Kt. n. O AIT*, Rdltor.
D E S ARC, ARKANSAS:
Saturday Moraiig, Angust 3, l««7.
terAa our pen touches the paper in
order to throw into line the various
words and sentences that shall compose
our editorial, it moves slowly for want
of subject and theme. A newspaper
without an editorial is a failure, and in
tbeso times there are many failures, for
all leading articles are not editorials.
That subjects present themselves, we
grant; but such is their nature that
they must be discussed behind a cloud
or upon tip-toe, lest the lion of oppo
sition be aroused. Political themes
have lost their charms and arc no lon
ger of interest, for wc are powerless to
enjoy and parvlizcd to appreciation—
the war, the changes that have come
like blighting mildew, and written
their truthfulness upon our individual
prosperity and political destiny, belong
to the past and profit us nought in their
discussion. Local improvement and
the various schemes that might conduce
to a country's advancement, float be
fore ns as a dream. Political change,
governmental darkness, and the thous
and misfortunes that make the burthen
of our people’s woes, arc subjects npon
which wc can think and meditate, but
who can find words that will say these
feelings to the purpose. If our readers
should pronounce against us for lack
of editorial idea, we ask them to prop
erly consider the order of things, and
answer the question—could you do
better?
MAlf^
There is no little mystery couucctecl
with the arrival of the mails at this
place, and if we judge from the fre
quent complaining of our local ex
changes, this state of affairs exists
pretty geuerallv throughout the State.
We have, or will have uext week, a
regular semi-weekly mail between this
point and Memphis; the same boats
• k.Uw no Ik!. okanM nlnn
bring mail from np the river; but we
can scarcely ever receive an up river
paper in less than fifteen days after its
publication. From every part of the
State, we receive papers marked X,
which means they do not receive our
paper—and this is hard to understand—
when we know our paper is sent regu
larly, to these different points every
week We do not know that this case
is the only one, for it is certainly un
necessary delay in the arrival of mails
from every quarter. Where the blame
rents we cannot say, but somebody is to
blame surely, for the postal system re
quires prompt action—and our facili
ties arc not so bad that all the wrong
can bo settled iu this quarter—this
matter should be looked into, and when
the wrong is found, it should be reme
died.
THEToRiTcBOP.
We ure assured by our exchanges,
aud from every section of the country,
that the corn crop of the present sea
son promises to be larger than it has
been for several years. In these times
of doubt, no intelligence could possibly
give more satisfaction. The southern
people have had their eyes opened in
regard to their agricultural interests;
they are gradual'y weaning themselves
from cotton, determiued to apply their
energies to the science of agriculture,
and learu how to live within them
selves; when they have thoroughly
learned this, they will have made a
large step toward that prosperity that
is now so much coveted. The crop ot
the present year is indeed encourag
ing, and when next spring the farmer
finds his crib full, himself not depend
ent upon his merchant for bread and
meat, he will be almost, if not alto
gether convinced that his best interest
ic iu the corn field.
ttiff' The Tennessee state election
■came off on Thursday last. We have
had no particulars, but readily conclude
that radicalism bus triumphed. Brown
low left, no stone unturned—did not
hesitate to disfranchise whole counties
iu order to secure hit election—and we
will not be surprised if the State is to
continue under his rule. From our ex
changes, published a few days before
the election, we learn that great excite
meut prevailed in many parts of the
State, and riot w as feared. This is an
example of what great blessing- radi
calism will confer upon a couutry.—
Let the rein* of gorernmeut once fall
into the hands of this power loving
party, and they will rule or they will
ruin. With them there is no freedom,
no rights, no nothing, that does not
harmonize will* their idea of what
bhould l»c.
#aT We clip the following from the
Memphis Ledger because of its strik
ing applicability to every section of the
country ^wherever elections are to be
hold the same programme will be car
ried out. Kadiealism, with Its stealthy
tread and midnight poison, will strive
and struggle for Its own advancement,
a* well and earnestly in other States
as in poor Tennessee : “If we could
have a fair election and a fair expres
sion of the public voice, we should not
be behind the foremost of our cotcm
porurirs in urging men to register and
vote. And we certainly do desire that
every good man who can, should bo
felt at the ballot box. Hut we coufess
we have been somewhat apathetic ou
this subject, because, where fraud and
violence dominate, tve are as iu a mist
and fog—wo are in the woods, aud
can’t see the way out. Wheu argu
ment, demonstration, intelligence,
common sense, must give way to prej
udice, whispered falsehood, trickery,
aud villainous practices of every de
scription, w'e prefer to stand out of the
way and bide the time when, as may
be hoped, reason prevails. Besides,
we do not desire to pledge ourselves,
by acquiescence in the election, to an
adverse result, which, if it obtains, we
know will be the fruit of infamous
prac*!'’*'’. C'-Ubfahtly ami slyly employ
ed throughout a canvass in which not
a Radical has stood lip nobly ns a man
and a statesman, depending on the
force of argument and the power of
reason. Shirking argument, fearing
to meet an antagonist face to face,
these men have skulked through the
hills and hollows, visited the negro
cabins, smiled on-the dulcincas, fond
led the babies, and told the negro the
white men were all his enemies, except
their own dear, lying selves. They in
tend to use the negro for their own
! benefit; and if they succeed, they will
crush and exterminate the whole race
in no long time.
Like the fox, to the cock in the tree,
they have told the darkies to coinc
down, even so low as to their own
level, and embrace as friends, and we
believe the darkies have generally done
it. Vox Populi. Vox Dei! Bah.”
——.—-— ^ a ^
Tfi.eoraph OrricE, )
Des Arc, Aug. 2, 1867.|
Editor Citizen :—Election in Ten
nessee yesterday, far as heard from,
went Republican. Memphis gave
Browulow 2000 majority; Nashville
3000. Memphis elected entire Repub
lican ticket. Hunt, Op’r.
J9*Ncw flour is selling at $6 60 per
barrel, in Atlanta, Ga. Wish some of
that kind would coinc around this
way.—[Ed.
The President’s Views.
The Washington correspondent ot
the Cincinnati Commercial details a
conversation he had with President
Johnson since Congress adjourned
from which we extract the following:
THE RECONSTRUCTION BII.L.
Speaking of the last reconstruction
bill Mr. Johnsou said : My opinion of
that and the other Reconstruction
Bills is that, if there is any Constitu
tion left in this country—if there is
any of it still remaining—they arc
clearly in violation of it. I think that’s
ns clear as any proposition in mathe
matics can be. There may be doubts
as to the constitutionality of some
bills, but I don’t think there can beany
as to these, and especially the last one.
Well, that bill was sent to me for my
approval. I couldn't give my approv
al, so I sent it back with my objections
Btating why T couldn’t sign it. Does
that prove,’ because I vetoed it that I
nrAiii nv«u>lii<i St ? Tf tlwin liatrn rlScnn.
garded tlic Constitution in passing it,
as I think they have, it's no reason
why I should disregard it by not exe
cuting a bill passed in the inode pre
scribed by the Constitution, by the re
quired two-thirds majority. A bill
may be vetoed either on the ground of
expediency or on the ground of consti
tutionality. In either event it becomes
as much a law after it has been passed
by a two-thirds majority overtlic veto,
as if it had received the approval of the
Executive. So, of course, there is no
thing left for me to do but to execute
that bill until it is either repealed or
modified by Congress, or set aside l>y
a competent judicial tribunal.
BOOTH, THE ASSASSIN.
I then said to the President, that it
had been asserted that he was intimate
with Wilkes Booth at Nashville. He
replied that lie had never scon Wilkes
Booth that lie was aware of. Booth
might have called upon him at the Cap
itol in Nashville, as a great many per
sons did, but he couldn’t remember it.
It had been said that Booth played at
the theater, in Nashville, while lie was
Provisional Governor. “It is very
I hard,” said he, “that such charges as
| these should be made against me in
Congress, and (hot there is uo redress
; for me, after those making the accusa
j tion have had the opportunity to prove
| it, and have failed to show the siigjit
l est foundation for it. Long after I am
1 dead and gone, people will see where 1
; have have been charged with that
; dreadful crime by men making pre
pared speeches in Congress. That
will be history. The accusation will
be quoted ; but there will be no retrac
tion to offset it. Sometimes J think
about this very seriously, and I often
wonder if the. people really believe
what these men have said.”
POLITICAL PARTIES.
The President expressed the fear
that (he work of restoring the Uuion
I would sutler from the combinations
l and plans for the next Presidency, ai
f ready in a state of formation. As far
I as lie was concerned, ho said, lie had
| no ambition for another term, and was
I not, and never had been, a candidate
I for re-election. “I am not seeking
■ any nomination, but ] want all the
friends I can get to help me save the
country, and l don’t care what party
they come from.
THE PRESIDENT'S INTENTIONS.
While I am hero, I don't intend to be
taken charge -of by anybody. I intend
I to do what's right, as neari) as 1 can
get at it, and I won’t shirk the conse
leniences that mav arise from that
course. 1 can't please everybody, and
it's no use trying. It’s all very well to
get advice, and I am thankful for it al
ways. but the responsibility for acting
upon it falls upon me, so 1 must be the
judge.”
GEN. GRANTS POLICY.
1 have never spoken very much to
Gen. Grant on the subject of politics,
but I should be surprised to find out
at this time that he has been opposed
! to what I have been attempting to do
for the restoration of the Southern
States.”
Radical Raters j.n tue Sol til—
It seems the attempt which congress
made, through Mr McRherson, to estab
lish a class of radical newspapers in the
southern states, will fail unless dona
tions from the treasury are promptly made
Neither the whites nor the blacks can be
| induced to read these journals, and special
appropriation made to them, undor the
j plea uf compensation for publishing the
| laws of the United States, is found alto
; guthcr inadequate to their necessities.
Kvcu llunnicult’s paper in Richmond
i the AW Nation, is in its Inst stages,
j Hence, we read in the Tribune of yes
I terday. that “ unless congress makes an
I additional appropriation for their support
as well as arrangements to pay their bills
promptly, this class of journals will fail
from necessity.” We, in common -with
other groaning taxpayers, will watch with
interests to see whother. and in what shape
congress will make this “additional appro
priation."—New York Times.
W%_.\ new style of steam carriage ap
peared in lios'on a few days ago. It was
a light opeu buggy, carrying two men,
and had uo risible moans of locomotiou
save a slight apparatus under the box
The vehicle came a long the street on the
track just behind a horse car, but when,
the oar stopped was turned aside and pissed
by the car, and was guided as easily as if
a horse bad been attached,
-- m >
negro was killed in Georgia last
, week by lightniug, no doubt attracted by
[ a stecl-barreted ri8c tarried on his shoul
der at the time, and which was partially
fused by the interne heat of tie bol'r
SOUTHERN POLITICS.
SPLENDID SERIES OF PATRI
OTIC PAPERS.
NOTES ON THE SITUATION—No. 6.
I1T IIOX. n. n. HI LI., OF GEORGIA.
Of nil the pretexts which have been
used to justify the oppression of the
Southern people, none is so faithless
in character, or so destitute of founda
tion in truth and law, as the one that
the Southern States and people, being
conquered, arc subject to the will of
I the conqueror. It is time our people
, fully undestood this question. They
i need tlie information to protect them
| from the Very deceptive purposes of
| their own active Souihcrn-born coun
selors. We might be surprised at the
ignorance, if we did not know the
treachery of the motives, of those who,
iu this day of civilization, labor so
earnestly to fix iu the minds of our
people the idea that where one party
yields to another in a war, the yielding
party submits thereby all rights of
person and property and of political
government to the will of the conquer
or. And that such advice should be
given by those among us who profess
to be actuated for our good can be ex
plained only on the hypothesis that the
real purpose is to betray for a consid
eration.
The late war was either a rebellion,
or it was a civil war, or it was a for
eign war. Eacli name has its advo
cates. Others again give the war
either of all these characters by turns,
as the giving of cither or all can be
supposed to justify some oppression to
the unsuccessful party to the conflict.
I shall not stop to prove that it was,
what history only can call it, a civil
war. Whether it was one or the other
there is no question in all international
or municipal law better settled, or set
tled on more manifest foundations of
nuturnl reason, social justice and pub
lic faith, than is the questiou of rights
and powers of the conqueror, and the
obligations and duties of the con
quered.
All conflicts whether between a sov
ereign and his subjects, or between
two parties in a government or repub
lic, or between two independent na
tions, are founded on some question,
some difference, making an issue be
tween the parties which reason lias not
been able to settle. The parties take
up arms to solve the questiou and set
at., a 1. „ _ 1. .. a a
Every war ends by compromise, or
by one party yielding to the other
either on terms or without terms. If
tlie end is by compromise, the terms
of the compromise constitute the law
of the peace. If one party surrender
on terms, the law of peace is the issue
of the fight qualified by the terms of
surrender; if the surrender is without
terms, then all the questions involved
in the issue are settled in favor of the
conqueror; but no question not dis
tinctly involved is settled or affected.
Now, two tilings must be distinctly
understood and fixed in the mind of
the reader:
1. Where must we look to find the
terms on which the conflict ends, and
which make the law of the peace be
tween the parses?
2. At what time must these terms be
made known or agreed upon?
j Wars between independent nations
I arc usually ended by treaty, and, of
course, we must look to the treaty of
! peace to find the terms of the peace,
j Wlmt is not found in the treaty is not
| settled. So also in civil wars—treaties
| are sometimes made and have the same
i force and efl'eet ns when made between
independent nations. Usually, how
ever, treaties are not made between
| parties to civil war or a rebellion, be
I cause the sovereign or party claiming
to be the legitimate government will
1 not treat with those whom they persist
| hi calling rebels, because to treat with
! them is to ad mil a sort of implied in
I dependence or min ority. In all such
cases, in order to find tno terms of the
peace, we must look to the pauses or
diilcrenccs which actuated the parti. *
in taking up arms, to the declarations
and demands of the parties at the time
of beginning aud during the progress
of the struggle; to the promises made
or assurauces proclaimed by the victor
to induce the adversary to lay down
his arms, aud to the negotiations and
terms of the surrender. Whatever is
not there found is not settled, aud
forms no part whatever of the terms of
peace. I need not add that all the
treaties, declarations anil promises are
(o he interpreted, not according to the
discretion of either party, but in the
light aud according to the rules of the
laws of natious aud the established
principles of natural justice aud good
faith. '
In the next place it must be stated,
that whatever either party, in case of a
compromise or treaty, or the victor in
I ease oi a surremtcr, intends to demand
us n condition of the |)eaco, must be
made known before or at the time the
treaty is made, ur before or at the time
tire surrender is accepted. No party
agrees to what is not made known, or
surrenders to what is not claimed. To
I demand new guaranties alter a treaty
) has been made, is a hreach ok the
! treaty ; aud to prescribe new terms
| of surrender after the surrender lias
I been aeceptcd is deemed infamous by
; all mankind, and in both eases is held
riu be a new and just cau£c of war. Aud
When such couduct is exhibited toward
an adversary who lias given up his
; arms and submitted to the victor and is
thereby unable to renew the war, the
i party guilty of it has no claim to the
| conlideuce or respect of uny people, for
i lie brings the l'uith of promises iuto
! disrepute.
“The faith of treaties—constancy in fulfill
ing our engagements — is 10 bo hold sacred
and iuvioluble, aud if mankind be not wilful
ly deficient in their duly to themselves, infa
my must ever be the portion of him who
violate* his faith. *****
s * * ,\ud in general the aovereign,
whose word ought ever lo be sacred, is bound
to the faithful observance of every promise
he has made, even lo retell—1 mean lo such of
hi* subjects as have rebelled without reason or
necessity."
* * “But tyrants alone will treat
as seditious thuse brave and resolute citisens
who eahort the people to preserve themselves
from oppression, and to viudicate their rights
and privileges. If a good prince has justice
aud his duly at heart—if he aspires to that
immortal aud unsullied glory of being the
father of his people—let him mistrust the
selfish suggestions of that minister who rep
resents to him SB rebels those citizens who do
uot itrelth out their net it lo the yoke of sla
very—who refuse tamely to crouch under the
rod of arbitrary power."
"Aud if there existed no reasons to justify
the iusurrectiou (a circumstance which, per
haps. never happens), even in such case it be
comes necessary', as we have ahovo observed,
to grant an amnesty when the offenders are
numerous. When the amnesty is once pub
lished aud accepted, all the past must bt buned
in obliiiou; nor must any one ho called lo ac
count lor what has been done during the dis
turbances.”—[Van*!.
There are eases to which a party to a
conflict may increase bis demauds du
ring the conflict, or he may make these
dent,unis during negotiations for peace.
He may demand the removal of the
causes which, in his judgment, produ
ced the conflict: or ho may demand
securities for the observance of proml-!
ses; or the expense of the war ; or any
other terms w hicli may reasonably teud j
to VnaVc tbc peace permanent. Wwt in 1
all case* such demands must be dis
tinctly made before the treaty is agreed
to or before the surrender is accepted.
To make sueh demands afterward is a
base treachery, of which any power,
great enough to be a victor, ought to
be deemed totally Incapable. Even in
cases of revolt, when the rerotters are
subdued and sue for peace, the amnesty
may exempt the authorgof the disturb
ance, but even then only tlmt they
“may be brought to a legal trial and
punished if found guilty.’'
“At the present ii»y it seldom happens
that cither of the belligerents perseveres to
the last extremity before be will consent ton
pence. Though n nation may have lost sev
eral bottles, she can still defend herself; as
long as she lias men and arms remaining she
is not destitute of all resource. If she thinks
fit, by a disadvantageous treaty, to procure a
necessary peace—if by great sacrifices she
delivers herself from immediate danger or
total ruin—the residue which remains in her
possession is still an advantage for which
she is indebted to the peace; it was her own
free choice to prefer a certain and immediate
loss, but of limited extent, to an evil of s
more dreadful nature, which, though yet at
some distance, she had but two great reason
to apprehend.’’—[Vattel.
But how does she have a “residue of
rights remaining, ' according to the
terms of the peace, if new terms of to
tal ruiu may be prescribed after the
peace? How is the extent of the loss
"limited” by the terms of her surren
der, if unlimited exactions may be
made by the victor afterward ? What
ever the conqueror demands he must
demand while his adversary has “men
and arms remaiuing.” A conquered
people are never “subject to the will
of the conqueror." None but very
barbarous people and Northern Radi
cals and Southern renegades ever said
so. A conquered people arc subject
to the TERMS of the conquest made
known and demanded before or at the
time the conquest is admitted, uud to
no after terms or will whatever; and
none but a treacherous conqueror
would demand more; and none but a
more treacherous and base conquered
would concede more. Rapacity only
claims more than the bond. Servile
cowardice alone consents to more.
"If an unjust anil rapacious conqueror
subdues a nation, and forces her to accept of
hard, ignominious and insupportable condi
tions, necessity obliges her to submit; but
this apparent tranquility is not a peace; it
is an oppression which she endures only so
long as she wants the means of shaking it off,
and against whioh men of tpirit rise on the
first favorable opportuniiy. * * *
Will any man pretend that a people so op
pressed would not be justifiable in seizing a
convenient opportunity to recover their
rights, to emancipate themselves, and to ex
— i _; - ... i. —i _ ..»•_i.. :
lent, and cruel usurpers? No! such a mon
strous absurdity can never be seriously
maintained. Besides, were you to preach up
the contrary doctrine, which is so repugnant
to all the feelings and suggestions of nature,
where could you expect to make proselytes."
[ Vat'tel.
Must the answer to the question of
this noble writer who lived in a former
generation and in the midst of Kuro
pean despotism, he that proselytes to a
doctrine is repugnant to the feelings of
nature as found here in free America
—in proud Southern America. Yea,
more; that here, iu Georgia, men
claiming to bo leaders, favorite advis
ers of the people, long trusted by the
people, are to be found teaching the
people that they are not only bound to
submit to bard and ignominious terms
which they have accepted, but they are
hound to submit and ought to submit
to such terms when they have not ac
cepted them, and that they arc hound
to submit ami ought to submit to what
ever the will of a conqueror may de
mand after they have laid down their
! arms? Still more, not only submit hut
! consent to accept and defend and jus
j tify such terms of the conqueror!—
I terms that abrogate tlmir governments
; and adopt new governments made hy
! their former slaves to please and suit
j only their oppressors!
I wish to call the readers attention to
j one rule to be observed in ascertaining
| the terms of ponce, and then we will
i proceed to apply the rules to ascertain
i the terms of peace between the parties
; to our late civil war, and what arc the
j rights of tlie conqueror and the oblfga
! tions of the conquered. The rule is
| tliis: So far is it from being true that
■ the will of the conqueror is the law of
| the kOuqucred, that all points of doubt,
! iii ascerUinii.fe i!:e terms of the peace,
! as fixed before the su.TCuder, arc to be
I construed ugniust the conqueror.
"In case of doubt, the interpretation goes
J against him who prescribed the terms; for as
it was, iu some measure, dictated hy him, it
was his own fault if he neglected to express
him-elf more clearly, and hy extending or
restricting the signitication of the expression
to that meaning which is least favorable to
him, we either do him no injtrv, or we only
1 do him that to which be has wilfully exposed
I himself; whereas, by adopting a contrary
I mode of interpretation, we would incur the
j risk of courerting vague or ambitious terms
into so many snares lo eutrap the weaker
party in the contract, who has been obliged
to subscribe to what the stronger had dic
tated.— £ Yattel.
So we see, in all wars, the conqueror
| limn miu ii uia iviuto
j before his adversary’s surrender is ac
cepted, and “while his men and arms
are remaining,” but he must make
known his terms distinctly, and if he
fails to he distinct, the injury shall re
sult alone to the conqueror, because a
contrary rule would entrap the weaker
party. What would become of the
wrecked party if the conqueror was
not only relieved from the duty of
making known his terms heforehaud,
hut was allowed to prescribe terras ac
cording to his own w ill after tlie peace
was declared ? The very thought is
horrible to all honorable minds,
whether of the conqueror or the con
quered.
Whether the late war was a rebel
lion, a civil war or a foreign war, the
terms of peace are not doubtful. They
were prescribed by the conqueror—the
United States—most solemnly prescrib
ed, while the “arms and men” of their
adversary "were remaining.” They
induced 'thousands to lay down their
arms in advance; even to desert their
colors. They prevented the independ
ence of the Confederate States by giv
ing strength to internal treachery, and
now to iusiet upon other terms, haviug
no law hut the will of the conqueror,
hr expressed by a fragmentary conclave
of Congressional members, is to insist
upon a treachery which would shume
the tyranical conqueror of the unfort
unate Montezuma. To these terms of
peace the reader's attention will be in
vited in the next note.
Fike Wqkship.—The old 1‘agau fire
worship still survives in Ireland,
though nominally in honor of St. John.
On Sunday night, July 23, bonfires
were observed throughout nearly eve
ry county in the province of Leinster.
Ill Kilkenny tires blazed on every hill
side at intervals of about a milo. There
were many in tjueen’s county, also in
Kildare ail'd Wexford. The effect in
the rich sunset appeared very graud.
The people assemble and dance round
the tires, children jump through the
flames, and in former times live coals
were carried into the corn fields to
prevent blight. Of course the people
are not conscious that this midsummer
celebration isa remnant of the worship
of llaal. It is believed by many that
the round towers were intended for
sigual tires in connection with this
worship.
■dk.There is much jealous fecliug ex
hibited towards each other by the Trench
aad Trm.'iah fjesf.
hv tblb&raph:
NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, July 29.
Got. Flanders returned to the city i
last evening.
The mol uarv report from last week!
shows five deaths from yellow fever
and seventeen from cholera.
The weather continues cloudy, with ■
occasional showers.
Gen. Berriozabel is having the earth- j
works around Matamoras leveled and
the ditches filled ut). Fort Callegio, !
commanding the road from Brownsville
is already gone. Nine more forts are
to be razotl. These works were built
by the French under Gen. Mejia.
LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, July 29.
River falling with three and a half
feet in the cauat.
RICHMOND.
Richmond, July 29.
Gov. Plerpont was assaulted this
morning at the executive mansion by
a Mrs. Driscoll, who was immediately
arrested. The assault was made be
cause the governor had pardoned a man
convicted of killing her sou. The gov
ernor was not injured.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, July 29.
Official and private accounts from
Tennessee represent danger of out
breaks or riots all over the state at
Thursdry’s election. The government
has for some days past been maturing
such measures as will preserve peace.
Gen. Thomas telegraphed the president
to-day for all forces in Kentucky,
though he believes he will be able, with
other troops at his command, to pre
vent riots at Memphis, Nashville and
other large tow ns. He will go to Mem
phis to-morrow.
Gens. Tapping and Sanborn, commis
sioners under a recent act of congress
to make peace with the Indians, have
arrived in this city and reported to the
commissioner of Indian affairs. These
gentlemen leave immediately for the
Indian country.
The United States steamer Oneida
arrived at St. Vincent June 20th, and
was to sail for Rio Janeiro July 1st.
District Attorney Carrington occu
pied the entire day in concluding his
argument for the prosecution in the
Surratt case.
FOREIGN.
London, July 29.
The sincerity of the Moniteur denial
of war rumors, now current in Europe,
is doubted here. The Times' city arti
cle of to-day is of opinion that the
alarm created by these war-like rumors
will liavo the efTect of checking trade
geuerally uutil next spring.
Vienna, July 29.
It is denied that the Hungarian na
tional gurds arc to be re-organized.
Several meetings, with that object,
have lately been held, hut no action
tukcu.
Paris, July 29.
The Moniteur this morning declares
I the rumors of war which now prevail
i on the continent as without foundation,
and snvs the existing relations of
| France and European powers arc emi
nently peaceful; denies that the forma
tion of new military camps is contem
plated. aud says reserves of artillery
and cavalry forces are to be sold to
farmers it: the department.
MARKETS.
Cincinnati, July 29.
Flour dull and drooping, $9 75@10
25 for family; $10 25(911 for fancy.
\\ heat dull, $2 for Xo. i red. Corn 7oc
for mixed in buik, 85c for sacked.
Oats dull, 85c for old. Rye unsettled
and nominal, $1 25® 1 30. Whisky
tinner. 30c in bond. Pork active, S24:
bulk meats firmer, 12'* @130 c for
shoulders and sides, ilaeou unchanged
12.}*c for shoulders, 14?.{o for clear rib
sides, and 15,'3c for clear sides; hams,
21 <922c tor sugar-cured, 19c for com
mon. Lard held at 13c. Chccso dull,
ll.‘a®12.0c for western reserve.
Xew York, July 29.
| Cotton firKi but quiet; sales900bales ;
' 27',jc for uplauds. Money market
ntot-e active. 6-call loans. Sterling
quiet at 93f • Gold firm at 40^. Gov
ernment stocks qilici) father easier.
Stocks somewhat easier.
St. Louis, July 29.
Tobacco active and buoyant. Hemp
firm aud unchanged. Flour verv
heavy. $9 25 for X. $11@12 25 for X2f,
$12 '50(<tll for choice and fancy.—
Wheat, 10® 15c lower. Corn heavy and
! drooping, 87@91c for yellow, SI 03@1
f 10 for white. Oats heavy, 75@80c for
| new. 84@85cforold. Provisions heavy.
I Pork heavy. $24 50®24 75. llacon. 13c
for shoulders, 16c for clear sides, 19}3
@20c for sugar-cured ham3. Lard, 13c
! tor keg and choice kettle in tierces.
V Od vg T 1 tr OG
Cotton sales 500 bales ; market ftrm
i or, at 25c for low middlings; receipts,
520 bales. Louisiana sugar very quiet,
j with light stock, fully fair 14@14,SJc.
Cuba sugar tirra, with a good enquiry :
12*4 <i>; 13c ,or fair- Cuba molasses,
supply large, demand moderate, 50<®
55c.
tSr An exchange gives the following
method for preserving ice: Make two
bags of stout woolen fabric, the inner
one should be ten inches wide b> four
teen inches deep. The outer bag should
be made at least two inches wider each
way. Alter placing one bag inside the
other, stud' feathers between the two,
and sew the two bags together at the
top. A block of ice, placed in a bag of
this description, it is said, will be pre
served from melting for uearly a week,
which under ordinary exposure would
melt in about au hour.
Hay The life raft, on which three fool
hardy marineres startad for Europe, has
not been heard from, recently, and it is
feared, was lost.
(gy-Empress Eugenie has been visiting
a United States vessel, the Colorado, while
Napoleon had Farragut to dine with him.
•fir White wc have been having a small
edition of the deluge, telegram from Lon
don states that England baB bad but little
rain for a month.
NE wlLDVEBTI^MENTS.
NOTICK
Something Every Farmer
SHOULD HAVE.
IT will add 100 per cent, to the value of
your farms. Fruit and Ornamental Trees,
>Shnibs, Hoses, Greenhouse l lama, Ac., culti
vated and for sale at the Highland Home
Nurscrr, St. Louis, Mo.
N. N. DAVIDSON, Proprietor.
N. It. Nothing but first claoa Trees shipped.
To Whom It Blur Caacern.
mill* ia to oertify that L. L, Caoaa ia au
X thomed agt. to take orders for the Higb
laud Home Nursery, St. Louis, Mo , for plant
ing iu the Fall of 1807.
N. N. PAX IDSON. Propriator,
per XX a. Urr, Gen I Ages*
I t.-j Arc, July IWt '.eC7-juC7-4
G-lt-A. X 1>
'smmmm's
AT COTTON PLANT,
Woodrnff County, Arkansan,
September 6tk, 1867.
PROCEEDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Destitute Widows and Orphans j
OF SAID COUNTY.
PROGRAMME
ADDRESS—By Hon. J J GALLAGHER.
JUDGES:
Ccn. D. C. Goran, Helena.
Col. P. H. Wheat, Derails Bluff.
Col. Wm. llicka, Seorcy.
Maj. R. C. Lanford, Dea Arc.
Capt. Wm. Wilburn, Clarendon.
Capt. Wm. McDaniel. Madiaon.
Capt. Wm. P. Campbell, Auguata.
Capt. J. M. Hayley, Weal Point.
Oapt. Bart. Turner, Trenton.
Bcnj. Nail, Esq., Jericho.
W. B. Lynch, Esq., Cotton Plant.
W. B. Swon, Esq., Cotton Plant.
B. R. Glover, Eaq„ Plain Townahip.
MARSHALS:
Capt. Wm. Cook, Dea Arc.
J. H. Balding. Dea Arc.
LIST OF PRIZES:
lat Priae—Fine Saddle and Bridle.
2nd Prize—Fine Silver Goblet.
3rd Prize—Fine Gold Locket.
4th Prize—Pair Silver Mounted Spura.
6th Prize—Plain Gold Ring.
Committee or Arraagement:
Oapt. J. R. Shelton. Tuck Cappelina.
H W. Linthicum. Thoa. C. Webb.
J. L. Howell. Madiaon Burkett.
A general invitation ia extended to all
Knighta from the aurrounding country.
W. J. TURNER, Sec. and Trcaa.
Auguat 3, 1867—lm
N. W. WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEY AT LAYT,
Will nractiec Law in Prairie and adioinlne
counties. Prompt attention given to alj
business confided to his care. augS
Orrici—At H. P. Vaughan’s Law office.
NOTICE
18 HEREBY GIVEN, That all persons who
purchase any portion of the Public Square
in Des Arc. under a sale of said Square, or
dered by the Town Council of Des Arc, will
purchase a LAW SUIT.
I hold that the Corporate Authorities of the
Town of Des Arc have no authority to sell
any portion of the Public Square, and that
they can convey no title to the purchaser. 1
shall institute suit against the first man who
attempts to build upon the Public Square, by
virtue of a purchase of any portion of it, from
the Town Authorities of Des Arc; and will
; attempt to show that under our present State
organization, that the present Board of May
or and Aldermen has no lkc.al life or vitali
ty, and that none of their acts arc valid.
J. K. GATEWOOD.
Des Arc, July 27th, 1867—2t
STATE~OF ARKANSAS,)
COUNTY OF MONROE. <
j In the Circuit Court of Monroe County, on
the Law side thereof.
| Wear A Roberts. Plaintiffs ’J
j Mutt Lew D. Johns. Defendant, j
rT appearing from the declaration filed in
tUls »»•-, tU.t «Ko tlof...indebted
! to the plaintiffs, by a writing obligatory, in
j the sum of five hundred and seventy one and
| 15 100 dollars, ($571 15-100 dollars; and it
' also further appearing from said declaration.
■ which is sworn to, that the said defendant
Matthew D. Johns, is a nou-resident citizen
| of the State of Arkansas, and that the writ of
i attachment has been levied on the lauds and
| personal property of said defendant, in said
I county, for the purpose of subjecting the
; same to sale to satisfy said debt and costs of
. >»aid suit. It is therefore ordered by the
! plaintiffs that the said defendant Matthew
j D. Johns, be notified of the pendency of this
! suit, by publication of this order, pursuant to
| the Statute in such cases made and provided ;
and that unless said defendant shall appear in
said Court on or before the third day of the
-•xt Ivim thereof, to be held on the second
Monday of fientember next, in the cout-house
in said County, iu the town of Clarendon, and
make defens*, judgment will be had by de
fault against him in saiu itilt, and hi? wropei
| ty sold to satisfy the same.
ROBERT C. CARLTON; Sheriff
Mouroe County, Arkansas.
July 81st, 1867.—aug3 2t
STATE OF ARKANSAS,)
COUNTY OF MONROE. j
In the Circuit Court of Monroe County, on
the Law side thereof.
j_i n_: i T»i - : _.: or v
--"c — r Debt by
FrancUP. Redmond, Defendant, j 1
IT appearing from the declaration filed in
this cause, that the defendant ia indebted
i tu the plaintiff, by a writing obligatory, in tbe
sum of one thousand five hundred and sixty
and 40-100 dollars; and it also further ap
pearing from said declaration, which issworu
to, that the said Francis P. Redmond is a non
resident of the Slaty of Arkansas, and that
the writ of attachment has been levied on the
lands of said defendant, in said county, for
the purpose of subjecting the same to sale to
satisfy said debt aud costs of said suit. It is
therefore ordet ed, that the said Francis P.
; Redmond be notified of the pendency of this
suit, by publication of this order pursuant to
the statute in such esse made and provided,
and that unless said detendunt shall appear
in said court, on or before tbe third day of
the next term thereof, to be held on the 9th
day of September, 1867, in the court-house, i
in the tdwn of Clarendon, within said county,
and make defence, judgment will be had
against him by default in said suit, and his
Estate sold to satisfy the same.
ROBERT 0. CARLTON, Sheriff
Monroe County, Arkansas. 1
Hughes & Smith, Attorneys.
July 25th, 1867.—jul27-2t
STATE OF ARKANS ',.8,7 ~
COUNTY or MO.NROt, f
In the Circuit Court of Monroe County, on the
Law side thereof.
T. H. & J. M. Allen i Co., Plaintiffs.
vs. ^ Debt by Attachment.
Francis P, itedmond, Defendant.
TT appearing from the declaration filed in
i. this cause, that the defendant is indebted
to tbe plaintiff by a writing obligatory, in the
sum of one thousand one hundred and eighty- |
three and 61-100 dollars, bearing interest at
tbe rate of eight per cent, per annum, from
April 17th, 1861; and it also further appear
ing from said declaration which is sworn to, j
that the laid defendant, Francis P. Redmond,
is a non-resident of the Stete of Arkaneee,
and thet the writ of attachment bee been
levied upon the lands of said defendant, in j
said County, for the purpose of eubjeoting
the same to sale, to satisfy said debt aua
costs of suit. It is therefore ordered that tbe
said Francis P. Redmond bo notified of the j
pendency of thi* suit, by publication of this j
order pursuant to the Statutes, in such case
made aod provided; and that unless said de- j
fendaut shall appear in taid court, on or be
fore tbe third day of the nest term thereof, 1
to be held on the second Monday of Septem
ber, 1807, jn the court-house in said County, I
in the town of Clarendon, and make defense,
judgment will be had by default against him
in said euit, and his Estate sold to eatiefy tbe
same.
ROBERT C. CARLTON, Sheriff
Monroe County, Arksnsat.
Hughes A Smith, Attorney.
July 25th lt'67 . jnfijT 2t
Admiaisti ator’s Sale.
OS Thursday IMh Auer a at. 1M7,
I will sell to the highest bidder. in front
of J. M. Burney'* Drug Store in the town of
Do* Arc, Arkansas, Lots No’s. 1, 2, S, 4, 6, 6,
in Block No. 2b. E. S. of said town of Dea Arc.
aa the property belonging lo the Estate of
Jennie Windsor, doc’d, to pay debts.
Tkbhs.—On a credit of six and twelre
months; ter. percent, interest from date.
HORACE P. VAUGHAN, Adm'r.
July 20, 1867—tde
NOTICE.
I HAVE ft nice Carriage and Harries* I will j
sell for money, or trade for town property.
I bare some Land eeven or eight mile* west j
of Dea Arc, I will dispoee of same way.
I hare a Rockaway and Harneua, and a two j
horse Wagon and Gear, I am anxious to dis- !
pose of.
HORACE P. VAUGHAN.
Dcs Arc, July 20, 1867—tf i
HICKORY PLAIN
MALE and FEMALE
institute,
SZOSORY PLAIN,
PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
THE 16th»^emi-annual ecssion of this
School, under
PROF. W. A. GARNER MO LADY,
Assisted by an able corps of Teachers, will
commence Monday, the Mh of Au
gust, 1861
Terms, the same ns heretofore. For par
ticulars, address the Principal.
W. L. MOORE, Pres. Board Trustees.
A. J Thomas, Secretary
July IS, 1867.—tf
DES ARC
FEMALE SCHOOL.
MISS ELLEN PHINNEY will open
it School at her residence, known as the
Black house, on Monday, Sth August.
Terms of Tuition.
Elementary' Eng. branches, Read
ing, Writing, Geography,
Grammar, etc., per session of
live months.$16 00
Higher Eng., Philosophy, Chem
istry, Rhetoric, Mental Science,
Physiology, Geology, Algebra,
etc .S18 00
French and Latin, (extra,) per
session.Sift 00
Music.$25 00
Use of Instrument. $5 00
Drawing and Painting, in water
or oils.$15 00
Incidental Expenses. $1 00
Charge made from time of admission,
and deduction made incase of protract
ed illness.
Rkeerences.—Bishop II. C. Lay, C.
G. Scott, Esq., Little Rock; Henry,
Williams & Co., Van Bnren, Arkansas ;
J. J. Polk, New Castle, Tcnn.; Gen.
Albert Pike. jul20-tf
Hailey ifeWarner
CASII DEALERS IN
Groceries and Provisions,
Des Ai'c, Arkansas,
Arc ill receipt of a large and fresh supply
of Goode; and having purchased their stock !
after the late decline of Goods East, they feel !
confident of their ability to please their many j
friends and customers, both in regard to i
Price and Quality of Goods.
Terms, cash, and prices to correspond.
Des Arc, Arkansas, June *29, 1807.
Dm Arc, Ark.. June 28ch, 1867.
DR. J. A. ROUSELAUX,
Honored Sir:—After having suffered for 8
or 10 years with a most excruciating disease,
and having had treatment of the most eminent
physicians of Mississippi and Arkansas, and
others, with but little or no benefit, and hav
ing taken gallons of Patent Medicines, l bad
dispaired of ever being cured ; but 1 am now
happy to inform you that 1 honestly believe
your treatment has entirely cured me, for
which you have tho deep gratitude of my
heart.
I have the honor to subscribe myself your
friend, CASSANDRA HOWARD.
StOTICE.
II7RAT3D OP. ST0L3JT
FROM the subscriber, about the lfitli June
last. One Black Horse, about fif
teen hands high, eight or ten years old.
branded U. S. and J. B. on the left shoulder,
and has been foundered. Works and rides
well. Said horse was raised at Batesville,
Arkansas, and was traced in that direction.
I will pay a liberal roward for his delivery,
or such information as will lead to his recov
ery at Devall s Bluff.
julI3-lm PAT. H. WHEAT.
JT2TS 1ST, 1867.
BACON SIDES.
RECEIVED, and in store, and for sale;
10,000 Pounds Bacon Bides.
hazen & McPherson.
Particular Notice!
The Best Known
CHOLERA
Medicine.
It cured hundreds of cases last year,
iu Louisville and Naahvillu. It gives
immediate relief.
Put up by Dr. J. A. Itouaclaux. and I
for sale at Johnson A Davis’ Drug
Store.
Des Arc, Arkansas, July 20, 1807.
DE8ARC
lAki AH FtlAki
ACADEMY.
THE fourth session of this School will open
on Monday, the 5th of August, under the
charge and direction of B. D. PERRY,
assisted by a competent female Teacher.
Terms, per Session of Five Mouths.
Orthography, Reading and Writing, $11 00
The same with Arithmetic, Geography
Grammar, Philosophy, Algebra, Ge
ometry, Chemistry, Rhetoric, Book
Keeping, Ac., $16 00
Latin and Greek, $20 00
No incidental expenses.
N. B The tuitiou must be paid at the end
of each month, or you will be notified to keep
your children at home
Dee Arc, July 20, 1867.—ly
JTJXTS 1ST, 1867. ~~
mcost taomiftia
0,000 Pounds Shoulders.
HAZEK 4 Me PUMP ON 1
PICTUKKS !
Pictures III
AT
6,, t., aitOSSr
FIM ART GALLERY,
Situated on Buena Vista St.,
§c* Jix(, JUfeansas,
Where Pictures of all kinds arc made,
from small miniature to life size Pho
tographs, and colored with Indelible
Ink, Oil, or Water Colors. All work
warranted perfect and durable.
The subscriber herein has spared uo pains,
or expense in making this GALLERY far sur
pass any in this Territory, and having Lad
an experience of many years in the business
of Picture making, with the aid of a perfect
set of Apparatus, feels confident that ho can
defy competition in I'HIGES or QUALITY.
»&ie»s ftsavess.
Having reduced my prices, it places Pictures
within the reach of every man woman and
child.
Just fifty cents *8 all the expense,
Of a Picture made of your face.
And for double that sum, if you quickly come,
Will be made and put in a Case.
Don’t delay this opportunity, for you may
never have so good a chance again. It takes
but a little time and expense to get a
PBF.P2CT PIOTUF.S
Of yourself or friends, and you never will re
gret it. “Remember the old must die, and
the young may die.” So
“Secure the shadow,
’Ere the substance fade,
Let art copy that
Which nature made.”
Photographs of Capt. Rayburn, and views
of the town for sale at the Gallery.
I shall keep constantly on hand a large
stock of
ALBUMS,
FRAMES,
AND CASES,
And all articles usualiy kept in a first class
GALLERY.
I will also furnish Country Artists with
Ambrotype and Photographic Goods, Appa
ratus, Chemicals, etc., at Memphis prices.
Pictures taken in all kinds of weather.
Old Pictures copied#and made new aud life
like.
riease give me a call.
L. L. CROSS, Proprietor.
Des Arc, Ark., April f», 1867.
SAW AND CRIST MILL!
rntlE undersigned lias now in complete rnn
JL ning order, his hifeum Min and
Grist Mill, It miles northwest of Des ^
Arc, (on Bayou Des Arc,) where he is pre- *
pared to furnish Oak, Cypress and Gum lum
ber, of any size or dimension,
aprlo-bm M. SHETTEK.
SPRING GOODS!
SPRING GOODS!!
FF.30H AND N3T* ; *
NOV, OPENING AND Jl'ST RECEIVED,
a large and splendid usaui imeut of
dry aoon s,
Notion*, Ladies' and Gent*'
Hat*, Boot* and .Shoe*,
Queens w are, Hard*
ware, Hollow ware,
61®mtSSAH9 saimtxs
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
AT
(OLD STAND OF GILL & BRO.)
It is oar intention to please every
one. We will sell our Goods at a very
small advance upon post; but in order
to btj conviuced, come and examine for
yourselves. It is no trouble for us to
show Goods.
THOMAS, GILI. A. CO.
Des 'Arc. Ark., April Id. 1SH7.
The undersigned having
opened s House of Enter
tainmeut, on Buena Vista Street, neat
the Steamboat Lamliug, for the accommodit
tion of
TRAVELERS AND BOARDERS,
By tho Jay, week, or month, solicits the pat
ronage of those visiting Des Arc The fare
will be as good as the market affords, and
tortus moderate.
Give me a trial, uud 1 will eudeavor to give
satisfaction.
BENJAMIN HAYLEY.
Des Are, Ark., March 28, 1867—6m
June l«t, 1H(J7.
GOOD NUMBER-ONE MACKEREL
At retail or by the package.
Hazcn K Mtl’herse*.
J. J. HC IIMIDT,
BOOTMAKER AND REPAIRER,
Dei Arc, Arkansas.
I am now prepared to do all kinds of »prk
in my line. My shop is on Buana \
S’reet, noil door to StaUwortt's vra( os.
w*y lv