J. C. MORRILL, EDITOR.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS:
WEDNESDAY,. ... ?! ARCH 7, 1860
Democratic Conventions.
The national convention meets at
Charleston on Monday the 23d of April.
The State convention meets at Little
Rock, on Monday the 2d of April.
The congressional convention for the
first district meets at Dover, Pope county,
2d Monday, 14th of May.
The congressional convention for the
second district meets at Arkadelphia,
Clark county, on the 2d Monday, 14lh
May.
The County Convention of Prairie
county, to appoint delegates to the State
and District Conventions; Also, to desig
nate the time to hold a County Conven
tion for nominating a candidate for the
Legislature, &c., meets at Brownsville on
Monday the 12th of March.
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Bible Revision, Sec. — We are in re
ceipt of the second number of “ Revis
ionists’ ” reply to Rev. J. W. Moore,
but it come to hand loo late to be inserted
this week. It will appear in our colun.ins
next Wednesday.
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lion. ft. W. Joiinson, lias our
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volumes of Patent Reports are interesting,
as they demonstrate the inventive genius
of our countrymen.
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John C. McCauley, Esq., has
taken charge of the editorial department
of the Searcy Eagle. W. A. Briley,
Esq., will continue as publisher and pro
prietor.
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Conventions.—We learn that certain
political wiseacres are using their influ
ence in various portions of Prairie county,
to prejudice the people against any as
semblage that savors in the least of a con
vention. We will venture that every man
who is thus busying himself, is either a
disappointed aspirant for office, or a full
fledged member of the “Opposition”—
a name which the opponents of democra
cy have adopted in adjacent States—and
which, before the close of the Presiden
tial campaign, they will ndopt in Arkan
sas. Those who are candidates for office
at the August election, will use honeyed
words, and even assert that they are as
“good democrats as anybody dares to be,”
but as soon as they are elected or defeat
ed, the cloven foot of “ Opposition” will
show itself too plain to be misunderstood.
Let the democracy beware of these po
litical wolves in democratic folds. Turn
them out, their room is better than their
company.
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Hon. T. C. Hi ndm an.—The demo
cratic press throughout the Union have
universally accorded the highest praise to
this gentleman for his course in Congress.
The Washington correspondent of the
St. Louis Republican, whose letters are
acknowledged to possess the weight of do
ing justice to the ability of members of
Congress, writes as follows in regard to
the speech of Col. Hindman in reply to
Sherman of Ohio, the Black Republican
candidate for Speaker:
“The speech of Mr. Hindman, of Arkan
sas, has been a triumph of which tiiai young
and promising member may well feel proud.
It has already run through an edition of fifty
thousand, and the demand for it continues.
Mr. Hindman is not only one of the boldest
men upon the tloor, speaking right out what
be thinks, but there is a softness in his articu
lation and an eloquence in his words, perfect
ly irresistible, and already lias he won a posi
tion of which few of the older members can
boast.”
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•The Chicot Press.—We are in re
ceipt of the first number of a neat week
ly paper, bearing the above title, published
at Lake Village, Chicot county, Arkan
sas—Batt Jones, Editor. The follow
*ug eAiraui iruiii iue cuiiors •* salutatory
places his position plainly and unmistaka
bly before the public:
In relation to our Federal affairs, the Con
stitution of the United States shall be our
chart and compass. We ask that the Consti
tution of our Union be respected and obeyed
by all the States, and that Congress observe it
in all things. We ask Congress to carry out
all of its provisions in good faith, and see that
all of its guarantees are props'ly provided for.
With the Constitution we are content ; but
not without it We love the Union ; but we
love our rights better. No man will go furth
er to preserve our Union, under the Constitu
tion, than we. and in defense of our rights we
will go as far as he who goes farthest. We
prefer our rights in the UV-n j but must have
them though we leave the On.on to gat them.
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Militaby Law in Mississippi—The
Jackson, (Miss.) Eagle of the South, !
gives the following synopsis of the new ,
military law which has but recently been !
passed by the Legislature of Unit State: I
The re-enactment of the provisions of I
tie “Code,’ taxing all who are liable and
tail to peform Military duly.
Appropriating t° Volunteer Companies '
nine dollars per head for each member l
Who does nine day’s duty within the year; i
• Iso, exempung those who perform said i
•ervice from road and jury duty
Dividing the State into two Brigades 1
of Voun'eers, the two Generals 0f vvh.ch, v
and one Maj. General, to be elected by 1
the representatives of Volunteer Com- r
f*nle*’ 10 constitute a Military Board —
This Board to make all the regulations v
for the government of Volunteer service a
not .mcous,stent with law, subject to the ‘
nKai°f 1,6 G0VTrn0r‘ TUo CdtuFa- c
oiea m a county not limited. t
I«aUditm^t<f4Xi?EVELT¥ lK ffew*PA«*s.— \
the LiverDo0lb Mh,’ma'Tiage®’ alui dea'b*>”
vurees.” P Me,c“'y now adds the “di- <
LATE NEWS!
Congressional.—House. — Ex-Gov
ernor Ford, of Ohio, was elected House
Printer, on the 27th, and a till passed
providing for the payment of invalid and
other pensions; also, a bill lor the sup-|
port of military academies. In the Sen
ate on the same day Senator Davis pre
sented a memorial from the Legislature
of New Mexico, asking for the organiza
tion of the Territory of Arizonia. On
the 1st instant, Senator Seward presented
a memorial from the Legislature of Kan
sas, asking for the admission of that Ter
ritory into the Union. He made an
elaborate speech on slavery. He was
replied to by Senator Douglas.
The Lost Steamship Hungarian.—
A dispatch from Halifax dated 2d instant,
says: 11 It is doubtful whether any of the
ship’s passengers or crew were saved.
Several articles belonging to the ship
have been found. The crew numbered
74. No passenger list has yet been
found. The rumor that the ship’s clear
ance had been found is untrue. The on
ly passengers known to have been on
board are Mr. W^i. Boultenhouse, «of
Sackville, N. B., and Dr. Barrett, of New
\ork. ’ The Hungarian is the fourteenth
steamer that has been lost since the com
roPT.eeirient of steam navigation between
Europe and America. Those which have
been destroyed before are : The Presi
dent, never heard from; the Columbia
and Humboldt, on each of which all hands
were saved; City of Glasgow, never
heard from; City of Philadelphia, all
hands saved; Franklin, all hands saved;
Arctic, a few saved ; Pacific, never heard
from ; Lyonaise, a lew saved ; Tempest,
never heard from; Austria, burned, great
loss of life; Indiana, three lives lost;
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uii uaijus auvcui
Protection of American 'Citizens
in Chihuahua.—A dispatch from Wash
ington, dated the 28th ultimo, says: ‘ The
Secretary of War has sent orders to Col.
Walker,commanding at Fort Bliss, direct
ing him to march his forces into Chihua
hua and protect, the lives and property of
American citizens.”
Order for the Capture of Corti
nas.—In consequence of the information
received by the War Department from
Governor Houston, the Secretary of War
has expressly ordered Colonel Lee, com
manding the department in Texas, to
pursue and capture Cortinas and his band
either in or out of Mexico. There is at
present a force of six hundred and forty
two United States troops stretched along
the line from Fort Brown to Foit Clark.
It is believed that Cortinas is an Ameri
can and that there are more Americans
in his band than Mexicans.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times, under date of the 1st.,
says: “The President in a long inter
view with Major Grattan 'Expressed his
regrets at not being able to afford Texas
any protection beyond that already on the
frontier. It is thought that the presenta
tion of General Houston’s correspondence
to the Senate yesterday will secure the
passage of Senator Wigfall’s amendment,
appropriating one million five hundred
thousand dollars for the raising of a regi
ment of Texas rangers.
The New Orleans Crescent esti
mates the crop of cotton already received
at all ports in deposits, at 3,618,594 bales,
.and says the grand total of the season
will be 4,000,000 bales. The value of
this nrodiint is ft 9 00 000 000
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The Aliases of the Opposition.—It
is generally considered to he a strong
proof that an individual “is better known
than trusted” if he changes his name
when he changes his residence. For ex
ample, should John Junes, oL one State,
become James Smith when be migrates
to another, and change into Lewis Stiles
when be enters a third, there could scarce
ly be stronger evidence that the aforesaid
John is a “suspicious character.” No
police record makes mention of an offend
er who ever had one half the aliases that
ire now borne by the Opposition to the
Democracy in different parts of the Uni
in. In Pennsylvania they assume the
popular, but rather ambiguous, cognomen
if the “People’s Party;” in the Old Hay
Slate they adopt the elaborately compo
site appellation of “Jeffersonian-Ameri
ian-Republicans;” in Maryland thev are
‘Know-Nothings;" in Virginia they have
stolen the name of a distinguished party
long dead, and call themselves “Whigs;”
u Missouri they are “Free Democrats”—
hat is, free and easy Democrats—free to
.teal their neighbor’s propertyin Cali
ornia, the few ther ' are, call themselves
‘Broderick men,” of whom it can never j
ie said, “semper honos, laudesque tnone- '•
nint, nomenque tuum;" and in Kentucky, j
re.messee, and one or two Southern j
bates, where they do not know them
elves what they are. they are simply I
mown as the “Opposition.”—[Lebanon ]
Tenn.) Democrat. ;
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There was a spelling match in )
rrumbull county, Ohio, recently. The )
est speller from each district in the eoun- '•>
V was engaged. The prize for t£e one 1
P longest was a Webster's Dictionary. J
’here were thirty.three champion spellers, i
'fcGruffey s spelling book was used. All n
.’ere spelled down in three hours. The e
ist one up got the dictionary. A cor- i*
sspondent says :
It appears that the short and common
fords generally conquered the classes,
nd not the polysyllabic words.
ihe word razor shaved one member ^
loaiily ofl ; seio sewed up another; travel p
laveled out another; quiescence quieted a
nether; satiric satirized another; vaci- *'
a t reeled over another ; scene, perennial, .
hirurgery, Christmas, scrutinize and J<
yoon were also missed on. [j
Bearding the “Abolition Brute" in
his Own Domicil.
The following letler from a Southern
editor to the public at the North, which 1
was published in the New York Herald
if the 17th ultimo, is but a single speci- ;
men of the universal feeling at the South.
Mr. Hambleton was on a visit to New
York city, which produced a sensation
itnong the whole train of Abolition curs,
who commenced a general howl, acconi- ‘
panied with abuse and slander through the
'oliunns of their papers. Mr. IT. has
recently published lists of while and black
merchants at the North. The consequence
ins been that the patronage heretofore
extended by the South has censed with
:he fanatic, black merchants, while those
who have pursued ti consistent course have
extended their business. But, read the
letter, it Vs as hot as pepper, and those to
whom it is addressed will hardly need
any of that article in their food for months
to come,
TO the editor ok tiie new work herald.
In your issue of the loth inst., I notice an
article reflecting upon myself, as the repre
sentative of a Southern press. You say that
your article is based upon information re
ceived from the Evening Post. It is well
known that the Post is an abolition incendia
ry sewer through which the refuse dregs of
the Tribune office are changed from prose in
to poetry. And in another respect it is not
unlike its great prototype, by no means inca
pable of any act of infamy, calumny and de
traction. We repel the foul, slanderous and
lying insinuations of any journal or of any
source that intimates that our course in the
publication of the White and Black List
has been controlled by other than high toned
and honorable conduct.
As an editor of a Southern journal profess
ing to represent and uphold the institutions of
that section, we deemed it a duty, as well as
a privilege, to inform the merchants of and
people generally of the South' who were their
friends and who were their enemies. We re
gard tho«e our enemies who have, bv their
votes and contributions, been instrumental in
attempting to destroy the institution of Afri
can slavery, to incite insurrection, and who
have aided in organizing a band of bandits to
murder women and children, and to lay deso
late our homes and firesides.
The traitorous combinations that have been
guilty of these dark, despicable and damnable
deeds is that polluted organization known as
the black republican party 5 but, more proper
ly speaking, unprincipled gang of robbers,
murders, thieves, fanatics and incendiaries.
No political organization that ever existed
has for. its objects purposes so infamous as
that of the black republican party. Cogni
zant of these facts, was it not our duty, as
well as the duty of other journalists at the
South, to warn our merchants and tradesmen
from encouraging or aiding in any way mer
cantile establishments, in New York or else
wnere, that belonged to, or sympathized m
any manner whatsoever with that font organi
zation ot' Seward and Greeiy? Whether it
was a duty or not, we have done it, and intend
to follow it up, until the catalogue is ex
hausted.
We came to New York to investigate for
ouselves, and to publish to the South these
firms who are growing rich from ’Southern
trade, and who appropriate the profits extort
ed, in many instances, from Southern mer
chants to build up tlie black republican party,
which has for its object the destruction of
slavery and the subjugation of the South.
The people of the South demand to know
who these men are, and we shall use every
exertion to inform them. We are in New
York for that purpose, and we do not intend
to leave the city until tile principal staple
firms which have heretofore done almost an
exclusive Southern trade are presented in their
true colors. Where a firm, or any part of it,
has voted or been connected with the black
republican party, in any manner whatsoever,
we intend to publish the fact; and. on the oth
er hand, where a firm has fully sustained the
constitution and the rights of the South, we
intend to give them the full benefit of the
fact, whether they be Northern or Southern
men.
As for the charges or the Tribune, the
Post, Sun and other infamous sheets, whose
only object is to levy “black mail” in the
publication of the “ White and black list,”
we hurl back the foul calumny upon the cow
ardly and incendiary source from which it
emanates. We have called upon no concern
in this city except when specially invited.
We have neither solicited nor received a sub
scription or advertisement since arriving here,
nor have we received one cent compensation—
nor has there boon promise of compensation
—either directly or indirectly, from any
source whatever. What we have done has
been at our own expense, without reward, or
the promise of reward, from any living per
son. We defy the Tribune, the Posr. the
Sun. or any gentleman, either in New York
or elsewhere, to produce the first particle of
evidence that we have offered to bargain to
any “black mail,” or receive compensation
for anything we have done in the matter, if
any gentleman in New York can convict u.s of
an effort to black mail, we say publish it to
the world. We say further, that we grant
mv gentleman in New York the liberty to
aublish any and all letters they have, or’ can
;et, written by us to them or their friends up
on ihe subject of the “ White and Black List.”
We defy any firm or party in this city or any
where else to convict us of Squinting at
‘black mail.” We challenge the cowardly
scoundrels who seek to asperse our character,
dirough the loathsome columns of the Tm
3UNE. the dirty Media of the East,or through
he cheap channel of the Sun, to an investi
gation. We say scoundrels, liars, robbers,
mvvards and poltroons as yen are. whoever
foil may be, that charges us with “ black
nail,” make the proof, or conceal your skulk
ng faces.
The editor of the Tribune is so degraded j
hat lip is a (iisfrimtincr 1 ilia I on iho *««« 1
vhieh he is a member. Reeking with the !
loxious odors of political and incendiary |
eprosy and rottenness. that is constantly ema
lating from his filthy carcass, and who
ireathes life and form into the black republi
:an party, and pestilence to the country, we
eave him to himself—the lowest depth of hu
nan baseness.
No newspaper attack, no slander, no foul
mblication, will change our course in the
•ublicatipu of the White and Black List. We
ire willing to be tried by the record. If any
terson knows anything that can injure us in
he estimation of gentlemen, we say publish
t without delay. We are anxious to see it.
\\ e profess to be governed in this matter by
irinciple. and all the money in Wall street
an not change our course. We intend to pub
ish the name of any firm or any member of
t that has been, or is at this time, connected
eilh the black republican party in the fanat
eal and anti-slavery churches of Beecher
nd Cheever. We know that the Southern
eople will not patronize a class of men who
re so bestial and traitorous to the constitu
Lon as those composing the black republican
arty, or who worship at the fiendish shrine |
f Beecher and Cheever. Firms holding such
1'uiical sentiments to Southern interests must
it expect Southern support, and the South- 1
u people say they shall not have it. The <
jestion then is. who are white and who are ,
lack. JAMES A. HAMSLETON.
Editor of “The Confederacy.” Atlanta, Ga.
Manhattan Hotel, Feb. 15, 1860.
——It is estimated that there are in the a
nited States twenty-five thousand persons 1
ho make their living partially by the sale of j
stent medicines. And it is estimated that
aout four times that number loose 'their liv- *
ig’ by taking the same medicine
The Senate of Alabama has passed a n
tut resolution appropriating $50,000 for the f.
Iicfof Virginia in paying the expenses of w
ie Harper’s Ferry affair. j b
The Emancipated Negroes of the West ■
Indies—A Book for the Times.
From the Washington Constitution.]
The consideration which the system of
slave labor, in its social and economical
aspect, is now receiving in this country
and Ureal Britain, imparts peculiar inter
est to every authentic account of the pres- !
ent condition of the once productive and
prosperous British West Indies. Among
the recent publications on this subject
which have issued from the London press,
is a volume by Mr. Trollope, a relative of
the lady of that name, whose criticisms
upon men and manners in America,
twenty-flvo years ago, brought her into
considerable notoriety. The gentleman
is a close and intelligent observer; and
his book gives the results of an intimate
acquaintance with those naturally rich airi
beautiful islands. lie did not visit Hayti,
but his personal observations extended lo
every other portion of those regions which
| once excited so mu cl) interest, and were
associated with romance and adventure,
jasweilas with the substantial ideas of
: wealth and of prosperous trade. He spent
sometime in Cuba; and, Englishman as
he is —in fact, a regular John Bull, in
heriting not a few of the prejudices which
a quarter of a century since were culled
Trollopiana—he puts on record his delib
erate opinion that the sooner Cuba passes
into American hands the better for all
parlies concerned.
We commend this judgment of an in
tensely Anglican traveler, whom his most
unscrupulous opponent would never dream
of charging with any love for the United
States, to those among our own people
who affected lo be unable to discover any
motive for the acquisition of Cuba, except
the lust of dominion and “ the increase of
the slave power!” But this by the way;
The great value of Mr. Trollope’s book
springs from the abundant illustration it
jures which short-sighted humanitarians
and fantastic theorists would obtrude on
I the Southern States of this Confederacy,
j The discussion now going on in the Sen
ate, which has called forth the views of
wise, enlightened, and philosophic states
men of the South, will attract the atten
tion of those candid and reflecting men of
England by whom the work now before
us has been so favorably received. A
great re iction of the public opinion of the
civilized world, we venture to predict, is
at hand in regard to the employment of
African labor. The mere vagaries and
fantasies of theorists and humanitarians,
which have widely obtained currency in
different quarters, will be dispelled by
plain truths; and the pretences and the
strategy of partisan traders here in Abo
litionism will have nothing to stand upon
when the constituencies to \Vhom they ap
peal are better informed as to the actual
character and working of the domestic in
stitutions of the South.
The economics of Abolitionism are
shown in the contrast which the British
West Indies now present to that condition
which they exhibited before the people of
Great Britain paid twenty millions of
pounds sterling for that ism. Wlmt has
become of the great British trade of
which the West Ind ies was then the cen
t-e? It has gradually languished and
fallen into decay ; nor lias it been supplied
by a business of any other kind. What
has become of the famous sugar trade of
the British West Indies ? It has gone to
ruin, comparatively ; nor have their won/
dcrful natural resources been turned to any
other account.
Mr. Trollope plainly tells the story.
The emancipated negroes, absolutely re
velling in their immunity from toil, have
no capacity for improvement. “Their
good qualities show no indications of ris
ing into anything serious or manlike;
their had qualities are disgusting, annoy
ing. and contemptible.”
The hook is interesting in other respects.
Here is Mr. Trollope's summary of the
West Indian Free Negro Character
istics :
“ Physically ha is capable of the hardest
bodily work, and that probably with less bodi
ly pain than men of almost any other race ;
but ha is idle, unambitious as to worldly posi
tion, sensual and content with but little. In
tellectually he is apparently capable of but
little sustained effort; but, singularly enough,
he is ambitious. He burns to be regarded as
a scholar, puzzles himself with fine words,
addicts himself to religion for the sake of ap
pearance, and delights in aping the little
graces of civilization. He despises himself
thoroughly, and would probably be content to
starve himself for a month if he could appear
as a white man for a day ; but yet he delights
in signs of respect paid him, black man as he
is, and is always thinking of his own dignity.
If you want to win his heart for an hour, call
him a gentleman ; but if you want to win him
to a despairing obedience, tell him that he is
a filthy nigger, assure him that his father and
mother had tails like monkeys, and forbid him
to think that he can have a soul like a white
man.
education oe the negro.
“I do not think that education has as yet
done much for the black man in the western
world. He canal way observe, and often read;
but he can seldom reason. I do no mean to
assert that he is absolutely without mental
power as a calf is. He does draw conclu
sions, but he carries them only a short way.
I think that he seldom understands the pur
*• muon j j vmv uujcuv ui .i iau« ui mr
results of honesty. He is not always idle,
perhaps not always false, certainly not always
» thief; but iiis motives are the fear of im- ,
mediate punishment or hopes of immediate !
reward. He fears that and hopes that only.
Certain virtues he copies because they are the <
rirlues of a white man. The white man is t
he god present to his eye, and he believes in (
lim—believes in him with a qualified faith, j
ind imitates him with a qualified constancy.’’ ,
The condition of the white population
.vho are struggling to induce the negroes 1
o work, and thereby to preserve the es- 1
aies and trade of the West Indies—the !
ibsurdity and wretchedness of the pres- i
“0t relations between masters and set- t
(ants—are powerfully portrayed.
As a corrective of the morbid seutiinen- "
alism engendered in the northern mind t
)y fictions of the Uncle Tom school, and r
is a candid and dispassionate representa- ”
ion of the emancipated negro iu one of §
he most highly-favored regions of the t<
arth, this work is deserving of attention a
iud study. b
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-There are now about two hundred and m
even revolutionary soldiers living, whose
aines are on the pension list. They have ]■
II sunk to their graves but this small band 1
u a very few years, not a human being who u,
articipated in the war of 177(5 will be left. 11
- W’e are learning in the South, says tb
le Knoxville Whig, how to subdue refracto- al
f negroes. Threaten to set a disobedient tb
pgro free, and send him to the North, and m
>rce him to earn his own living there, and he of
ill beg for mercy, and at ones sober down,
;g pardon and go to work 1 ail
[From the New York Day-Book, Feb. IS.
Massachusetts to Virginia.
The Legislature of Massachusetts pro
poses to invite the members of the Legis
latures of New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia to meet with
it in celebrating Washington's Birthday.
Now. so far as Maryland and \ irginia
are concerned, we have no hesitation to
say that this movement on the part of
Massachusetts is not only contemptible hy
pocrisy, but n downright insult. Just
think for a moment what the relation of
Massachusetts is to these States. She
regards them as upholding an institution
so wicked and immoral that she will not
permit the very people she proposes to in
vite to visit her, to bring with them their
servants. If they do she will not only
steal them, but her laws, we believe, even
imprison the person who dares to do it!
The case, then, stands thus:
“ Messrs. Virginians and Marylanders, we
invite you to come to Boston ; do come. We
will show you Fanenil Hall—we will show
you Bunker Hill Monument—we will show
you all over ‘ Basting,’ but you must not dare
to pollute our sacred soil with one of your ne
gro ‘slaves,’ if you do, we will lock you up
in the town jail ! But do come, nevertheless.
We love you very sincerely. True, we steal
ail your negroes we can, but then, that you
know, is a business matter. The London
Anti-Slavery Society pay us for that. True,
wo will not perform our obligations under the
Constitution, but then, you know, that is ‘ an
agreement with Hell,’ as Brother Garrison
says. Nevertheless, do come and see 11s. We
love you vert much just now. You know,
we have a great many boots and shoes to sell
to the South, and also, lots of calicoes ami
muslins, to say nothing of the mackerel and
codfish. We have been afraid recently that
you'southern ninnies are really going to get
huffy because we steal your property and per
form other trivial Yankee tricks, but you
must not get in earnest about such small af
fairs. Just keep quiet and come and see us
on Washington’s birthday, and next year
when we celebrate the 2d of December, the
anniversary of the death of the patriot Brown,
whom you Virginians may probably remem
ber. we will send you another invitation! So
don’t think hard of us, particularly just now,
as the spring trade is opening !”
The above is a fair statement of the
position of Massachusetts now in relation
to her sister States of the South, and how
her Legislature, with the infamous laws
on her statute books unrepealed, has the
impudence to invite southern men to visit
her, passes our comprehension.
Negroes Expi.li.ed from a Canadi
an Township.—The Detroit (Michigan)
Free Press reports that all the negroes
(lave been aummnrilv evnelled from lii^
township of Anderson, Essex county, a
few miles from that city, on the other side
of the river. This township was as thick
ly populated with negroes as any in Cana
da, but they have become so bad in their
depredations and crimes that their presence
was no longer endurable. Accordingly
the authorities of the township petitioned
the grand jury last fall relative to them,
and the jury in consequence presented
them as a nui-ance. Their outrages cul
minated a few weeks since, in an attack
upon a number of peaceable and defence
less citizens, and now the day of relribu- |
lion has overtaken them. The whole lot !
have been summarily driven out of the
township. They had been given homes,
but they so abused the kindness extended
to them that the authorities are obliged, in
order to protect their lives and property, to
drive them out as they would so many
wild beasts.
-From the Springfield (Missouri) Advertiser/
January 3, 1860.
New Stage Line.
The presumption is that all will admit that
there has long been a necessity for direct
communication between Springfield, Missou
ri, and the interior of Arkansas, by the way
of Ozark, Forsyth, Burrowville, etc., etc., to
some point on the divide between the Arkan
sas and White livers, which will enable us to
tap Little Rock on the one hand, and Mem
phis, Tenn., on the other, via. the Des Arc
and Fort Smith and Overland lines, and the
lower Mississippi, and, indeed, the whole val
ley of the Mississippi at all seasons by steam
boat. There can be no valid objection, it is
believed, to this enterprise, from any quarter.
The only question is, will it pay? The an
swer to this question, is, if the Post Master
General will let out the contract from point to
point, say from Springfield, Missouri, to
Springfield, Atlanta, or Des Arc, Arkansas,
the matter will be'tested very soon.
As it is, the country embraced between
those points and our section of country is al
most entirely without mail facilities; indeed,
I t" IS alrmicf i mnneci K In nnf I n i t „ _
I - O --- U
through from the interior of Arkansas or Mis
souri bv the routes now in operation. Thay
must come via. St. Louis or Fort Smith to get
through at all. The consequence is, but little
communication has heretofore existed between
those sections, and the wonder is that this has
been the case for so long a period without any
effort upon the part of those so deeply inter
ested, to remove the difficulty. It may be sup
posed that some insuperable barrier exists.
But this is, most assuredly, not the case.
There is no difficulty in the way whatever,
except the apathy of the people concerned.
A concurrent" of effort upon the part of those 1
interested, will soon bring about a consumma
tion of this important enterprise. Steps must i
re taken immediately to secure the co-oper- •
ition of our members of Congress, both from
Missouri and Arkansas. Some letters have *
llreadv gone up to them upon the subject—
nore must go up, and also, if need be, peti- 1
ions from all the counties on the line, before &
•ve can expect any action in the premises. f
'rom the Post Office Department. ' <
If a line of stages were to run from Spring- 1
ield, Missouri, to Atlanta or Springfield, 1
Arkansas, say twice per week, affording com- 1
nunication direct with Little Hock, Mem
ihis. and with New Orleans, and indeed the
vhole southern country by steainbo.ds from .
}es Arc on White river or from Little l ock
in the Arkansas, could it fail to pay? We j
hitik not. A good road exists from Spring- ,
ield, Missouri, to Atlanta or Springtield, Ar- L
:ansas, at either of which points we connect ^
rith the line from Des Arc to Fort Smith.
U Atlanta, however, we would connect with
he Ovei land stage from Memphis via. Little ai
tock to Sherman. Texas, and in order to ob- i
lin this advantage, Atlanta is the preferable
oint, it seems to us. The connecting point, j
owever, will be regulated bv the Post Mas
ir General, and therefore we dismiss that
latter for the present. The distance will
ot be over two hundred and twenty miles cc
ul the road from Forsyth to Oxurk is, it is pi
lought by gentlemen who have traveled the in
lad recently, to be the worst pari of the w
hole route. From Forsyth to Burrowville lit
ie road is excellent. From Burrowville to de
aringfield or Atlanta the Boston mountain is w
be crossed, but the grade is easy both ways, w]
id can be greatly improved with a little la- tb
>r. 1 he same mav be said of the road the ai
hole distance. It will be improved as a a
after of course, whenever stage service is da
dered upon it. The truth is, the road is now
r better than the road traversed by the daily qu
le from Atlanta to St. Louis via. the Iron tu
ountain. We give this upon reliable author
f 5 ®*,tl contidently asserted that the tw
ad through is equal to almost anv stage road : th
e same distance in Missouri. The country ! ph
ong the whole line is thickly settled, with
e exception of some sixteen or eighteen
les, including the pinery on the other side ‘ *)
White river. i
It is hoped. Messrs. Editors, that the press tei
d the people, from one end of this line to j i
[he other, will make a long pull, a strong i
pull, and a pull altogether in favor of this
new stage line. It is second only to the over
land, so far as Springfield is concerned, and all
lhat has been said in regard toit, so far as we
are concerned, may be said with equal force
in regard to it by our Arkansas brethren.
From Springfield they can tap the whole in
terior of Missouri, north, east and west.
What do you say, Messrs. Editors? Wh it
do you say, Headers of the Advertiser and
Mirror? What do you say, one and all?
SHALL WE HAVE' A DIRECT SOUTH
ERN’ MAIL? Pro Bono Publico.
Mississippi Revenue Bill. — The
late legislature of Mississippi raised the
taxes to 75 cents on each negro, instead
of 40, as heretofore, and to 20 cents on
each hundred dollars worth of land, in
stead of 16 cents as heretofore—thus
nearly doubling the tax on slaves, and in
creasing that on lands twenty-five per
cent. This was about the only change
made in the revenue laws. There being
about 400,000 slaves in the State, it will
increase the taxea^m that property alone
about $150,000, and. on lands about $60,
000 per year; so that after this year, the
gross revenue will be about $210,000
more than in past years from these two
items.
J55al“ Mr. Sebastian, of ibis State, has
offered the following resolution in the U.
S. Senate, which was adopted, proposing
a new plan for government correspond
ence.
Resolved, That the Committee on Mili
tary Affairs be instructed to inquire into
the expediency of securing the exclusive
use and benefit of a system of communi
cation by cypher in writing or by tele
graph between officers of the Govern
ment, and lo report upon any schemes or
plans submitted for that purpose, by bill
otherwise.
--
John Brown vs. Hemp.— Garrison, of
Boston, publishes that in all future time, tens
of thousands of John Browns will he born
every year. An opulent heinp grower from
Kentucky, now in Natchez, is willing to enter
into a contract, binding on himseif and his
heirs, to furnish the government hemp enough
to hang them ail!
3VT-A- XX X 33 23 :
In Memphis, on the 1st inst., atlhc residence
of J. Halstead, by the Rev. Samuel Watson,
Capt. J. P. Booker to Mi3s E. C. Mallory,
all of that city, v
r IHED i '
On Saturday morning, at his resilience, near
Des Arc, of Pneumonia, Mr. Alphed M.
Duke, in the 48th year of linage.
-Of Pneumonia, at hi3 residence on
White river, eight miles above Des Arc, Mr.
AfiCHIIlATn If Iir-ll in fhn HQll, »o., ^ P 1, I „
age. He was familiarly known, particularly
by river men, as “Uncle Arch.” He was a
native of North Carolina, but for the last
thirty-five years a resident of this State—
twenty-five of which he has passed upon the
banks of White river. Possessed of no refine
ment or cultivation whatever, but of good
strong practical sense, linked to warm and
generous feelings, together with strict integ
rity and honesty of purpose, he placed him*
self in the social circle and commanded tiie
respect and confidence of those to whom edu
cation and position in life had been more gen
erous. ihe errors of his life were wrongs
committed against himself. Intentionally he
injured none—did no one wrong. Time,how
ever, has sundered the brittle cord of life, yet
in the severance of mind and matter, we fond
ly tiust that the “spirit” has nothing lost but
greatly gained. M.
jroTiejE.
rp HE co-partnership heretofore existing be
at- tween the undersigned as Dry Goods
merchants, is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. Russ Evans is alone charged with
the settlement of the business of the concern
and will use the name of the firm in liquida
tion. RUSS EVANS.
SfM. HORNE.
Des Arc, March 7, I860.—lm.
Dissolution of Partnership
rpHE co-partnership heretofore existing be
A tween us under the firm name, of J. A.
Frith & Co., is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. John A. Frith is alone authorised
to settle up the old business.
J. A FRITH.
G. W. GLENN.
J. K. GLENN.
Des Arc, March 1, 1860.
All persons indebted to the late firm of J.
A. Frith & Co., are notified to come forward
nid settl", as the outstanding claims must be
idjusted without delay.
JNO. A. FRITH.
March 7, 1860—2 m.
VALUABLE DES ARC
TOWN PII0 P E R T Y,
FOR SAI/F
IT HE undersigned will sell at public Auc
tion, on 1
SATURDAY THE 7TH OF APRIL, 1800,
’tie following desirable and well located
roperty. viz:
Lot No. 1, in Block 27, corner of Buena '
rista and Woodruff streets, on which is a 1
ood two story frame business house, at pres
nt occupied by Nat Gilliam, as a Family
irocery and Furniture Store. The house
m.ts for $150 per year, a- d as is well known. \
le location is central and among the best in "
le town.
ALSO— a
The West 4 of lot No. 2, Block 27, on d
uena Vista street, on which is an excellent h
ie story frame house, at present occupied by ®
)hn McNarnee as a Tailor Shop, and by
Brien &. Co., as a Boot & Shoe Shop. This
roperty also pays a handsome rent. -
—ALSO—
Lots 4, 5 & 6 in Block 36, corner of Erwin
fd izard streets, near Watkins Chapel, t
here is a frame house on the premises, and )
e lots are enclosed. This property is very
fsirable from its beautiful location.
—ALSO—
Lots 1 and 2, 11 k 12 in Block No. 40. *’
rner of Erwin and Faster streets. The im
ovements on these lots are inferior to none L
Dee Arc. The house contains five rooms;
th kitchen, smoke house, stables, cow
uses, out-houses, together with a fine gar
n spot, all neatly enclosed. The buildings di
ire built last year by H. P. Vaughan. Esq
lose judgment was beautifully displayed in Ct
e erection of a tasty and neat fabric, with pi
necessary conveniences. We will also sell —
lumber of our unimproved lots ou the same
y..
bur object in selling is to decrease our H
antity of real estate, and turn it into ac
il means. of
Pkrms— One-third cash, balance in six. m
elve and eighteen months, with a lien on ~
! property until the payments are com
Evans & Horne. 1
eb2U-6t. *
00 good UP Land 2$ miles b
from Des Arc, for sale on liberal be
ms. WILLIAMS & HORNE. in
aarch!8-tf.
. ..R-T.sm^i
M A1IT1N A HI M 1ASON, " I
Des Arc, Ass '!
WILL practice in Prairie, Whit. i. !
Kansas, Monroe, Jackson and tl* , 9
joining comities. Office on Lyon street *1
feb29-tf.
W. M. G-REENS^Ajpgl
•Merchant Tailor, I
Des Arc, An*, l
SHOP on Buena Vista street, one door w
of the Post office. -AH work execute'H
a neat and fashionable style.
feb29-ly.
ADMIX HTR ATOR’d 'soticb'
ALL persons indebted to the estate of s'
phen Red, deceased, are requested to mt
payment by the 10th of March next or‘t“
will fmd their notes, accounts, &c.’ jn .?
hands of an officer for collection ’ ''
feb29-2t J. M. ROBINSON, Ado’
LIVERY STABLE;
BY T. F. GREER & Bro„
Des Arc, Aas.
rvIipl^JL' T II E proprietors of h
lhis Stable, which is Jfij
-“— th<‘ oldest establisment CfjSl
of the kind in Des Arc, situated on B>v.«
Vista street, near the Public Square, are t-1
pared as heretofore, to accommodate ti I
customers with Horses, Buggies, Carriag><I
fee., on short notice. 'I
We a,e prepared to accommodatea-i
number of horses, by the single feed, foil
week, or month. We attend to'the stablec '• V
selves, and can assuree all that their
will be well attended to.
To the citizens of Prairie, White.S.B
Francis, Jackson, Monroe and Pulaski cost,!
ties, we are under peculiar obligations pi
their liberal patronage: and can aien,,.
‘ even those who come from afar ofF,»thiU
effort shall be spared on our part to ple:ii
them, as in by gone days.
feb29-tf.
FEM ALE “S CHOOL
Atlanta, Prairie County, An.
til AVI NG succeeded in establish •
s, the above School, and having!;,:’
jv red the invaluable services of Ku
if K. D. Saei-ord,as principal,whu,
educational advantages, income,
lion with her untiring energy and perstt;;.
ance lias won for her a reputation as a teach
attained by few. And "having all theadm
I tages nature could bestow on a locality,stt
i ounded by a moral, energetic and deeplyia
terested community.
All the Trustees feel proud in offering eg
young, but flattering institution to the pat™,
age of the public.
First Session commenced on .Monday tin
13 b February. 1H60.
TERMS FEU SESSION OF FIVE MONTH!,
Primary Department. S10 00
1st Acadamic Class. ]20j
2nd Acadamic Class, embracing
Algebra, G •ouieiry &. Astronomy. 16 00
French and Latin.. jq uO
. 20 00
iar Good board at reasonable rates. I
REFERENCES.
Col. .Too. M. Hell, Maj. I. C. A. Skillers
Maj. Peter St. Clair, Rev. I. Y. Corbitt: Oat
land Grove. Ark.
I3y order of the Trustees.
_feb20-tf. L. Ii. Mitchell, Se’cy,
SOUTH WORTH, NA NCES'CO
Wholesale Dry Goods
AND
CLOTHING STORE!
Memphis, Tern. §
w. S. SOUTH WORTH, l W. II. NANCE,
GEO. K. YE.ATMAN. Late of Huntsville As
Of Douglas At Co., f jos. c. Bradley, of
Nashville. \ Bradley, Wilson & Co
New Orleans.
VJ K have oporiod early for spring sals
V V at No. 163 Ma in street, Memphis,T«,
a large and varied stock of foreign u
DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, KOTO
HOSIERY. UMBRELLAS, &.C., &C., fXCluSlVt
for wholesale trade The merchants of Ai
kutisas, will find it to their interest to exa®
this stock before going to other mark,.
Goods and prices will he. found to corapr
favorably with any to be had in the Unit
States,—and all we ask, is an opportunity;
prove our words true. Barter of all discT
lions, taken at highest market value.
South worth, Nance, & Co.
feb29-3m. Above Worsbain House.
(XT UK WASTED.
A YOUNG Man from the Western or Souti
ern portion of Prairie counly, who ci
bring good i ecommendations, can get a gw
permanent situation in one of the best 4]
goods store’s in Des Arc. None need app
unless they can first produce letters of recos
mendation tioin good and substantial ettizeu
as to morals, industry, etc One acquaint
with tiie business preferred. Wages aseooh
any other merchant can afford to give in If
country. Address, A. I)., through the ft
Arc Post Office, within fifteen days.
—~ __—B
C A JUDSOS,
pARPENTER AND JOINER, Ate!
Dealer in Doors, Mantles, Win#|
ind Door Frames, &c.
ES^'Shop corner of Erwin and Parkstred
DES ARC, AllKANSAs
X. B.—Uoflitis made to order, on shoJ
lotice. feb22df
P * KT VEBSUII* Jfi.TItX,
WE liave associated with us in bush*1
Mr. S. Lowe.nsteiv. The busine
rill hereafter be conducted under the
ud firm of Cans, Rosenberg & Co.
GANS & CO.
LEON GANS. S. J. KOSENBEM’
I)es Arc, Feb. 22, I860. —lm.
U.’SIN ESS ~PAB NE 3t 1VA N’T I »
A GENTLEMAN of good businessqnsH'
"A fications and moral character, havirf
cash capital of from two to five tboussri
ollars, and can devote his whole time to bue
less; can get ari interest in an establish*
lercantile house in Des Arc.
Address, W. W. M., Des Arc Post Offid
feb-22-1860..3t.
<9. L, BM.SILY,
$ DRUGGIST,
A AND
ja.3POTKt33CA.rtT.
ALSO, DEALER IN
Itationery, Perfumery
VAlr« ¥ IHT'I LES &C., H
*ne & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista s*ret‘®
lE^JS iilESo J
Fine Wines, Brandies, &c., for ‘ gffl
cinal purposes, always on hand. B
(jy’Physicians prescriptions are accuratCj||j
mpounded of the best articles that can g|
ocured. janllFu^^B
MONEYWANTED. |
"DIE undersigned is now making ®rraI*KB|
i merits to start soon, for a splendid
Spring and Summer goods. Come and,5'*®
5. [feb8-] J. II. QUISENBEKKMgj
“jusYreceTved,
5 BOXES Shoes and Boots. ,
Also, Jjjm
1000 Apple Trees, from the nursejA,.|i
ady Price of Lauderdale county, A*u.^
ing a selection of the best qualities or" ||J
the country. „
ianlS- G. & J MeLAREN*^ I