The Constitutional Union.
DES arc, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 18fll.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS.
Fobt Smith.—Arrives here Mondays and Thurs
vjivs at 2 P. M. Leaves Tuesdays and Saturdays
at 10 P- M.
Eastern Mail.—Arrives by river Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 4 A. M. Leaves Thursdays and
Saturdays at G A. M.
Searcy.—Arrives Tuesdays at G P. M. Leaves
Mondays at 7 A. M.
Brownsville.—Arrives Saturdays at G P. M.
Leaves Fridays at i A. VI.
Cotton Plant.—Arrives Saturdays at 11 A. M.
Leaves same day? at 1 1’. M.
LEVIN HARRISON, P. M.
m8Y„ Attention is called to the new advertise
tnent of Messrs. Brown, McCarley & Co., in
'another column.
The Cotton market here for the past week
has been somewhat dull, very little having been
brought into market by planters. The prices
still range from 6J to 10c.
We call attention to the new advertise
ment of the Des Arc Hotel. This hotel lias lately
changed hands, Air. Tarkinton retiring, and Air.
T. A. Dodson taking charge. We commend this
house to the traveling public.
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Obituary. I--*
Departed this life in Des Arc, February Gth,
Mr. William Jackson, aged sixty-four years.
His native State was North Carolina ; for years a
resident of Aladison county, Tennessee—from
thence he removed to this State, where he had
resided for the past six years. It is unnecessary
in this brief notice to eulogize; the announce
ment of his demise will touch tiie hearts of hun
dreds tvbo knew him to be all that constitutes the
friend and gentleman. To his distant relatives
and friends let me say, his long and painful afflic
tions were sanctified to his full triumph over
death: he gave the most indubitable testimonies
oft and again to his friends and companion. To
one of his sons he remarked, (so great was his
anxiety and readiness,) that he was like a trav
eler with his trunk packed waiting for a vessel to
sail home. In cotfsigning him to the tomb, we
deposit an honorable gentleman, a devoted hus
band, an affectionate parent, a kind, humane,
provident master—the widow's friend, the or
father—but Heaven has gained one who though
great afflictions washed his robe and made it
white in the blood of the Lamb, and to-day is
Vi'wL-irur in the sunshine of rrlorrr with ehihlren
and friends who welcomed him. and will await
the coming of those left behind. God grant them
a place with him in the glory land.
TiiEortLCS Sanders.
(Jackson, Tenn., papers please copy.)
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
MEMPHIS AND WHITE RIVER PAHkF.TS.
Admiral, Capt. Elias Thoninsson.
Golden State, Capt. King.
NEW ORLEANS AND WHITE RIVER PACKETS.
General Pike, Capt, Pete Fleming.
Iatan, Capt. It. S. Eaton.
SEMI-WEEKLY MAIL BOATS ON WHITE RIVER.
FROM NAPOLEON TO JACKSONPORT.
Sam. II \Lif—Capt. C. W. Coles—arrives at lies
Arc on Tuesdays, from Napoleon, and touches
here for her downward mails on Thursdays, from
Jacksonport.
Kanawha Valley—Capt. P. B. Price—arrives
at Lies Are from Memphis on Thursdays, and
touches here again on Saturdays for her downward
mails, from Jacksonport.
The river at this point is still on a rise, with
an abundance of water for necessary purposes.
The weather is of a very blustry and disagreeable
character, blowing a young hurry-cane—almost.
The Golden State, with Captain King on deck,
anil Mr. Bussell in the office, arrived at our land
ing yesterday morning, with a good trip both of
passengers and freight. Ishe will be here this
morning on her return to Memphis. Her clerk
' has our thanks for files of late papers.
The U. S. mail boat Kanawha Valley. Price in
command, Butler Coles in the office, was due last
evening, on her way to Jacksonport, She will be
at our wharf, on her downward trip, to-morrow
morning. The Valley now makes regular trips
through to Memphis, by way of Napoleon. The
clerk has our thanks for late papers.
The United States mail packet Sam. Hale. Capt.
C. V.’. Coles in command, and Briscoe in the office,
passed down early yesterday morning. She will
be here next Tuesday morning. Thanks to her
clerk for late papers.
The favorite freight and passenger packet Gen.
Pike, Riley Jones in command, and Fleming
clerk, passed up Monday, and is due down on her
way to New Orleans.
The Admiral having changed her day ol d-pa. -
ure from Memphis, site leaves there fhur.-d
and arrives here Saturdays.
TROCLAMAT1UX Jil THE Go I EllXUR
State of Arkansas—To the Shertjf of the several
Counites in l/as Slate—(Jre iti^'i
Whereas, The General Assembly of the State ol
Arkansas, did on the loth day of January, 1801,
passed an act entitled "An Act to Provide for a
State Convention,'’ to be held in the capitol of
said State, in the city of Little Rock, on the first
Monday in March, 1801; And, Whereas, J lie
provisions of said act require a general election
to be held in said State for Delegates to said ( 'in
vention, on the 18th day of February, 18(jl ;
Therefore, 1, Henry M. Rector, Governor of the
Slate of Arkansas, do declare and make known
that such election will be held in the respective
counties of this State, on the said 18th day of
February, 18*51 : that is to say. for Convention or
no Convention, and also the election ot seventy
five delegates to said Convention, from the follow
ing fifty-four counties in the State, to wit:
Counties. Delegates. Counties. Delegates
Arkansas, 1 Marion,
Ashley, l Monroe,
Renton, 2 Montgomery, „ 1
Bradley, 1 Mississippi,
Calhoun, 1 Newton,
Carroll, 2 Ouachita,
Chicot, 1 Perry, 1
Clark, 1 Phillips, 2
Columbia, 2 Pike,
Conway, 1 Poinsett,
Crawford, 2 Polk,
Crittenden, 1 Pope. }
Dallas, 1 Pulaski, -
Drew, 2 Prairie,
Franklin, 1 Randolph,
Fulton, 1 Saline,
Greene, 1 Scott,
Hepstead, 2 Searcy, 1
Hot Springs, 1 Sebastian, -
Independence, 3 Sevier, 2
Izard, 1 St. Francis, 2
The Sheriffs of tbs respective counties are re
quired to cause said election to be held according
to law—said act of the General Assembly being
herewith published.
Ja testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused ^lie seal of the State
[l. s ] of Arkansas to be affixed, at Little Rock,
on the ltith day of January, A. D., 18(51.
HENRY M. RECTOR.
By the Governor:
John I. Stirmax, Sec’y of State.
By 0. It. Weaver, Dopy Secy of State.
The nows from Tennessee and Virginia
indicate that the Union ticket has been suc
cessful,
FORT SUMPTER.
Washington, Feb. 11.
lion. Jeff Davis telegraphed here to-day ad
vising against ang attack on Fort Sumpter.
HEAVY FAILURE IN NEW YORK.
New Y'ork, Feb. 12.
The liabilities of Frederick Squires & Co., who
failed on Friday, amount to $2,000,000.
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DES ARC RRICE CURRENT,
CoKUECTKU WEEKLY BY W. B.CboCKEH i Co.
Kentucky Bagging, 17 © 18
Indian Bagging, 10 © 17
Bale Rope. 9 © 10
Beeswax, p lb., 20 © 25
Bricks. pM., $0 50 © 7 00
Brooms, p dozen, 2 50 © 0 00
Buckets, painted, p dozen, 2 50 © 0 00
Butter, p lb., 20 © 25
Bar Iron, 5 © g
Bar Soap, p lb., 7 © 8
Castings, 5 © 6
Copperas, p lb., 5 © i0
Coffee, Rio, 151© lfi
Chocolate, 10 fi 121
Candles, tallow p lb., 15 © 17
Star. 23 © 20
Cotton, 7 © 10
Cotton Yarns, 9}© loj
Cordage, Manilla, 12}© 20
Chickens, p dozen, 2 50 © 3 00
Corn, 90 © 1 00
Corn Meal, p bushel, 90 © 1 00
Drugs and DyeStuffs.
Alum, p ft., 8 © 15
Brimstone, G © 10
Camphor, 75 © 80
Madder, 20 Or 25
Indigo, 1 25 © 2 00
Logwood, G © 10
Soda, B. C., 8 © 121
Salarat us, C|© 12}
Eggs, p dozen, 25 © 30*
Flour, p bbl., G 50 © 7 00
Flour, p 1(M) tbs., in sacks, 3 25 © 3 50
Feathers, p lb., 55 © GO
Beef Hides, p lb., G © 0
Fruits—
Apples, p bush..dried, 1 25 © 1 50
Green Apples, p bbl., 2 50 © 3 00
Potatoes, p bbl , 2 OO ©
Peaches, p bush., dried, 1 25 © 1 50
Raisins, p box, 3 50 © 4 00
Gunpowder, Hazard, p cag, 7 25 7 50
Lime, p bbl., 1 75 © 2 00
Lead, bar. p lb., 8 Or, 10
Ginger, p lb., 11 © 15
German Steel, 18 © 20
A. B. Steel, 10 © 00
Cast Steel, 25 © SO
Hollow Ware, p gal., 12}© 10
Meats—
Canvassed Hams, p lb, 17J© 18
Plain Hams, p lb., 10 © 00
Shoulders, p Jb., 13 © 00
Middlings, p lb., 17«© 18
Bulk Pork, p lb., 11}© 00
Pork, fresh, 0'© 7
Beef, p lb.. 5 © G
Paints and Oils,
Linseed Oil. p gal., 1 00 © 1 25
Sperm Oil. p gal., 2 25 © (t 00
Lard Oil, p gal., 1 25 © 1 50
IV bite Lead, p cag, 2 50 ©, 3 00
Spanish Brown, p lb., 10 © 00
Venetian Red. p lb., 15 © 20
Red Lead, p lb., / 15 © 20
Nails, lOd, 5 © 5}
8d, Gd, 4d, 5d, 5}© 7
Molasses, p gal., 37}© 42
kb._— 1>_!_ IV. ti* / . In
Loaf, "ft lb. 15 (<t\ l»it
Crushed, ^ lb, 12.1 (ft) 15
Pepper, ^ lb., 131(5) 15
llice 7 (g) 8
Salt—
Liverpool fine, per sack, 1 G5 (5 1 75
Liverpool coarse, per sack, 1 40 («, 1 50
Starch, Pearl, 8 fit) 15
Spice, 15 («, 20
Tobacco, common, 10 (n\ 15
Tobacco, Honey Dew, 30 fn 00
Tobacco, Fine Virginia, 50 (u. 75
Tea, lb.. 85 (n 1 (Hi
Tallow, "p lb., 8 (<ti 9
Whisky, "p gal., 25 (« 1 25
The inside column represents the cash value by
the package. The outside column represents time
prices in small lots.
Summary of News by Telesrapli.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, February 9.
Senate.—In the Senate yesterday, during fi
spicy debate between Senators Douglas and Fes
senden, the former charged the latter with having
used indecent language. Fessenden retorted thai
he would put himself on a par with Douglas oi
anybody else in this regard.
The President's message, with accompanying
correspondence of Mr. Hayne, commissioner t'ron
South Carolina, was ordered to be printed.
The tariff bill was taken up for consideration.
House.—The President's message and corres
poudence in regard to Fort Sumpter was referret
to a select committee of five.
The debate on the report of the Committee o
Thirty-three was resumed. Hon. Robert Hatton
(Southern opposition) of Tennessee, protester
against his State being dragged into the wake o
the cotton States.
Hon. William Kellogg. (Republican) of Illinois
said the Union must and shall he preserved, n<
matter what abandonment of party or platform, i
honor is pro erved.
Hon. William N. II. Smith, (Southern opposi
lion) of North Carolina, advocated the compro
mise resolution of Senator Crittenden.
lion. Charles Case, (Republican) of Illinois
said he was opposed >o compromises.
The President’s message concludes as follows
•• If, with all multiplied proffers of the President’:
anxiety for peace, the authorities of South Caro
1 ,;:i assail Fort Sumpter, and imperil tin- lives o
a-idful of men therein, thus engendering e:vi
joui r . in and those they represcii:, up<»i
■|!, : i!, !■. ponsiib 1 ry rest.”
FROM- WA iliNGTON.
Washington, February 9.
The impression prevails in wcl1 informed polit
icul circles that the question of an attack on For
Sumpter will he referred to the Southern Con
gress. Pending the decision, the authorities o
I South l :ir01in:i will iiiitTiTjii i v * i ii i 'll uviiiviti •
; supplies and mail matter to Major Anderson.
Nearly all the Commissioners to the Peaci
i Congress, including those from Massachusett
j and New York, have arrived in this city. Gen
■ Wool, a delegate to the Peace Congress from Nev
York, will demand guarantees that the capita
shall not be attacked before he will assent to an;
plan of reconciliation.
Capt. Tilton, of Maryland, a member of th
! light-house board, committed suicide yesterda;
1 afternoi n, on account of the present politics
troubles which agitate the country.
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Detroit, Mich., February 1).
The Democratic State Convention, held in thi
city yesterday, passed resolutions declaring devo
lion to the Union. Resolutions were also passc<
opposing coercion and favoring compromise.
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LINCOLN'S VIEWS ON TIIE PRESNT CRISIS
Indian api.is, Ind., Feb. 12.
The President elect arrived in this city yestcr
j dey, en route from Washington City, and wits cn
thusiastically received. In the course of hi
t speech he was asked : Would the marching of ai
army into South Carolina with hostile intent b
j invasion ?
He replied : I think it would; and it wouldb
coercion also if South Carolina were forced to sub
mit; but the United States should merely hoi
and retake her own forts, and collect duties, o
withhold the mails. Where habitually violated
would any or all of these things be coercion o
| invasion, if the professed Union lovers resolvci
j to resist coercion ?
I think so. Their idea of the preservation o
the Union is exceedingly “ thin and airy.”
Mr. Lincoln further took tho ground that
State had no more right, upon principle, to brea
up the Union by withdrawing than a county, b
withdrawal, has to break up a State.
Mr. Lincoln concluded by saying that he wa
not asserting anything, but ask questions to th
audience, to decide what was right and what wa
wrong.
TNE PEACE CONGRESS.
Washington, Feb. 12.
It U supposed that the Peace Congress will re
commend a reference of the present difficulties t
' a national convention.
WAR MOVEMENTS IN THE NORTH.
From an editorial in The New York Herald
of the 5th inst., we extract the following
paragraphs relative to the warlike prepara
tions now being made in the Northern States:
“We learn also that the United States
troops in the Northern States are being rap- ;
idly put upon a war footing. At the labrato- ;
ries, destructive pyrotechnics, with balls and
cartridges, are being prepared. Large con- j
tracts for ambulances and field litters have j
been given out by the War Department.
Within the past week five hundred additional j
troops have arrived in Washington, forming I
an aggregate of about one thousand men, with ;
five batteries of light artillery—a quota suffi
cient for an army of five thousand men. (Jen. j
Scott has also ordered large supplies of ammu
nition to be sent to Fort Mcllenry.
In the Northern navy-yards no less activi
ty prevails. The equipment of vessels of
I light draught is being pushed with energy, so
i as to have ready, in a short time, a coast
guard to cruise in the Southern waters.
The steamer Water Witch is already under
orders to be fitted out at Philadelphia j the
steam gun-boat Pawnee, also at the same
place ; the Harriet Lane, at this port; the
brig Perry is now being speedily prepared at
■ Brooklyn ; the brigs Dolphin and Baiubridgc
i are approaching readiness at Norfolk and Bos
! ton, and the steam gun-boats Crusader, Wy
andotte and Mohawk, now in the Gulf, can
all he concentrated in a lew days.
1 hsc preparations, and especially those so !
actively ana quietly prosecuted under Geue
! ral Scott s 01 tiers, anted m this city by his
I sun-in-law. Col. Scott, luuk warlike. The lat
j ter is actively superintending operations here.
Recruiting is in active progress. There are
on Governor’s and Bedl<<es Islands, at this
time, tiUU troops, chiefly recruits, who are be
ing actively drilled.
'I liesc movements have not passed unob
served by people in V irginia and Maryland,
some ot whom have charged that the concen
tration of the warlike arrangements at Wash
ington is to form the basis of a coercive army,
j with the view of overawing those two States,
| and thus prevent their withdrawal and keep
! them in the Union.
Military men consider that the present force
of regular troops now in Washington is quite
ample to repel 10,000 irregular troops, had
such a number designed to prevent Lincoln’s
1 inauguration, turn. rscntt continues to order
| troops and munitions of war to Washington,
and to concentrate others at New York and
: other convenient places. The Corps of Eu
| gineers have been removed from West Point
; to \\ ashington, a measure not resorted to cx
| cept in case the country is engaged in war.
The garrison at that place has been left with
out a single regular soldier, a thing, which, it
is said, has not previously occurred since its
establishment.
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1 MAG LX ATI US.
To thee, goddess of fancy, I would fain address
my lay.
j Reason may teach us to dive into the dark
I recesses of nature, and philosophy lead us to
1 examine her hidden works; science may throw
I open the portals of truth, and wisdom guide
: us to a knowledge of our fellow-man ; but it
is fur thee, imagination, to soar above all these,
and, by thy magic power, to glide through the
wide range of possibility.
Aided by thee, man can perform within the
narrow sphere of his own mind all that the
J ] en of the historian has transcribed, or the
I hand of the poet depicted, lie can range his
j armies, fight his battles, and display to his dc
j lighted fancy his character as a mighty man
i ol valour ; ur, inspired by the heavenly muse,
i lie can languish in the suit twilight, or breathe
| in the sweet beauty of a moonlight vision.
Horne on the tvingn ..f'tlie morning, waited
; by the perfumes ot Arabia, he knows no boun
1 d.iry to his fight, no curtailment to bis fancy.
Roving through the bondless extent of iufin
■ ite space, lie discovers new spheres, new suns,
' with all their attendant planets. He traces
■ the fiery comet through its vast unmeasured !
i orbit: at one time on the utmost verge of the
; universe—at another, scorched by the fervent
■ j heat of a summer solstice.
lie travels back to the souce of time, and
beholds the mighty void, from whence
These worlds were call'd to light,
' and sees them arise in beauty and harmony at
the voice of the Almighty, and commence
their mignificent course trlioug the wide range
of heaven’s domains. ******
Such is t lie imagination of man. Confined
within the bounds of reason, what are we not
capable of viewing or performing, when we
court its iuflueceRut, l.ke the airy vision
of a dreaui, it vanishes with the morning’s j
dawn, leaving nothing behind, but the idea of
. its power, and a knovvle lge *d the unwarrant
able .'Cope of the human unud.
Come and let us in i-e on days that have
j past ; days whose remembrance awakens
1 thoughts melancholy and sad; yet, days which
we love to view through the vista of memory.
Transported by fancy to the scenes of our
child!, .-"d, how delightful is retrospection.
! There we again act each playful humour of
our youth—each innocent pastime of our boy
hood. \Ve think of the friends who joined m
..•>h t ! , a *%»« t »* ir In i lwoiniitoil rut**
i enjoyment. We wander through the same
woods consecrated to friends—through the
r sanies avenues sacred to youthful romance.
[ We listen to the rustling murmurings of the
• foliage of the forest—to the purling of tlie
shady stream, upon whose banks we formerly
rioted in unalloyed pleasure, till we almost
fancy those days to have returned with all
l their joyous, gladsome hours.
lint memory also brings with it a feeling of
j pensive sadness, when she reminds us that
| these have passed away, and with them the
| companions of our social glee. Then all was
•, \ bright witl hope; the heart was joyous and
- | gay; the little troubles which a moment clouded
I I our happiness were soon forgotten; and the
cares of the world were unknown and unre
1 garded; but now we see hope blighted—for
mer intimacies destroyed—and thorns, where
we imagined nothing but roses and flowers
- grew, lint still we delight to think on the
- moments of bliss that have passed, the friends
! that have become estranged, and the hearts
i ! that once ;1 were near and dear." We cherish
; their remembrance, and, while we admire
their virtues, almost forget that we are alien
3 ated and become as strangers.
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II Terrible Inundation in Holland.—A
r ' communication appears in The Londou Nc.vs,
that several provinces of Holland are threat
r cned with inundations, arising from the giv
I ing way of the dykes under long- continued
I betting of the waves. The lives and proper
f * ty of thousands are said to be in imminent
| danger.
In Guelderland the distress and damage
have assumed a fearful aspect. The people
; lmd battled with all their might against the
1 ' destroying waves, and bad become utterly ex
hausted. In many places they bad abandoned
5 ' their abodes, and in many others were hud
e tiled together by hundreds in temporary sheds,
9 where disease was ravaging to a fearful extent.
The Government and private benevolence
had rendered assistance, but these were utter
ly inadequate to meet the distress already ex
- isting; and a strong appeal was made to the
o people of England to assist in relieving their
J Dutch neighbors in their calamity.
COMPROMISE OR A PEACEABLE SEPA
RA TI ON.
The Democracy of the free States, together
with all other conservative men have firmly j
resolved that, if the Republicans will destroy
the Union by refusing any fair compromise,
they shall not increase our calamity by driving j
us into civil war. The Detroit Free Press
thus speaks of Michigan:
“ We can tell the Republican legislature, .
and the Republican administration of Michi- j
gan.and the Republican party everywhere, one j
thing: that, if the refusal to repeal the per-;
sonal liberty laws shall be persisted in, and if
there shall not be a change in the present.
seeming purpose to yield to no accommoda
tion of the national difficulties, and if troops
shall be raised in the North to march against
the people of the youth, afire in the rear will
be opened upon such troops which will cither
stop thoir march altogether, or wonderfully '
accelerate it. In other words, if, in the pres- j
cut posture of the Republican party toward
the national difficulties, war shall be waged,
that war will be fought in the North. We
warn it that the conflict which it is precipi
tating will not be with South, but with tens of j
thousands of people in the North. When civil
war shall come it will be war here in Michi
gan, and here in Detroit, and in every North
ern State.”
The Bangor (Maine) Union says:
u The difficulties between the North and
South must be compromised, or the separa
tion of the States shall be peaceable. If the
Republican party refuses to go the full length
of the Crittenden amendment, which is the
very least the South can or ought to take,
then here in Maine not a Democrat will be
found who will raise an arm against his breth
ren of the South. It is enough that the lie ;
publicans have robbed us of our glorious
Union. They shall not now precipitate us
into an unjustifiable and cruel civil war. From
one end of the State to the other, let the cry
of the Democracy be, compromise, or peacea
ble separation.”
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Fatal Rencocntue.—We learn that a
fatal affray took place between two of the Al
abama volunteers, at Barrancus, on the 29th
ult., in which a man named Brown, a mem
her of the Auburn Guards, came to his death
at the hand of a man named Betts, belonging
to the Tuskegce 1 ..lit Infantry. It seems
that Brown insulted Betts’ wife, when the i
iormer sent nun woru utai no wouiu kiu n m
on sight. Brown armed himself, and on the
approach of Betts, commenced tiring at him
with his revolver; hut none of the shots took
effect, and Betts closing in with his antugo
ui.-t, dispatched him wrrii his Bowie knife.
The affair is to be investigated.
[Pensacola Gazette.
Tm;Barky Sl it for §100,DUO Damages.
Mr. Rarey publishes a card relative to the
modest claim of 5100,000 damages by Dr.
Denton Offutt. for an alleged breach of con
tract in exposing the system. He thinks that
the first man who ever bridled a horse might 1
as reasonably claim damages for an infringe
ment of his system of horse-taming, and
claims that he has attained hisi-ystem only by
a life-time of assiduous labor and study, and
at the expense of sundry broken limbs, lie
considers the claim as an attempt to levy
black-mail, an operation which, lit says, has
been repeatedly tried upon him in Europe.
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Time for ax Ota Darkey tore Moving.
It is reported that the recent prompt oLoyaiicc
of the law at Cleveland has caused quite a
scattering among the runaway slaves, both in
that and neighboring cities. At dark, a hack
driver in Toledo showed great presence of
mind the other day. Coming up from the
depot with his hack, one evening, he jumped
from the box a> <non as he leached ilm Collins
House, w here he was employed, not stopping
to let out his passengers. He called the pro
prietor of the house aside, and requested
payment of his wages, giving therefor a very
good reason, as follows: "It’s time for dis
feller to he goin’—I’ae gol my ole massa in de
carriage.”
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Texas Railroads. — The Hempstead
Courier says that the first train passed over
Brazos bridge to Chappel Hill on the 27th of
January, and that by the loth prox. the road
will he in running order to Breuham. It is
graded all the way, and the rails have been
laid down to within four or live miles of the
town, 'dhe Courier says that this bridge has
a longer span than any other in the United
States, be.ng two hundred anil sixty-two feet.
The span of the bridge at Rock island, built
by the same contractors, Bride A Boomer, is
two hundred and sixty feet; it was at the
head of the list until the Brazos bridge was
built.
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Joseph U. White, of New York, was
shot Jan. 5th. after Ian hug in Central Ameri
ca, by a (. .inaibau i rcnchinan named (iavett,
and u ed on the iJth. The dispute originated
about iudia rubber. Mr. White was in 18-lU
reputed one of the greatest stump speakers
in the West. He was a member of Congress
from Indiana for one term, moved afterward
to New York, made a large fortune by the
most dashing and reckless speculations; be
then became interested in the Nicaragua
transit, and is bclie\ed lost the most of bis
DroDertv.
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Forays cro.x Sonora, Mexico.— We
learn from The M< i \ alley Times that
parties of exiles l; > i nora. Mexico, are in
the habit of meeting near Tubac, in the terri
tory of the United States, for the purpose of
organizing forays noon t heir political enemies.
In ohc ease troops had been ordered out from
Fort Buchanan to disperse them. The exiles
belong to the Gaudara, or Reactionary party,
who are deadly in their hostility to the pre
sent government, by which they were driven
out.
Tender of Services to South Caro
lina.—We find the following item in one of
our exchanges*.
“ A volunteer company of planters, residing
in l’rince George's county, Maryland, one of
the largest and richest slavcholding counties
in that State, a few days since tendered their
, services to Gov. Pickeus, agreeing to pay their
own expenses, and to contribute one hundred
thousand dollars for the purpose of sustain
ing South Carolina in her position.
-— • -
! Financial Failures in San Francisco.
J A San Francisco letter says : “In 1853, 197
San Francisco firms burst up, owing §8,377,
j 820, with $1,519,175 assets. In 1S50, we
had 140 insolvents, with §8,101,042 liabili
. ties, and §057,9U8 assets. In 1857, 128 in
solvents, with §2,092,805 liabilities and
S204.707 assets. In 1858, 95 insolvents,
j liabilities §1,882,451, assets §98,G03.”
-a m m
Sad Accident.—We learn, by Mr. John
II. Flowers, of Hempstead county, that a gen
tleman moving from Texas, east, in attempt
ing to cross Bridge creek, near Fulton, with a
wagon, in which were his negroes, lost six of
the number, all valuable. The wagon was
upset, and being covered the negroes were
unable to escape. [States Eagle.
Seizure of FortGiijfon.—Washington,
February 9.—A telegraph dispatch received
here says: “The Cherokee Indians in the
Indian Territory have rebelled and seized
* Fort Gibson."
A COLUMN OF DEAD MATTER.
The Sustenance of Plants.—Plants, as
well as animals, have their peculiar tastes.
Cut off the supply of phosphate of lime from
a field of corn, and it will not grow. You
can easily do this by planting the same laud
with corn for three or four successive years,
and your crop will dwindle away to nothing,
unless you supply the ground every year with
as much of the mineral as the corn takes away
from it. All plants have the power of select
ing from the soil of the materials necessary to
their growth ! and if they do not find them in
the soil, they will not grow. It is now a
familiar fact, that when an old forest of de
ciduous trees has been felled, evergreens will
spring up in their places. The old oaks and
beeches, as any observer will discover, pass
their last years in repose, simply putting out
their leaves and bearing a little fruit ever
year, but making hardly any new wood. An
oak may attain to nearly it full size, in spread ;
of branches, in its first two hundred years j
longer i n a state of comparative rest. 11 seems
to grow no more, simply because it has ex- j
liausted too much of the material for its nour- ,
ishment from the grounn around its roots. At ,
least, not oaks, but pines, will germinate in ;
the same soil—pines, which having other nc- i
cessitics and taking somewhat different food, |
find a supply in the ground, untouched by
their processor. Hence the rotation of crops,
so much talked of by agriculturists.
“Ye Lazif. Fyre ” and its Cure.— We
take the following from an old book entitled
“ Mbc llrcviary of Health, by Andrew
Boorde, Phisyelie Doctoure,” an Englishman,
anno 1557 :
• The 110th chaptairc doth shoe of an
evyll Ecvre, ye with dotlie much cumbre
yonge persons, named A e Eevro Burden, or '
Lazic Ecvre. Among ail ye levies I had al
most lbrguttcn ye l’cvro Burden, wyth wicli
many yonge men, yonge women, uiaydons, I
and other yonge persons be sore afflicted now
a-days.
Ye Cause of ye Infirmitif.—-Thisfcvre i
doth cum nnturalie, or els by evyll and sloth- j
ful bryngyugc upp. If it doe cum by nature, |
then is this l'evre not to be cured—for it can :
never cum out of ye flesh that is bred in ye j
bouc. If it be by evyll bryngynge upp, it
may be lielpen bye much diligent labor.
Yll Uemeihe.—-There is nothyngc so good
foryclevrc Burden as Lnyucnttun Bacilli
. » . • * • * 1 _ ^ * 1. .. 1
HV.Hl j l Hilt Art .vUi-wlivu rtviv.iN.1^ nauuv,,
oi’ a yard of lengeth and more, and let it be
so grate as a man’s l'yngor ; and wyth it an
noint ye hack and sholdcrs well, mornynge
and evenynge, and tiiis doc and twenty dais.
11' thys ovyll lev re he not helpen in that
tyme. let them beware of waggynge on ye
gallows.”
A noon relation is—the most irrelevant
thing in nature, a piece of impertinent cor
respondency. an odious approximation, a
hauntinc conscience, a preposterous shadow
lengthening in the noontide of your prosperi
tv. an unwelcome remembrancer, a perpetu
ally recurring mortification, a drain on your
purse, a more intolerable dun upon your
pride, a drawback upon success, a rebuke to
your rising, a stain in your blood, a blot on
your escutcheon, a rent in your garment, a
death’s-head at your banquet, Agathoeles’
pot, a Mordccai in your g'ate, a Lazarus at
your d<x>r, a lion in your path, a frog in your
chamber, a fly in your ointment, a mote in
your eve, a triumph to your enemy, an apol
ogy to your friends, the one thing not need
ful, the hail in harvest, the ounce of sour in
a pound of sweet, the bore par excellence *
His memory is unreasonable; bis compli
ments jiervcr.se ; bis talk a trouble ; bis stay
pertinaeoous ; and when be goeth away, you
dismiss his chair into a corner as precipitately
ae powuble, and tool fairly rid ot two nuisances.
Ei.oquk.nt.—Rev. Dr. Palmer, in New Or
cans, the other day. delivered a secession
sermon, from which this is an eloquent ex
tract :
t; We may. for a generation, enjoy compara
tive case, gather up our feet in our beds and
die in peace; but our children will go forth
beggeted from the home of their fathers,
fishermen will cast their nets where your
proud commercial navy now rides at anchor,
and dry them upon the shore uow covered
with your bales of merchandise. Sapped,
circumvented, undermined, the institutions of
your soil will be overthrown; and within five
and twenly years the history of St. Domingo
will bo the record of Louisiana. If dead
men’s bones can tremble, ours will move un
der the muttered curses of sons and daught
ers, denouncing the blindness and love of
case which have left them an inheritance of
»»)
woe.
Is thi: Si n Growing Cold and Dark.
There arc now more sjiots in the sun than
have been seen before for many years; some
of these are visible through a smoked glass to
tiie naked eye. Several stars, some of them
of great brilliancy, which from their ascer
tained distance, must have been as large as
our sun. have totally disappeared from the
sky. and the question lias been raised among
the astronomers whether the light and heat
of the sun arc gradually fading away. As this
would be accompanied by the destruction of
all the plants and animals on the earth, it is
vainer an nucresimg question. ±ue suns
light ami heat are diminished by the dark,
spots at the present time about one per cen
tum. [Scientific American.
An Atrocious Lie.'—The New York Il
lustrated News contains a wood cut represent
ing a mob in Alabama in the act ol' tarring
and feathering a Yankee schoolmistress. The
pretty girl, wall her head bowed down in sor
row and anguish, stand before a sclf-consti
l stated jury, while the administrator of justice
i empties over her head and shoulders tho tar
and leathers. Such arc the present deplora
j blc state of feeling which has almost culmi
nated in hostile collision between the North
I ern and Southern States, 'ilierc is no con
ceivable crime which a woman could commit
! in the South that would bring upon her the
vcngencc of a mob. The story concocted by
'J he Illustrated News is ulie.au infamous lie,
—in fact, a d—d lie—as false as the black,
I demoniac spirit which conceived it.
i
A coy named Ilavcndaus fell through the
i hatchway of a store in St. Louis on Monday
I week, and was instantly killed. As he fell,
lie uttered a short quick cry, which was
1 hushed in death as lie struck the floor bc
i ncath. Ilis brains were scattered in sprinkles
of crimson for several yards around, staining
I the wood and bricks.
No Coercion—In his Farewell Address,
! March 4th, 1887, President Jackson said:
“The Union of these States cannot be pre
| served by the exercise of coercive power con
j fided in the General Government.”
In his late speech in the Senate, Senator
j Douglas said :
“1 am for peace to save the Union. War
is disunion—certain, inevitable, final and irre
pressible. Our own very existence forbids
! war.”
Jars concealed arc half-rcconciled ; which,
if generally known, ’tis a double task io stop
the breach at home, and men’s mouths abroad
| To this end, a good husband never publicly
| reproves his wile. An open reproof puts hei
to do penance before all that are present; af
j ter which, many study revenge rather that
* reformation.
« 'X' JZ ,1 AI IS O A T !-«.
LEAVES JdLMPlIlS EVERY TUESDAY.
Memphis, White and Little Red
River Packet,
A dmiral;
:
ELIAS THOMASSON, - - - - Master.
millS FINE FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
A steamer, having been thoroughly repaired,
will run regularly between Memphis and the vari
ous points on White river throughout the season,
arriving at Des Arc on Thursday evenings on her
up trip, and down on Friday evenings. For freight
or passage, apply on board. jan 11, ’61-tf
Regular New Orleans, White and
Little Red River Packet,
Side-Wheel Steamer
I A T A DNT;
II. S. EATON,.Master.
This fine freight and passenger !
packet having been furnished with cotton ;
guards, and otherwise repaired, will run between j
New Oilcans and the various points on White
river, during the season, as a semi-monthly j
packet. • nov 23-tf ;
LEAVE- MEMPHIS EVERY TUESDAY.
Memphis and W liite River Packet,
GOLDEN STATE,
HICKS KING,.Master j
J. B. Russell, - - Clerk.
millS SPLENDID PASSENGER STEAMER
A will make regular tripsfrom Memphis to Des
Are, Augusta and Jacksonport, on White river.
For freight or passage, apply on board.
151 MI MISS CAIIDM.
J. M. GuGGI.V. U. C. Tu/ne» 2. w. L. UOLT.
GOGGIN, TRADER & HOLT,
I
Cotton and Tobacco Factors, j
GROCERS,
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION’ MERCHANTS,
No. 1« Front Row, MEMPHIS, TENS.
VVrEEKLY ACCESSIONS RECEIVED rbrough
T T our the season to their already large and
desirable /stock of Tobacco, Bagging. Rope, Su
gar, Coffee, Molasses, Bacon, Salt. Whisky, Flour,
.....l i>i.-, w:n c,. 1
Cotton, Leaf Tobacco and other Produce in our
commodious Warehouse on Union Street, in sight
of their business house, No. 10 Front Ilow. We
Store and Sell Cotton at Too per Pale. no 30-Cm
llXClOLSIOIt Kl'OVE AVOlUiS!
GILES F FILLEY,
MANUFACTURER OF
Charter Oak. Flynioth Rock. & Valley Forge
Cooking Stoves!
Also, every variety of
PARLOR, BOX & C'AXXOX STOVES,
155 ami 157 .Main Street,
doc 7-itf Si’. LOUIS. MISSOURI,
HOFFHEIMEil BROTHERS”!
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
Brandies, Gins, Wines, Cigars, Jtc.,1
ALSO,
- I
DISTILLERS & MANUFACTURERS OF
Domestic Wines and XAquors, ,
32 .V 34 Second St., betw. Main & Sycamore,
nov 23-tf. CINCINNATI. 0.
F. LEI'TIEN, ... F. KLEIN.
LEPTEIN & KLEIN,
DEALERS IN’
CLOCKS, WATCHES and JEWELRY,
llucna Vistu Street,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Having on hand a new and selected
stock of Clocks. Watches and Jewelry, we !
respectfully solicit a continuance of the kind pat- i
ronage of the people of Des Arc ai d surrounding |
country. We arc also.prepai'ed to do all kinds of ,
Watch, Clock and Jewelry work with cave and !
despatch. All work warranted. dec7-tf
B. D. PERRY, - - J. M. rETTEY.
PERRY & PETTEY,
.South Slur of Buena Vista Street,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
TXEALERS IN STAPLE, FANCY, FOREIGN
1 / and Domestic Dry-Goods, Ready-Made Clo
thing. Hats and Caps, Hoots and Shoes, Hardware
and Cuttlery. Queenswarc, etc. Also, a complete
assortment of Fancy Silks. Ribbons, Trimmings
and fancy articles of every description.
All kinds of goods, by the piece, at wholesale
prices. dec 7-tf
GARVIN, BELL & CO.,
IMPORTERS A WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
! FOREIGN & DOMESTIC DRY-GOODS,
AND
Manufticturers of Clothing.
Nos. 442 and 444 Main Street, north side.
I novlG-Gro. LOUISVILLE, ki.
I E. O. NORTON, - - - - F. A. PRAGUE.
E. O. NORTON & CO.,
Forwarding & Commission Merchants i
AND DEALERS IN
FLOUR, GRAIN and PRODUCE,
\o. 20 Front Kow,
i ,1-e 14-2m MEMPHIS. TENN. j
| F. M. ROBINSON, ------ G. J. BRANCH.
ROBINSON & BRANCH,
(Successors to G. W. Vaden,)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Groceries andl^rodnee*
I
| REFUTING, FORWARDING & COM MISSION MERCH ANTS,
nov3._DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
m'laREN. - -- -- -- S. N. JACKSON.
ML AREN & JACKSON,
Suocessovs to G. & J. McLaren & Co.,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Dealers in staple and fancy dry
Goods, Ready-Made Clothing. Hats and
j Caps, Bonnot =, Boots and Shoes, Hardware and
J Cuttlery, Books, Stationery, etc. Also, Receiving,
; Forwarding and Commission Merchants, riov 3.
| A. STEWART, WM. STEWART, II. SI EWART.
STEWART & BROS,
Receiv ing* Forwarding
AXD COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
nov 3. DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
j COERCION <OR NOT COERCION!
l mills IS TO INFORM ALL THOSE WHO ARE
i X owing me, either by note or account, to come
i forward by the 28th of February next and pay
l up.or they will ini ve to. pay the saine to an officer.
; Money I must have to pay my debts. A word to
' the wise is sufficient.
janl8-tf] JNO. A. FRITH.
SEEDS! SEEDS!!"
A LARGE LOT OF FRESH HUNGARIAN
Grass Seeds, just received and for sale by
boy. 8. JOHN JACKSON & CO.
W. B. CROCKER & CO.,
WHOLBSALB AND UTAH,
Or o c o x* s
First door West of J. H. Quisenberry’s Storo.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Take pleasure in announcing to
the citizens of Prairie and adjacent counties,
that they are now in receipt of a large and well
selected stock of
GROCERIES AND HARDWARE,
Consisting in part of Sugars, Molasses, Coffee,
Candles, Cheese, Vinegar, .Salt, Whisky, Rice,
Pickles. Sardines, Flour, Fish, Raisins, Figs, Cit
rons, Aluionds, Candy. Soap, Starch, Soda,-Crack
ers, Tobacco, Cigars. Nails, Castings, Iron. Steel,
Log Chains, Ox Chains, Pole Axes, Spades, Shor
es. etc., etc., with all other articles usually to he
found in a similar establishment. All of which
rliev are now selling low for cash. nov 3-tf
S V L V v \ 1A
Aca demy,
PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS,
D. M'FAYDEN, < * - - * PHncipfcl,
R. A. Richmond, ... Assistant,
rmiE SECOND SESSION OF THE ABOVE
L Academy will opeh on Monday, the 4th day
of February next. The Principal flutters himself
that, having an experience of many years in the
profession of teaching, he will be enabled to give
satisfaction to the patrons of his school. The
Academy is located in a healthy region of coun
try. remote from all those localities of dissipation
and vice, so destructive to the morals of youth,
and in the midst of a community, combining all
those virtues that compose a good neighborhood.
No pains will be spared by the teachers to advance
the pupils entrusted to their charge. Special
attention will be directed to have them thoroughly
to understand the elementary principles of all the
branches of Science taught in the school. No
pupil need apply for reception who is unwilling
to be either governed or instructed. Pupils will
be charged from the time of entrance. No deduc
tion will be made except in case of protracted
illness.
TUITION PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS.
Elementary Branches, - - - $10 00
Higher English Branches, •“ - * 15 00
Languages and Higher Mathematics, - 20 00
Board can be obtained at from Eight to Ten
Dollars per month.
Oakland Grove, Prairie Co., Ark. jy 11 ’61-4t
J> K S AK C
FEMALE ACADEMY,
MISS SALLIE A. DAVIS, Principal.
mills INSTITUTION WILL BE OPENED ON
Monday next, the 26tli inst., for the recepj
tion of pupils.
TERMS OF TUITION, PBR SESSION OF TWENTT-OXE
WEEKS.
Orthography, Beading and Writing, - - $10 00
English Grammar. Arithmetic, Geography, 12 00
Algebra and the higher English branches, 15 00
French and the higher Mathematics, - - 20 00
Students will be charged from the time of enter
ing school until the close of the term, except in
cases ot protracted sickness.
Retfrences.—Rev. J. Douglass, A. M., Presi
dent of Franklin College. Holly Springs, Miss.;
Hon. J. J. Steger. North Mt. Pleasant, Miss.; Col.
M. D. Shelby, Carson's Landing, Miss.; J. E.
Gatewood, Esq., T. J. Woodson. Des Arc.; J. M.
Coyle, Hickory Plain, Arkansas. nov23-2m
STOVE AND TIN SHOP!
TV. IIa Burk
Has removed iiis tin shop to tIie!
house recently occupied by J. AV. AA'allace,
on Duena Vista street, opposite the Nucleus
House, where be is prepared to accommodate the
public with the best articles of
COOKING STOVES, TIN-WARE*
and all other merchandise in his line, ever
brought to this market.
My cooking stoves are immediately from alarsre
St. Louis establishment, and I feel confident that
those who want these convenient articles can suit
themselves from my large assortment. Give mo
a call, and examine before purchasing else
where. nov§
DBS ARC
MALE ACADEMY,
T. II. OSBORNE, Principal.
n J
rpiIE first session of this academy,
J- located in Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas*
commenced January f, 1861.
The terms of Tuition are S10, $12,50, $15 and
| $20 per session of five months.
The government of the Academy will be strict,
yeL mild. The mode of teaching will be strictly
methodical. Parents will observe that it will t
of great advantage to their sons to be entered •
or near the beginning of the session. Parents
guardians need not enter their sons or warts uu
less subjecting them entirely to the mode *
instruction and of government established in
school.
,Xui.tAt'B'pfiyabie from the time of entering
the end of the session. Deduction in cast
prolonged sickness._ 2Y-1
IHONEY! AlOXEY!! MOSEYI!
All those indebted either to
firm of AVasher, Vaughan & Co., or I
McCarley k Co., for 1860, will please coiae
ward and pay up, as we are compelled to
money to pay our debts,
jan 25, ’61-tf. R. C. McCARLEY It f