DE3 ARC CITIZEN?
1. C. MORRIT.I., EDITOR.
DBS ARC, ARKANSAS;
WEDNESDAY..~ MAY 4. 1859
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©rS?” We shall remove tire 11 Citizen
Office,” in a few days, to our new rooms,
at the corner of Lyon and Walton streets,
up stairs—south of G. W. Vs dsn’s Ware
house—immediately opposite the Steam
boat Landing.
PEN AND SCISSORS.
The opposition is extremely averse to
any further agitation of the slavery ques
tion. "Slavery tfgitalors” is the choice
epithet they are in the habit of applying
to the Democracy. But to one who has
studied their tactics, and is initiated into
the secret of their maneuvering, it is very
apparent that they are actuated to this
course by the fear that agitation would
stand in the way of a harmonious alliance
between themselves and the Black Repub
licans. They are willing to ignore the
slavery question, entirely, and leave the
institutions of the South to the tender mer
cies of lira fanatics of the North. Upon
this subject, a Tennessee exchange makes
the following sensible and appropriate
remarks:
After nil the denunciations of ‘ agitation,’
(in which we confess we, atone time—years
ago—were disposed to join,) if we bat look at
the matter closely, it is demonstrable that the
general, world-wide discussion of the question
of African Slavery on (his continent, lias been
the very salvation of the South and its ‘ pe
culiar institution.’ Under the influence of
‘ agitation’ the Anti-Slavery sentiment, born
in Virginia and fostered by the writings of
Thomas Jefferson and others, has almost ut
terly disappeared from the South. Under the
influence of ‘ agitation’ the 1 outside pressure’
against Slavery has beer, sensibly weakened
in every direction, and even England and France
—those fountain-heads of Abolition opinion—
have receded from the doctrines of Wilber
force, ami reopened the slave-trade under an
other name ! Under the influence of ‘ agita
tion’ the great doctrines of States’ Rights
have come to be well-defined, and, by their in
herent truth and justice, have drawn together,
even in the Northern States, a band of nation
al Democrats who, on several occasions, have
opportunely united with their Southern breth
ren in beating down tin Abolitionists and thus
saving the Republic. Under the influence of
‘ agitation,’ and the benign reign of ‘ King
Cotton,’ the price of negroes is to-day higher
than it was ever known to be before, and the
South is looked upon by all ‘kindreds’
tongues and peoples as the most favored spot
on the round globe.
More than this. ‘ Agitation’ has opened
the eyes of candid thinking men everywhere
to the great fact .that African Slavery, as it
exists in this country, is a heaven-ordained
institution, having the chart of its origin and
th» law of its continuance in the good Provi
dence of an all-wise God. ‘ Agitation’ has
proved to the world too, that the transfer of
the African from the blood and bones bondage
of his native wilds to the mild slavery of the
Southern States, is a grand‘ lift’ for him, in
the scale of existence. Finally, ‘ agitation’
has proved to honest, earnest men all over the
earth, that the doctrines of God Almighty are
better than the doctrines of Wilbarforce and
Canning, and that the forecast of a Supreme
overlooking Providence is more to be relied
on than the forecast of Thomas Jetierson, or
Thomas Paine, or any other ‘ doubter’ of Di
vine Beneficence.
IIon. L. Q. C. Lamar.—This gen
tleman, member of Congress from the
Northern District of Mississippi, deliver
ed a speech to a portion of his constitu
ents at Holly Springs, on the 18th ult.
Speaking of his effort the IL'rald says :
The talented orator reviewed at considerable
length the acts of the late Congress, and
showed conclusively, that the opposition, par
ticularly from the free States, although now
shedding corcodile tears, over the expendi
tures, and extravagance, as they termed it, of
the present administra lion. had voted for every
appropriation asked for, and used every effort
to increase the expenditures of the govern
ment, hoping thereby to force the Democracy
into the support of the odious protective tariff
measures, advocated by them. •
In regard to our foreign policy, Col. L. was
for carrying out. to the very letter, the Mon
roe doctrine. He wished to see none of the
powers of the oi l world, interfering with the
internal policy of the nations of the Ameri
can continent, for. in hie course of time, our
own government would so expand as to em
brace them all.
His invective against Stephen A. Douglas
and his Squitter Sovereignty heresies, was
Severn. H ■ dwelt a length on the vacillating
course and damagogiun of Douglas, and show
ed conclusively. that the principles advocated
by Douglas, were as revolting to the South as
the Wihnet Provi u>. or any other of the odi
ous measures advocated by the abolitionists.
The speech throughout was just what we ex
pected to hear from this able champion of
State R'ghts. and convinced ns that Col. La
mar will never lend his aid in making further
ruinous compromises, to sacrifice the South
for the aggrandisement of abolition power and
influence in the North.
- Mr. Hell, having declared in
his speech before the late Tennessee
Know-Nothing Convention, that “ a hun
dred MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1’ER ANNUM
MAY BE ECONOMICALLY EXPENDED IN
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THeGoVERN-I
ment,” the Jfushoille Union and .Imeri
can says:
“ The people are forewarned of what
they may expect should the Opposition
come into power. They are forewarned
by the declaration of Mr. Deli. The ex
penditure of a hundred millions a year
will be regarded as economy under Oppo
sition rule. Tney are forewarned by the
vote tn tiie Opposition members in Con- j
gross for the Iasi twenty years. The ene- |
inies o; retrenchment and the advocates j
ol prodigality have always be^n found ini
the Opposition ranks. They are fore- I
warned by the corrupt practice of Know-!
Nothing and Black Republican office
holders in our State and Federal Govern
ments. The people are forewarned by
these things. Let them be forearmed !
Let them be prepared to resist all the at
tempts on the part of this foul and corrupt j
coalition of Know-Nothings and Black!
Republicans to crawl into power. Let I
them adhere with unyielding fidelity to the j
faith of their fathers, and guard against i
the encroachments of Federalism in what
ever form and under whatever name it j
may appear. Let them support those only i
for office who have eudeavored lo preserve ,
a rigid economy in the administration of
the Government, and we venture to predict
that the result will falsify all of Mr. Bril’s
anticipations. The nation will continue
to prosper; popular institutions will bo
maintained, and the Government will he,
carried on without the expenditure of a
hundred millions of dollars."
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Interesting Information relative to
Bounty Land Warrants.
Tha following is a copy of an impor
tant decision just emulated fiom the Gen
eral Land Office:
Sir: In reply to the questions propoun
ded in your letter of the 23d inst., 1 have
to state:
1. That the bounty land warrants issued
by the United States are declared, by the
act of Congress approved June 6, 1858, to
be personal properly.
2. That such warrants cannot be sold
by an administrator of the estate of the
deceased warrantee for the payment of
debts contracted by such warrantee.
3. That such warrants when issued du
ring the lifetime of the warrantee, and not
disposed of by him, become, if be die in
testate, the property of his heir at law in
accordance with the law domicil, and can
not be attached and sold for the payment
of debts. [If he die intestate, see 5th
paragraph following ]
4. Warrants issued after the death of
the warrantee, but upon proof filed during
Ins lifetime, become the property of his
widow, if there be one, and if no widow,
the property of his heirs at law, without
regard to their age.
5. The proceeds of a sale of a warrant
merle hv an ndminist rator. is the absolute
property of the widow herself, or legatees,
without regard to any debt contracted by
the warrantee; but the practice of this
office has been to recognize assignments
properly made by an administrator for dis
tribution of the proceeds among the heirs
at law, after paying of the funeral and
proper Court expenses. (Attorney’s and
administrator’s fees, not taxed by the
Court, are not regarded as proper Court ,
expenses.)
6. The rules of this office require, in
all cases, when a warrant has been sold ,
by an executor, that a duly certified copy '
of the will with letters testamentary shall
be attached to the warrant; and, in cases
where a sale is made by an administrator
or guardian, that certified copies of the ,
administration or guardianship shall be
attached ; and that the sale has been made
for the use of the heirs only must be shown
either in the assignment or in papers sub
mitted with each case.
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The Crisis.—What shall we do?
The Yazoo (Mississippi) Democrat,
has a long and able article devoted to the
political condition and aspects of the coun
try, which concludes thus:
So surely as the sun shines the crisis is
now approaching. In truth is the wolf
now ready to spring upon the fold. There
can be no danger of false prophets now ;
the fear is that cowardly politicians or
near-sighted speakers may loose all view
of their country’s dauger or sacrifice every
thing upon the altar of self-interest and
persuade the people into a false security.
Let the people beware of such timid or
traitorous advice; let them listen to politi
cians, but do their own thinking ; and from
political facts let them draw the proper
inference in respect of their own situa
tion.
We have no need of the prediction of
office seekers. Political prophecies are
nearly always formed on the anticipation
of increased popularity. Let us shun them
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with such a show of pathetic rhetoric.
Let us do our own thinking, with no other
foundation than the facts as the records
show them to exist. The man of ordinary
reasoning faculties who does this must see
that the South is overwhelmed by a numeri
cal majority ; that that numerical rnatjoriy
will sooner or later effect the political ruin
of our section unless checked by her own
strong hand and her insulted courage.
Such a man will see that it is dishonor to
remain stationary; that yielding is ruin,
and that there can be no stand-still.—Re
pel or submit; take your choice of watch
words. Submission will entail upon us
further encroachment and dishonor. Re
sistance, immediate and decided, may save
the Union, and also our liberties. Take
your choice.
But suppose we jog along until a Black
Republican is in the White House, and
until this is accomplished, of course it is
well enough, on the slavery question, to
make no show of resistance; tvhat then?
Then the crisis will be upon us.—What
shall we do ? Or rather if the electoral
college for 1860 see that a Black Republi
can President will inevitably be chosen,
what then7 Let statesmen of courage and
information furnish a reply, we should say,
let our electors refuse to vote and let the
government go by the board. Anarchy is
worse than the worst and most despotic
government, but no government at all is
belter, infinitely better, than national dis
grace. Let our Congressmen remain at
home; let a Southern Convention assem
ble ; and if the North still refuses to sub
mit to the Constitution, then let us have a !
Southern Republic, where rights, privi
leges and freedom may be secure from en
croachment, contempt and overthrow.
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Pcrk IxruAV.—It is a fact of sign'ficancp,
that Benito Juarez, the tnau recognized by our
National Government as President of Mexico,
is a pure Indian. Never until now. since Mon
tezuma, has a pure Indian been the ruler of ,
Mexico.
-Lamartine, who has always been a I
staunch Red Republican, has done himself <
honor by refusing a pension of $20,000 a year, i
which the Emperor informed him he was about ‘
to propose to the Legislature. Lamartine ,
said : “ 1 should be obliged to refuse the sum,
if voted, for I cannot recognize the Emperor ' '
merely because he makes his power serve my !
convenience, having refused to acknowledge j .
that power when it oppressed me in common ! 1
with my fellow-citizens.” i j
— ■ I he Philadelphia Conference of the'
Methodist Episcopal Church has postponed 1
the consideration of the anti-slavery resolu- 1
tions of the Cincinnati Conference until its 1
rext meeting.
— Letters from Texas state that six hun- i
lred native Africans were lately imported in- 1
,o that State.
- \ law recently passed in Maine estab
lishes the ansuai. salary of the Legislature at :
$150. They can sit twelve months if they ; i
please for this princely sum.
-The National Medical Association will 1
hold its twelfth annual session iu Louisville
on the 12th of May.
LATEST_NEWS.
£60“ A telegraphic dispatch from
Washington stales, that the jury, in the
Sickles case have brought in a verdict of
acquital, after being out less than one
hour.
War in Europe.—Baron Humboldt,
the adviser of the Prince Regent of Prus
sia, writes to a diplomatic correspondent
at Washington, that war cannot be post
poned beyond July.
£ST* Gen. Walker has arrived in Sar.
Francisco under the name of James Wil
son. His future rnovemen's are unknown.
£f«sS“ A Nebraska paper says that slave
ry is already established in the Pike’s
Peak region—that the Mexicans are there
with peons, and that southerners nre on
their way there with slaves from every
southern Stale.
£60“ The Grenada (Miss.) Republi
can hears of cotton being up on many
plantations in that region of country, but
hat it does not present a healthy and vig
orous appearance.
Death of J as. D. Porter, the *1 Iv e n -
tuckv Giant.”—Mr. Jas. D. Porter,
widely known as the “ Kentacky Giant,”
lied at his residence in Portland, Ky., on
Sunday night 23d ult., from an affection
if the heart. Mr. Porter was probably
tie tallest man in the world, his hight
icing seven feet and nine inches. He
,v;is in his fiftieth vpar.
From W A siiin gton.— Washington,
April 29.—The President of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company arrived here
o-day, on business connected with the
California mail service.
Juerez notified Cass and Yelverton on
he 26th, that the Charter of the Ameri
an, Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal
Company had been declared forfeited by
he Nicaraguan Congress for the non-ful
ilment of its obligations.
From Kansas.—Leavenworth, Jlpril
!9. — Reports from the mines continue fa
'orable ; the richest prospects are in the
'icinity of Park Arropahoe, but the ground
s still frozen. Three men were hung at
Denver City by the Vigilance Committee,
['here is great excitement.
From New Mexico—St. Louis, jlpril
!9.—The Santa Fe mail arrived at Inde
rendence to-day with dates of the 11th
nst. At Santa Fe the blacksmith and
carpenters shop of the Military Depart
nent was destroyed by fire on the 11th inst.
Augusta, Ga., Jlpril26.—Gen. Hen
lingsen publishes a card in this morning’s
Constitutionalist, announcing that he and
Fudge Evans, with their friends have
withdrawn from the Arizonia, Mexican
md Central American Emigrant Asso
ciation, and have formed a new associa
ion, to be called the “ Henningsen Ari
zonia Association,” with similar objects
md upon the same terms as the original
association.
Gen. Henningsen states that nearly all
the members, friends and agents of the
former Association throughout the country,
including New York city, have joined him
in this new movement, and is proceeding
with his emigration project without in
terruption.
The emigrants will rendezvous at Pow
der Horn, Texas, probably in July.
Companies of emigrants are now being
formed in Georgia.
g@“Mark VV. Alexander has been
elected Judge of the Circuit Court in the
Helena District.
BUTTON STATISTICS.-1110 IX GW Ul
leans Crescent, in its “ Talk on Change,”
hassome interesting cotton estimates. It
sums up the growth or 1S5S, up to the 13th
of April, 1859, at 3,800,000 hales, against
3,122,000 to the same date last year.
The amount of last year’s crop not yet re
ceived is put at 163.369, of which 50,000
bales are credited to Texas.
Slave Traders Indicted.—The Mo
bile Advertiser learns that the Grand Jury
in the U. S. Circuit Court have found
bills against three parties for a violation
of the laws relative to the slave trade, and
that writs of capias have been issu J
against them.
6S3“TheNew Orleans Delta learns
that Gov. YVicklifle has appointed John
11. Breckinridge, Esq., editor of the New
Orleans Courier, to the place of President
of the Board of Currency. The Delta re
marks that this is a deserved compliment
to the editorial profession.
Demosthenes Walker, Esq.,
the recently appointed Consul to Genoa,
died of consumption, in New Orleans, on
the 19th iust. lie was one of the promi
nent Democrats of Mississippi.
On YVednesday last the District
Congressional Convention, which was in
session at Somerville, Tenn., nominated
the Hen. W. T. Avery for re-election.
Congo Negroes.—The Memphis Ava
lanche of Friday says: Three of the six
lative Africans brought here a few days
mice, were sold yesterday at the mart of
Hr. Forest, and brought respectively 8750,
40, and 8515. The latter sum was
>uid for a boy about fifteen years old, who
eemed to possess more intelligence than
uy of the others. These negroes are a
iai t of the cargo of the YVanderer, landed
unit' mouths ago.
fisaT* The fortieth anniversary of the
introduction of Odd Fellowship into the
lulled Slates, has been celebrated in al
nost every city and town throughout the
eugth and breadth of the land. In Mem
this the celebration was a magnificent
iflair.
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-Col. J R. Norfleet, a member of tbe
Mississippi Legislature, died a few days since
it his residence near Mount Pleasant, Mar
ihall County.
-Tlie brig Sylph, arrived at Baltimore,
irings intelligence ot the death of Mr Morash,
United State* Consul at Trinidad, on tbe 21st
>f March.
j Fi om the Memphis Presbyterian Sentinel.]
ARKANSAS PRESBYTERY.
The Presbytery of Arkansas met at Watten
I saw church, (seven miles south-west of Des
i Arc,) on Friday, the 8th of Apiil, 18:59, and
i wan opened wiih a sermon by Rev. Thomas
I Fraser. The Presbytery was the largest we
have ever attended in the State, being com
posed of seven ministers and six elders.
Rev. B. N. Sawtelle was chosen moderator,
and Thomas R. Welch temporary clerk. Rev.
T. H. Urmston, a licentiate under the care of
the Presbytery of Misssssippi. was received
under our care; and a call from the church at
Van Buren was placed in his hands, which he
accepted.
A call from the church at Fort Smith was
put into the ilands of W. A. Sample, which
was accepted hy him, whereupon the Presby
tery proceeded to examine them, with a view
to iheir ordination.
The moderator conducted the examination
on experimental religion; Rev. 1). L. Gray
on theology and church government; Rev J.
W. Moore on Greek and Hebrew; and Rev.
Thomas Fraser on ecclesiastical history. The
examination on all these subjects having been
sustained, the Presbytery assigned to Bro.
Urmston (he ninety-fifth Psalm, sixth verse,
and to Bro. Sample'the twenty-seventh Psalm,
fourth verse, as texts to preach from before
the Presbytery. Both sermons were sustained ;
whereupon the Presbytery resolved to ordain
them to the full work of the ministry. The
moderator presided, and proposed the consti
tutional questions. Rev. T. R. Welch preached
the sermon, and Rev. C. Washburn made the
opening prayer. Rev. C. Washburn, T. Fra
ser, and W. A. Sample, were appointed a com
mittee to install Rev. T. H. Urmston over the
church at Van Buren ; and Rev. T. Fraser, C.
Washburn, and T. H. Urmston, were appoint
ed a committee to install Rev. W. A. Sample
over the church at Fort Smilh.
Rev. J. W. Moore preached a very interest
ing and instructive sermon before the Piesby
tery, on the history of the Presbyterian church
in Arkansas.
Rev. T. R. Welch was appointed a commis
sioner to the General Assembly; and Elder
W. A. Lyon was appointed to the same office.
The Presbytery answered the overture on
the demission of the ministerial office, in the
The following supplies wers appointed:
Revs. D. L. Gray and R. N. Sawtelle one
Sibbath each at Jacksonport; Revs. T. H.
Urmston and VV. A. Sample one Sabbath each
at Cincinnati.
After passing the usual vote of thanks to the
members of the church for their generous hos
pitality, in entertaining the members of the
Presbytery, during its session, the Presbytery
adjourned, to meet at Sylvania church, on the
Thursday before the second Sabbath of April,
1800, at eleven o’clock, a. m.
THUS. R. WELCH, Stated Clerk.
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Northern Trade.—We are glad to
know that a conviction has pretty general
by taken hold of the southern mind, that
northern abolitionism can be most suc
cessfully met and contradicted through the
pockets of those whose garments are soil
ed by it—whether it be the original wear
ers, or those who come in contact with
them. We are glad to know, too, that
this conviction is leading to action. There
are men among us now who wiU purchase
nothing that comes from Massachusetts.
The South is withdrawing its business
from Boslon, and if we may judge from
the lamentations of the papers from the
American Athens, it is seriously affecting
its prosperity and driving manufacturers,
etc., from it to other States. This is rigid,
and we would carry it even further. Our
merchants should take note of those who
subscribe for and advertise in such sheets
as The Tribune and Evening Post, of
New York. Men are judged of, every
where, by the company they keep. If
our professed friends in the North consort,
with, patronize and support with the “sin
ews of war,” our opeu and most bitter
enemies, southern men owe it to them
selves and their dearest interest to with
draw their business from such “ friends.”
Not only so, but we would deal with no
men who worship at the altars of such
ministers of evil as Infidel Parker, Rifle
Beecher, Parson Clieever, et id omne ge
nua.
The New England Stales are almost
exclusively manufacturing and cornmer
ciai. i neir agricuuurai interest is al
most nothing. It hardly suffices to feed
tiie people. Cut off the southern market
for their manufactures, and the great
source of their prosperity would be dried
up. By our liberal dealings with them
heretofore, we have strengthened them
to make war upon us. But we have be
gun to withdraw from. Let us keep it up
—encourage competition with them es
pecially at home, and next among other
States less tainted with the poison which
threatens such disastrous results to our
fair fabric of government. By so doing
we shall cause them to feel our value in
the Union. When rampant fanaticism
and lean pockets are found to he insep
erable companions, we may confidently
expect a reaction, and may entertain some
hope of a return to the old-time feelings
of fraternal kindness and sympathy, which
so many among us believe to have de
parted forever.—[.Mobile Register.
Tiie All Hail Hereafter.—Bisht
op Clark of Rhode Island, at the close of
his excellent lecture on “ Public Opin
ion,” remarked that he believed tiie pub
lic sentiment of civilization and Christian
society is truer and purer to day than it
ever was before. Tiie forces of evil may
seem to be as strong as ever ; but the
forces of good are stronger than ever ;
and the scale is gradually turning in fa
vor of truth and right. The labor of the
past has not been lost ; the labor of to
day is not in vain.' No holy work, no
righteous work can ever die. Strike the
chords of influence with a manly hand !
The vibration will ring on forever. Be
hopeful. We are moving on toward high
noon ; hardly out of the twilight yet, it
may be, but thank God it is the twilight
of the morning and not of the evening,
and the hour hand on the great dial plate
of time never goes back. Slowly and
silently, except when it strikes at long
intervals, the progressive epochs of the
world, it advances towards the meridian.
-In Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan, the
wheat crop promises well, in Virginia gene
rally, the prospects are flattering, though in
some portions, but a poor yield is looked for.
In Mississippi the wheat never looked better
than it does at present, nor promised so well.
-The Presbyterian Church at Cortland,
N. Y.. has suspended one of its most respecta
ble deacons for attending the meetings of
Henry Ward Beecher, Theodore Parker, and
other sensation clergymen.
Contemplated Union.— The Synods re
spectively of the Presbyterian Established
Church, of the Free Presbyterian Church, and
of the United Presbyterian Church, in Austra
lia, have adopted the preliminaries of a union
of the three bodies.
Mormons Apostacizing—It is reported
that Mr. Kimball, eldest son of Heber C.. and
Jos. Young, son of Brigham, have apostacized,
and are about leaving for the States with their
first wives, leaving their <! spirituals ” behind.
At least 5.000 apostate Mormons will leave
for California early in the spring.
Flax Bagging.—The Louisville Commer
cial Review, of the 8'h instant, says a new
bagging, manufactured entirely of flax, strong,
weighing two and a half to two and three
quarter pounds, and not liable to rot so soon as
other kinds, is attracting much attention among
the merchants in Louisville.
Wild Tobacco.—Thousands of wild tobac
co plants, growing from eighteen inches to
four feet in hight, are found in the Sacramen
to Valley, California.
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In Des Arc, Aik., on the 23th nit., Leila
Markham Gii.hart, daughter of William E.
and Corinne A. Gildart. of Woodvilie, Miss.,
in the twenty-fust month of her age.
Deeply do we sympathize wi 'll the distressed
family, in the bereavement of their lovely
babe. Never have we seen a more interesting
and promising child than this. It was beloved
by all, and one remarkable for its affection
and intelligence, at so early an age.
“It has gone where angels rest,
From sorrow, sin, and trouble free,
To the throne of God, where all are blest,
To join with seraphim in unity.”' *.
-Mrs. Eugenia L. Sawtelle, wife of
Revd. B. N. Sawtelle, pastor of the Presbyte
rian church in Batesville, Ark., died, in Mem
phi i, on the 18lh of April 1859. It was only a
few weeks ago that she passed through our
town, on her way to that city. INDEXED
-In Des Arc, on the 26th ult..'Virginia
L., daughter of William L. and Narcissa E.
Owen, aged one year and ten months.
(US?”-1 Memphis Appeal,” please copy.
OBITUARY.
It is sol.mn to witness the death of the
weary pilgrim of life, with the snows of ac
cumulated years upon his head. It is solemn
and impressive to see vigorous manhood sink
into dreamless sleep, and cease from its labors.
It is solemn when prattling infancy, nestling
closely to the mother’s breast, sighs out its
innocent life, and angels gather it home to
Heaven.
But how peculiarly solemn it is when youth,
just emerging from boyhood’s estate, and on
the eve of bursting maturity, is called to die,
with all its bright hopes and fond anticipa
tions for future comfort, usefulness, and may
hap for honor. When the cords of affection
are knit so closely around the hearts of parents
and friends; when, on the one hand, the fond
parents look with confidence upon him, as the
first-born staff upon which they may lean in
ripe oid age; and when, on the other hand,
is felt the dependence of those he holds most
dear, added to the fond dreams of manhood and
its ambitions,—how terrible the stroke of
Death’s relentless scythe, which sunders the
golden cord.
Such thoughts were suggested at the death
bed of William Arthur, son of Dr. G. W.
and Mrs. E. A. Glenn, who died in Dos Arc,
on the morning of the 28th of April last, in
the twelfth year of his age.
Bright and gifted far beyond his years, with
a mind richly promising of future usefulness
and distinction, a perception clear and a judg
ment unclouded, for one so young, what may
we not have hoped for in maturer years?
With a purity of virtues, and impulses always
noble and generous, and a disposition earnestly
affectionate, bright, and sociable, what may
we not have realized in his cultivated so
ciety? It is said, ‘'Death loves a shining
mark;” and truly has he blotted out that
“ bright particular star” from our domestic
firmament, and set to burn, oh! how brightly,
in the firmament of Heaven.
Rut when such as thou vanish from the
world, who shall repine?
“ I know thou hast gone to the place of thy
rest:
Then why should our souls be so sad ?
I know thou hast gone where the weary are
bless’d.
And the mourner looks up, and is glad:
Where Love hath left off, in the land of its
birth,
All the stains it had gather’d in this;
And Hope, the sweet singer, that gladdens
the earth,
Lies asleep on the bosom of Bliss.”
“ J.”
CONCERT AND ~ SUPPER,
AT
iUattensatu JprEsbgtcriait (JTI)itrcl),
SIX MILES SOUTH-WEST OF DES ARC.
d^“ We are requested to announce that the
ladies of Wattensaw will give a CONCERT
AND SUPPER, at Wattensaw Church, on
Wednesday, the 18th inst., for the purpose of
aiding in completing their new Church build
ing.
Ample accommodations will be provided for
all who may attend. [may4]
Family Grocery.
J. W. WALLACE,
Des Arc, Ark.,
TTEEPS constantly on hand a general
assortment of FAMILY GROCERIES,
which he offers for sale on reasonable terms.
Also—All Kinds of VFiues, Liquors,
Tobacco, C igars, &c.
dW" The highest price, either in Cash or
Groceries, paid for Butter, Eggs, Poultry, and
all kinds of country produce. may l tf
I. N. HENKEL.• •.A. D. HENKEL,
Memphis. New Orleans.
I. N. Henkel & Co.,
C O T T O .V S\B C T O H S
AND
COMMISSIOIV MERCHASTS,
NO. 74, FRONT ROW,
may4-ly Memphis, Tenn.
A. D. HENKEL..1. V. HENKEL" W.W. C. KELLEY
New Orleans. Memphis. Goodman, Mi.
A. D. Henkel & Co.,
©@TT@(M (F^©Y®^§
AND
Co in m Iks i on • lie »• chants,
NO. fit), CARONDELET street,
may4-ly New Orleans.
.1. S. Day.Late of Lagrange.
W. P. Proudfit. late of Harris. Wormley & Co
DAY & PROUDFIT,
Cotton Factors
AND
GR.O CEHS,
NO. 33, FRONT ROW,
may4-3m Memphis, Tf.nx.
F. L E P TI E N,
CLOCK AND W1TCTLWAKER
AND
3“33X\r:E3 ,
Buena Vista Street,
Opposite A. Stewart &
Brothers,)
DES JRC, .'IRK.,
RESPECTFULLY in
forms the citizens of
Des Arc and the adjacent country, that ha has
a new and select stock of
Clocks and Jewelry.
He is. as usual, prepared to execute all kiuds
of CLOCK and WATCH Work, in a work
manlike manner, and to Repair and Clean
Jewelry, &c. ap29-tf
Notice is Hereby Given,
TTl HAT in pursuance of an order of the Hor
1 orable Couit of Probate of Prairie coun- j
ty. made at the January terra thereof, 1859, I
will, as administrator of the Estate of Isaiah
Dunaway, deceased, on Monday the ltth day
of July, A. D 1859, (being' the first day of
Probate Court for Prairie county. July term,
1859) at the town of Brownsville, Prairie
county, at the court-house door, Detween the
hours of 9 o’clock A. M. and 1 o’clock P. M ,
proceed to offer for sale the following lands
included in said order :
The South west fractional quarter and
north west fractional quarter of section six, )
township three north of base line, range eight
west of the fifth principal meridian containing
one hundred and fourteen 14-100 acres, more
or less.
The north half of section one, south east
quarter of section one, and the north east
quarter of section twelve—all in township
three north of the base line, range nine west
of the fifth principal meridian, containing six
hundred and forty acres—in all seven hundred
and fifty-four 14-100 acres.
The above constitutes the Isaiah Dunaway
place, on the road from Brownsville to Searcy
—forms a compact body, and is located in a
healthy section of country, and in the midst of
an industrious and intelligent population, and
possesses the advantages of most excellent
water, and is universally regarded as one of
the most healthy locations in Prairie county.
I The soil is first rate upland and the improve
ments consist of one good two story, double
log dwelling house, kitchen, smoke house,
barn, stables, and other necessary out houses,
the well of water most excellent, and by ac
tual measurement sixty-two anil one-half acres
cleared and in a perfect state of cultivation,
which rented this year at over two dollars per
acre at public sale.
Also, the north west quarter of twenty-six
township four north of the base line, range five
west of the fifth principal meridian, one hun
dred and sixty acres, upon which there is a
good comfortable dwelling, out houses, good
well of excellent, water and twenty acres in a
state of cultivation. All of the above lands
LU UU SUI1I-LUC H1IW1C ui Lin. rn'iutm-Luvi v.*v
body, upon the following teuns :
The purchase money to be divided in three
installments, one of which to bo paid on the
day of sale.. The others at one and two years
bearing ten per cent, interest from maturity.
Bond and good security required, and title deed?
executed on payment of last installment—a
title bond in the mean time to be given.
WM. SANDERS.
Administrator of the Estate of Isaiah Dun
away, deceased. rnav4 2-t.
Worses:.
\ LL persons are hereby forewarned
from trading for a NOTE OF HAND,
given by the undersigned to •• 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. B AXTER,
ap29-2t R. A. BAXTER.
~N OTIC eT~
BY the consent of the heirs of Olivia Er
win, deceased, I will proceed to sell, at
the Court House dijcw, 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 twenty-nine years, as the
property of said estate.
(Jp” Terms, cash in hand.
M. M. ERWIN,
ap 29, 185H. 2o-3t Agent for the Heirs.
NOTICE TO BUILDERS.”
1 HAVE a good lot of SHINGLES on hand,
A. 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 authoriied agent, at
Des Arc.
ap29-tf JOSEPH T. DISMUKES.
A. G. GOODWIN.A. F. GOODWIN.
®@®dwm &
DEALERS I.V
& VA5TGT
DRY GOODS,
Clothing, Hoots, Shoes, Hats, &c.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
-A N D
GENERAL AGENTS
3)IES _ ASJSS ASc
NEW STORE-NEW GOODS!!
WE have just opened a general assort
ment of Staple anil Fancy Dry
Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats. &c..
ciiim at 11 if; aimu’i cvci j v a i i ci y-<i uu an » « wu
sign making Dos Arc our home, it will be
our purpose to sell our Goods at small profits,
and at such prices as to insure satisfaction to
purchasers. We respectfully invite persons
wishing to purchase, to give ns a call and
examine our Goods and prices, it is no trouble
to show Goods. GOOD WIN & SON.
apri!22-6m.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Spring and* Slimmer
TRADE.
A. T. WELLS & BROTHER,
237 MAIN STREET,
MEMPI I IS, TENNESSEE.
WE are now prepared for Wholesaling as
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 and Staple
Dry Goods, which we offer at our usual,
or rather unusual low prices. • Call and see us.
A. T. WELLS & BRO.,
april22-3m. 237 Main Street.
ICE! ICE!! ICE!!!
Bohlen. Wilson & Co.,
j
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
ICE,
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
VT^OJILD respectfully say to the citizens
VV (if Des Arc, and White river country
generally, that they are now filling their
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 point desired.
april22-5m.
Window Glass,
ALL the different sizes, at Wholesale
or Retail, and any quantity of Putty in
bladders at the City Drug Store, Des'Arc,
Arkansas. D. P. Black & Co.
april 18
J UST R ECE T YE J),
OUR STOCK OF
Spring and Summer Goods,
Boots a ii< L Sh oos,
Hats, Ho ii nets. Ribbons, No
tions, &C(, &c.
Also—A general assortmont of Hardware,
Fancy Soaps, me.
apri!8- G. Si J. McLaren &. Co.
ITIWO tracts fair upland nine miles from
l. Des Arc. one contalningSO and the other
160 acres, a bargain can be had as the owner
is anxious.to sell.
marchl8-tf. JOHN S. WILLIAMS
Wnnn A^RES valuable land in
,UUU tracts to suit purchasers.
JOHN S. WILLIAMS,
mar 4-tf Land Agent, Des Arc, Ark.
Robert h. crockett, attorney at
L'W, Mount Adams, Arkansas county.
Arkansas. Will practice in the Counties of
Arkansas, Monroe, Desha and Prairie.
april22-tf.
RU3S EVANS '
REAL ESTATE AND «ENeri.
LAND AGENT, DES ARC
ARKANSAS.
PROMPT attention w ill be paid to all bin;
ness entrusted to him in his line. a
mar 11-tf.
500 ACRES, ~~~ I
("4 00D up-land, 1J miles from the town 0. I
T lies Arc, unimproved. 100 Acres
miles from Des Arc, upon which is a rrfllJ I
dwelling, and 2b acres in cultivation y!‘ j
sale by RUSS EVANS, 1
Real Estate Agent
aprill-_Des Arc, Ark.
600 ACRES land'
PARTS of 24. 25, 20 and 35, township g v |
R. 8 tV., well improved, and 100 acn. |
cultivation. Apply to RUSS EVANS, 1 3
Real Estate Agent.
aprill- Des Are, Aik.
FINE PIN ERE FOR SALE. ~ |
ACRES of Land, 25 miles • est a
of Des Arc, on which is the fjU(N(. 3
growth of Pine timber in the State, and of I
course a valuable location for a steam Saw 3
Mill. For sale by RUSS EVANS, !
Real Estate Agent,
aprill- Des Arc, Ark. I
TOWN LOTS FOR SALE. '
CJft unimproved lots, beautifully situated,
in the town of Des Arc. For sale k I
RUSS EVANS, 1
Real Estate Agent,
aprill- Des Arc, Ark.
LANDS FOR SAEE.
Sections 33,34 w 4 35. s 4 s wj 2;
sec 4, N 4, N 4 SPC 8. all in township f i
N R 1 VV, above overflow and good tillable -1
land.
W 4 sec 2 and sec 3, township 8 N R 1 £ @
sec 18. T 14, R 1 VV, on Black river; S4 and si
4 of N 4, sec 2, T f> N R 4 W, sec 3 S 4 of S E 11
’ of sec 4 T 6, 4 N ; S4 sec 4, T 4, N'R 3 |
E 4 S E \ sec 27, W4SWJ sec 12, S K ] 0{ I
S E 4-sec 11 W Frl of S E 4 sec 11. T5 Jf R m
2 West; sec 29. N E Frl { 30. S E ' 19 F, ' N 1
E l 28, N 4 27, W 1 22, N E J 14, sec 11, Tl 1
N It 4 W; for sale by RUSS EVANS,
nnr 1.1 Ronl F«t.at.A AiTATif-. Dps Arp A.-L 1
C ii.XlP3TXKTG. I
41 PIECES wool carpeting, 1 piece union 1
£/ carpeting, 1 piece oil carpeting, 1 Joz. rugs 1
and mats, for sale by
npril 15- G. & J. McLaren & Co.
Lauderdale Factory Agency.
JUST RECEIVED, direct from the Lauder- j
dale Factory, in Alabama, ten bales of
Osnaburgs ,
and a lot of S p II 11 Cotton, for sale.
jan8 G. & J. McLaren & Co.
ACRES good up Land 2$ miles 1
from Des Arc, for sale on libera! wj
terms. JOHN S. WILLIAMS.
marchl8-tf. j9
LIHSEED OIL,
BY the barrel, or less quantity, best English, l
a superior article, free from adulteration, i
at the City Drug Store,
aprillo- D. P. Black & Co. \
^NOTICE.
BY virtue of a Deed of Trust executed to
ine the sixteenth day of Feburary. eigh- :]
teen hundred and fifty seven, by John McBride, j
and Harriet A. his wife, to secure to John A.
Frith, and Andrew M. Jackson, under the ,.j
style of Frith & Jackson, the payment of a
371 20-100 dollars. ] will proceed to sell on i|
Monday, the 30th day of May. 1859, in the |j
town of Des Arc, in front of (lie store of J. J
A. Frith & Co., in the hours of lawful sale,
the following described property, to wit:
The N. E. I of Sec. 18. T. 2, North of ? 1
West—160 acres. The N. E. of (he S. IV. j
of Sec. 18, T. 2, North, Range 7 West—M J
acres. The N. W. of the S. E. of Sec. 18, ||
T. 2 North, Range 7 West—40 acres. The8. m
w. of the S. W. of Sec. 20, T. 2 North, 3
Range 7 West—40 acres ; All in Prairie m
county, Arkansas, which lands were conveyed 9
to me as Trustee, as above described. Tli a
Deed of Trust is duly recorded in tliClerk’s
office of Prairie county, Arkansas, in Record §|
Book J. Oil pages 188 and 180. The lands are fa
good, and the title is supposed to be indisputa, 'm
ble. J. E. GATEWOOD,
april22-2ts. Trustee. M
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Health, and Resolves and Ex
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Constitutional Diseases.
This great and glorious remedy should bp ||
hailed by the human race as a special git: M
from the Almighty, to regenerate dilapidated ffl
liu inanity.
Dr. Railway & Co., are the only Physicians >%
and Chemists in the world that have succeeded "<i
in discovering a remedy that will effectually i|
eradicate from the human system constitution- , J
al diseases and ailments, transmitted from pa
rents to their children.
U A DWAY’S
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Will radically exterminate from the system 1
Scrofula, Cankers,
Syphilis, Fits,
Fever Sores, Runnings from Ear, ’
Ulcers, White Swellings,
Sore Eyes, Tumors,
Sore Legs, Cancerous Affections 1
Sore Mouth, Node,
Sore Head, Rickets,
Insanity, Glandular Swelling3 «
Bronchitis, Night Sweats,
All Diseases of the Consumption,
Womb, Rash Tetter,
Prelapsus Uteri, Humors of all kinds, §
Skin Diseases, Chronic Rheumatism 1
Salt Rheum, Dyspepsia,
And all diseases that have been establishes 1
in the system for years. , |
Price one dollar per bottle. L' J 1
Fresh Drugs and Medicines, j|j
ALWAYS on hand Wholesale and Ret»ll>8 V
. the Des Arc City Drug Store.
apri!15- ' D. P. BLACK
Spirits Turpentine, I
BY Hie barrel, gallon or in the bottle, to§■
purchasers at the City Drug Store, j
Arc. D. P. Black & O |
april 15- ~_
ALiCOHOIj. „■
BY 'lie barrel, or less quantity alwayl ;j
hand at the City Drug Store.
aprillS- D. P. Black
"paint brushes, I
4 SSORTED siaes, together with all '“' ;|
colored Paints, constantly on hamia*1
City Drug Store. ' c
aprillS- D. P. Black: 3,
QUININ E.
I FRENCH, English and American, ^‘;r
sale and Retail, at the City D11- ', ;
Wholesale purchasers will be furnisl1' .
low figures. D. P. Black &
april X"- si
Buggy Trimmings
*1 PIECES enameled cloth, 2 pieces da®
fringes, laces, &.C., for sale by .
april 15- G. & J. McLaren * |
1*east Pouulers,
milE most approved brands, in tin |
l by Wholesale and Retail at the City ‘
Store. D. P. Black «
april 15