DES ARC CITIZEN.'
DBS ARC, ARKANSAS:
FRIDAY.. APRIL 29.1859
CHANGE OF DAY OF PUBLICATION
Is order lo accommodate our issue to
the mails, and the publication of the latest
news, the regular publication day of the
CtTi7.tN will hereafter be on Wednesday,
instead of Friday, as heretofore. All our
patrons will be benefited by the change.
Our next issue will be on the 4th of
May—next Wednesday.
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DE8 ARC AND ATLANTA RAILROAD
The books wiM be opened for obtaining
slock to build this Rond, on Monday next,
at Des Arc, Hickory Plain, and Atlanta.
Suitable books have been prepared, and
are now in the possession of the Commis
sioners. We re-pullisli a list of the Com
missioners, viz:
White River Township—llnss Evans,
Col. W. W. Wair, and J. C. Morrill.
Pigeon Roost Township—A. .1. Thomas,
J. C. Davie, and I)r. W. L. Moore.
Caroline Township—I. C. A. Skillern,
A. B. Gandy, and IV. C. Robinson.
Those wishing lo take stock will find the
books, for the present, in the possession of
Russ Evans, Esq., Des Arc; A. J.
T>_ u _ . at-: i r>
A. Skili.ern, Atlanta.
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RfcT-T he Quid-JYunc, a Tennessee
paper, published at Grand Junction, thus
alludes to the Railroad, for the construc
tion of which the people of Prairie county
will soon be called upon to tax themselves.
It will take every dollar that our people
may subscribe to liquidate the present in
debtedness of the Company. If all reports
are true, the Company is hopelessly insol
vent; and our citizens can have no secu
rity that the amounts subscribed by them
can be applied to the construction of this
end of the Road. Will not the Coinpnny
he forced to apply it to the liquidation of
debts now hanging over them ? In a
word, is it safe for our people to take stock
in a company which possesses not a single
element of solvency ? It is worse than
folly for the people of Arkansas to expend
all their energies in a project so utterly
unfeasible:
“The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad
has not been operated for many weeks, on ac
count of the flood. A gentleman of Marion,
Ark., has just made a levy on the Road for
$25,000. which, however, will not save it. from
the present or any future overflow. Indeed.
»n overflow of the Company’s coffers is needed
to raise said levy.”
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Complaining.—The Brownsville Echo
complains that their mail matter comes to
hand via Des Arc instead of via Claren
don. Of course it would be better that it
should be sent round by New York and
Boston—any way, so that it don’t come
from Des Arc. Where is your daily mail
from Memphis ? Has Little Rock mono
polized all the mail matter, and will not
give you “nary package?" Those who
play second fiddle to the “ central power"
need expect nothing but kicks and cuffs.
Alas! poor Tray—caught in bad compauy.
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Gubernatorial Canvass in Ten
nessee.—Gov. Harris, Democrat, and
Col. Netjiehland, Opposition, commence
the canvass of the State, at Nashville, on
the second Monday of May. Sixty-five
appointments have been made. They
speak at Memphis on the 20tli of May.
E«s5“ It is currently reported that the
Hon. Ben. T. Duval has accepted the
challenge of Hon. O II. Oates, to can
vass the State and discuss the per diem
question, and that the appointments have
already been made.
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ear h. M. Jacowat, of Dardanelle,
Ark., is to deliver the annual address
before the Phi Sigma Society of the
University of Mississippi, at Oxford, on
the 5th of May next.
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The Southern* Convention.—Speak
ing of the Southern Convention, which is
to assemble in that city on the 9th of May,
the Vicksburg Sun of the 19ih inst. says:
It is anticipated that the Convention which
is to meet here in May, will be largely attend
ed ; and that much good will flow from its ac
tion. It will be composed of the flower of
Southern chivalry and Southern intellect, and
under such circumstances it would be strange
indeed if its deliberations failed to exercise an
influence most salutary, and keep alive a spirit
favorable to patriotism. The object of this
Convention is good, and the motives of those
who participate in them, for the most part,
are above suspicion ; and these circumstances
alone, in the absence of any other, should be
sufficient to insure their perpetuation. With
in the purview of the Convention which will
assemble here in a few weeks, comes every
thing that relates to the intellectual, moral,
educational, and industrial development of the
South. That the delegates will fulfill the ex
pectations of the public, and devote their time
and talents to the task of creatiug a healthy
public opinion in the South, we hope it may
he the case j and that they will prove them
selves equal to the exigence of the occasion,
and perform the duties that may devolve upon
them with an eve single alone to the glory of
the South, and the perpetuity of her institu
tions. we will not permit ourself to doubt for
a moment.
-The San Antonio (Texas)'Herald pub
li-hes a proclamation from Gen. Twiggs, warn
ing citizens from engaging in a reported law
less expedition to Mexico, to capture runawav
negroes and then sell them aud divide the
profits. The General has issued orders to the
commanding officers at Forts ltuncan and
Clark to prevent any such attempt, and to co
operate with the Mexican authorities to that
effect.
-The legislature of California have
passed an act appropriating one thousand dol
lars annually to the Washington Monument in
the city of Washington. *
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PEN AND SCISSORS.
The New York Herald and other north*
jrn papers have manifested an extreme
inxiety for tlie defeat of Mr. Letcher, in
ihe present gubernatorial canvass in Vir
ginia. Scarcely a day pusses that the
Herald does not attack Mr. Letcher and
compliment Ins adversary. Tlie explana
tion is obvious and satisfactory. Hatred
of the Democracy is the dominant instinct
of the Herald, and the overthrow-of the
party in power its greatest ambition.
If by any means Virginia can be de
tached from its traditional political alle
giance, the spectacle of so signal a defec
tion will inspire the opposition in the South
with unwonted energy and animation, and
suggest to the Republicans of the North
an irresistible inducement to assent to the
proposed coalition against the Democracy.
As parties now stand, the opposition in
the South appears so impotent that their
allies at the North feel no concern for
their co-operation. Let them, however,
exhibit the vitality implied in the supposi
tion of their success in Virginia, and im
mediately a coalition by southern Ameri
cans and northern abolitionists will threat
en the Democracy with irreparable over
throw.
If, on the contrary, the result of the
election in Virginia shall demonstrate the
fact of an incontestible and invulnerable
Democratic ascendency throughout the
South, the Republican wing of the opposi
tion will despair of recruits in the slavo
holding States, and relinquish the idea of
a successful combination against the domi
nant party. The only hope of an opposi
tion triumph in IbnU, rests upon the
chances of a combination between the
abolitionists of the North and the southern
Americans. Such a combination is plainly
impossible, unless it be shown in advance
that the Black Republicans will gain
strength enough in the South to indemnify
them for the discredit of the alliance.
Hence the anxiety of the Herald and kin
dred prints, that the Democracy of Vir
ginia may be defeated, and the way pre
pared for a coalition which shall establish
the opposition in power.
In our opinion, the approaching election
in Virginia is not less important than the
famous campaign of 1855. As the issue
then was whether Know Nothingism
should usurp the control of the govern
ment, so now the Democracy of Virginia
have to determine whether the country
shall be subjected to the rule of an “ Ameri
can and Black Republican" coalition. We
have no suspicion that the ever faithful in
the “Old Dominion” are insensible to the
importance of the contest. We have no
apprehension that they will prove unequal
to the occasion. The zeal and animation
already manifested in their ranks, give as
surance that they recognize their obliga
tions, and will justify the confidence of
the country.
-That prince of parngraphists, Col.
Pryoii, gets off the following “hit” at a
somewhat renowned political chieftain,
who is well known to most of our readers:
“ Twenty years ago, or more, the court
house bell of" the town in Mississippi where
Ciov. H. S. Foote then resided, was rung once
or twice every week, through the spring and
summer, to call the people together to hear
the Little Pacificator and Weathercock expa
tiate on the political questions of the day, and
give the reasons for the faith that was in him
just then. At any rate, the old bell was rung
so often for that purpose, that it got to he the
habit of the citizens of the place, upon hear
ing it sound at any unusual time, and when
asked—‘ What’s the hell ringing for now?’—
to reply—• Oh,it's only H. Stuart Foote wants
the people to go and hear him define his posi
tion again ; he must deliver himself every week
or so, or burst.’ The cacikthks louokndi
sticks to the sublime little mountebank yet,
and we have no doubt he will die defining
his position—the ruling passion strong in
death.”
-For a number of years past, there
has been a constantly perceptible increase
in the government expenditures. The
expenses incident to the administration ol
this government now run up to the enor
mous sum of eighty millions per annum
.1 .a • _ • -.. r .. ,
l ijui nnc umuum 10 mi ns crtwo'i »■» ”
the legitimate expenditures should be, IK
one will deny. Now, what is theremodt,
1'or this vast and increasing extravagance :
The solution of this problem is now en
gaging a large »hare of public attention
and unremitting efforts have been madt
by the opposition to show that it result!
from corruption in the present administrn
tion, and that the only and proper remedj
is a change of rulers. Hut reliable statis
tics show that this regular increase of ex
peuditures is not attributable to any par
ticular party or administration. On tin
contrary, it has gone on constantly unde
every party and every administration, will
the regularity of a great principle. It re
suits from and is Incident to our presen
system of taxation, and the only reined;
likely, in any degree, to be effectual, is t
change the existing system. To make ai
individual a profligate, you have only ti
supply him with an unlimited amount o
money: to make a government extrava
gant, you have only to do the same. Th
defect of the present system is that i
raises too much money. It supplies ou
politicians with a corruption fund. Thi
taxes are iaised indirectly, and the peoph
do not feel it. Hut let us change the sys
tern, let us abandon all taxation by im
posts, and resort to absolute free trade am
direct taxation. The people will then si
sensibly feel the effect of it, that their ser
vants will not dare to tax them more lliai
is absolutely necessary to carry on tin
government. With a depleted treasury
and no other source from which to fill it
except by direct taxaiion, the governmeu
Ls ^ feS'eB '***&
will be kepi wilbin its legitimate limits.
It is an admitted fact in political economy,
that high taxes are favorable to profligacy
and extravagance, and that low taxes are
the necessary antecedent of economy.
Now, when the taxes are raised directly
from the people, they will feel it so sensi
bly that the responsibility of .their public
servants to them will force them to the |
adoption of a system of low taxation, the j
inevitable and logical sequiter of which
will he that the government will be more
economically administered. In addition
to this, it will have the benefit of abolish
ing the extravagant and corrupting custom
house system; will turn out of office an
army of mercenary officials, and in con
sequence will strike a deadly blow at the
corrupting doctrine, “to the victors belong
the spoils.” It will place every great
interest—manufacturing, commercial, and
agricultural—on the side of low taxes,
and will induce a degree of direct respon
sibility between the people and their ser
vants, that will necessitate a system of
rigid economy in high places. Direct
taxation is the only remedy for the corrup
tion and extravagance that are now prey
ing upon the very vitals of our govern
ment, and undermining the very founda
tions of public virtue.
-We find the following precious
morce.au going the' rounds of the opposi
tion Press :
“ The intelligent ami sagacious correspon
dent of the “ North American 4c U. S. Ga
zette,” speaking of the election of Mr. Ten
F.yck. a conservative Whig, a Senator from
New Jersey remarks that it argues well for a
Union of the conservative men of all sections
in ^ie election of I860 upon a Presidential
candidate.”
“ A conservative Whig indeed : n
the above bfi true, then to he a Black Re
publican at the North is to be a conserva
tive Whig. What honest whig at the
South desires to affiliate with such whig
ery ? Where is there such a thing as a
Whig Legislature at the North ? When
did a combination of" Republicans and
Americans” ever elect any but one of
their own members to office ? Why
should they ? If such an election as this
can be held up as encouraging, then with
equal propriety may this fact be hgjd up
as equally encouraging to Northern
fanatics in their war upon the South.
Such unerring indications as these will
not be overlooked by the people of the
South.
-John Mitchel, the accomplished
editor of the Irish Citizen, thus deline
ates the character of one of the Rep
resentative men of the South, whose
name is prominently mentioned in politi
cal circles in connection with the Presiden
cy :
At Crawfotdsville, a village on one of the
piny ridges of Georgia, in an unpretending
and somewhat desolate-looking house (deso
late-looking it may well be, for no fair and
kindly house-mother ever made it shine and
smile) dwells one of the choicest and rarest
spirits of our hemisphere. Youthful and al
most boyish looking, yet stricken by mortal
malady—one who has a " covenant with
death.” yet whose veins are fuil of the most
genial life; with the cold hand clutching at
his vitals, vet with a laugh clear and ringing
as a marriage bell ; his thin face is of deathly
hue, yet the dark eyes are blazing lamps. If
you are his friend, he is as gentle and affec
tionate as a girl—if his enemy, he will have
great pleasure in standing opposite to you,
at any distance that may be arranged,—in
which case you had better look sharp, for he
is as cool as’an oyster:—a student and true
philosopher, a laborious and conscientious
legislator, a powerful lawyer, and a zealous
cultivator of grapes (Catawba and Scupper
nong.) for he lias faith in the virtues of wine;
—a generous friend and patron of humble
merit—for the which many prayers and bless
ings arise every evening on his behalf—a no
ble imaginative orator—yet not of the Charles
Phillips school of '• Irish oratory” bv any
means, his taste being too highly educated for
dial species of rigmarole—such is Alexamlei
H. Stephens. Heis samkd among Presiden
tial candidates ; and therefore I include him
in my list ; but indeed I do not believe he
dreams that he can possibly be made Presi
dent.. or imagines that hp could perform and
endure the mere official duties—to say noth
ing of the tremendous moral responsibilities.
The first evening’s shaking of hands at a
Presidential reception would suddenly put him
to death, and bring in the Vice-President.
But he is named as a representative Southern
man, likely to be available as a candidate, by
reason of the universal respect entertained
for him both North and South ; and therefore,
1 put him on my list.
-We fully endorse the following
from the Memphis Morning Enquirer:
The Sickles Trial.—The Sickles trial, in
all its disgusting minuteness of detail, still
continues to occupy a large space in our ex
changes. We have been asked why we do not
publish the testimony. Our answer, once for
all, is that ours is designed to be a family pa
i per, as well as a political journal. We expect
it to penetrate to the fire-sides of the pure
minded and the good, and we do not intend
. that anything shall appear in its columns which
will induce the husband, when he opens it at
the breakfast table, to hastily shove it in lus
pocket, for fear his wife’s or his daughter’s
modesty will be shocked by its perusal.
The trial itself is a farce, but it was prece
. ded by a melancnoly tragedy, of whose cir
cumstantial details we trust we have many
readers who will always remain in sinless ig
, norace.
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Postoi'FiCE Department.—The send
1 ing by mail of ambrotypes, daguerieo
’ types, and photographs is permitted upon
j the payment of letter postage. To en
) close one in a newspaper, paying only
newspaper postage, is a violation of the
law, and subjects the offender to a penal
1 ty of S;>. The General Postoffice, the
• other day, received a return package mark
. ed and postpaid “newspaper,” directed to
t a town in Illinois, containing the Waverly
Magazine of March 26th, printed in Pos
ton, enclosing an ambrotype, with a very
‘ pretty note, of a beautiful young girl, direct
■ ed to Mr. E. A. S., of the town aforesaid.
. Upon consultation, the department did not
impose the fine for the reason that so much
. youth, beauty, and propriety as her note
evinces, aud as her ambrotype exquisitely
> confirms, could never intend a violation of
• the statute. It was forwarded to the llli
, nois Postoffice with simple orders to collect
the difference of postage. In passing
through the circumlocutions of the depart
1 ment the ambrotype of “Julia” received
i the emphatic lip-joining of all the unmar*
: ried clerks. [W ashington £tar.
For tbs Dtf Ai c Cilistn.j
HAVE WE A POPE AMONG TJS?
Mr. Editor:—You are well aware that,
luring tlu middle ages, it wa< the practice
af the Papal See to bring the refractory
inonarchs of Europe into complete obedience
to the will of the Holy Father,.by the force
of ecclesiastical censures. Thus,.whenever a
subject or a king refused to obey, he was
threatened with excommunication, then ex
communicated, and turned over unceremo
niously to the tender mercies of Satan; and
if a king, if he did not then become obedient,
his kingdom was laid-under an interdict, and
all good Catholics forbidden to obey or have
any Intercourse with the rebellious monarch
or person. So terrible were these pontifical
censures, that whenever the papal bull, with
its leaden seal, was sent forth, the refractory
individual was compelled to succumb, let his
his rank be what it might. And yet, strange
as it may seem in this republican country and
enlightened age, there appears in politics a
power not unlike that of the Pope, in full
operation. At Little Rock sits enthroned a
Pontiff, self-constituted, whose bulls and in
terdicts are as terrible, as absolute and as
arbitrary, in the political world, as those of
the Pope were formerly in the ecclesiastical.
No Democrat may dare to disobey, or enter
tain opinions in opposition to those of this
Arkansas Popp:. None may hope or dare to
think for themselves, but must think as the
Pope thinks* Should one Democrat dare to
follow the old lines and landmarks of Democ
racy, and adhere to principles rather than
men, against the wish of this Modern Pope,
he is immediately excommunicated from the
fold of Democracy. The fatal bull, with its
leaden seal, is fulminated against the unlucky
mortal, and sent forth upon the wings of the
True Democrat (?,) (a prodigious misnomer,
by the way,) to the farthest limits of this po
litical popedom. All good Democrats are for
bidden, under the severest censures, to liavi
any dealings with the excommunicated wretch
Politically, he is cursed from tile crown of hii
head to the soles of his feet, in all his mem
oers, outii nuw <tim iui an muc w
Should an unlucky Democratic Editor havf
the presumption to go counter to the will oj
this Pope, lie is made the subject of excommu
nication, and turned over to the furies and th«
Know Nothings, as an abandoned politica
outcast, to wander in the darkness of politica
degradation and obscurity—a fallen angel, foi
whom the political future has not one brighi
hope.
We have lately witnessed the excommuni
ideation of one who has done a vast amount
for the Democracy of Arkansas; did it in till
hour of need, and at a great personal sacrifici
to himself—one who, while this Arkansas
Pont iky was lying lazily in his “ Vatican,’
pampered with the pap from the Public Trea
sury, and planning schemes for his own per
sonai advancement, was traversing the State
and rousing up the Democracy for the stiuggli
before them; and whose labors contributei
largely to the splendid democratic triumpt
which followed. Yet this one, when callec
upon to lay down his old democratic principle:
and usages, and advocate the cause of dema
gogues in preference to principles and meas
ures, to thus give the lie to his former teach
ings, and to contrndict the whole course ol
his life—oh! horrid impiety!—he refused tc
do so. Yes, Mr. Editor,he refused to endorsi
the amalgamation caucus of the 9th of Novem
her, 1.858; refused to mingle with Knoit
Nothings and disorganizers. Hear it, y>
Democrats! and shun his fate. This was his
crime—disobedience to the Pope of Arkansas
Then commenced the frowning down pro
cess.” Then it was that he was required
under tile pain of excommunication, to recant
The terrible bull was prepared, and suspender
over his devoted head. He was threatened
but stood firm and yielded not. At length tin
fearful engine was fulminated against him
fraught with eternal, hopeless and iuavitabh
destruction ; and Hindman is no more! in tin
pages of the True Democrat ” (?) it Unan
nounced that henceforth Hindman is a rene
gade, a Know Nothing, a coadjutor of Danlay
and an outcast forever. All Democrats ari
required, at their peril, to hold no conversi
with the wretch; and thus the man most deal
to the hearts of the democracy is to be tort
from them. Hindman is no longer a Demo
crat! Startling intelligence!! Is there nt
Martin Luther in Arkansas?
TALBOT.
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NEWS ITEMS, &c.
-The receipts of the Patent Office, du
ring last month, are said to be $1-1,000 ovei
the expenses.
--A. Dudley Mann is about visiting Bre
men with a view to induce the Steainshi;
Company of that thriving city, whose vessel.
run to New York, to allow one of their steam
ers to alternate its trips from Bremen betweer
Norfolk, Va., and New York.
-The Court House and clerks office a
Saline, pulton County Arkansas, were de
stroyed by lire a few days ago.
-.1. W. Latimer, editor of the. Dalla:
(Texas) Hkhvld, died very suddenly in tha
place on the 6th inst. Mr. Latimer occupier
a leading position, and his loss will be serious
lv felt.
-We learn from the Pocahontas Auverti
ser, that Win. Cobb, of Lawrence co., Ark.
while turkey-hunting was shot bv some con
cealed enemy, and after excruciating suffering
for 3ti hours, died.
-Irwin, who killed the teller of tin
Bank, at Jackson, Tenn., has been caught am
committed : his father lives in Jackson.
-The Mayor of Natchez has appointei
twenty-six Delegates to represent that city ii
the Southern Convention at Vicksburg.
-The Mayor of Vicksburg has appointed
fifty-six delegates to represent that city in tin
Southern Convention.
-Mr. Cobden, the distinguished advocat
of free trade in England, was in New York 01
the 9th inst.
-A clerk in the Rothschild’s house, a
Paris, has been arrested on a charge of havin'
embezzled the sum of 100,000 francs. Whil
being examined in the office of the Cotntnissa
ry of Police, he contrived to stab himself witl
a knife in two places, and now lies in a hope
less condition.
Markin'; Papers.—The Postmaster Gene
ral decides that a pen or pencil mark, mad'
for the sole purpose of attracting the eye to ;
particular article or portion of printed matte
does not subject matter to letter postage, as in
sisted on by some postmasters.— [Alexandria
(Va.) Sentinel.
-The Mobilians are gratifying their cu
riositv over a one-eyed catfish, the place wher
the other eye ought to be being undUtiuguish
able from the rest of the head.
-From a return made to the Bishop o
London by his clergy, it appears that the an
nual cost of the ministrations rf tht Episcopa
Church in London is over twelve dollars t
each man. woman, and child belonging to th
Episcopal congregation.
-It is rather a remarkable coincidenc
that both of the last two Ministers from Mex
ico to the United States should have made thei
first acquaintance with our people, as prisoner
of our army. Robles was in the list of th
captives at Vera Cruz, and Mata was mad
prisoner at Cerro Gordo.
Introduction of Camels into Alabama.
It is stated by the Selma Sentinel that Capt.
J. A. Lachodo, who has been engaged for sev
eral years in importing camels into the United
States, has contracted to send some three or
four of these travelers of the desert to B. M.
Woolsey, Esq., a large planter near by, who
is determined to test practically their use in
that part of the State—in what particular de
partment of plantation life is not stated.
_Counterfeit $10 bills on the Citizens"
Bank of New Orleans are said to be very plen
tifully distributed over the country. We have
seen no description of the counterfeit, though
it is said to be well calculated to deceive.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
The friends ami acquaintances of Dr. Geo.
W. and E. A. Glenn, are requested to attend
the funeral of their son William Arthur
Glenn, from their residence corner of Thorn
hill and Currin streets, this ( Friday) morn
ing. at 10 o’clock.
fit Se rvices by Rev. J. F. Carr.
Des Arc, April 29, 1S59.
DIED !
In Des Arc, yesterday morning. Willi am
Arthur, son of I)r. George W. and L. A.
Glenn, In the 12th year of his age.
Most deeply do we sympathize with our
neighbors and friends in the loss of their son.
Wh ui blooming youth is snatched away.
By death’s resistless hand,
Our hearts the mournful tribute pay
That pity must demand.”
-in Priirie county. Ark., on the 2d inst..
Miss Melissa C., daughter of the late Moses
and Sarah Ferguson, in the 24th year of her
age.
-In White county, Ark., on the 2-ltly..
inst.,of consumption, l)r. Lemuel Nowel. j
-In Atlanta, Prairie county, Ark., on the
24th inst.. of typhoid fever, Francis M.
McGill, in the 27th year of his age. The
deceased was formerly of Yallabusha county,
Mississippi, and tkcLspn of John and Mary
McGill.
Memphis Christia cate please copy.
F. LEPTIEN,
4 1.04 K AND WATCH MAKER
AND
JBWELiXjim,
— Buena Vista Street,
(Opposite A. Stewart k.
Brothers,)
DES JRC, .IRK.,
RESPECTFULLY in
- forms the citizens of
Des Arc and the adjacent country, that he has
a new and select stock of
Clocks and Jewelry.
He is, as usual, prepared to execute all kinds
of CLOCK and WATCH Work, in a work
manlike manner, and to Repair and Clean
Jewelry, Ac. ap29-tf
~~,YorrcJs.
\ LL persons are hereby forewarned
from trading for & NOTH OF HAND,
given by the undersigned to 4* J. A. Moon, or
bearer,” calling for the sum of Twenty-Five
Dollars, dated on or about the 20th of March,
1S59, and due six months after date; as the
consideration for which said Note was given,
has failed. JOHN B. BAXTER,
ap29-2t K. A. BAXTER
NOTICE.
BY the consent of the heir* ef Olivia Er
win, deceased. I will proceed to sell, at
the Court House door, in Brownsville, Prairie
county, Ark., on Monday, the 23d day of May,
(it being the first day of the next Circuit
Court of said county.) a certain negro woman,
LUCY, aged about tweuty-uiua yuan, as the
property of said estate.
33?” Terms, cash in hand.
M. M. ERWiN,
ap 29, 1859. l9-3t Agent for tire Heirs.
^NOTICE TO BUILDERS.
1HAVE a good lot of SHINGLES on hand,
and will continue to have, at Des Arc. 1
will ship to any point on White river; also to
any point on the Mississippi river, between
Napoleon and Memphis.
William Lee is my authorized agent, at
Des Arc.
ap29-tf JOSEPH T. DISMUKKS.
WITHDRAWAL.
rpHE undersigned in consequence of ill
L health is compelled to leave the State, he
has therefore, this day. withdrawn from the
firm of Dalhvmple .V Williams. Land Agents,
and recommends his late partner, who has
charge of all his Land business, to the confi
dence of his friends ami the public.
V. B. DALRYMPLE.
Des Arc, April 13 ’5U.
Until my office, on Buena Vista street, is
completed. I can be found at Dr. Walsh’s office
on Woodruff street.
April 22.—2t J. S. WILLIAMS.
A. G. GOODWIN..A. I'. GOODWIN.
©©©©wom
DEALERS IN
SVAJK&U & 'Jf&llQ'X
DRY GOODS,
Clothing, Hoots, Shoes, Hats, &c,,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
-A N D
0 E N E It A L AGENTS
MBS AIBgA&B&Bo
YEW STORE—NEW GOODS!!
WE have just opened a general assort
ment of Staple anil Fancy Dry
4Joo<ls, Clothing. Boots, Shoes, Hats. Ac.,
embracing almost every variety—ami as we de
sign making Des Arc our home, it will be
our purpose to sell our Goods at small profits,
and at such prices us to insure satisfaction to
purchasers. We respectfully invite persons
wishing to purchase, to give us a call and
• examine our Goods and prices, it is no trouble
; to show Goods. GOODWIN &. SON.
april22-fim.
I WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Spring Mil Summer
TRADE.
A. T. WELLS & BROTHER,
. 237 MAIN STREET,
MEMPHIS. TEX XESSEE.
MV fE are now prepared for Wholesaling as
• \V well as Retailing, and desire to call the
attention of Country Merchant’s as well as
■ Planters and the community in general to our
• well assorted stock of Fancy anti staple
i Dry Goods, which we oiler at our usual,
■ or rather unusual low prices. Call and see us.
A. T. WELLS & BRO.,
»pril'22-3m. 237 Main Street.
; ICE! ICE!! ICE!!!
Bohlen. Wilson & Co.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
ICE.
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
WOULD respectfully say to the citizens
of Des Arc. and White river country
' generally, that they are now filling their
j Large Ice Houses, with a very large supply
, of the best quality of Ice, and are ready to fill
, all orders in iheir line. Particular attention
paid to have Ice well packed and shipped in
good order to any jioint desired.
s april22-5m.
Robert h. crockett, attorney at
Law, Mount Adams, Arkansas county,
' Arkansas. Will practice in the Counties of
> , Arkansas, Monroe, Desha and Prairie.
apri!22-tf.
am. aiMsOi'a;avs
CELEBRATED I
LIVER MEDICINE, :
THE WONDER OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. .
PUBILT VEGETABLE AND ENTIRE
LV INNOCENT.
JilOR the speedy and permanent cure of
; Liver Complaints, Dyspepsia, Acidi- .
ityof the Stomach. Sick or Nervous Head- j 1
ache, Billious Colic, Habitual Costive- • n
ness, and Hypochondria. j
DIt. GLOVER’S CELEBRATED | s
BAY BERRY SYRU P;I
The innocent, jileasant and certain reme
dy for Cholera. Diarrhoea, Cholera Mor- n
w bus, Cholera Infantum, Dysentery and
® Flux. c
r—i Plain directions on the bottles, and the
most convincing testimony from distin
guished men dating from 1831) to 1838.
wrapped round the bottles of each Medi
t’’ cine. ; ,
J. WRIGHT & CO.,
Wholesale Agents, New Orleans, j
Q I. C. DUBOSE & CO., J
, Wholesale Agents, Mobile, Alabama, i .
Sold by the principal Druggists of Mein- [ '
^ phis, arid Druggists and Agents throughout
^ the country.
H L. C. GLOVER, M. I)., ) Sole
^ C. C. GLOVER, M. I).. $ proprietors. .
O Principal Office‘and Laboratory, No, 26 '
Madison street. Memphis, between Main
and Front Row.
M -
SHUQUALACK, Miss., Sept. 18. 1857.
Du. L. C. Glover &. Bro.—Gentlemen :
We wrote you some time since (August
frr, 17th) for anew supply of your valuable
1 Liver Medicine, which we have not re
ceived nor heard from. We now wish ]
-CCLvsiu to send us a half gross of your BAY
'WFSHMtRY SYRUP, half of each size. As .
** far as it has been tried, it has acted like a
O charm, and given general satisfaction, and
• is acquiring quite a reputation for its vir
“tues. Therefore, send forward by express
U) the above supply, and hurry up the four .
dozen Liver Medicine, for we need it every
day. Respectfully yours.
£3 w. A. McCLURE ts. CO.. Druggists.
__i This agency was constituted the 81st
E July, 1858.
n -
GRENADA. Miss., Sept. 10,1857.
1)h. L. C. Glover & Bro.—Sirs : It is
^ onr pleasure to report to you that your
i—i Medicines are taking well with the peo
pie,* ami we want another supply imraedi
■^ately. As they are now introduced, we
tS tiliIlk wn can sell a large quantity of them.
1 rr\ We have not heard of any dissatisfaction
^in any .case where they have been used,
* and we know of some very extraordinary
cures effected by them, after other Medi
cines had been used. Very respectfully.
A. G. BOON & CO., Druggists.
GREENSBORO, Ala., Nov. 10, 1857.
Dr. L. C. Glover & Bro. Aberdeen.
Miss.—Gentlemen : We have been agents
for vour Mediciries for several years past,
and take pleasure in adding our testimony
to their great value as remedial agents.
They have given general satisfaction, rare
ly ever failing to give the desired relief.
Respectfully yours.
OSBORN & HATCH, Druggists.
For further information examine the
testimony wrapped round the bottle.
Then try the Medicines and verify the
statement. april22-t>m.
For sale by D. P. Black fc Co., Des Arc.
Window Glass,
ALL the different sizes, at Wholesale
or Retail, and any quantity of Putty in
bladder* at the City Drug Store, Des Arc,
Arkansas. D. P. Black it Co.
april 13
i. H. speed. ..w. b. doxoiio. ■ • j. p. strange.
Speed, Donoho &, Strange,
314 MAIN STREET,
[SNOW READY for inspection, and ar
rangements for constant anil regular re
cruits on the arrival of each European steam
er at New York.
Terms Cash—One Trice.
Plantation DiV Goods—All kinds. Family
Dry Goods—eyerytlling. Chamber Dry Goods
—complete stock. Dining Room Dry Goods
—all articles. Bridal appointments—elegant
outfits. Elegant Evening Goods—variety.
Rich Laces and Ribbons—all styles. Beauti
ful Embroideries—all articles. Dress Goods
—all fabrics and designs. Traveling Goods—
every description. Velvets, Satins, Silks—
select. Plain Black Silks—every grade.
Mantles, Veils, Cofiieures. Corsets, Skirts,
Trimmings. Ladies’ and Misses’ Ready Un
der Linen—complete. Hosiery and Gloves—
every quality. Jaconets and Swisses—im
mense lot. Irish Linens—warranted pure
linen. Cloths, Cassimeres. Vestings. Lawns,
Hrilliantes, Percales. Mersailles, Crapes,
Tarletans. Perfumery, Fans, Parasols. Car
pets, Curtains. Rugs, Shades. Etc., etc., etc.
To which we invite tin? attention of Consu
mers and merchants.
SPEED, DONOHO & STRANGE.
april22-3m. 311 Main st., Memphis.
STRAYED OK STOLEN*
^V-rrx FROM the subscriber, residing one
/tr} \. mile south of Des Arc. on the 23d
March, three horses. One sorrel horse, four
years old, has marks of harness on shoulders
and side; one brown mare, had a bell on,
white face, marks of harness on neck and side,
8 or 9 years old ; one yellow mare pony, one
white hind foot, about 6 years old. I will
pay a liberal reward for the above estrays, if
returned to me, or for information so that 1
can get them. •
april8-tf.] THOMAS S. B A RN ETT.
JUST E E C El Y ED,
OUR STOCK OF
Spring and Summer Goods,
Hoots mid Shoos,
Hats, It on nets. Ribbons, No
tions, &c., Ac.
Also—A general assortment of Hardware,
Fancy Soaps, &c.
apri!8- G. & J. McLvuen & Co.
j TTAWO tracts fair up land nine miles from
1 Des Arc. one containing80 and the other
160 acres, a bargain can be had as the owner
is anxious to sell.
JOHN S. WILLIAMS
marchl8-tf.
Ill III III ACRES of valuable land in
tracts to suit purchasers,
j JOHN S. WILLIAMS,
f mar 1-tf Land Agent, Des Arc., Ark.
RUSS EVANS.
tl^L ESTATE ANI» GENERAL
LAND AGENT, DES ARC,
ARKANSAS.
PROMPT attention will be paid to all busi
_ ness entrusted to hini in hi* line,
mar 11 -t 1'. _
500 ACHES.
"1 OOD np-lund, If miles from the town of
J" Des Arc, unimproved. Ifitl Acres 21
liles from Des Arc, upon which is a good
welling, and 25 acres in cultivation. |.'or
lie by RUSS EVANS.
Real Estate Agent,
aprill- Des Arc, Ark.
600 ACRES LAND,
rj ARTS of 24. 23. 20 and 33, township 5 N.
L R. 8 W., well improved, and 100 acres iu
ultivation. Apply to RUSS EVANS,
Real Estate Agent,
aprill- Des Arc, Ark.
FINE FINERY FOR SALE,
ACRES of Lund. 25 miles v'’«-sr
of Des Arc, on which is the finest
rowth of Pine timber in the State, and of
nurse a valuable location for a steam Saw
dill, i’or sale by RUSS EVANS,
Real Estate Agent,
aprill- De» Are, Ark.
TOWN LO I N FOR SALE
unimproved lots, beautifully situated,
ill the town of Des Arc. For sale bv
RUSS EVANS,
Real Estate Agent,
aprill- Des Arc, Ark.
LANDS FOR SALE
SECTIONS 33. 31 W t 33. S \ S W ' 27
sec 4, N 5, N 4 sec 8. all in township sj
A R i W, above overflow and good tillable
and.
VV 4 sec 2 and sec 3. township 8 N R l F„
ec IS, T 14. R 1 VV'. on Black river; S4 and S
1 of N 4. sec 2, T I) N R 4 VV, sec 3 S 4 of S R
: of sec 4 T t>, 4 N ; S4 sec 4. T 4. N R 3 VV;
fe 4 S K J sec 27, VV 4 S W [ sec 12. S E ' of
5 E i. sec II VV Frl of S E 1 sec II. T 5 N R
! West; sec 29, N E Frl ] 31 f. S E | 19 E 4 ff
R • 28, N 4 27, W [ 22. N E J 14. sec 11, T 4
V R 4 W; For safe by ' RUSS EV ANS,
ipr 1.] Real Estate Agent, Des Arc. Ark.
c A.nr*KTii^&.
PIECES wool carpeting, I piece union
£ carpeting, 1 piece oil carpeting, 1 doz. rug*
ind mats. 1'or sale by
upril 15- G. k .T. McLaren &. Co.
I.auderdale Faclary tgencj.
JUST RECEIVE©, direct from the Lauder
dale Factory, in Alabama, ten bales of
OanaLmrss,
and a lot of S p II II Cot I O II , for sale.
janH G. k J. McLaren k Co.
ACRES good wp Land miles
from Dos Arc. for sale on liberal
terms. JOHN S. WILLI A MS.
inarchlB-tf. _ _
ixvseix* on*,
BY the barrel, or less quantity, best English,
a superior article, free from adulteration,
at the City Drug Store,
april!5- " D. P. Brack k Co.
NOT I C E.
|)Y virtue of a Deed of Trust executed to
I » me the sixteenth day of Feburarv. eigh
teen hundred and fifty seven, by John McBride,
and Harriet A. bis wife, to secure to John A.
Frith, and Andrew M. Jackson, under the
style of Frith Jackson, the payment of
371 20-lUO dollars. 1 will proceed to sell on
Monday, the 30th day of May. lH5y, In the
town of Des Arc, in front of the store of J.
A. Frith & Co., in the hours of lawful salt,
the following described property, to wit:
'[’lie N. E. J of Sec. IS. T. 2, North oi 7
West—160 acres. The N. E. of the S. \V.
of Sec. IS, T. 2, North. Range 7 West—10
acres. The N. W. of the S. E. of Sec. IS,
T. 2 North. Range 7 West—40 acres. The S.
W. of the S. W. of Sec. 20, T. 2 North,
Range 7 West—40 acres; All in Prairie
county, Arkansas, which lands were conveyed
to me as Trustee, as above described. The
Deed of Trust is duly recorded in the Clerk’s
office of Prairie county, Arkansas, in Record
Book J. on pages 1SS and IN1.*. The lands are
good, and the title is supposed to be indisputa
ble. J. E. GATEWOOD.
apri!22-2ts. Trustee.
A New Contribution to Science.
The Great Grand Discovery,
R. R. R.
RADWAY’S REGULATING PILLS.
Dr. Radway &. Co., have recently discover
ed a method for extracting from roots, herbs,,
plants and gums, a nutritious extract of such
wonderful nourishing power — which they
have combined with Railway’s Regulating
Pills—that six of these Pills will supply the
blood wi*h the same amount of nutrition as
one ounce of ordinary bread; so that, while
the system is undergoing a thoi ough physic log,,
and regulating process, it daily becomes
strengthened.
Persons afflicted with Liver Complaint,
Dyspepsia. Heart Diseases. Fullness of Bleed
and all Females who are subject to Irregulari
ties, Hysteria, kc., are particularly recom
mended to use these Pills. They are pleasant
to take—elegantly coated with gum—free
from taste, and will not gripe, sicken or weak
en the system, or leave the bowels costive.
Mothers nursing should likewise take one or
jwo of these Pills once or twice per week.
They will not only keep your system healthy
and regular, but will protect your infants
against cramp and pains in the stomach, and
insure not only a healthy child, but will in
vest every child, thus suckled, with a sweet
It AD WAY’S REGULATING PILLS
Regulate each anil every organ of the system,
and correct all derangement of the Liver,
Bowels, Stomach, Heart and Kidneys.
they CURE
Costiveness, Indigestion,
Heart-Burn, Dyspepsia,
Biiliousness, Constipation,
Dropsy, Head-ache,
Palpitation Congestion,
of the Heart, &.C., &c,, &c.
They are entirely vegetable and harim*!*>
an infant at the breast can take them with
safety, and persons who are subject to fits0
Apoplexy, Epileptic, Heart Diseases, **■*
should always keep a box on hand. .
Price 25 cents. Ask for Railway’s R®^*4"
tors, or Regulating Pills. 1*1
Fresh Drugs and Medicines.
A I,WAYS on hand Wholesale and Retail,at
the Des Arc City Drug Store,
april 15- ' D. P. BLACK & £0^
Spirits Turpentine,
BY' the barrel, gallon or in the bottle, to m
purchasers at the City Drug Store, B*
Arc. D. P. Black t Co.
april 15- __—
ALCOHOL.,
Ij)Y Hie barrel, or less quantity alway* 0
I > hand at the City Drug Store.
aprillS- D. P. Black & Co.
PAINT BRUSHES,
1 SS()RTED sizes, together wilh nil1
colored Paints, constantly on band at
City Drug Store. „
aprillS- D. P. Black &
quTnine.
T71RENCH. English and American, YVhol**
i1 -ale and Retail, at the City Drug Stor*
Wholesale purchasers will be fumishe
low figures. D. P. Black Sc C®*
april 1K-____»»»
Kuiigy Trimmings- k
iQ PIECES enameled cloth, 2 pieces dama .
I "J fringes, laces, See.. for sale by
april 15- G. ft J. McLakeM fc
Mast JPou'devs,
\ rpHE most approved brands, in tin ®®** ‘
I by Wholesale and Retail at the City
• Store. D. V. Black Sc Co.
j npril 15