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If. «A1H, Kdltor.
PES ARC, ARK., DEC. 22, 1866.
OURSELVES FIRST.
The old Tear is passing nwaj—almost j
ponc_Sl)on time will usher in the new
torn Tear of ’67, and with it will come j
new demands and new responsibilities.
Many changes must be effected, our agri-i
cultural system must be changed, and we
must bogin to live and work for ourselves I
and not for others, as wo havo been and j
are now doing. Many of our planters
have for the past year, devoted their en
tire attention to raising cotton, and not a
few of them have found it to be labor in
vain. Now, that which we wish to say is
this—we speak to those of our own slate
more particularly. Having tried the ex
clusive cotton'plan and failed, let us turn
our attention to something else. Many of
the leading journals, capitalists and cotton
factors of the country recommend, that we
plant just sufficient cotton to supply the
home demand ; encourage manufactories in
our midst, that the cotton raised at home
may be fashioned into cloth, to supply our
wants. That by this policy wo keep at
home the labor that has heretofore kept j
in motion, the wheels of New England;
factories. It seems to us there is wisdom ;
in this course; we can build factories for j
the manufacture of that which we cou
tiumo, and why not do it, rather than pat- ■
miizc those who would tie our hands that
they might rifle our pockets ? Then too,
ciur attention turnod into other channels,
our agricultural system can be improved,
until tho farmer can live, and live well,
upon tho produce of his lands. If he,
must needs have that which more readily
commands money, and cotton be the arti- j
cle, let it pass immediately into tho hands j
of English manufactories that gold may .
to returned for it. We give these scat-j
tored expressions merely as a forerunner
of what we may have to say at some future
time upon this subject.j^Lct the planter
; consider if there be not wisdom in these
suggestions.
RADICAL MEANNESS.
Some time since, a committee of Ladies
visited Chicago, for the purpose of solicit
ing contributions for the aid of Southern
orphans; upon their arrival they sent
their cards and circulars to the various
printing offices, requesting that they be
inserted, with such favorable remarks as
the editors might choose to make. They
were treated kindly and courteously by all
the Press of the city except the Rrpxtb/i
\ rau, a dirty lladical sheet, with an editor
i whose heart is ten fold more black than
the principles ho advocates. The low,
cowardly poltroons who conduct this sheet,
whose bravery never rose higher than to
war against helpless widows and orphans,
and whose patriotism is but pocket deep,
sent tho Ladies the following letter, which
wns answered in all womanly dignity, and
with such rebuking irony as should have
made the miserable sneaks bate themselves
<o death, lint here is their letter. Judge
sod condemn them by it.
Orrtcic of tub Chicago Ekci ru.io.Ax, "l
Chicago, December 7, tbGG. (
Mr*. E. A. E. Meors, Treasurer S. O It. A.,
Mrs. C. V. Hai’.cv, Acting Secretary S. 0.
It A.
Jlttttnud I. ml ft: In response to your re
quest for a contribution to buibt houses for
destitute children of deceased Confederate
foldicrs. please find inclosed $500 in (be cur
_ * l. „ __ l r. .1 \-..
that ”lhe shrinking delicacy ami pride of the
southern people forbids the idea of conducting
the establishment upon the principal or plan
of an ordinary charity.” IV e cordially coin
wide with this "policy, situ as ordinary chari
ties are supported by ‘■greenbacks,'' you will
appreciate that lofty sense of chivnlrie pro
priety which leads us to contribute to the
support of your enterprise a currency which
is opposed in all respects to greenbacks.
Yours, very truly,
CHICAGO REPUBLICAN CO.
CntCJtuo, December 8, 180*}.
Help for the Starving Poor in the
Southorn States.
A public meeting is to be held to
morrow with a view to- an organized
effort for sending speedy relief to con
siderable numbers of people in the
Southern States who are reported to be
now in a starving condition. It is as
serted by credible authority that, in
consequence of the failure of crops,
following directly upon the desolating
effects of the rebellion, there are “not
a few districts of country in the South
where the present supply of food is
insufficient to last-* thirty days, and
where there is neither money nor pro
duce on which to bas£_tJie expectation
of a future supplythat “whole vil
lages are living on the closest rations
alreadyand that “there arc thou
sands of families in South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama who look to the
coming winter without hope, and who
arc actually perishing to-day from
starvation.
W e are sure that an appeal for help
for these sufferers will not be made in
vain. The same charity, which has so
often made itself felt among the per
ishing, without reference to their na
tionality or their relations with us, will
pour out its bounty in copious streams
for the relief of our fellow-citizens,
without reference to the cause of their
calamity.
The organization, when formed, will
doubtless tiud most serviceable eo-op
c rati on from the Agents of the Frecd
meh's Bureau, ns well as from the nu
merous army officers stationed all over
the South, who will be as ready to dis
pense mercy ns they arc to enforce
justice among ail classes.—[New York
Evening Post.
, teS“(ieueral Grant shook hands with
a boy twelve years old in Washington,
a few days since, and remarked that
he hoped he would not have
to visit Washington when he became a
man, ns it is a had place for men to
visit, bur bacmlvsf to little boys,
Wm. •
The Planter's Troubles.
A recent, visit to some of the planta
tions in the interior of the State hat
enabled one of our rural contempora
ries to witness the tribulations of the
planters under the new regime, lit
says the freedmen invariably carry oul
their engagements in hud faith; natu
rally indolent, the negroes let slip no
occasion which ran exempt them from
work, and seize upon every subterfuge
which may enable them to drone away
the hours of labor in their cabin, llul
notwithstanding the great number ol
cases of sham sickness, there are, un
fortunately, many more of real disease
than there were during the existence
ef slavery, in a damp, flat region like
lower Louisiana, fevers are frequent at
well ns tiangcrous, and those whom
they attack need assiduous attention
The negro, with his well-known indif
ference anti improvidence, is sure tc
fall a victim if lie. does not receive the
kindly ministerings of the white peo
ple. Under his master lie was wel
fed, and when sick, well cared for. Oi:
every' plantation there used to he r
regular hospital kept, in first rate or
der, and superintended by a competent
physician. As soon as a hand fell sick
he was sent thither and properly
watched and provided for. In nim
cases out often he promptly' got well
and returned to his work. The result
was beneficial to both parties—to tin
slave in Ids bodily health, to the plant
er in his profits. But now, everythin'
is changed. The slaves have beer
freed, and are no longer under con
straint to remain in hospital. Or
many places they have been offered tin
care of physicians and nurses, medi
cincs, and everything else that wonk
restore them to health, if they' will on
ly go to tVic hospital. But in no cas(
will they accept. They prefer to stay
in their own cabins and be treated by
charlatans of their own race. The un
wholesome food with which .they
gorge themselves, and the nasty “med
ieincs” which the voodoo doctors poui
down their throats, either carry then
rapidly' to the grave, or indefinitely re
tard their recoverv.
Throwing aside the question of hu
inanity, the planter is, even now, inter
csted in taking good care of his labor
crs, and would go to any expense, ii
doing so. But what can he do ? II<
has no control over the volition o
these overgrown children; and wher
called by agonizing cries to the bedside
of the unfortunate wretch, writhing ii
the pangs of premature dissolution, h<
can do naught but turn away with the
mournful and bitter reflection that, ii
former years, the hospital might hav<
saved the victim of fanaticism and su
perstition.
Oh, arrogant, self-constituted phi
lanthropists ! who plume vourselve sc
proudly upon your speculative theo
ries, if you would only stare humai
misery in the face, you would giv<
over some of your ridiculous and un
founded doctrines.—[New Orlcam
Crescent.
Politics in the Pulpit.
AVe lately gave a specimen of tin
piety of our Radical Congress, in a ser
mon preached by one of its chaplain!
on Sunday, 2d inst., the theme of whirl
was—not the gospel of peace, but tin
gospel of tbe halter and the guillotine
This Rev. (?)Dr. Boynton is one of tin
‘•blood-hounds of Zion," and the theme
of his discourse, according to otti
Washington special dispatch, on tin
day of its delivery, was a “demand foi
the immediate punishment of leadin'
rebels.” How deplorable that the pul
pit, on the Lord’s Day, and in our high
est halls of legislation, should be de
serrated by the exhibition of the snnn
venomous spirit as is daily manifcstei
by sue.h blustering patriots as Sumner
Stevens, Wade, and other doughty war
riors, of whom it has been truly suit
that they are “invincible in time o
ponce; but invisible in time of war.'
The soldiers of the Union—both ofli
cers and men—scorn to treat a prostrati
people as foes, and are generally, if no
unanimously, in favor of accepting tin
surrender of their former enemies ii
good faith. It is only the non-combat
ants—those who never shouldered i
1 musket or drew a sword while the wa
was going on. whoarc for still keepim
it up. None of these make more nois
ami betray a more fiendish spirit that
the political preachers, who eontentei
themselves during the contest witl
lighting with their tongues only; am
who still use that “little member,” a
an apostle calls it. in a manner whirl
1 confirms his assertion, tlint it is oftei
j “set on tire of hell.” Wc had hopci
that the day of denunciatory politico
j harangues from the pulpit was passim
away, ami that the people would sooi
return to their former sentiment of rev
1 erencc for sacred things. But when \v
are compelled to witness still such out
rages upon it as that committed a
Washington, in the presence of the re
presentatives of the nation, and wepre
sumo with their applause, wc are no
surprised at the general apathy and in
difference in the churches of New Eng
land and the Middle and the Westeri
I States, nnd the low estate into whir]
the ministry in many places lias fallen
: Such sermons as that of this meek am
j charitable Congressional Chaplain ar
as much out of place as Satan himscl
would be in the pulpit.—[Missouri He
, publican.
Napoleon’s Appearance.
A late Paris correspondent thus de
: scribes the appearance of the sick cm
peror of the French, as lie wanderci
about the famed retreat called Briarrits
j seeking for the health he cannot liud
He says : 1 have never seen the emper
or looking so ill, and the last thre<
months scorn to have added ten year
to his life. His face is pale and thin
and the lines upon it are becoming mor
clearly marked, and he looks cure won
and sad. and very much like a man sufl
ering with depression of spirits froti
chagrin and disappointment. In walk
ing, too, he carries his head more 01
the left side than formerly, and walk
as though it were very fatiguing. Hi
majesty’s dress this morning looked al
most as “seedy” as his face. He is usu
ally scrupulously neat and careful ii
this respect, but it seemed to me tha
lie had been particularlyneglectful thi
morning, lie wore a round lilac!
“wideawake” hat and gray overcoat am
trousers. The emperor is always ai
awkward man on foot, as his trunk nm
legs are exceedingly out of proportioi
—the former being long, while the lat
ter are unusually snort. He is certain!
an inch shorter than the empress.
&£■?“ Some oue has smartly said tha
John Morrissey will be President o
the Frst National Faro Bank, to whir
; another responds that the dignity wil
rest on club-footed Thud. Steven*
Better Morrissey, lor he will be tli
guaranty of a “square game.''and whll
he would honor the position Thar
Stevens would disgrace it.
The Alabama Cane.
1 Air. Thomas Hughes. in n recent
: political speech in England, gave sonic
I attention to the present condition of
the Alabama'claims, and among other
good points, gave a side glance at Lord
Derby, which is too good to be lost:
“As fothc alleged difficulty of fixing
J the terms of reference for arbitration,
what did they pay great statemen and
clever law officers for but to do difficult
business of that kind? It appears that
a commission was about to be issued by
our Government to inquire into the
neutrality laws; but if they were not
prepared to enter into an arbitration
on the Alabama claim, they would
never get the Americans to join in their
commission. [Cheers.] At the Guild
| hall banquet the other day, the Premier
had spoken very soothing and concilia
tory things about the great American
; republic. He rejoiced at that, and only
' wished that Lord Derby had arrived at
the same conclusions some five years
ago, and then there would have been
! no Alabama claim to settle at all.
; [Hear, hear.] At the bottom of the
j refusal to make any concession in mari
time affairs lay the old feeling that
Britannia ought to rule the waves ; and
even in Lord Derby’s admirable speech
the other evening, the laying of the
Atlantic cable was spoken of as having
i vindicated England's old claim to the
dominion of the seas. That was rather
Ian unfortunate allusion, because since
the commencement of this century
other nations had begun to take a dif
l ferent view of the subject. An Ameri
I can poet, in some verses entitled ‘Jona
! than to John,’ thus expressed the fecl
jing of his countrymen on that point:
“We own the ooenn. too, John,
Von must not think it hard
That we can’t hold like you, John,
II is just your hack yard. [Laughter.]
“ ‘Uncle J.,’ says he. ‘I guess
If that’s his game,’ says he,
‘The fencing stuff will cost enough
To bust up old J. B.’ ”
[Renewed laughter and cheers.]
They might depend upon it. there was
-— -m m -
The working of copper mines in
. California has now attained such a de
velopment that it promises even to sur
pass in importance those of mercury,
• and justifies the prediction that it will
one day become the largest copper-pro
ducing country iu the whole world.
The California copper mines are rich
and numerous. Ores containing two
per cent, can be profitably smelted, it
is believed, at Swansea. The Califor
nia mines give easily ten per cent., and
have already produced thousands of
tons giving twenty per cent. Fifteen
counties, from San Dieogo to Del Norte
possess veins of copper which will give
at least ten per cent., but while tire
means of transport remains so costly,
only the mines nearest San Francisco
can be profitable at the present time.
Amongst these, the Union mine, at
Copperopolis, exported 110 tons of ore
per day, of which 50 tons contained
twenty per cent, of metal; but a very
large portion of this is absorbed in the
cost of carriage of the ore to San Fran
cisco.
Suggestive.—A most suggestive in
cident occurred in the senate chamber
a few days since. Secretary Seward
unexpectedly appeared on the floor,
lie came in very quietly, almost steal
thily, and stood for a moment quite
disconcerted by his reception. He en
tered from such a quarter that the
.Johnson men did not see him, and in
! full view of the union side of the house.
Not a member recognized him ; some
looked up and then carelessly went on
with their reading or their writing.
The secretary hesitated a moment, then
1 went quietly to a senator, called him,
' and disappeared with him in a cloak
room. When William II. Seward, from
, his scat on that floor announced the
doctrine of the irrepressible conflict—
the principle upon which our war was
really fought—did it enter the mind of
I any (hat before the conflict was wholly
over he would fall so low in the csti
1 mate of his fellows?
1 8fa5~On yesterday evening about four
o'clock, the bank at the cast of Perry
: street, known as the Corduroy road.
‘ j commenced sliding, or caving. In a
| few minutes it extended to either side
• of the street, in front of the residence
J of Mrs. Hall, on the South side of the
• street, and in front of the building used
’ as a telegraph office on the north side,
1 and within one hour's time so rapidly
J did the work of destruction progress,
! that the telegraph office fell in, and the
1 j cave extruded up to witlnn a few teet
r; of Mrs. Hall's front door, caving in a
1 portion of the fence and several of the
' beautiful trees in her yard.
■ j It is thought that the recent excessive
" rains have contributed to this destrue
1 i tive caving. After the great rain ot
' j Wednesday night last, quite a break
'I occurred near Mr. Tapp’s wlinrfboat,
f 1 (which lias recently been dropped down
‘ to the east end of ltightor street.) carry
‘ ing in several bales of cotton.—[Helena
i
> I
■ I A Xkw White House.—It is deter
1 mined to locate the White House, and
V the Presidential park that will surround
* it, about two miles out of the city, to
' ward the northwest. Here the natural
irregularities of the surface and a beau
Itiful stream of water will afford every
advantage to improve nature by its de
- i vclopment in the hand of art. It is in
- j tended to make this spot to the nation
I what Central Park is to New York—
, the highest development of park and
. | ornamental and artistic gardening.—
- j The land will cost about SI,500per acre,
*. j so that half a million will secure the
; 1 land. — [Washington Correspondence
. | New York Evening Express.
II 6©“ A special from Washington to
-, the Missouri Bepubliean says:
i j The House Committee on Hanking
-; and Currency, agreed on an important
i bill to-day, amending the National
i I Banking law. It adopts many of the
j i recommendations of Secretary MeCul
- j loch, and inclines to a contraction ot
- i the currency. The banks are required
i j to redeem in New York city, but the
tj House, it is believed, will not accept
- that feature. The section prohibiting
; any bank from having over a million
1 of capital was agreed to, with a provi
i sion taking the surplus over that
1 amount from the banks. This surplus
i will reach §30,000.000. and half of it will
■ be distributed for banking capital in
, the Southern States. The bill will be
reported to the House next week.
i ©Gy-A correspondent of the Boston
f Advertiser. (Bad.) who attended the
i Norfolk. Virginia, railroad celebration,
I ! writes homo :
.' “So far as the rebel officers arc con
i'; corned, they made the best speeches,
i' exhibited the most genuine feeling ot
. friendship, and were decidedly the
most companionable people wo metr’
BY TELEGRAPH!!
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IOTTOX-JI4 to 3-S.<
KITTLE ROCK*
; Little Rock, December 17.—The'
| Senate joint resolution rejecting the
i Constitutional amendment passed the
House to-day,by a vote of seventy-two
to two, both Houses will take a recess
i from the twentieth inst., to the tenth
i of January.
The river is on the decline, with four
| feet water in the channel.
1 The Celeste has arrived.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, December 17.—In the
1 ease known as the Indiana conspiracy
| case, the Supreme Court has unani
mously sustained the Circuit Court in
I issuing its writ of habeas corpus, and
adversely to the power of military
| courts to try citizens where the ma
chinery of the civil courts is in unre
I strained operation. Judge Davis, for
the majority of the Court, condemned
i military courts in such cases, as forbid
den by the Constitution, while Chief
Justice Chase, speaking for Justices
Wayne, Swaync and Miller, maintained
thnt the pow'er to inaugurate such
courts lay with Congress, and were only
I illegal in Indiana because that body had
failed to authorize them.
The House adopted anti-repudiation
resolutions, and instructed the Com
mittee on Finance to report a bill
modifying or repealing the usury laws,
j The vote in the House to-day on
! instructing the Committee on Ways and
Means to report a bill retiring the
National Rank notes, and substituting
legal tender currency, failed by only a
| few votes. It is understood that the
i Committee favors the move, and a feel
iug of opposition to the two classes of
currency is growing.
Governor Worth, Judge Ruffin and
Governor Swavne had an interview
with the President to-day regarding
Sickles’ order abolishing corporeal
i punishment in North Carolina. They
uuu; u uucu jviuui > «uu ucaiu |iaiu;iii/
ly. The President will consider the
question in Cabinet council and answer
Wednesday—favorably, the Commiss
ioners believe. They also laid before
him a detailed statement of affairs in
North Carolina, including the tone and
disposition of the people, which they
represented as peaceful and loyal.
The Loyalists had a full meeting to
night, only one unrecognized State was
unrepresented. They agreed upon the
plan of abolishing the present State
Governments and their reconstruction
by a loyal element. Paschal proposed
a memorial to the accompanying pro
position, which will be proposed to
night, and submitted to an adjourned
caucus to-morrow. A Judge Deerout
presided.
NEW V ORK.
New Yoke, December 17.—The bank
statement shows a decrease of S2,000>
000 in loans and $50,000 in specie, and
an increase of $1000 in circulation, $2,
781,411) in exports, and $2,347,452 in
legal tenders.
The Congressional Fraud Committee
met at the Astor House to-day. Five
witnesses were examined, including a
penitent distiller, Several additional
distilleries were seized this morning.
Fenian muttersare lively. Arms and
ammunition are accumulating. It is
stated that two privateers have cleared
this week.
; The Aldermen have concurred with
1 the Council in selling the site for a
I postotfice in the City liall Park, for a
‘ half million dollars.
RICHMOND.
Richmond, December 17.—II. II.
I Lewis, a grand-nephew of Gen. Wash
ington, was convicted to-day of the
murder ofDr. Rose, of King George
county, and sentenced to the peniten
tiary for three years.
The Express Company's bill, ■with
special privileges, has passed both
Houses.
CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, December 17.—General
Grant will arrive here to-day and pro
ceed to Washington to-morrow.
Woodrow, Means it Co’s boiler at
their mills exploded this morning,
knocking the building into fragments.
The engineer was killed and several
| otncr persons injured, p,oss, SdU.uiKj.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Vienna, December 17.—An Imperial
; communication lias been forwarded to
S the Hungarian Diet on the subject of
; this refusal, couched in severe terms,
which intimates that the Government
i of the Empire will be strictly enforced
throughout the whole of the Emperor’s
domains, for the best interests and wel
fare of his Majesty’s subjects.
Home. December 17.—Invitations
from the leading dignitaries of the
Cat holic Church of the United States,
extending to the Pope an urgent re
| quest for liis Holiness to visit that
I country, has been received, ami is un
der consideration. There are some
probabilities of its being accepted.
Berlin, December 17.—It is rumored
here that the Emperor Maximilian is
j detained in Mexico against his wishes,
and that he is virtually a prisoner, un
der the surveillance of the French olH
1 cials, ivlio are said to be acting under
' orders from the French Emperor, as
j the latter fears that complications may
arise from the hasty withdrawal of
; Maximilian.
Paris, December 17.—Gen. Almonte,
j the Minister ot'the Imperial Govern
ment of Mexico, here, has received a
1 telegram by the cable from Mexico,
stating that Maximilian will remain in
! the country as long as God gives him
j strength.
Dublin, December 17.—Advices from
all parts of the Island, up to noon to
day, report all quiet, and there are no
; prospects of any immediate distur
bance. Patrols of troops have been
established in the most suspected local
| ities, and the arrests made within the
pa'st few days have been on tiie de
icrease.
Liverpool, December 17.—A report
has been circulated here that James
Stephens, the chief organizer of the
threatened Fenian rebellion, lias been
arrested by the English detectives,
while attempting to make his way into
Ireland; but the Government officers
deny the statement, and are as earnest
ly searching all suspected persons as
j they have been for the past two mouths.
Up to noon to-day Stephens has not
been seen by any of the civil guard nor
the police. Humors are rife tlint he
failed to reach Ireland, and has gouc
into Havre to await a favorable oppor
tunity to take passage on some sailing
vessel for the northern coast of Ireland ;
and that whole coast is now under the
vigilant scrutiny of the English gun
bouts, ami a largely augmented force of
tlio.coast guard, in small boats.
New York, December 17.—Gold 133.
Five-twenties of '65. 100,'g : new issue,
108 tg. Treasuries, 105>£. Tennessccs,
691.,'. Missouris, 92,l2- Cotton linn;
sales 2,500 bales—M@35)£c. Flour hig
her sales 790 bbls at $ll®lb50. Wheat
4 to 7c higher. Corn 1 to 2c higher.
Whisky dull. Pork easier—sales 4,000
bbls new mess at 82112,'2 ®21 50. Rice
quiet. Sugar in fair demand; sales
500 hhds Cuba at 9*4 @ 10>4.
Otn Platform.—Let tho Southern
people be sure to produce, as they easi
ly can, an abundant supply of provis
ions. manufacture their own timber
and iron into all the implements they
need, spin and weave all the cotton
they consume and let only the surplus
of the staple, if anv, pass over to Low
ell and Manchester, to be paid for in
hard cash. Let them do whatever may
be necessary to secure a free Republi
can State Government, and steadily re
fuse, by any debasing compliances, to
purchase the privilege of enjoying their
constitutional rights in the Federal
Union. So employed let them manful
ly meet whatever" destiny may be in
store for them, secure at least in the
possession of their own self-respect.—
[Nashville Gazette.
fijssj“The Governor of Missouri has
succeeded in getting up one tight. The
Jefferson City correspondent of the St.
Louis Democrat (Radical) says : Adju
tant General Simpson has just handed
me the following telegram from Colo
nel Montgomery at Lexington, via
Warrensburg: Bushwhackers came in
to Lexington in force yesterday under
command of Pool and Clemens. Colo
nel Montgomery demanded the surren
der of Clemens, and on refusal a tight
ensued, in which Clemens was killed
and other bushwhackers mortally
wounded. The rebels having made
threats against Union men, Montgomc
ry has arrested a number of the most
prominent secessionists, and holds
them as hostages for the safety of loyal
citizens.
^ III »
®af“Mr. Beecher, says the Brooklyn
Eagle, lately severed his connection
with the Independent and transferred
the publications of his sermons to the
publishers of a rival religious sheet.
The Independent people now report
the sermons on their own responsibili
ty, thus nullifying any pecuniary ad
vantage Mr. Beecher could hope to ob
tain from the publication of his weekly
lucubrations. The parties concerned
are all godly folks but this is regarded
ns rather sharp practice neverthelsss.
Verily, there is a marked resemblance
between the business ways of the elect,
and those of the poor devils who must
be content to take their chances in the
next world, making no claims in ad
vance to a reserved place.
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Anna Dickinson’s Chikography.—
The Itipon Commonwealth published
a very pretty letter from Anna Dickin
son, apologizing for the failure to keep
her appointment there. It says about
her handwriting :
“Miss AnnaE. Dickinson writes such
a horrid fist that it is next to impossible
to read her letters. Printers get so
they can read almost anything, but we
had a ‘stumper’ in trying to make out
her letter published in another column.
We don’t know whether it is exactly
right or not, but it is as neacj^ it as we
can make out her hieroglyphics.”
8sg™The plan of reconstruction pro
posed by the vagrant loyalist committee
superintending the job at Washington,
is for congress to declare the southern
status territories, erect new states out
of them, appoint a commissioner toylic
tate a constitution and further form of
government and otherwise put the mat
ter into the hands of these representa
tive scoundrels. The old Persian idea
of satrapies was but a weak style of
modern republicanism. Nero was an
enlightened prince, or at least ought to
be set down as such in the lightof radi
calism.—[St Louis Times.
- m • m -
SwsrA monster petition, signed by
nearly every prominent citizen of New
Mexico, has been forwarded to Wash
ington, praying for an increase of the
military force in that territory for pro
lection against tnc Indians.
!>i:S ARC HOTEL. FOR RENT.
1TIHE Des Ar.r IIotei. will be rented to tbe
_L highest bidder, for twelve months, on
Tuesday, tbe 1st day of January, 1807. For
further particulars, apply to
W.m. H. HARVEY,
Proprietor of the House.
Des Are. December 22, 18Q6.—It
To'Whom it .llfly Concern.
N'OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I shall
apply to the Court of Probate of Prairie
county, at the January term, 1807, fot an or
order to sell the real estate of William Dolin,
deceased, for the purpose of paying the debts
of the deceased.
JACOB R. GRAY, Adm'r, of
Estate of W.m. Doits, Dec’d,
December 15th, 1800.—dee22-lt
To Whom it May Concern.
IVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I shall
J-X apply to the Court of Probate of Prairie
county, at the January term, 1807, for an or
der to sell the real estate belonging to the
Estate of Aran Dean, deceased, for the pur
pose of paying the debts of the deceased.
JACOB R. GRAY, Adm’r, of
Estate of A, Dean, Dcc'd.
December 15th, 18G6.—dec22-lt
STATE OF ARKANSAS,!
COUNTY OF PRAIRIE. I
In the Circuit Court of said county, on the
Chancery side thereof, before the Clerk, in
Vacation of said Court, December the 17th,
1806.
Ambrose S. Erwin, ]i
complainant, j
TB i Bill to enforce [
William N. Kirkpatrick, 'vender’s lien. j
defendant.
This day appeared complainant, by solid- ]
tor, and files his bill of complaint against do- 1
fendant, praying the enforcement of the
vender's lien in tbe following described lots
to-wit: Lots No. 11 and 12, Block 39, in the
town of Des Arc; and it appearing by affi-1
davit annexed to said bill that, the said de
fendant, William N. Kirkpatrick, is a non
resident ot this State; it is therefore ordered 1
that he be notified of the pendency of said i
bill against him by publication of a copy of
this order in some newspaper printed in this
State, for the number of times and within the
time prescribed by the statute; and that un
less he shall appear in said court, on or be
fore the fourth day of the next term thereof,
to be lioldcn at the court-house of Prairie
,n"n of Brownsville, on the
third .Monday in February, A. D. 1867 and I
then, there except, plead,- answer or demur !
to said bill, the same will he taken as con
iesscl against him, .and an interlocutory de
cree entered. '
W m. GOODRUM, Clerk.
A true copy from the record.
: " » GOODRUM
dpc----' Clerk
.•YT'CTION !
vtrr wj]l sell pell at Auction, commencing
W Wednesday, tiie 26th Inst.,
and continue three days, a lot of
Hardware, Castings,
Nails, Drugs,
Medicines and
Perfumery,
Combs and Brushes,
Household and Kitchen Furniture, &c.
VAUGHAN & MARTIN.
I)es Arc, December 17, 18G6.—It
STATE OF ARKANSAS, \
COP ST V OF PRAIRIE. )
In (lie Circuit Court of said CMinty, on the
Chancery side thereof, in vacation, Novem
ber the 2Glh, 18G6.
James W. Fields, Complainant. J jjjjj for
vs- , , 1 Divorce,
Ellen N. Fields, Defendant. )
This day comes said complainant by solici
tors, Gantt & Rronaugh, and files heroin his
bill against said defendant, Ellen N. Fields,
and it appearing from the affidavit thereto at
tached, that the defendant is a non-resident
of this State. It is therefore ordered, that
notice he given to said defendant, by publica
tion of a copy of this order for two weeks
successively, in some newspaper published in
this State, the last insertion to be at least
four weeks previous to the commencement of
the next term of this court, of the pendency
of this suit, the object of which is to obtain a
divorce from tlie bonds of matrimony, now
existing between complainant and defendant;
and that unless she shall appear on or before
the fourth day of the next term of this court,
to be begun end holden at the court-house in
the town of Brownsville, on the third Monday
in February next, and answer the complain
ant in the premises, the matters and things in
said bill contained, will be taken as confessed,
and an interlocutory decree entered accord
ingly.
A true copy from the record.
Attest: Wm. GOODRUM,
dec22-2t ClMlf.
Regular Louisville, Memphis and
White River Packet,
MER CUR Y,
GEO. DICKIXSOX,.Captain.
W. D. Smith,.Clerk.
A ^IHS stcamer Raving en
-EifeKfcP^'Mtrtd.rered the above trade, will
run regularly throughout the season, Will
leave Des Arc on the 26th for Augusta, Jack
souport and Pocahontas. For freight or pas
sage apply on board. dccl3
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I will apply at
the next term of the Court of Probate, in
the county of Prairie and State of Arkansas,
to be begun and holdcn at the court-house in
the town of Brownsville, on the 2d Monday in
January, 1867, for an order to sell the follow
ing described real-estate, belonging to the
Estate of Jno. C. King, deceased to-wit: The
N E of the N E of 24, and the N E of the S E
of 12, all in town 3 north, range 10 west, for
the purpose of paying the debts of said Estate.
ELIZABETH KING, Adrn’x of
EstaW-Jxo. C. King, Dcc’d.
December 3, 1866—decl5-3t*
JUST RECEIVED^
PER STEAMER HARRY DEAX!
1 Hogshead New Orleans Sugar,
One Barrel Sugar House Molasses.
10 Barrels Flour.
1 Barrel Oranges.
For sale by
FRITH & HARALSON.
Des Arc, November 30, I860—decl
j JJAZEX gr jyjCpiIERSOX
Abe to-day receiving a desirable addition
; to their already large stock of Goods, such as
I Kentucky Jeans: White, Red, and Fancy
Flannels: Balmorals; Ladies’Plain and Fancy
Wool Hose: Childrens Hose; Men's Half Hose;
Corscfts: Stays; Black and Fancy Dress Bind
ing; Blenched Domestic; Buttons; Thread:
Needles; Linen Handkerchiefs: FaperCollnrs;
Gents’ all wool 1'iulershirts and Drawers.
-w,so
Flour. Bacon, Salt, Sugar, Coffee, Ten,
Castings, large lot assorted Tinware.
In addition to the abovu articles, we arc re
ceiving by almost every boat, something to
satisfy the wants of the country. ‘Our stock j
embraces nearly everything the people desire,
and we wish to say in this connection, that j
our prices are made to correspond as nearly
as possible with the times.' We wish all com
ing to Des Are to trade, to call and examine 1
our heavy stock. , ■'
Des Arc, December 3. 1866—decS-tf
STATE OF ARKANSAS,]
COUNTY OF l’llAlRIE. /
In the Circuit Court, of said count}-, on the ;
Chancery'side thereof, in vacation Novcin
her the 80th, J8GG.
Emma P. Iloweli, Complainant. |
John L. Howell, 'Defendant. j i)lTorce;
This day comes the complainant Emma P.
Howell, by her solicitors, Messrs. Kent and
Hedgepeth, and files her bill against the de
fendant John L. Howell, and it appearing
from the affidavit to said bill attached, that
the defendant is a non-resident of the state.
It is therefore ordered, that notice be given I
to the defendant by publication of a copy of
this order for two weeks successively, in some
newspaper printed and published in this
state, the last insertion to be at least four
weeks previous to the comrhencemcnt of the
next term of this court, of the pendency of
this suit, the object of which is to obtain a
divorce from the bonds of matrimony, now
existing between said complainant, and said
defendant, and that unless lie shall appear,
on or before the fourth day of the next term
of this court, to be begun and holdcn at the
court-house in the town of llrownsville, on the
third Monday in February, 1807, and answer
the complainant in the premises, the obliga
tions in said bill will be taken ns confessed,
and an interlocutory decree entered accord
ingly- Wm. GOODltUM, Clerk.
A true copy from the record.
Attest: Wm. Goodbum, Clerk.
it. riTzornALn, Gallatin, c. c. hill, Memphis. !
josh. t. jeffebson, Memphis.
H.FITZGERALD & CO.,
—WHOLESALE—
-AND
Commission |Hcffhauts;
agents for tiie sale of
Colton Yarns, Sheeting and
Osnaburgs, Dupont’s Gun
Powder and Printing
Paper.
2i( Front Street,
norlT-fim ^MEMPHIS.
WHOLESALE and HETaij
Commission Merchants '
DESARC, “ - - - ARKANSAS
Keep constantly on hand a lar<t»
well selected stock of all such thin “
are usually found in a first class UgS|1
Grocery Store.
Our stock consists in part of
Bacon, Card, Flour,
Sugar, Coffee, Molas**,
Tinware, Q„rensHare
Tobacco, Snuff, Bagging,
Rope, Candles, Sardines,
Oysters, Soda, ef®.,^
We respectfully ask of all that they ■,
and examine our stock before purchi'
elsewhere. We have selected our Goods*"!
care, and are prepared to sell as cheat!..,
in the market. r ""I
novIOtf FRITH & HARALSON
(IKKAT WATCH SALE:
ON THE POPULAR ONE PRICE PtAS
Giving every Patron a Handsome and fr.
Halle Watch for the low Price
of Ten Dollars'.
mTIMM r KEUAKDTOlAUf
And not to be Paid for unless per
fectly Satisfactory I , I
100 Solid Gold Hunting Watches $250 to I
100 Magic Cased Gold Watches 200lo^i I
100 Ladies' Watches. Enameled 100 to’Oil I
200 Gold Hunting Chronometer j
Watches 250 to 800 B
200 Gold Hunting English Levers 200 to250 I
GOO Gold Hunting Duplex Watches 150to 200 I
500 Gold Hunting.American AYatcheslOO to250 m
500 Silver Hunting Levers 50 to 150 I
50.0 Silver Hunting Duplexes ”5to250 B
500 Gold Ladies’ Watsbes 50to25f' 1
1.000 Gold Hunting Lepines 5dt0 ;; |
1.000 Miscellaneous Silver Watches 50toll)) I
2,500 Hunting Silver Watches 25 to 50 h
5.000 Assorted Watches all kinds Ip to "5 I
fifeiTEvery patron obtains a Watch by this fl
arrangement, costing but $10, while it amp 1;
be worth $750. No partiaiity shown,’ 4
Messrs. J. HICKLING & CO., HO Uroad-I W
way, New York City, wish to immediately 1
dispose of the above magnificent Stock. Cer- Si
| tificatcs, naming the articles, are placed ii jiS.
i sealed envelopes, and well mixed. Holden I
| are entitled to the articles named on their Is
I certificate, upon payment of Ten Dullim, *
whether it be aAVatch worth $750oronevoni ‘1
[ less. The return of any of our certificate %
entitles you to the article named thereon,, S
| upon payment irrespective of its worth,ani Sf*
j as no article valued less than $10is named ot B
any certificate, it will at once be seen that: 1
this is
So Lottery, lut a straight-forward legitim! E
Transaction, which may be participated
in even by the most fastidious! it
A single Certificate will be sent by mat B
post paid, upon receipt of 25 eta., five for$i I
eleven for $2, thirty-three and clogantpa- I
miuin for $5, sixty-six and more valuaKi I
premium for $10, one hundred and moat si- ■
perb AVatch for $15. To Agents or this 1
wishing employment this is a rare opportuad- i
ty. It is a legitimately conducted businen. Eft
duly authorized by the Government, andopa |
to the most careful scrutiny. Try us! g»
Address J. HICKLING & CO.. 1
dec-8-Sm 149 Broadway, New York, |
NOTICE
rS HEREBY GIVEN, that letters of Admit 9
1 istrntion have this day been granted I
as Administrator of the Estate of AV. A • |
Mann, deceased. All persons having claim g
against said E-stute, are required to exbthit |
tlicm within one year from this date, props.' |
authenticated, or they may be precluded fra I
any benefit in such Estate; and if not pa
sented within two years, will be fore'" I
barred and precluded from any benefit ft® ^
such Estate. Notice is also given to dip"' |
sons indebted to said Estate to couiefornd g
and settle. I
... . . .. . . r Sm
Estate W. A. W. Mans, Dec'«. |
Dcvall's Bluff, Ark., Nov. 18, 18C6.-2t ’■
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENfl I
—OF— 1
BANCROFT k CARL III'
Derails Stuff, St*«»I
First Class Insurance of Life, FiW I.
Marine and Accidesi |
Insurance Companies. j\
National Banking and Insink'i
COMPANY, j
ST. LOI IS, MISSOI BL I,
Insures Town Property and Mercha ^
Fnrnislies Open Marine Policies011 j) I
Terms. , ' |
Losses paid at this office. ■
BANCROFT & CARL LEE, |y
SOUTHERN I
LIFE INSURANCE OOJfi^'E
MEMPHIS, TEIVKESSEE'yl
INSURES AGAINST ACCU’e>TM
For $30, you can secure a P°'icY
you $25 per week in ease of 1 n- ,'rk ofll0!hB
ing you from attending to your S®
ness; and in ease of death ny tiiel' I
cures $5,000 to your legal repre I
No Medical Examination. -gj, ft
BAN0E°7^
WllAT WE tfrtf
BTT'S'!! I
lVe will buy Cotton. . j
Wo will buy Dry Hides. j
We will buy Tallow. j
We will buy Beeswax. ’
IVc will buy Eggs and Pul,cr .
We will buy akvthiko lh‘r'°t
to sell, and will give Goods. » ^B
prices. Mrr*,fr"’f
llnzrn & * f,<wf I
\r*\ T>f»rpm^*CT* ** f