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OES ARC, ARKANSAS:
Tuesday Morula*. 8fpt. 1, 1898.
The CITIZEN hi NOT the OIB
rlal Organ ol'thr Radical Party.
It is not (he Recipient of FORCED
Patronage; but relies on Its own
Merits anti on a Discriminating
i’l ltl.lt'., I'or success.
National Democratic Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Ilonitio Seymour,
lit KBW TOKK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
Francis P. Oln.ii*, «Ti*.,
or MtSfOlKI.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
FOR TUB STATE AT LARUE I
,i. D. WALKER, ot Washington Co.
JOHN R. FELLOW? af Ouachita.
FIRST district:
ROBERT 8. GANTT, of Prairie.
SECOND district:
A. B. WILLIAMS, of Hempstead.
third district:
J. E. CRAVENS, of Johnson.
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CoKOaS-BtONAL pEWOrSATlC Ex. Cos. 1
Wasbinglon City, May 26, 1868. J
The undersigned requests the chair
men of ail state, county, city, township
or ward democratic and conservative
committees, associations, or clubs, to
furnish the Congressional Democratic
Executive Committee with the names
of members of their associations, for
reference during the pending presiden
tial campaign. Documents will be fur
nished by lids committee, on orders
accompanied oy money, ni un icuun
ing rates:
For sixteen page document*, in wrap
pers, and franked, $12 per thousand.
For eight page documents, in wrap
pers, and franked, $7 per thousand,
or at the same rate for a smaller
number. In particular cases they will
he furnished gratuitously.
Communications may be addressed
to Hon. Samuel J. Randall, M. C.,
Washington City :
Hy order. J. 11. DOOLITTLE,
Chairman Congressional Deni. Ex.
Committee.
Samcel J. Randall, Secretary.
Democratic and conservative Jour
nals will please Insert the above notice
conspicuously.
REGISTRATION.
Very soon, as early as next week, the
people of White River township will be
given the opportunity of qualifying to
vote under the present constitution of
our State. We do not deem this the
place to discuss the merits or demerits
of our registration law, or to say
whether or not its requirements nrc
just. This we do know, it is a law
that wc must register if we would
vote —before we register We must sub
scribe to the oath embodied in the
franchise article of the constitution.
With the character of this oath our
readers arc all familiar, and it is use
less for us to discuss it in this article.
What wc mean to say is all to thC ctl'cct
that every citizen of this township ac
cept lu good faith the circumstances
that surround us, and resolve to do all
that is lu our power for the good of
the country and ourselves. In order
that we may effect anything by our
citizenship, we certainly must be
clothed with the privilege of franchise.
This is not given to us, uor can it be
had but in the manner prescribed by
the constitution. Whatever may be
our views of the government under
w hich we are now living, there is. it is
evident, but one course for U8 to pur
sue in order to obtain a voice In the
government of our State: That is to
submit ourselves to the constitution as
it is, comply with all the requirements
thereof, register and prepare to vote
according to the dictates of our judg
ment for those men that wo think will
as officers host represent the people.
Let na therefore throw aside whatever
prejudice we may hare, and in spirit,
accepting the equality of all men be
lore tiie law, take tiie oath and keep it.
This is our only remedy. Again we
say to the people of our tow’iisbip, be
ready ou the 7th, 8th and 9th days ol
September to register, that iu Novem
ber we may vote.
THE FREEDMEX.
Too little attention we are satisfied is
being, aud has been paid to the freedmen
by the intelligent white men of our state.
.1 u»t now, it is true that he is being brought
into notice as an element of strength in
oar coming elections, to whatever party
his support may ho given. But it is a
mistaken notion that the duty of the negro
or our duty toward him ceases with the
ffitU election. He is in interest, by asso
ciation, and every tie of life, so insepera
bly connected with the people of the
south, ‘hat it is impossible (or us if we
would to shake him off or sepermte our
selves i'ruju him ; here is his home and
here are those who he is fast learning are
his best frieuds, and upon whom he is de
pendant for support and even life itself.
* Now that it is settled that the freedmau is
to stand equal—at least in political rights
—to the white man, it well becomes us to
cast about and see what can be done to
clevute him to a position becoming his
equality. In order that this end may be
reached lie must he made to realise that
he is a man. iu person, in right, in respon
sibility a man; that his manhood and his
rights will lie boat protected by those the
people of the south who kuow him best,
and who have always proven his friend.
It is true, that as a class, the freedmau il
given to idleness, hut this can be remedied
by teaching him patiently that the pro
duct of the white man’s labor is not his
that h. is only entitled to that for whicl
'1".- .JJH-l" ' 1
he honestly labors; but that he shall be
protected in the cujoyment of the fruits
of his labor equally with the man from
whom he earns it. Iu view of the facts
that the negro in in our midst, th;.t the
large bodies of land, by digging into
which he gains his livelihood, arc the
property of the men of the South; in
short, that all his interests arc identified
with ours, would it not be well for us to
make personal sacrifices in order to con
vince the more intelligent of his class
whst our relations toward them arc. If
we would thus instruct them, let them
know Wc want them to educate their chil
dren, to hold property if they can make
it; thnt in all their rights they will be
protected by us, wc will make of them
friends, and they will Boon come away
from all associations with northern scala
wags and adventurers, and assist us in re
gaining our place and position as a pgrt of
the government redeemed from the evils
of radical rule and fanatical influence.
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OUR M'tUWAC.
We have got a scalawag. The quiet,
peaceful, and heretofore inoarl city of
Dea Arc has produced a real, full
grown, whangdoodle scalawag. We
are not certain this word will convey
the exact meaning of the thing wc wish
to describe. Iu looking over our dic
tionary to 6cc how far this word would
go toward expressing what wc intend
ed, we found that it was a new coinage
and not yet incorporated in any of the
new editions. After some little time
spent in examination we concluded
that it was a corruption of the words
scaly, which, as is oftem used, incuus
very tricky and full of dirt, and wag,
a man full of low sport and humor—a
moving to and fro, etc. Wc thought it
was a pretty good definition as far as
it went, but it did not go half far
cnongh to describe one M. M. Erwin,
the representative of that class of
thiugs in Dos Arc. We lookod fur
tlier but could find no word that would
do the subject justice. We then tried
to coin one but were not satisfied with
tbo cll'orts of our Inventive faculties.
We thought to describe him by com
parison but found nothing in nature
hut the carpet-bagger that held any re
semblance to him whatever. In Radi
cal meanness he is about equal to sev
enteen of the grade of low ordinary.
Right here wc have broke down. We
felt our inability to describe such a
thing when we started out, but thought
to have done better than this. All of
our reuders who would like to see a
real live scalawag should pay Des Arc
a visit and see this Erwin. They will
know him by his not being caged and
his going from one street corner to an
other, vociferously spouting a dirty
stream of Radicalism, carrying u large
stick in his fore paws. The 6tick is to
carry his carpet-bag on when the Rad
icals furnish him one. lie talks a
great deal with his mouth. That is
the way lie fought his first secession
battles. In 1801 he would not have
rose to breakfast for less tliun six dead
Yankees, ltut wo have said enough
about him for this time. Read the
comments of the Radical White River
Journal on a speech he made at De
vall's Bluff a few days ago. Liston
while he sings:
lie (Roots) was followed by Mr. M.
M. Erwin, of Des Are, who proceeded
iu a decidedly forcible and taking
speech to announce his conversion to
the principles of Republicanism. It
might be thought strange, lie said, that
lie was present ou this occasion, since,
a year ago, he in this place spoke iu
opposition to negro suffrage. Rut ex
perience had taught him thutall honest
and thinking men were open to cou
vietion, and when so convinced were
ready to change their views. Stupid
and dishonest meti never changed. He
had thought that the two races could
not live together, both free, but he now
knew better, llad the same uuniber
of his own race, ignorant and cusluvcd
been turned loose as the negroes had,
there would have been much more
crime and disorder.
He was in favor of peace, and the
purty that advocated it. lie had been
to war once, and got euough. He
Knew null ne.null uuuu uciuiicii, uiiu lie
acknowledged the corn. We heard
much of carpet-baggers, what mattered
it to him where a man came from, so
lie was honest, capable, aud had some
interest in the country. He did not
know that the name of the Democratic
candidate for Congress was not ou the
tax-books of the eouuty he claimed to
hail from. 11c proceeded to state his
views upon the new Constitution, and
expressed ids entire satisfaction there
with.
His remarks were received with
great applause.
WlVf publish the following Regis
tration Notice, that our readers may
learu ttie times and places appointed
for registering the voters of Prairie
county, and which many would not
otherwise know:
REGISTRATION.
Notice is hereby given, That 1 will
attend at the various precincts in the
county of Prairie, from nine o'clock in
the niorniug uutil live o’clock in the
evening, on the following dates :
White River Precinct, on the 7th, 8th
and 9th of September.
Pigeon Roost Precinct, ou the 12th,
14th aud 15th of September.
Caroline Precinct, on the 18th, 19th
aud 21st of September.
Ceutre Precinct, ou the 24th and 25th
of September.*
Prairie Precinct, on the 28th, 29th aud
‘30th of September.
Clear Lake Precinct, on the 3d and
5th of October.
Rich Woods Precinct, on the 7th aud
8th of October.
Hamilton Precinct, on the 10th of
October.
LaUrew Precinct, on the 12th of Oc
I tober.
Wattcnsaw Precinct, on the 16th,
, Kith aud 17th of October.
For the purpose of registering the
I legal voters according to law.
I (Signed) T. M. GIBSON,
President Board Registration
for Prairie County, Ark.
-A rattle snake, measuring soven
; feet in length, and twelve inches in
| circumference, was killed near Green
I wood, Mississippi, a few days ainoe.
.The skin, after being taken from the
reptile, held twelve aud a half bushels
of sawdust.
-A western politician, in speaking
of n rival, said : “Pilkins is of great use
to observing men. Straws show which
i wav the wind blows, and, us a straw.
Pilkins has no cjuai in the country I”
.... . '
From the Now York World, Aug. 17.]
Ulghly Gratifying State or the
Can van.
If it were not Unit the Dcmoracv
were so wide awake and hard at work
everywhere, we should have some fear
least they might he lulled into apathy
py the quiescence of the Radical foe.
The Tribune calls this a ‘‘desperate
conflictyet the thinned majorities
who read the Tribune and papers of
its sort appear, instead of making it a
conflict at all, to be paralyzed by the
vigor and enthusiasm which is manifest
North, South, East and West among
Democratic voters. Appearances indi
cate that
“Our enemies have fallen, have fallen."
already, before the broach has been as
sayed.' Yet their flight seems to be
regarded, by the friends of the Union
and the Constitution, ns a fresh incen
tive to make their punishment greater,
and the triumph of the Uuiou cause
more complete.
The West is fairly aflame with Demo
cratic enthusiasm. Reports of the mass
meetings held there abound with proofs
of overwhelming accessions to the
party from the other side, and of the
fealty of every old campaigner who
has held fast to*Democratic principles
through good and evil times. The
speakers are among the ablest of
American orators and statesmen.
Pendleton, Thurman, Ward and others
are organizing for victory in Ohio.
The Germans are among the flrst to
join in the political revolution, and it
is claimed thut the change in the Ger
man vote alone will secure the State
for Seymour and Blair. Senator Hen
dricks, in Indiana, and Senator Doolitle,
in Wisconsin, arc marching nt the heads
of the campaigners in those Stales,
conquering and inspiring public opin
ion wherever they go. Both these
States are counted, at tills stage of the
contest, as surely Democratic by hand
some majorities. This will send Mr.
Doolittle back to the Senate, as well as
help to elect our candidates for the
Presidential and Vice Presidential
chairs. Michigan is another State
where, according to the voice of the
local press and all the news whialK
comes to us, “the work goes gravely
on.” The Detroit Free Press (Tfcclarcs
that “never in the history of political
contests have the indications thus early
been so favorable to the Democracy.
Wo have cheering accounts from all
sections, due friends are active and
determined, and if the State is uot
redeemed from the blight of Radical
ism which lias so long been upon it, it
will uot be for the want of work.” So
in regard to Illinois, Iowa and Minne
sota. Eden and co-laborers in Iowa
arc laboring with an ability and energy
that cannot fail to break the large ma
jority against us two years ago, aud
that may yet succeed in turning the
scale. The popular changes in Illinois
and Minnesota lead our friends in those
regions to prophesy certain victory.
California aud Oregon have already
proved the stuff of which their popula
tions arc made. Headstrong and radi
cal at the outset, like the population of
all new aud adventurous common
wealths, they were the first to resent,
despise and rebel against the false
Republicanism which became tyranny,
and arc now working with their might
j to put down its lenders and its power,
j Popular sentiment thus revolutionized
I gathers strength in such communities
as it flows. It is satisfied with nothing
less than victory, and a victory, in No
vember, the people of California and
Oregon arc bound to win :
Hero at the East we listen to and
retul nothing but good news, Pmnsvl
vania might be likened to a battle
ground, were it not that the war cry is
the same everywhere, and the cheers
nearly all for “Seymour and ltlair!”
The Radicals of the Keystone State arc
only less benumbed and discouraged
than those of New York and Now
Jersey, who have given up the ghost of
a chance to overcome or check the ris
ing of the democratic hosts. Their
public meetings are so slitnly attended
in the majority of instances, that the
latest speakers arc compelled to speak
I briefly, or talk to the empty air;
; whereas not a call lias been made for a
i democratic gathering which did not
I elicit a response, according to the size
of the place whence it was issued, from
hundreds or thousands of citizens.
Now England, aroused by the clarion
voice of Connecticut, the echoes of
which have not yet ceased, is reinvig
orating herself with sound political
doctrines, administered hv Democratic
campaigners, whose voice is full of
hope and cheer.
Delaware is a pillar of the Demo
cratic temple, which stands as firm and
steadfast its it did when the Samson of
Radicalism tried his best to pull it
down. What a Samson failed in,
neither Simpson nor his followers
appear disposed to attempt; and the
Democrats of Delaware have pretty
j ncrly their owu way. The inhabitants
| of Maryland, recovering from the
j swoon of disgust into which they were
1 «aot iliivSinf ilto iiniK Vti' tlm nnD>u»aa nC
Radical satraps, and the advent of
Radical carpet-baggers, arc determined
to assert tlieir rights to the ballot.
That right being thoroughly resumed,
there remains no difficulty In sweeping
the State for the Democratic candi
dates.
Rattled i" i tic North, our enemies arc
augmenting their eHurts and intrigues
to secure the Southern vote for tirant
and C'olifnx. This vote was long ago
admitted by the Radicals in Congress
and the Radical press, North aud South,
to be absolutely necessary, us J whole,
to the success of their cause. Rut the
present prospect is, that, iu spite of the
immense advantages they have secured
and still retain in the form of military
despotisms and carpet-bag majorities
in the State Legislatures, the schemers
will be hoisted In several Southern
States by tlieir own petards. Political
meetings arc possible for Democrats in
the South, us well as for llaclioals and
negroes; and the Democratic masses
are striving to make their meetings so
orderly, and so unobjectionable to their
preseut tyrants, except from the fact of
the protests against tyranny in all
shapes wicb are uttered by the speakers,
that the Radicals have no other way to
put them down except by the iustiga
tiou of negro mobs. The briefest aud
best advieu which Southern Democrats
cau adopt is given them by au eminent
Democratic speaker who has been a
witness of the condition of politics in
Missouri, where the State officers are
desclbed us “a disgrace to civilization,”
and “the Radicals do everything iu tho
most odious manner.”
1. Let them organize their entire
physical fpree in clubs.
2. Let them organize their social
power for self-protection.
3. Let them maintain every right by
every local means, and redress every
wrong they suffer by all the remedy
known to the law.
The opportunity to rid themselves of
the odiuus oppression under which
they suffer Is one to secure which
Southern men of sense are making
every sacrifice consistent with honor.
The thorns In their aides goad thorn,
not to desperation, hut to discretion.
Vigilauce, forbearance aud consistent
work—these constitute a policy, the
only policy through which the citizens
of the South cun hope to escape from
the toile of their aud the people’s mas
ters, inflict npon the latter the ven
geance of a Waterloo political defeat,
! and thus secure for tbemsfjvce ami the
country peat e.
»
Father Ryan on “Irish Radi
cals.”
The able anil well edited journal, the
Banner ot' the South, published *! Au- j
gusta, da., and edited by Father Ryau.
speakiug of the Irish Radical club of
that place, makes use of the following:
We have charity enough for a North
ern American Radical, or a Protestant
Radical; but none whatever for an
Irishman or a Catholic who embraces
the political creed of that party. They
have no excuse, no pretext. They
have seen their own land deluged with
the blood of martyrs, their religion
proscribed, their priests bunted down
as if they were dogs, their property
confiscated, their schools closed up,
their children deprived of the means
of education, their families starved to
death, their leading men hung or ban
ished for no other crime than loving
Ireland, and the glorions old faith of
St. Patrick too much. They have seen
and felt all this; and to-day they see
Radicalism preaching aud teaching the
same bigotry and intolerance that led
to all their woes and sufferings. They
see in Grant a hater of their religion,
in Colfax a persecutor of their race and
creed, in Breekiuridge, the Radical
apostle, a would-be destroyer of for
eigners and Culholics—in all the lead
ers and journals of that party the life
long intolernnts and persecutors of
everything forcigu anil Roman Catho
lic. Aud yet these Augusta Irishmen
dare to stand up in the light of the day
aud proclaim themselves members of
such party ! “Oh ! shame where is thy
blush I” Is there no feeling, no self
respect at all left in these ininions of
power, these tools of degradation, these
vile, polluted creatures? Are they so
debased, so ignorant, so wicked, that
they can be brought away from the
faith of their fathers aud barter the
glories of Ireland for a policeman's
place, or a constable’s baton, or act us
a lackey to corrupt aud degraded po
litical tricksters? Shame on them I
Ireland spurns them—America despises
them I As for us, we loathe them ; we
pity the unfortunate city of Augusta
that it has to eudure the presence of
these debauched creatures, aud thank
khein for giving us the gratifying privi
lege of erasing their names from the
subscription books of the Banner of the
South. They are not wanted. We
don’t want them to stand among the
names of pure women, and true men,
and innocent children of the South,
who are so faithful and devoted to the
“lost causewo don’t want them to
stand among the names ot the sincere
and earnest Catholics and true hearted
Irishmen who lovo principle better
than place, and would notdisgrace their
religion or their native land by sacri
ficing the interests and the property of
their adopted country. Yes, let them
go! and in the condemnation of their
own consciences let them dwell. Per
haps they may, ere long, open their
eyes to the folly nud wickedness of
their course, and repent of the evil
thing which they have done. If not,
let them forswear their faith and na
tionality. The anomaly is too great—
too striking to exist. They cannot he
Irish Catholics and American I'adicnls.
They must give tip the one or the oilier,
and the sooner the better.
WSrThc expressions of apprehension
of peril by the best minds of the coun
try leave no room to doubt that the
danger is imminent. The demoraliza
tion witnessed in high places, when
those who might well he imagined to
possess some regard for the good
opinion and respect of their fellow
• men, nud would naturally shrink from
' incurring the obloquy and odium that
must attach through all time to tainted
names, is too patent to deceive tlie
friends of their country and supporters
of good government. The teachings
of the fathers wiio formed and inter
preted the Constitution are derided und
set at naught by those who have wield
ed power since the war, showing that
a departure from constitutional order
and law in a .-tale of war, may be simi
larly treated during a condition of
peace. Ours lias ceased to be a repre
sentative Government. Congress is
desecrated by the presence of men who
are not identitied in interest or person
al attachment with those they pretend
to represent. They are not even citi
zeus of tliu States, but temporary
sojourners, who followed tiio war and,
through pretended zeal and excessive
loyalty, liavo worked themselves into
places where they can indulge in the
natural bent of their cupidity and steal
and plunder under the cloak and cover
of law. Wo are informed that one of
the so-called Scuators from Georgia is
a citizeu of Ohio, where his family
resides, aud one of the Florida Sena
tors is a citizen of Michigan, who went
to Florida witli a portable sewing ina
cbiuc. The white legislators of the
South are almost exclusively scalawags
and carpet-baggers, who have no sym
pathy with the people. Cau such a
mockery of representation exist and
the country be free from peril? Will
those unprincipled adventurers, either
in Congress or the State Legislatures,
consent to let iro their ill-irot power so
long as they can hold on to it by fraud
or force? This it is which fills our best
people with alarm and dread. Those
who can show themselves as unscru
pulous as they have done, may woll be
suspected of any crime. Look at tbe
prospect. If the descent to degrada
tion and rascality could be so rapid iu
three years, with a President strug
gling to maintain some constitutioual
consistency, what may not bo appre
hended should the people be so maa or
unfortunate as to place in the Execu
tive chair u mere creature of Congres
sional will, who has no “policy” to de
feud, and has not the first attribute of
statesmanship? We cannot for a mo
l incut believe they will bo so demented.
1 The tidings that reach us arc of the
most gratifying character. The groa
; test enthusiasm prevails throughout the
great States of the North. The State
Register says that Illinois will give her
voice with New York, Pennsylvania
and Ohio for the candidates nominated
by the Democratic party, and declares
with the utmost confidence that there
is not a reasonable doubt of the accu
racy of the prediction.—Memphis Ava
lanche.
MF-Soine eastern school book pub
lishers aro understood to be preparing
a new dictionary, with the latest defini
tions. A few examples will suffice to
show what the language is coming to :
Peace.—A standing army to euforce
disfranchisement upon white tax
payers, while non-tax paying negroes
do the voting and governing.
Impartial Suffraoe.—One basip of
suflVage in tbe North, but a dlfi'eieut
basis in tbe South.
Money.—For the workingman, the
mechanic, and the piowholder, treasury
notes; for the bondholder, gold and
silver coins.
Economy.—Five hundred millions a
year for Federal expeuses.
Liberty.—Admitting negroes to the
elective franchise.
Equality.—The result of depriving
white meu of the right, to vote.
Balance or Power. Enabling three
millions of negroes to wield greater
political power than eighteen millions
of white men.—Chicago Times.
From Hotland.—There is no truth
in the report that the devil refused to
admit Thud. Stevens to a vacant chair
in Hotland. on the ground that he had
too mauv Republican!. there. He said
•'they were welcome!—Brick Pomeroy.
“Mod* ration/’
We are having a surfeit, just now, of
appeals for “moderation” on the part
• if Southern writer* and speakers. We
say surfeit because we mean if, because
it expresses a fnrt, and because no oth
er word does. We have no objection
to moderation. Oil the contrary we
have been an admirer of it ail our life.
But we like moderation that is mutual;
not a onesided affair that says hush I to
Southern tongues when honest indig
nation mqves them to sharp apeuking,
hut not a word for the torrent of Jaco
bin tiltli and falsehood that daily
pours upon our devoted heads. We
did not comincnco tiiis stylo of war
fare. After the war closed and we had
laid down our arms, what was the
method adopted at the North by the
dominant party towards us ? Were we
not fiends, barbarians, murderers—at
the very mildest “rebels” and “trai
tors” who ought to be banished and
confiscated, at least? Has that style
ever been changed ? If so, when ?
Read the Southern correspondence of
such perveyors of hate and calumny as
the New York Tribune, Forney’s
Press, and Cincinnati Gazette. How,
then, can Southern men, being only
human as they urc; refrain front occa
sionally retorting in kind ?
As to negro rows and riots gotten
up by Radicals, it seems to be expected
bv the advocates of this so-called
“moderation,” that white men must not
only run right away and leave tho ne
groes the field, but that they must not
even speak out their indignation at a
policy and a party that makes sucli
tiling's possible. If a white mail kills
or nssaults a negro, wlint a torrent ot
passion, and curses, and inflammatory
appeals break out all over the North,
li'u negro kills a white man though,
or a riot is commenced by negroes,
they ignore it and we are expected to
follow suit. Don’t condemn it, don’t
denounce the authors and actors in it,
say these so-called moderados, because
it will stir up tho negroes and give a
handle to Radical stump orators and
writers. Wu think this about a fair
statement of the case.
Now what shall be our policy? We
say a happy medium between the ex
tremes of rant violence, on tho one
hand, and an unmanly, disgraceful and
senseless reticence on the other. Don't
advise that which you know canuot he
safely carried out. Don’t stir up strife.
Don’t appeal to passions, and invoke
memories that should be buried with
tne glories oi me past, non i iaiK re
bellion when you know resistance if
hopeless. But neither lie down in the
dirt, and with hands to your moutlii
invite the insults and kicks of your en
emies. Don't cry "pence'’ and "mode
ration'’ when moderation means a dis
! regard of every instinct of honor and
I manhood, yes, even self-preservation
| Keep the peace aud obey the law, bul
: see that others do so too. If the law
' does not protect yourselves. Wc
l would make almost any sacrifice to se<
| Seymour and ltlnir elected, and tin
j country saved, but if it is nccossnn
to secure that end. that the Soutlicrr
| people should become, under the goad
• ings of their adversaries, even ns II in -
clous under the domination of theli
] Kuglisli oppressors, it becomes a ques
] lion for grave consideration whethei
“the game is worth the candle.’'—Ma
con (tin.) Journal and Messenger.
The following is from the Var
Huron Press:
Mklakcholt Accibknts.—We learr
| that a son of Mr. Hixion, living somi
two or three miles from the city, me
witii a severe and fatal accident 01
J Sunday morning last. The lad in com
| jinny with two or three other cliHdrer
| were playing with a large wagon, the
son of Mr. N. having hold of the neap
, attempting to glide it and in passing
down a little hill, and before bo coulc
give the neap a turn, he was caught bj
the end of it and hits body brought be
I ween the fence anil the neap, complete
; ly crushing out his vitals. Medical aic
I was immediately called, but was of nc
: avail, he having been fatally iujurcc
j internally and died the next morning
lie was aged about 14 vears, and wai
: an only son. The afflicted parent)
have the sympathy of their noighbori
and friends iu this sad bereavement.
Again wc have to chronicle anothei
accident which happened to Mr. Jamci
Brown in this city on Monday last
lie weut down into a well on the
Stoveali place, where he was living
for the purposo of sinking it deeper
after reaching bottom the air was sc
foul, he gave signal to be drawn out
he got on to the bucket and was drawi
up some ten or fifteen feet whou he fcl!
oft'. Before assistancecould be had and
he got out he was, apparently, dead
Medical assistance was at ouce had bul
was of no avail. Mr. Brown >1
hard-working good citizen, and his
loss will be deeply felt by his afflicted
family. He leaves a wife and leveral
dynall children who were dependent, It
a great measure, on hiB labors for sup
| port-__
A Disgrace to Ilia Ualform.
Wc have it from what should bi
with him the best authority—negre
testimony—that one Saxton, whe
sports the prefix of a U. S. brigadier
ship to bis name, and who, it is said
has been appointed chief qnartcrmastei
for the department of the South, ha
raugued a lot of negroes in an A Tricar
church, on the outskirts of the city
last Suudaywvcniug, iu which he used
the most violeut aud incendiary Ian
guage, telling the negroes to artr
themselves against tho re-enslavemoni
of their race, and that when the nexi
war came it would be one of sweeping
extermiuatiou to tho whites. If th<
statement be true, that this creator)
made the speech attributed to him, i'
is the duty of General Meade at oiici
to dismiss him from service. Tin
government does not need the service)
of such pestilent and iuceudiary fiends
—Atlanta Constitution.
Special to the New York Tribune.]
■■tercepted.
Final Hone, Inside the Boiler.
Dear Fool Horace:—I am iu my placi
Tell Butler his cell, in the shape of i
spoon, is uearly finished. I see severa
other cells, all inside this boiler, nearl]
completed. One is labeled \y. G. B
Tenn., another in the shape of a carpet
bag, laboled R. B. B. G*. A few ii
working on one labeled U. 8. G. H<
is trying to make it as horrible w
Butler’s aud Brownlow’s and doubtlesi
will succeed. Quite a prominent posi
tion for you next to mo, d—u it.
Writhingiy your,
Thad Stevens.
---.—
I —A uegro noar Forramore Hill th<
other day beat his wife to death auc
then laid her body across the railrom
track, aud left it to the mercies of th<
next passing train.
-Nearly every politician has lof
Washington to engage in the canvass
) Senator Patterson and lady left fo
| Tennessee Sunday. The President wil
I be detained there for several days.
-Melvin E. Bauhn, convicted o
the murder of Jessie Deuuis, iu Ne
maha county, Kanina, in November
! 1866, has been sentenced to be hangei
on the 18th day of September uext.
-New Bedford, Massachusetts, ii
; proportion to Its population, is thi
! wealthiest town in tho country. Oni
i of its churches represents Rm.OOO.nOi
1 worth of property.
Hew Manufactories Develop a
City.
A good illustration of what manufac
tories will do for a place when encouraged,
says a Pennsylvania paper, is afforded by
the flourishing town of Cauton. Ohio,
whero reapers and mowers aro made.
When the inventor went there a few years
ago it was the dullest and least progressive
town in the State, and was retrograding in
wealth and population. lie asked for ten
thousand dollars from the citizens to help
him start a manufactory. They raised and
gave it to him. Tbo following arc the
results of the investment:
Two large agricultural implement manu
factories of ploughs exclusively; one ol
stoves and hollow ware ; ono of reaper and
mower knives and saddlery hardware: two
of horse rakes , oue of farm wagous ; one
of cultivators ; one of wrought iron brid
ges, ono of soaps, and others, moro or less
extensive. These are not small concerns,
The machine interest alone supports twe
thousand five hundred men. The town
has trebled in population, quadrupled it
wealth, besides developing a home market
for farm products, which is stimulating tc
production and enriching farmers in the
country tributary to it. Thia is how thi
smart people of Ohio get along.—Southerr
Farmer.
-- --
-Full returns of the Kentucky
election givo Stevenson, Democrat, 89,
249 majority for Governor. The tota
vote of the State was 137, 33!, of whicl
Kinkcad, Third party candidate, rccei
ved 13,167.
g&*Ifthe Radicals want peace, why
are they arming the negroes?
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Freight and Passage Card Kate of the
Memphis ana White River
INDEPENDENT PACKET,
DES ARC,
Leaving Memphis Every Thursday
Commencing September 3.
FROM Memphis to Helena, Delta, Friar'i
Point and all way Landings and moutl
White river, per 100 pounds. L’.ic; dry bar
rels. 00c; sail barrels, 00c; pork, 76c; wins
ky, $1; molasses, $1; corn, oats and bran
nr. -
From Memphis to Indian Bay and all W»;
Landings, to Dee Arc, Augusta, West Foin
and Searcy, per UK) pounds, 40c; dry barrels
60c; salt barrels, 75c; pork, $1; whisky, $
26; molasses, $1 50; corn, oats and bran, 30c
From Memphis to Jacksonport, per UN
pounds, 50c; dry barrels, 75c; salt barrels, $1
pork, $1 25; whisky, $1 75; molasses, $1 75
corn, oats and bran, 40c.
Passage from Memphis to Prairie Landing
Indian Bay, St. Charles, Crockett’s Bluff
Mount Adams. Casco and Clarendon, $8
Little Rock, $16, l>es Arc, $12; West Point
Searcy and Augusta, $15; Jacksonport, $15
Cotton to Memphis, $t 50 per bale.
JOHN D. ELLIOTT, Master.
LARKY IIAKMSTAD & CO., Agents, Stn
Wbarfboat, foot of Jefferson street, Memphis
sepl
Regnlar He in pills, White am
Little Red River Racket,
DES ARC:
JOHN D. ELLIOTT.Master
Cad. J. Hanks and Mat Glass, Clerks.
The steamer Pea Ar
JSbbhBSShMi haring been put in thoroug!
repair, will enter the Memphis and Whit
’ river trade permanently on Thursday, the
day of September, 1868, leaving Mem phi
every Thursday for all points on White an<
Little Red rivers, connecting at Derail'
Bluff with trains for Little Rock. Leave De
Arc on Monday for Memphis. aug25
• Regular White River and New Or
leans Packet,
ST. MARYS;
J. C. SWEENEY,.Master
; Tlic St. Marys will rui
JtbgttB&dL regularly in the White rive
and Now Orleans irado, during the season
leaving New OrUmu* and Jacksonport on &1
ternatc Thursdays, commencing on 17th o
September. 1868. All ordrr* uni butincs
entrusted to boat will t»«' niu*ti<»cl to wit:
dispateh. *ug‘25
J. JOHNSTON, W. It. Nt'.W'M W T. MARION
JOHNSTON, NEWMAN A 10.,
SUCCESSORS TO
Johnetoiit Mltoliell A C'o.,
WHOLESALE GKOCEUS
—AND—
Commission Merchants
No. 274 Main Strcot,
Bet. Seventh and Kiglith
Louisville, Ky.
Rina to—Thomas, Pill 1 Co., lies Arc
Arkansas. attglS
OENTEAL HOTEL,
63 and 69 Adams street,
MEMIWIIS, TENNi
This House, formerly known as th
’ HARDWICK, haa recently been enlarged b,
the addition of the adjoining building, be
longing to Dr. Watkins, giving it the capacit;
to rank among the first-class houses of Ih
city. The entire building has been furnishe.
with new ftirniture, carpets, etc., under th
proprietorship of O. B. Menus, J. M. Rut
ixnox, Jso. R. Watkins, and A, Haigiit, o
Elmira, N. Y., an experienced hotel man.
The location ia most desirable, being ahou
the center, and also the most healthy ponioi
i of the city.
We promise the fare to he as good and we!
prepared as that of any other Hotel.
The rsleq of board have been reduced to
$2 50 Per Day, or $1.2 00 Per Wee!
, The Dining Room ia under the charge a
, Mons. I*. P. Paoli, late of White Sulphu
Springs, Virginia.
1 The Office is under the charge of Jno. Nail
1 of Haywood County, and Thus. J. Shaw, u
Payette County.
Wc respectfully solicit the patronage of ou
I friends and the traveling public.
; febJl'tf MEDLIN, HUTLEIMK & CO
1,0X0. M1TOHXLL. J. r. HOVFNAt
XOUSST M ITCH KM.
I
Mitchell. Hoffman ft lo„
MANTPACTIKEKS OP ALL KINDS OP
FURNITURE,
r
• j —ANO DBALBM3 IS —
Carpets, Oil Clolha, C urtains,
Looking filaaaea, Hair, Moss, Shuck an
Spring Mattresses,
i No. 808 Maiu St. \
II Si SO Mourob St , / Mem pit In. Tesu
September 11. 1867—ly
j Jo,**. McDowbh. & Co., BCM.V 4 0..,
I Liui. Hock, Ark. St. Lou...
BUSSEY & CO.,
general
AND
COTTDN FACTORS,
NO. 48 CAKONDELET STREET,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Wm. McQueen will be on regular
New Orleans boats, and will make
liberal advances on consignments.
Hr.rEB to—State Savings Association, St.
Louis, Mo.; l’ike, Lepeyre & Brother, Sew
Orleans, La.; Lockard & Ireland, Cincinnati.
Ohio; J. Peter k Co., Louisville, Ky.; S. II.
Tucker, Banker, Little Rock, Ark. auglS
COTTON FLANT.
ft AM MD) IlftAM
ACADEMY,
Cotton Plant,
WOODRUFF COUNTY, ARKANSAS;
Under the auspices of the Helena District,
Arkansas Conference, of the M. E.
i Church South.
MIME Second Session of this School, under
1 the c»re of Prof. TIlO*. R. Shrt
Ion, with nn efiieicnt corps of Assistants,
will ootnmcuco the
First Monday in September, 1868,
and continue twenty weeks.
CHARGES PER SESSION:
Tuition from $12 to $25. Music, Painting
| and Drawing Extra.
Pupils will be charged from date of en
trance till the close of the session.
Deductions made only in cases of protract
ed illness.
Board, including Washing Lights, &c.,
t frmn $10 to $12} per month, half in advance.
From the location and productiveness of
‘ the country surrounding the School, it bids
i fair to be second to none in tbe Stato.
H. M. COUCH, President
I Board of Trustees.
» T. R. SncLToa, Secretary.
I jul28-lm _
WITHOUT A RIT All
THE
DIXIE FARMER.
AN ILLUSTRATED~WEEKLY paper.
' Devoted to the Farm, the Garden, and
, the Household.
r 1
Is published every Tbursdny, at Columbia
ami Nashville, Tenucaseo.
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i -
Tho Dixm Farmer ia the only Weekly Ag
ricultural Taper in Teunessco or the entire
South, and is equal to the best. Address,
NICHOLSON & WILLIAMS,
Columbia, Tenn.
LIGHT WORK.
FOR BEST WHEELS AND CARRIAGE MA
TERIALS, BUY OF
S. N. BROWN & 00.,
l>ayton, Olilo.
Our Spokes are made of Second-growth
Hickory, and are tough and stiff, which are
tho rrriMif vpniitHitPK for li if lit. work. Hubs not
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GIVE OUR GOODS A TRIAL.
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(7AS PIPE,
AND EAVE TROUGH!
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X ever made. Everybody, particularly
Farmers and Miners, scad for a free descrip
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J. A WOODWARD,
Williamsport, Pa.
SALE OF LOTS
IN DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
. By CouiuilNsloner la Cbaacery.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
s under and in ohodienee to a decree of the
, Chancery Court of Prairie county, in the
■ State of Arkansas, rendered on the 19tli
' day of February, 1868, tho undersigned,
| as special commissioner of said court for
, that purpose, will proceed ou Thursday
' the fourth day of the October Term, 1868,
I of said court, being the 15th day of Octo
ber next hereafter, to offer for sale to tho
1 highest bidder, for cash, at public outcry,
in front of the courthouse door in Duvall's
I Bluff. iu said county, botween the legal
hours for such sales, the following de
scribed lots aud parcels of land, to-wit:
• Forty feet off of the north end of lots (10,
f 11, aud 12) ten, eleveu and twelve, in
t block (26) twcuty-six, iu tho towu of Des
Are, bouuded as follows, to-wit: on the
, north side by tho alloy dividing said block
f 26, fronting forty feet on Lyon street, and
r running back wcstwardly at right angles,
continuing the same width of forty feet
across said lots 10, 11 aud 12, of the site
and extent aa designated upon the survey
. and plat of said town of Des Are. The
same will be sold to satisfy the vendor's
lieu thereon, for balance of purehasc
money, in lavor of George C. Watkins
against George W. Vuden, et ats. The
title to said lots or parcel of land is clear
and undisputed.
W. J BRONAUGH,
, Special Commissioner in Chancery.
aug25-2t
DISSOLUTION.
rnilE copartnership heretofore existing be
1 tween Jackson A Owen, has this day been
| dissolved by mutual couacnl. The business
will be settled by S. N. Jackson, who has the
• books and accounts of said firm.
S. N JACKSON,
•j J V OWEN
Dc^ Are, Ark August 8, 18lid —auglt-lm
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