DES ARC CITIZEN.
J. C. MORRILL, EDITOR.
DESARC, ARKANSAS:
WEDNESDAY,”. FEBRUARY 29,1860
Democratic Conventions.
The naiionnl convention meets at
Charleston on Monday the 23d of April.
The State convention meets at Little
Rock, on Monday the 2d of April.
The congressional convention for the
first district meets at Dover, Pope county,
2d Monday, 14th of May.
The congressional convention for the
second district meets at Arkadelphia,
Clark county, on the 2d Monday, 14th
May.
The County Convention of Prairie
county, lo appoint delegates to the State
and District Conventions; Also, to desig
nate the time to hold a County Conven
tion for nominating a candidate for the
Legislature, &c.. meets at Brownsville on
Monday the 12th of March.
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Bible Revision, etc.—On our first
page will be found the first of a series of
articles over the signature of “ Revis
ionist,” in reply lo those of Rev. J. W.
Moore. The author is a gentleman of
acknowledged ability, and as is the case
*.i ar «v » • i « . <
WIWI XTJL1. iUUUKB, J3 tt » CBIUCill Ul /1LIKUU*
sas. As Heretofore remarked, we favor
a full and free discussion of this subject.
Those who read and reflect will lose noth
ing by reading and understanding all that
may be published either pro or con in re
ference to the Scriptures.
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Democratic Meetings—The Oppo
sition, etc.—We publish the proceed
ings of the meetings in Pigeon Roost and
White River townships, recently held,
and request a careful perusal of the reso
lutions. The convention at Brownsville,
on the 12th of March, is called for the
purpose of appointing delegates to the
State Convention, which assembles at Lit
tle Rock on the 2d of April, for the pur
pose of nominating a candidate for Gov
ernor, appointing Electors for the State,
and delegates to the National Convention,
etc. Also, to appoint delegates to the Dis
trict Convention to nominate a candidate
for Congress, which is to be held at Ar
kadelphia, Clark county, on the 14th of
May; and to define a time for holding a
Democratic County Convention to nomi
, nale a candidate for the Legislature, from
Prairie county, etc.
The Democracy of Prairie county,
need not console themselves that the Op
position are not disposed to come in for a
goodly share of the County offices at
least. Indications are too plain to be
misunderstood, that they are already con
centrating upon “ a few ” of those they
intend to elect, and further, they claim
democratic votes, and point the finger of
scorn at the lime-honored custom of hold
ing conventions. Let them cast their eyes
towards a neighboring Stale and they
will find that their political friends are
organizing against the democracy and
holding conventions. Come, gentlemen
of the Opposition, come out like men, and
don’t attempt to play a sly hand on the
democracy. Your opposition to conven
tions is inconsistent, and you will certain
ly be caught at your sly trick*.
Jackson Countv Democratic Con
vention.—We publish the proceedings
of this Convention as forwarded us by the
Secretary. A friend writing from Au
gusut, says;
“The people of Jackson county, met on the
25th irist., for the purpose of appointing dele
gates to the State and District Conventions.
Hon. T. C. Hindman, was almost unanimously
instructed for as the first choice for Congress,
as you will see from the resolutions adopt
ed. •*•***••* **• *
It has gone abroad that Col. W. K. Patter
son was the first choice of the democracy of
this county, but yon will see from this meet
ing tlut it is not so, by any means. We had
the largest and most enthusiastic meeting ever
held in this county.’*
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Agricultural Exhibitions.—Ten
nesse and Mississippi papers have com
menced publishing lists ot premiums to
be awarded at their Agricultural Fairs
next fall.
Douglas and Minnesota.— The
Democratic papers in Minnesota—the
Wmoua Democrat and the St. Anthony
Express — say. that Mr. Douglas^* has
nothing to hope for from the Charleston
delegation from that Slate. The editor
of the St. Paul Pioneer, the central Doug
las organ, was a candidate for Charleston
honors, but was defeated by a decided
majority.
A Fugitive Slave Law in New
Jersey.—It is a curious fact, not gen
erally known, that New Jersey has a
fugitive law of her own, enacted in 1793,
and re-enacted with modifications in 1&36
and 1816. *1 he slaveholder or his agent
can apply to a common pleas judge, and
the asaut will be made by the sheriff,
and the question of properly decided by
three judges. This law is in accordance
with that interpretation of the federal con. j
* siitution, which makes the restoration of
fugitive slaves the duty of the States.
New Jersey has also a law authorizing a
slaveholder to t^e his slaves th rough the
State, and to malfc 4 temporary residence
tfjlh them.
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LATEST NEWS!
Terrible Marine Disaster.—Tele
graphic dispatches dated Halifax, Feb.
21, announce the the loss of the steam
ship Hungarian, of the Liverpool and
Portland line. She was lost on the ledges
off Cape Sable. She had three hundred
and sixty passengers, which, together
with the crew, are all reported lost.
Loss or THE STEAMSHIP NORTHERNER.
This vessel left San Francisco on the 4th
of January for Portland. On the 5th she
struck on a rock off Cape Mendocius.—
She swung off the rock and was headed
for shore, and was run in until she struck.
A line was got to the shore, by which a
number were saved. Thirty passengers
were drowned.
©5?“ Danville, Ky., was destroyed by
fire on the night of the 22d inst. Some
eighty buildings were burned. Loss esti
mated at 8200,000.
©55“The Opposition State Convention,
which assembled at Nashville, on the 22d,
instructed] the. delegates to their National
Convention, to vote for Hon. John Bell for
the Presidency. Messrs. N. G. Taylor
and Bailie Peyton were selected as elec
tors for the State at large.
©55“ In the House of Representatives
Mr. Taylor, of Louisiana, has introduced
a bill providing for the acquisition of Cu
ba by negotiation, and for its subsequent
incorporation into the Union.
©sl“ Col. Meinminger, the South Caro
lina messenger to Virginia, has relumed
home. His daughter was in company
with him on his mission, and it is said
they made many friends in Richmond.
2?^ Stevens and Hazlett, two of the
Harper’s Ferry conspirators, have been
sentenced to be hung publicly on Friday,
the 16th of March next, between the
hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 2 o'clock
p. M.
Wm. E. Burton, the well known
comedian, died in New York city on the
16lh inst., in the ;57th yea* of his age.
ESsT* The Grand Jury of the Criminal
Court of Memphis, have found a true
bill against T. B. Mynatt, charged with
the murder of J. L. Webb. Mynan's
trial has been continued until the next
term of the court. He was remanded to
prison.
Labor Crisis in New England.—
The Boston Traveler of the 16th gives an
account of a strike among the shoemakers
of Lynn, Natick, Marblehead, Beverly.
Haverhill and BN ewburyport. This in
cludes the principal tnanafacturing towns
of Massachusetts. These hard working
men have become tired of laboring ‘'fif
teen hours a day for four dollars a week."
Truly the “irrepressible conflict” has com
menced at home. Up, laborers, and
claim your rights! The Abolition mil
liouaries have ground you down long
enough. Compel them to pay you at least
reasonable wages.
“Meddling” with it.— The Com
mercial Advertiser, of New York, a
moderate, but yet decided Republican
journal, says “we seek not to meddle with
slavery, as by law established in other
States.” Whereupon the New York Ex
press filly says:
This is very well, but meddling means
much. .^Meddling is keeping up aggres
sive sectional parties to war upon fifteen
slave States. Meddling is breaking up
and dividing churches, because in fifteen
ot our Mates the people have the same
sort of institutions that the Savior and the
Apostles preached before. Meddling is
interfering with and making unpopular or
odious the fugitive slave compact— the
running of underground railroads, or any
of the supporters thereof. Meddling is
in being a bad neighbor, and making un
easy States all about you. Modelling is
attending to other people’s state of society
and affairs, with which we have nothing
to do. We should delight to re-embrace
the Commercial in the old conservative
flock, but if it runs after “conflicts” with
the South, or the representative men of
“conflicts,” we cannot. Why not rejoin
the Express, and leave all conflicting
slavery points to the courts, where now
they alone belong?
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Expenses of the Campaign,—At a
lute caucus of the Republican members of
the New York Legislature, Mr. Sessions,
a leading Republican, is reported to have
said “ they had got a Republican Presi
dent to elect, and would need a million
of dollars to Accomplish it, and he thought
it their duty to be looking around to see
where it was to come from.” A witness
recently testified in an examination be
fore a commissioner appointed by the City
of Baltimore, that*Senator Cameron, of
Pennsylvania, desired to secure an inter
est in the Baltimore city street railroads,
as an electioneering lever. Cameron de
clared that he believed the States of Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Maryland
would determine the election of the next
President, and that then street railroads
could be made politically very effective.
The South and the Democracy must learn
what they have to encounter. Fraud,
knavery, cant, hypocricy, money, rail
roads, banks, Abolitionists, Oppositionists,
all mixed up, are to be poured out upon
them like a flood—and will form a- flood
of corruption that only the bark of tbeir
tried principles, guided by the “ unterri
fied,” can ride with safety.— [Memphis
Avalanche.
-It is said that chickens ®f a new breed,
called“EcJJ,p*endeau,” are boing iutiuduced
into this country. Instead of feathers, they
are covered with fine hair, like that of lap
don*, very white, soft and beautiful, and have
curious red ornaments on their heads.
John Brown’s Rendezvous.—The farm
in Washington co., MU., upon which John
Brown ana his confederates located, the bet
ter to insure a successful consummation of
tbeir attack on Harper’; Ferry, Is about to b»
JACKSON COUNTY CONVENTION.
Pursuant to previous notice, the Demo
cracy of Jackson county assembled in con
vention at the Court House in Juckson
port, in said County, on Saturday the 25th j
day of February 1860; when the follow
ing proceedings were had, to-wit:
On motion of Major Shall, Col. Mat
thew Davis was called to the chair, and
on motion of Robert Bland, Wm. P.
Campbell was appointed Secretary.
On motion of Joseph M. Bell, Esq.,
the Chairman appointed a Committee of
five to draft resolutions expressive of the
sense of the convention.
Whereupon the Chaiman appointed
Joseph M. Bell, Melville Robinson, Har
rison Duval, Robert Bland and M. Shelley.
The committee retired to prepare said
resolutions, when on motion of Timothy
Lax, Esq., Col. W. K. Patterson who
was in attendance, was invited to address
the Convention, which he did in an able
speech of over an hour in length; when
on the conclusion of Col. Pattersons
speech, the committee through their chair
man reported the following Preamble and
Resolutions which were unanimously adop
ted in their regular order, to-wit:
FSEAMnLC.
Whereas, a democratic meeting was heldat
this place on the 4th instant, which express
ed as their first choice for representative in
Congress from this district, the Hon. W. K.
Patterson, and for their second choice, the Hon.
T. C. Hindman, and appointed delegates to at
tend the district convention, to be held at
Dover in May next, and instructed them to
vote in said convention according to the pre
ferance so expressed ; And whereas, the ac
tion of said meeting caused an expression of
considerable dissatisfaction in the ranks of
the Democracy of Jackson county, in cons*e
quence of the total want of notice in said
meeting to ;lie Democracy of the town and
county, and a convention was called to meet
here to-day to elicit a full and fair expression
ul opinion, wui'icas me ueniucrais vvuo
participated in said meetiivg were satisfied
they acted in the premises free from the in
tention either to misrepresent or forestal pub
lic opinion, and wi II acquiesce cheerfully in
the full and fair expression of the popular
will had here to-day;
Therefore be it resolved : That the follow
ing resolutions be submitted as expressive of
the sense of the Jackson county Democracy.
Resolved : That we the Democracy of
Jackson county, in convention assembled
having confidence in the ability and integrity
cf Hon. Decius McCreery, of White county,
express for him our first choice, and Hon.
Geo. C. Watkins, or Pulaski county, as our
second choice for Governor.
Resolved: That in our well tried and
faithful representative, Hon. T. C. Hindman,
we recognize an unwavering Democrat, who
has never departed from the principles and
usages of the democratic party ; a statesman,
patriot, and Representative; whom we justly
may and do feel proud to honor. That we
cordially endorse his political course both in
and out of Congress, and express for him our
first choice for Representative, and so in
struct. our delegates to cast their votes in
the Dover convention so long as there is any
reasonable chance for his nomination.
Resolved: That in the Hon. W. K. Pat
terson. we recognize a stern and unyielding
democrat; an eminent statesman and true
patriot. For him therefore we express our
second choice for Congress
Resolved: That the Chairman of this
committee appoint seven delegates to represent
Jackson countv in the Congressional Conven
tion to assemble at Dover in May next.
Resolved: That the Chairman of this
Convention appoint four delegates to represent
Jackson county in the State convention to be
held at Little Rock on the 2d day of April
next.
Resolved : That in the Old Line Demo
crat, we recognize a fearless advocate of
southern rights and equality under the consti
tution. and a truthful exponent of Democrat
ic principles and usages, and take pleasure in
thus expressing our approbation of its views
both state and national.
In compliance to the fourth resolution,
the Chairman appointed as delegates to
the Dover Convention ; James A. Paine,
A. C. Pickett, James G. Shall, Robert
Bland, John M Glass, Melville Robinson
and John T. Eldridge.
In compliance to the fifth resolution, the
Chairman appointed as delegates to the
Slate Convention, Rufus W. Martin. C.
W. Board, L. C. Gause and John F.
Hamblelt.
On motion of Maj. Matlock the Old
Line Democrat, True Democrat, Slate
Rights Democrat, and all other demo
cratic papers in this Congressional Dis
trict are requested to publish the proceed
ings of this convention.
On motion of Ivy Gibson, the conven
tion adjourned.
MATTHEW DAVIS, Chairman.
Wh. P. Campbell, Secretary.
The Mississippi Resolutions.—The
following are the resolutions which have
passed the Mississippi Legislature, and
o.'o-oo^ l«, , l.. -
Resolved, By the Legislature of the State
of Missippi, That the Constitution of the
United States recognizes property in slaves,
and the Government created by it can not, nor
can any tribunal acting under its authority,
whether it be Executive, Legislative or Judi
cial, within its appropriate sphere, justly
withhold from the owners of slaves that ade
quate protection for their slave property, to
which the owners of property of other kinds
are entitled, or which from its nature they
may further require to secure them in posses
sion and enjoyment of.
2. That the election of President of the
United States, by votes of one section of (the
Union only, on the ground that there exists
an irreconcilable conflict between the two
sections, in reference to their respective sys
tems of labor, and with an avowed purpose of
hostility to the institution of slavery as it
prevails in the Southern States, and as recog
nized as the compact of Union, would so
threaten a destruction of the ends for which
the Constitution was formed, as to justify the
slaveholding States in taking counsel together
for their separate protection and safety.
3. That in order to be prepared for such a
contingency. Mississippi accepts the invita
tion of South Carolina, to her sister slavehold
ing States, to meet in Convention, and pro
poses the first Monday in June next, and At
lanta, Georgia, as a suitable time and place to
meet to counsel together, and recommend the
action they should take in such an event,
which shall be reported to the Governor, who
shall convene the Legislature, if inhisjudg- i
ment it may be required ; and that this Legis
lature at its present session, proceed to elect
seven delegates to attend the said Convention
at Atlanta.
4. That a Commissioner be appointed by the *
Governor to proceed to the Capital of Vir- ]
ginia, and express to the people of that Com- .
inonwealth, through her Executive, the in- ‘
dignation that Mississippi feels at the outrage .
committed in the recent invasion of her soil, I '
and the readiness and determination of Mis- 1
sissippi to unite with her or any other slave
holding State in repelling any assailment of
their people or oiher rights, and that said 1
Commissioner also present to her Executive,
a copy of these resolutions, and invite her co- i
opei anon in the proposed Convention. t
5. That the Governor of this State be re
quested to transmit a copy of these resolu
tions to the Governor of each of the slave- 1
holding States of this U ion, to be laid before :
their Legislatures, and invite their co-opera
tiou. J. A. P. CAMPBELL,
Speaker of the House of Rep. I ,
JAMES DRANE, c
President of the 8enate.
Approved February 10, lStjt).
PIGEON ROOST TOWNSHIP MEET-j
ING.
A portion of the Democracy of Pigeon j
Roost Township, met in primary meeting
at Hickory Plain, on Saturday the 18th
instant.
The meeting was called to order by
electing Col. John C. Davie, Chairman
and requesting D. W. Davis to act as
Secretary.
On motion of Col. Pittman, a commit
tee of four was appointed to draft resolu
tions expressive of the sense of the meet
ing. The Chairman appointed Col. A A.
Pittman, Dr. W. L. Moore, Asa Pipkin,
Esqr., and D. W. Davis.
The committee after a short conference
reported the following resolutions which
were unanimously adopted :
Resolved : That we approve the propo
sition to hold a convention of the Democracy
of Prairie county, at Brownsville on the 12th
of March, nnd that this meeting appoint eve
ry Democrat in Pigeon Roost Township as
delegates, and request as many of them as
possible, to attend.
Resolved: That in view of the unfortu
nate differences now dividing the Democratic
party of this State, we feel called upon to
say that the issues which are made the divid
ing line between the two wings of the party
are not such as ought to divide us ; that we
perceive in this controversy, nothing more
than a personal feud between rival chieftains
of the Democratic party, and that the ques
tions about which they differ are either al
ready settled or present issues about which
Democrats may and do differ.
Resolved : That the Democratic party is
one of principle, and as such, it is above and
beyond the fortunes of any man or set of men ;
and that its unity and organization must be
preserved even at the expense of a total repu
diation of these gentlemen upon both sides
who have been the efficient instruments of
disorganization; that the democratic masses
are determined to take this question away
from intriguing politicians into their own
hands and that they do not intend that the
petty rivalries of the Johnsons, the Hindmans,
the Conways and the Duvalls shall prevent a
thorough union of the party.
Resolved: That the Democratic masses
ought not and will not he made parties to a
miserable partizan war which involves noth
ni£ n i i ujdii iuc sutbcsa kjl iivai jjuihi
cians; but that we will organize upon the
basis of our ancient creed without any re
ference or regard to the success of the rival
leaders of th? opposing wings of our party,
and act as becomes men who value “princi
ple more than men.”
Resoved: That the Des Arc Citizen,
the True Democrat and the Old-Line Dem
crat be requested to publish the proceedings
of this meeting.
On motion the meeting then adjourned.
JOHN C. DAVIE, Chairman.
D. W. Davis, Secretary.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING — WHITE
RIVER TOWNSHIP.
February 25, 1860.
The meeting assembled, and on mo
tion Dr. J. S. Pearson was called to the
chair, and T. J. Woodson appointed Sec
retary. Mr, Morrill, at the request of
the chairman, stated briefly the object of
the meeting to be, to appoint delegates to
the County Convention, to be held at
Brownsville, on the 12th of March next.
On motion a committee of three were
appointed to draft resolutions expressive
of the sense of the meeting. The chair
appointed Messrs. J. E. Gatewood, Jas.
A. Moon, and Col. W. W. Wair as said
committee, who, having retired a short
time, returned and reported the follow
ing preamble and resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, events which have recently trans
pired—first, the invasion of a sovereign
State by a band of ruffians, urged to murder
and rapine by the bold avowal by Northern
men of the “Irrepressible Conflict” doc
trines ; second, by the election of a Black
Republican Speaker, of the House of Re
presentatives, and other officers—we are led
to believe that the days of the Union are
numbered, and unless there is a favorable
change in Northern sentiment upon the sub
ject of slavery, the South must become de
graded, or the Union must be dissolved.
Therefore, be it resolved:
1. That we believe that the institution of
slavery, as we have it, is morally, socially,
politically and religiously right: that the ne
gro is an inferior being and slavery his true
condition, and the only one for which he is
fit.
2. That we regard slaves as property, so
recognized by the Constitution ; that Con
gress cannot make distinction between slaves
and any other kind of property.
3. That the territories are the common
property of all the States of the Union, that
the Territorial Legislature can excercise no
power except that delegated to them by Con
gress in the Organic act.
4. That a Territorial Legislature cannot
lemslate upon the subject of slavery, one way
ar another, nor can it by unrriendly legisla
tion exclude slavery therefrom ; and that the
Duly time when the people can legislate upon
tie subject of slavery, is when they come to
Eoiin their State Constitution, preparatory to
ulmission into the Union.
5. That we believe it right to admit new
States with the Constitution they have chosen,
whether friendly or unfriendly to slavery,
subject only to the limitation that the Consti
:uti#i be “Republican.” And that we differ
widely and are compelled to disapprove of
he sentiment expressed by Mr. Rust, that he
would not vote to admit certain slave territo
-ies with a slave constitution.
6. That wc believe in keeping up the De
nocratic organization—and to that end we
jelieve that none but good and true Democrats
ihould be permitted to take part in Demo
iratic meetings or conventions.
7. That we are in favor of Hon. B. C. Tot
:en as our first choice for Governor, and Hon.
3. C. Watkins our second choice, and that
Hou. Thomas Fletcher is our third choice.
8. That our delegates be instructed to use
heir influence in furtherance of the claims of
Hon. T. B. Flournoy for Congress.
Oq motion, a committee of three were
ippointed to report a list of delegates to .
he Convention at Brownsville, on the 1
:2th of March next, consisting of Messrs. :
J. W. Glenn, M. M. Eerwin and J. C. !
Horriil, who reported the following names: ,
Hessrs. J. E. Gatewood, YV. W. Wair, I
’. S. Pearson, A. O. Edwards, J. C. Mor- '
ill, Simeon Horne, and Geo. Mclver. <
On motion the following resolution was '
dopted: ,
Resolved, That any delegate may appoint r
proxy in case he should find it impossible
3 attend the Convention. I
J. E. Gatewood, Esq., offered the fol
jwing resolution, which was adopted: r
Resolved, That the proceedings of this <1
leeting be published in the "Des Are Citi- H
en”, “Brownsville Echo,” and the Demo- n
ratic papers of the State requested to copy. e
J. S. PEARSON, Chr’n. £
T. Jcrr. Woopsox, Secretary,
Free Negroes in Pennsylvania.—
The people of Western Pennsylvania are
sending in petitions to the Legislature,
numerously signed, which read as follows:
"To the Honorable the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly
met:
“Your petitioners humbly represent
that the rapid growth of the free negro
population by emigration, within a brief
period, is not only a burden to your peti
tioners, by increasing demands on our
poor fund, but, owing to their great indo
lence and dissipation, they have filled our
prisons, thus increasing our taxes to an
enormous extent. The recent raid at
Harper’s Ferry will result in stringent
laws by the Southern States for the ex
pulsion of free negroes from their limits,
so we must shortly have thousands more
of those unfortunate creatures thrown
upon us, many of them in the decline of
life, or otherwise incapacitated for labor.
The exigency calls upon your honorable
body to adopt some measures to prevent
an increase of our already burdened con
dition. If your honorable body has not
the power to prevent their emigrating to
this State, we would prefer a slave code.’’
The feeling expressed in the above pe
tition is growing in this State and all over
the North.—[Cincinnati Enquirer.
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From New Mexico.—A correspon
dent of the St. Louis Republican writing
from Santa Fe under date of the 23d uli.,
says:
A black sheep crept into the National
Democratic p^rty, and, having obtained
its confidence, was elected speaker of the
house of representatives of the legisla
tive assembly of this Territory. On the
16th instant, without consulting any of his
friends or the party, or giving them any
intimation of his intended course, he in
troduced a bill to repeal the law passed at
the last session of the assembly, protec
ting slave property in this Territory.
Every one was so taken by surprise, that
no action was had on the bill during that
day. On the next morning a resolution
was introduced and passed, almost unani
monolir runnoclinrr 1 > ■ tn i-nsi/vn Kl.. n..ni
-j ,-, 0 .~ ..0..
as speaker of the house, which he very
properly did. He has since resigned his
seal in llie house and returned home. On
the same day, Mr. Cuellar Y. Medina, of
Socorro, was elected speaker, and the bill
in question was referred to a select com
mittee, which, in an elaborate report, re
viewed the whole case and recommended
its rejection, which was done without a
dissenting voice. I inclose you a copy of
that report, to let vour readers see that we
are on the right side of the question which
is now agitating the public mind through
out the entire Union.
Helper's Cnisrs—Seward’s Endorse
ment Suppressed.—In the earlier edi
tion of Helper’s “Compendium of the
Impending Crisis of the South,” the en
dorsement of it by YVm. H. Seward was
published on the covers. It read as fol
lows :
“I have read this 1 Impending Crisis of
the South,’ with deep 1111001100.'* It seems
to me a work of great merit, rich, yet ac
curate, in statistical information, and logi
cal in analysis.”
In the late editions by the same pub
lishers, this emphatic endorsement is
omitted! But it cannot be rubbed out.
It stands boldly upon the record. Why
is it now attempted to be suppressed?
Tell us, ye skulking politicians, who have
brought the country to scenes of excite
ment and great danger.
The recommendations of Theodore
Parker, Cassius M. Clay, Joshua II. Gid
dings, the New York Tribune, New
York, Evening Post, etc., are also omit
ted. And the names of sixty-eight
members of Congress no longer appear
in its pages. Why? Dare you tell the
reason, Mr. Greelv, of the New York
Iribune?—[Hartford Times.
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Well Answered.—The Louisville
Journal in reply to an editorial cf ours,
in which we asserted that the “ Union is
not the palladium of our liberty, that it
was never intended for anything more
than an agent by which the States may
more conveniently, transact their neces
sary business,” quotes the great Washing
ton upon us in refutation of our position,
and then begs us to say “ bow much
weight properly belongs to the authority
of that great man.” We would say in
reply, that as much importance should be
attached to the authority of Washington,
as to that of any other good man possess
ed of a strong, healthy intellect, and a
judgment matured by age, and ripened by
experience, no more—no—less. We re
gard Washington as the great exemplar
of the disunionists, so called of the pres
ent day—as their Patron Saint, in fact;
for it was his sword that severed the chains
that bound the colonies to the foot of the
British throne, just as the sword of some
ulure Washington will sever the bonds
hat unite us with the North, from whom
we receive greater indignities than any '
hat were ever inflicted upon our fathers
oy the British Government.— [Vicksburg <
Sun. i
Sonora, Mexico.—A letter from a J
gentleman, at Guayamas, Mexico, of the s
lOth of December last, says:
It will be an easy matter to dig out of I
Sonora at least sixty million dollars of 1
stiver yearly, and no one knows how much <
jold and copper. On the Yaqui river e
here are gold washings from which a t
single hand with a pan can get from one
lundred to five hundred dollars per day. «
Die Indians will not lake the trouble to
vash for it, as they say they get enough <
o eat without it. There are copper, gold,
in, bismuth, silver and coal mines all f
wer the State of Sonora; besides, the ,S
oil is fertile, and the port of Guaymas
ne of the finest in the world. At the p
resent time, in mid-winter, oranges are *'
rowing^ in the open uir, and I sleep J’
leasanlly without covering.
;-The Secretary of the Interior has ap
liod to the Sac and Pox Indians for a full war
ress, to be presented through the French
linister, to Louis Napoleon. Tho tribe has -
lost generously responded with a splendid
juipment; scalping-knife, tomahawk, peace E
ipe, and various other articles of savage b
arfare. No expense has been spared by ii
•ay of ornament and decoration.
— The Governors of the States of the
Union, including the Governor elect of Kan
sas, are seventeen Democrats, sixteen Repub
licans, and one, in Maryland. American. The
Democratic Governors arc in fourteen slave
holding States and three free States. The Re
publicans are, of course, all in free States.
-The Harpers, who paid Howadji Cur
tis, a thorough abolitionist, $0,000 per annum
for his contributions to their paper, have
thrown him overboard, in consequence of the
excitement on the slavery question.
The Maryland Legislature has finally passed
the resolution, which had been pending, in
structing the representatives in Congress to
use their influence with the national Govern
ment for the negotiation of a treaty with
Great Britain for the restoration of fugitives
from the United States who may be found in
Canada.
Tka Plants for the South.—The Agri
cultural Bureau at Washington is about to dis
tribute a number of tea plants in those States
south of Virginia, but none will be sent North
until April. There are no seeds this year to
be given to members of Congress, as has gen
erally been done hitherto. Owing to the
limited amount of appropriation on hand the
office was unable to purchase any.
The New York Tribune is fully satisfied
with the triumph of the Republicans in the
election of Pennington. It styles Mr. P. a
“well-tried Republican,” and says his elec
tion “is just as perfect and complete a triumph
for the Republicans as the election of any one
of their number could have been.”
Alabama Manufacturing Firearms.—A
bill is before the Alabama Legislature, giving
a bonus of $20,000 to any person who, within
eighteen months, shall manufacture 1,000
rifles, equal to the army rifle, within the
State; the individual giving bond in $40,000,
to continue the manufacture for five years.
-Virginia, up to the present time, has
laid 1,700 miles of road: Georgia, 1,240; Ten
nessee, 1,062; Maryland, 833; South Carolina,
807; North Carolina, 770; Arkansas, 30, but
she has 700 projected; Louisiana, between
200 and 3000, and all of them are paying
roads.
DIED :
In Des Arc, on the 22d inst., Mr. James S.
Freeland, aged about 35 years.
(ST Mr. Freeland’s- funeral sermon, as
also that of his daughter Larcena A., will be
preached at Watkins Chapel on Sunday next,
by Rev. Dr. T. Sanders.
VALUABLE DES ARC
TOWN PROPERTY,
FOR SALE.
THE undersigned will sell at public Auc
tion, on
SATURDAY THE 7TH OF APRIL. 1800,
The following desirable and well located
property, viz:
Lot No. 1, in Block 27, corner of Buena
Vista and Woodruff streets, on which is a
good two story frame business house, at pres
ent occupied by Nat Gilliam, as a Family
Grocery and Furniture Store. The house
rents for $450 per year, a: d as is well known,
the location is central and among the best in
the town.
—ALSO—
The West i of lot No. 2. Block 27, on
Buena Vista street, on which is an excellent
one story frame house, at present occupied by
John McNamee as a Tailor Shop, and by
O’Brien & Co., as a Boot & Shoo Shop. This
property also pays a handsome rent.
—ALSO—
Lots 4, 5 & 0 in Block 36, corner of Erwin
and Izard streets, near Watkins Chapel.
There is a frame house on the premises, and
the lots are enclosed. This property is very
desirable from its beautiful location.
—ALSO—
Lots 1 and 2, 11 & 12 in Block No. 40,
cofner of Erwin and Foster streets. The im
provements on these lots are inferior to none
in Des Are. The house contains five rooms;
with kitchen, smoke house, stables, cow
houses, out-houses, together with a fine gar
den spot, all neatly enclosed. The buildings
were built last year by H. P. Vaughan, Esq.,
whose judgment was beautifully displayed in
the erection of a tasty and neat fabric, with
all necessary conveniences. We will also sell
a number of our unimproved lots on the same
day.
Our object in selling is to decrease our
quantity of real estate, and turn it into ac
tual means.
Terms— One-third cash, balance in six.
twelve and eighteen months, with a lien on
the property until the payments are com
pleted. Evans & Horne.
_feb29-0t. _
J. W. MARTIN.. T. SIMPSON.
MARTIN & SIMPSON,
ATTMNIEY© for
Des Arc, Ark.
WILL practice in Prairie, White, Ar
kansas, Monroe, Jackson and the ad
joining counties. Office on Lyon street.
feb29-tf.
W. M. GHEENSLADE.
«Merchant Tailor,
Des Anc, Ark.,
SHOP on Buena Vista street, one door West
of the Post office. All work executed in
a neat and fashionable style.
fr»h9Q-1 v
AZVMTI V JS'S'R %TOR’<t NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Ste
phen Red, deceased, are requested to make
payment by the 10th of March next, or they
ivitl find their notes, accounts, &c., in the
lands of an officer for collection.
feb20-2t J. M. ROBINSON, Adm’r.
LIVERY STABLE:
BY T. F. GREER & BRO.,
Des Arc, Ark.
T H E proprietors of Ffcs_
this Stable, which is MSSb
the oldest establisment
>f the kind in Des Arc, situated on Buena
fista street, near the-Public Square, are prc
lared as heretofore, to accommodate their
ustomers with Horses, Buggies, Carriages,
cc., on short notice.
£3?“ We are prepared to accommodate any
umber of horses, by the single feed, day,
reek, or month. We attend to the stable our
elves, and can assuree all that their stock
rill be well attended to.
£3?” To the citizens of Prairie. White, St.
’rancis, Jackson, Monroe and Pulaski coun
ies, we are under peculiar obligations for
beir liberal patronage; and can assuree all
even those who come from afar off,” that no
ffort shall be spared on our part to please
liem, as in by gone days.
feb29-tf.
TEAM MILL FOR RENT OR
SALE.
ILL be in perfect running order on the
banks of White river, at Buffalo city,
.rkansas, within sixty days, a first class New
team Circular Saw Mill, that will cut five
lousand feet of. lumber every 10 hours. The
iill will be for rent or lease at $800 per year,
ayable monthly, in lumber, at mill prices, or
>r sale at cost and carriage—One-third cash,
alance in twelve months. The mill is not to
e moved from Buffalo City. Apply to
J. H. QUISENBERRY,
feb-22-lj!60—3t. Des Arc, Arkansas.
JUST RECEIVED,
BOXES Shoes and Boots.
Also,
1000 Apple Trees, from the nursery of
radv Price of Lauderdale county. Alabama,
sing a selection of the best qualities of fruit
i the country.
jar i t- g. *. j mclap.en & co,
FEMALE sinTooT
Atlanta, Prairie Countt ^ '
HAVING succeeded in estabiL, I
the above School, and bavin,1? 1
red the invaluable service,“ft* I
L D. SaKi'oRD.as principal J, I
educational advantages,
tion with her untiring energy and p,°.‘"l!!’m
ancehas won for her a reputation as » 1
attained bv few. And having all the ' a
tages nature could bestow on a localitv°,fc'
rounded bv a moral, energetic and deeDf"" I
terested community.
All the Trustees feel proud in offering
young, but fiattefing institution to the mi la
age of the public. ** ^
First Session commenced on Monda,. „ !a
13th February, 1860. >y ^
TERMS PER SESSION OF FIVE MnxTI.
Primary Department. $10 M
1st Acadamic Class. jn
2nd Acadamic Class, embracing * f>
Algebra, Geometry Si. Astronomy. i« i
French and Latin.. jq ^ |
Music.•'. 20 ui 1
W Good board at reasonable rate,. '
REFERENCES.
Col. Jno. M. Bell, Maj. 1. C. A. Skill, i
Maj. Peter St. Clair, Rev. I. Y. Corbitt n "H
land Grove, Ark. ’ **'«
By order of the Truster.
feb29-tf. L. B. Mitchell, Se:cT ']
SOUTHVVORrm,llTN^E&c(i|
Wholesale Dry Goods
AND
CLOTHING STORE* i
Memphis, Tens,
W. s. SOU Til WORT II, > W. H. NANCE,
geo. e. yf.atman. $ Late of Huntsville All / «
Of Douglas&Co., ) JOS. C. BRADLEY, of ' j
Nashville. jj Bradley, Wilsoo'tCi ■
New Orleans. p
WE have opened early for spring sales M
at No. 163 Main street, Memphis,Ten” ■
a large and varied stock of foreign 4i,j 9|
DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, NOTION! H
HOSIERY. UMBRELLAS, Ac., &C., eXcItKlqkS
for wholesale trade The .merchants of l'.|®
kansas, will find it to their interest to examit. .IS
this.stock before going to other markets|9
Goods and prices will be found to companl^S
favorably with any to be had in the UniteiB
States,—and all we ask, is an opportunity!^®
prove our words true. Barter of all dkcijr,.H
tions, taken at highest market value. S
Southworth, Nance, A. Co. H
feb29-3m. Above Worsham House. H
<'I t UK MVAW'E'm " ~~I9
A YOUNG Man from the WesternorSouth.fi
ern portion of Prairie county, who evil
bring good recommendations, can get a gooiH
permanent situation in one of the best dnl
goods store’s in Des Arc. None need appl'-Sj
unless they can first produce letters of recoin-9
rnendation from good and substantial citizens,Si
as to morals, industry, etc. One acquainted s
with the business preferred. Wages asgoolu f|
any other merchant can afford to give in this ||
country. Address, A. B., through the Du , ?
Arc Post Office, within fifteen days.
fcb-22-1860—2t.
C A JUDSOIV,
pARPENTER AND JOINER, Also,!
Dealer in Sash, Doors, Mantles, Window 9
and Door Frames, &c.
Cy Shop corner of Erwin and Parkstreeti.H
nr.S ARC, ARKANSAS. '(
V. B.—Coffins made to order, on short ]
notice, feb&ly |j
PARTNERSHIP IWlic^r"
WE have associated with us in business |
Mr. S. Lowenstein. The business
will hereafter he conducted under the style sj
and firm of Cans, Rosenberg & Co.
L. GANS k CO. !
S. J. ROSENBERG.
S. LOWENSTEIN.
Des Arc, Feb. 22, 180(1. — lm.
BUSINESS PAIt I.VEll WAN I Ed. ;
A GEN n.LMAN of good business qniii‘M
■iA. fications and moral character. ha»int||
a cash capital of from two to five thouiaalH
dollars, and can devote his whole timetobovH
iness; can get an interest in an establishes4j
Mercantile house in Des Arc.
Address, W. W. M., Des Arc Post Office,fl
feb-22-1800. .3t. f
TOWN LOIS
AT AUCTION*
AT HICKORY PLAIN,
Praiiue County, Am%j
OY MONDAY, I lie Otli DAY *>I
IHAUCH next, I will sell at pubk |
auction, a number of Lots in the town olg
HICKORY PLAIN, without reserve.
The town of Hickory Plain i9 situated!* «
Prairie county. Arkansas, fifteen miles We*y
of Des Arc. sixteen miles North EastfroaS
Brownsville, and fourteen miles East from At- >1
lanta. The town of Hickory Plains offer1 jl
more inducements to purchasers than any >n-|l
land town in the State; from the fact that I
the society in and adjacent thereto cannot b<|g
excelled in the South West. In point of*
health, it is only equalled by locations part a
of the Blue Ridge. Besides, there are other Jj
inducements held out to purchasers, such m
being in the heart of the best upland portion |
of Arkansas; and being situated directive
the Stage road leading from Des Arc to Fort IS
Smith, and also, outhe road from Des Arc to
Little Rock. And last, but not the least, *e jpj
are building, and will soon have finished, on* H
of the finest Seminary building! in the St>t*. |y
We design establishing a high school ofth’fi
first character. We also have a number of I
churches in and around Hickory Plain.
Terms.—One-half of purchase money p»™ M
at tut? umt* oi selling—cnc oilier uair in i"5"' &
months. P. H. WILKINSON. |
February 15, ’00-ls.
~iV[L 1B^L©[LYS
DRUGGIST, J
Oi AND t»
APOTHECARY,
ALSO, DEALER IN
Stationery, Perfumery*
FANCY ARTICLES &C., ^ ||
Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista stree. &
mm® airo? Aim* „.i
Fine Wines, Brandies, &.C., for "f |
liciual purposes, always on hand.
(py*Physicians prescriptions are accurate? »
impounded of the best articles that can
jrocured. janlS-tt^ oj
Onion setts and Gs <!«*> seed
TUST received 2 barrels Oni n Setts, and* |
J large .stock of all kinds of the very w j
Garden Seeds. Also, Irish and Sweet pot >1
*eed. [febS] J. H. Ql/ISENBERR^ g
MONEY WANTED.
FHE undersigned is now making arranp’, *■
ments to start soon, for a splendid 9 :
>f Spring and Summer goods. Come a**1 - p
ne. [febfj-] J. U. QUISENBERIO
DISSOLUTION,
rHE partnership heretofore existing j
tween the undersigned, in the Boo , ( j
Shoemaking business. Dealers in Leather,* |
s dissolved by mutual consent.
JOHN O’flUIEN. j
jan25*lm. FRANCIS HObt^ ^
liHPRIH ED PROPER » Y ON BUl
Ni A VISTA STtJt ET FOR SAL®1 ffl
THE East half of LOT No 0, Block 23.* ,
duena Vista street, in Des Arc, is offered
tale on reasonable terms. The building
'ormerly occupied by J. W. Wallace. •
Family Grocery. The location is one or
rest in town. For terms. &c., applv to
jan 18-1.u] J. C. MOHHIIV
4 1