The ConstitutionalUnion.
_W. HE. RHEA, Editor. ~|
DES A KC. F RIDAY, J A N U A UY 4, LStil. !
V.trust our read* re will make all : •..•ason
able allowances for appearance of the paper
tills week, as the Editor is away from home.
He will return before our next issue.
• In another column will be found Senator
Dot glas’ plan of adjustment. Coming from
the source it does, we deem it of sufficient
public consideration to give it in full.
Head the card of Col. Quisenberry in
another column, announcing himself as a can
didate on the Conservative ticket to the State
Convention. The times, as the Colonel says,
are threatening, and no one is better qualified
than lie to discharge the duties of delegate.
State Convention.—We learn from Lit
tle Rock, that a bill has passed the Legisla
ture, providing that an election for members
to a Convention shall be held on the 4tli Mon
day in January, and that the Convention shall
meet on the I’d Monday in February.
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Senator Andrew Johnson, of Tennes
see, has made a speech in the United States
Senate, in which he is reported to have said
that the Federal Government should exercise
the power of coercion towards the people of
any State who claimed or shall claim tin
practical right of withdrawing from the gen
eral government and disregarding it- laws.
The Southern secession papers have poured
upon him their vials of vituperative wrath
and consigned him a place, in the estimation
of the Southern people, by the side of ]>exe
dict Arnold. While we, with the rest of
our party, have ever been opposed to him a
a political leader worthy to be elevated to
places of power and influence, we have nevi r
regarded him as being perst nally insincere
and dishonest, and eaiiunt now lnivi.it him the
epithets of execration and contempt whl h
many of our warm-blooded friends arc doing,
on account of the speech in question, hovev
much we may dissent from its doctrine. We
think, witli Mr. Buchanan, that no State
has the right to separately withdraw her.-elf
from the compact until the Constitution ba
boon violated, and a dangerous and palpable
misuse or abuse of the powers delegate! to
the Federal head lias been exercised; and
should a State do so, as in the instance of
Soutli Carolina, we also doubt, with the Pres
ident, if Congre.-- has the authority to make
war upon the people of such State to bring
them back again to allogience; and further
more. if such power of coercion dot - exist,
wc believe it would be fatal, and fall far of
its mark, to attempt its use. We arc fir.
however, from the ultra “State- Bight.-”
doctrine, as we believe many hundreds in tiii
State arc, that we think, under certain cir
cumstance-, the Federal Government lias the
undoubted power to “coerce” the carrying
out of a law which is beyond doubt a consti
tutional one, as in the instance of the Fugi
tive Slave Act. Certainly, no censure dwell
in any Southern mind for Mr. Fillmore
because he once enforced B among a rebellion •
get of people in a Northern State, “ even at
the cannon's mouth.” But in the •• case of a
State which has already seceded from the
1 'nion, al ter solemn deliberation, casting away
its benefits and its conveniences, as well a.
reealling her allegiance—the question i
widely different,” and the policy of letting
her alone would he far the wisest and the best.
If Senator Johnson has given utterance to
the language attributed to him, in regard to
coercing a seceding State, he has acted
unwisely, though we arc willing to believe
that his conclusion as to the duty and power
of Congresg jn gach case, has been as hon
estly arrived at as that of any who differ from
him.
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South Carolina has a—erted her right
of secession, and lias whirled herself out of
the Confederacy without even passing the
com pi* merits of the season with her sister
slaveholding States. As Lever's inimitable
Mickey Free would remark: “ .-helms pa.—e l
us by without ever saying ‘ good morning,
d-m your sowl' or any other common polite
ness.” And after so doing, South Carolina
has found that as surely •• after death
comes the judgment,” so surely after ha.-ty
“separate State action ” has conic troubles
which were not thought of in the confusion
and war cry for “secession.” The Palmetto
State, some months ago, made an inviolable
vow, by the Styx, that she was “ going out ”
of the I nion; and out she has gene, it .-com .
without ever considering anything further
than the mere idea of an “exodus.” Her
Convention, for the past several days, after
saving that South Carolina has <-tubh-dm 1
the “right” of secession, have been discuss
ing Bui wet's novel-lie question of" what will
lie do with it ?” Her posts are in daugi r
of being closed for a want of authorized offi
cers, and her postal system threatens to stop
front a similar reason. Differences of opinion
exist between the members of the convention
as to bow these difficulties can be gotten
over, and no two of these scent to think
alike in regard to anything. S-mm of them ;
denounce the Constitution of the 1 'nited States
as unfit to be adopted by them in their posi
tioner a Southern Independency, and want to
in^ke another which will bit much better than
the one formed by Mr. Madison and his com-1
patriots, while others say even that “fur many i
purposes, the Union has worked well.” |
Another one of them makes use of the follow- j
iag fearfully significant langua; e: “ We have
pulled down the temple which has been built
three-quarters of a century. We must clear
the rubbish away and re-construct another.
We are houseless and homeless, and must
screen ourselves from the storm?.” But the
deed is done, and South Carolina is past reap
ing any benefit from her own experience; but
other Southern States can read the rashness
of her “separate State action,” and profit by
the chapter. Then, we devoutly pray, that
whatever course is to be pursued by the
remaining slave-holding States, it will not be
fragmentary like the one which the “ Hot
spur ’ ol the once-Union has worked out. hut
that they shall have a “pull altogether” in
k whatever direction their calm and guided
K wisdom may determine.
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The ilemphis ileetinj.
We learn from the Memphis paper.? of the
28th ult., that a meeting of tho friends of the
Uuion was held in that city, at Odd-Fellows’ j
Hall, on the previous day, and that it was one
of the largest and most enthusiastic gather
ings seeu there for a number of years. The 1
object of the meeting was set forth in a short •
address by the President, a? being an endeav
or to get the Southern States to make some |
uniform action for the patriotic purpose of
saving the Confederacy from precipitate dis
ruption. if a possibility of doing so yet re
mains. While the hasty steps which South
Carolina has taken, in regard to separate State
secession was regretted as inconsiderate and
unwise, yet no crimination or condemnation
of her people was indulged in. In the im- ,
mease crowd assembled to make an effort yet '
to save the country from ruin and the hor
rors of revolution, were seen the silvery heads
of such honored and venerated citizens as
Maj. A. J. Donixson, Hon. W. C. Di ni.ai*,
Col. J. it. McMaij n. Nat. Ani>i:rson and
Gen. A. i>. Dhaiuord—men who have sus
tained the glory and honor of their undivided
country in the *• tented field ” aud before the
cannon’s belching fire.
The committee appointed to draft a scries
of resolutions reported the following, which
were unanimously adopted. We indorse the ■
sentiments contained in these resolutions, en
tire and without exception :
WiintEAs, The continued exi.s*enccof the Fed
I rial l nion is now in imminent ril from llic hos
tile aggression of a portion of the Northern
St lies and people upon the Const it it ion. rights
and pro] evty of ihc people of tho slaveholding
Slates, and the resistance of the lattcrio such ag
gression. \nd. whereas, it is i ight and proper
: lor us, an integral part of this great republic, and
.: portion of the people of the shiveholding States,
suffering alike with ouv brethren of tliosc .States,
to give public expression to our opinions upon
the pre-ei:! cri-i- in the pn' ical affairs of the
I l iiioti. -i.id the mode and tia.-mre of the rem?
. die-* or ridn-s that should lie aj»pi: I, to arrest
the fell spirit of lapaticistu aud pa- it that per
ados our unhappy 'and.
1 hcreloo. be it resolved in the language ol our
<1. orgia lireilireii.
1. i ■ e the idea tlia either of the
slaveholding it will, under any circunrstanc
, i inve untrue t i her men interest--', and the inter
i--t of h- r--islet- States, and the success of a com
. mon cause.
2. Tlic we repudiate the delusive policy of sn
sosi.m tirst and co-operati m afterward, Interest,
-al'cty, and r ltceess, and ordinary respect to our
sister siavehoiding States, require consultation
with at least -i- many ns will consult, before -e
eos-ion ; anti then if >oee-sinti be deemed advi-a- :
file, cn-iiper-itii.il in seces-ion and ce-operntii.u
a fit r sece -i -u. Whatever mode, n a.nuei- or re- i
| dre-s be adopted, the tirst -i<-p toils suecesdui 1
accomplishment is to unite the counsels of th .-e
who art equally aggrieved, and who are simuita
! neoitsly di ioanditig redre-s. i t- at lea-t us many
i as will unit-- with their counsels.
a. That ... ■ .. 11-ad rate S te se
: c -sioit. we can -ee iiothiug but divisions among
* ■ r pcoj'il.-, confusion among the siavehoiding!
States, -trife Miiiimd our tin-'ides, and ultimate
i defeat t-i every movemeut for tlic effective redress
I of our grievances.
■ l co
; the sla-.elmlditigS ate.-;, were • utuize the maint?.-ti
lt uce <T our rights :,ud c ..talitv, the j r-.. ervatioo. !
of mtr lanes, th< pea e ot mr f-imilii . tl. 1
1 ly of our property, the harmony of nor people. ;
ti:e peaceful divisi.,11 of the public property, if
disunion must ensue, and the success »i whatever
plan or redress tuttv be agreed on and adopted.
lie it further rtsolrij. That we willu-e every ef
fort in the power of a free, enlightened and l’liris
lian people, to bring about a speedy, full and fi
nal settlement of the slavery question in all it
bearings, the basis of the pro out agitation, and
if pi.s.ible t• i restore a fraternal feeling of ...
v. ill aiel amity am mg our whole people. .North
| and South, and thereby forever perpetuate our
present Union and form of Government.
'That it is our deliberate opinion that this last
, and final effort should be made iu the I uiolt, tin
der the t'oastitution and laws of tint Union, and
| not out of it, unless and until all such efforts
shall have therein and thereunder failed upon a
, fair trial.
That to tliis end we du hereby earnestly request
and recommend that the delegation of Tennessee,
t ■ be assembled on the 7 tit of January nest, hill
call a convention of the people of the State of
Tenne-ee. to meet at us early a period :is will
! comport with the dignity of the State and the
' magnitude of the questions to be brought before
; them, in order ’hat the State may he enabled to
speak therein by the authority of her sovereignty.
And we further l.- pte-i and recommend that
this cnnventii n -hull itivit" and -illicit the forma
tion of a convention of delegates from all the
Southern slaveholding St itc-. to be - •'.■.-red or
elec ed upon the basis of the present representa
tion of each of .-aid S ates in the Congress of the
United State?.
That this convention may set forth fully and
fairly, without pa-'-ioti. but firmly, all the wrongs
and grievances - .-fi'ert-d by them and their respect
ive States from the violations and infract ions of
tlie t i nstitution and laws of the Union by tire
legislatures and people of the Northern or free
State--, upon the suhje< t of slavery and all other
subject.- touching our present difficulties, and de
mand a full and ample redress of all such griev
ances upon terms ju.-t and honorable to each sec
tion, and satisfactory to the aggrieved State’s.
That in our opinion these remedies should he
applied, not rashly, and with indecent haste, but
promptly, firmly, and without any unreasonable
delay.
That after our reasonable demantis shall have
been made and fully heard by i ur aggressors, and
the prop-r redress by- them refused, then we do
hereby pledge ourselves, etu-li to the other, as
brethren and citizens of the State of Tennessee,
and to th-‘ people of our sister slaveholding States,
to take with them such action as will best cotn
ooi - wit 11 our Common safe! v and neaec. and abide
with them tin' '’onsequences.
/,'■. i/,-, •/ That while we are opposed to separate
State se.-cv-ioii. without consultation, who are as
eiaj h i ‘ cully opp ■ 1 the Federal Government
n-ii •? tbive to eocree a sovereign State into sub
mission. which has seceded.
In the languji ol Edward Everett, it is a coti
irndiciiou in i.t-uis, and comes loaded with ihc
death null from fields wet with a brother's
blood.
After tlie adoption of these, Ex-Gov
ernor Neil S. Grown was introduced,
[u u he addressed the meeting in oneof the
most patriotic, manly and well-timed speeches
we have ever seen upon the present distracted
condition of the country', and the duty of <
all who loved the land of their birth, and
desired peace and prosp^ity to discord and
civil strife. He believes that by a proper
and unprecipitute action the troubles which
now overshadow us may be removed and
cleared from the horizon forever. He had.
during the past canvass for the Presidency,
spent several weeks at tlic North, and
knows the feeling of a large portion of
the people in regard to the rights of the
South. There arc a million of people in
the North who are true, and loyal to the
interests of the South as we ourselves, lie
wanted every honorable effort, in the power
of the people, to be made in order to pre
vent a hasty demolition of the fairest gov
ernmental fabric ever constructed. If that
should fail, then lie wanted a united South
to declare itself severed from a people who
should be brothers, hut had proved hostile
foes. When all means of having the agi
tation now existing allayed, have been ex
hausted, without success, then the time
would have arrived for secession, but not
before.
A 1 get says the wind kisses the waves.
1 hat. wc suppose, is the celebrated *• kiss for
a blow " about which we have heard so much.
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The Governor of Ilhode Island, W illiam
Sprague, having been interrogated in regard
to what his State intended to do concerning
the odious and unjust Personal Liberty Bills
which has been enrolled upon her statute
books, makes the following answer through
the Providence press, to his <iuestious. who, it
seems, is a citizen of Maryland: "The Gov
ernor of Rhode Island goes heart and hand
for the repeal of the so-called Personal Lib
erty Bills of his State, though they are uncon
stitutional only in spirit. The Legislature,
which meets in January, will, without hesita
tion, repeal them; not from fear or cowardice,
but from a brave determination, in face o!
threats and sneers, to live up to the Constitu
tion and all its guaranties, the better to testify
their love for the Cnion, and the tinner to
exact allegiance to it from all others.” \\ e
hope sincerely, that other States will soon
follow in the brave lout-steps of Governor
Sprague, and wipe from their records the
causes of our national troubles. The execu
tive of little Rhode Island has proven him-e!l
to be a "noble Reman,” and a man who
reflects honor upon the position which the
people of his State have assigned him.
MR. DOUGLAS' l'LAX <>U ADJUSTMEXT.
Monday, December tilth, Mr. Dougin*
introduced a Joint Resolution into the Senate,
proposing amendments to the Constitution t
the I'nited States, with a view of restoring
peace and preserve the L nion. IPs proposi
tion was read a first and second time, and re
ferred to the Committee of Thirteen. It is
as follows:
.Joint Itc-rsolulton.
IL-to/cd Ay lit" Srnafr and liaise "f E rr •<, i
tirra of thf Unit'd Stahi <■/ A no run in ('
‘ r\ vo-ll rds oj bolt //■ !■■■<•■ cohcui ■. • r.
Tliat the lotion i - articles tic and arc to vein'
propo-ed and submitted a amendments to I lie
t o'r-iitntion ot'i'ic United Slates, which shat! tie
valid, to all intents and purpose*. part of said
, ■ . . :.. __ f.... I 1.i ■ .'. . ..!’
ihrce-f. art Its of the several Siutt .
A rtJ' i.e :.ni. Cottjrre.'S sh all make no laws ;-i
respect to slavery or servitude in any 'I err;to'-,
of the United States, and the ;«;/«.* of i nch T* r
riforv in respect to servitude, a- the same now
exists by law, shall remain unchanged until tin
Territory, with such boundaries as U.mgre-- may
prescribe, shall have a population of fifty thuu
.-r.ml white inhabitant-, wiien tlie while lital
citizens thereof over the age of twenty-one years
m y proceed to form a eonstitut ion ami govern
ment for tItem-elves, and oxer- i e ail tin- rights
of.-elf-government rnn-d.-rz lit with the Uonsl 11 it -
lion f the United Stat-s: and when such new
Slate shall contain the requisite population for a
member of Congress, according to the then Fed
era! ratio of representation, it “hall be admitted
into the Laio'iun an equal looting with tic- orig
inal States. bit or without slavery, as the r.ui
Iitlitioil of m1"!i ii.-,v Stale -hall provide at tin"
time of a ll i- •■•u ; and. in the meantime, -ueh
new Slat- “iiuil entitle i to one dele ate in t! e
Senate, to be elo. . i by tin; Legislator.', and oto
delegate I.» the ll-l of Uej.fi el.I at i \ 1 -. to I •
chioen by the pe qde having the qualifn utiou
requisite i'-.r elm tors of t!,»• most numerous
braue!i of the Legislature; and said I i -ate
“hull I ave all the right arid privileges of Seti.itof
and itepresen!.’.!ives, respectively, except that of
voting.
St a . 2. No more territory shall b- acquire i by
the I ailed Stales except by treaty, or by the
concurrent vote of two-third-of each House of
Congress, and when ho acquired, the .'tutu- there
of in respect to servitude, as it existed at the
time of acquisition, shall remain unchanged; ii
-hall contain the population aforesaid for the
formal hoi of new Slate a win nil -aali be subject
to the terms, conditions and privileges herein
or nob I b ft! e i xi-i " ng T.'i'i'il old. -.
Sr.a The art i .>t all new States shall be as
nearly unit ru in • .re as .a my be practicable,
having due regartl to convenient I otird fjes and
natural capacities : and shall tmt bo less than
“ixty. nor more than eighty thousand square
miles, except in ease of i lands which may con
tain li»- than that anioiinr.
M:c. h 'l’ltc second and third clauses of the
second section of the fourth artieb- of the Consti
tution. which pt'.tvi le d di wring up f t gh:.. -
fr 'in justice, ami fugitives from servi.-.. or labor
shall have the same force in the Territories and
new States as in the Slates of the Union; mid
the said clan c in respect to fugitives from jus
tice shall 1... eonstruil to it- bide all crimes i-.oa
mittcrl wiiliin and again t the laws of tin-State
from which the fugitive fled, whether the acts
charged be criminal or not in the State where
the fugitive was found.
St.r. ■">. The seeoni’ section of the third article
of the Constitution, in respect to the judicial
power of the United States, shall be deemed tip
plieahle to the Territories and new State- as well
as to the States of the Union.
AbTiiti.K X!v. Sec. 1. The elective franchise
and the right to hold office, whether Federal.
State, Territorial, or municipal, shall not be o\i r
c’sed by persons of the African race, in whole or
in part.
Sis'. 2. The United States shall have power to
aequrc, from time to time, districts of country in
\frica anil Soiith America for the colonization, at
the expense of the Federal Treasury, of such free
negroes and mtllattoes as the several States may
wish to have removed from their limits, and from
the District of Columbia and such other places us
may be under the juris licti.et of 'Congress.
Sec. d. Congress shall have no power to abol
ish slavery in the places under its exclusive
jurisdiction and -incite within the limits of States
lli-il Hermit ibc boldine- of slaves
•Sue. 1 Congress shall have no power to abol
ish slavery within the District oi' Columbia so
long as it exists in the adjoining States of Vir
ginia or Maryland, or cither, nor without the con
sent of the inhabitants, nor without just compen
sation first made to such owners of slaves as do
in.; consent to sueh abolishment. N..r sha'l
(' ingress at any time prohibit .Hicors of the Foil
oral Government or members of Congress, whose
duties require them to he in said District, front
bringing with them their slaves and holding them
as such during the time their duties may require
them to remain there, and afterwards taking them
from the District.
F. c'-b. Congress shall have no power to pro
hibit or hinder a transportation of slaves from
one Slate to another, or to a Territory in which
slaves are permitted by law to beheld, whether
such transportation be by laud, navigable rivets,
or by sea: but the African slave trade shall be
forever suppressed, and it shall be the duty of
Coiigr* -> to make such laws as shall be necessary
a 1 effectufH to prevent the migration or iinpor
ta mn of slaves toe persons owing service or labor,
into the United States from any foreign country,
place or jurisdiction whatever.
Sec. i!. In addition to the provisions of the
third paragraph of the second section of the
fourth article of the Constitution, Congress shall
have power to provide by law, and it shall be its
duty so to provide, that the United States sliail
pay to the owner who shall apply for it. the full
value of his fugitive slave in all eases when the
marshal, or other officer, whose duty It was to
arr.-st said fugitive, was prevented from so doing
by violence or intimidation, or when, after arrest,
said fugitive was rescued by force, and the owner
thereby prevented and obstructed in the pur. 'fit
of his remedy for the recovery of his fugitive
slave under the said clause of the Constitution
and the laws made in pursuance thereof. *And
in all such cases, when the United States shall
pay for sueh fugitives, they shall have the right
in their own name to sue the county in which
said violence, intimidation, or rescue was com
mitted, and to recover from it, with interests and
damages, the amount paid by them for said fugi
tive slave. And the said county, after it lias
paid said amounts to the United .States, may, for
its indemnity, sue and recover from tne wrong
doers or rescuers by whom the owner was pre
vented from the recovery of his fugitive slave in
like manner as the owner himself niigl# have sued
and recovered. 1
•Sec. ('». No future amendment of the Constitu
tion shall affect this and the preceding article,
nor the third paragraph of the second section of
the first article of the Constitution, nor the third
paragraph of the second section of the fourth
article of said Constitution, and no amendment
shall be made to the Constitution which will
authorize or give to Congress any power to abol
ish or interfere with slavery in any of the States
by whose l»ws it is or may be allowed or sanc
tioned. j
LETTER OF LI OX. WM. C. HIVES OX THE j
STATE OF THE CXI OX.
We make the following extracts from the
letter of the Hon. \\ in. C. Hives to Mr. Bo
teler. The letter was published in The \\ a-h
ingtou Intelligencer of the 14th inst., and is
un the present political issues ot the day.
Mr. Hives approves of a general States Con
vention, and speaking oi the guarantees ot
the Constitution, says:
- There are few, if any, among us who do
n -t feel and acknowledge that the Constitu
tion of the United States, ii lionc-Hy and
faithfully pursued in its letter and spirit,
affords every desirable guarantee lor the
rights and liberties of all the parties to it.
lie regrets that the provisos of the ( onsti
tution have not been carried out in the spirit
that actuated its framers.
lie enumerates, as follows, the impartial
Concessions that would satisfy the Jmuih, viz:
*■ The equal rights oi the States in the
common territories of the I nion. the inninini
tv of their domestic institutions irom aii ex
ternal control, the surrender of fugitives from
service, and the adherence to tundauiental
principles of the constitutional compact,
which, however clear in theory, are practically
denied in various quarters, and call for new
and unequivocal securities for their iutur
observance.”
These, lie adds, if guaranteed to the South
ern States, would avert the impending danger,
and such concessions as these can only bring
peace to the disturbed confederacy, lie con
cludes in the following remarks :
• I have ever believed that ii' unhappily in
a contingency, owing to the centrifugal and
ja. r.ng tendeneii s^’Ufc ; lines manifested by
ilie States at thecxtieniitj' - of the (Vmfedcra
cv—our present glorious I nion .should he
hr iken up, the States occupying the central
belt of the continent, frftm ocean to ocean,
including those of the valley of the Mississip
pi. would still hold t■ 'gether, and keep alive,
with befitting dignity and power, the ancient
name and proud tradition- of the i ir.led
St.iti ; of America, ami perils;..-. in the cud.
win hack to the fold tliose who might have
temporarily strayed from it.
All events i see in reason to dispair of
the early success of the work of conciliation
inaugurated by your proposition, if prosecut
ed in the right spirit; and when harmonv
..i ,i...n i.t .. 1,
rst.;l’!i heil ani'■ ii•: them, (the great ecnuxil
lies of the ('onfederaev.) v.'liat rational
motive can be felt by a few isolated Stati
whether at the North or tlie South, to stand
aloof in sullen contumacy or unj.roiitahle : -
content.”
Is It a Oai sk ok Jov.—The dcpr> sed
feelings of our community, says Tlie Mem
phis bulletin, have been moat grievously
shocked by a demonstration of joy in the
contemplation of a severed 1 nion—tin. firing
of a salute in honor of the secession of S<>:t*h
Carolina. It seems most strange tin t the
supposed destruction of this government can
afford pleasure. The Y\ ilmingtuu (North
Carolina i Journal, in < ummcuuiig on a similar
,! -is.uctration in that city, mo t pertinently
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UN:. S t
*• is the spectacle of a ) eople—a happy
prosperous p> ipie—suddenly plunged into
tiisi'icia! distress and ruin, with families of
helpless women children unexpectedly turned
out of comfortable homes to starve or freeze
in the street-, calculated to gladden the heart
of any civilized. Christian human being ?
Hoes the propel-* of a great, beiiciiccut aid
powerful government struggling in thetlmn.
oi d:-M'Itition—oi a nation threateiic ' v- ih
bankruptcy, civil war, and an uvhy in>p’re
any bis ist. nor dead to every lb<.i:tig < .
liuiitiiiii'v. Willi the -lightest enwli >ii gi.nl
tte-s! All the-.,; things may happen very
soon, and some of them now eni.-t. What is
there, we a-k. in the existing state of things,
or in the prospect which disunion o| eus to
its, to furnish eaits, tor grntulation and r< j,>i
cingl' 1 toes any ho i v know how the liilicui
ties by which we are mi clou tided will termin
ate 1- tin* path before us one of flowers 1'
Mr. Hunter told Hah* in the .'•'etm:,; om-e that
his conduct was ‘ like the laugh T the im-hii
ate by the lied of deallif li a- that illustra
tion lost its applicability to any other ease .'
We think not.
•m «■ w
llmv tiu; War wii.l in; C.vtum;i) <>\.—
We give helow an extract from a letter from
W a-hingtoii. dated mi the 1 *>{li ilist. Speak
ing "f tlm Secessionists, the. writer says:
The moment they set themselves up to
defy the laws of the 1 nion, and to open
their free ports, they will invite a cloud of
privateers to the conflict. New England and
New i ork. who arc to lie sacrificed to the
grasping spirit of the S nithcrn managers,
will, no doubt, defend themselves to the
at! rmosi ; and if war should r.-ult. as. in
iny opinion, it mast, unless a speedy adjust
ment takes place, every vessel clearing from
a disunion port will become a lawful prize ;
and thus the cotton intended to maintain the
new ('onfederaev will be captured and carric i
I Liverpool or the free Mat*1 :md *ii.<[.»)se«l
of. Tlie wise and experienced in :n who have
allowed themselves to be earned of! by the
ultra mischief-makers are candidly calculat
ing the cost of the experiment they are about
J to adventure upon.
-^ O - tmii
The Perils of Independent!-:.—The
people of Smith (’arolina will soon discover
t!i' perils of lln-ir isolation. The Pharleston
Mercury has had its attention direi ted to a
very grave one—the exposed condition of
the South Carolina coast. It savst
Prom tlie open and accessible character of
our coast, some persons fear that we will he
■-"oil subject to predatory incursions. The
Northern seaports abound in a lawless and
reckless population, many of them accustomed
to maratime pursuits. They arc fast feeling
the rascality which has controlled the polities
oi the North. Y\ ant of employment and its
attending destitution are ripening them for
any mischief. South Carolina will soon he a
foreign and hostile region in their estimation,
and tlie cause of their present sufferings.
Some of them may seek both plunder and
revenge, by making buccaneering raids on
the most exposed and defenseless part of our
coast.
Senatortal Election.—()» Thursday,
•/ •
at 11 o’clock, A. M.. both houses of tire Leg
islature convened in the Representatives’
Hall for the purpose of electing a Senator to
succeed Hon. R. \Yr. .Johnson, whose term of
office expires on the 4th of March next. On
the 9th ballot Dr. Charles B. Mitehel, of
Hempstead county, was elected.
TAKE NOTH'IN
rniroSE indebted to me will call and pay;
L As 1 am obliged to collect without delay,
To meet many pressing demands,
In many hard dunning hands.
jan 1. V.l-tiw. J. II. QUISFNRERRY.
TOWN ELECTION.
V'OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT AN
IX election will he held at the Mayors’ ofiicc in
ties Arc, on Mondey, the Jth day of February
next, for Mayor. Constable, and four Commis
sioners, for the seventh corporate year ol’ said
town. S. R. illIOW N,
jan 1, til-4w Mayor.
S ALE OF LANDS AND TOWN-LOTS FOIl THE NON-PAL *IENT OF TAXES. |
Constable’s Office, Dcs Arc, January 1st. DG1.
To tlio Town Connell <>f l»es Are:
r 1“ M. BUDISILI., TOWN CONSTABLE AND COLLECTOR FOR THE TOWN OF DES ARC,
I do hereby report the following as a list of ah Lands and Town Lots, or parts of Lots, owned ;
by*and assessed to persons not residing within said town, and to persons unknown, upon watch the
taxes have not been paid, as the same aj p< u si tax-book in my bauds for the year 1 ' ’ •
and l also re-tort that the amounts annexed to each name is the am: uat of Taxes, Penalty, t. osts and ,
Charges now due upon tiie same for the year 1800, and that tne owners, so lar a 1 know, liavc no
goods or - lat - vt} n which 1 ean 1 -\v for the amounts due, to wit: _
. . . i ,.1 -, v < < - I!. - i i t • I -1 - II 111 6FS rp .1
Owndus Names'. IY,,'£-'! Dcsc 1 •
... lT i Y 1, in block 50 $ 800 §20 51OU §100 00 - 0 ■ 0
( reen t ’ * 2 9 10 “ " 47 200 50 12* 1 <»t» 1 00 2 Oil 4 02.1
(lilliam. Nat. . 4 1,2,3,4, “ 57 401) 1 00 24 21)0 2 on 4 00 0 24
Horne, i-Jim 2 5,0, “ 57 200 50' 121 1 00 100 2 00 4 021
Holloway, John 1 4, “ 24 2 0:i0 5 oo 1 24 50 50 1 00 8 25
Laneer, 1 7 “ 14 400 124 31} 50 50 1 00 3 40}
Moou v Catlin, 2 9,10 “ 08 300 74 is; I'M 1 00 20.) 4 93;
\L-Kinney £ Co., 1 1. Erwin’ssur. b4 200 50 121 50 50 1 00 2021
Nixon. IE 1 2, - -‘ 1- 400 1 25 4.) 40 1 00 3 40,
Os! ( , J.C. est 1 1.2b. 42. 11. 12. h 4 > 00 - ! 5-* 2 00 200 1 00 9 871
it . by, . M. I 9. i.i block 30 425 1 i-.l 28 50 50 1 * 0 ■> ,’
.■'t I H- •> •> -- IT. ■’ ; t :,n 1-" 1 1 i.'l -Mil 4 52
. ©mas, ■!. W. 1 3 “ 10 2(H) 50 12} 50 50 1 00 2 5
Tujtstel. heirs of 3 1,2,8, ■■ 12 900 223 t 130 150 3 00 8 81}
V, Lon, tt. T. fraet E}of8&9b30 500 125 31] 50 50 100 3 50}
Wiseman, K. A. 2 11, 12, in block 44 000 1 50 37} 100 In) %2 oO 5 87}
Williams, J. 8. 3 1,2,3, “ 17 > 75 l'->| 1 0
l u'cnown owners 1 1, “ 71 l‘-0 2-> •’] ».*0 *>0 1 00 2-3
same, 2 7,8. “ 30 500 2 25 £■«',<. 1 <>0 1 on 2 00 0 81}
same, 3 4. ©, 0, *• 50 4->0 1 12} 23 1 **0 1 *>n linn * 8'}
same, l 7, “ -in 200 ©it 12\ t ©0 ■■0 ! on 2 03}
same, 1 0, “ 58 200 50 12?. ' 50 50 1 00 2 > _}
same, 2 7.8, “ 28 800 2(0 5n 100 100 2 00 0 5«t
same, 2 3, 1. “ 30 8 2 on 50 inn 1 no 2**0 0 50
same, 2 5, 0, Erwins stir. b. 7 200 50 121 1 00 1 00 2 00 4 ©2}
same, 0 7 301011 12 •• block 12 2"o 02S 15? 300 3(0 0 no 12 ss
QTATE OP ARK ANSA 8, IK COUNTY: • .
in going tin t of Land and Town.Lots, or so much thereof as shall bi necessary to pay the tax s,
penalty and costs thereon, will be sold af the door <if tli • Mayor's ©dice, in i he town < t l>e< Arc, on
the tih .Monday iti .lantiary, I--mi. unless such taxes, penalty, c©.- :s and ••:.pen-es advert :-ing be
paid before that time, I'. M. Hi'iJlSiLL, ( ©nsiable ami Collector,
(liven under my han 1 at ©dice, tin's 1st day of January, IStil. jau !. Yd-lw.
IMIOK I > X A l 4 < • AH I
T. J. E
I I onu-v ij i La w,
1)KS ARC, UIKAX-AS,
j I’llACTI'']-; IX PRAIRIE A- XT) T UK
1 t ad.t tdi ;■
given tu <’oib m 'uns.
j KEi : s j . - T. k C. Powell, Kn .■ X11
'•
is.-inh, <’! viand. Tcnn.: A5.»..rt .V »r !i. ' !i. :: i
j iioogu,’i'l'iin.: lion. •Inhn If. In mpkiii, IX.mo.! a :
I fcon. Ti’illiain IiigWi ty, C •■. (In.; :.« .
| Jo- ; ii T. Mel onn-il. 11i11•_ void. 1. V.'i.liaet il.
I nmii. i’re idem Xo.-t;. ... u-ra i .ink, II • -•-! I.
Oeorgia. n , ■
■i. j. ------ w. ii. riiA.is:i:i -.
DES. LANE & CHAMBERS,
illAVINC; FORMED A FARTN K'RSi! i P IN
I I the ]•.:.! if. of til-air p!Ion. * ndei'
lli ir services to rhe citizens oi Dos Arc tuid adja
ecu! i -a.n; r. . i I r e - X : . I!i !. >p
to . Imre at lea ;t a l ot t i ci . i I lie . :■ tr.■;.- of t ho
public. Office on linen . Yi'ta .-trci. t, at iial-ly’
Drug Store. ine. i
T. B. EEITT,
A, t j o r?u\v :j 1 2 r a xx ,
DKS \ Kf. ARKANSAS,
.MAt TH'K IX THE fOURTSOF
■ < ...
I’rancis, J.i-d: .n and lndo}- lidi • .... •. All
l.u- in.- - i ittru-i c! to hi- cure shall meet with
l i :a . '' i i X- ti. i • • - ” 1 .. .-In .■!. ii.. I-ti.
V' rr* swpvh ;*
! > <_*• n i i k 19
DKS A Ilf, ARKANSAS.
UTU,i. t I'XilNUK THK ID'S INKSS IX U.I.
\ f • branches, in tiding c '.
\ Work. Office on I’.ncna Vista street, up at.: -.
! Jackson's new building. ti.n If.-tf.
1 1. SAKIJEtts, - -- -- - - . J. 1. SEEL.
riTir. * n-r—» -r,.-—» 'a r, "»TT,'.'-'vr
.4-4 .— tlo'S* ' Xjf -X. M. *4 4-1 .1. 4 ^ .Al-i-t )
Ilosiden : I’ll > -- i «-11 s j •..,,
'.KS ARC, ARKANSAS.
? 1 wino roitMKi) \ dautxi.nsnid in
II the* praet ice of their pr
.•.ini iiiu.it i"ti of rfi -ir 'arvii. ; ' to the • iii.vib <•:'
| Das \ra and «d.;.». a.it «-.*iiniry. Ofl'n. up ■ riv-.
corner Hihmisi Vi-ia and Woodruff streets, i .
1-9 nr fs ft sgs -rr * - Y i~*
1 AN Jo* V -li- Jl'4 ill»
| PC,’ll rxiTJlTo p fix • 3*: 1 rn”Ti7
D’.'s \tit'. \r.s\s.
.
f).it>x11• i’ \TTK\ ; Did wii.i ■ •. ; v*
i all tail- hi , r iitni-i 1 to I 'll 'H ki
u>.\
DR. H. - WHISTS :VD,
I f WING DKilM .XiX’i !,Y I .of V. KD \T
l t D . ■ A l.f. • .ie,- - Ki- ]•!'.■:' •• - 'on.-i i ■- .-i ■■ -
:.i the cl i/en« - 1 i In* tow.i and e- n: o-ivni y.
' Office on Lvnfl street. r,..'
T. J. WOODSON,
At t orne.v it 2 Lnw,
DKS A Ilf, ARKANSAS,
x i. pr At Tin: r. i'DK ; ift u .m i.D'i m.
\ T fii'cnit, mid the counties of Wl.i:*-, .!
( -011 and Monroe. All 'i-i'.siness intrust.■ 1 to hi
: cave will ln> promptly atiended to. r.-n
R. C. MCCARLEY ^ CO
DKS ARC. ARKANSAS.
Dll A l.'iilS IX STM’KI. AND lAXTY DRV
tioods, Renily-Mn !c fh ihinit. 11a:-. t ap-.
Boots, Shoes. Hardware. Oucenswarc. Etc.. Etc..
SSI1—; I >. 1'>,S CAltDS.
.J. UOl.UIX. 11. I’. TB.\D£B. B. 1.. IUU.T.
<■«(=(;IN, TKVBIH & HOLT,
Cjtton and Tobacco Factors,
<; u «><' i: K s,
roRir.iRWN; vv) unvi pjs mkrchasts,
’ill. Hi i’rwai ilOvV, MEMPHIS, TENN.
U TEEK1.Y A« A i ASS IONS RECEIVED Giroitjrlt
\ v fun I hi* f-i-.i — *ti t-i C ir already lar.o* and
i! ■sira! >! • i.f T«J*a.. IS.* fill". II Sit
ii .. i i . . • ■C ■ in, Suit. I li ky, 1 <»np.
and I’l.H’i a ’ *ii ; it] iiii— "‘•ni.-rally. Dill Slave
1 art :i, Fat* Tid'ur * a : n:!:ir Produce ill *-ur
commodious V. nre!um*e an 1 nioii Siroet, in siyht
of tv ir 1> iiic-— house, ’• >• 1 '< I r nt llmv. Vie
Si*.re and S R Coiton at 7-V , i" l».il•*. n<»<
i;\< i■;i,sion >»•!'<)\ i; '\voiciv<~i!
GILES F- FILLEY.
MAXI I U TI 11 Kit OK
Charter Oak. I’lynmth 1'ork, & l alley T’urire
Gookiii" Si o\cs!
Also, every varle’y of
2’«77.1,011. 550 n k t i \ xi> >. vro; *:>.
135 and 157 Main r-.{ r«***t,
■ ’ ». Lot ?. Missouri.
I.. U. X *lKT‘ *X, - - r. A. I*IIAlii F..
21. O , -J O II T ty X &, l O..
Ton* mini?; & Commission .Uorclmnts
AMI HEALERS IN
FLOUP, GPAIN and PPODUCE,
*x<>. ■'»> i’ronl Mow,
9
I e 14-ita dKMPim 1 KNN.
m »c -a \ * rr: r TTcrns
i: u i r .. ui r, Li) uiio i ii L)i j]
i • *ai* ;: cs axh in. in
Brandies* (.!<;*, Wine>, Cigars tic*.
A I.SO.
DISTILLERS K MANCFA*"FCREUS OF
If \\ ines rs n <1 1 ,i([Uors,
;f: M . 'iv» v.‘. Main CC S . e.Unor *.
i i L i'. * I' ■ X•’'! N N.\ 1 i. O.
I 1.1 fill - - - - I . KI.F.l.X.
LEPTIEI'? £z IILESN.
I'KAl.' s IN
CLOCKS, WATCHES asfl JEWELRY,
Mueini Vl.**tii *»ln vt.
DF.S ARC, ARKANSAS.
HAYING ON HAND \ NEW AND SELECTED
.-tuck ot l Was dies .. * .i: v. v.e
i peri ti ; ■ i ' ■ , . i ; ; fc id i * •
r ..’..tje nt tiie , ie , ( it.— Arc and surrounding
am try. V.e are a’ i i ropaivd m d i all kind.* of
AV-neh. Cloek and ‘Jewelry work with rare and
»
I U. I). rrUKV, - - J. M. I’ETTKY.
P3RSY & P'STTEY,
koutii Sinlt' cl OurtiA T i\Ja Street.
DF.S ARC, ARKANSAS,
Dealers in staple, fancy, foreign
and Domestic Dry-Goods, Ready-Made (To
ih:n.2. Hills ami C: ns. Hoot * and Shoes, Hardware
and i'atilevy. (iiieen*ware. etc. Al-o. a complete
1 ... i ,.r r. ■ ip_:__
; l\ir»v:ncling iiii.1 i iiu.iiii-'ie;i Merchants. mv-d.
C. A. JUBSOVJ,
C 'ar|><Mi(<‘r mul • ? oiiica*9
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
DEALER IN SAS1I. DOORS. MANTLES.
Window atul Door Frames,etc. Sh >pcorner
Erwin and Park Streets. N. !!.—Coffins made to
order, on short notice. nov d-y
J. E. QUSSBNBERRY,
ATI'T ION. r (>31311 ss 11 >N 3Ii; IK MI A NT,
a n n
Mslatc jVgt'nl,
novd. DES ARC, \RK\NSAS.
A7 W. MCNE3LL,
Atlopiioy at Law,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
| )R ACT ICES IN THE COURTS OF *11AIRI1
j 1 and adjacent counties. Office,‘corner Erwin
and Lyon streets. novd
A. STEWART, WM. STEWART, 11. STEWART.
STS WART & BROS.,
Receiving-, Foi^vardinj;
A\E5 t (>5JMIS.SIO\ HEIM'H 4NTS.
nov 3. DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
GENERAL LAND AGENCY
■
JS >es Arc, Ai’liansas.
j
: mm; uxdi> signed having had an en
! p rienecof more than fifteen years in Arkan
i sas land affairs, and a large portion of the time at
active Land Agent, has kept pace with the landet
interest of the State of Arkansas, as well as tin
General Government, is prepared to give immedi
ate attention to all paying business in his line
Office for the present, in the store-house, nex
door to Messrs, llayley & Erwin's Store, Des Arc
Arkansas.
nuvdo-tf JOHN If. QU IS EN HER H V.
LUO U S2a .i£l6»!
, 4 LL PERSONS INDEBTED TO ME, E IT Hid
1 V V by note or account, will come up by the Is
j of January next aiul pay me, or they will be pu
i in the hands of an officer for collection.
J, deo7 tf GEO. W. VADEN.
; :;»»•! true;, aiii. Vs •>: every description.
A i kind of iron Is. by tiie piece, at wholesale
1 pr;' dee i -tf
DE . ■ 0 rEL,
Bl .1. f. TAKMXTOX.
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
i l l WING LEASED THIS WELL-ARRANGED
i I Hotel, tlie proprietor respectfully informs
| it.ave'.e: sand t lie public gem rally, that he has com
pletely renovated the premises, and is prepared
to ace immodate all who may favor him with their
t .troii.igo. If intromitted care and attention will
secure the favor of all, heisdetermiued to please.
CHARGES REASONABLE.
C-'1 lie Bar ai':u died to t liis House is supplied
with the best of Liquors and Cigars. nov 3.
j F. M. ROBINSON, ------ O. J. BRANCH.
ROBINSON & BRANCH,
(Successors to G. W. Yadcn.)
WHOLESALE ANI> RETAIL DEALERS IN
< m roc«‘rios ;i n<l I
nut EIVlNfl, lOBWAUDlMi A fOMMIVSION MERCHANTS,
nov DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
G. M’LAKKN. ------ - S. X. JACKSON.
MX AREN & JACKSON,
Successors to G. & .T. McLaren & Co.,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Dealers in staple and fancy dry
Goods, Ready-Made Clothing, Hats and
Gaps, Bonnets, Roots and Shoes, Hardware and
Cnttlery, Books, Stationery, etc. Also, Receiving,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants, nov 3.
GARVIN, BELL & CO.,~
III POUTERS A WHOLESALE 1)E ILEUS I>
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC DllY-GOODS,
AND
Atanit Fiiet ururs of Clothing.
Nos. 412 and 144 Main Street) north side,
! nov lfi-fim. LOUISVILLE, KY.
J. T. P A REAM,
Arcliiloct cincl Hnilclei*,
1)ES ARC, ARKANSAS.
^SOLICITS CONTRACTS FOR BUILDINGS OF
Id every style. II > is also prepared to furnish
1 Designs, Estimates and Drawings of all the mod
ern orders of architecture: build, superintend
:*l and furnish working plans for building at mode
rate prices. Orders left at the “Citizen Office,”
will receive prompt attention. uovU-v
0
.arc city ^
DRUG STORE
To Physicians, Druggists, Merchants,
I> I^Y TS T E It S,
AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.
Your attention is respectt'uilv invited to one of
the best selected stocks of fresh
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
FRENCH, GERMAN & AMERICAN
CHEMICALS, P ATENT MEDICINES,
TOILET ARTICLES,
PERFUMERY', ERCgllLS,
DENTAL & SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
GLASS, GLASSWARE, PAINTS, OILS,
DYE STUFFS, Etc., Etc.
and all other articles pertaining to the Drug busi
ness, lately received, and now offered at ibe
RES ARC CITY DRUG STORE,
At WHOLESALE 0it RETAIL!
ON ACCOMODATING TERMS.
A CHOICE LOT OF
Segar>. (hewing A Smoking Tobacco.
i
ALSO, ALL KINDS OF SUPERIOR
IHQIOIiS fr'0?I 11EI)I( II, USES,
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
(Oilers from a Distance will Receive Prompt Attention!
AND THE GOODS FORWARDED WITHOfT DELAY.
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS
Compounded of the purest and best materials,
with accuracy and despatch, at
Ml Hours) of the Hay or Mgtit!
» :‘-ly. JOHN B. PERKINS.
A 1C \\ STORE!
ENTIRELY NEW STOCK!!
Vo have just opened our new stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
which consists, in part, of
KERSEYS, WOOLSEYS
HOME-MADE JEANS,
KENTUCKY JEANS, SATINETS,
LI N S E Y S, |
AND GEORGIA FLAIBS.
\ LSO, A FINE ASSORTMENT OF POPLINS,
-*• V Be Berages, Merinoes, Scotch Plaid Alpacas,
etc., etc., etc.
ALSO, A COMPLETE STOCK Or
c i, o t ii i :
A better assortment cannot be found. Also, the
largest stock of
EQQT3 AID SHOES!
In the market. AVe kindly solicit all who wPhto
purchase to give us a call, and examine
our goods and prices.
TAYLOR & CO.,
nov d-tf. Bes Arc, Arkansas.
AT COST 4A3) CARRIAGE.
1 AM OFFERING MY ENTIRE STOCK OF
1 Dry Goods at Cost and ten per rent. Every
body is invited to rail and see for themselves.
\ My goods are inferior to none in this market, and
my object in selling off at cost and carriage is to
enable me to replenish with a stock which will he
bought exclusively with cash,
novd-tf. LEVIN HARRISON^
£ X C E L L E N T PLOWS.
Y\7"E HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
\ t quantity of the best Cast Plows, which wr
: offer cheap. nov 3. J. JACKSON & CO.
SEEDS! SEEDS!!
4 LARGE LOT OF FRESH HUNGARIAN
| A Grass Seeds, just received and for sale by
l nor. S. ‘ JOHN JACKSON & 00.
' ^ I