V. 11. < • ,Y 111. TCclttor.
p E S ARC, ARKANSAS:
Saturday RornlHg. May 10. IK6S.
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FOR FRESIDBJITML ELECTORS.
ROB TTIS STATE AT LABOR :
/>. I> WALKER, of Washington Co.
JOHN u. FELLOWS. 3f Ouachita.
MRST DISTRICT:
ROBERT fc. GANTT, of Prairie.
SECOND district:
a. WILLIAMS, orileiupsteiid.
THIRD DISTRICT:
J. E. CRAVENS, of Johnson.
WHO SHALL HE PRESIDENT.
Who will bo the next President, is
i question of more importance than
any other of a political nature now be
ing askcil. A division of both parties
is possible, and it would bo a mayor of
little surprise, if next fall there were
four candidates for executive honors,
it cannot be doubted that Grunt stands
the host clmnee for the nomination by
the Republican party, while nt the same
time it must be admitted that a number
of Republicans will be dissatisfied with
iiis nomination. This dissatisfaction,
some think, will result in the establish
ment of another party, who with less
radical views will sustain Chase for the
Presidency. While dissensions of this
kind stir the Radical camp, the I>Jmo
erats arc not nt all easy, nor are they
n _ iitii<n.l no mi dor flip plrf’lltil
stunoes might be expected. The "West
ern Democracy are universally in favor
of Pendleton, while tlie Eastern wing
of the same party will support Sey
mour, or some other man. The main
point of difference in the Democratic
party is whether the U. S. bonds shall
be repudiated, or their interest still
paid in gold. The repudiators with
the I.a Crosse Democrat for their or
gan, will support Pendleton, aud build
up, for a time, a strong party. The
Hond-holders will oppose this party
and put in nomination some man re
presenting their views, and thusdivide
the Democratic vote, ns Grant and
Chase will divide the Republican vote.
If these differences are not reconciled
the Republicans will surely triumph,
and Grant will be our next President.
The Democrats, however, may grow
wise in reason, and uniting both wings
of their party, put forward a man re
presenting the whole party. In this
event, Hancock w ill probably receive
the nomination. How these tilings will
be we cannot say, but arc fixed in the
opinion, that if the Democrats will bar- i
tnonize, the next President will not be
a Republican.
IMPEACHMENT.
To day sometime in all probability, '
we will know whether or not Andrew ;
Johnson is convicted of the crimes !
charged against him. The examination \
and nrgnment are finished aud it re
mains for the Senate to decide if hr be ;
cnHi- TrUir-n <!.«,. l--- ->»»»■turned to '
do to-day. Many are the opinions ex- j
pressed concerning this decision. A i
two-tlilrd majority is required to- eon-1
vict, and this the President's friends j
say cannot be obtained. Scuator Fes- j
senden it is generally known will sap
port the President; Trumbull is ex
pected to vote for his acquittal. If these
two Senators, aud others counted as
sure, vote with the President, it is
claimed that lie enunot be convicted :
tut we shall know to-day if this be
true.
CROPS.
Prom personal observation and in
formation gathered from al! portions of;
the county, we feel warranted in say- j
iug the prospects for a good crop is j
better this season than it lias been for j
three years; corn, of which an abnnd-1
ance is planted, is looking well ttnd !
growing finely; cotton was never
healthier, and our farmers say they ;
never had belter stands. The late rains
have injured wheat considerably, but 1
still au average crop is expected ; alto-'
gether. we have a prospect for a flue i
harvest.
-On the night of the 3d ult, a Are i
broke out in n bakery adjoining the j
di'iii'il npSnliiiff rirtli*i> at
Carroll county, Mo, nnd, before any- ;
thing could be done to extinguish it.
the office and contents, with the excep- I
llou of some $200 Worth of material,
was totally destroyed. The dwelling
of Mr*. Mountain, adjoining, also took ,
tli'e and wns destroyed, although the
contents were generally saved.
-A dispatch from Delaware, In- j>
dtana. says on Sunday three boys, sons :
of Henry Foge. aged ten, twelve nnd \
sixteen years, were out in a licld, when
some difficulty arose between them.
Iu their disputes the oldest mushed the
heads of the younger brothers with an i
ax. killing one outright nnd leaving the
other for dead. On the approach of
the father, the older hoy ran to a barn,
where he was soon afterward discov
ered dead, having hung himself.
-A woman named Mrs. Miller
residing in Fly mouth- Indiana, attomp- ,
ted to commit suicide, by drowning,
one day last week. Not succeeding in
taking her life in this way, she threw
herself in front of u freight train Mon- <
day evening and was instantly killed.
It is reported that her husband left her
and married another woman in Chicago ,
a short time since. 1
-The Xew Vork Sun says; “Every
man who pays ineom'h tax pays an *
unconstitutional tax, levied contrary •
to law, and which could not he legally t
collected of him.” I
-Colonel James II. McRae was 1
murdered lately, while riding through !
Southern Mississippi, by a man named i
Davis, a deserter from the company ; ^
commanded by McRae during the w ar. |
-At Shanghai, Illinois, twelve!
miles northwest of Galesburg, fourteen j
houses were blown down by a tornado 1
Sunday. Two churches were unroofed. La
Four persons were killed, and forty Iu- I
jured. a number of whom it is feared ,
will die. | j.
■.A mnii in Minnesota entered ai<
uewspuper office and paid for anadver- ■ v
tiseineul of bis tost dog. As he turned j ,
to depart, the missing canine met him
at the door. Another iustancc of the ! 1
marvelous powor of advertising. 1
BY TELlXillAPII!
wttiininTOV
Washington, Mat 11.
Tlic Secretary of the Treasury gives
notice flint all compound interest notes
Intended for conversion into three per
cent. Treasury loan certificates must
either be presented to the Assistant
Treasurer at Now York, who lias full
charge and control of the issue of sneh
certificates, or to the Treasurer in Wash
ington, who will issue certificates,
which on presentation to the Assistant
Treasurer at New York will entitle the
hearer to.receive such certificates in ex
change. Compound interest notes in
tended for redemption in lawful money
must be forwarded to the United States
Treasurer at Washington.
The Presido#t of the Union Pacific
railroad lias submitted an affidavit to
the Secretary of (lie Interior, allowing
the completion of an additional section
of twenty miles of the road, from the
5fi0tli to the 5S0th mile post, and the
Government Commissioner lins been
instructed to examine and report
thereon.
The Committee on Ways nnd Means
will probably report an nmended or
consolidated bill. It proposes to cre
ate the Internal Revenue Bureau with
a department. The whisky tax is re
tained at two dollars. The tax on ci
gars is to be raised to ten dollars per
1,000. The brewers have failed to get
wastage allowed. The bill will proba
bly be acted upon by the House imme
diately after the Chicago Convention.
While the Senate was in secret ses
sion exciten crowns were in me loony
nnxious to know the course of the de
bate inside. Frequent inquiries were
made of all who were supposed to
know auything of the matter. It was
ascertained that Grimes, Trumbull and
Fessenden had clearly expressed them
selves against the conviction of the
President, while Henderson was against
them all except the eleventh. -Sherman
and Howe, according to general accord,
supported only the second, third,
fourth, eighth and eleventh articles.
Williams and Merrill, of Maine, sup
ported all the articles, while Johnson
Dixon opposed them.
To-morrow has been set for the trial
of Surratt. The prosecution lias al
ready had their witnesses summoned.
It is not yet certain that the trial will
come off, as the prosecution may show
good reasons for a continuance.
CHICAGO.
Chicago, May 11.
The train which left Quincy on Sa
turday evening from this city was
thrown from the track by a broken rail
near Alton, and immediately after
wards the wreck took lire, consuming
the baggage, mail and express matter.
Pour of the employes were injured, one
seriously.
The ninth ttay's proceedings of the
General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church were commenced at
the usual hour, witli Bishop Au.es in
the chair. The delegate irom Canada
were formally received and addressed.
The consideration of the question ol
t’.rt n^inlacioti tho SntU,l •>■«»...
gates was then resumed. Speeches
were made by Foster, Crane and others
Dr. Harris offered a series of resolu
tions providing for their immediate ad
mission. pending the consideration of
which the Conference adjourned.
NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleaxs, May 11.
General Buchanan has suspended the
collection of tile taxes for ISfiJ and lgtMi,
on the lands overflowed last year, until
the first of January, 18t>9, upon the re
commendation Of Governor Baker. On
account of the distress, the collection
during the present year would cause
much suffering in (hose districts.
A section of the'Montgomery ware
house, corner of Front and Fulton
streets, filled with corn and hay, was
destroyed by fire last night. Loss one
hundred thousaud dollars. A large
warehouse adjoining, which was filled
witli quartermaster's stores, was saved
with great difficulty. The fire was the
work of an incendiary. «;
FOREIGN.
Paris, May 11.
The Emperor and Empress wore at
Orleans on Saturday, and in response
to the Mayor’s address of welcome, the
Emperor made a pacific speech.
Havana, May II.
There are strong reasons for believ
ing that Mr. Seward, our charge
d'affaires at Monterey, w ill immediate
ly demand redress for the recent out
rages ou American citizens at that city.
COMURCgglOIVAl,.
SEN ATE.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock. The
['hief Justice said: “The Senate meets
:o-day under the order, for deliberation
ind unless some Senator makes a ino
ion to the contrary, the doors will be
dosed.”
Mr. Sherman moved that the sergennt
it-arins place his assistant in the galle
■ies to-day aud lo-iuorrow and with in-1
Unctions to arrest any person who vi- i
dates the rules of order.
The Chief Justice stated that this pre
aulion had nltcady been taken.
Mr. Sherman then suggested that no
ice to that effect be given in the niorn
ng papers.
Mr. Williams suggested that the Chief
ustiee, before the call of the roll, nd
lonish all persons that no nmnifesta
lou of applause or disapproval would
e allowed in the Senate, under the pe
al ly of arrest.
This proposition meeting wi^h gen-'
ral approbation, Mr. Sherman with*
rew his mot ion, .and the doors were
icu dosed at 10:20.
In tlie secret session this morning
:ie Chief Justice! addressed the Senate
s follows:
“Senators—In conformity with what
coined to he the general wish of the
euatc when it adjourned last Thurs-j
ay, tiie Chief Justice in takiug the
ote ou the articles of impeachment
till adopt the rule sauctioued in the
ascs of Chase, l’eek and Humphrey.1
Is will direct the Secretary to read the
several nrtieles successively, and after >
the rending of each article, will put the 1
question of guilty or not guilty, each t
Senator ri sin j. in hi“ place as in the
form used in the ease of .fudge Ch:i“c:; <
“Senator, how say you. is the r< spend- I
ent. Andrew Johnson President of the i
United States, guilty or not guilty of a i
; high misdemeanor, ns charged in this |
article?” Inputting the question on 1
| articles four and six, each of which
i charges a crime, the word crime will
j he substituted for the word misdemea
nor.
The Chief Justice has carefully con
sidered the suggestion of the Senator
| from Indiana, (Mr. Hendricks,) which
appeared to meet the approval of the
I Senate, that in taking the vote on the 1
I eleventh article, the question should be |
! put on ench^elause. In this 1 find my- j
I selfunable to divide the articles assug- j
gested. The article charges several
facts, hut they are so connected that
they make hut one altogether, and they
are charged us making one misdemean- j
or. The first fact charged is in sub-;
stance that the President publicly de
clared, in August, ltkifi, that the Thirty- \
ninth Congress was a Congress of only
part of the States, and not u constitu
tional Congress, intending thereby to
deny its constitutional competency to
enact laws, or propose amendments to
the Constitution, and this charge seems !
to have been made as introducing and
as qualifying that which follows, viz: I
thut the President in pursuance of this
declaration, attempted to prevent the ;
, execution of the Teunre-of-oftiee net.
j by contriving and attempting to con
I trot means to prevent,-ur. otaiuon H orn
assuming the functions of Secretary of j
War, after the refusal of the Senate to
concur in tiis suspension ; and also by |
contriving and attempting to contrive j
means to prevent the execution of the
Appropriation act of March 2d, 1,8(17;
and also to prevent the execution of
the act relative to the government of
the rebel States of the same date. The
grievance of the article seems to be
that the President attempted to defeat
the execution of the Tenure-of-office
net, and that he did this in pursuance
of a declaration which was intended
to invade the constitutional competen
cy of Congress to enact laws or pro-1
pose constitutional amendments, and
by contriving means to prevent Mr.
| Stantou from resuming bis office oft
i Secretary of War, and also to prevent
| the execution of the Appropriat ion act.
iand the rebel Stale Government art.
| The single substantive matter charred
therein is the attempt to prevent the
I execution of the Tetrure-of-office net.
| I to the other facts alleged, either as in
' trodtictorv and exhibiting the general
purpose, or allowing the means intend.
| to frustrate that attempt. Is tIlls siu
I glc matter conuccted with the other'
j matter—previously and subsequently
! alleged—charged us a high misdemcan
I or, of which the President is alleged to
j have been guilty ? The general ques
j lion of guilty or not guilty seems fully
to cover the charge, and will he put in
j this article as Well as in the others, to
I the Senate direct, in the same mode of
i division as in so the tenth ur*
| tiele, the division suggested by the the •
| Senator flout New York (Conkling) i
may be more easily made, ns it contains
a more general allegation to tiro effect
| that on the 8th of August, tin Prcsi- i
! dent, with the intention to ta t aside the I
| rightful authority of Congress, and to
! bring it into contempt, delivered eer
| tain scandalous liarratigites and therein
I uttered loud threats and bitter names
j against Congress and the laws of the j
i Ltilted States, enacted by Congress,
i thereby bringing the office or the Pres
! ideut in disgrace, to the great scandal
| of all good citizens, as set forth in'these
distiec' specifications, a id the remedies
complained of in the respective speci
fications; then the question of guilty
or not guilty of a high misdemeanor,
as charged in the article, can also be
taken. The Chief Justice, however,
sees no injustice in putting the general i
questions in this article in the same
manner as the others. For whether the
particular question he put on the spe
I * iiicntious or not, the answer to the
Jibuti question must be determined by
j the judgment of the Senate—whether
] the facts alleged in the specification
j liwvc been sufficiently proved that they
amount to a high misdemeanor within
I uu, mvitii 111^, I me V 11 in KMI, 17U
the whole, therefore, the Chief Justice
i thinks tlie better practice would be to 1
put the general questions in each arti- ; 1
i lc without attempting to make anv 1
sub-division, and will pursue tins 1
course if no objections bo made. lie 1 '
will be pleased, however, to conform 1
to such directions as the Senate may 1
see tit in this matter.'’ Whereupon .Mr.
Sumner submitted the following order 1
which was considered by unanimous
consent and agreed upon ; Ordered, the 1
questions he put as proposed by the I ‘
presiding officer of (tie Senate, and *
each Senator shall rise in his place and 1
answer guiltv or not guilty.
’-- |‘
HOUSE. 11
Mills and resolutions were introduced
and referred declaring it inexpedient t
for iho Government to make any treat v ! t
tending to discriminate against the i ‘
manufacturers or productions of any i 1
pari of the United States; also to lix '
tiie compensation of certain consular j '
officers, and to prohibit their collecting '
fees ; and, also, the resolutions of the *
Ohio Legislature to prevent the loss of '
life on waters under the protection of 11
the United States. '
The bill appropriating fST.OOOfor the j r
reconstruction deficiencies in the Third 1
Military District was passed. • v
Mr. Stevens, from the Reconstruc- 1
lion Committee, reported a hill admit- 1 b
ling Georgia, North Carolina. South!"
Carolina, Louisiana and Alabama to 1
representation In Congress, which was j r
made the special order for Monday '•
aext. , ll
Mr. Farnsworth reported a bill tore- "
ieve from personal disabilities!! series I h
>f persons in North Carolina. e
A debate followed, during which it ! si
ippeared that the list included the j ’
names of Governor UoUlcn, the Judges | '
of the Superior and other courts, and i ,.j
l wo members of Gougress elect, one Of1 ej
rhoni whs Mr. Boyden, n Conservative,
'lie hill was passed 1»y 88 to 23; and
lie House soon after adjourned.
Mr. Mungci*offercd a resolution lo
xtend the power and duties of tlic tit- j
cct ('ommittee on the treatment of Un- j
oH prisoners, so as to inquire into the |
tealinent of prisoners in Northern |
irlsons, and into the conduct of T'nioi
iflleers in reference to the rX' hangc ofj
irlROners, and into the proposition ol
he Confederate authorities to obtain ■
ncdiciues to be sent under charge oi l
federal surgeons to under surgeons!
md other camps, and also provisions |
o be used exclusively for the benefit ot
lie Union prisoners in those camps and
prisons.
On the motion of Mr. Bingham, the
resolution was tabled by 75 to 41.
Mr. Eckles offered a concurrent rcs
alution, for a recess from Saturday next
until the 25th iust., which was adopted
by 88 against 87.
The Select Committee on the Wash
burne-DoiincIly and the Brooks-Butler
investigations was authorized to em
ploy a clerk and sit during the the ses
sions of the House.
Mr. Walker asked leave to have taken
from the Speaker's table the Senate bill
passed April 7th, to extend the charter
uf Washington City, and to regulate
the action of its officers. Agreed to.
Mr. Walker otl'crcd several amend
ments, among them a new section
intending a section of the net of Jann
iry, 1S87, so as to require the electors
to remain in the ward or election pro
duct fifteen days instead of three
months, and naturalized citizens to pre
'fill lliril IKlllllUIIMHIUU I'dl'ViCt vv.
lifted copies thereof, and providing no
property qualification for miv of the
municipal offices.
Sir. Niblack desired to offer an
intendment to extend (lie right of suf
frage to persons of foreign birth, who
have resided one year in the district,
ivho have declared their intention to
become citizens of the United States.
Mr. Walker declined to allow the
amendment to be offered, and moved
tho previous question, which was se
L'ondcd.
Sir. Walker’s amendment was then
agreed to and the bill passed.
FESSENDEN.
New Volts, Slay S. J
The Washington dispatch to the Sun ]
says Senator Fessenden indicated to- i
lay that he would probably vote lor ;
the second article, and expressly stated, j
without any reserve, that his written I
opinion was only adverse to the lirst i
article, ns he concedes the President has |
power under the Constitution lo make 1
the removals, hut not to till such vn- i
fancies w hile tho Senate is in session, j
PILL TO ADMIT ARKANSAS. I
Washington, May S.
The following i» the bill introduced
by Stevens y usterday : That as Arkan
sas has adopted a constitution, repub-j
limn in lorm, and has duly ratified ar
ticle l lth of the United States Consti
tution, be it cum Led that I'm Slate of
Arkansas is entitled to be admitted to
representation in Congress, as one ol
me states of the Union, upon the fol- ;
lowing fundamental conditions: That I
the Constitution of Arkansas shall not 1
be so amended or chauged as to deprive
Jtty citizen, or class of citizens of the |
U nit eel states, of the right to vote, who |
are entitled lo vote by the Constitution I
herein recognized, except ns a punish- :
incut for such crimes a.-are now feloui-1
otis at common law, whereof he shall i
have been duly convicted.
FLORIDA CONSTITUTION
ADOPTED.
General Schenck received a dispatch
Ibis afternoon from Florida, staling]
that Iho Constitution had been adopted,
and that the Legislature is Republican. |
REMONSTRANCE.
Col. S. P. Thomas, ,1. (i. Gibbs, ami
Col. L. D. Childs, representing the !
State Central Executive Committee of
he Democratic party of South Caroli-,
na. came hither to present to Congress ,
t remonstrance on the part of the white !
people of South Carolina against the
Constitution recently adopted by the '
deconstruction Convention. To-day
ho comiuRtee appeared before the Ro
■onsti'tietfon Committee of the House,
ftevous received them with courtesy.
Col. Thomas, chairman of the commit
ee, remarked that in an analysis of the
of tho nuisi ii utinii tor
south Carolina, (hero worn two objcc-j
ions w hich stood out in bold relief-—|
iiiqualilicd negro sutl'aage and the tax
lion power. 11c argued to show their 1
lisastrous effect upon both races. The ,
'onstitution established taxation with
iut represeutation. 'Thoso who have
to property are to lax those w ho have.
VII the property under the Constitu
ion, $200,00), might he raised in the |
my of loans, $100,000 of which were .
or educational purposes,and yet those
dvantages were to be enjoyed by
lacks alone, as white children would:
ot attend black schools. The State j
erctofore, in its most prosperous days,
ad not been able to bear a tax of more
ban from $000,0,10 to $$00,UOo annually. I
Col. Thomas in conclusion »aid he
e]t it his duty to state to the committee ;
hat while the whites are willing to
onccdc to tint negroes all of tiie civil i
iglits and a qualified suffrage, yet the
,'liite race would never acquiesce tn
egro rule. You tuay make us, he
aid, pa>s under the yoke and we shall
ave to do so, but by every means 1
hieh God aud Congress have left us,
uder the Constitution and laws, we
'ill resist this domination of an iufe
or race. By peaceful moans, by t
olitical efforts, by industral efforts, we ■
ill carry on thi^ political contest uu
I we gain the control which ot right ,
dongs to the power of mind. Nor, I
lid Colonel Thomas, can you have ’
rosperity in the South under your j
(construction scheme; but give the ,
oulh a file showing, restore the State ;
> the Colon on a joint basis, and again t
ill our people return will, willing j
■arts to the I’niou, aud the same
tergy, the same self-sacrifice, the
aue valor which the) gave tiie lost i
use will the) give to the Uuion, pro- t
dttd you meet them ill a spirit of! |
agminimity. and Concede to them the . |
glits to which ihev deem themselves' «
(titled. * •
TENNESSEE NEW S.
Wm. Shirley ami the two Flacks, arrcs
edat Nashville for reeeiviug stolen {foods,
lave been acquitted
The McMinnville Era states that tho
lead body of an infant of questionable
j<dor, was found floating in the Barren |
Fork last Tuesday evening. A negress
lias confessed the crime.
A negro was drownod at Knoxville on
the 7th, while attempting to secure drift
wood
Died, oti Monday, A/ny 3, 1868, at his
residence iu Cleveland, Bradley comity,
after a long and painful illness, Hon
Albert G Welcker, in the forty-tilth year
of his age.
The ATnoxville Herald of tho 9th says ;
A number of shots were fired over in
East ATnoxville last night. The shopting
no doubt originated from some drunken
negroes returning home from Browulow’s
loyal league.
On Friday morning last four prisoners
confined in the A'noxville jail made their
escape. Their names arc Lafayette
Wiley, colored, committed for rape; Jacob
Rowen, for forgery ; Thomas Sheldon, for
robbing the mail; John Starnes, colored;
for larceny. Sheldon and Rowen were in
a cell in the upper part of the jail, the
darkies below.
The Kingston East Tennesseean says
there is a movement in Roane county to
organize a Farmer’s Club.
The ATnoxville Herald of the 9th says :
The corn business lias been pretty brisk
for the past two or three days. Quite a
number of large sales have been made for
shipments to Norfolk.
The Bolivar Bulletin of the 9th says :
Last Saturday Wm. Bachelor’s celebrated
black stallion “I’eter Whetstone,” while
being led from his stable reared up, fell
backwards and struck'his head against the
ground with such force ns to produce?
death in a few moments. The horse was
worth at least 81200. The accident occur
red about eight miles west of Bolivar.
The Bolivar Bulletin of iast Saturday
has the following: “The tornado which
passed a few miles south of this place on
last Wednesday caused considerable dam
age on the premises of Edmund lleeves,
Esq. Tlis gin house was blown down,
and every building on the place more or
less injured. A large tree was uprooted
by the wind, which fell on the dwelling;
besides this, one of the chimneys was
blown down, and a vast amount of valua
ble timber destroyed. The path of the
hurricane was about half a mile wide,
Mr. Beeves iuforms us that the he never
experienced such a wide storm before. It
did great damage to tirnbor, fences and
crops. We are creditably informed that
hail stones fell in the neghborhood of
.lack Clifft’s as large as a man’s fist, and
that a lady in the vicinity mentioned,
while attempting to close a window blind,
was struck on the wrist with a piece of
hail with such force as to cause disloca
tion of the joint. Here the storm did not
prevail so extensively.”
■ ■ Colonel Michael Harmon, of
Stanton, purchased the Virginia natur
al bridge at auction, a week ago, for
§9,300.
-Three women in New V ark have
formed a partnership as designers and on
gravers on wood, and advertise for busi
ness.
, There i» a gpntlsmon t». P-irta
who appetrs at his club in a pair ol
while pantaloons on the 21st of every
March, and he calls that inaugurating
spring.
-A Chicago girl of sweet nineteen
now sports her fifth husband. His four
pie leoessors enjoyed married life for six
months to a year each
-.1 farmer in Maine fell on a piteli
fo k recently. The thine passed through
his neck between the windpipe and the
jugular vein, lmt injuring neither.
-A child aged three years stabbed
his brother, aged eight years, at a district
school in West Scituate. .Massachusetts,
one day last week inflicting a wound that
will probably prove fatal.
-A rupture between tho President
and Secretary McCulloch is reported by
Washiugtc.n correspondents, who say lie
will resign on Monday, or just as soon ns
the vote is taken on impeachment, whether
the President is convicted ou not,
-A party from Louisiana 1ms
arrived in Washington, to ask the
passage of a law ordering a new elec
tion in that State, ou account of frauds
in New Orleans and a Democratic ma
jority in tliu State Senate, which will
obstruct the ratification of the four
teenth article.
-The London Times of the 20th
says ; It is stated on competent author
ity that at this moment at least 40.000
workingmen, colliers, iron workers,
and others, are “at play —that is on
strike, doing nothing or perhaps worse
than nothing, because they ami their
employers cannot agree as-to the wa
ges which in the present condition of
undo ought to he paid for work.
-One by one the European resi
dents in Japan are searching out the
little pocularities of the Japanese, and
tiring them for our benefit. Wo learn
iliat Japanese scissors tire in the shape
if our sugar tongs—of steel—ami sever
trtieles freely as the blades approxi
mate by pressure. Their looking
glasses nro highly burnished steel,
i’ltey use a very elastic, transparent
.ilk paper in window frames instead
if glass: ami a more firm opaque sub
uniter of the same, stretched on frames
is partitions inside their dwellings.
-The People of Texas have
iretty generally abandoned the culture
if cotton, and gone to slock raising.
I'his year hides form the principal ar
ielo of commerce, and in order to keep
lie supply equal to the demand they
ire killing cattle ou the prairies for
lie hides alone, for which they obtain
"d'je per pound, in specie. There is a ;
otul absence of “greenbacks’ in the i
nterior. Mexican specie is the eircu
ating medium. On the coast currency
s taken at 3f cents on u dollar, hut in
he interior it is refused.
-A gentleman living near Ports
noutli, Ohio, lute identified a ghost.
I is family had been often annoyed by
'hostly visitations during his absence,
lo concluded to “’possum" absence,
nit watch at home for the spook. The
I’lihuue says; “About midnight his
rhostship appeared and commenced
ds ‘spiritual manifestations’ The j
catcher, with revolver in baud, slyly L
lipped to the door, opened it sudden-!
y. and laid violent hands upon his
isitant. Bringing him into llie house, I
light was struck, the “winding sheet" ,
urn off. ami there stood revealed, to j
is astonished gaze, the form of one of
is neighbors, who had long been anxi- ‘
us to purchase the ‘haunted house,’ j
ml had taken this course to depreciate I
is value. He went down upon his
tiees ami begged his captor not to Cl
ose him, and he, after a judicious ap-'
Brat ion of cow-hide, turned the rascal 1
nt. The house has not be?u ‘haunted, j
fni*e,"
The Letter Ik.
It cannot have escaped memory, event
amid transpiring events the most exciting
and alarming, that a lew yours ago the,
letters ‘-O. A'.” were significant of appro- ;
val and consent, or as equivalent to in- i
dorsemont and evidence of genuineness ;
Kappa performs a most important rah in |
the Greek language, and as an illustration |
of the uses to which it may he applied in
our own, the following from the Richmond
(Va.) Dispatch is not without points :
The Kuklux Klan are ktilled upon to
kastigate or kill any kullered kusscs who
tuay approve the konstitution being , I
koncoctcd by the kontomptible karpet-;
baggers at the kzpitol. Each A'lan is!
komtuanded by a karniverous kernel who
kollcots his kuinradcs with kare and kau- I
tion kommensurate with the magnitude ot
kattse. Whenever konvtned, they must I
korrectly give four kountersigns. These t
are : A'ill the kullered ktt»s ; lilean out the j
karpet-baggers; krush the konvention ;
karry konservatism; konfusion to A’on
gress; Aonfcdcrates will konquer. Of
bourse the Alan kreates- konsidorahlc
konstornation among tho A'ongos and j
their kunning konductors, who kalkuluto
that their kareer may be kut short by
katastrophics. Cowardly kurs, they kan't
koni plain
The avid Radicals who are endeavoring
to hide the deformities of their own
loagnes, by industriously seizing upon
every flimsy pretext that can he exagera
ted "into some dreadful machination of
unreconstructed rebels, may And some
thing therein upon which to exercise thoir
ingenuity—Memphis Appeal.
---
-.-Last Sunday a negro shot and kill
ed a little white girl, nine years old. in
cold blood, at Ooffcevillc, Mirsissippi, be
ciniae the child had said something to of
fend one of his children. The fiend was
arrested.
-The House Committee on Ways j
and Means propose tho creation of an In
ternal Revenue Bureau, a few more bu
reaus being needed The whisky tax to ^
remain at two dollars, and tax on cigars ’
increased to ten dollars.
-Ry tho new license law of
Massachusetts, tho “Prohibitory law” is
repealed. The new law goes into effect
on the 3d of May. In all tho counties
but Suffolk and Nantucket licenses may
be granted by County Commissioners. In
these two counties special commissioners
are to be cliaxcn.
-A letter from New Mexico says a
train was attacked near Tuloroso, April 18, j
and wagons and contents burned, and all
the mules captured. Of thirty-seven men
who went from Tuloroso to relievo this
train, seven arc reported killed. A short >
time ago thirty persons %ere killed by the |
Indians near the same place.
-Sir Robert Napier, commanding
British army in Abyssinia, is not related;
to the famous Napier family ' He is a na
tive of Ceylon, entered the Indian army
at the age of sixteen, and has participated
in most of military enterprises in India
\ during the last forty years. Without
i family connection or patron age, he hrs
fought his way up to the foremost rank
j in tint Indian army, is a Knight of the ,
Rath and of the Star of India, and will
obtain a peerage and large pension now
that lie lias succeeded in Abyssinia.
-The oldest relic of humanity extant
| is tho skeleton of ono of the earlier Pha
, raobs, incased in its original burial robes j
..u.iilcrrnliy perfect, considering its
age, which was deposited about eighteen
or twenty months ago in the British J/u
seutn, and is justly considered the most
valuable of its archreologieal treasures.
The lid of the coffin which contained the
royal mummy was inscribed with the
mmio of its occupant. Pharaoh Mykeri
iiius, who succeeded the heir of the buil
der of the great pyramid, about teu ccn
, furies before Christ.
-The lica'tli of tho Archduchess
; Carlotta continues to improve so steadily
; that the host results are looked for.
j With the exception of certain fi‘s of sul
' letiness, which are becoming less frequent.,
j the Princess feels nothing of the painful
! malady fnm which she has been suffering.
She sloops well, and her appetite lias
: returned, and with this a taste for study.
; 8he passe1 almost tho entire day in her ,
reading and writing room, and receives no
\ one except members of the royal family
-Near Peoria, Illinois, Benjamin
j Twitzleton. a farmer, murdered his wife,
Eleanor, last Tuesday, by shooting her in
I the leg, the ball cutting a main artery, and
causing her to bleed to death. Tho man
and woman each had children by previous
marriages, and some disagreement about
ono of these led to a quarrel, in the c iursa
of which the female Twitxeleton first
attempted to break her husband’s head
with a poker, and then threw a bucket of
water in his face. This brought Twitzle
ton to a sudden conviction that, in the
language of Mrs. Partington, ‘‘patience
had ceased to be virtuous/* and lie fired
two shots at her, one of which took effect
as stated.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mexmis, Tkvn., May 9th, 1908.
NOTICE. I
We have this day sold the stock of dry 1
goods, groceries, &c . in our house at Des ‘
Arc, Ark., to Mr. C. Walt, who will continur
the same business, and is fully authorized to '
sign our name in settling the old business. : *
Major K. (\ Lanford will remain with the '
new firm as before. Wo arc very thankful 1
for the uiauy favors showu our tirm duriug *
our business in Arkansas, and ask a continu- 1
ance of the same to C. Walt and Major Lan- *
ford Parties indebted to the old firm will 1
please settle as soon as possible Any liabil- j *
ities due by the firm will be paid on presen- 1
tation, due or not duo.
R. P. W ALT. c
MARTIN W ALT r
Witness:—H. C. Wilton my Id |j
NOTICE^
Having purchased the entire interest of K. (
P. and Martin Walt, iu the firm of Malt &Co. n
at l>es Arc, I will conduct the grocery and i Q
plantation business, under the same name
and style, Walt & Co., for my own account
and risk. Major K. C. Lanford will remain ^
as heretofore. C. WALT. .
Des. Arc, Mav, 1808.
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8
SALE OF LANDS.
NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance *f
of an order made by the District Court of ' s<
the United States, of the Eastern District of w
Aruatisas, held at the city of Little Rock on
the 17th day of April a. i»., 1 Britt, l will as
Assiguee iu bankruptcy of the estate of Sam- ft
uel Taylor: sell for ca*4t in hand to the high- j A
eat and last bidder, iu the town of Des Arc.
iiu the tith day of June 1808, within-the legal ; C
hours of eaid day* the following described
lands, as the property of the said Samuel D
raylor, to wit: The w fit part of the s w fri J |
it' mq 31, township 1 north, range 1 west. W
containing 02 86-ltKt acres, west of white riv- ; P
?r; also, the n e | of the n e | of sec 1. 42 22- O
lOt) acres: and the 8 w \ of the s e I of see 1, i
10 acres, in township 3 north, range 5 west; Jr
jxccutiug to the purchaser a deed in my of
Icial capacity for *ho same. I P
JOSEPH EVANS, | M
n«y 2 JU Assignee.
GOOD 27E\‘rG7
ro all Whom It May lonefrn.
I
I
A I.»rgo »ml wrl! 8«lccl«d Htock of
JPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
|
To b« (old out regard lei-' of Colt Triers
Fort CASH.
Come One! Como -A.11!
See for yourself and buy a Good Bargain
before it is too late, being determined to sell
jut our entire stock in as short a time as pos
sible. Consider, then, your own interest:
:iraes are hard, money scarce; and, in view of
these facts you will do well to call at
F. GATES Sc BRO.
,
To buy your
Ory Good*. C'lotliingr, Show and
lioot*, Saddle* and llrldle*,
Uuun, Itille* and lM*tol*,
Carpet*, Hal* and
Cap*,
And many oilier things too numerous to
mention; nil lo be sold to suit these bard
times, nnd money saved in the purchase of
your Dry Goods bill is
Money Made.
So don't forget to call soon, in order to get
the best select ions and choice of good.*.
F. GATES Si WiO.
my 16
W. J. ROGERS.
MTORXKY AT LAW,
EROWNSVILLK. ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention given to th' Collection
of Claims, Investigation of Land Titles. Pay
ment of Taxes, Ac. inylti
9“ AAA 1*01 M»S It 41 OX SIULK,
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TBit contains fauns, mill.*, hotels, plan
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eeven different States. It gives the owner’s
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6B1 IT SALS OF
I
AT AtCTION!
In tracts not t xceeding 100 Acre3.
?ale commencing June 2d. 1868, in the 1
City of Lawrence. Kansas.
The subscriber will sell at auction, to the
lighest bidder, as above, in the City of Law
enoe, commencing June 2d, 18tiS, about i
'i.\n imntPASU LA.\U, tnovt
f which is in Osage County, Kansas. These
finds gre a part of the celebrated Sac and !
'ox Indian Reservation, abounding in choice I
elfctious of timber, are generally well wa- !
ered, and embrace some of the finest quar- 1
ies of building stone and most extensive d<j- 1
o*hs of coal in the entire State. The Union
’acific Railway. Eastern Division, is in clos.*
roximity on the north, the Lea v< it worth. ;
.awrence and Galveston Railway on the east !
both built and in operation), while the Nee
ho Valley Railway on the west, and the At
bison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, run
ing DIRECTLY THROUGH THESE LANDS,
re under contract and now being built. TI
LE PERFECT by patent direct from Gov
rnment Terms of sale: One-fourth cash:
a lance in three equal payments with annual
Herest. Rond given for deed on full pay
lent; or (at option of purchaser) one-third
tsh, balance in two equal payments, with
nuu.al interest, secured by bond and inort
xge. Situate, as these lands are, in the een
■r of the State, and contiguous to all it*
irge cities, and surrounded by railways,
rohably such facilities for securing choice i
lections of lands for actual settlement aud j .
ones were never afforded at any sale here- i
fore held in Kansas. Maps and lists ot ,
nds to be sold will bo furnished by the sub <
riber on application (by letter or other ,
ise) at Attica, New York.
R. S. STEVENS j
Maps and lists can also be had of the >
Rowing persou*. vix; t
R. Havens. Esq., Land Agent, Leaven- *
worth, Kansas e
tas. Chadwick, lisq., Attorney at Law,
Lawrence, Kansas. ^ u
T. Mitchell. Esq., Laud Agent, Lawrence, l
Kansas. f
in Crowell. Esq., Merchant. Paola. Kansas, a
P. Elder & Co.. Bankers, Ottawa, Kansas, o
H Sheldon, Esq., Land Ageut, Burlin
game, Kansas. a
mes Rogers, Esq., Laud Agent, Burlin- *
game, Kansas. A
R. Plumb. Esq.. Editor, Emporia, Kansas, p
G. Farnhsvn, Esq., Merchsn*, Topeka,
Ksnrav
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Di iiiDixci i.nmi-p
Red Cedar Posts, Boards, TimW
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Hoofing Ablate. Also, Agent* for a* ,of
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gash constantly on hand. Blinds, Wind U
and Door frames made to order, SendV.'.
bill of Prices Particular attention Ia^Jr
receiving and forwarding Lumber a.id Qu;n°
rles. POBolUOS. 0B“' ,
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THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES,mu
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Louisville, Ky.
RUSS HOUSE, I
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA,
H. H. Pearson & Co., Proprietors
~ CLOVER LEAF PLANE IRONS.
Manufactured exci usively by
US. under REYNOLD'S PATENTS For
tempering Steel, possess the following supe
rior qualites:
1. They are tempered the same in the cen
ter as at the edges j
2. They hold a fine cutlery temper uutil the
iron is worn out.
8. There are no soft spots in them.
4. One of these Irons will outwear four or
five Irons tempered the old way.
5. They arc sold at the same price of other I
Irons.
6. Every Iron is warranted to possess the
above qualities or no sale. i
We hereby authorise all Hardware Dealers
to allow their customers to try our Irons, and
if not perfectly satisfactory, refund price
paid and charge Irons back to us.
Every PLANE IRON made by us bears our
rn> iztv \riur
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HUM . » 31. \ Ul MV.
SALE OF LANDS.
N OTICE is hereby given that in pursuance
of an order nade by the District Court
*f the luitetl States, for fbe Eastern District
>f Arkansas, held at the city of Little Hook,
m the 17th day of April, a. d., 18«i8, 1 will
is Assignee in Bankruptcy of the estate of
ieorge W. Yaden, sell for rob in band to the
lighest and last bidder, in the town of De^
\rc. on the 6lh day of June lb68, within the
egat hours of said day, all the said (leu W.
1 aden’s. interest in tile following described
anda, to wit; The w lot the s w { sec 24; the
i | of sec 27»; the n A “f we 3b: the s e frl J of
ec 3b; the n e J of s w frl $ of sec 8ti; the s $
»fthes e J of sec 23: all in township 5 north,
ange o west; and the e frl 4 a e \ of sec 2. 47
orty two on» hundredths acres: the e part of
he n e frl | of sec 2, 10ft acres; lots 2 of n e
VI \ of sec 2: the n c \ of the n v | of sec 1,
>2 28-100 acres; the n w frl part of the n w
H J of sec 1, 70 3<MtH) acres, all in township
- north, range b west, east of white river;
llso, the a | of the » w | of sec 20: the s e }
T sec 9; the n J-of the n o \ of sec ihe s i
f the a e \ of sec 20, all in township •> north,
ange 8 west, containing in all about 400
ores. This tract will be sold in lots to surr
urchasers: also, the undivided half interest
nth© e frl part of the u w frl \ of sec 13,
own^hip 4 north, range ■ we*t, containing
7 bl-100 acres; also, an undivided half inter
St in a certain piece of ground in Des Are,
.rksnsas. described as follows, to-wit: a slip
f land fifty feet wide, off ctf the north ond of
>ts numbered 7, 8 & 9, in blk 2b; said slip
•outing u0 feet on Woodruff street and Tun
ing east parallel with the alley on said blh
fie hundred and fifty feet.
1 will also sell at the same time and place
fl me notes, accounts and receipts of the
Lid George W. Yaden now in my possession,
deed in due form will be executed to the
urchasets of the real estate.
JOSE EH EVANS,
mtv - Ct Assignee,