
Arkansas, and was traced in that dive, ;i 1
l wilt nay a liberat reward for his delivery, j
or euo& inforniatio i as will Kad to hi.- ,«r v ■
ery at Devtll's Bluff
juilS-lm PAT. II. WHEAT.
J". J. SClIMIDT,
BCOTMtKEK AND REPlIRtii.
Do a Arc, Arkansas.
I am now prer-vrsd to do all Linda of stork
;a toy line My shop is on Uua;i& Viet*
Eire*1*, rex- door to Stahjwcrth'a Drug Store,
uty 2o, 186V-ly.
NJTICK j
illAVE a nice Carriage and Harness I will
sell for money, or trade for town property. \
1 savs taste Lund seven or eight milos west j
of Pee Are, I will dispose of eatne way,
1 have a Eookawsy and Harness, and a two
horse Wagon and Gear, I am anxious to dts
pese of.
HORACE P. V vrGHAS
T* ^r,. ••tvi lpr? tf
HlOKOfnr PLAIN
Lj i i it tlU 1 T Jjl
INSTITUTE. .
arosoRT
PP.AIRTE COtTTY, ARKAN«A".
THE 15th semi annual scssiua of lb is
School, under
PRO?. W. A. GARNER AND LADY.
Assisted by an alls e«rp-, of T««ch*" . »P
Mondny, the ftth or Au
gust. IS8T.
Term*, the same a* heretofore For par
ticulars, address the Princ pal.
W, l. MOOFF. Pres Beard Trusties.
A. .1 Thomas. Secretary
July 13. 1807.—tf
' DE8 ABO
FEMALE SCHOOL.
MISS ELLEN PHINXF.Y will open
a School at her residence, know n as tho
Black house, on Monday, 5th August.
Terms of Tuition.
Elementary Eng. branches, Rend
ing, Writing, Geography.
Grammar, etc., per session of
live months $15 0(J
Higher Ktig., Philosophy, Chem
istry. Rhetoric, Menial Science,
Physiology. Geology, Algebra,
etc ... ’ . ... * . $18 00
French and Latin, (extra.) per
sessiou ... . 815 00
Music . $25 00
lrsc of Instrument $5 00
Drawing and Painting, in water
or oils. $15 00
Incidental Expenses. SI 00
Charge made from time of admission,
and deduction made in case of protract
ed illness.
References.—Bishop H. O. Lay. C.
G. Scott, Esq., Little Rock: Henry,
Williams Sc Co.. Van Buren. Arkansas;
J. J. Polk, New Castle, Tcntt.: Gen.
Albert Pike. jnl20-tf
i x -ac .j » s r f '
mmM $m
ACADEMY.
rid HE fourth session of ihia School will open
.JL ou Monday, the 5th of August, under tbu
charge and direction of B. D. FEEKY,
assisted by a competent Female Teacher.
Terms, par SassioTi of Five Months.
Orthography. Reading and Writing, $11 00
The same with Arithmetic, Geography
Grammar, Philosophy. Algebra, Ge
ometry, Chemistry, Ehetoric. Co •
Keeping. &c., * $10 f'3
Latin and Greek, $20 ln>
No incidental expenses.
N. E. The tuition must be paid at the **nd
of each month, or you will be notified to keep
your children at home.
Dee Arc, July 20, 18<J7.— ly
Xiailey & Warner.
CASH BE * ti ns 1 ?,
Groceries ana Puvisions,
I>ew Arkansas,
Ate in recc'j.t of a large an! fresh supply
of Goo : . and having purchased their ?tc. k
after the late decline of Goods East, they feci
confident of their i• ty to rluaac thc*r tna.'v
friends end eft . ,nboth it* rejr. *d :>
Priaa and Quality of Good?;.
Terms, cash, and prices to ett; rt-ppontl
i\s Arc, Arkansa.:. Ju- . 2" I>-J7.
f
•
rjAHE uud' radgtte ! ha* n .it in coin)>’r:n
L ning order, his Mt am Saw i«i«*l
f«ft'<9it AliJl, 11 luileb north’x* s! of 1>, -
Arc. (on Eaycm Ikes Arc,) where he is pre
pared to furnish Oak, Cypreua and Gum lum
her, of any si is or dimension,
aprlo-bm M. MJRTTER.
SFHING GOODS!
SPRING GOODS!!
“ * •••• mj *N , , f ?
'VJ'OW OPENINi; AM) just RECEIVED,
Li a large end rjtcudid assortment u'
D II Y GOODS,
iVotlon*. Ladles* and Lents*
llats, Boots and .Shoes,
Queeusware, Hard
ware, Hollo wit are,
MUlHUMSSAB!) SWMiS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
AT
tOLD SI’AND OF GILL & BRO.)
It is our intention to p!ea.e every
one. We will sell our Goods at a very
*m*N advance upon cost r but in order
to be convinced, come and examine for
yourselves. It ie no trouble for us to
show Goods.
THOMAS, LJLL A CO.
lies Arc, Ark., April IS. 1$B7
ElMERTAlMMl!
*nilE UNDKBSI6M2D IIAVIMi
L --wni-d . .loose of Cut. , - _r;:»
lalnment, on Hi-na » i» ; . T*
’! e b'csmhoat Liindlug, for the accuuuacd
tioa if
TRAVELERS 2ND BOARDERS,
By the day. week or month. solicits the p»<
roimge ot lucso visaing Dos Are The i'Are
• III be as good sj the market affords, and
lcr.ns uu»kio'<‘4(e.
bit. me a trial, and I mil endeavor to
Bsttifictioa. *» “
T> i r r . RKHL*M,V HATIJBV
!>*•* Arc, Ark., Mtreh J8, !$67_-Qiu
j-ri-s 1st, is5t7
♦VOOO I'oiih^h Miuuldef^
HAZEX & McTHBBSON