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The Constitutional Union.
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DES ARC, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1801.
The editor of this paper has not got back as
Yet from Memphis, where lie has been fora few
ckya past on business connected with the office,
but will be home again before the next paper.
Under these circumstances, we hope the pub
lic will bear with us.
. The Convention Election.
(jL’ho election on Monday last was the most
important one which has taken place in the
State since her admission into the Union, and
from the interest which the people every
where took in it. we doubt not that they are
fully aware of the danger in which we are in
volved. We are in possession, as yet. of no
reliable news from the other parts of the
State, but we aie confident that the assem
bling of a Convention has received the sanc
tion of the people, and that the election of
secession members to the Convention has been i
accomplished. The time for Arkansas to take i
a bold front has arrived—longer delay is dan
gerous, for the 4th of March will soon be at
hand, when the people of Arkansas, by re
maining in. will be compelled to bear arms '
against their brethren. The river counties
are unanimous in favor of immediate seees- ;
sion, no Union candidate running at all. !
while in our own, one of the most devoted in
the State to the Federal Government, the un
conditional Union candidate received but
twenty-five votes.' Mr. Totten, the candidate
of the conditional secessionists, has been
elected in this county, and the condition on
which he will vote fur the State to remain in
the Union is now despaired of by the most
fsnguine. We arc compelled tc secede in
defense of our rights, the alternative has been
forced upon us. hope no longer remains, and
in a few days our connection with the Federal
Government will be severed forever.A
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“ Prepare for War.”—The Louisville
Courier states that a citizen of Kentucky be
ing recently on a visit to Springfield, Illinois,
called on Mr. Lincoln, and had some con
versation with him in resravd to the political
events of the times. In answer to Lincoln’s
inquiry whether Kentucky would make com
mon cause with the other Southern States, in
the event the Federal Government should at
tempt the recapture of the Southern forts,
the Kentuckian replied unhesitatingly that
she would. “THEN,” said Lincoln, -LET
KENTUCKY PREPARE FOR WAR.”
This corresponds with the declarations he
is reported to have made at various points on
his way to Washington City. He has inti
mated that the policy of his Administration
will he coercive, and that the South is to be
compelled back into the old Union by iorce
of arms, if the result 'can he effected in no
other way.
3Jr. Lincoln evidently entertains the erro
neous idea common to many persons in the
North that the movement in the South is noth
ing more than a temporary ebullition of passion
-that it is sporadic and irregular—that it is sim
ply an outburst of popular excitement soon to be
extinguished, lie is evidently not aware that
it is the deliberate purpose of the South, of
the best and leading men in -i
Whatever cost, the independence which they
have declared. It is a fatal error that he and
his pari izans are committing. The people of
the South beg quarter from no man and no
nation. They know they arc able to defend
themselves, and, conscious of the justness of
their cause, they will die in the last ditch be
fore they will yield. '1 he proclamation has
gone forth from the leader of the Abolition
herd, and it now remains to be seen whether
the South will accept the challenge. It is to
be seen, too, whether Virginia, the mother of
statesmen, and the other border States arc
to sit by patiently and see the invasion of the
cotton States, the ravaging their scacoast and
the burning of their towns. And for what S’
Because they were not able to get their riirhls
in the I nion. and preferred to secede rather
submit to tlic rule of a free negro. Arkansas
lias just spoken, and we doubt not she too
bids defiance to the impotent rage of tlie
lunatics of the North., divided by internal dis
putes. We are arc reliably informed by a
gentleman just from 1 clow that the States of
-Mississippi aiiu Louisiana resemble one vast
military camp, and preparations for defense
are everywhere to be seen. We earnestly
hope the Republican leaders may take heed,
and not attempt to carry out t.eir ambitious
designs on a deeply-injured and brave people.
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Arkansas Election.
The vote in this township i> as follows:—
Gantt, (secessionist) 145; Totten, (secession)
90; Quisenberry, (Union) 7; Convention
215; no Convention 9.
A large number of votes were east against
convention, at Fayetteville. Great enthusi
asm was manifested over the Stars and Stripes.
Parties paraded the streets under the flag
i»f the Union.
The vote of Madison. St. Frances county,
was—lor Convention 155; no Convention
9; Laughinghouse, (secessionist) 159; Shel
ton, (secessionist) 110.
In Helena, Phillips county, the vote stands
thus; Hanley 262; Adams 281 ; Rlaohburn
228; Rice 118; Convention 368; no Con
vention 71.
Well-Preserved.—Ex-President Tyler
is described as bearing his great age with re
markable grace. He is the same slim, tail
looking, high-bred Virginia gentleman, his
striking features still showing a high degree
of mental activity. He has that characteristic
which Napoleon 1. considered the mark of
intellectual superiority—a prominent nose. His
eye is keen and gentle, and reflects the ani
mal vigor which is undiniinished by age.
Notwithstanding the political excite
ment which at present prevails in this section
of the country, says The Vicksburg Whig,
our business community are not permitting
themselves to be wholly estranged from their
legitimate vocations. At present there are
indications of a brisk spring business.
An Irish lover remarked that ,t is a great
pleasure to be alone, especially when your
“ swate-heort is wid ye."
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The Southern Nominations.—The :
Vicksburg AVhigj though for twenty, years
opposed to the views and policy of the South
ern Confederacy, is willing to give him a fair
trial. Of the nomination it says :
“ Sinee his first entrance into public life.,
twenty years ago, this journal has been a con
sistent opponent of the views held and policy ,
advocated by .Tetfcrson Davis. But we intend
to let by-goncs be by-goncs, and shall keep
ourself free to advocate or oppose any me as- ’
urc his Administration may espouse, free of
past prcjud.ecs. We desire to see the new
government Succeed, and nothing that can be
done by us to promote that object shall he
left undone; much less will it be in us to
throw any obstacle in the way of its accom
plishment. or excite any opposition to its suc
cess. AN c intend to give the President a fair
and impartial trial—as ready to applaud his
meritorious as to censure his impolitic actions, j
Alexander II. Stephens, the second officer
in the new Confederacy, would have graced
the fiast station. He is one of the purest
statesmen of the land, n patriot and a man ;
above reproach. If the ambition of Davis is
curbed by the sagacity, prudence and virtue
of Stephens, the new government will be a
success. J.et them call around them, in the
organization of the do- -nts, such men as
will give confidence ai y to the peo
ple. and all will bo well. Lot them act with
an eye single to the ' of the country,
and tlie evils attend; revolution will
have been passed, am blessings will be
in full view before us.”
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Too Good to he Lost.—Governor An
drew. of Massachusetts, is in hot water about
his military order intended to menace the
South. Among many letters of patriotic
military men in the State, is one from Cap
tain Charles II. Manning, of the Salem Artil
lery. He says:
‘•They, the Salem Light Artillery, arc now
filled with astonishment at the alacrity with ■
which Massaelni-cts offers her services in the j
war against her brethren. That she who,
swept on by political rancor, proposed to shut
up her arsenals and her store-houses, and bury j
every military ensign in the dusty seclusion
of deserted aruipries, while a foreign foe was
sweeping our seas, destroying our towns and i
devastating our fields—that should now rush .
to arms against those of her fellow-citizens
who ask for a position equal with her own uu- I
der the Confederation, is as strange and un
natural as that national madness which vents !
itself in the horrors of civil strife. That she
wlm :inrl ili-fri'il lltr* 1 mon While
it was in the hands of her political opponents,
should now he so eager to light for its .preser
vation. is something significant.-’
A Specimen Brick of Henry Warm
Beecher.—Henry Ward Beecher went to
Boston a few days ago. and addressed the
citizens of that place at a meeting in Tremont
Temple, as follows :
“ ITider any General Government the
South must take sides against the North. One
side or the other shall tool it. I might coii
conceive that the devil and an angel might
ride together with one horse—thanks to the
angel and not the devil. The North is not
quite an angel, and the South is quiti a </< <•//,
so they can't ride on the one Constitution.
The Constitution cannot serve liberty and sla
very at the same time. [Laughter, applause
and hisses.] Put your personal liberty bills ;
through the courts. If they cannot find their
unconstitutionality, d > not change them.
[Applause.] Why not? Why should you
change them ? If they arc unconstitutional,
don't change a hair of them. It is not the
time to cliangP front. [Applan-e.] 1 hate
and abhor that iniquitous instrument of hell,
the fugitive shiv*. ! .«•
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Commerce of Charleston—Wno Col
lects the Revenue There ?—There must
be some mistake in the statement that the
foreign commerce of Charleston is. for the
time being, at an end—and a mistake, 1 ke
wise, that the State Custom house is n it col
lecting revenue; for we observe, in the mar
ine list of The Mc.cury. t f the arriv'd, <n
Friday last, of several vessels from foreign
ports; one from Liverpool, with an us er el
cargo; another from Car lift, Wales, with rail
mad iron ami coal (both of which pay duty.]
and several from West India ports.
Since the above was written the Charles
ton papers of Monday come to hand with an
official statement from Collector Colcock,
which establishes the fact beyond jier,adven
ture that the State is in the full exercise o^
its “sovereignty” in the matter of collecting
the revenue from f nc'gn imports. Between
SOI),000 and $70,000 lias been colleetc I since
the ordinance of secession was adopted.
[Now York Express.
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Cheap Patriotism.—"1 lie New Hamp
shire Patriot, referring to the resolutions
] a -c 1 by the Massachusetts Legislature, ten
dering the President men and money to main
tain the Government in the present crisis, ob
serves that this is very cheap patii ti in, if
the thinnest kind. 'J he authorities of that
.State ate prompt to promote and prosecute a
war against a portion of our own people; but
when the country has been eniraacd in War
with l'oreieu nations, their conduct was just
the reverse. They refuse 1 to allow their
troops to aid in detense of the country in the
War of 1*12—14; and in the Mexican war
private charity had to he solicited for means
to clothe and feed her citizens who volunteered
to fight the battles of the country. True pa
triotism would prompt that State to lend her
aid to avert civil war, by repealing her per
sonal-liberty laws, and aiding in the peaceful
settlement of existing difficulties.
[Richmond (Ya ) Dispatch.
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Trade of Arizona and Mf.silla Val
ley.—The Arizona papers are filled with re
joicings over the grant uf the free transit of
merchandize through the State of Sonora,
Mexico. Ihe Mesilla Valley Times says:
“ It will open up communications with Cal
ifornia, through Guaymas in Sonora, and of
fers to us a cheap transportation for copper,
and brings us some two or three hundred miles
nearer navigation. To the mining companies
of the western port of the Territory, it is of
immense value, as the freight on their goods
and machinery from Port Lavaca, Texas, has
been fifteen cents per pound, while from
Guaymas it will never be over from three to
five cents. We learn that a stage line is to
be immediately put in operation between
Guaymas and Tuecon.
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TnE Decision or Texas.—The Calves
✓
ton News of Tuesday last says:
“ From present appearances, there will he
no organized or decided opposition to seces
Mon, in the election to take place in Texas the
2<>d inst. rlhe Union men find overtures
from the North too slow and unsatisfactory to
afford any encouragement of a settlement of
our present difficulties in the Union ; and the
public mind seems to be no longer divided.
The Southern Convention, now in session at
Montgomery, organized on the 4th. hv the
election of Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia,
President, and J. J. Hooper. Esq., of Ala
bama, Secretary. Mr. Cobb, on taking the
chair. sa:d he regarded the separation of the
seceding States as *• perfect and ] erpctual.”
'ih;s is, doubtless the idea of the whole Con
vention.’'
The CoTTox-CAHiinxu Trade.—We find
the following somewhat suggestive statements,
in relation to the cotton-carrying trade, in a
Pittsburgh cotemporary: #
The secession movement bids fairly to
change altogether the route of so much of the ,
cotvn crop of the South as was wont Do find
its way via New Orleans and Charleston to
the eastern States. Instead of tak-ing the sea- j
board route now, shippers have their cotton j
brought to Pittsburgh by river from Memphis,
and sent hence Ly the Pennsylvania Railroad ;
to Philadelphia. Large (quantities are also
carried over the Central Illinois, Southern
Michigan and Grand Trunk railways, and (
from Parkcnsburgh over the Raltim ire and
Ohio road. '1 he distance is accomplished with ■
incredible speed, and the rates hut little
hi niter than under the old system. 'I here
are three steamers running regularly between
Pittsburgh and Memphis, all of which get as
much cotton as they can carry for the icturn
trip. Resides the e the transient steamers
bring up more or less every trip ; so that, be
tween all, the (jiun by at riving heio every :
week now is large beyond t receJent.
In November, as we find by the books of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, six thousand one
hundred and six bales went over that lute
The amount ship-pci in I’cceinicr, owing to
the condition of the river, was hut three tlcm
sand and sixty six hale -; hut in January it
reached eight thousand nine hundred aud
fifty-one, so that for the last thico months we
have a total of eighteen thousand one bundled
and twenty-three bales. 'J here are three
thousand bales on their way here now, and ,
much more lying at Memphis and Cincinnati, ;
the whole destined for Philadelphia, New
Vork, Lowell, etc., via the Central road. And
with all this the business has hut begun to de
velop itself. Six months hence, should the
] resent troubles continue, and the great bulk
of the cotton-carrying trade of the seceding
seaboard cities will take the inland route to
the eastern states.
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Forty Men Lost in the Snow.—The
Manchester (England) Guardian, oi the 19th
January, has the following:
Perhaps no more severe weather was ever
experienced on the \ orkshire moors than that
which prevailed during the past week. 'I lie
snow-storms were continuous and heavy, occa
sionally attended with thunder, and in some
of the valleys, the drifts i-f snow are stiii
twenty feet deep. All traffic was stoppe 1.
and the partridges and grouse were driven oil
the moors hv scores, and were nicked up in
the streets ot Mai ton half dead with cold and
hunger. Vast numbers of crows and other
birds were found dead. 'J he works on the i
Rosedale railway, now in course of formation,
have been entirely suspended, and the labo
rer' reduced to great distress. Forty of these
men were driven from the works to seek shel
ter at the Esklitt huts, on the bleak moors,
where it seems they were siiown over and
could not escape, 1 heir continued absence
caused a search party to set off over the
moors, and by dint of great labor, a passage
was made to the huts, where, on the door be
ing opened, the poor fellows were found in a
very exhausted condition. They had been
prisoners for two days and nights, and had
eaten their last provisions and used their
last fuel.
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The Sueth Carolina Secretary- or
Sty e.—Colonel (}. G. Memmii ger. the Sec
retary of State in the South Carolina cabinet,
is a German, born at Wirt cm berg. January
Tiii. 1 Slid. lie v.as brought to this country
when a child, and, at the age of nine years,
both parents having died, he became an
inmate of the Orphan Asylum at Charleston,
lie was adopted into the lamily of Governor
'1 lioiiias I’cnnett, by whom lie was educated
ill till! South Caroinei ...A!.*...* <.r.; 111jti•
IsJO. lie commence 1 the practice of law in
Clnrio'ton in 1S2 >. During the nuli.ticatiun
e uili.ct of 1S;52—’J. he was a leader of the
Cnion party, and author of * ’lhe JJook of
Nullification”—a work satirizing the advo
cates of the doctrine of nullification in bibli
cal style. lie ha^liUed various cilices of
trust in South Carolina up to this time. For
nearly twenty rears lie was at the head ol the |
lin.ince committee ot' the lower house of the j
legislature, from which he reti 1 c l .n lSd2.
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The Hmereor or Fa ante on Skates.—
1 he Paris corre-pondeiii ot ’1 he l.o.i Ion lie
aid. writing on the Dith. gives the follow.n«
account ot the in.inner la wh.cli Napoleon 1 i\l
sometimes d.veris li in elf. ’1 lie Einpcroflj
Napoleon arrived at the lake in the Rots d< J
Roulo.;uo about thice I’. M. on Friday, in a ;
pla u chariot drawn by two horses, and unat- |
tended by an escort, lie alighted from his
carriage and crossed the lake on his skates.
He was soon recognize I by sonic men wear
ing blou-cs. who raised a cry of “ Here is the
Emperor! Vive l’Empercur!” The cry at
tracted universal attention, and every body
ran and every body cheered. '1 he Emperor
continued to skate, apparently delighted with
the enthusiastic reception lie met with. The
Emperor seeing a child in a sledge, pushed
forward by a nursery maid, took the place of.
the servant and drove the sledge Having i
II* I /• n I .1 le I
.HUH' 4 14 1 lll <"l I IU1 lilA’UV II.Ill till lllltu, IIJII1C
like ;t school-boy enjoy,ng ;t holiday than an
Emperor, he left as tjmoily as lie came. ,
'i here were several lu.-hionubly dres.-cd Eng
lish ladies among the skaters.
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IIow Boston .M kih.ti.ynts Treat South
erners.—1 uder this head the last Boston
Commercial Bulletin says: *• A prominent
merchant from Charleston, South Carolina,
being in this city on business a few days
since, was arrested by a New York house j
under the new law. winch admits the arrest of
a debtor in any .State. The arrest was made
on an old claim which the Charleston mer- 1
chant did not acknowledge as just. Immcfii
ately on hearing of the same, one of the lead
ing firms in this city came forward and gave
bonds in the. sum of $20,UUO, and the mer- j
chat was released. \\ c think there are hut !
few Boston merchants who, at this time,
would take .lie steps that the New Yorkers
did. Boston may not uphold the recent acts
of the State of South Carolina, hut we believe
our merchants are none the less ready to
extend the hand of friendship and assistance
to her business men.”
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Traint.no kor a Tramp to Washing
ton.—E. 1*. \\ cston, the man who is to wa.k
from Boston to Washington within ten days
prior • Lincoln’s inauguration, has been
training himself by a walk from New Haven
to Hartford and back again—74 miles—1
which he accomplished within 24 hours last
week. The deep snow, ice and slosh, did not ^
stop him. and on the way he left a pamphlet
at every house on the road.
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Federal Appointments.—lion. James
M. Brown has been appointed United States
.Marshal, and Granville Wilcox, Esrp, ap
point 1 District Attorney fur the Western
District of Arkansas. Both nominations have
been confirmed by the Senate.
[Van Huron Press.
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Simplicity.—A little girl of four years old
was recently called as a witness in tlie Dur
ham police court, and. in answer to the fjucs
■ ion as ta what^became of little girls who told
lies, she innocently rephed that they were I
sent to bed. ’ }
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JEFFERSON DA 175.
We take the following biographical sketch
uf this eminent statesman from The Missis
si p pi an :
“ Jefferson Davis, who has just been chosen
President of the Southern Confederacy, was
horn June J. 18'J3, in v a at is now 1 odd
county. Kentucky. \\ hde yet an infant, his
father. Samuel Davis, a revolutionary soldier
in Georgia, removed to Mississippi, and set
tled in Wilkinson county. Jefferson Davis
was sent at the usual age to Transylvania col
lege. Kentucky, from which he was transfer
red in 1S:M the Military Academy at M est
Point, which he left in 1SJ3 with the brevet
appointment of second lieutenant. lie was
in the army about seven years, and distin
guished himself in active sen ice on the West
ern frontiers, in the Pluck Hawk and other
Indian wais. With the rank of 1st l.euten
mit of dragoons, lie losignod out of the aimy
in 1 lie then returned to Mississippi,
and became a planter in Warren county,
where lie lived in rcdicment until about 1844,
when ho lint took an active j art in politics
as a 1 cm norat
11 s li st a n carancc as a public speaker was
at a La Let-lie in Warren county, in answer to
il.e celebrate I H. S. Prentiss. On that occa
sion ho sustained 1 .imelf with such ability
and bme li un-elf with sueli gallantry a.a.n.-l
a man wiio was legarcied as a Sort or M a pole
mi ui' stump oratory on the Whig side of pol
itics, that ho at once attracted genera! atten
tion. and was soon earnestly uesideratc 1 by ■
the Democratic musses as a cliampion ot i e
mocracv. J*'r< in that moment he became the
Bayard of the Mississippi 1 numeracy—a
leader without fear and leproach—a leader j
equally sagacious and intrepid—a leader I
wlrnm" none knew what that thing was of |
which lie was afraid, unless dishonor—a :
leader who shrank from no fair and open eon- j
test, and who never came ID m battle with a j
lowered crest or a sullied e.-cutebcon.
In 1S44 Jeffers u ! avis wa - clug-cu one of
the Presidential electors of Missis.-ippi, in
which capacity he voted for Polk and i alias. ;
In the succeeding year he was nominated by j
the Democratic party of his State as a candi
date for Congress, was elected, and took his
seat in that body in December.
W bile in (-'engre. - he was foremost among
the members who assisted to organize the war
against Mexico, and in July, Is Hi. when the
1st regiment of Mississippi volunteers was en
rolled tor service in Mexico, he was elected its
Colonel, when lie left Ins seat in the House,
and joining his regiment, !u 1 it to reinforce
ilie army of General Taylor on the Pio
Grande. His services in the armv are bonce
forth matter of history, trom Ins conspicuous
participation in the capture of Monterey to
his brilliant exploit at Buena \ ista. 11 is
conduct on this last field has been alike the
them ■ of adinirutf n to mil:'ary critieGm an I
to martial patriotism. Kcpialiy skillful and
intrepid, his regiment attacked by an im
meuscly superior force, wh.cli they repelled
unsupjiorted. and he lunjself. though wounded,
remained in the saddle until the enemy was
beaten, he was acknowledged to have decided j
the fate of the day, and was warmly mention
ed by General Taylor for Ins remarkable dis
play of coolness and gallantry. It was just
after that action that General Taylor, whose ;
diughter Colonel Davis had married under
circumstances displeasing to her father, cmi- .
sented :■> be reconciled to his long repudiated j
son-in-law.'
On the return of hi regiment in J.dy.
Is-17. Colonel I b.v .a was to micro.I ti.o ap
po.iitmeat Of hi gudici'-geiiei'.d ot volunteers,
which he decline 1 on the ground that the
States and not the FcYral tD-vernmiMit had
the right to ;ij»] oint the oflicers of the mil.:.a.
lie was appointed by the Governor oi M. si -
sinni. in tlm same year, to fill a vacancy in
the I nitc l States Domne. an 1 was af:.-. ward
unanimously elected by the Mis-:.--.ppi f.e .is
lature for the remainder of the term, which
expired March 4, ls">l.
In September. I8f»l, Colonel Davis re
signo 1 Ins seat as Senator on being nominated
lor Govomor by tho seccs-Yn wing of the
Democratic party, in opposition to lieiiry S.
Foote, the t nion canui/ate, and was beaten
by a majority of only WJ vote-, ulth.uigh
the I nion party went into tlie lield will a
majority of Id.o.Hi vo’e . as in licate l by the
c .invention elect.i u a sh >r time before.
( ■lionel i av.s was m le i nienr, then, nut 1
when he leime.ei c'Yetive reiv.ee on
die stum i lot' Geu. D.e:cc a- i emociatie can
didate i >r Di esiitoiit. Appp ' ‘e l to the V> ar
1 onar.meut hv I n -idea: t rie, he eoiu.uu
t «.•
led in that pos.tiuu untd the inauguration of
Dir. Buchanan in 1 >.">7. And it may be
feafely said, no doubt, that n • li ad of tb it de
partment ever adminisicre 1 it.with moie abil
ity, discrimination and energy. No previous
Ailiu.lustration had been > fruitful m ju.be.
ous changes, and whole-sme improvements,
lie revised the army regulations; he intro
duced light infantry, or the rifle system of
tactics; lm caused the uianufaclurc of rifled
ma-kets an I j»i. tola, an i the use of the Minnie
bull ; he introduced the addition of four regi
ments to the army, an I organ re l a cavalry
service peculiarly adaptc i to the wants of the
country ; ho augmented the sea-coast ami
frontier defease of the country, and li.ul the
western part of the continent, explored lbr
scientific, geographical and railroad purposes.
Got. jiav.s was elcetoJ to the Donato by the
Miss.ssippi Legislature tu i>v>u, before his re- j
tircnient Jruni the War Department. 11c
again entered the Senate, theieforc, in 1x57.
tor the to: m ending the 4th of Maivli. 1 St;:J. |
His State having secede 1 from the l/niou in
the early part of last uion4i, Col. 1 avis, on i
being apprized of tlie tact, withdrew from
that body, and announced his withdrawal in a
brief undress of characteristic loftiness of
tone, manliness of sentiment and decision of
utterance.
In testimony of tire eonfi lonce which his
constituents reposed in him. the Mississippi j
Convention elected Col. Davis MajoiyGeneral
of the army of the State, and also transferred !
Ifni to the Senate of the Southern Confede- :
racy. The duties of the former position, lie
devoted himself to. as a member of the mili
tary hoard, immediately on his return from
the scone of his labors in Washington city.
It was while engaged upon the task of organ
izing the military Ibices of his'State, and pre
paring them for active service, that the Con
vention of the seceding States conferred upon
him the high trust of Commander-in-chief of
the army and navy of the Southern Confede
racy.
It is almost needless to refer to the political
opinions and tendencies of the first President
of the Southern Confederacy. Let ii suffice
that, judging from his whole public career,
no man, unless Calhoun or Quitman were liv
ing. could well dispute with him the highest
place in Southern confidence; and that cer
tainly none, dead or living, among Southern
state-men, could he named who, on the score
of administrative ability, arc equally adapted
with him to (ill the high and responsible po
sition to which he has boon called, in an
emergency which impenous’y demands that
the right men shall le in the right places.
The Fowler Defalcation Case.—The
jury in the District Court, on the l-ltli inst.,
rendered a verdict against the Government in
the case of Postmaster Fowler’s bondsmen, on
the ground that Fowler was a defaulter in the
sum of S5\J,UUU when the bonds were signed.
1 he case now goes before the judge .on tlie
law questions. ,
Ho Nr Wm. L. Goggin.— This distin
guished son of the “Old Dominion” recently
gave utterance to the following sentiments,
in a speech delivered in Bedford county :
“ We are now in the midst of a revolution,
and the Union was no longer the bond that
made us one people. "\ irginia then must
take care of herself. * * J honk
heaven, she has strength to do it. with a flag
of her own. and it was a flag that has never
trailed in tire dust. Where that flag would
lead lie would follow, and if it be with a sor
rowful heart—sorrowful at the thought of the
happiness of the past lost—mournful even in
the anticipation of the future yet to he real
ized. it would be with pride that he could
still behold the flag of his blessed mother. *
That flag could protect him and all of us, and i
under its folds he and they would perish, if
perish they must.
lie believed that Virginia should now take
her position. She must take it as a sovereign. 1
independent State.. She should at once, how
ever. and without delay, set about the recon
struction of some Xat.onal Government, in
which she can maintain her position of per
fect equality with her sister States.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CMSSO ldJ<. HON NOTICE!
mm: partnership heretofore exist
1 ing I) 'tween l>rs. Samlers & Neel, is (his day
dissolved l>v mutual consent. t'eb 22 2\v
~LKA\ ES MEMfliiS EVERY SATURDAY.
iilttiu pills, WSiite mill Little Red
ElHe:1 1'acli.ef,
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ELIAS TIIOMASSON, - - Master, j
rnillS FINE FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
1 steamer, having been thoroughly repaired,
will run regularly between Memphis and the vari
ous j oinis on While river throughout the season,
a living at De? Are on Mondays on Iter up trip,
and down on Tuesdays. For freight or passage,
apply on board. fob 22. VJl-tf
RES A RO HOTEL,
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»es lac, tsiEi.ixs.is.
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mine new brick hotel, on tiif. corner
1 of linossa Vista and Foster Streets, elegantly
furnished, is open far the accommodation of
guests.
The location is the host in town, being near the
boat landing; and every effort will be made to
]'b'.a-c the pafrons of the lnmse. The. proprietor
therefore respectfully solicits a liberal share of
public patronage.
Board and Lodging per month, - - $20 00
Hoard ( without Lodging) per month, - lb 00
Hoard and Lodging per week, - - - I OJ
Hoard (without Lodging) per week. - - 5 00
Hoard and Lodging per day, - 2 00
Dinner, - - - - - - 50
Supper, ------ 50
Dread; fast,.50
Lodging, ----- - 5)
Children under twelve years of age, half price.
Persons \ ..•••u big ; r ■ must p>y in advance.
Hoard Hill by the year must be paid monthly—
1. .rd bill by the month must be paid weekly.
Tl e proprietor will be responsible for all arti
cles Ielt in his care, none other,
f b22 if. T. A DODSON. Proprietor.
X> E H A !f (
V K M A LK A (1 A T) E AIY j
I5I3S SALLIE A. DAVIS, Frincipal.
rjMlLS INSTITUTION WILL HE OPENED ON
1 Moa lay next, the 2'Th inst.. for the recep
t ion of pupils. -
TKitM' or TUITION, PI It SESSION UV TWENTY-ONE
WEEKS.
Orthography, Ren hag and Writing, - - $10.00 j
Earl :i (> l:: inir. \ r,t hinet !c. (biography. 12(;0!
Ah: bra a; i ,iie higher I uglish branches. 15 00
French na 1 the hlgiier Mathematics, - - 20 00
Students will he charged from the time of enter
ing :ho,d until the close ot the term, except in
cases of protracted sickness.
UEFEn*NCKs\—Rev. J. Douglass, A. M., Presi
dio i I or' Franklin College. Iloily Springs. Miss.;
lion. J. J. Stcger. North Mt. Pleasant. Mb-.: Col.
M. 1>. Shelby, Cai>on's Landing, Miss.; .1. E.
(iatewoo.l, lisi,.. T. .). Woodson, Des Arc.; J. M.
Coyle, Hickory Plain. Arkansas. U"v2T-2m
MS ABC
MALE ACADEMY,
T, H, OSBORNE, Principal.
mm-: first session of this academy. ■
1. located in Des Are, Prairie county. Arkausas,
commenced January 7, 1801.
Tiie terms of Tuition are $10, $12,50, $15 ami
$20 per session of five mouths.
I’he government of tiie Academy will be strict,
yet mild. The inode of teaching will he strictly !
methodical. Parents will observe that it will be 1
of great advantage to their sons to be entered at
or near the beginning of the session. Parents or
guardians nee 1 not enter their sons or wards un
less subjecting them entirely to the mode of |
in it ruction and of government established in the
school.
Tuition payable from the time of entering till
the end of the session. Deduction in cases of
prolonged sickness. jy-18-y
AT COST A\89 CARRIAGE.
I AM OFFERING MY ENTIRE STOCK OF
1 Dry' Goods at Cost and ten per cent. Every
body is invited to call 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 be
bought exclusively with cash.
nov.J-tf. _LEVIN HARRISON
COERC ION OR XOT t OSIRCIOA !
mills IS TO INFORM ILL THOSE WHO ARE
I owing me, either by .note or account, to come
forward by the 2Sth of February n-.xt and pay
up.or they will have to pay the same to an officer.
Money 1 must have to pay my debts. A word to
the wise is sufficient.
janl8-tt] JNO. A. FRITH.
2S.2X2' .. ! .12 OX Elf !! JIO.\E¥ !!!
i LL THOSE INDEBTED EITHER TO TIIE
1 V firm of Washer. Vaughan N Co., or R. C.
McCarley & Co., for 18Gt», will please come for
ward and pay up, as we are compelled to have
money to pay our debts.
jan 25. "Gl-tf. R. C. MeCART.EY k Co.
LO(Hi S 13 A R I* !
K LL PERSONS INDEBTED TO ME. EITHER
XT. by note or account, will come up by the 1st
of January next and pay me, or they will be put
in the hands of an officer for collection.
dec7-tf GEO. W. VADEN.
wfcw STOREX
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ENTIRELY NEW STOCK!!
We have just opened our new stock of
FALL ANI) Vi INTER GOODS,
which consists, in part, of
KERSEYS, WOOLSEYf,
HOME-MADE JEANS,
KENTUCKY JEANS, SATINETS,
LINSEYS,
AND GEORGIA PLAIDS.
4 LSI). A FINE ASSORTMENT OF POPLINS,
A De Rerag s, Merinoes, Scotch Plaid Alpacas,
etc., etc., etc.
ALSO, A COMPLETE STOCK OF
c i. o t it i rs' g ::
A better assortment cannot be found. Also, the
largest stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES!
In the market. We kindly solicit all who wish to
purchase to give us a call, and examine
our goods and prices.
TAYLOR & CO.,
nov S-tf. Y>es .Vrc, Arkansas.
S A' I. V Y Y I ^Y
cade m ?
E»;j IIRIE ( OS STY, IRK. l\S IS,
I). M'FAYDLN, - Principal.
R. A. Richmond, ... Assistant.
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rnsiE SECOND SESSION OF THE ABOVE
1 Academy will open on Monday, the 4th day
of February next. The Principal Hatters himself
that, having an expet'ience of many years in the
profession of teaching, he will be enabled to give
satisfaction to the patrons of his school. The
Academy is located in a healthy region of coun
try. remote from all those localities of dissipation
and vice, so destructive to the morals of youth,
and in the midst of a community, combining nil >
those virtues that compose a good neighborhood.
No pains will be spared by the teachers to advance
the pupils entrusted to their charge. Special
attention will be directed to have them thoroughly
to understand the elementary principles of all the
branches of Science taught in the school. No
pupil need, apply for rccejjjion who is unwilling
to be either governed or instructed. Pupils will !
lie charged front the time of entrance. No deduc
tion will be made except in case of protracted
illness.
Tl ITION' rtu SESSION Or FIVE MONTHS.
Elementary Branches, - $10 00
Higher English Branches, - - - - 15 00
Languages and Higher Mathematics, - 20 00
Board can lie obtained at front Eight to Ten
Dollars per month.
Oakland Grove, Prairie Co.. Ark. jy 11 T»1 -4t
STOVE AND TIN SHOP!
IV • II . B 11 i* lc
AS REMOVED IIIS TIN SHOP TO THE
house recently occupied by J. W. Wallace,
mu Buena \ ista street, opposite the Nucleus
House, where he is prepared to accommodate the
public with the best articles of
and all other merchandise in his line, ever
brought to this market.
My cooking stoves are immediately front alarge
St. Louis establishment, and [ feel confident that
those who want these convenient articles can suit
themselves from my large assortment. Give me
:i call, and examine before purchasing else
where. nov3 1
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1)ES ARC CITY
DRtTG STORE
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To Physicians, Druggists, Merchant*
I* I. A > T E R S ,
AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.
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Your attention is respectfully invited to one of
the best selected stocks of fresh
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
FRENCH, GERMAN & AMERICAN
CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES
TOILET ARTICLES,
PERFUMERY, BRUSHES
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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 the
DES ARC CITY DRUG STORE,
At WHOLESALE OR RETAIL!
ON ACCOMODATING TERMS.
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A CHOICE LOT OF
Sugars, Chewing A Smoking Tobacco.
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ALSO, ALL KINDS OF SUPERIOR
LItil OKS FOR .liLUIlil, 1 J>LS.
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND,
Orders fror.i a Distance will Receive Prompt Attention! *
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AND THE GOODS FORWARDED WITHOUT DELAY.
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS
Compounded of the purest and best materials, ,
with accuracy and despatch, at
l!l Hours ol' tlie Day or Right!
nov 3-ly. JOHN B. TER KINS.
W. B. CROCKER 8 CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
C3r x* o o e x* s,
First door West of J. II. Quisenberry's Store. ;
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DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
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rilAKE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO
-1. the citizens of Prairie and adjacent counties,
that they are now in receipt of a large and well
selected stock of
GROCERIES AND HARDWARE. '
Consisting in part of- Sugars. Molasses, Coffee,
Candles, Cheese, Vinegar, Salt, Whisky, Riee,
Pickles, Sardines, Flour, Fish, Raisins, Figs, Cit
rons, Almonds, Candy. Soap, Starch, Soda, Crack
ers, Tobacco, Cigars, Nails. Castings, Iron. Steel,
Log Chains, Ox Chains, Pole Axes, Spades, Shov
els, etc., etc., with all other articles usually to he . j
found in a similar establishment. All of which
they are now selling low for cash._nov 3-U
S E EDS! S~E EDS!!
\ LARGE LOT OF FRESH HUNGARIAN
j\_ Grass Seeds, just received and for sale by
nov. 3. JOHN JACKSON & CO
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