The Constitutional Union.
__w. IT. TtllEA, Editor.
1>KS ARC, FRIDAY, MARCH 20. 1801.
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petent. and finishes his work with elegance
and taste. Our prices for work are a* liberal
as are charged elsewhere
Tx is said that Willi AM S. Pope is an ap
plicant lor the postoffice at Little Rock. It is
definitely settled that Mr. IIoli e S. Saun
ders has been appointed postmaster of the
Memphis office.
The Cleveland Plaindealer comparing the
staple products of the north and the south
says: “Cotton is convenient to be sure, but
corn is a necessity. A man may live without
a shirt, but what can he do without whisky ?”
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The Virginia convention, as we see it sta
ted, is costing the people of Virginia 62,000
per day. The Richmond Dispatch says it has
work to keep it in session for some months
yet. It has already been in session upward
of a month, and nothing of interest done yet.
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W G. Drown low. the fighting preacher
editor of The Knoxville Whig, has announced
himself as an independent, extreme Unionist
candidate for the office of Governor of Ten
nessee. at the election which comes off in that
State in August next.
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The lion. T. C. Hindman, of this State
was the only Southern man in the United
States Congress who voted against the amend
ment to the Constitution, proposed by Tom
Corwin, prohibiting Congress from ever inter
fering with slavery in the States.
The North Carolina Election.
The majority against a Convention in North
Carolina is 1.200. It is proposed by some
that Gov. Ellis shall disregard the popnEr
vote, and issue his proclamation for an e^pt
session of the Legislature to authorize the
election of delegates.
The telegraph says that President Lin
coln, on the 22d. signed an immense number
of commissions to fill vacancies in the army
of the United States, which have been occa
sioned by the resignation of officers, who have
since joined the army of the Southern Con
federated States.
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The roll of the United States Senate was
called, at Washington on the 22nd. and the
names of the Senators from the seceding
States were all stricken off. with the excep
tion of Cuesnut, of South Carolina, who. it
was claimed, had never formally resigned his
seat.
The Louisiana legislature has passe ! a law
making it a finable offence for any person to
j 11 <■•*-! ii wo] 11* i n in thiif iv 11 lu in £ first
making affidavit before a duly qualified jus
tice of the peace, in the parish wherein hero
sides. of his having received the degree of
Doctor of Medicine from a rogularly incorpo
rated medical institution in America or Eu
rope. and designating its name and locality ;
a copy of such affidavit will he forwarded to
and filed by the parish recorder.
Important Decision
Mit. Bates, Lincoln's Attorney-General,
has given his written opinion to the President
that no revenue can be collected in the seced
ed States. The law of 1799 provides that all
violation of the revenue law shall he tried in
the judicial district in which such violation
occurred, and as there is no United State
courts, judges, marshals or attorneys in those
districts within the seceded States, the law
cannot he executed in them.
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Mr. Memmingf.r, Secretary of the Treas
ury of the Confederated States, has been au
thorized. by the Southern Cc.-ngres-. to raise
£15.000,000 for State purpose -, on the bonds
of his government. Five millions of the stock
of his government will he in the market lor
sale on the 15th of April. Bonds, with cou
pons. will be issued in sums from one thou
and to fifty dollars, and where it is preferred,
stock certificates may he had. The interest,
payable semi-annually at all the principal
cities of the Confederacy, is eight per cent,
per annum.
Secretary Chase received a telegraphic
dispatch from St. Louis on the 22d, confirm
ing the report that goods were being received
at that port free of duty, supposed to have ar
rived in foreign vessels at New Orleans. This,
together with the written opinion of Attorney
General Bates, that under the 89th section
of the law 1799 it will be impossible to col
lect revenue in the seceded States.has become
a matter of much tribulation to “the powers
that be" at Washington, and will be likely
to “precipitate" a new congress on the ad
ministration, which the black republican pro
tectionists of the cast are fearful will explode
the magazine of extortion which they have
prepared in the Morrill tariff bill.
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The intelligence lias reached us that on
Thursday afternoon last, five hundred armed
soldiers, from the State of Mississippi, and
belonging to the army of the Confederated
States, passed through Memphis, Tennessee,
with a tremendous flourish of trumpets and
drums, cn route for Pensacola, Florida. Now,
we are neither from South Carolina, Vermont,
or Ohio, but we would really like to know
what more right Mr. Jefferson Davis has
to pass a body of his soldiery through a State
professing to belong to the L uited States,
from which his Confederacy has seceded, with
out wishing it to be considered a declaration of
war. than Gen. Scott has to march an armed
body of troops through Mississippi, Alabama,
or any one of President Davis’ States? It
appears tbat Jefferson'wishes Mr. Lincoln
to tread on hie coat-tail, whether he is inclined
to or not. Our national difficulties seem to be
settling upon a Heenan-and-Sayers basis of
adjustment, rather than that of statesmen and
patriots?
The Memphis Avalanche and Appeal, two
' warm-blooded secession juornals have drawn
swords against each other about the election
of municipal officers for that city, in dune.
The former paper insists that none hut se
cessionists shall be put on guard over the mu
nicipal affairs, whilst the latter is opposed to
making politics of any character the standard
for the selection of such officers. We have
ever admired the boldness with which pur
friends Gaei.ow.yy and Cu skev i«ve pro
claimed their extreme Southern rights senti
ment, howevo*-mttch we may differ from them.
Tl»« cause of secession in that portion of
Tennessee, has been protected from many
a fatal blow by a timely parry from the flash
ing claymores of the Avalanche, and may con
tinue to do so if its editors do not attempt to
catch too many opposing blades upon the
points of their weapons, at one time. To do
a thing well and let it alone, is wise, but to
! over-do it and injure what lias been accom
plished, is certainly unwise. The Avalanche
fought bravely for its cause in the election for
representatives to the Tennessee State Con
vention, and, although defeated by the oppo
| sing people, after the conflict, its editors rcst
1 ei their "bruised arms” amid the shouts and
! congratulations of its hosts of secession follow
ers. for the stout fiylit that thev made. That
was a creditable battle the Avalanche fought,
; for it involved the secession or non-secession
of an entire State, but the blow it now pro
poses to strike in the municipal election of
Memphis, looks like the sudden attack of a
band of Guerrillas upon a small body of foes
for the purpose of revenge. ‘And besides,
there is danger of over-doing the thing for
secession,and being ‘-taken in,” as the im
mortal Major Jones, of Georgia, once was.
on a memorable occasion. The Major and a
party of young ladies went strolling through
i the woods on a grape hunting excursion; they
soon discovered a tree standing on the edge
of a pond of muddy water, over whose
branches the vines ran. heavy with rich clus
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tree and plucked off as much of the fruit as
| his friends below desired. Thus far. as lie
himself acknowledged, he had acquitted liirn
self with credit, and was in great favor with
his crowd of beautiful voting ladies, and had
| he stopped here his triumph would have been
complete; but an unholy desire possessed
him to do something more for the the delight
of his friends, which he immediately put in
to practice by attempting to ‘’skin the cat" on
the bough of the tree. The consequence was,
that the Major’s hold gave way, and lie very
ungracefully fell into the muddy water below
amid the derisive laughter of his friends.
Thus it may prove with the Avalanche, in its
attempt to "skin the municipal cat" of Mem
phis. on a secession bough.
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It seems that the permanent capital of tlie
Southern Confederated States is not destined
to be Montgomery. A correspondent, writing
from Mobile, to the editor of The Tuscaloosa.
Alabama. Monitor, says he has been informed
1 hv a member of the Mississippi ( i nvention.
that Tuscaloosa, the famed *• city of oaks.
: will be the future capital of the Confederated
i States of America.
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IIon. Geo. W. Si mmers, an ex-Governor
of Virginia, has telegraphed the federal ad
ministration from Richmond, that there is
imminent danger of \ irginiaseceding, and ad
vises the President to call an extra session of
congress. Mr. Si mmers states that in a fair
caucus of the convention but three votes were
wanting to carry the ordinance of secession.
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THE MORRILL TARIFF HILL.
The Washington correspondent of The
; Richmond Enquirer writes as follows:
The M jrrill tariff bill is very rapidly sent
off by the treasury department. The ini
quiiiou? exactions of this bill are hardly yet
well known to the people of Virginia. They
were ably exposed by Senator Hunter in hi -
speech upon the bill; but unfortunately that
speech has not been printed or circulated. It
is sufficient to state here that the taxes upon
every article of consumption used by the far
ming and laboring classes of \ irginia arc
doubled and treated. Every blanket, spade,
hoc. plow, chain, bolt, screw, carpet, the im
plements of trade and industry for the poor,
in short, every article of consumption are
made to feel this crushing weight of taxation.
This bill of abomination, of robbery, spolia
tions of the cch.-uming classess, to swell the
profit of the insolent and thankless North,
goes into operation the first of April. Al
most simultaneously the Southern Confeder
ate States have greatly reduced the taxes
which were levied in 1857, so that their rates
are hardly more than a iourin oi me Aiorrin
bill. On one side we have a manufacturer’s
tariff, grinding duties, spoliations of the con
sumers and producers, robbery of the poor for
the benefit of the rich, \ ankee monopolist,
and a corrupt.profligate, tyrannical, abolition
government, elected on a principle of hostili
ty to the South, by a solid.sectional vote of the
; North. On the other, a government which
1 protects property ef every description, free
from agitation, moderate in its taxation, up
right. economical and conservative—in fine a
| government which justly embodies the heal
thy sentiment of the South, chosen by the
I south, to rule over the South.
The choice lies between a Northern aboli
tion government and a Southern Confederacy,
i Can Virginia hesitate between the two?
Speaking of the Morrill tariff bill, if any
| thing could make the bill, bad as it is. yet
more offensive, it would he the personal ap
I pearanceof the man whose name it bears, lie
i is the very enibodiement of the Yankee char
, ueter. lie looks mean in every fiber and lin
eament of his wretched body. Vulgarity,
conceit, cowardice and rapacity are stamped
unmistakably on his frontispiece. 11c looks
as if he had been brought up on Yankee
Doodle—a tune which could only become a
favorite among a mean and sneaking people,
and which would inevitably make any race so
who were not so before. In looking at Mor
rill the only matter of surprise to any bcliev
cr‘in physiognomy, is that he has not been
imprisoned for stealing six-pences or selling
wooden nutmegs, instead of being the author
of the more adroit and famous gigantic rob
; bery of the Morrill tariff bill.
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Ttif. Effect of Marrying Cousins.—
There are in this city, says The Schenectady
Star, a very estimable married couple, who
have had eleven children, six of whom were
born blind ; the youngest of whom is blind,
and only a few weeks old. When of suffi
cient age. they are sent to the Asylum for the
Blind in New York. They are said to be
possessed of fine talents. We understand
that their parents are cousins. There is no
defect in the eyes of either parent. A fine
illustration of Walker's laws on intermarriage.
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(JO VERS OR WISE'S POSITION.
Governor Wise proposes thatYirgiuia shall
demand of the freesoil States guarantees on
the following points :
| 1. As to a full recognition of the rights of ,
; property in African slaves. , .
i 2. As to property in the Dint*1** ut u UIU |
bia. „ , _ . , r,
o As to powers of the Federal Gov
ern...v;iit over African slavery, and the em
ployment of slave labor in the forts, arsenals, j
dockyards, and all places ceded by the States
lor Federal uses.
4. As to protection against the pretension to
lay and collect excessive direct taxes on
i slaves. *
5. As to the rendition of fugitive slaves.
0. .Vs to the protection of tlie right and 1
comity of transit with slaves through thelim- !
j its of the States, by land or water, and of
the right of transportation of slaves on the
| h*gh seas.
7. The protection of the right of citizens
of the United States owning slaves to sojourn
temporarily with their slaves within the lim
its of non-slaveholding States.
8. The protection of equality of settlement
by owners of slaves, with their slave property I
in the common territories of the United |
States.
1). As to the rights of negroes of free per
sons of the African race to all the privileges
and immunities of citizens of the several
States.
10. As to the equality of the African race
with the white race in the States where it may
1 reside, and the protection of that equality by
State laws, and by the laws of the United
; States.
11. As to the better security of the inde
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; prudence of the Judicial Department of the
Government of the l nitod States, by chang
ing the mode of appointing the Federal
judges.
12. As to the protection of the slaveholding
States against the abduction of their slaves,
by repealing such State or Federal laws as
may countenance the wrong, or by passing
such laws by the States and by the Federal
Government as may he necessary and proper
to suppress it.
13. As to the protection of the domestic
tranquility of the people of the United
States by suppressing the incendiary assem
; blages, associations and publications which
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tred which have rent the In ion asunder and
I and now threaten a civil war.
1 !. The protection of the public peace by
suppressing societies and individual eSorts for
the collection of money and and other means
to invade the .States or Territories of the
1'nited Hates.
If*. And by suppressing all organizations
?eehin" and introducing foreign aid and influ
ence to incite domestic violence in any of the
.States or Territories of the I nited States.
Gov. Wise would allow the free States all
the present year in which to furnish the re
quired guarantees ; hut he prefers that they
should finish up the business before October
1st. lie adds this condition :
‘•That, in themeantime.it is recommended
to the people of this Commonwealth, in the
event the Federal authorities shall, under any
pretext whatever, attempt to in force their
claim of jurisdiction over the people of the
seceded States, a- by collecting the duties for
I revenue, or diverting the transit or entrance
| of commerce, or in any other in >de, by force
i.f arms, to rc-ist such exertion of force by
all the means in their power."
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5 CLEARANCES OE UR IT IS II VESSELS LX
THE TORT OF CM A RLESTOX.
Fli (he Dritifli 11 *.'!»• y <«i* f’iiinmoi^ o»i flit*
2‘2d ult.. Mr. \V. F. Forster asked the Scerc
: tary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether lie
had any objection to lay upon the table of the
House a copy of the recent correspondence
between her Majesty's Mini-tor at Washing
ton and the I nited States Secretary of For
eign Affairs, relating to the clearance of Brit
ish vessels at the port of Charleston, South
Carolina. He observed that at the purt in
question the Federal officers of the States had
been superseded, and that information had
been given to the Briti-h Consul by gen
tlemen professing to act upon the behalf of
the Convention of South Carolina. The
House would observe that such a notification
placed the owners and captains of British ves
I sels in considerable difficulty, inasmuch as the
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. laws of the I ’nitcd States imposed stringent
i penalties for the non-observance of its revc
I nue regulations, and he was, therefore, anx
ious to know whether her Majesty's Minister
at Washington had been instructed to ask the
I'nited States Government whether they
would hold responsible tim e British shipmas
ters who. under pre-sine of necessity, com
plied with the order%f the Carolina Conven
tion ; and whether, on the other hand, they
would in lemnif’y them from any consequences
that might result from the non-compliance with
its regulations ?
The British trade with Charleston and the
other Southern ports of (lie Fnion was vast
and important, and he felt sure the noble lord
; would wish to keep all interested in the trade
informed as to their actual position. He
would not go into the general question wheth
er diplomacy should he secret or not. hut no
one eouiu uuuui umi 10 uucmpc 10 carry oiu
secret diplomacy with the I uited States would
he as unwise as it would be impracticable, lie
should regret if her Majesty’s Government
interfered in any way in the lamentable qnar
! rel which had arisen between their Friends
I and cousins on the other side of the Atlantic.
He believed that any interference would be
as impolitic as it would he unjustifiable, but
they still could not forget these two facts—
first, that the quarrel had arisen out of slave
ry ; and secondly, that they had with the
Cnited States a treaty for the prevention of
the slave trade, the relinquishment of which
he believed would he as injurious to their in
; tercsts as destructive to their honor and the
cause of humanity. (Hear, hear.)
Lord John ltussell, in reply, said : With
regard to the correspondence which the hon
| orable member for Bradford wishes to obtain,
j I have to state that I shall he most willing to
1 give it, and it will he presented on Monday
next ; and 1 may further say that that corrcs
' pondence is highly honorable to our consul at
! Charleston. He was placed in a position of
: great difficulty, not being able to acknowledge
the new government which sprung up. but at
: the same time he did not neglect the interests
of British shipping. (Hear, hear.)
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Foreign Insurance Void in Missis
sippi.—The Vicksburg Whig contains the
| following important announcement: “ The
! auditor of (he State of Mississippi recently so
j licitcd the opinion of Attorney-General Whar
| ton on the question whether or not lie had the
power to i>suc licenses to agents of insurance
I companies not located in this State or in one
! of the Confederated States. The Attorney
! General replied in the negative. This will
] seriously affect the security of property, as
nearly all the insurance in this State is there
; by considered void.”
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California Exports.—We notice that
the ship Mooulight, which sailed from San
Francisco lor Hong Kong on the 19th of
February, was lad At in part with 140.000
: feet of lumber, 50.000 flasks of quicksilver,
S150,000 in specie, aud 400 deceased Chiua
men’s remains.
,l_v 0IID1XACE
To provide for holding an election in the State '-j
Arkansas, for the purple of takin31*%f ^co-op
the people of the State on the op
eration” or “secession „
p , by the people of the State
‘ ,..’usas in convention assembled, lhat an
election shall be held in all the counties in this
State, on Monday, the third day of August, 1861,
at which tlie question of co-operation or seces
sion shall be submitted to the peopleof the State
which election shall be held and conducted, in all
respects, in accordance with the laws of the State,
now in force, prescribing the manner of holding
elections; Provided, that the sheriffs of the sev
eral counties shall be required to give at least
thirteen days notice of the time and places of
holding said election by advertisement thereof as
required by law for ordinary elections.
lie it further ordained, That the ballots or
tickets to be used shall be endorsed “for
co-operation” or “for secession," from which bal
lots count shall be made by the judges, and they
shall ascertain how many are cast for co-opcr
ation and how many are cast for secession at
their respective precincts, and shall duly certify
the result of said count and make return thereof
to the clerk of their respective counties, who
shall open and compare said returns us they are
now required by law to open and compare the
other elections : and each clerk shall make an ab
stract of the vote of his county, upon the ques
tion of secession or co-operation, and t■ ’e the
same the in his office ; and shall also, at the same
time, make under his seal, and deliver to the del
egate or delegates from bis county to this conven
tion, a copy of said abstracts, to be returned by
them to the office of the Secretary of State, as
hereinafter provided.
6. Be it further ordained, That the delegates
to this convention shall be made special return
ing officers, to bring up the certified vote of their
respective counties on the question of co-opera
tion or secession, to the office of Secretary of
State; which vote, from all the counties, shall be
opened and counted by the secretary of state, in
presence of the Governor, Auditor and Treasu
rer, or any two of them, on Monday, tlie 18tli
day of August, 1861; and said officers, or any
three of them-hall certify to the President ol
this convention,when the same shall be again con
vened, as hereinafter provided, the whole num
ber of votes cast in the State for co-operation,
and the whole number cast for secession : and
if from any cause, any delegate shall be unable
to bring up the vote of his county, as herein pro
vided. he shall have power, and it shall be bis
duty to appoint a special messenger to be the
bearer of the same, in his stead; and if from
any comity, then the clerk of said county shall
appoint a messenger to bring up the vote thereof.
4. Be it further ordained, That the delegates,
or other messengers, who shall bring up the votes
of the different counties, shall receive the same
111!, '.ML!1 * ' J’l 1 i » lUr i l-V* ‘ ■ ’ » v **0
officers by tlie act of the General Assembly call
ing this Convention.
■>. Be it further ordained. That if it shall ap
pear, when the result of said election shall be
made known to this Convention, that a majority
of all the legal votes cast in the State have been
east for “secession,” then, in that event, such
vote shall be taken to be instructions to this con
vention to pass an act of immediate secession,
ami the convention shall at once pass an ordi
nance dis- Iviti; the connection existing between
the Slate of Am :-a- and the Federal Govern
ment, known i • 1 lited States of America,
but if a majority of all the legal votes have been
cast for "co-operation,” then this convention
shall immediately take such steps ns may be
deemed proper to further co-operation with the
border, or unseceded slave States, in order to se
cure a permanent and satisfactory adjustment of
the sectional controversies disturbing the coun
try.
ti. He it further ordained, That the President
of this convention be, and is hereby instructed,
to issue bis proclamation, within ten days after
the adoption of this ordinance, to the sheriffs of
the several counties in the State, requiring them
to hold an election, in their respective counties,
in conformity to the provisions of this ordinance.
7. lie it further ordained. That when this con
vention shall adjourn, it shall adjourn to meet on
the 17th day of August, 1801.
Itossol it (l<»iass A <1<»p t <-<l y t lio c
< omcntioii, Altirrh MO. lHtil.
Whereas. The States of Virginia and Missou
ri, in i invent ions assembled, haveeallcd upon the
border slave States, iu-wit: Delaware. Maryland.
Nin th Carolina, Tennessee. Kentucky and Arkan
sas, to accomplish a satisfactory adjustment of
tiiij lull vrl»*«sK till < i**i *»» **»»*!
j destruction to our once happy and prosperous
t iiinn : and whereas, the {State of Virginia,
through her c,invention, has named the 27th day
! of May next, at Frankfort, Kentucky, as a suita
ble time and place for holding a conference or
convention of said border slave States, for the
purpose, if possible, of determining upon a plan
| of adjustment whicu shall be fair and equitable
j to all the States.
Am> whereas, TheStateof Missouri, animated
by i like patriotic desire to obtain a speedy nd
! ju-i meut of our difficulties, has appointed com
nii'-ioncr- instructed to represent her in such
border State convention, at such time and place
as may be agreed upon by two or more of said
border slave States.
AVsd/i rt/, By the people of the State of Arkan
sas in convention assembled, That we accede to
the propositions of the States of Virginia and
Missouri for the holding of a convention of the
border slave States, declaring it to be our desire
and purpose to co-operate with said border States
in an earnest effort to settle the unhappy contro
versy'- now distracting our country, in the spirit
in which the Constitution of our Union was orig
inally framed, and consistently with its principles,
and in such a manner and upon such a basis as
shall secure to (lie-people of the Southern or slave
i holding States, adequate guarantees of their
rights.
A- That, in accordance with the sugges
tion of the State of Virginia, we propose Frank
fort, Kentucky, and the 27th day of May next, as
a suitable place and time for holding said confe
rence or convention of the border slave States.
AV.m/ci /, That this convention elect fire com
missioners. or delegates, whose duty it shall be,
when notified by the President of this conven
tion. that a majority of said border States have
acceded to the proposition of the States of Vir
ginia and Missouri for holding a border State
convention, to repair to the city of Frankfort, ot
to Midi other place as may be agreed upon, on
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or “!i tiny other day llttii may be agreed upon, to
meet such commissioners, or delegates, as may be
appointed by said border slave States, for the
purpose of deliberating upon the matters herein
after referred to.
Revolved, That if said commissioners or dele
gates, after a full and free conference, shall agree
upon any plan of adjustment, or upon any course
of uetion to be pursued by said State, thou the
commissioners or delegates hereby appointed,
shall report che same to an adjourned session ol
this convention hitherto provided for.
Resolved, That the President of this convcn
l ion be instructed to transmit, immediately, copies
of these resolutions to tbe executives of the sev
1 erul States hereinafter named, with the request
! that said executives inform him, as soon as prac
' ticable, of the action of their respective States
! in reference to the proposition for a border slave
State convention, and that, when informed that a
■ majority of said States have agreed upon a time
and place for holding such convention, he sliail
forthwith inform the commissioners or delegates
elected under the provisions of the third resolu
tion above of that fact.
! Revolved, That the commissioners or delegates,
herein provided for shall receive, for their ser
vices whilst in attendance on the sittings of said
border State convention, the same pay, both as to
, per diem and mileage, as is allowed, to be paid
upon the certificates of the President of this
convention, out of any moneys in the State treas
ury not otherwise appropriated.
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K vnsas Senator.—Marcus J. Parrott
! will probably be one of tbe United States
Senator from tbe new State of Kansas. lli
qualifications ibr the station may be found in
tlie following paragraph from tbe Republican
paper in Leavenworth : Tbe assertion that
Mr. Parrott counselled concession and concil
iation while in Washington is au infamous
lie, and we dare them to prove it. Mr. Par
rott attended tbe caucus of Republican Con
I gressmen, and voted against every measure
which favored lowering the Republican stan
' dard or backing down from the Chicago plat
form.”
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Looking Oft for No 1.—At the late
session of the Illinois Legislature the mem
bers, among other acts of extravagance, votetl
themselves a gold pen each, valued at §15.
Some of the members, who had no especial
use, for gold pens, effected a “ dicker ” with
the jeweler furnishing them, for table-spoons,
castors, and the like articles of household
value.
“new advertisements.
MASOSIC YOTICE!
There will be a regular con- a
vocation of Des Arc Chapter, No. 'hYKSf
R. A. M., at the Masonic Hall, in Des Arc,/ ▼
on Wednesday, the 3d of April, at 10 o'clock.
Companions in good standing, are invited to
attend By order of the II. P.
mh28-11_D, W. MUNROK, Sec’y.
AITEYTIOY! COMI’AYY “E.”
-VTOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO ^
X appear in the Town of Des Arc, on A
Saturday, the Cth day of April, 1801, armed
and equipped as the law directs.
By order of the Captain. Jck^
W. W. WA1R, Captain.
B. F. Pitman, Ord. Ser’gt.__11|[| gl'-t
I , A S T C’ A I> L.
W IT II or T MORE MO YE VI
4 LL THOSE INDEBTED EITHER TO THE
J\_ late firm Washer, Vaughan & Co., or R. C.
McCarley & Co., will make payment by the 15th
of April," or they will be sued without discrimina
tion. Pay your debts if you wish to save cost,
mh 29-tf. R. C. McCARLEY & CO.
HORACE P. VAUGHAN,
Real Estate & General Collecting Ag’t.,
DES ARC, ARRAYS AS.
Will give Prompt Attention all Business entrusted to film.
Office on buena vista street, opposite
Dry Goods Store of M’C’arley, Drown Co.
4 I.L PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE ESTATE
of John W- Wallace, deceased, are hereby
notified to come forward and settle, or their
claims will be put in the hands of an officer for
collection, in twenty day?.
HORACE P. VAUGHAN, Adm’r.
4 LL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE ESTATE
A of William L. DeWoody, deceased, are here
by notified to come forward and settle, or their
claims will be placed in the hands of an officer for
collection, in twenty days.
HORACE*!’. VA UGII \N. Adm'r.
4 LL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE L ATE
/\ firm of J. A. Jennings & Co., are hereby
j notified that their notes and accounts are garni
| sliced in mv hands, and am instructed to bring
suit on them immediately; and if they do not
| come forward in twenty days’ time and settle,
i they will have to settle with an officer.
HORACE P. VAUGHAN, Ag’t.
t LL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE OLD
XX firm of Washer & Vaughan, are hereby re
1 guested to settle their indebtedness by hte loth
i day of April next, or the will be sued.
HORACE P. VAUGHAN.
IS6I SPRING S SUMMER TRADE. 1361
LARGEST STOCK IN TIIE MARKET.
HAYLEY & ERWIN,
Corner Buena Vista and Lyon Streets,
DCS tilt, ARKANSAS.
1 RE NOW RECEIVING AND OPENING ONE
. V of the largest assortments of
SPRING AM) SIMMER GOODS:
Ever bought for the trade of Do? Are and sur
; rounding country. Every one who wants Dry
Goods. Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, llard
, ware, Queensware, Cutlery, and
NOTIONS or tl.I; KINDS!
, Can be supplied at prices too reasonable to be
grumbTed at. We have also a general assortment
of Literary, Religious,
SC HOOL ROOKS & STATIONERY',
W hich will be sold at cheap rates. Having
bought our goods in the most favorable markets,
we ire prepared to supply the wants of purcha
sers at the most liberal rates. Call in and look
j for yourselves. nih fit>-tf
HARD TIMES! HARD TIMES!
IMMEXSE STOCK OF GOODS:’
JOHN JACKSON, ROBINSON & CO.,
ISuena X'isita ^Street,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I 1 RE JUST RECEIVING AND OPENING A
XV. large stock of
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS
Which have been purchased with an eye to th<
hard times, ami will be sold to purchasers at pri
ces suitable to the length of purses.
Their assortment consists, in part, of
LADIES' SILKS AND DRESS GOODS
i *
i Of all qualities, styles, and fashions: also,
IB onnets,
i
Of the most beautiful patterns. Their stock o
Gentlemen’s Goods,
CLOTHING, HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES
I Is very large, and from which they can suit even
one in want of any article in this line.
They have also in store any article in th<
way of
Hardware, Quecusware and Cutlery
which the house-keepers of Des Arc, Prairh
county, and surrounding country, can possibl;
stand in need of.'
They are in earnest when they inform the pub
lie that their stock was bought to sell again at tin
lowest possible living prices. If the quality am
price of their goods and articles of merchandiz
generally do not suit, nothing is charged for look
ing. So come in and examiue. mh’J'J-tf
JOHN C. CARTER,
Attorney-at-Law
MEMPHIS, TENN.
OFFICE IN THE ADAMS EXPRESS BUILD
» mavS-Om
MEMPHIS ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. W. ARMSTRONG & CO.,
(Successors to Edmondson and Armstrong,)
Leather and Shoe Findinss, Etc.,
2ri Main St., Memphis, Tenn.,
SIGN OF THE GOLDEN STIRRUP,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
SADDLERY, HARDWARE,
Tanners' Tools, ami Curriers’Tools
and Findings, Hides and Oils.
Keep constantly on hand a full
assortment of
FRENCH CALF SKINS,
AMERICAN CALF SKINS,
PAD SKINS,
DEER SKINS,
CHAMOIS SKINS,
LINING SKINS,
topping SKINS,
HEMLOCK SOLE LEATHER,
OAK SOLE LEATAER,
HARNESS LEATHER,
SKIRTING LEATHER,
WAX UPPER LEATHER,
ENAMELED LEATHER,
BRIDLE LEATHER,
Patent Leather or all Kinds and Colors
Which we offer as low as can be bought in St.
Louis or Cincinnati, and lower than can be bought
in this city, having superior facilities in buyihg
| our stock.
Agents for the sale of
1 GUM AND
MACHINE STITCHED,
LEATHER,
GIN AND
MILL BANDS,
GUM-IIOSE AND
PACKING.
Of all sizes, which we are selling at manufac
turers’ prices.
- ■ ■ —
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
We have now on hand a full stock of Saddles
and Harness, and arc offering inducements to per
sons wanting goods in this line. We wouM call
particular attention to an assortment of Wagon,
Stage and Dray harness of our own manufacture.
Persons wanting goods in our line will find it to
ibiitmi to examine our stock before pur
chasing elsewhere.
marS-fim. .T. W. ARMSTRONG & CO.
f7h. clark & co.,
FKBIUARY 15, 1SG1.
\G. 1, CUlUi'SmKRLC BLOCK.
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
We invite special attention lo our
TNJerw- Stools.,
Which is full and complete in all its branches.
Our leading articles are:
WATCHES, JEAVELERY, DIAMONDS,
SILVERWARE,
Hit Ciootls,
GUNS, PISTOLS,
CUTLERY,
CLOCKS,
SPECTACLES,
FANCY GOODS, ETC.
FI IS 3 ARTS.
"VYr-® have on exhibition in our PHTMtE
GALLERY many clioiee specimens of
the art. and can furnish Pictures from the Minia
ture to Lite Size, either from the original or a pic
ture. with the rare combination of correct like
nesses and superior finish. nik8-6ta
PIANOS AND MUSIC!
255 M4FY STREET.
J as. a. McClure
FTUKES PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO
A the public that his arrangements are such as
to enable him to sell the best Pianos manufactured
in America, viz: Steinway & Sons’, John B. Dun
ham s, and A. II. Gale & Co. s, at the lowest prices.
IDs stock of Sheet Alusic and small Musl
C'iil instruments is the largest in the South,
and receiving additions daily, all of which will be
: sold at New York prices, freight only added. Sat
i isfaction guaranteed in all instances.
Tuning and repairing all kinds of musical in
| struments, both in and out of the house, done by
I competent men.
Call at 255 Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee,
; and be convinced. [Mar8-lv.
! | J. SI. GOGGIN. 1>. C. TRADER. B. W. L. HOLT.
GOGGIN, TRADER & HOLT,
Cotton and Tobacco Factors,
a n o c i: n s,
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
k
1 No. 16 Front Row, MEMPHIS, TENN.
TTTEEKLY ACCESSIONS RECEIVED through
* * out the season to their already large am
desirable stock of Tobacco, Bagging, Rope, Su
gar. Coffee, Molasses, Bacon, Salt, Whisky, Flour
and Plantation Supplies generally. Will Ston
Cotton, Leaf Tobacco and other Produce in ou
commodious Warehouse on Union Street, in sigh
- of their business house, No. lfi Front Row. W<
Store and Sell Cotton at Toe per bale. no 30-1i
DE8 4R€ 4DVERTISEMe^
Dl^S AKC^ITv^
DRUG STORE
To Physicians, Druggists, Merchant;,
I* L A A T E X? S,
AND THE PUBLIC GENERAL^
Your attention i« respectfully invited to one •'
the best selected stocks of fresh
i
drugs, MfiDicnJ
FRENCH, GERMAN & AMERICAN
CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINE?
TOILET ARTICLES,
PERFUMERY, CRUSHES,
DENTAL & SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
GLASS, GLASSWARE, PAINTS, Oils,
DYE STUFFS, Etc., Etc.
and all other article* pertaining to the Drugbnv
ness, lately received, and now offered at the
DES ARC CITY DRUG STORE,
At WHOLESALE OR RETAIL
ON ACCOMODATING TERMS.
A CHOICE LOT OF
Segars, Chewing & Smoking Tobacco.
—
ALSO, ALL KINDS OF SUPERIOR
LKQIORS FOR 31FDICAI* FSES,
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
; Orders from a Distance *111 Kceclre Prompt Attention'.
AND Tilt GOODS 1'OltWAHDEI. WlTHOl'I Dr.LAT.
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS
Compounded of the purest and best material!,
with accuracy and despatch, at
ill Hours of Hit* Hay or Xight!
| nov 3-1 y. JOHN It. PERKINS.
N E \\ STOIi El
ENTIRELY NEW STOCK!!!
We have just opened our new stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
which consists, in part, of
KERSEYS, WOOLSEY?,
HOME-MADE JEANS,
KENTUCKY JEANS, SATINETS, i
LINSE YS,
AND GEORGIA PLAIDS.
I.SO, A FINE ASSORTMENT OF POPLIN?.
De Berages, Merinocs, Scetch Plaid Alpacas
etc., etc., etc.
ALSO, A COMPLETE SfOCK 01
CLOTHING!!
A better assortment cannot be found. Also, d*
largest stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES! *
| In the market. We kindly solicit all who wi** .;
purchase to give us a call, and examine
our goods and prices.
TAYLOR & CO.,
nov 3-tf. Dcs Arc, Arkansas^
HONEY ! MONEl Ii MONEY !
4 LL THOSE INDEBTED EITHER TO J"1
a V firm of Washer, Vaughan & Co., or B- 1
McCarley & Co., for 1860, will please come f°r‘ &
ward and pay up, as we are compelled to
money to pay our debts.
jan 25, ’Gl-t'f._B. C. MrCAKLEVj^- |
COERCION OR MOT COERCION1
This is to inform all those who t
owing me, either by note or account, toc° *
forward by the 28th of February next and Tj 1
up,or they will have to pay the same to an 1
Money I must have to pay my debts. A w°r 1
the wise is sufficient. „
l jan!8-tf]JNO. A.
LOOK SHARP!
ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO ME. EIT^
by note or account, will come up by tn« #{ I
of January next and pay me, or they will *
t in the hands of an officer for collection.
dcc7 tf GEO. W. YA^L
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