DES ARC CITIZEN.
J. C. MORRILL, EDITOR.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS:
WEDNESDAY^. .FEBRUARY 15. I860
Democratic Conventions.
The national convention meets al
Charleston on Monday the 23d of April,
The Stale 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 Prairia
eonnty, to 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.
Democratic Meeting — White River
Township.
The Democracy of White River Town
ship are requested to meet at Des Arc, on
Saturday the 19th of February, 1860, to
appoint delegates to a County Conven
tion to be held at Brownsville on the 12th
of March.
Democratic Meeting — Pigeon Roost
Township.
We are requested to announce that the
Democracy of Pigeon Roost Township,
will meet at Hickory Plain on Saturday
the 18th of February, 1860, to appoint
delegates to the County Convention to be
held at Brownsville, on the 12th of March
next.
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Gov. Conway has appointed S.
M. Weaver, Esq., Secretary of Slate,
to fill the vacancy created by the death of
Alexander Boiieu.
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Withdrawn.—Dr. James-M. Lyon
has withdrawn from the Congressional
canvass in this District.
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Congress — Organisation of the
House.—J. W. Forney has been elected
Clerk of the House of Representatives by
the votes of all present, who had voted
for Speaker Pennington, together with
those of Hbrace F. Clarke and George
Briggs, and with the exception of H.
Winter Davis, of Maryland. Hoffman,
who was elected Sergeant-at-Arms, re
ceived the votes of the Republicans, and
about half the American votes. Speaker
Pennington has appointed John Sherman,
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and
Means, and Elihu B. Washburn, Chair
man of the Commilte on Commerce.
Truly, Pennington shows who placed him
in positionvand he seems disposed to re
ciprocate- A. Mr. Lucas has been elect
ed postmaster of the House. A special
Washington correspondent of the Cincin
nati Enquirer, says:
The action of the Black Republicans in
giving the clerk ami postmaster of the House
to the anti-Lecomptonites, and the sergeant
at-arms to the South Americans, is regarded
as a movement to concentrate the whole Op
position party of the country upon Bates, of
Missouri, for President.
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Mr The telegraphic dispatch which
announced that the election of abolition
Pennington to the Speakership, was
brought about by the casting vote of an
anti-Lecompton Democrat, was incorrect.
This triumph of sectionalism was brought
about by the casting vote of George
Briggs, National American, of New York,
there being a tie when he changed his
vote from McClernand to Pennington.—
There would not even have been a tie ii
the notorious II. Winter Davis, of Mary
land, had not formally gone over to the
Republicans by voting for Pennington.
BrsaF* The Cincinnati Gazette, a lead
ing abolition paper, and the organ and re
presentative of Gov. Chase’s Presidential
aspirations, says, in regard to Mr. Pen
nington, the newly elected Speaker, that
he is “a conservative Republican with
Whig antecedents and a Protectionist.''
Between him and Mr. Sherman it says,
there “is not a perceptible shade of differ
ence in political sentiment.” The night
after his election he was serenaded at
Willard's Hotel,and responded inaspeecti
full of bitter hatred to the South and
avowed his opposition to the further ex
pansion of slavery.
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&3* The death of Senator Broderick
has not yet been announced in the Senate
of the United Slates. Gwin, his colleagut
and deadly enemy, will not make the an'
nouncement. The Republicans will no'
do it, because they wish Senator Douglat
to perform the task, and Douglas is afraic
to touch the subject. So Broderick’s sea
is filled by the appointment of the Gov
ernor of California, and the Senate has nc
official knowledge, communicated in tlit
custoinnry form, of his decease. So says
the Cincinnati Commercial.
B@*President Lord, of Dartmouth Col
lege, says that New England will yet b<
compelled to introduce slavery. The chit
dren aud grttud children of the presen
Abolitionsta, he says, may be the first ti
introduce a “ hauler serfdom than is ye
known, unless, indeed, they should them
selves be compelled to sell themselves fo
bread, and suffer the proper chastiseinen
of their father’s sins for their rebel!ioi
agttiust the govermem of God."
HON. ALBERT RUST.
It is known to our readers that during the
late protracted struggle for the Speakership,
our immediate Representative had occasion
to address the House in a speech of consider
able length. In our issue of the 1st instant
We quoted, with words of commendation, a
! paragraph from his speech in which he coun
I' seled resistance in the event of the election
of a Black Republican President. Lest this
commendation may be construed into an in
I dorsement of the general tone of Col. Rust’s
speech, we desire to subject it to a word of
friendly criticism.
Before, however, endeavoring to point out
what we conceive to be the objectionable fea
tures of his speech we desire to disavow any
want of confidence in his purity of character
and loyalty to the South. He is a gentleman
of commanding abilities—of warm and chiv
alrous impulses, whose general bearing we
sincerely admire $ and however much we may
differ from him on any of the questions of the
day, it will result in no diminution of our con
fidence in his integrity as a man or purity as
a public servant. There Is much in hi3 speech
that commends itself to our approbation. It
is handsomely conceived and has about it an
air of independence and manliness that is re
freshing in these degenerate days. His re
view of the record of Mr. Sherman is scath
ing in the extreme, and his denunciation of
the general purposes of the Black Republican
party is a splendid piece of invective. He is
(equally happy and successful in his vindica
tion of the non-slaveholders of the South
from the charge of entertaining sentiments
unfriendly to the institutions of the South.
Further than this, however, we cannot agree
with our distinguished Representative. His
position on the territorial and kindred subjects
certainly meets with the disapprobation of
the great mass of his constituents. He une
quivocally assumes that the nationality of the
democratic party can never be maintained un
less Southern Democrats completely back
jown from their present position and “unite
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I advocate the doctrine of popular sovereignty.”
FnleSs we have most strangely misapprehended
the general drift and animus of his remarks,
he not only denies the rightof the South to Con
gressional protection in the Territories, but
avows that the people of a Territory while
yet in a chrysalis and inchoate form “through
their representatives in the Legislature as
sembled, may determine the political status
of a future State. At least he avows that it
is a matter of small “moment” whether “the
people of a Territory through their represen
tatives in Legislature assembled shall deter
mine that slavery is not adapted to their wants,
not conducive to their welfare, not congenial
to their tastes their feelings and prejudices, or
whether the same people through their Repre
sentatives assembled at the same time, in an
other capacity shall determine the same ques
tions.” In a word it is fair to conclude from
Col. Rust’s language that it is a matter of in
difference to him as to whether or not squat
ter sovereignty shall be the policy of the
government—that in order to maintain the
nationality of the Democratic party he is
willing to depart from the traditional policy
of the South and to “ affiliate with gentlemen
from the free States ” upon the basis of
“proper (or squatter) sovereignty.” If we
have correctly apprehended Col. Rust’s posi
tion, it is needless to say that he has not only
made a radical departure from the traditional
: policy of the South, but has become the ad
vocate of doctrine directly subversive of the
Constitution and fatal to the expansion of
jslavery into new territories. We have no dis
position to elaborate either of these points.
Suffice it to say that since the days of Air.
Calhoun—since this territorial question has
been a permanent element in the politics of
the day—Southern men of all parties have
held to a theory directly the reverse of that
which Mr. Rust now advocates. Southern
wen have always held that the Territorial
Legislature was the creature of Congress—de
riving all of its powers from that tribunal —
and that if Congress cannot abolish slavery in
the Territories, it cannot delegate that power
to the Territorial Legislature. Wc are not a
i stickler for Congressional protection to slave
ry in the Territories, although we believe it
involves the true theory of the relation of the
Federal Government to the Territories. But
we do insist that the permanent status of a
Territory shill nqt be determined untill Con
gress shall have withdrawn its rightful sov
ereignty and the people of the Territory shall
meet in convention to frame a state constitu
tion. Col. Rust’s theory—or rather a theory
which he does not conceive to be incorrect,
and which he would be willing to see applied
to Ihe Territories—would leave the fate of
slavery in every new Territory to the whim
of the few hundred squatters that might be
settled upon the public lands at the time the
Territorial Government is established and the
first Legislature organized.
It is needless for Col. Rust to endeavor to
escape the force of this conclusion by assum
ing, as he does in his speech, that “ all might
j agree that this right should be held in obey
ance until the population of the Territory
should be sufficient to entitle it, under the
then existing ratio of representation, to one
Representative ” in Congress. His theory is
radically defective in that it ascribes any
power to the territorial Legislature to legis
late upou the subject at all. If the power
exists and inheres in that body it has the
right to abolish slavery at all times; and no
ratiocination can show why it could not as
legally legislate upon the subject ^hen it
represented ten thousand inhabitants as when
it represented a hundred thousand. It is a
simple question of power in no wise depend
ant upon numbers, and we repeat that if it
has the power to legislate upon the subject at
one time it has it all times, as well the day
after it is organized as twenty years there
after. Are we not correct then in assuming
that Col. Rust’s position leaves slavery at the
mercy of the first few hundred settlers and is
fatal to the expansion of that institution into
the new Territories. Congressional, prohi
bition itself would not more effectually despoil
the South of any participation in the new
Territories. Mr. Calhoun correctly charac
terized it as being worse than the “ Wilrndt
Proviso.”
This is not the most objectionable senti
ment uttered by Col. Rust. He plainly avows
his opposition to the Lecomption policy of
' the present administration—says that it would
■ have been with extreme reluctance, if at all.
I that he would have voted for the admission of
> Kansas under her pro-slavery Constitution if
L he had at that time been a member of Con
■ gress. With all due difference to Col. Rust
we rejoice that he did not at that time repre
t sent the people of this District in Congress,
i U would have been humiliating to our people
in the extreug; to have been placed upon the
record, by the act of our Representative, in
opposition to this great measure of justice to
the South. The absence of Co). Rust from
Congress has saved us from this humiliation.
Did Col. Rust let the people of this District
know that he entertained these sentiments in
the canvass which resulted in his election?
This is a pertinent query and one in regard
to which we would like to have some light.
More than this; he avows that if he hau it
in his power to strengthen the South by bring
ing into the union Kansas, Nebraska, Utah or
New Mexico as slave States ; that “ if by an i
effort of” his “will, by simply responding ,
aye when ” his “ name was called he could |
bring either one of these territories into the
union with pro-slavery Constitutions” he 1
“ would not do it.” He does not desire to sec '
slavery extended North of the thirty-sixth ■
parallel. Of course it is doing Col. Rust great ,
Tiijlistice to suppose for a moment that he is
prompted to the avowal of sentiments so sin
gular by any hostility toslavery. He believes ^
in Robert J. Walkers, celebrated isothermal l
theory. He believes that political laws are ■
perfectly impotent in determing the status |
of a territory—as to whether slave or hireling |
labor prevails. This question, in his opinion
depends entirely upon climatic and geographi- 1
cal considerations, and a law in favor of slave
ry in either one of our organized territories ;
“ would come in conflict with laws older and ]
more potent than all of them ar d would be (
vain and futile.” This theory has never im
pressed us very favorably and we believe tof
day that if it had not been for the officious ,
interference of Governors Walker and Stan
ton, slavery would have a^iermanent existence
in Kansas. This theory had a fair trial in
California. The climate was well suited to
the negro and its leading pursuit was one in
which slave labor has always paid finely.
The southern portion of the State was even
well adapted to the growth of cotton. Thp
climatic and geographic considerations were
not at all unfriendly to slavery, and yet the
South was deprived of all participation ih
that Territory. There laws, which in the
language of Col. Rust “are older and more
rmf:pnt ^ than nil human pnaplmpufc irava.
a-vvay when brought in conflict with govern
mental force. And so it will ever be. Politi
cal force is as potent and influential in deter
mining the social system of a Territory as
any considerations derived from its climate or
geography.
Again; the language of Col. Rust pledges
him to oppose the admission of a slave State
North of the thirty-sixth parallel. The Ter
ritory of New Mexico, we believe, is all north
of that line. Slavery not only has an actual
existence there, but is protected by a most
stringent law, passed through her Legislature
without a dissenting vote. Thu South has
secured a strong hold there, and if the govern
ment will only hold aloof from any interfer
ence slavery will find permanent lodgement
and New Mexico will apply for admission
with a pro-slavery Constitution. If Col.
Rust were at that time in Congress, consis
tently with his avowals, he would be com
pelled to oppose her admission. This is a
legitimate and logical deduction from his
language and we do him no injustice in assum
ing that he would under no circumstances as
sist slavery in expanding into regions north
of 36-30.
In conclusion we desire rgain to disclaim
any hostility to Col. Rust. We repeat our
confidence in his integrity as a man and his
loyalty to the South. But, however much
confidence we may have in his purity and
patriotism, we cannot permit the utterance of
such heresies without protesting against them.
They are not the sentiments of any considera
ble portion of the people of Arkansas. Their
utterance by our representative places us in a
wrong attitude. The people of Arkansas are
with the South upon the questions growing
out of our territorial policy and the sooner
Col. Rust learns that his constituents do not
sympathise with him in his heresies the better
for him.
It is quite fashionable now-a
days, for a certain class of politicians at
the South, to utter towards those who pro
pose to resist the election of a Black Re
publican President “even to a disruption
of every lie that binds us to the Union,”
the severest invective and bitterest denun
ciation. The elegant and courteous
terms disunionist and traitor are ap
plied without stint. For the benefit of
these gentlemen we desire to resurrect
from the tomb of the past a little ex
tract, which we commend to their prayer
ful consideratian. In 1856, Mr. Fill
more was a candidate for President, and
received the enthusiastic support of these
Union savers. Sometime during this
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in which he announced precisely the doc
trine for which Southern-Rights men are
denounced. In alluding to the probabili
ty of the election of a Black Republican
President, he boldly avowed that such an
event would justify the Southern Slates
in resisting, even to a dissolution of the
Union. Here is his language :
“ Can they have the madness or the folly to
believe that our Southern brethren would sub
mit to be governed by such a Chief Magis
trate?” .....
‘‘Suppose that the South, having a majority
of the electoral votes, should declare that they
would only have a slaveholder for President
and Vice President, and should elect such by
their exclusive suffrages to rule over us at the
North. Do you think we would submit to it ?
No, not for a moment. And do you believe
that your Southern brethren are less sensitive
on this subject than you are ; or less jealous
of their rights? If you do, let me tell you
that you are mistaken.” ...
“And therefore, you must see that, if this
sectional party succeeds, it leads inevitably to
to the destruction of this beautiful fabric
reared by our forefathers, cemented by their
blood, and bequeathed to us a priceless inheri
tance.”
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The Little Rock Gazette of the
4th instant, has an elaborate editorial on
the present aspects of the Slavery ques
tion. It i* characterized by real ability,
and aboveL-all, has about it the ring of the
true Southern metal. It shows the true
state of public sentiment at the North—
their deep-seated hostility to slavery—and
urges the Southern people to be prepared
for the emergency which is upon them.—
We will publish it in our next issue. In
the mean time, Capt. Dauley, we return
you our thanks for your patriotic senti
ments, and welcome you as a gallant la
borer in the cause of Southern rights.
tf-aP The Fort Smith Times has an
editorial favoring the nomination of the
Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, by
the Charleston Convention. Mr. Hunter
is one of the ablest statesmen of the day,
ind he would be most cordially supported
iy the Democracy, if nominated ; but if
,ve are to have a Southern leader we in
initely prefer Jefferson Davis, the war
ior statesman of Mississippi. In point
>f statesmanship and real ability, he is
he peer and equal of any man in the
lation. In addition to this he combines
nore elements of strength than any man
vho will be prominently before the Con
■ention. He possesses more of what the
vorld calls "force of character,” than Mr.
Hunter, and if elected would be less likely
o be improperly influenced by his sur
oundings. Although of the Stale-Rights
chool of politics, yet, he has many
rionds at the North, and it is said that
le will receive in the Charleston Conven
ion, very nearly the unanimous vote of
!Hew England. VVe shall take occasion
it an early period to indicate more at
ength the grounds of our preference for
dol. Davis.
Etheridge.—An exchange paper says
hat Hon. Emerson Etheridge, being called
in the other day to say who he called his
fiends, said: “I call every man my
fiend who wears an honest face, speaks
he English language, swears by the
Holy Bible, and does not spell constitution
with a “K.”
We clip the above from the Memphis
Bulletin. We confess, however, that we
ire not altogether satisfied about the ori
ginality of the remark ascribed to Mr.
Etheridge. We have heard it before,
ind our impression is that the redoubtable
Tennesseean has only succeeded in ren
dering a very common vulgarism fit to be
uttered in the hearing of “ears polite.”
Virginia and the Socthehn Con
vention.—The following is the resolu
tion offered in the Virginia Legislature,
proposing that she shall join the other
slaveholding States in holding a Southern
Convention, to devise measures for mutual
protection against Black Republican en
croachments:
Resolved by the General Assembly, That
in view of the hostile legislation of many
of the non-slaveholding States and of the
combinations prevailing generally, in
them, against the institutions, honor and
peace of the slaveholding States, the dan
gerous tendencies of which have been
illustrated, by the invasion of the State,
and the rapine, murder aud treason com
mitted within her borders, Virginia in
vites each of the slaveholding States to
appoint Commissioners to meet in con
ference at Atlanta, Georgia, on the—day
of -next, to devise and commend
such system of common measures as in
their judgment may be necessary, or ad
visable for defence, and the redress and
prevention of such wrongs; and that, with
this view, the Governor be requested, and
he is hereby authorized to appoint, on be
half of Virginia, three Commissioners for
such conference.
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Activity among tiie Slave Ciiaft.
—A correspondent of the New York
Times, writing from the San Jacinto, No
vember 14, while lying off the mouth of
the Congo river, says:
During our run to this place from Mon
rovia, we chased and overhauled the brig
Gehasser, of Charleston, S. C. Boarding
her, she proved to be a very suspicious
vessel, and there was little doubt in the
minds of any of us of her being a slaver;
yet, from some cause or other, she’ was
allowed to go her way, rejoicing, no doubt,
at her lucky escape. The United States
ship Portsmouth has made one capture
and sent her home. She met the Fare
mier, of New York, in charge of an Eng
lish Lieutenant, having been captured by
a British cruizer. She had a full cargo
of slaves aboard. The notorious Orion
—so lately condemned and seut home
from this coast—is now in this vicinity,
trying to gel a cargo of negroes. Ac
tivity is the order of the day in the slave
trade. Four vessels have lately left with
full cargoes.
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State Aid'.—The Legislature, if we
mistake not, at the last session, loaned to
the Memphis and Little Rock Road,
§40,000 and the same amount to the Mis
sissippi and Ouachita road. Is that mot
m_ r»__ r_
the plan of the State taking stock to a
large amount in all the Railroads, but op
poses raising money by selling State
bonds. What is the difference? It is
Stale aid. We do npt care how money is
obtained, or in what shape, or by what
name it may be called, we say it is State
aid, and without it the building of the
roads must languish.— [Fort Smith Times.
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John Bkow nism at Git and Junction.
—We learn that a John Brown follower,
whose tinme, unfortunately, could not be
ascertained, was arrested at Grand Junc
tion Tuesday night in the attempt to en
tice a couple of slaves from their masters.
The thief was taken in hand by the citi
zens, who, after administering oue hun
dred lashes, gave him a suit composed
principally of tar and feathers, and re
quested him to leave that section of country
in a remarkably short space of time. It
is needless to say he complied. — [Mem
phis Argus, of Saturday.
tfSS“ The abolitionists are talking
noisily of going into the flax business, to
break down slavery and cotton. These
lunatics have been abolishing slavery on
paper for twenty years. They get no
nearer the extinction of slavery in fact,
but a good deal nearer the institution i
which human benevolence has provided
for the subjects of mental infirmities.—
[Memphis Bulletin.
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■ A bill has passed the Legislature of
Kentucky, appropriating $5000 per annum to
:he Kentucky State Agricultural Society.
-The ballot that elected Mr. Pennington
tvas the 41tU that had been had for Speaker
Harper’s Magazine and Weekly
Proscribed.—The North Carolinian, of
Fayetteville, N, C., says:
“ VVe notice these periodicals upon our
streets as numerous as ever, after it is as
certained that G. W. Curtis, one of the edi
ors, is an infamous Abolitionist, and that
one of the Harpers has given a large sum
of money to the Brown sympathizers.—
Should these papers be allowed to circulate
so profusely in our midst? We notice that
his Honor, Judge Saunders, put a stop to
the sale of these papers at Raleigh. We
would like to know why are they not stop
ped here. Are we to see these Abolition
sheets upon our streets without n word of
rebuke? It lies with the proper officers to
see immediately that these papers are put
a stop to. We would also appeal to the
readers of these papers, and ask them is
their course consistent with their profession
of loyalty to their homes, and opposition to
the fanatics of the North? Ah, gentleman,
acts speak louder than words.”
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Wooden Pumpkin Seed and Rosin
Nutmegs.—A gentleman of this city,
says the Richmond Dispatch, purchased a
quantity of pumpkin seed at the North,
and finding after he had put them in the
ground, that they were rather slow in
Coming up, had the curiosity to examine
the material they were made of, and
found them all of wood. A lady observ
ing in grating nutmegs over her desert,
that the flavor was not much improved,
discovered that the nutmegs were made of
rosin. This will do very well. Brown
paper heels and soles of shoes, hollow
brass nail heads, wooden pumpkin seed
and rosin nutmegs.
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Covering the Whole Ground.—
Hon. Mr. Dejarnette, of Virginia, in a
recent speech in the House of Representa
tives, made a brief repark that covers the
whole ground. Speaking of the measures
of the Republicans, he said: “Against
these doctrines Virginia had taken up
arms, and would never surrender them
until the Republican party shoud be dis
banded.”
That is the word—“ until the Republi
can party be disbanded,"—there can be no
peace till then. Such a party in the
couulry, is a robber in the house. So says
the Alexandria Sentinel.
g@“Judge Cradlebaugh, of the United
States Court in Utah, oublishes a letter
challenging the Mormon delegate in Con
gress to discuss in public with him the six
distinct charges which he makes against
the Mormons, among which are, that they
are subject to a theocratic government and
recognize no other authority; that they
teach treason against the United Stales
Government; that they practice polygamy
in its most shocking forms; that murder is
taught as a religious duty and practised on ;
that the robbery of non-Mormons is sim
ilarly taught, etc.
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The London Times, in a late
article on American affairs says:
“The union of the American people is of
importance not only to themselves, but to
the world nt large. To Englishmen the
spread of our language, of our religion,
and to a certain extent of our laws and
manners can never cease to be an object
of interest, nor can we desire success to the
fanatics who ia their wild dream of raising
an inferior race, would imperil all that has
been accomplished in the World during
two centuries of industry and genius.”
How Southern Slaves are Treater.
The Wetumpka (Ala.) Enquirer says, on
last week thirteen slaves belonging to Gov
ernor Fitzpatrick, accompanied by Mr.
Gunn, the overseer, brought their cotton to
market, and sold it for a sum amounting in
the aggregate to $994.92. Ahab, another
one of the Governor’s negroes, with the
others, will soon bring their’s in. This
money is their own, not one dime of it
going into their owner’s pocket and he
feeds and clothes them besides, and pro
vides for them in old age.
Appropriating Samples.—A Rich
mond dispatch says:
The Supreme Court of Appeals in Vir
ginia has affirmed the judgment of the
Circuit Court in Richmond, which decided
that inspectors of flour, spirits, cotton, and
other articles of freight, have no right to
retain samples, as perquisites of office.
The decision was called out by a suit
against a flour inspector, who, it appears,
had in the course of a few years, accumu
lated from drafts of flour taken from bar
rpls. n nilAntitv vnlup/l nf spvprul thnnatinrl
dollars, including interest.
JUST RECEIVED-/
1 /T BOXES Shoes and Boots.
-Ltl Also,
1000 Apple Trees, from the nursery of
Brady Price of Lauderdale county, Alabama,
being a selection of the best qualities of fruit
in the country.
janl5- G. & J. McLAREN & CO.
MONEY WANTED.
THE undersigned is now making arrange
ments to start soon, for a splendid stock
of Spring and Summer goods. Come and see
me. [feb8-] J. H. QUISENBERRY.
NOTICE
LAND OFFICE. »
Bates villi:, Ahk., Feb. 7, 1860. J
Patents for entries made after the 3d of
March, 1857, to the-of-1858, for
settlement and cultivation, under the gradua
tion act of August 4, have been received at
this office, and the purchasers are hereby
notified to come forward immediately and
make the required proof of “settlement and
cultivation,” and receive their respective
patents, because if said proof is not filed with
in a limited time the patents will be returned
to the General Land Office, and will then be
liable to be cancelled for non-performance of
the conditions of settlement and cultivation
contemplated by the graduation act of August
4, 1854. W. W. LEWIS, Register.
f«bl5-lt. W. A. BEVENS, Receiver. '
Information Wanted 1
«
OF Mr. Geo. W. Armstrong, who left Cin
cinnati in the early part of March last,
nil the steamer W. H. Langley, for White
River, since which time all traces of him have
been lost. He is a very powerfully-built man, J
with hair and whiskers somewhat sprinkled S
with gray ; is about fifty years of age. Any
information concerning him will be thankful
ly received by his nophow, John A. Hart,
Note-Book office, Helena, Ark. Editors '
throughout the State will much oblige a mem- i
ber of the craft by copying or noticing the i
above. |
II L A N Ii S F Olt SALE! ~ j
TUST PRINTED, and for sale, at the 1
si “Citizen Office,”—Deeds of Convey- <
nice, Quit-Claim Deeds, Justice’s Summons ! 1
Executions, Delivery Bonds, &c. janl-tf
TOWN LOTS
AT AUCTION!
A.T HICKORY PLAIN,
Prairie County, Ark.
ON MONDAY, tlie 5tli DAY OF
MARCH next, I will sell at public
auction, a number of Lots in the town of
HICKORY TLA IN, without reserve.
The town of Hickory Plain is situated in
Prairie county, Arkansas, fifteen miles West
of Des Arc, sixteen mile9 North East from
Brownsville, and fourteen miles East from At
lanta. The town of Hickory Plains offers
more inducements to purchasers than any in
land town in tlie State; from the fact that
the society in and adjacent thereto cannot be
excelled in the South West. In point of
health, it is only equalled by locations east
of the Blue Ridge. Besides, there are other
inducements held out to purchasers, such as
being in the heart of the best upland portion
of Arkansas ; and being situated directly on
the Stage road leading from Des Arc to Fort
Smith, and also, on the road from Des Arc to
Little Rock. And last, but not the least, we
are building, and will soon have finished, one
of the finest Seminary building! in the State.
We design establishing a high school of the
first character. We also have a number of
churches in and around Hickory Plain.
Terms.—One-half of purchase money paid
at the time of selling—the other half in twelve
months. P. H. WILKINSON.
February lo, ’60-ts.
Executor’s Sale.
IN conformance with an order of tlie Pro
bate Court of Prairie county, Arkansas,
granted at the January term thereof, 1860. I
will, as Executor of the Estate of Geo. A. H.
Smart, deceased, offer at public sale at the
conrt-house door in the town of Brownsville,
in said county, on the 29th day of May next,
the fo lowing property, viz : One negro girl
named Lucy, aged about 28 years ; Two negro
boys, one aged about 10 years ; the other about
8 years. Sale within lawful hours.
Terms.—'One-third cash—balance on the
1st January, 1861. Bond with approved secu
ritywillbe required. JAMES SMART,
janl5-3m. Executor.
MOU<». ADAMS,
CLOCK, WATCHMAKER
AND
JEWELER,
(In rear of C. T. Petit’s Drug Store,)
*. Augusta, Arkansas.
Respectfully informs the citizens of
the town and adjacent country that he has
PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN AUGUsTA, and is
prepared to execute all kinds of Clock and
Watch Work, repair and Cleanse Jewelry, as
well as every other description of work usual
ly done in such establishments.
£5?” Musical Instruments of every descrip
tion repaired and put in good order. From
his experience and mechanical knowledge, he
fhhli Pnnfultinf nP nvu/lhi ino> ctifisfar-Unn fn hio
patrons. febl5-tf.
Regular Louisville and White
River Packet,
INTERCHANGE:
J. M. GILCHRIST,.Master.
THIS lfSht drauSht
■J&viajksgaaBBrf reight and passenger steamer
having entered the above trade, will run regu
larly throughout the season.
f'^'For freight or passage jvpply on board.
feb8-lm.*
Leaves Memphis Every Thursday.
MEMPHIS AMI* WHITE RIVER
PACKET,
ADMIRAL:
A. BAIRD,.Master.
Elias Tiiomasson,.Clerk.
1 THIS ?p,endid M’1
draught steamer, having been
purchased expressly for the trade and thor
oughly repaired has commenced making regu
lar weekly trips from Memphis to Des Arc,
Augusta and J.icksonport on White river.
(J^” Shippers may rely upon the regularity
of this packet, and all business entrusted to
her care will be promptly attended to.
For freight or passage apply on board.
feb8-tf. __
plow-I, Plows, plows.
TUST received, 28 one and |^|gEfc==ag
J two horse Avery Plows, for irfftnnlfriti»i
seed. [feb8] J. H. QUISENBERRY.
Oaiou Setts and Garden Seed,
JUST received 2 barrels Oni n Setts, and a
large stock of all kinds of the very best
Garden Seeds. Also, Irish and Sweet potato
sale by [Ceb8J J. H. QUISENBERRY.
DES ARC
And Stage Offi ce,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
HAvnvijr leased inis imeiy located and
well arranged Hotel, the proprietors re
spectfully inform travelers and the public gene
rally, that they are preprepared to accommo
date all who may favor them with their pat
ronage.
They hope, by unremitted care and at
tention, to please all.
est Our Charges will be reasonable.
NEWBY & BRANCH.
The R A R attached to this Hotel
is supplied with fine liquors. Special care
has been taken to purchase none but superior
brands. Those wishing a “fine article”
can rest assured that they will not be disap
pointed. [February 8, 1860.—tf.
J.B. LOCKE SlCo.,
Auctioneers,
1.1.VH .fcfjtvvr*
REAL ESTATE BROKERS,
WO, 262 IR4IW STREET,
Mompliis. Tcunossoo.
PARTICULAR attention to the sale of
City or Country Property, Land Scrip
ind Warrants, Merchandise, Negroes, Furni
:urc, Vehicles, Stock, etc. We are fully pre
pared to attend to consignments and sales of
;very description. All goods in store will be
'harged with insurance unless otherwise di
-ected. Consignments solicited. Liberal
:ash advances made on consignments.
Refer to J. C. Morrill, Des Arc, Ai kan
;as. ly.
NOTICE.
LTAVINGsold our entire interest in the
LJ Dry Good^i business to Messrs. Hayley
i Erwin, we cheerfully recommend them to
iur old patrons and customers, and guarantee
o those trading with them that they will be
atisfactorily accommodated. 1
J. A. FRITH & CO.
W. B.—All indebted by note or account to
he late firm of J. A. Frith & Co., are respect
ully requested to call at the old stand and
ettle immediately. J. A. F. & Co.
Des Arc, Feb. 1, 1860. 2m.
STRAYED!
FROM the subscriber, living at (Want’s
Landing) formerly Taylor’s Bend, four
niles S. F.. of Des Arc, about the 6th Novem- •
>er last, three work Oxen. One of a dun color 1
-one of red color branded with VV on the .
houlder—the other a black ox, white face. ;
will give a liberal reward for the delivery
f said oxen to me, or for information, so that l
can get them. WALTER WANT.
January 2.}, 1860.—lm.
P. H. HALEY... , A. 8. ER\V|^
HAYLEY & ERWIN
Successors to j. a. frith & c'n
respectfully solicit the patronage of thei’
former customers, and the surrounding con/
try generally. They are determined to keen
A GOOD STOCK AND AT LIVlNr
PRICES!
Wo say to our patrons, that in filling orders
all goods sent them not proving satisfactorv
can be returned. • ‘
lies Arc, February 1. 1860. tf
THE LAST CALL/ '
ALL who are indebted to the firm of Frith
&. Jackson, either by note or account
must pay up by the 20th of February next or
they will find the same in the hands of’an
officer for collection. We wish this to be a
sufficient notice to all; we must have monev
to pay our debts. ’
JOHN A. FRITH, surviving
anll-0t.] partner of Frith & Jacksox,
©a La ®AL®LYp" "
^ DRUGGIST, £
m A N n
A ROTHEC AR Y,
ALSO, DEALER IN
Stationery, Perfumery,
FANCV ARTICLES. &.C.,
Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista street
lEDLSS
Fine Wines, Brandies, &c., for Me
dicinal purposes, always on hand.
Physicians prescriptions arc accurately
compounded of the best articles that can be
procured. janl8-tf.
Boot and Shoe Manufactory.
SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT,
Buena Vista 8t., Das Ate, Aik.
- «
THE undersigned respect
fully calls the attention of the
citizens of Des Arc and ad
jacent Country; to his fine stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
of his own manufacture—consisting of the
most fashionable styles, ami of the best mate-,
rial, and of workmanship superior to any in
this or the adjoining counties ; which will be
warranted in all respects as represented. His
stock embraces the finest
French and Philadelphia Calf-Skins
ever brought to this market. He invites and
solicits an examination of his work and stock,
confident that they will bear the strictest
scrutiny, and please the most fastidious.
ALL WORK MADE TO ORDER,
From the lightest to the heaviest Boots and
Shoes.
(J^T He keeps constantly on hand, For
SaleTthe best French Calf-Skins,
Side Leather, Oak-Tanned Sole-Leather,
_l ta _ „ c i . _ : — z:
T e r m s — C * S H .
jan25-tf. FRANCIS HOLT.
J. 1. I.ANE.. H. CHAMBERS.
Drs. LANE & CHAMBERS
HAVING formed a partnership in the
practice of their profession, tender their
services to the citizens of Des Arc and adja
cent country. From their experience they
hope to share at least a portion of the patron
age of the public.
Office on Buena Vista street, at Bals
ly’s Drug Store. feblitf
R. T. SIMPSON,
AYY®KINIIEY AY LAW,
Dos Aro, A-rltansns.
Will practice in Prairie and adjoining
counties.
References.— Bullett & Fairthorne, M.
Williamson & Co., Philadelphia; VV. B. Mil
ler. Simpson, Hays &. Co., Memphis ; McAlis
ter, Simpson & Co., Florence, Ala.; Scruggs,
Donegan & Co., New Orleans ; Andrew Bu
chanan & Co., Louisville, Ky. [janl8-ly.
I1MPROA ED PROPF.il • Y ON BUE
NA VISTA STHtET FOR SALE.
THE East half of LOT No 6, Block 25, on
Buena Vista street, in Des Arc. is offered for
sale on reasonable terms. The building was
formerly occupied by .1. VV. Wallace, as a
Family Grocery. The location is one of the
best in town. For terms, &c., apply to
jail 18—lm] J. C. MORRILL.
CLOSING OUT FALL AND WINTER
STOCK OF GOODS!
AT REDUCED RATES!!
J. A. JENNINGS & CO.,
A RE offering their entire stock of Fall and
A Winter Goods at reduced rates, in order
to close out and make room for their Spring
Stock.
Call and see them for they mean what they
say. janll-tf.
J O . ’ S X
NEW RESTAURANT.
THE CHARM!
One Door East of John Jackson S> Co.’s.,
BUENA VISTA STREET,
DES ARC. AltKANS A S.
feblily
NOTICE TO BUILDERS.
vpHE undersigned is authorized to con
tract in behalf of Prairie county, for the
brick and carpenter’s work of a county j»H>
proposed to be erected at Brownsville, in said
county. Sealed bids or proposals to do said
work will be received until the 12th day of
March next. The first story is to be furnished ■
and ready for the iron work by the 15th of
August, and the second story by the 15th of
September, 1860. The whole is estimated to
require 83,000 brick, counting 22 to the cubic
foot. The r.arnentAr’fl wnrli wi II consist of 14
windows, 2 outside doors, 2 inside doorl,"
fan-lights for gables, flooring and ceiling.
The contractors will be required to execute
bond with approved security for the perfor
mance of the work.
Plans and specifications may be seen at the
office of Gant & Bronaugh, Brownsville, Ark.
jan25-td. R. S. GANTT, Com’r.
NOTICE.
A LL persons indebted to me for the pur
i\- chase of property in Des Arc, must make
prompt payments.
febl:tf S. P. CATLIN^
Town Lots for Sale!
From one to four hundred dots,
in Des Arc, to suit purchasers, for sale
>y febl:tf FRITH & CATLIN. (I
{30,000
A.cres of LAND for Sale!
[N TRACTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS, Is
different portions of the State.
Apply to febldf S. P. CATLIN^ ,
AN IT HI B E U ONE TRACT 01'
LAID, containing 1.400 acrel.
n Rich Woods, for sale, and who will buy v
Apply to S. P. CATLIN,
feoiltf Des Arc^
For Sale.
^ND WHO WILL BUY ONE OF
THE CHEAPEST
rRACTS OF LAND
ON SURROUNDED 11IUL.
ackson county; which contaias 443 acres,
with a Front on White River #*’
13 acres—50 acres in cultivation, with |
;ood house and other buildings, together wit# jj
,000 bushels C'Olt V, stock, farming utensil*,
tc. For terms, itc., apply to
S. P. CATLIN,
feblilf Des Arc.