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J. C. MORRILL, F.DITOR. j
DE8 ARE. ARKAN>AS •
SATURDAY.DEC. 25. 1858.
No Paper Next Wclx.*-There will
he 710 paper issued front this office on
Saturday next. Printers nre entitled to
soirtofiula recreation during the holidays,
ns well its "all the world and the rest of
mankind.”
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L.\f est from the Legislate re.—We
nre in receipt of the Little Rock True
Democrat of Wednesday last. 22d inst.
Jt contains the proceedings of the House
of Representatives on the 6th., which is the
very latest report of the proceedings of
thut bodyT. A resolution passed the House
io adjourn on the 21st until the 11th of |
January’. As to whether the Senate con-1
Curred in the re?ol.u tion, will be known,!
sure when the journals are published next '■
summer, and perhaps sooner. The pro-'
ceedings ol the Legislature, as publish u >
by the Little Rock papers, are unreliable :
—giving but an inkling of the proceedings
—generally about us clear as mud.
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Hon. E. C. Biionaugh has bought
On interest in the Helena 11 Independent
Southron" office, and taken charge of the
editorial department. Judge B. is a gen
• lie man of fine abilities, and will be an
able acquisition to the editorial corps of
the State.
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Committees of the House or Rep
resentatives.— On our first page will
be touncr a complete list of the committees
of the House of Representatives for the
present session of Congress. The as
signment of the Aalcunsns Delegation is
as follows:
On Indian Affairs—A. 13. Gfcswood.
On tlie Militia—E. A. Warren.
On Roads and Canals—E. A. War
ren.
Since writing the above, me have re
ceived a list of the committees of the U.
S, Senate, which will be found in our col
umns. Our Senators are placed ns fol
lows :
On Military Affairs and the Militia—
R. W. Johnson.
On Public Jjiiiids — R. I\ , Johnson.
On Indian Affairs—W. K. Sebastian.
On Territories—W. K. Sebastian.
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M.\daline Sphinos.—These springs,
situated in Caroline township, 35 miles
west of Des Arc, and which have become
celebrated for their curative qualities—hun
dreds visiting them every summer—have,
at length, become the property of those
who will give all who desire to do so, an
opponuniiy of making substancial im
provements for the accommodation of stran
gers and invalids.
The Helena Iiidf.ptrulmt Southron of
the 15th inst., after publishing an article
Irom our paper descriptive of these springs,
which we gave to the public some eigh
teen months since, says :
M VVr ileeui it not amiss in us to snv that
these Springs have been purchased by Hon. W.
K. Sebastaiu and U. F. Sutton of Helena, who
ppoak of erecting some improvements at this,
pestinm) To mi, celebrated watering place,
for the accommodation of the public, or of
falling tots adjoining them to those who may
desire to visit them during the summer months,
bo th it each man may erect his own 44 wig
wam.” One tiling is certain, something ought
to be done to allow the invalid portion of our
community to avail themselves of the advan
tages of the retreat if they desire it, for we
can attest from personal observation the ben
eficial effects of the enjoyment of the salu
brious atmosphere and curative waters of the
place. And we honestly believe were com
fortable arrangements fitted up for the accom
modation of those who visit watering places,
the Madaline Springs” would .soon attain a
noted celebrity.”
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n « tx mi • ,
wuii. -vwiw.Ki i iKt.-X 1115 gl‘UUL‘ilia 11
lias been announced dead again by one of
the Mobile paper#, and thu usual honors
to the departed duly attended to. This is
the third attempt, during the year 18iiS,
to “kill him off'.” At last accounts Col.
Pike was in the enjoyment of reasonable
health, and about to engage in a Buffalo
hunt, in the wild region west of Fort
Smith and the Indian Nation.
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Bounty Land Warrants. — The
.Memphis Jvalanche of Monday last says:
There is much inquiry for Bounty Land
Warrants. Forty acre warrants are worth
one dollar per acre ; while 80, 120 and
100 are selling at SO cents per acre. We
occasionally hear of inexperienced buyers
buying warrants informally and incorrect
ly assigued, and therefore are either sub
jected to great touhle. or los#. We there
fore advise purchasers to buy warrants
only from responsible parlies, and then
only with a guarantee.
Sad.—We regret to learn that Mr:
Jefferson Robinson, of this county, and
liis overseer, Air. Walls, were both stab
bed and killed by a negro, belonging to
Mr. Robinson, on Wednesday last. We
were not acquainted with Mr. Walls, but
Mr. Robinson was well known as one of
our best citizen#. — [Little Rock Gazette
&. Democrat ISth iust.
JJ~3” The Legislature of Indiana have
concurred in the election of Henry C.
Laue and Win. M. McCarty to the Uni
ted States Senate, in place of Messrs.
Bright and Fitch.
———The Commissioner of Patents has ta
k*!l to obftiti) specimens and cuttings
nf grape-*, fig**• *t»d olives of the Crimea, and
also to iifdtnte detailed information i:i refer
ence to drying figs, ravins, currants and the
Manufacture of oil aud wine. The business
V.*;: Ja Cotisisv-d .0 a c ,r.:pite;.t
Murder and Robbert or Jos. R.
Ferguson.—We yesterday mentioned the
act that Jos. R. Ferguson, formerly of
.his city, had been murdered and robbed
at his hacienda in Mexico. Frufn a let-1
ter received by a Iriehd in tins city from
Mrs. Ferguson, We understand that Mr.
F. was not killed at his home, hut while ,
journeying from the City ol Mexico, on
his way to this city. Tile letter states that:
he left the city of1 Mexico on the fith of |
August last, with three wagon? loaded |
with merchandise, which he designed sell- I
ing out alo^g the road, on his way to the
sea-shore. When he had readied ^arn
tecas, all his goods were disposed of. He
then, with his family, proceeded onward,
until lie passed Saltillo. When about
twelve leagues beyond the latter city, he
was attacked by Q body of twelve soldiers,
under the command of (Jouriza Cadinrn,
who shot him and bis oldest son dead on
the spot, and robbed Ins carriages and
wagons of everything valuable they con
tained. Mrs. F. and her two little ch.l
dren were spared by the ruffian*, aud
made their way to Monterey. fi"in ubu !
point the letter is dated. The letter slate*
that Mr. Ferguson was on his way to ttits
city to settle up all bis old business, anti
expected to reach hero by the first of
March next.—[Memphis Bulletin, Thurs
dny last.
Three New Territories.—Besides
the territories which Congress has organ
ized, we have now three others, grown im
patient uf waiting, are taking steps to or
ganize themselves. Arizona, which lias
a population as yet by hundreds, has elec
ted a Territorial delegate ntid sent him to
Washington. A bill was proposed last
winter creating a government for this
Territory, but it failed to pass. It will
doubtless bo revived this winter, and will
probably be adopted in some shape.
Dacotah is also taking a definite form.
Her people have completed an indepen
dent temporary organization of the Ter
ritory, to continue until Congress shall
give them the usual form of Territorial
Government. State officers were appoin
ted, a Legislature convened, laws passed,
anu me Minnesota eoue ot icoy auopteu.
They assign, as their reason for this ac
tion, they were left entirely without laws,
except those of the lynch order, and that
the disorganized state of society keeps
away emigration. They point, in justi
fication, to the precedent set them by Cal
ifornia and Oregon. Revolutionary as such
a procedure would be considered in any
other country but the United States, it is
here an evidence of the law-loving and
law-abiding character of the people, and
a guaranty that they are disposed to main
tain order aud respect the obligations ot
citizenship.
Superior, or Ontonagon, is also moving.
The people there have made formal ap
plication to the Legislature of Michigan
and Wisconsin, to which State that re
gion belongs, for permission to form an
independent Territory, with a view to ul
timate admission as a State. This must
eventually be a great mining and agri
cultural region, and its peninsular posi
tion between Lakes Michigan and Su
perior seems to adapt it for commerce, as
well as to require a separate political or
ganization. It has already a population
of several thousand.
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Gen. S. A. Johnston.—The general
belief of competent judges who are best
informed as to the manner in which Gen.
Johnston, the commander of the forces in
Utah, conducted his operations, is con
firmed by the emphatic testimonials of the
Secretary of War and the President.
Both acknowledge in flattering terms the
skill, prudence, and wisdom, which marked
the entire course of that able officer. The
great superiority he lins manifested, and
ins right to the laurels he has won, have
not been con I, save in a single quar
ter, where lie has been the subject of some
main ions, but feeble and grossly ignorant
entirisi.i. it was a criticism, which, were
it not i.n the pretentious stlye in which it
was ;.ut forth, would have been unworthy
of being demolished, as it was, by a hand
equal to a much more difficult task. The
i” ideal ability with which Gen. Johnston
has acquitted himself, and its general and
just appreciation, are peculiarly gratifying
to '.lie friends of that meritorious officer.
The events of this Utah campaign show
that he lacked only the occasion to vindi
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Attic AiiV.ll vvnumiv VJ><>. •-■
both a* « soldier and a mini.— [St. Louis
Republican.
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The Coolies in Cuba.—A 1 irgmiu
gentleman ol intelligence, who recently
visited Cuba, gives a sad picture of the
toils uud sufferings to which the coolie
slaves arc subjected. They have nothing
like the capacity of the negro for labor and
endurance. When not engaged on the
field they herd indiscriminately, men,
women, and children, in huts, with uo
semblance to the family tie or obligations.
Suicide is common, among them, some
times ten or a dozen hanging themselves
at a lime. No provision is made for their
return to their native land, from which
they have been beguiled, and their mas
ters having no interest in them, except to
get the gteatest amount of work possible
out of them during their period of appren
ticeship, heap upon them an amount oi
labor that soon breaks them down, und of
ten hurries them to the grave.
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Arkansas Tobacco.—Mr. Seaborn J.
Preston of Ilot Spring county, has pre
sented us with a hand of fine, tobacco.
The leaf is large, of a fine, bright color,
and some of it that we had manufactured
iuto segais proves to be of most excellent
flavor. We have shown it to oid tobacco
raisers from Va. and Ivy., and they pro
nounce it an A No. 1 article.
Mr. Preston writes to us that he 1ms
raised twelve or fourteen hundred pounds,
which he intends manufacturing. Such an
article as sent to us would command a
good price in any market, and the proof
Mr. Preston has furnished us that it can be
successfully raised here, adds another to
the long list of the capabilities of our
State.—[Little Rock True Democrat.
-The Howard Association of Now Or
leans spent upwards of $t 1,000 for the relief
of the sick and destitute, during tile recent
| yellow fever epidemic in that city.
-Ex-Senator"Jerry Clemens, of Alabama
■ the author of that clever romance, “Mustang
Gray,” is writinir another novel to he called
' ‘ The Rival*, atale of the tints: ol iixr and
j Hamilton.'* '
jtuxruxwo ux ixir. otcunaniiio
We are indebted to the Washington
Star for the following abstracts of the
reports of the Secretary of the Navy and
the Secretary of the Treasury:
Repout of the Secretary or the
Navy.—This document, which fills fifteen
pages, is highly interesting. It opens
with an account of the arrest bf Walker
in Nicaragua, and follows this with a
sketch of the operations to prevent the ,
visitation and search of American vessels)
by British war steamers, and a statement j
of the progress made in the Paraguay j
expedition. The Secretary recommends
the purchase of the steamers now char
tered for that purpose ns the additional
cost, beyond that which will have to he
paid for their charters, will be only $141),
200 for the six propellers, and $217,000
for the three side-wheel steamers.
The fitting out of tbe expedition under
Lieut. Brocks, to survey the routes across
tbe Pacific, from Sail Francisco to China,
and to prepare charts thereof, is next no
ticed, and then follows short notices of the
capture of the slaver Echo, the laying of
the Atlantic cable, the capture of t\ie ketch
or yacht " Brothers," the return to Africa
ol tiie Echo cargo of slaves, See.
The five steam sloops-of-war authorized
[to he built by the act of March 3,1857, it
! is stated will soon he completed. They
are nil of the first class sloops, and will be
swift and effective for the service. The
j seven steam screw sloops-of-war and the
side-wheel steamer, authorized by the act
of June, 1858, are also in a state of great
forwardness. Five of them will be
launched this month, and ready for sea in
May next, and the other two will be
launched next spring, and ready for trial
by June. The side-wheel steamer will be
finished by August next. The plan of
construction of all these has been with a
view to make them most serviceable and
of highest speed.
The Secretary urges the importance of
a further increase of the Navy, and re
commends that authority be given for the
(•finotrnbtirm rtf ext l.mcl Inn mixrn lilonrrtPftJ
of light draft. The enlargement and im
provement of the Naval-Academy at
Annapolis is also recommended, and the
deficiency of midshipmen and officers in
the service urged as an argument in its
favor. Severul other recommendations
are made, among which may be enumer
ated the addition of 20 Surgeons, 20 As
sistant Surgeons, and 15 or 20 Pursers,
and the increase of the Marine Corps to
2,000 privates from 1,568, the present
number. After stating various other inat
tersof interest, to nearly all of which,
however allusions have already been
made in the newspapers, the report con
cludes with an account of the expenditures
of the Department for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1S60, the estimates are $13,
500,370 80 including $674,000 for com
pleting the eight light draft steamers, and
not including the usual compensation of
$935,S50 lor steamship mail service;
which is less than the estimates for 1859
by about $1,100,000.
Report op the Secretary of the
Treasury.—This is a lengthy document,
and contains a large quantity of statis
tical matter. Owing to the depletion of
the Treasury, there has been no little
speculation concerning it; and the mooted
alteration of the tariff law has excited a
great deal of interest everywhere, and
generated intense anxiety in some circles.
From the array of facts presented by the
Secretary it seems evident that there has
already been a sufficient revival of trade
to insure, under the existing tariff law, an
adequate revenue in a little time; but the
estimate for the ensuring year apprehends
a deficiency of $7,914 576. Deeming a
loan inadvisable, the Secretary suggests
that the only remedy is a modification of
the tariff, and adds that the same princi
ple should apply in making these modifi
cations that would have influence in
framing an original tariff'law.
The Secretary estimates the whole ex
penditure of the Government, for the year
I ending June 30, I860, at $73,217,947 46,
of which only $52,241,315 68 are for the
regular expenses; $8,497,724 50 for
specific appropriation such as the collec
tion of revenue, mail services, arming
the militia, civilizing the Indians, and
payment of interest on the public debt,
and $12.47S,907 28 for existing appro
priations for the present year, which will
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IJUl UO UlttHU 1IUIJI tut; a icucuij viiiin Ml
ter June 30, 1860. These estimates
compare with those for the present year as
follows:
For 1859.$71,001,755 97
For 18(50. 73,217.917 4(5
Diminution for 1860. 840,808 57
When it is recollected that the expen
ses of the Utah and Paraguay expedi
tions, and the interest on the new public
[debt, have to be deducted from tbe ag
gregate for the next year, it will appear
I that there has been an actual decrease in
the expenditures under the present Ad
' ministration.
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Death from Want or Sleep.—The
question, how long can a person exist
without sleep, is one oftener asked titan
answered, and the difficulties and inhu
manity of answering the question by ex
periment would seem to leave it ever un
solved. A recent communication to a
British Society, whose fields of operation
are in Asia, would seem to answer the
inquiry, is a description of a cruel mode
of punishment, peculiar to, and, we be
lieve, original with the Chinese. It ap
pears that a Chinese merchant had been
convicted of murdering his wife, and was
sentenced to die by being totally deprived
of going to sleep. Tins painful and sin
gular mode of quitting an earthly exist
ence was carried into execution in Amoy,
under the following circumstances:
The condemned was placed in a cell
■ under the care of three of the police guard,
| who relieved each other every alternate
i hour, aud who prevented the prisoner from
falling asleep, night or day. He thus
lived for nineteen days, without enjoying
any sleep. At the commencement of the
eighth day his sufferings were so intense
that he implored the authorities to grant
him die blessed opportunity of being
i strangulated, garroted, guillotined, burnt
i to death, drowned, shot, quartered, blown
| up with gunpowder, or put to death in any
• conceivable way which their humanity or
j ferocity could invent. This will give a
'slight idea of the horrors of death from
("ant of deep.
B Y T E L E GRAPH!
XXXVth Congress—Second Session.
Washington, December 15.
House—Mr. Collins of Massachusetts, gave
notice of his intention to introduce a bill to
modify the tariff law and to impose specific
duties on other articles to which that principle
can be applied.
Mr. Bowie, of Maryland, introduced a joint
resolution to be passed, with a view to obtain
a modification or reduction of duty on Ameri
can tobacco by foreign governments. Referred
to the Committee on Agriculture.
Senate.—Various memorials were present
ed of but little general importance, with the
exception of one from the Convention of Iron
Masters, which met in Philadelphia, Decem
ber 30th, 1849, on which Senator Cameron of
Pennsylvania addressed the Senate, showing
by the tables prepared by the Secretary of the
Treasury that ai> valorem duties on iron is
alike opposed to the interest of the Govern
ment and the consumers of foreign iron and
steel.
The Senate declined to call up Mr. Cling
man’s resolution for the abrogation of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, by a vote of 29 to 25.
After an ineffectual attempt to take up the
Pacific Railroad Bill—the vole being 29 yeas
to 29 nays—the Senate went into Executive
session, but will probably result in public pro
ceedings.
Washington, Decembor 15.—Tile Senate
in Executive Session, disposed of much busi
ness to-day.
The appointment of C. N. Pine, editor of
tiie Chicago Herald, was confirmed a? U. S.
Marshal, fur the Northern District of Illinois.
All the Illinois appointments which were
made during the recess of Congress, were con
firmed without opposition, together with the
appointments made in other States. The trea
ties with China and Japan were ratified, and
the appointments of Hon. Win, Preston, as
Minister to Spain, Gen. Ward, of Gw, as
Minister to China, and Hon. J. Glancey Jones
as Minister to Austria, were also confirmed.
On the confirmation of the last named appoint
ment there was a party division on the votes.
It is stated that Hon. Jas. B. Clay, repre
sentative in Congress from the Eighth Dis
trict of Kentucky, has written u letter declin
ing to be a candidate for re-election.
Washington, December 15.—There is now
much less apprehension of trouble with Great
Britain, than was anticipated when the intel
ligence was first received respecting the re
cent events in Central America.
The rumors that the President intended send
ing to Congress a war message, are not well
founded. The Administration has still under
consideration til is i mnnrtant subiect. audits
most prominent friends say that its accepta
tion will be such as will meet the reasonable
expectations of the country.
The correspondence called for by the resolu
tion of the Cemmittee on Foreign affairs was
sent to the House to-day, and will be presented
to-morrow, until whictftime it will not be ac
cessible. It is known, however, from dis
patches of Commodore McIntosh that after
the steamer Washington was boarded by Brit
ish officers, he demanded an explanation when
Captain Oldham disclaimed any intention to
exercise the right of search, saving that he
had merely boarded the Washington to get the
news, and after it was known that an English
Government officer was among the passengers.
In other words, they had merely made the usual
friendly visit, the same as our officers make to
British vessels.
Sir William Gore Ousley, and his Secretary
explained the matter pretty much in the same
way, but the prominent fact occurs, however,
in the correspondence that Great Britain ex
ercises a protectorate over the Musquito King
dom. Sir Wm. Gore Ousley’s Secretary said
that Great Britain had abandoned the right of
search, and that therefore, the visit was not
made under it. It is further stated that a
meeting was held at Greytown, when (he in
habitants resolved to maintain their indepen
dence, and applied to Sir William Gore Ousley
to assist them in so doing. He informed them
that the proposition should receive due consid
eration in the proper quarter, and tliat'justice
should be done to all parties.
Commodore McIntosh thinks the explana
tion of the British visit to the Washington
satisfactory, frank and fair.
The fleet surgeon reports the health of the
Commodore such that he should no longer re
main on the station.
Washington News-—P e r son a 1
Rencontre.
Washington, December 18.—Mr. English
of Indiana, while walking in the street, hap
pened to meet Mr. Montgomery of Pennsyl
vania ; he extended his hand to the latter, say
ing “ how are you?” Montgomery withheld
his hand saying “I don’t speak to puppies I”
whereupon English struck Montgomery a se
vere blow over the head with his walking
stick, breaking it, and knocking Montgomery
into the gutter ; Montgomery, rising, hurled a
brick at English, which struck his foot with
out injury. English says that he was wholly
unarmed, and was not aware that any ill feel
ing existed towards himself from Montgomery.
Mexican Meeting.
Washington, December 18.—Several of
the most prominent Mexicans held a consulta
tion here last night, in reference to a portion
of the President’s message which recommend
ed the military occupation of Chihuahua and
Sonora. Gen. Treas and Admiral Berman of
the number, left to-day for Mexico, to inagu
rate an opposition thereto.
Washington. December 22.—Senate—
Memorials have been presented from nearly
every county in Pennsylvania, asking for pro
tection to American industry. Resolutions
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modore Paulding and the President on Nicara
guan affairs, also for information respecting
the rights of British subjects in Oregon. The
President sent a portion of the correspondence
between Robert McLane and Minister Parker ;
the residue is withheld because of the nego
tiations pending.
House—The House is engaged in discussing
the Pension bill, and finally passed soldier’s
pension bill by a vote of 130 against 73. The
bill gives pensions to ail serving for the term
of sixty days or during the War of 1812 ;
also extends to the marine corps. It gives to
a widow a pension during life, per annum, in
case of the death of her husband, for a ser
vice of twelve months, $96 j for six months,
$73, and for sixty days, SHI.
“ Big Doings.”—A writer in the New
Orleans True Delta exhibits an admira
tion of his own country by cotaloguing
some of the big doings of nature within
the boundaries of tire United States thus:
The largest cataract in the world is
Niagara Fulls, where, in a stream three
quarters of a mile wide, the waters of the
great lakes plunge a hundred and sixty
feet.
The largest cave—the Mammoth Cave
in Kentucky, where you can make a voy
age on a subteranean river, and catcii fish
without eyes—the nose “ having it” en
tirely.
The largest river—the Mississippi—
4,100 miles in length.
The largest valley—that of the Missis
sippi—containing half a million of square
miles and one of the most fertile regions
of the globe.
The largest lake—Lake Superior—430
miles long.
The largest natural bridge—that of
Cedar creek, in Virginia, of 80 feet span,
and over a gap 250 feet deep.
The largest mass of iron—the Pilot
Knob Iron Mountain, in Missouri, 350
feet high, and two miles around.
The largest railroad—the Illinois Cen
tral—721 miles in length, and costing $15,
000,000.
The greatest number of miles of rail
road in proportion to surface is in Mas
sachusetts, where there is more than a
■ mile of road to every square mile of ter
j ritory.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES. !
SENATE.
On Foreign Relation?—Mr. Mason chair
man ; Douglas, Slidell, Polk, Crittenden, Se
ward and Foot. 1
On Finance—Air. Hnnter.chnirman;Pcr.rce,
Gwin. Bright, Hammond, Fessenden and ,
Cameron. !
On Commerce—Mr. Clay, chairman ; Ben- 1
jamin. Bigler. Chandler, Reid, Alien, and
Hamlin.
On Military affairs and the Allli'ia—Air.
Davis, chairman s Fitzpatrick. Johnson of
Ark.. Fessenden. Broderick. Wilson and King.
On Naval Affairs—Mr. Mallory, chairman 5
Thompson of N. J., Slidell, ARen, Hammond,
Bell and Hale.
On the Judiciary—Mr. Bayard; chairman;
Clingman, Pogh, Benjamin, Green, Collainer
aud Trumbull.
On Post Offices and Post-Roads— Mr. Yulee,
chairman; Bigler, Gwin, Rice, Ward Hale,
and Dixon.
On Public Lands—Mr. Stuart, chairman;
Johnson of Ark., Pugh, Chandler. Johnson of
Tenn., Foster and Harlan.
On Private Land Claims—Mr. Benjamin,
chairman; Shields, Thompson of Ky., Polk
and Durkee.
On Indian Affairs—Mr. Sebastian, chairman;
Brown, Rice, Fitch, Bell, Houston and Doo
little.
On Pensions—Air. Jones, chairman ^Thomp
son of N. J.. Clay, Bates, Thompson of Ky.,
Foster and King.
On Revolutionary Claims—Air. Shields,
chairman; Bates, Crittenden, Wilsou and
Durkee.
On Claims—Mr. Iverson, chairman; Mal
lorv. Wltrd. Simmons and Clark.
On the District of Columbia—Air. Brown,
chairman; Alason, Johnson of Tenn., Wilson,
aud Y ulee.
On Patents and the Patent Office—Air. Ried,
chairman ; Thompson of N. J., Toombs, Sim
mons and Trumbull.
On Public Buildings and Grounds—Air.
Bright, chairman; Davis, Douglas, ^Kennedy
and Clark.
O11 Territories—Air. Green, chairman;
Douglas, Sebastian ^Fitzpatrick, Jones, Colla
mer and Wade.
To Audit and Control the Contingent Ex
penses of the Senate — Air. Wright, chairman ;
Johnson of Tenn., and Dixon.
On Printing—Air. Fitch, chairman; Came
ron and Clingman. (Mr. Clingman declines to
serve, and the Vice-President will appoint an
other member in his place.)
On Engrossed Bills—Mr. Wright, chairman;
Bigler and Harlan
Ufl Liliruiieu X>I1I»-lUl. JUUUSj tuaupau ,
Brown and Doolittle.
On the Library—Mr. Pearce, chairman ;
Bayard and Fessenden.
Attempted Murder in Somehvim.e,
Te.nn.—The Star says a wanton attempt to
commit murder was made in that place on
Tuesday 7th inst., by C. C. Hudson upon Mr.
W. H. Robertson, County Court Clerk, who
was pretty severely injured by a pistol shot.
Hudson was arrested and held to bail in $10.
000, in default of which was committed to
jail.
No Family or Individual shoal i
he without the following Rem
edies—
Dr. Sledge’s Nervous Tonic—The only
sure cure for Chills, Fever and Ague, Bilious,
Intermittent, Remittent and Scarlet Fevers,
Dyspepsia, Heartburn, Indigestion, Nervous
Headache, Liver Complaint and Nervous Af
fections. is this medicine particularly adapted,
and to those convalescing from the attacks of
Fever is particularly recommended. Numer
ous certificates could be adduced to prove the
efficacy if necessary, but we leave all to be
their own judge.
Dr. Sledge’s Hoarhound Pectoral—For
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Influenza,
Spitting Blood, Croup. Consumption, and all
affections of the Lungs, this remedy has no
equal, and is found to give relief in ail cases.
Try it well. Price, $1 per bottle or six bot
tles for $5.
Du. Sledge’s Diarrhea or Cholera
Syhup—A certain cure for Cholera Morbus,
Diarrhea. Dysentery. Bloody Flux and all af
fections of the Bowels, and for children when
teething, is this remedy particularly adapted,
as it is mild and pleasant to the taste, and
children will take it with impunity. Price,
$1 per bottle or six bottles for $5. See adver
tisement. sepll
£r£X£RAL NGTJ.DE!!
A LL persons indebted to the late firm of
J\. Shetteh & Griffith, which partner
ship closed on the 2d of October. 1858; and
also, those indebted to the undersigned for
work since that time, are
ONE AND ALL
requested to come forward and make a full
settlement of their accounts without delay, as
the business of the blacksmith and wagon shop
for 1858 must be closed up. Let all take due
notice and govern themselves accordingly.
dec 25-’58-2t. J. GRIFFITH.
Regular NewOrleansand While
River Rachel,
JOHN BRIGGS:
SAMUEL TAYLOR,.Master.
i_ST5K —i THE above new nod el
^ egant steamer, has entered
the New Orleans and White river trade, and
will remain during the entire season.
PIONEER II. S. NAIL LINE I
ON BLACK RIVER ARKANSAS.
FROM JACKSONPORT,
TO POCAHONTAS
TWICE A WEEK
HIE nciv and fast iun
. ning PASSENGER and
..jight steamer,
CITY OF KNOXVILLE,
HAVING been purchased for the above trade,
is now plying regularly. Leaves Jacksonport
CVerv Sunday and Wednesday, at 6 o'clock, A.
M. Leaves Pocahontas, every Tuesday and
Friday, at 6 o'clock, a. m.
Connects at Jacksonport, with the White
river mail line, for Napoleon, Memphis and
New Orleans. Connects at Pocahontas, with
the daily stages, for Iron Mountain Railroad
to St. Louis. Thus affording great facilities
to shippers and travelers. The patronage of
the public is solicited. JAS. TIMMS,
dec 25-tf. Proprietor.
Hats and Bonnets.
WE have just received a general as
sortment of Hats and Bonnets, and
for sale by
dec 18 G. & J. McLaren.
Take Notice!
A LL persons are hereby notified, not to cut
any timber, on our Lots, in the town of
lies Arc, as we shall surely enforce the
law. if they do.
feb21-tf.j FRITH &. JACKSON.
€)ilizcn OSSice 1'or Sale.
OTHER business claiming our attention
makes it necessary that we should dispose
of the Citizen Office. The paper has been
published over four years, and has a paying
patronage. The subscription list, advertising,
job work, &.c., is inferior to no establishment
in the State, for the length of lime the office
has been established. Possession given on the
1st day of January 1859.
&■ Persons wishing to purchase are invi
ted to call and examine the material, &e.—
Those at a distance will address the under
signed. J. C. MORRILL,
Des Arc, Ark.
(3T Also, a half interest ill the building
! and premises occupied as the “ Citizen Print
ing Office,” will he sold on reasonable terms,
aeptS.r. J. C. MORRILL.
lit E OF USDS AND TOWN EOTS FOR TIIE NON-PAYMENT OF
TAXES.
CONSTABLES OFFICE, DES ABC, DecAmbm 6, 1R58.
To thf Town Council of Des Arc:
lo THE/ * j f T. Oldham, lown Constable and Collector
nr the town of Des Arc. do hereby report the following as a true list of all Lands and Town
', Is or ..arts of Lots, owned by and assessed to persons not residing within said Town, and
mon which the taxes have not been paid, as the same appears upon the tax-book in my hands
EL Hin-eenr 1858- ami I also report that the amount annexed to each name is the amount of
Lea Ky. Cost and Charges, now due upon the same for the year 1858, and that the
uvners so far as I know, have no goods or chattels upon which I can levy for the amount
lue, to-wit: , _• . __,_ ^ __ILL
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? 5 o ■ r * I * I si ! p I - C , 5 4
o 2 !p « ; I £ h S» : h ‘.iK
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: r: h i • • | ? t ? i S ..; j 1 : ; : : :
OWNER’S NAMES.: % S U j : ! 5 ■»* i ^ | : : { ;
j; l !i! I : ! I S ! 5 : " : : I 1
ill I !:li!i Inlii i. m L i± j
Pa^lci r- r-'-i-Is*:!;! jr and 8, ;3S 300 l 50 f 37- 50 50, 50; ; | 3 37*
Rea«^“^.v:::::Hil1to,1^2l68jiooo!3 oo 123 7 00 7 0017 00, • {-« 23
Steel J. T.3 o ancl fi> 37305 l 62;1 40 1 50 ,1 30 50'|X 00 2 50 10 lij
- .s ,10 4 400 50 i 6-' 50; 50 50 I I J 20 06V
Owner s Unknown... 8 ^ 3, ;«■, 050 125! 31.’ 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 \ j 45
.I!., b |tl and 12. 76'200 1 00 | 25 |1 00 ;1 00 *1-430 j j 4 25
O’Neal HarViV.’..1 U E. S, 1 ,'250 I 23, 31t- 5.V j 50, 50,_>_\jOm_ |
17625 1312^1 322j 12 50112 50j 12 50, J__j 58 45
STATE OF‘ARKANSAS, PRAIRIE COUNTY.
NoTirr IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the whole of the foregoing tracts of Land
°h„1 Town I otsor so much thereof as shall be necessary to pay the Taxes, Penalties and f|
Cost her com wm be sold aUbe door of the Mayor’s Office in the Town of Des Arc, on th.
4tn Monday in January next, unless such penalties, cost amf expenses of advert!
sing, be paid before tliat time. .... , .- ,r-d
Given under my hand at office, tins December 6 Constable and Collector.
dec2o-ts. . . .. ... . . | ____,
M. T. COOPER,
WES ARC, ARKANSAS,
OPPOSITE THE JACKSON HOUSE,
DEALER IN'
M AND £
dry goods,
£ *
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
dec 18-tf.
DISSOLUTION!
rpHE firm of McLaren. Quisenberry A Co.,
J_ is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
Those indebted’ to the firm will please call and
pay their indebtedness without delay, those
who we owe will please present their claims
for payment. Mr. Quisenberry and Mr. J
McLaren will be absent for a v.hi'e, AS..
George McLaren will he fonnn a' .1, j
stand ready to settle any business of the Ji.tn.
those who owe us for Goods bought this y-ar,
are entitled to credit until the25th inst., when
we feel satisfied they will, without hesitation.
jJtIV nil I i UbhlMIIIWj O-N —
business to enable each partner to control his
means. We sincerely hope all will pay us, and
none force the necessity and expense of bring
ing suit, which must be done in all cases without
a solitary exception if this notice is disregard
ed. Very many of our friends still owe us for
Goods bought last year, some of whom seem to
be unconcerned about it. while we suffer. YV n
only mean what we say, our business must
BE SETTLED U l» WITHOUT DELAY.
JOHN H. QUISEXBHRKY,
GEORGE McLAREN,
james McLaren.
Des Arc, Ark., Dec. 13th 1858.
(gS-The undersigned will continue the
business at the old stand, and solicit a contin
uance of the patronage of the public.
Hecis-im.] g. & j. McLaren.
g. & j. McLaren,
DEALERS IN
Staple ant) Janet) Drn ©001)3,
Ready-Made Clothing, Bouts, Shoes,
HATS, QUEENSWAUE, HARDWARE,
Stationery, .Medicines, i$T., <$'c.
—ALSO—
RECEIVING, FORWARDING AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
declS] DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
iHcbicines—HTcbicitics.
JUST received, a general assortment of pop
ular patent aiui other kinds of Medicines
usually called for, for family use, together with
Brushes, Perfumery,
and many little articles under this head; all
of which we will sell as cheap as can be hac
elsewhere by retail, and warrant all to be fresh
and genuine.
decl8 G. & J. McLaren.
Clocks, Jewelry, and Notions.
WE have just received a lot of one-dap
and eight-day Clocks—also an assort
ment of Breast-Pins, Ear-Rings, Finger-Rings
Watch-Guards, Keys,
Gold Pons,
Beads, Accordeons, Fiddles, and Yankee No
tions, in great variety. Call and see.
declS G. & J McLaren.
Queensware and Glassware.
JUST RECEIVED, a general assortment o
Glassware, Queensware, and Stoneware
and for sale by
declS G. & J. McLaren.
l.anderdale Factory Agency.
JUST RECEIVED, direct from the Lauder
dale Factory, in Alabama, ten bales of
Osnalavirgs,
and a lot of S p u n C o 11 o n , for sale.
decl8 G. & J. McLaren.
Books and Stationery,
JV&iXlia JUST received, a general assort
£ ment of BOOKS and STATION
usually required in this country; for sab
cheap, by
declS G. & J. McLaren.
BOOTS AND SHOES:
pi Just received, and on hand, twi
n A thousand dollars’ worth of Boot
IV and Shoes, embracing almost ever;
kind that could be desired, for Gen
tlemen, Ladies, Misses, Boys, and Children
at prices to suit every one.
declS G. &• J- McLaren.
Candles, Soap, Tobacco, &c
TUST RECEIVED, n general assort
tJ ment of good and common Tobacco. Ci
gars, Snuff, Soap, Candles, Buckets, Tub:
Brooms, Tea. Nai Is, Turpentine, Pepper, Spier
, Starch, Soda, Indigo, Madder. Shot, Loaf
Powder. Caps, Flints, Lemon Syrup, Catsuj
Pepper Sauce. Pickles. Rope, Nutmegs. S:on<'
ware, Wash-boards, Sifters, Baskets, Wrap
ping Paper, Twine, Window Glass, Sash- Pu(
ty, Shoe Pegs. Sugar Stands, Glass Jars. Bee
j hottles. Yeast Powders, Ae., for sale as chea
l as the cheapest, on credit, or for ca.-h, b\
declS C. J. J. McLaren;
SALE O F LOTS
IN
rpHE undersigned will commence the sale
1 of Lots in
B UFFALO Cl TY
ON THE SECOND MONDAY LX
JANUARY, 1859,
TO THE II I U II E S T KIDDER.
TERMS—One-fourth cash; balance on a
credit of twelve months, without security, ex
cept sucli as the lots afford.
Buffalo City is situated on the South side of
White River, seventy miles by land and on«
hundred and fifteen miles by water above Bates
ville, Arkansas, at the foot of the Buffalo
1 Shoals, eleven miles above the mouth of the
North Fork, and one mile above the mouth of
the Buffalo Fork of White River, at the bead
J of reliable navigation on White River, about
two hundred ami fifty miles by land from St.
Louis, one hundred and twenty from Little
Rock, two hundred miles from Memphis, one
hundred and fifty miles from Fort Smith,
ninety-five miles from Jacksonport-, and one
! hundred arid forty miles from Des Arc. Buf
'faloCity is accessible for good size steam
boats most of the year, and small boats of
! very light draught nearly or quite all the year.
By a glance at a map of Arkansas, per- i
1 sons can see at once the destiny of Buffalo
: City, situated as it is, at the foot of the Buffa
lo Shoals, tile head of reliable navigation on
White river, surrounded by a very large ex- ...
tent of fertile settled country, commanding an
immense wagon trade west and ncrrtia-west,
from one hundred and twenty-five to one hun
;red and seventy-live miles, and on the north
one hundred miles, and on the south and south
west, from fifty to seventy-live miles. This :
vast extent of high, healthy country is unsur
passed in fertility in the west. Uninterrupted
by speculators, lands are very cheap, proelu
CHIU, \MHJill- CUIll. tmm. iuuaui,»i, cn.,i>|'unw
any part of the United States; and for the
raising of hogs, cattle, horses, mules, sheep,
etc., is scarcely to bo equalled anywhere, the
truth of which is fully demonstrated from the
fact that emigration, of the most substantial
anil desirable character, • has been pouring
into this region of country for the last few j
years by thousands, from every part of lb*
i Union, and from information received, the
emigration will continue unprecedented in
almost any part bf the globe The Wants of
this vast country; so rapidly settling up. make*
it absolutely necessary that a trailing point he
established at the most accessible point nearest
and most convenient to the masses on the
beautiful and ever navigable White river,
liuti'.ilo City being situated at the foot of tiro
Buffalo Shoals, the head of reliable naviga
tion on White river, is the place selected try
nature itself for a trading point for lhat im
mense country. Nature hah said to naviga
I tors, here is tire great Buffalo Shoals : thus far
i you shall go up this beautiful stream amino
farther; Jiunce Buffalo City took its name.
Had this natural site for a city been judiciously
laid off' in lots and sold some years ago. as the
present proprietor will do immediately, it
would unquestionably have been a place by
this time of no small note. The undersigned,
having become sole proprietor of the grounds
and buildings by purchase, in part from Wm.
Byers, of Balesville, and in part of the estate
of Wm. Tuustull, of Jacksonport, Arkansas,
1 and further, in part by entry in the United
States Government Land-Office, at a heavy
outlay of money, is determined to lay it off
immediately in real city style, fronting the
river in convenient size lots and blocks, with
wide front row, as well as wide streets and
alleys; also, squares for public buildings
and promenades, etc., etc. The river being
straight, tlie banks having a gradual descent.
; not subject to cave, with deep water close up
To the shore, with the beautiful level rich
grounds all above overflow, combined with the
beautiful scenery partly surrounding the town,
and pure spring water gushing out near at
hand, and pever-failing cold pure healthy wall
waier tu iiau in any po.ii ui me iuwu,
! fine woods convenient, combined with many
advantages aud conveniences, with the healtii
fulness of the place, makes, beyond a do#W>
. the prospects at this point for a city,
far su])erior to any other point in all tin's re
j gion of country, and inferior to no point on
White river, or any other in the State of At
> kansas.
Mail facilities must and will no doubt seen
. be extended by steamboat up White river from
Jacksonport to Buffalo City, (it already havinl
1 been extended from Jacksonport up Black
1 river to Pocahontas.) When this is done it
furnishes transportation for freight and pas
sengers out to tile Mississippi river the vest,
round, justifying at once the establishment ®*
various stage lines from Buffalo City to tu*
interior, north and north-west, west, south an
1 south-west. These things are no fiction, M
I the conclusions of those best acquainted "iW
the country ; men of sound mind and judgment
Two boats are now preparing to run fro®
Jacksonport to Buffalo City, connecting *1'“
the regular New Orleans, Memphis and -1
polcon packets.
To persons desiring to settle in Buffa®
City, we say don’t pay any attention to tno.
who would try to discourage you, who sta“
I out as “ living monuments” of a “ masterly®
: activity,” to denounce everything as « vision”
' ! ry” that seems new to their sleepy intellect»
i and who war upon the moving spirit of
day, and would, if they could, strangle ever?
! enterprise, lock the wheels of advancement |
‘ a "stand still,” and block up all avenues
trade and commerce. They but thereby p'O
. their utter ignorance of the facts ana «e>
’; opments of the present age, “ and their c‘
unfitness for the times.”
A good site, also $300 worth «f h>ts }
I riven for the immediate establishment o
• i good Saw-Mill.and a good site and $600 wo ■
. of lots will be given for the establishment
first class Flouring Mill, at Buffalo City
better location for such business cannot
' i found anywhere.
’ The sale of Lots is to he made In good f*>
, j and without reserve. Lots can be had a p
- i vate sale. .
' ! For further particulars. address. t°L^.
present, uAgknt B.tyvai o City Lots,
1 lo City,” or the undersigned.
joiin il. <n i>i:n«l:»*K'•
n.U30-ts • I)e- Arp.