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Tor, LIME 2. DES AR C, AHK A7SI S AS, NO V EM BEK 2, 18(37.WUMHEIi 33.
I Ita J^rc Ctliftii.
PtBLISTED KYBRY SATURDAY.
OFFICE-DORN V VIS TV STREET.
Oar Jii » iM i la; Jepartuiei
We hive supplied ourselves vr.th ft goo
assortment of Printing Material and nr
ready to execute all kinds of J«>b Println
on reasonable •» a *
»Ve .ire pr *p.ir« i lo pr u i* i up .le -
log ics, Posto'a. large or small. Curds
'IdkR*. ’1 :l I • 1.14 Vinksofrvev s
on, f** t1. »*k4. SimmFs. Justices o.
Peace. Cnnstabl'S, ^rc
MEMPHIS Dismiss DIKE! TORI .
i
C1HO.VTE & CO. Hare war**. Iron. Steel,.
) Stove*. Etc . 2 2 Second Vtreot.
DA VBTINTTTtTTTT ton Factors, Oro 1
cere and General Commission Merchants
No. 176 Front Street
fjlRANKL.VNl>, A E . t'enenil Dry Goods
X? Commission Merchants 281 Second St. i
IfillSHEUa .1 utS. Marble and Mono Works. !
X? corner Adam* and Second Streets
IjllLHEuT, Mi.NlE.t a R AbKKu, Whole-|
X2 sale Importers of Dry Good-. Drugs.
Hardware, etc., 27 I Second Street.
HArdWick g«7u3k, l. V lUniwick.
proprietor. Nos. 61. 63 A 65 Adams St.
JONES. J. IV. A. & CO., otton Factors. Gen
eral Commission Merchants. 263 Main St. j
\rOON. ROBERT A . Cotton Factor and:
i\X Commission Merchant. 276 Front Street.
MTnsFI i LD & HlGBEK. Wholesale Drug
gi-is and Chemists. 3'G & 863 Main Si.
OOUESTs vi . IMl .'Tt’oT.' Dual* in Sad*
1YI dlery, 11 irdware T.rather. 3 12 Main St
Mitchell, madame oT". Manners
and Dressmakers. N. E. cor. Court Square !
MircilEU.. HOFFM VN £ COT, Dealers in
Furniture. 368 Main. & 86 Monroe St.
MENKEN BROS, Dealers in Dry Goods.
Clothing. Afc.. 263 Mi in S: cor. Court
\ I \ T THEM s . vL iv v s Dfi 1 Igi nt« for
i?X sale of Agricult ur il Implements, Seeds,
etc.. 272 Second Si-*<»t.
XTXVKrTmARSiltTtTi/Tx CO , Dealers in j
lYL Segars. Tobacco, Pipes, etc., corner
Second and Jefferson Streets. ^
V[EWMAlTMUS. a. \7,Teller i'u Millinery
|j IN Goods. 156 Main Street.
'VTEWSOM. JOHN, Grocer, Cotton factor j
JYI and Commission Merchant, 182 F**ont St.
i NlUill.L BRO 5 - FSvre Cutler]
Nails. Castings, etc . 312 Front Street.
T)()E. R. R. & CG.. C uton Factors and Gay
1 eral Commission M *rclinnts 182 Front Si
TXEtClvi >o. i.i * tNUdfOiS & PUol\ Deal ■
1 in Railroad and General Machinery Sup
plies. -ioU Jl un 'MriH’i,__
K-OCCO. L CO-7"Wholesale Grocers and
Contect'oners. Second Street._
f>OSSTeL, M. J". Grocer. Cotton Factor an-t
ili rhWBlnaioa Merchant, 310 Front Street
Sil v\\, J. 8. & CO . Hardware. Iron, Steal
._ Stoves, clo., 208 Second Street,
rn \ YLOU, GAY x Kl I L\M>. Cot u»u Fat- j
lL tors and Couimi;-s»v.m Merchants, O0l .
Fi*ont Street. _
VtTOLF, MOKIA,T>e jIo“I• .Vines. 1. ‘piors
f V Cigars m l Tobacco. Front Sired. ;
\ \ T i! £ ELL U F i" ~ v V> v >. ■ n :
▼ V Wood an i Widow w;t o. ■ • M nu Si ^
\ ; J oUMELlY. Jo\ Co.. C<>tion K'ictoi
\ # Mild Prodiu • M it it". ‘ i *■ '»»it S
\ ir o. • 5 i i v
i V prietor, eo VJaii i i rson Sire
Geo. W. M iberry
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
SOLICIT O It l M CIIVXCKRY
I
—AN iv—
GJ(\Ft UL M\l> iGEUT,
t’.» r r > v pi. ax r,
WOODRUFF COUNTY. ARKANSAS.
WH.r, attend the Circuit and Probate
Courts for the cuuutics of Monroe !-t.
I Frauci< ■ > • ' ••» re** - 1
J. E. GATEWOOD, J S. 1 liOMAS,
GJTEWO D & T 'ORIG.
DCS AJH1, AHIii\ns.
I. y. liKIHlEl’KTtl. T. BIAKE KENT.
HEDGEPETH * K:NT.
ATY03S5YS AT LAW.
DES ABC, AE®A'JSA3.
IITII.L practice in all of the courts of
yy Prairie county, and the circuit court,
uf the surrounding counties. mar24-6m
JAMES H. PATTERSON, Lt'CIAN C. OAl'SE
Aujusta. Ark. Jirrkxmfiir'. <rA
SIDNEY S. O APSE.
Pallerxon Gallic A !?-»
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Jack»on|»ori mid *u;?u>ia, trkauMH.
Will practice in the Couuiie* of Woodrutt <
Jackson. Independence, White, Lawrence.
Randolph, Green. Craighead and Crons, and (
attend to special case* in any part of th
■ State. Address either office my 18 ly j
V.M. H. t'OOUY. i>. MORAL.
COODY & M.RAE,
&£ 14W
8E1IICT, W HITE Cai'XTV,
AltKANHAH.
S Will practice in all the cuarts of Arkansas.
marS-t
dg«OL. F. CLARK. SAM W WILLIAMS.
JOE W. MANTIS'.
| CLARK WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
, &Uora»j« at Law,
lITTIili ROCK, iRKau».
tili LL practice in all the Courts, prosecute
yy Claims of all kinds, collect debts, and
JB act as Real Relate and General Agents.
Office—Markham Street, nenrStae House.
W apriU8-M'
1™^-'. HICKS, Formerly of tho tirm of Cypert k
Hick*.
, R. FIELDING, Formerly of Athens, Ala.
HICK) * FIEL3IHG.
ATTOaSSYi AT LAW.
eurcy, White Co., Irkunsas.
(TILL practice in this and the adjacent
| counties, iu tho District Courts, and 8u
reme Court of tho State.
-We have in connection with our Law
met -in ACTIVEOl'T IfOOIt COLLEOT1N0
OEXCr Claims entrusted to us will be
romptly attended to. and if not immediately
illeeted will be at onoe secured if possible.
m Claim against the Government lor property
■ taken by the C. S forees I whether receipted
for or not)—BouttTir.s Pkvsioxs. Aniiians of
Pat Ao promptly attended to.
BarSI- HICK? £ FIELDIXO.
PROFESSION i£ 1 ARDS.
0FO K MORTON. H. P. VAtTOflAN.
2.IOSVTON A V AIT OS AN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AttD
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
WHX practice in the Conn* of the counties
of Prairie. White, Jackson. Woodruff ami
Monroe Particular. attention given to the
collection of claihia tiny where in the State.
sopTtf.
OR. RORT. D. THF.ZET4ST
Tender* hi* professional services to
the citizens of Des Are and vicinity.
Office—At Johuson & Davis Drug
Store. »ep21
“IS. ALLEN "
Offers It is services to the citizens 01
Des Are and vicinity in the practice o*
medicine. Thankful, tor past favors,
tnd by attention to business lie expects
to share a liberal prtronnge.
Office—One door east of Burney's
Drug Store. sep-l
It 8. O.IXTT. w J.SttONACrtll
GANTT Sr. BRON AUGH,
ATTORNEYS XT LXW.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie.
White, Woodruff. Monroe, Arkansas and Pu
laski. Prompt .intention given to the collec
tion of claims. Taxes will he paid and litles
investigated for non-resident* aprl4-8nt j
moms j. imnsii,
. T T « X N «: Y A X ;» FOl'XSEUOK !
JA L cl w ,
D E S A II C. A E K A X S A
8®> Partoulur attention given to the
collection of el* kinds ofclaimsagainst
tho Government.
Office—On Buena Vista street nexi
door to J. M. Burney s drug store.
may-5
WM tTjONjES,
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
WH.T practice in the counties of Pulaski,
Prairie, Monroe. Woodruff. Jackson and
White Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of e’diins. iprl4-ly !
RCAIDE.VT PMl'SICIAS,
Being permanently located at Des
Are. will oontimie the practice of his
profession in all its branches Special
attention given to the treatment o
acute and chronic diseases. sep21
IT. LEPTIEN,
Watchmaker and ■JcwdiT.
DES ARC. ARKANSAS, j
1AM NOW rilEPAHED TO DO ALL j|L
kinds of work in my line. Mcnfl- ^"4 I
ing, Cleaning;. &c. Ai
-Thankful for past favors, I solicit a ‘
continuance of the patronage heretofore be- ’
‘towed on me. feb28-tf
JAMES J. GALLAGHER.
Attomeyat Enw, j
COTTON PLANT, WOODRUFF CO, ARK |
Will practice where called.
sep28-tf.
OH. J 4. ROlKELU \8 office, is
now at Johnson it Davis' Drug Store:
•an be be consulted at his ro m at the Harvey
House. He will stive his undivided attention
to Chrotole DlNCUftefc of every detorip
i ion.
The best of references can be furnished, by
tpplying to
DU. J. A. UOUSELAUX.
junl-tf Des \rc. Arkansas
WATTENSAW
JVurs^ry.
ONE HilNORED THOUSAND
FRUIT TREES,
ONE AND TWO YEARS OLD,
FOB SALE IN 1867-S,
BY JOHN ». MORROW A SON,
I-RA1RIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
H vyiNG been engaged in this business for
the last seventeen years, in Mississippi
and Arkansas; and having studied it closely,
we claim to have acquired a knowledge of the
Fat its adapted to our climate. We refer the
public to specimens in our Orchards, and Or
UardN sold by us, in this and adjoining
eouuties. Address
John D. Morrow X Son,
j 6 A 22-6 m Des Arc. Arkansas.
IV. II. BARNETT,
&&&&£&& 1488ft,
And General Repairer.
Will repair Old Harness, or make new ones. '
Also, repair Saddles. Shop—opposite “citi
ztN urutr.."
Des Arc, Ark., May 25, 1867—tf
ENTERTAINMENT!!
rnilE UNDERSIGNED lUVINfl JmL
I opened it Home or Enter*
tallimrnt, <10 llumia Vl»i» Siren, tmitr
(he Sieamboat Laudiug, for (be accommuda
tion of
TRAVELERS AND BOARDERS,
By the day. week, nr month, solicits the pat
ronage of those visiting Dos Arc. The fare
will he as good as the market affords, and
terms moderate.
Give me a trial, and I will endeavor to give
satisfaction.
BF NT AM IN 1TAYLEY.
Dcs Are. Ark , March 2P, !««7~ 12us
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
ROBT. »■ AXDEU80X, WM. J. THOMPSON,
Jackaunporl, Ark. Auguatu, Ark
Anderson A Thompson.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jaoksonport and Augusta, Ark
Wili attend the Courts of Jackson, Wood
ruff. and adjoining Counties, and to special
cases in any section of the State, Address
either office. mayl8 ly
a. C. riCKHTT. L. It. ftAMSAC*.
PICRItrr A BAMSAUB
ATTORNEYS at law,
AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS.
Wilt practice in the counties of Woodruff
Jackson, White and Craighead. Special at
(ention givep to collections of all claims en
trusted to their care aprO-ly
J. r. JONSON. Office—West Point. Arkan«n«
JSO. M. M<*ORK. Offiee—Searcy, Arkansas
'JONSON A MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS IN til AN CER V
—AMD —
General Land and Collecting Agenti,
(3KARCY, ARKAXSAM.
Will give prompt attention to any business
in the counties of Independence, Jackson
Woodruff, Monroe, Prairie, White, Con wav
and Van Buron. inar'J
J h7p. ALUniDGi 1%
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cotton 'Plant, Arkansas.
>\ ill practice in tne t lrcuit t ourt«
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts ot
the seventh .Indicia District, and give prompt
attention to all business entrusted to his
care. * janlli
N. W. WILLIAMS. T. M. GIBSON.
W ILLI tnS& GIIISO*,
ATTOP.272TC AT LA*”,
Des Arc and Bevnll's Bluff. Ark
WILT, practice in Prairie mi 1 adjoining
Counties Ail business confided to their car.
will be promptly attended to. sept-1 tt
cTa. JUI >SO~
m\nmn m joim.
Manufacturer of
SASH. BOORS, BIiri^BS,
And dealer in
GLASS AND PUTTY.
fllHANKFUL for pa«t patronage and Bolioitt
1 a continuance of the j*uu:’o.
janiid ly
A WELL SELECTED £TOCK OF
FRESH DRUGS,
MEDICINES AND CHE.NiC\ S,
School Books and Stationery,
Paint*, Oil*. Dye-Stuff*, Window-Glas*, TVr
fumery. Patent Medicines, Wind, Brandie*.
Whiskey, for medicinal »Mtrpo*e*.
Dromgoole'a celebrated Southern Remedies. I
invAniably for cash, at small profit*.
jul21 J. Jft. m imiT.
J., i« FIS0H.£SS£R,
WATCHMAN E li
—AND-—
JE AVEUS s
DITLER8VILLG, - ARKANSAS.
HAS on h»ml, a nice stock of Watch- ff
es, Cloeks, Jewelry and Fancy
Articles. Also, will repair Watches. ftbJk '
Clocks. Jewelry, Musical Instruments, etc.
In connection with the above. I have a
PHOTOGRAPH GAIAeRY,
Where any kind of a Picture can he taken.
apr'JO-On._J. It FISffHKSSFH
R. R TOE. KEV1LS * ROSE.
R. R. POE & CO.,
titaocxr&s'
-AND
<£oimmsston fllrichauis
We-t Point. -A_rk
Wi lmvo ou hand a lull supply of all kinds
of <;■ urei'len, and would bo pleAsed to
have our frieuds and the public generally to
call and see us. Our slock is large, uod we
shall keep all arlioles usually found in a first
class Grocery House. it e have ou baud, and
fur sale,
BACON.
FLOUR,
LAUD,
SUGAR,
COFFEE.
RICE,
SALT,
MEAL,
MOLASSEs,
CANDLES,
SOAP.
SALT,
CANDY,
FRUIT,
PICKLES,
Aud a variety of other articlee too numerous
to mentiou.
The highest cash prices paid for till kinds
of country produce, Hides, Peltry, etol, in
Goods at cash prices.
R. R. POE & CO.,
R II. POE, Agent
West Point, Ark., April «, 1WT.
Result of Yankee Duplioity.
Many a poor, weak, silly Southern
girl has cause to hold in endless re
membrance Yankee duplicity, in the
desertion of soldier husbands—some o!
them officers at that. case of this
kind came under our observation yes
terday.
\ certain Major, who shall be name
less—and who came in with *ho army
or occupation—so prevailed on one o<
those silly girls with his specious pro
mises as to induce her to become his
wife, though lie never publicly ac
knowledged her as such to the brother
officers. The girl, however, was satis
fied with her dubious position, and be
ing in the lower walks of life, and with
no big brother to see her righted, was
apparently happy in her new situation.
But marriage brings responsibilities,
ami one of tlie gravest of "responsibil
ities ’ was added to this ill-assorted
household—a baby. The child grew
apace, but so did not the bold soger
boy's love for it and its mother. To
him, on the contrary, the order muster
ing him out was most joyous tidings;
giving him relief at one and the same
time from a monotonous life and letted
tuition.
It was an easy matter to persuade the
“poor fool ’ that it was necessary for
him to go “up North' first to prepare
the “old folks at home" for (lie coining
of bis Southern rose and little blossom.
The gallant ex-son of Mars departed,
and after long, anxious months wait
fug, watching and praying, hope de
parted froth tlie breast df the wretched
deserted wife, and she became convin
ced that site was indeed abandoned.—
To keep life in her frail body—that she
might furnish sustenance to her babe:
she became a pensioner upon the boun
ty of the city, and thus eked out a life
poverty and neglect.
But Heaven is more merciful titan
man ; and the all-lot ing Father, ere the
biting blast of chill winter came again
to freeze the life-blood in ti e famine*
pinched bodies of this sufi'ering moth
er anti child, sent an .vngol of Death to
bear the little one to where want and
misery have no place—where eternal
summer reigns—in the eternal gardens
of Paradise, and the wretched, grief
stricken mother was left free from her
burden to 1) it lie with a cold and (beer
less world for bread.
Placed in a pauper’s coffin—Its little
limbs shrouded in the faded tags it had
worn it) life—its little piuched features
bearing the poverty marks too p'aiuly
to be mistaken—the body of this child
of a lnhrtle-s man and a weak, desert
ed, heart broken woman, was commit
ted to a pauper's grave, there to slum
ber until it shall arise as an arousing
angel to condi lim to eternal tormments
the heartless wretch who consigned it
to a living death in its brief existence
upon earth.—Selma (Ala.) Messenger.
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How the negroes reason is shown in
a speech made by “Fnele Dick, in be
half of the squatters on the farms o'
ex-rebels near Norfolk, who now re
fuse to remove and threaten resistance
to ttic officers of the Government.—
"Fnele Dick.” a veteran negro leader,
said : "The Indians were the first ow
ners of this land. The whites took it
from them by force; and we blacks
took it from the whites by force. They
have no right to it, and they shall not
tiave it. We lought for ft, and we are
going to have it. Wu don t care, for
the President nor the freedmen's Bu
reau. We have suffered long enough—
let the whites sutler now. The time
when the white man said, ‘John, black
my boots!’ and John had to do it. But
the times have changed, and I hope to
see the day when t can say to a white
man,‘John, black my boots! and he
will have to do it. I w ill never bo sat
isfied until the white man if forced to
serve the black man, as we were forced
to serve then). If they do not like that,
let them go away. We do not Intend
to allow sccpsh or Yankees to drive us
oft' this land, because it is ours. AVe
have fought for it, and we will tight
now to defend it.
A Tekkile AV’aubning.—The figures
representing the majority against ue
gro "shtTrago in Ohio gkow, as the re
turn approaches completion. The ma
jority is now set down at sixty to one
hundred thousand. The Radicals con
cede a majorietv of sixty-live thousand
while tile Democrats claim oue hund
red thousand. Ohio ha* been deemed
the center of Western Radicalism. It
is the home of Chase, Santon, Urig
am, and Wade. This result is appaltng
to Radicalism. It upsets the w hole
basis of their legislation to render the
negroes supreme, and. at one blow,
overturn all their hopes for the future.
This result has been obtained in the
faee of the largest vote east iu Ohio for
three years.
The significance of this vote may he
estimated when it is remembered that
only a few thousand—a mere handful
—of negroes would have been enfran
chised if the people of Ohio had accept
ed the amendment establishing negro
suffrage. If thla would have been an
intolerable evil in Ohio, w hat must be
the eft’ect of tiegrO suffrage in Tenuesee
and other Southern States where the
negro voters ure iu the asceuduut ? the
interrogatory carries irresistible logic
with it. The people of Ohio do not in
tend to give over any portion of the
United States to seniibarbarism. Will
the Radical leaders heed this warning
VOi<*e in time " At1 mi hi- \pj •
The Lord’s Prayer by Booth.
In the palmy days of the elder Booth,
before the sparkle of his greut black
eye had been dimmed by the bane of
'enius, strong drink, Bootli and several
friends had been invited to dine with
an old gentleman in Baltimore of dis
tinguished urbanity and piety. The
I host, though disapproving of theatres
mil theatre-going, had heard so much
of Booth's remarkable powers, that cu
riosity to see tlie man had overcome all
! scruples and prejudices. After the en
tertainment was over, the lamps light
ed, and the company resented in tlie
drawing room some one requested
Booth, as a particular favor, and one
which all present conld appreciate, to
read the Lord s prayer. Booth express
ed his willingness to afford them this
gratification, and all eyes were turned
expectantly upon him. Bootli rose
slowly and recently from his chair. It
was wonderful to watch tho play of
emotions that convulsed his counten
ance. He-became deathly pale, and his
eyes turned tremblingly upwards were
wet with tears. yet I"' bad not spo
ken. The silence could be felt. It had
become absolutely painful, until at last
(he spell was broken as if by an elec
tric shock, as Ids rich-toned voice, from
white lips, syllabled forth: ‘'OurFath
er who art in Heaven," &c.. with a pa
thos and fervid solemnity that thrilled
all hearts. lie finished. The silence
continued. Xot av i c wa3 heard nor
a muscle moved in his rapt audience,
until front a remote corner in (he room
a subdued sob was heard, and tho old
gentleman (the host) stepped forward
with streaming eyes and tottering
frame, and seized Booth by the baud,
"Sir," said lie in broken accents, “you
have afforded me a pleasure for which
my whole future life w ill feel grateful.
I am nn old man, anil every day from
boy hood to the present time I thought
1 had repeated the Lord's prayer, hill
I never heard it before, never."
“ You are right.’’ replied Booth ; to
. 1.1.. * .. .. . • . 1. 1 U.1
caused the ay wrest study and labor for
me thirty years, and I am i'ar frombe'tig
satisfied with mv rendering of that
wonderful production. Hardly one
person in ten thousand comprehends
how much beauty, tenderiicssand gran
deur can be condensed in a space so
small, and in other words so simple.
That prayer itselI sufficiently illustrates
the truth o. I lie Bible and stumps upo.i
it the seal of divinity." So great was
the eilVct produced, says our informer,
who was pres lit, til t conversation
was sustain but i short t nt" longer in
in subdued muno-y Babies, tine almost
entirely ceased: and soon alter an ral
ly hour the comp my in kc u. and re
tired to their several otnes with sad
faces and full hearts.
--
Important to Bankrupts.-The
Memphis Bulletin says that the news
papers at other points in the fsoutii,
learns that large numbers of citi/.cns.
rendered hopelessly bankrupt by the
war. are availing themselves of the re
lief from debt afforded by the Bank
rupt Act. Even if a man feels moral
ly h nnd to pay every dollar lie owes,
lie will in most eases feel constrained
to seek a discharge from his debts un
der the Bankrupt Law, in order to be
come Iree-hauded and unembarrassed
in resuming business, so as ultimately
to be able to pay all he owe- In this
view of the matter the most honorable
man is fully justified in taking the
benefit of the Bankrupt Law. An ex
change says:
it will be seen that the period is pass
ing rapidly away within which insol
vent debtors of past years may avail
themselves of tjjje national Bankrupt
Law, with stlch advantages as they
now possess.
After the 2d of Marcii, lsti8, no deb
tor will be able to obtain a discharge
in bankruptcy unless ids assets may
pay 50 per cent, of bis indebtedness, or
by assent in writing of a majority in
number and value of his creditors.
This fact is not generally known, and
:vnv one desirine* to obtain the benefit
of the act has no time to loose. Only
four months remain, amt a discharge
cannot iu any ctiso he obtniiiecPin less
than three months, and when there is
opposition more time is required.
-■»■
VolF. AGAINST A CONVENTION.—
We call the attention of tax payers to
tho following extract tYom tlie act of
March •> :
Sec. 8. a to l be it further enacted.
Thatjthe Convention for each State
shall prescribe fees, salary and compen
sation to in1 paid to all the delegates
and others officers agents herein author
ized or necessary to carry' into cfic-'l
the purpose of tiii> act not otherwise
provided for, ami shall provide for the
levy ami collection of such taxes on the
property in such States as may he nec
essary to pay tlie same.
The people arc already groaning un
der the burden of tlie most oppressive
taxation, and arc in no condition to
add to the load, tor the sole purpose of
building up the Kadical party in the
State. If you do not desire to increase
1 taiatlon, defeat this Convention scheme
! If you endorse the Convention, the ex
pense of the mongrel assemblage must
he met by further taxation, and do not
desire to see negro suffrage forced
I upon the State, vote against a con
vention.—[Little Kock Conservative.
♦ 4^* ...-— —
fcjrWe learn from the Little Rock
tiazette that Col. Hobson will in a short
! time re-issue the Camden Kagle. He
has satisfactory ami gratifying assur
ances from Cell. Ord of future protec
1 t’Op.
What they Mean.
The results of ti e recent elections
have some very palpable meanings.
They mean that ten States, the fairest
portion of the republic, shall not be
handed over to tne dominion of brutal
ignorant, and degraded Africans.
They njean that military despotism,
wherever it has planted its iron heel,
must give way to the rule of civil li
j bgrty ; that martial satrapy must yield
to governments of the people.
They mean that the project of the re
construction of the South in the inter
est of a political party to the detriment
of the material interests not only oi
that section, but of the whole country,
must be abandoned.
i They mean that the reconstruction 01
tlie South, upon fair, and j,ust, and con
stitutional principles, must be speedy,
to the end that the public disquiet,
which is so injurious to the business of
the country, may be composed : and to
the further cud that the industry and
! development of that section may bere
l vived, which is so essential to the pros
; perity of the whole land.
They mean that the extravagant ap
■ propriationS by Congress, which are
; swelling the public debt indefinitely.
I must cease.
They mean that the Congress itself is
a rump, and its usurpation intolerable.
They mean that the military estab
lishment, costing hundreds of millions
of dollars yearly, and useful only tor
purposes of oppression, must be cut j
down, and vast sums thereby saved to
the public treasury.
They mean that the frightful corrup- !
tion, and fraud and theft, and perjury j
which have seized upon every avenue
of the public service, and which arc
impairing the revenue by hundreds of I
milli jus of dollars annually, must cense
also.
They mean that taxation must be fair
ly adjusted and distributed; that, in
wie umunis, im-iu biiuii
lie no favored classes.
They mean that the honest adminis
tration must be restored, economy re
established, and taxation lightened.
They mean that the industry of the'
country at large must not be taxed to
furnish bounties to corporate wealth in
a section.
They mean in short, that dishonest
i deuiagogism must give place to hottest
statesmanship in the conduct o ' public
itl'airs.—Chicago Times.
Growth of Odd Fellowship.
From the American Odd Fellow the
-ubjoined table which presents a most
| gratifying exhibit of the condition of
the. Order of Fellowship throughout
the I'll.ted States, at the close of the
regular annual term, c'.i tiie 30th o
.1 line, is copied :
Initiation during the year, 31.773
Admitted by card, 5.829
Reinstated, 3 312—43,941
Withdrawn by card, 0,307
suspensions 7,804
(Expulsions, 981
Deaths, 2,129-17,281
—
Net increase during the year 20.0(13
Whole No. subordinate Lodges 2.8l9
■< members. 212.000
Ain’t p’d to wid’od families 897.142 23
education o: orphans 15,111898
Total relief(Miss„ Tex.. Tenn..
S. (’.. Vt.. and Colorado not
included) . (127,821 85
Total recoipts(Va.. Miss.,Tex.,
Me.. Vt.. and Iowa not in
cluded.) 1,760,138 27
Whole No.of subordinateeu
eampments, 081 i
“ initiations, 6,99ti i
“ members, 33,109
Total relief , 3(14.85# 12
•• receipts, 204,58415
*• relief, lodges & cn
cnnipments, 092.670 97
“ receipts, 1,904.72272
The returns do nTit include those from ,
the jurisdictions of Vermout, Missis
sippi, and Texas, from which the an
nual reports have not been received.
Taking their last flguresas the criterion,
and adding them to the above aggre
gates. we have tho sum total ot 2893
lodges,214,-402 members and auiucreaso
during the past year of •’9,149 members;
showing, on the same basis of calcula
tion, an augmentation of 573 in the
number of lodges.
-A y uug lady was oe .rly killed by
hei waterfall, a tew days ago, uear Spring
field, Missouri. ft lie wus in a tree for
some purpose or other, and in attempting
to descend, the knob on (lie buck ot her
head caught upon a limb, and falling she
was effectually suspended as with a hang
mans noose. The situation was extremely
unpleasant and delicate, but tlie commen
dable presence of mind of ber male atten
dant saved ibe feminine Absolmu
-The Democrats made heavier
gains in Indiana at the recent election
than lias been supposed, Irorn the quiet
luanuer iu which the eiectiou lias
passed otf. The Vincennes Sun has
returns from thirty-live counties, which
Show that the Democrats i.ave gained
ll.tilt) ou the vote of 1866, tyhcii the
Hcpublieau ticket was elected by 14,
200 majority. The tame average gains
ill the counties not reported would
give the Democrats the State by about
14,000.
-India seems to be runuing the
L'uited Sta es out of the c Uton market.
A million bales are said to be at p;ew>ut
uu their way to Liverpool. In spite of
tho very limited crop in this country last
year, the prices are positively declining,
in consequence of the Indian supply
Affairs at Washington City.
A special correspondent ofthe Louis
ville Courier, dated at Washington the
ICth ult., says:
Tiie determination of the President
to change the Cabinet lias been re
peatedly alluded to. There is author
ity to repeat the same with lull per
mission of t|ie President. It was sug
gested to him that the great popuk.r
verdict, iiu o ids policy, would
prevent the ttirther agitation of im
peachment. The President replied
that he thought not. but apprehended
that the Radical leaders would become
even more desperate and hesitate at
nothing to accomplish their revolution
ary purposes.
In response to a question of his
course should tho Radicals attempt to
depose him before trial, he said : Re
sist, Sir! with all the power which the
Constitution furnishes lor its own pro
tection and preservation.' This was
said witli great warmth and earnest
ness. It would be criminal, lie said,
not to resist an effort on the part o
Congress to usurp or destroy the Ex
ecutive Department, and lie thought it
well for the country to know his opin
ions and his purposes. In relation to
Cabinet changes, he said lie would
strengthen himself for any emergency
that might arise. Circumstances, lie
said, necessitated a change, and this
should he done before Congress met in
session.
The President declared he would not '
consult or be governed by party cliques,
blit acton his own judgment and for!
what he thought was the best interest
of the country. It was his intention to '
draw around him men of nerve, abili
iv, nuu |j;tu luusiii.
Thiid. Stevens' pronunciamento is a 1
political bombshcft which fill the public
mind w ith apprehension. If impeach
ment is proposed, if Congress shall en
uet laws to fasten negro suffrage on the
people in defiance of their wishes, it
wiil undoubtedly precipitate a conflict.
The President cannot submit to the one
nor the people to the other, and all tes
timony is concurrent that Mr. Johnson
will resist by ail proper means the at
tempt *o depose ami degrade him by
an arbitrary and constitutional act.
■several Hepublicans of conservative
tendencies declar they cannbt act with
Stevens in his rxirt we measures: nev
ertheless they may be driven to sustain
them by party dicipline and exigencies,
it may become necessary therefore for
the Executive to impeach the impeacli
ers, and if the latest programme re
mains unchanged, his Cabinet will have
nerve as well as ability, i have high
authority lor stilting that lie contem
plates selecting some of these advisors
from among those who fought for and
won the great political victory last
week.
Virtue in Washington.
Tite good people who live in the
country have no idea of the corruption
and prostitution that exists, or how ra
pidly our social system is being under
mined. Virtue is held cheaply; and,
while the conventionalities of society
are respected openly, they are (jelled in
secret. Men and women assume purity
when brough face to face with religious
forms, but they do not wear it when j
the doors close behind them, and shut
out the light of the world. Society is !
fearfully corrupt, and morality is only
a thin shadow behind which the scenes
of vice and licentiousness are boldly
shifted. Prostitution, is one of the com
mon evils of the laud. You need not
seek for it only in out-of-the-way
streets, behind.mysteriously-darkened
windows, or in a Broadway promenade
after nightfall, but also in palace-like
houses, and in high places of official
trust. Washington is a very Sodom. !
Some of the departments are dens of
corruption. A female clerkship, too
often, is but a narrow screen held up
between tlie world and dishonor. Wo
man by scores are in Government em
ploy at Washington, who outrage vir
tue night after night, and Senators,
Congressmen, and leading politicians i
li tve a criminal knowledge of the fact.
Young girls in the country, insp'red
with a noble feeling of independence,
and blinded by a flattering offer, are
tempted to accept a clerkship at Wash
ington ; they leave home .or the city,
and in a few months a wild and disso
lute life tells how complete is their ruin
They sacrifice virtue, and become the
concubines of those who retain them
in power. Wo warn the pure minded
girls of America that Washington is no
place for them ; it is an iniquitous city,
made so by those whom the people have
raised to positions of trust and honor.
\ gentleman, well acquainted behind
(lie scenes, was recently requested liy a
friend to lend his influence toward ob
taining a clerkship in one of the de
partments for a virtuous young girl.
“ Certainly, sir," lie remarked, “but
let uie enlighten you in regard to the
qualifications Accessary to command
siiccc'.s. The young lady must possess
sensual charms, and, possessing them,
must have no false notions about offer
ing them for sale.” Shocking as this
declaration may appear, it is strictly
true. ,\ female clerkship at Washing
ton, in many instances, is but a respec
table kind of prostitution. Let any
man of the world visit Wasliiugtou,
and if lie does not meet with a face in
some one of the Itrpariments that was
once known to him in the dark, myste
rious walks of life, then we will ac
knowledge that we are laboring under
an embarrassing mistake.—Pittsburg
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The Illinois Democracy
Last week the Democracy of .Uadi* n
county. Illinois, held a nieetiiigat Edwards
ville, the county seat, to nominate county
offi'-cra.
In nominating candidates fur office, the
Deui crucy took occasion to lay down a
platform of principles. It is brief and
comprehensive, and • is comprised in the
three following resolutions:
Resolved. That the present Radical
policy in relation to the Southern States,
as embodied in the amended La Out bill,
is subversive of every principle of free
government; thut ii d e , in effect, create
an irresponsible military despotism in that
section, and lay the foundation of a similar
despotism throughout the whole country.
Resolved, That there cart be no lasting
peace, harmony and pro parity in ihea.
States or in trie Un.ou, so long as the
white citiaens who are willing t' take ll e
oath of allegiance to the Federal n i tu
tion are disfranchised and made the abso
lute political inferiors of tbetr former
slaves
Resolved, that in the words of S o -hen
A. Douglas, " We ho t that this t. r rt:
uient wa- made on the white b sis, by
white men, for the benefit ot white men and
their prosperity forever, and should be ad
ministered by white men, and none other,
and therefore, we are unalterably opposed
to negro suffrage iu any way, shape or
form.
-A recent letter from Cincinnati,
in the New Or.cans Picayune, coir fain s
the following advice to the Southern peo
ple:
..'l l .. .. . . . 1 - i _ I _
■ "'■j “'S'- i
iitient und cnlui, not to fuel that the vic
t .ry is complete yet. One little riot in
the South would undo wliat lots already
been done. 1 c- every editor make it a
point to urge this in every issue. That
the Radicals will use every means possible
o draw you into a riot you may expect;
but if tbe people will watch them, and
bead them off' for one year or nine mouths
ioniter. the victory will be complete. I
.eel elated, ami know the Southern people
will, and I am so tearful they may feel toa
jubilant and overdo the matter.’’
'1 lie New York Herald also furnishes
his much on the game subject:
Our Sot them friends should not go off
at tangent up« n ti e signal evidence i f a
leturn.ng sense ot reason am o\g the Radi
cal majorities of the North, they should
not hurrah because they are out of the
woods. They should keep calm and col
lected—we will not say “ subdued," tor
limy have acknowledged themselves
so a reu y They should not be to exult
,nt; iliei should utter no taunts, make no
hreats, or do aught else to arouse anew
tiro -p'rit of relentless prosecution with
which they have been pursued by the rad
icals s.nce the congress! mal project of re
construction was first broached. The end
is not yet. Much remains to be done,
ind it behooves tho Southern people
to tax still further the measure of their
patience, until the clouds that hover over
hem are entirely dispelled, and they are
again blessed with a serene political sky.
W From the Selma messenger we
ake the following of the farce election in
hat city :
The incidents of the late election farce
u this city will afford for a long time to
vine subjee s of conversation and discus
-1 UCJ UIU til UUVU tlUiUSlUg, IUUIbU>Ua
.mi alarming
One negro in the crowd around the
ourt-house held up an independent ticket
primed on bine paper ) and cried out in
loud voice; "No land! no mules! no
. ues! slavery again!’ Then holding up a
od ticket, lie shouted out: "Forty actes
•i land! u mule! treednui! vote -! the equal
t the white iiiu.ii!” .1 mi appaieutiy satis
■ ed, lie put the led ticket .n the ballot
box.
Numbers of negroes brought halters
with them for the mules they confidently
expected to get.
.4 crowd of negroes from the >uthern ,
part of the eoumy were met at the river
>y an agent of the Radicals here, who put
i their h nds the red tickets, m d told
t mm uol to let .nybody lake t^awny from
iheui, as each of the.11 n - _ ... 1 -.r a piece
of laud. The poor devils coucluded that it
was the fact, that they had better hold 011
to their tickets, ami iqeeuily returned
home to learu where these lots were loca
ted and enter upon possession.
One lellow, when his ticket was given
him, asked what he was to do with it —
He was told to put it iu the box. -Is dat
all?” he queried. “Yes.” “Nuihin more,
marsler?' No-” “Is dat votin?” • Y es.”
1 thought votin was gettiu suimhiu.”
\nd, disgusted, threw ihe paper on the
ground, trampled it under foot and went
home at lea-t a wiser m in.
-The F’leeduian* Bureau will expire
next Juy by imitation. It is understood
bat Genera! Howard will not recommend
its continuance beyond that time iu ease
the reconstruction of the .South si ould be
accomplished I . that event he will to
oouimeud a coniprchcosive system of edu
cation 1 1 be c. o cd y u h Southj by the
'siablishmc.il ut an extensive 1101 mal school
at .Vashiuginu O.ty, f r he id 0 .iou of
col .red teachers aud the or-ganixatiou of
: normal schools, for the same objeet in the
j Southern States.
! MTTo extinguish burning oil, dub
on sand Iriutced ofwatsr