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VOLUME a. ' DES ARC, ARKANSAS, OCTOBER 20, 18B7. WUMBEU 3A
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1 fits jrc dTiti^n.
PUBLISHED EVERY SITURDVY.
0FF1CS—SUE* l VISTA STREET,
Our Job Printing Department.
We have supplie 1 ourselves with ft good
assortment of Printing Ma'eriftl ftftd ftro
roly to ekecuto all kin 1* of Job Mfttiftg,
on reasonable terms.
We arc prepare I to print Pamphlet*, Cata
logues, P istors. large or small. Cards, Ball
Tickets, Bill Heals. Blanks of every descrip
tion, for Cterks, Sheriffs, Jtistiroa, of the
Peace. Constables, be.
MEMPHIS BUSINESS DIKE! TORY.
(YHOATK A CG . Hart ware. Iron, 5teel,
J .Stoves. Etc , 232 Second Street.
DAVIS k BAUGH? Co ton Kactori, Gro
cers and General t'ommisSion Merchants
No. 176 Front Street.
T,1K AN KLAN D, A. F. . General Dry Goods
.r Commission Merchants. 281 Second St.
IjlLSII ER it AM IS, Marble and Stone Works, j
J? corner Adams and Second Streets.
1*11 LBERT, M iNTfcUv N. W A LK MR, W bole
I? sale Importers of Dry 4»oods, t>rugs,
Hardware, etc.. 274 Second Street.
HXRDWh K HotjSB, I.- a IMrdwiek,
proprietor, Nos. 61, 63 A 65 Adams Si* !
JONES. J. W. A. & CO., Cotton Factors, Gen- j
eral Commission Merchants, 263 Main St.
MOON, ROBERT a.. Cotton Factor and
Commission Merchant, 276 Front Street.
Mansfield &hig bee, WhoielaYeltrug,
gists and Chemists, 301 A 303 Main St.
OORES. SMITH &"CO.. DcalerlTin Sad
dlery. Hardware Leather, 342 Main St.
Mitchell, hai^me a co„ Miiiintr§
and Dressmakers. N. K. cor. Court Square
MITCHELL. HOFFMAN & CO., Dealersln .
Furniture, 308 Main. A 36 Monroe St
MENKEN BROS, Dealers in Dry Goods,
Clothing, etc.. 263 Main St. cor. Court, j
MATT HE W S~A at. llx a N DER, Agents for (
sale of Agricultural implements, Seeds. I
etc.. 272 Second Street.
MAYER, MAKS'iIVLi/ a CO., Dealers in
Segars. Tobacco, Pipes, etc., cornet*
I Second and Jefferson Streets.
Ni: WMTvN .M RS. A. a , Dealer in Mlfllnerj
Goods. 156 Main Street. __
^TEWSOM. .IOH N. Grocer, dot ton Factor
JPI and Commis-i".! Merchant, 182 Front St.
OKQllV BRO S CO . Hardware, <'m lery.
Nails, Castings, etc , 312 Front Street.
T)OE, R. R. A (’<>.. Cotton Factors and tifoA
X eral Uommuawn iueronani*
EKKLNS, LiT t .N^i.’rToA *. I'Oril'. Dealers
in Railroad and General .Machinery Sup
plies, 850 Main Street._____.
130CG0, L. & Go , Wiiolesale Grocers and j
X\ Con feci ion.'-rs. Second Street. •*
ROS8EL. M7j .Tiroc • r. Cotton Factor an«l \
Commission Merchant. ‘I!f» Front Street.
SHAW. J. S. fcCO • Hardware, lroa, Steel
_ Sloes, on* * Spc *ii*l Street.
rmvLVia 0 V< kctlvni'. foti.n f*c
I tors nii.l Juitnission M'renams, 3Jt
Front Street. _
TlTliLF. \ll I ill/. J * *.r .11 "mu. Liquors. ,
>V Cigars in I r >•' / IT** Frol.- Sind
VXTUKfcl.E • I'.' '*'. -* ’ •;•*•> .
VV Wood and Willow w.ire. 33 i Main St. ;
\» J OHM ELEY. JOY A COT. Cotton Factors I
I HliilPri.iluc' Verrh "its. 31" Front Sl. ,
\\f Oi&ilA.U atiltau > .* .t i.t iwn.v Fro
VV prietar. cor Mam anil Jefferson Street. |
Geo. W. Maberry
ATTORNEY AT LAW, I
AND
SOLICITOIt IX CHANCERY
—AMD—
DEVEKiE UV» ‘CENT,
I COTTON IMjANT,
WOODRUFF COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
iTIIlLU attend tlie Circuit and Probate
\J\| Court* for the counties of Monroe. St.
Francis anil Woodruff. Ma'-*t~_
J. E. GATEWOOD. J S. THOMAS,
GATEWOrD & THOMAS,
4£ RAW
DES HIC, ARKANSAS.
I. Ji. 8KDAIPKTH. T. BLAKE KENT.
HEDGEPETH & KENT.
ATTQRS8YS AT LAW.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
S 1II1LL practice in nil of the courts of
* yy Prairie county, and the circuit courts
t'lhe surrounding counties. marlM-tim
IMES^H. PATTERSON, LUCIAN C. OAUSE.
tyiMtu. Ark. Jack,import, -lid.
mm SIDNEY S. GACSE.
Patterson. (Jause & Br®.,
|ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jackson port anil Augusta, Arkansas.
stif ____
1 Will practice in the Counties of Woodruff.
Jackson, Independence, White. Lawrence,
; Randolph, Green. Craighead and Cross, mud
nittMKJ to special cnaew m mijr
■\Stale. Address either office mylK-ly
• BL—___________ — — ,
tWM. H. COOUY. i». MCRAE.
COODY & MjRAE,
ipg'gQimm® « &aw
| .KEiHCV, IV■Il l'll <OI\TV,
A IIKANH4M.
_
♦ ill pract.iH in *11 'be euu::» of At Kansas.
raar24
jit'1 r■ CLARK. SAM w WILLIAMS.
■ Jor. w martin.
■CLARK WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attomd^s at Law,
;.«ITTLE ROCK, ARK L1M8AS.
IIILL practice in al! the Court*, prosec Ole
■f yy f.^ime of a!l kinds, collect debts, and
.'JR,, ,, Heal Kifaf-e an 1 (Jm^ral tAyrntr.
^aBorncs—Markbaui Street, near State House.
ISR april28-tf
'.Mm HICKS, Formerly of the tirm of Cyperi k
H, R. FIELDING, Formerly of Atbeua, Ala.
HICXs * FIELDING.
ATTOaXSYS AT LAW,
Searcy, Whit® Co., Arkansas*.
Jif TIJiLL practice in this and the adjacent
mty counties, in tbe District Courts, and 8u
t | preme Court of the State.
_\l’e haeo in connection with our L.w
B Orrice an ACTIVE OUT DOOR COLLECTING
H-AGENCY. Claims entrusted to us will be
■promptly attended to, and if not immediately
■ collected will be at once eeonred if possible.
SRciaim against tbe Government for property
■ taken by the U. S forces (whether receipted
m far or not)—Boontibs Pensions, Abbeabs ol
e P.y Ac. promptly attended to.
■ znar2l- HICKS St FIELDING.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS._
UCO K MORTON. H. P. VAUGHAN.
HORT^ST & VATTOSAIT
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
DKS AUC, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in (be Courts of the counties
of Prairie. Whip?. Jackann. Woodruff and
Monroe. Phrticular attention given to the
collection of claims any where in the State.
sepTtf. _ __
_ bTr. rout. b. TREZEVANT
Tenders his professional services to
the citizens of Dos Arc and vicinity.
Office—At Johnson & Davis' Drug
Store. __ _ ^P21
DR. ALL 3 XT
Offers his services to the citizens of
Dcs Arc and vicinity in the practice of
medicine. Thankful for past favors,
and by attention to business he expects
tp share a liberal prtronage. .
Office—One door east of Burney's
Drug Store. scp21
R.8. OAsrr. w J. snoMACOH
GANTT St BRONAUGH,
ATTOHHIYS at law.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie,
While, Woodruff. Monroe, Arkansas and Pu
l»«ki. Prompt stttlntiou given tnthe collec
tion of claims. ' Taxes will be paid and titles
investigated for non-residents. aprH-ilni
THOMAS J. MARSH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
A. t Law,
I) E S ARC, AREA NS A E
3<ar Partciilar attention given to the
collection of all kinds of claims against
the Government.
Office—On Bt/nna Vista street next
door to J. M. Burney s drug store.
may26%
WM- T- JONES,
AtEOASBW AS RAW*
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
UTILT. practice in the counties of Pulaski.
yy I'raine, Monroe. nuimmu, ..
White Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of c’aitns. aprl4-ly
'DR. J. 77. SPRITS?,
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN,
Bring permanently located at Des
Arc, will continue tiie practice of liis
profession in ail its brandies. Special
attention given to the treatment ol
acute and chronic diseases. sep21
Jp. leptien,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I am now prepared to do all
kinds of work in my line. Mend
ing. Cleaning. Ac.
_Thankful for past favors, I solicit a
continuance of the patronage heretofon be
stowed on mo. feb'28-tf
* ■ ...—
JAMES J. GALLAGHER.
Attorney at Lnvv,
corros plAyr, woodruffco, ark
Will practice where called.
sep28-tf.
DR. J A ROtSELAtii office, is
now at Johnson A Davis’ Drug Store;
can be be consulted at bis room ai the Harvey
House, lie will give his undivided attention
to Chronic Dlaeases of every deecrip
tion.
The best of reference* enn be famished, by
applying to
DR. J. A. ROUBELACX.
junl-tf ' Des Are. Arkansas.
WATTENSAW
Nursery.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
FRUIT TBEES,
ONE AND TWO YEARS OLD,
FOR SALK IN 1867-8,
BY JOHN P.'MORROW * SON,
1-BAtRlK COdfcTY, ARKANSAS.
H AVING been engaged in this business for
the lust seventeen rears, in Mississippi
and At kansas ; and Laving slndied it closely,
! we claim to have acquired a knowledge of the
Kkiits adapted to our climate. We refer the
1 public to specimens in our Orchards, and Or
chard* sold by us, in this and adjoining
COU^Mcs- A • dress
t*ofen D. WbrrsW & Son,
Dee Arc. Arkansas.
N. H. BABN6TT,
MIRIM 14188,
And General Repairer.
Will repair Old Harness, or make new ones.
Also, repair Saddles Shop-^opposite “citi
zen 01’ 1015.”
De* Arc, Ark., May 25, 1887—tf
M
• •
The undersigned having m
opened * Uoune of Euler- JE&
lalnmeut, on Buena Vieta Street, near
rbe Steamboat Landing, for (be accommoda
tion of
TRAVELERS AND BOARDERS,
By the day. week, or month, solicits tie pat
ronage of those visiting Des Arc. The fare
will be as good as the market affords, and
! terms moderate.
Give me a trial, aud I will endeavor to give
I satisfaction.
BENJAMIN HAYLEY.
Dos A”^, Ark , Mareb 28, 1867— 12m
1’KOKESSION \L VARUS.
ROBT. *• AXMERgON, WM. J. THOMPSON,
Jacknmpart. Ark. AugusUi, Ark.
Anderson A 'pionfpton,
ATTORNEYS AT LA W,
Jacksonport' and Augusta, Ark.
Will attend the Court* of Jackson, Wood
ruff, and adjoining Counties, and to special
cases in any section of the State, Address
either office. maylS-ly
A. O. PICKETT. L. M. RANSACK.
PICKETT A nAMSAUR
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS.
Will practice in the counties of Woodruff.
Jackson, White and Craighead. Special at
tention given to collections of all claims en
trusted to their care aprO-ly
J. C. JONSON. Office—West Ptjint, Arkansas.
JNO. M. MOORE, Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
JONSON A MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
—AND—
General Land and Collecting Agents,
SEARCY, ARKANSAS.
Will give prompt attention to any business
in the counties of independence, Jackson.
Woodruff, Monroe, Prairie, White, Conway
and Van Buren. . mar9
J K. I». ALIJRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cotton Plant, Arkansas,
JYii.l practice in the Circuit Court*? of
Woodruff county, aud the Circuit Court, of
the seventh Judicia. District, and give prompt
attention to all business entrusted to his
care. • janl2
X. W. WILLIAMS, T. M. GIBSON.
WILLI AMS & GIBSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ,
Des Arc and Devall’s Blttfl. Ark.
WILL practice in frame and adjoining 1
Counties All business confided to their oare
will be promptly rtipihumi "ci"-’ **•
C A. JUl>SON,
uamwo m j'Dawia,
Manufacturer of
SASH. DOORS. BLINDS,
And dealer in
GLASS AND PUTTY.
THANKFUL for pant patronRge and solicits
a continuance of the same,
j janiiG-ly
DRUGS!
A WELL SELECTftD STOCK OF
PBE8B DRUGS,
MEDICINES AND CUE,NIC! S,
School Boohs and Stationery,
Paints, Olle, Dye-Stuffs, Window-Glass, Per
fumery, Patent Medicines, Wines, Brandies,
Whiskey, for medicinal rurpoees.
Dromgoole's celebrated ^Tbuthern Remedies,
invariably for cash, at small profits.
, Jul-M J. M. BERNEf.
1)» is f-lSCHESSEB,
WATCHMAKER
—AND—*
J E WELE,
BITLERITILLE, - ARKANSAS.
t •
MAS on hard, a nice stock of Watch- Jg>
es. Clocks, Jewelry and Fancy fZ’R
clcs. Also, will repair Watches.Alfll
Clocks, Jewelry, Musical Instruments, etc.
In connection with the above, I have a
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
wnere any Kiua OI n t lciure rail mimi.
»pr20-flm _ J_B. FISCHf.SSFK
r. R. POE. N EVILS * ROSE.
R. R. POE & CO.,
&&&CE&S
-AM>
Commission ittnchauis
We-t Point, Ark
Wi Live on burnt n lull supply of all kinds
of Gi ocerien, and would be pleased to
buve our frien Is and tbs public generally to
cull und see us. Our stock is large, and we
shall keep all articles usually found in a first
•Mass Grocery House. We buve on bund, ami
for sale,
BACON.
FLOUR,
LARD,
BUGAR,
COFFEE,
RICE,
SALT,
MEAL,
MOLASSES,
CANDLES,
SOAP,
SALT,
CANDY,
FRUIT,
PICKLES,
And n variety of otber articles too numerous
I to mention.
Tbs highest cash price* paid for *11 kinds
of country produce, Hides, Psliry, etc., In
Goods ot cash pries*.
B. B. POE & CO.,
R H. TOE, Agent.
! WestToint, Ark., April 6, 18(57
The Moneyless Man.
BY II EM BY T STAMTOM.
The following w»« recently rcc!tc<Tby one
of the finest re»dcrs on the English singe, in
the city of London nml won the spplsuse of
thousands of England's most classic and re
fined:
Is there no secret place on the f»ce of the
e»rth.
Where charily dwelled., where Tirthehath
birib?
Where bosoms in mercy and kindness will
heave.
And the poor and Ae wretched shall-“ttk and
receive?”
Is there no place on earth where a knock
from the poor
Will brin£ a kind angel to open the deor?
Ah ! search the wide world wherever ypu'ean,
There is no open door for a moneyless man,
Go, look in yon hall, where the chandelier’s
light
Drives off with its splendor tliq. darkness of
night!
Where the rich hanging velvet,* in shadowy
fold
Sweeps s.racefully down with its trimming of
gold,
And the mirrors of silver take up and renew,
In long lighted vistas, the wildering view—
Go there, in your patches, and find if you can,
A welcoming smile for a moneyless man I
*
Go, look in yon onureh of the cloud-rcaohing
spire,
Which gives b\pk to the sun his same look
of red fire;
Where the arches and columns are gorgeous
within*
And the walls seem as pure as a soul without
sin;
Go down the leng aisle—see the rich and the
great,
In the pomp and tho pride of* {heir worldly
estate— •
Walk down in your patches, and find, if you
can.
Who opens a pew to a moneyless man !
Go, look to yon judge in his dajk-flowing
gown.
With the scales wherein'law weigbeth equity
down,
Where he frowns oh the weak, and smiles on
t he strong.
And punishes right, while he just ifies wrong ;
Where jurors their lips on the Bible have
laid.
To ren ter a verdict they've already made
Go thertf in the court room, and find, if you
can, *
Any law tor the cause of a moneyless man !
•
Go, look in the banks, where Nla nmoti 1ms
told
llis hundreds and thousands of silver and
gold: *
Where, safe frntn the hands of tltc starving
and [foor.
hies pile upon pile of the glittering ore:
Walk up to the coutnor—ah ! there you may
stay
Tid your lintbsgrow old and youv htflr fttrna
e *r».v
and you'll find at the banka no one of the clan
With money to lend to a moneyless man!
Then go to your hovel; no raven has fed
The wife who has ruflered too long for her
bread;
Kneel down by her pallet, and kiss the death
frost
From the lipe of the angel your poverty lost:
Then turn in your agony upward to God.
And bless, while it smites you. the chastening
rod;
And you’ll find at the end of your life's little
span.
There's a welcome above for a moneyless
man !
——The case of L. W. jftau vs. R.
D. Harvey, administrator of W. H.
Youell, lias been finally determined in
the United States District Court, at
Atlanta, unless the plaintiff carries it to
(lie United States Suprytjie Court.
Youell, in 18C4, purchased of Dean
his plantation In Floyd county,
Georgia, for $24,000 in Confederate
money. Dean remained hi possession,
hut since the war Altered into a Tent
contract for the.plucc, with Harvey,
the administrator of Youell.
Afterward Dean filed a hill in the
Superior Court of Floyd county, to set
aside the sale and to enjoin Harvey
from turning him ont of possession,
upou the ground that the consideration
of the*purchn<e was Confederate mon
ey, and the sale therefore void. The
Superior Court of this county first
granted the injunction hut afterwards
dissolved it on motion of Harvcjr &
Soott, the administrator’s counsel.
In the meantime, Dean moved to Al
abama—leaving his tenant in posses
sion—and dismissing his case in the
Superior Court and commenced his
bui i (in uuivi x> in mu i mu u umvco jo
trjct Cpurt for Northern Georgia,
praying for injunction, relief, etc. The'
case being argued on demurrer at the
present term, Ids honor, Judge Krakine
dismissed the bill sustaining rights of
the purchase.
The ense has excited a great deal of
interest, and is, perhaps, the most im
portant one to the Southern people de
cided since the close of the war.
- -.r__*
tgf General Canby lias instruct
od bis officers not to interfere witli
processes issued from Cnited States
Courts; and the marshal for North
Carolina is, in consequence, proceed
ing to Execute the writs about which
the Sickles trouble arose. Some prop
erty already sold by him brought on
ly a tenth of appraised* value. The
people are pptittnning General Canby
to interpose and stay the distress winch
must result from such ruinous sacrifice
of property.
The Tkcth—The Cincinnati Com
mercial, referring to the negro suffrage
proposition in Ohio, speaks the truth
after the following fashion :
Of the proposed amendment we will
say that it was unwise in Congress to
make a political necessity for the
friends of Congress to offer it end sup
port it at this jnnetnre ; and Its conclu
sive defeat in Ohio must be accepted
as absolute evidence that the extreme
Radical policy of converting the South
into black States is not acceptable to an
' immense majority of the people of the
i North.
THE SOUTH'S QBE AT "WANT,
The following very sensible article,
wc take front the Ilatidsboro’ Demo
crat, and should Ife read by every far
mer throughout the South. The sound,
healthy doctrine oontalncd thereiu, is
too lamentably true, Muf should sink
deep into the minds of our people—
our planters more especially should
profit by its perusal: •
Even granting that the ten Southerrf
States are fated to remain in their pre
sent unfortunate and anomalous rbndH
tion for many years "tOcome, politically,
there is one thing that will make even
that condition endurable, and that Is
Immigration—the immigration amongst j
us of men who will wllljtyrly undertake 1
the agricultural labor necessary to do- i
velop fhfe productive qualities orf tire,
rich and fertile acres of the South, now j
bringing forth only weeds andbram-j
bies, because ‘‘the laborers irre few.*
It has been demonstrated since the war,
on a limited scale, however, but to a
certainty, that the sdH of the Southern 1
States will produce, in superabundant;
quantity, of excellent qualify, rye, j
wheat,* corn.^hops, grapes, peaches, j
pears, apples, iildigo, castor beans, sit-j
gar cane, cotton, figs, peas, and a thou
sand other things', for home consump
tion and exportation, and for which 1
tljSre c#n -ever be found a market and j
ready sale.— Then what we most If ant 1
is immigration to our waste places of!
a hardy, industrious race not afraid to'
take small farms aud work them well ;
—meu who will take the place of the I
worthless portion qf the negroes—men '
| who will make the present wilderness
of the South “Blussotu like the rose.’’!
—Men of this character will he wel-:
coined by tbe true men of the South,
"Come they Frauee's vftiyartl lsnil,
Or Norway's groves of pine."
! In tiin language of a gentleman of Lou
isiana—‘Why is it that immigration*
cine* not flow in upon us, and fill npi
! those vacant hauls, where there is:
i'ouri enough to support and sustain 1
in comfort, a population one hundred !
tiliino on iri‘<iilf nc It'lilll IQ ItliU l i »• i
when every thinking nmn knows that
no Section of country returns so beau
tiful a reward fo the'iutelligent and in
dustrious Inborn*a* Kastern Louisiana ? i
The old winning wail, that a white
man cannot cultivate this soil, has long
since died ont. To-day, u thousand I
white men with merry hearts ami jo
cund song, axe busy on their farms,
reaping the fruits of their long sum-;
mor labor. (to where you may, and 1
you will find them earnestly at work." I
Who before the war ever dreamed of
planting rye. or that it would grow and
prosper here ? Yet the luxuriant p itch
es—not fields—that wave here and
there show clearly how easily and how
profitably it can he cultivated.
Who lias ever tried hops, rs a crop,'
which now*sell for seventy-five cents
per pound; and widrh, when once
planted, seems indigenous, and can
scarcely be eradicated from tlie cotton 1
fields? They require but the labor of j
planting, poling, and gathering.
iirooin corn is considered a {test in i
the crops; but if properly planted, the I
land of a county or two would produce
enough to make a sufficient number of
brooms to supply a whole State.
Who has planted, for sale, toe castor
oil bean, that grows so wonderfully
large and bears such immense hunches
without any labor? AVlio has an oil
press, and who can construct one?
Who cultivates indigo except Jiere
and there a small patch?
How many make their own sugar,
molasses, tobacco and rice; which are
peculiar crops that are most’easy aud
most sure?
Who in all this sunny land dry fruits
for sale? Does any oue can cither;
I > cnv IKO) ll|«|MVP, I'VUI O) III'IIVUIO) MVV »«•
l ines, raspberries, strawberries, toma- :
toes or eueombers, and the thousand ,
other fruits nnd vegetables?
Are any of these canned fruits sold
in our markets ? tio where you will
even into every country store, and I
there you will find them for sale. They 1
are brought from the North and East,
and sold here, where they can be pro
duced at hall' what they cost iu the
North.
Who ever heard of a can of shrimp?
Yet enough of this article could have
been put up to produce a million of
money.
Who ever saw a drum of dried figs
pul up here and offered for sale? yet
this land produces them of the first
quality, and in the utmost prolusion.
Here where flowers of every hue and
sweet odor, bloom almost the year
round, who can tell what one ever
made an ounce of perfumery? yet we
import and consume thousands of dol
lars worth every year.
With the finest clay and the purest
sand iu the world, who ever thought
of erecting a glass or carthruware fac
tory ?
Of the millions of willows that grow
around us, who ever attempted to make
a basket? and with cypress in untold
quantities who ever saw a Southern
bucket, ntachiue made?
Who has any machinery for making
wagons or carriages, or for the manu
facture of furniture?
All these sources of uutold wealth
and prosperity are within our easy
grasp ! yet our people slumber on. and
'".without one effort, content themselves
to hny all of their more enterprizing
and industrious neighbors of the North.
I Look at wbat you buy! Yon buy
your tohneco, your rice, your indigo,
your stignr, your molasses, your castor
oil, your broom, your hams, pork.'ba
pot) and lanl. You buy vottr vinegar,
your pickfes, and all your canned fruits,
and you buy all your perfumery. All
this and much more you should raise
on your farms. Factories and machi
nery for every purpose should be in
troduced and operated with skilled la
bor.
Camp Life in Mexico.—The eamp
life of the soldiery is as singular as every
thing else. In Mexican armies it is em
phatically the case that 'every laddie has
his lassie.’ The wdhien share all the dan
ger? with as much tang froid as the
oldcst-v.eteran,. and perform, without pay,
all the duties of army sutlers and regi
mental oooks and purveyors. Ou the
march they ride ahead, mounted on their
burror, or on raw-boned horses,, which
they generally bestride a la cavalier, and
five minutes after fhc halt is called each
will have a savory mess of chickens and
chile, and garlic and gr6aeo, simmering in
a litttle brown earthenware pan over a
charcoal fire, and deems herself well paid
if her lord and master bestows on her a
friendly word oftcommemlation. A strange
life these army followers lead. They are
• strange people altogether —a bundle of
contradictions. The women, altheugh
lost to all-sense of decency and virtue,-will
yet submit to every kind of hardship for
their rom/tanrr^s sake. One moment
you will see tlpc man brutally thrashing
his spouse for some real or fancied itifiricl
ityp uext instant they will be setting un
der the same blanket, billing and cooing
like a cwnplc of turtle doves. In the
trenches, during the Qucretaro siege, most
of the men dug eaves by their side for
their women, who thus kept them com
pany on duty, and not nnfrequeittly the
hospital litters would hear away wounded
and dead women aswel! a.” men.—[Galaxy,
for October.
The Lincoln Sensation.—The recent
development* in regard to llic pecuni
ary condition of Mrs. Lincoln, end Her
proposition to sell her wardrobe to se
rurc ft support, has started the tiews
pnper |>rcss after the Radicals and the
illustrious widow at a fearful rate.—
The Chicago Times gets off the follow
ing points*] squibs:
The whole Radical party may foresee
its fate in* the operations of a woman
now in Now York trying to sell her
dresses and jewels. In a little while
that party will he driven to sell their
old clothes and I heir souvetrirs of pow
er and splendor, in order to eke out a
miserable existence. The fate of the
Individual is the fate of the party.
In order to realize a substantial fund
fqr the support of Mrs. Lincoln, wc
propose that those office-holders who
owe their position to her Influence'do
nate one per cent, of their stealings.
The amount would place her absolute
ly above all want.
The ingratitude of republles*ls noth
ing to the Ingratitude of republicans.
If they had any gratitude whatever,
they would nol allow'the wife of their
late head to "haunt a pawn-broker's,
shop to keep from starvation.
Democrats all over the country will
sympathize with the wife of the late
President. Let them go to work and
make up a purse for the woman whom
Radicalism, having no further use for,
has left to starve.
Instruments Requiring Stamm.—
The following are the instruments to
he stamped,and the stamps .to be used
in ordinary business transactions. Cut'
this out and preserve it for reference:
Ail notes and evidences of debt, live
cents on earh $100; under $100,5 cents
if over $100, 5 on carli additional $100
or pari uiercui.
All receipts, for any amount, without
limit over $20, 2 cents; if $20 or under,
nothing.
AH deeds and deeds of trust. 50 cents
on each $500 in value of the property
conveyed, or tho amount secured,
When a deed of trust is duly stamped
thb note secured must not he ; but they
should be endorsed to show tho reason
why.
Appraisements ot estates orestrays,
5 cents on each piece or sheet of pa
per
Affidavits of every description are
exempt from stamp duty.
Acknowledgments to deeds &c.. are
also exempt.
Contracts and agreements. 5 cents,
except for rents; when for vpiiu, 60
cents on every. $8tX) of rent. or less; if
over SdoO, 60 dents for each $200 or less
over S20J.
Any person interested can affix and
cancel stamps.
Talent anp Tact—Talent is some
thing but tact is everything. Talent is
serious, suber, grave an respectable ; tact
is all that and more too. It is not a sev
leuth sense, but is the life of the five li
is the open eye. the quick ear, the judging
taste, the keen small and lively touch ; it
is the interpreter of all riddles—the sur
mounter of all difficulties—:he renjover of
obstacles—It is useful in all places and at
all times; it is useful in solitude, for it
shows a man his way through the world.
Talent is power—tact is skill; talent is
weight —tact in momentum; talent knows
what to di—tact knows bow to do; talent
makes him respectable—tact makes wealth
I —tact oarries it agiiDst talent—ten to on-'
Ootton Trade njxd Financial Embar -
rassments iu South Carolina.
The following correspondence, dated
Charleston, S. C,. 4th iust. \p the X. Y.
Times, represents a deplorable Rtate of
affairs in the old Palmetto State :
The cotton is moving in to market,
the receipts at this port having already
reached a thousand bales in a single
| day. There are serious apprehensions,
I however, that the shipment of the great
bulk of the crop will be retarded by
circumstances less transitory in their
character than the lateness of the sea
son. Tim difficulty experienced by the
planters, almost without exception, in
obtaining the ready money requisite to
meet the expe.nse of transportation and
i insurance and the onerous requirements
of the revenue law, will undoubtedly
delay and embarrass holders in turning
the staple into cash. The hank rate of i
discount in Charleston is eighteen per
cent per annum, more than four-fold
the rate for which money can he ob
tained in New York, the financial cen
tre of the Union. The prime cause of 1
this great disparity is to be found in
the prevailing Ittck of confidence in the
stability of political affairs but it is
attributable In some degree t6 the par- j
tial manner in whicli the national cur
rency has been apportioned among
the Southern as compared with the
Northern States. Before the war the
city of Charleston possessed a banking
capital of fourteen millions of dollars
in gold or its equivalent. This is now
reduced to the insignificant sum of
a half million in currency, which con
stitutes the joint capital of the only two
National Banks that have, so far. been
1 established in the city. In former times
t he facilities of borrowing money for
the purpose of moving the crops from
the interior to the seaboard were
considered by no means excessive.
| Now when the planting class ace so
much more straitened, the inability of
two small hanks to afford accommnda
1 tion to he'* ‘ nn I shipper, is ob
! vious, and even il t.,., ■ ’■* to;
make the necessary advances it migui
well be doubted w hether the planters
' could afford to pay the enormous mter
1 est of one mid a half per cent a month.
It will, therefore, be seen that the trib
| illations of those even, who have been
moderately successful in raising cot
! ton, will by no means cease when their
crops arc picked and safely in their gin
houses. Of those whom the worm or
rains have ruined I need not speak.
Along the seaboard
genera;, bankruptct
Must ensue during the coming winter
unless croditors should prove vastly
more lenieutthau creditors usually are.
Nearly every plantation is more or less i
mortgaged, and should foreclosures
he Insisted upon, the best lands in thc
Slate will change hands at a ruinous
sacrifice. The lawyers are preparing
to reap a rich harvest out of cases un
der the uew Bankrupt law, foi' there
will probably he po portion of the
Union that wii) contain as large a num
ber of insolvents, in propotiou to the
population, as South Carolina. This
condition of affairs is-due in a great
measure to the mania which prevailed
here before the war among the land
holders for buying slaves upon long
credits, giving a bond<for the purchase
monevy secured by a mortgage of the
slave. The validity of such bonds, in
view of the cessation of slavery, has
been an interesting question occupy
ing much of the attention of the State
and Federal Courts during the last
twelve months i nor will the contest j
be.settled until the United States Su
preme Courts shall have pronounced
dual judgment in the matter. So far,
the disposition of Judges seem to
have been to affirm the validity of such
mvi/ioi uuu meiivii tuo viiiii u iuoo u|'i/u
the mortgagers of tlie slave. Should j
this rilling be sustained, tho army of:
applicants who have already filed pe
titions of bankruptcy here will be very
largely reinforced.
Editing a Newspaper.—We clip (
the following front the Yaeoo (Miss ) Ban
ner, and endorse every word it contains:
That the severe labors of the editorial
j fraternity are not appreciated by the pub
! lie, there is no room for doubt, and in this
assertion we feel assured we are sustained
; by every poor devil 6f an editor in exis
tenco. The great public have an idea
j that the life editoriul is the most agree
aide in the world; that the editor has such
a fine time sitting up and reading the pa
‘ pers, having ice cream and drinks sent to
' hint occa icnully being presented with a
i coat a hat or a #
ly writing his editorials, paragraplts,
Oh it is delightful! So the great thought
less public thinks. Writing a leading
article upon a eertain day and hour, sick
or well, whether in humor or not. amounts
to nothing. It reads off so clearly; there
is so little space takeu up in the expres
sion of so many ideas; the diction is so
unaffected and natural that it seems as if
it were but a few moments labor. This is
all a mistake Let any person who oon
oeivea this notion of the labor of prepar
ing an ordinary newspaper article, try to
write one upon the most hackneyed sub
ject, and he will soon find bow sadly Le
is mistaken.
: -Coal, lead and alum have recent
ly been discovered iu East Tennessee,
i The mineral wealth of that State is
scarcely second to the agricultural
—, ■ ■ .
RATER OP ADVERTISING.
One square (10 liais of ihia site typo) for
one insertion, $1 ; each additional insertion,
76 cents.
| l m. | J m | « in. | n m ]7 year
1 oquuie, $■; u- $0 t»U $9 ZC> *12 00 $20 Ot
2 Squares, « Of! 9,00 11 00 14 Of 26 00
3 Squares, 9 Ot 11 Ot) 13 00 17 (X 80 00
1 Column, 11 OC 18 00 18 00 20 Ot 40 00
I Column, 16 00 !» 00 22 00 S6 Ot 60 <X>
; Column. 20 00 24 00 23 (X' 46 0( 76 00
1 Column. 25 IX' 23 00*3:1 00 55 00 00 00
Advertisers t*y the year will be restricted
to tbeir legitimate business.
Personal communications charged double.
Legal advertisefncnts will be charged, fW
r>ne square or less. Irst insertion $1. and 76
^ents per square for eaoh additional insertion.
A Ivcrtisemcuis not ordered for a specified
time, will be inserted til! forbidden, and
charged for accordingly.
\ll advertising due after second insertion.
Advertising and its Cost.
An exchange has the following sen
sible article en this subject. We com
ment! it to the attention of all business
men :
Few business men advertise system
atically, liberally and pcrsisteuti.y.
Those who pay most attention to it,
either advertise fitfully, or with a de
gree of neglect which they would re,
gard culpable in any other department
of their business. What would a mer
chant be thought of^ who only opened
his store now and then to invite and
serve customers ? Yet an advertise
ment in a flourishing paper is more
conspicuous than one's store, is more
observed and more spoken of, and to
withdraw it is like putting up the shut
ters or taking down the sign. The most
enterprising inerciiauts aud traders in
the iuterior thiirtc themselves liberal if
(hey spend a few hundred dollars a
year in advertising. They would deem
the farmed blind to his own interests
who would be stingy in planting, and
should fail to put ill seed in proper
quantity, because it. cost something.
Advertising is the seed planting of the
business men, and stinginess here must
make the harvest meagre.
What shall be the sum appropriated
to advertising? It will vary with tho
character and extent of business. But
the smallest trade ean be made more
profitable, and the largest can be cx~
tended, by liberal advertising. The
rule is sometimes given that as much
should be paid for advertising as for
rent. This may be too much in some
cases, too little in othefs. But every
business ought to be kept cc^istantly
and prominently before the readers of
the established papers of the distinct
from which the trade is sought. The
readers oi rewspapers are me most en
terprising and the most intelligent of
the population, and usually have the
most money to spend. Reach them,
and keep their attention, and you cre
ate a current which others >ri!> follow.
The Xew York Tribune states t}mt it
is true, as reported, that a Boston drug
gist, who 1ms a specialty before the
public is paying that Establishment
310.000 a year for advertising ; he paid
31.000 for the insertion of juo mam
moth advertisement. The Tribune
adds : ‘‘Bonner o^ce paid ns 33.000 for *
one insertion of an advertisement of
the Ledger. lie knew that by judicious
advertising lie couid insure a fortune.”
This seems large. Butin England such
sums arc hardly exceptional. Tiiere
advertising is a regular part of busi
ness. It is reckoned as necessary as
rent, and often ten limes as much is
spent for it. Advertising must be done
so as to reach the people whose custom
is sought. A separate sheet, a handbill
or a circular is a direct attack ; and the
person who receives it either throws it
aside without reading, or lie puts him
self on the defensive against it. A no
tice in the favorite paper is a flank
movement, it catches the eve unawares ;
it attracts the attention of an idle or a
listless moment; it becomes part of the
current news. Then it is like the con
stant dropping. It may not be read to
day. To-morrow it will be glanced at.
The next week it will be looked over.
Finally it will be read, when the pur
chase is to be made; when trade is to t
be transferred from the former dealer;
when a new article is needed, the no
tice will be bunted up, and the induce
ments offered subjected to test. One
such case will often pay for a year’s
advertising.
Sometimes men get along without
advertising. Instances are given of
pilgrims reaching Mecca on their
kneea. It is easier, pleasanter, swifter
to travel by cars. Liberal and discreet
advertising puts business on wheels,
and renders it active, beneficial to the
public, and remunerative to the dealer.
(9*A crusty old bachelor says tho
wife of Adam was called Eve because
when she appeared, man's day of hap
piness was drawing to a close,
S&*Au editor says the ouly reason
why his house was not blown over in
u late eale. was because there was a
heavy mortgage Upon it.
J9*tVhich is the largest jewell in
the world? The Emerald Isle.
ffSy .V lady appeared at long Branch
fancy balls as ‘Amiability.’ Her hus
band failed to recognize her.
lOrdood news for husbands—the
ladies wear their dress longer than
they used to.
IW*Why is a lovely young lady like
u hinge? Because she is something to
be ado.cu.
•C7*Precocious girl that, who took
as it... . ' her graduating essay
at a fashionable seminary; “The Edu
cation of Our Boys.”
•t^A Methodist brother had occa
sion to preach a discourse against the
doctrines of immersion ; but he could
not lind the text, until, with great
shrewdiress and good sense he hit upun
tlieis: Beware of divers—and strange
doctrines.
-An editor was lately shot in an af
fray. Luckily, the ball came against a
bundle of unpaid accounts in his pocket.
Gunpowder cculd not send a bullet thro’
that!
-The Covcrumcnt is issuing frac
tional currency to the amount of one hun
dred thousand dollars per day, that amount
being necessary to replace what is worn
i ou*. and destroy ltd