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A. C. MATHEWS, EDITOR.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS:
Tuesday ttontig, Ja«. I#, 18*0.
Th* CITIZEN !• NOT the Offl.
clal Organ oi tbr Radical I’urli.
It la not the Recipient or FORCED
Patronage* bat relies, on It* own
Merit* aad on a Discriminating
PUBLIC, for ancceas.
THE SITUATION.
This much used heading come* in
most conveniently when wc have no
specific subject to write about, or, as
•In the present instance when wc wish
to treat of two or tlirco different topics
in the same article. Just now there is
* paucity of newspaper subjects, espe
cially in politics, and wc doubt not if
the bettor plan would bo to use the
scissors and paste more and the quill
less. But then the fashion is to write
so much, and certainly wc have as
little rightto neglect paying 1hc proper
court as any one of the many others
Around us who do so assiduously.
In the first place, then, our own situ
ation is not so pleasant as it might
otherwise be, for we have to make dil
igent search, and ramble through
great space in order to find a scanty
supply of interesting news matter.
This is one of the trying situations that
people do not take into consideration
when they affirm that an editor has an
easy time reading newspapers, smok
ing cigars that some one has- given
him (to be puffed) and writing a few
articles that look ever so easy for a
week's work. By Jupiter Amnion!
hut they ought to try it one time
themselves. Think about going to
work at 7 a. m. and stopping at 11 r. m.
day after day, with such announce
ments continually ringing in your cars
as “more copy,’’ “the coal is out,” “no
original yet,” “Ilal is sick,” and “the
r-j 1 ’ hoc n •atlplf’ nf tvno TV.
give you a little variety a« you are at
tending to these matters a subscriber
steps in and complains that his paper
•docs not come regular, another that
you do not piloh into somebody strong
enough, and the next that you were
rather abusive in your last, while some
one who is not a subscriber wauls to
borrow a few exchanges, which of
course you do not need and should
gladly fold up and hand to him. We
are fearful this situation will be hard
for some of onr readers to understand.
In the second place, Congress is
blockiug out considerable work, but
does not seem desirous to finish up for
fear they may be too hasty. Grant
still talks horse, and the party is not
so sure that he is entirely sound on
that question. It is thcilght no very
important legislation will be bad until
■after the 4th of March.
The condition of affairs in Arkansas
not very encouraging to those who
desire to keep the peace. We think
Governor Clayton "is no better than lie
should be’’ to say the least of it. Be
ing so far removed front the scat oi
general government it is nlniosi impos
sible for the the real state of affairs to
be known there for some time; and
hence relief will come very tardily.
Gen. Porter, Grant's Aid-de-camp,
who visited our Slate some time since,
tnado elicit a report as might be ex
pected from one who went no farther
Ilian to talk with those who were car
rying out their own designs. Such in
vestigations do very well when those
having them made are already satisfied
with the way the State is being mis
ruled.
The southeastern portion of the
State lias been relieved from martial
law and the militia marched to Lillie
Hock to be paid off. Cpliam still reigns
supreme in his district, aud until “iho
executive arm of the government is
felt,” and a sufficient amount of goods,
mules, horses, etc., is collected, will
hardly bo withdrawn. The injury
already done to our State is incalcula
ble. It may be safely asserted that
Woodruff county will not plant half
the crop this year that it did last, even
were the militia withdrawn to-morrow.
Her mercantile interests arc entirely
ruined. We would like to give our
readers an exact account of everything
that has occurred in that county, but
are not able even to give a geueaal
statement^ as reports from every kind
of a source are conflicting. We hope
before another week is gone they will
be withdrawn aud sent to their homes,
if they have any, which many left more
for plunder than to serve in what they
thought a just cause.
0* The January number of Pack
ard's Monthly contains an article from
the pen of E. A. Pollard, the would-bc
historian of the late war, entitled "'1 lie
Flight and Capture of Jeffersou Davis.”
This aspirant to literary fame as an
historian, endued witli only au easy,
off-haud reportoriul style, having mis
erably failed in the role of au historic
writer, aud notorious for nothing ex
cept bis personal abuse of Mr. Davis,
now cuters to the prejudices of the
Northern people by writing articles
for Northern magazines, in which he
tries to make the worst features of
character appear by apparently placing
a thin gauze over them. We have the
most supreme contempt for such a
man. It is really vexatious to sco the
sly aud insidious cunning with which
he goes about besmearing the character
of the man of misfortune. Knowing |
the injustice of his attack lie cannot j
assume a hold and manly attitude, hut ;
must needs resort to the wiles of a
dissembling nature, which only con-1
demus when it would seemingly jus
tify. Having dwindled from a model [
historian to a paltry magazine writer, |
quarreled gvith and separated from his .
wife, without fortune or occupation,
ha will soon be unworthy the notice of j
even ber-room rioters. If the pub- j
Ushers of Ibis magazine do not Want it j
circulated- iu the South, they can hardly 1
find a more sure means Hum the eni
Joymt-nl of Mr. Pollard to write such
•artistes as the one in their last number.
Austin Srmiaary.
The subject of education is one that
interests every member of society.
Wherever there arc good schools there
is a healthy state of morals and a vig
orous and prosperous growth of the
country^ Happily for Prairie county
it is belter supplied in this respect
than most of its neighbors. One of
our best schools is the Austin Senii
unry, which will open its third semi
annual session on the first Monday in
February, presided over by Prof. W.
A. Garner and lady, and assisted by
competent teachers. This institution
it at Austin, in this ceunty, a quiet,
moral town, situated In au upland
country, with pure air aud good water.
We had the pleasure of attending the
commencement exercises of this school
last June, and was struck with the
proficiency exhibited by several of the
classes. Prof. Garner is agood scholar
and a man of untiring energy, and is
in ids right sphere when he is in the
school room. Parents and guardiaus
would have to go far to find a better
place to send their children and wards
than the Austin Seminary. For the
terms and price of tuition wo refer
you to advertisemont iu tills number
of our paper*
The publishers of the Memphis
Avalanche presented it hi a new dress
on the 12th inst., and we must say its
typographical appearance is as good as
that of any daily paper printed iu the
country. Wo are glad to note the
success that hat attended the faithful
labors of those conducting it, and hope
the outlay they have made to improve
their paper will be appreciated aud
more than returned. They are wide
awake newspaper men and fully up
witli the times in giving the latest
news aud a correct statement of the
markets.
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For the Citizen.]
LIGHT A It'D DAHKALSS.
In the legitimate application of the
terms light and darkness, to the condi
tions to which they are applied, (we
mean conditions, for it is not proper to
say the things to which these terms are
applied,) there are seme necessities
\vlik'h become more intricate and ab
struse proportionate lo the extent of
the investigation. If we say darkness
is merely a negative condition and de
pends on the absence of light ; then
what intelligent idea have we of a
mere condition ?il'we assume that dark
ness is something, we must at the same
time assume that it is composed of mat
ter or spirit, material or immaterial;
for tlie school men and Philosophers
inform us that the entire universe is
composed of mind and mutter of mate
rial and immaterial ruses or substan
ces; and the Book informs us that in
the beginning (lie earth was without
form and void, and that darkness dwell
upon the face of the deep, &c. It would
seem that the most we ran make of
darkness in this allusion, is a condition,
but is this condition space! or whence
in the absence of light comes this dark
j ness? \Ve are told that the sun is the
source of material light or day-light ;
but darkness tlR'n is older than light,
i for the sun was created or made on the
| fourth day. Again, darkness must be
■ included in the great work of creation’
1 else it is a self-existing condition or
I thing, but wo are not to conclude that
I ft is a material ens or thing; nor is it
! space, nor does it till space ; it is not a
; quality or property ns compared with
j colour. And when we say it is a ne
I gativc condition and depends on the
i absence of light, we simply say that we
mean something tiiat we don’t compre
hend. To illustrate, let us take a room
entirely closed and ceiled air-tight, let
all light be entirely excluded, then we
»ay the room is filled witli darkness;
now light a match or lamp and the
room is filled with light; but keep the
room still closed and extinguish the
match or lamp anil what becomes of
! the particles of light! the answer is,
! they have gone out, but how can they
| get out, if the room be so tight as not
io nunui ugut iroin wiinuui i nerc me
light is changed into darkness; and it
i ligiit is a material substance, being
| changed into darkness, it must remain
I a material substance, but not vice versa,
: tor ligiit and darkness are not convcrt
: able or exchangeable terms. Hut again
i wo are told that light is a medium
| through the aid of which we an cna
' bled to discern or see objects, but a
medium is something, a composition,
or composed of parts; hence it is mut
1 ter. Again Philosophers inform us thut
our utmosphcrc terminates or becomes
exceedingly attenuated at or about tbe
! distance of forty live miles from the
: earth's surface, and that the great deep
( of space beyond tbe limit of forty-five
miles is filled with darkness, and our
ligiit or day is the result of the radiat
ing ligiit coming from (lie sun, a dis
tance of uinety-tivc millions of miles
in eight and a half minutes: The ques
tion arises what constitutes or com
poses that vast field of space beyond
the limits of our atmosphere! it is not
philosophic or safe to conclude that so
vast a distance is a void or absolute
nothingness, and if matter exists
through space so vast, it must exist iu
the form of a fluid, the atoms of which
are fur more attenuated and transpar
ent thnu our atmosphere, else the rays
of the sun and reflected beams of the
moon would he interrupted in their
flight through space so vast. The prin
ciple or law of gravitution pervades all
known distance or space, even so with
ligiit, and within the compass of light
and gravitation absolute nothingness
or void indefinable are terms applied,
w ithout an idea, or are used without
application to convey an idea of non
entity. Hut there is oue fact in regard
to light as a fluid or substance strik
ingly peculiur and difieriug from other
forms of matter, viz: the rays of light
heiug interrupted or broken oil1 from
the source, instantly vanish, and are
lost lu ail appearances. Hut more anon.
—— Joseph M. Hcnulngtou lias been
rape I led by Klleu Lodge. No. 203, K *
A. M., ai Double Drlilgct, Lauderdale
< n., briiii., for “uiuBssonlc conduct.M
UV TELEbBAPH!|
M;n toiiH.
Tbot. January 16.—.1 udgc Dickey,
the sub-committee men of the special
eommittoo of tho House of Represen
tatives to investigate the frauds com
mitted at the late election in this State,
made but a short stay here, and exam
ined only one or two witnesses. A list
of one hundred witnesses had been
prepared, but lie declined to summon
them, remarking that lie and his col
leagues were heartily tired of listening
to cases of individual frauds; lie there
fore confined Ids investigation to tlie
manner in which naturalization papers
were issued iu the Troy Justice Court.
It is said that Commodore Richard
N. Meade has suffered n stroke of par
alysis, and that his condition is criti
cal.
The annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, of this
State, was commenced at Albany yes
terday—it sessions being held with
closed doors. Many prominent army
officers in attendance. Gen. Sickles
was re-elected Grand Commander.
Baron Geralt, the Prussian Minister,
and Secretary Seward are at present
engaged in framing a treaty between
this country and Prussia, for the bene
fit of emigrants coming here from that
part of Europe. It. is intended to have
a Prussian official located in Xew York, I
who, in conjunction witli an officer de
signated by the United States Govern- I
ment, ami in correspondence with ni
board of commissioners, shall see after j
the interest of Prussian subjects, and
save them from many dangers to which
they might otherwise be exposed.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, January 16.—General
Gillum was before the Reconstruction
Committee again to-day. He was ex
amined relative to the disturbances al
leged to have taken place in the seven
counties of Mississippi carried bv the ■
, opponents of the constitution. He tes
tified substantially that there was some j
disturbance there during the election,
i lint not cnougli to materially affect the
| general result, lie admitted that pro
bably, in some cases, tlie negroes re
. mo I mil nn-fiv fVnm tlio noli 5 t Ill'll (I if ll
j intimidation, but be did not think they
absented themselves in any considers
j bio numbers; or that if they had all
been present it would have affected the
election so as to secure a majority in
1 that section of the State for the Cou
| stitution.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Harrisburg, January 16.— A fright
ful explosion of burning fluid occurred
yesterday evening, by which a young
lady. Miss Kate Iiupert, bad herporsou
| terribly burned from forehead to feet, j
MARYLAND.
Baltimore, January lC.-Gen. Bailey,
a colored sailor, who lias been on trial
at Princess Anne for the murder of the
captain and mate of the schooner Brn
I vo, was convicted on Tuesday Inst, and
on Wednesday lie was sentenced to bo
banged. IIis three comrades in crime,
Band, Wilson and Wells, are in jail un
der sentence of death. The day of
their execution lias been tixed tor the j
Silt of March next.
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MARKETS.
JCrw York, January 16.—Gold 136 V
' Cotton : Uplands-Ordinary, 27'4 : good !
! ordinary, 2814 ; low middling, 29!* ;;
middling, 29:,4 ; good middling, 30V
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vonfederates Notes.
'flic Supremo Court of Georgia, it is j
j stated, Inis rendered a decision, confirm
ing (lie decision of a lower court, that
the consideration of a note given for j
borrowed Confederate money was a
good and valid one. On the other
band, (lie Supreme Court of Tennessee
has rendered a directly contrary deci
sion. Certainly a test case should be
made up and taken to the Supreme :
Court of the United States, so tliai
uniformity of practice may be cstab
I Bailed. Wo have no idea tlmt the deci
sion of tlie Georgia court would be ;
sustained by the supreme national .
tribunal. We cannot think that it j
j should Ik*. To enforce payment, in
j the present currency of the country, of
notes irivrii for borrowed Confederate
paper when forty or fifty dollar* of
that paper did not command more than I
one dollar in greenbacks would be, j
whether legal or not, exceedingly un- j
just and oppressive. This matter I
one of no little importance. Obliga
tions, immense in amount, of the kind
indicated, are outstanding in the
Southern Stute*. Very many Ken
tuckians gave such obligations while
they were in the South during the war.
What they received amounted to scar
| eely more than a song. Hut let the
people have by all means a uniform and
j nulhoritive rule of settlement, what
! ever that rule may be.—Courier Jour
| util.
The JVegi-o Militia Bill.
It is said that the President will veto j
the negro militia bill on the ground
'that Congress ha* no power over the
militia of the States. The bill is |
designed only for bud purposes. It i
had its origin in hate, revenge, and a
thirst for power and domination. It
proposes to give to some of the South
ern States what it withholds from the
rest. It .allows houisanu. Florida,
the Carolinas, and Alabama to reorga
nize their militia, but forbids this
privilege to Georgia, Virginia, and
Texas. The effect of the bill upon the
South, if it should become a law and
go iuto operation, caunot fail to be
most deplorable Corrupt liadical
demagogues will ordain what organ
izations *lmll have arms and what ones
shall not,- and tints they will at all
times have it in their power to compel
the people into the adoption of what
ever measures they please. Still we j
expect the bill to become a law in
spite of the inevitable veto, and woes-!
pect this all the more for the very
reason that it i» so violent. Congress
thinks that it can do nothing too had
against the people of States that refus
ed to indorse its action.—Courier
Journal.
-A company of women lately vis
ited the ouly drinking saloon in an lo- .
wa town, bought it out, spilled all the'
liquor, and the keeper promised never ;
to re-open.
- The bill extending from New
Year's until the loth of February, the j
time for enforcing (lie new internal tax <
law with reference to tohacro, has pass- !
crl both branches of Congress.
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Operation of lb« Fourteenth
Auirmliiient.
When (he next Congress is assembled
lie question will no doubt eoine up
if bet her, wider the fourteenth amend
ment, claimed by the Radicals to have
l>cen made in duo form a part of the
Constitution. Kentucky, Maryland, and
Missouri, while denying to their negroes
ttie right of suffrage, will he entitled to
their present number of members of the
House of Representatives ('ur own
State has nioo Representatives, that being
tho number apportioned to her for her
entire population white and black, but the
fourteenth amendment says : “When the
right to vote at any election for the choice
of electors for President or Vice President
* * * * is denied to any of the male j
inhabitants of such State, being twenty-1
one years of ago un i citizens of the
United States, or in any way abridged, ex
cept for participation in rebellion or other
crime, the basis of representation therein
shall be reduced in the proportion which
the number of male citizens shall bear to
tho whole number of male citizens, twenty
one years of age, in such State.’’
It would he weakness to doubt that tho
Congressional Radicals will undertake to
enforce this amendment by cutting down
the delegations of the three States men
tioned, unless they shall adopt negro suf
frage or unless the unscrupulous usurpers
shall prefer the plan of having negro suf
frage imposed unconditionally upon all the
States that don't voluntairly adopt it
Under the operation of the amendment
the Kentucky delegation would be cut
down to seven, or. at most, eight.
Whether the fourteenth amendment was
attached to the Constitution in a constitu
tional mantlet might, well he h question
for tho decision of the Supremo Court,
but past events abundantly show that the
court is utterly incapable of tusking a
successful resistance to the will oft'ou
gross, no matter what that will may be
It is a wretched cripple.
If the House of Representatives shall
determine to reduce the delegations of
A'cntucky, Maryland and Missouri, it
must be decided what member of those
delegations shall he rejected aud what
ones permitted to take their seats. Hut
wo don’t see by what rule or upon what
principlo the House can decide this.
The difficulty scctns to us insurmountable,
for all of the members of each of tho three
delegations stand upon the same footing.
Congress, reckless as it is. could hardly
venture to assume the responsibility of
discriminating without reason or even the
Ul <* luaeuil. LI V.-VUJjl V33 IO UtlU
mined to execute the fourteenth amend
ment upon tiie throe refractory or rather
Bolf-rcspeeting States vo think that it
will have to practice the mischievous and
moat injurious usurpition of annulling the
elections in those States altogether, and
leaving the people to elect new and
smaller delegations.
Our Wenlth.
The Atlantic seaboard of the United
States, says an exchange, extends about
9,500 miles, and the Mississippi and its
tributaries open up an inland navigation
of 50,000 miles, upon the bosom of which
is now floating an amount of commerce
three times as great in value as the whole
foreign commerce of the country. In for
mer times the trade with foreign ports
was looked upon as our most important
interest. It is now dwarfed by the trans
portation ami handling of domestic mar
kets. In 18(J0, the entire product of the
United States was 81,906,000. Its ex
ports were less than one fifth of this
amount, leaving four-fifths to bo exchang
ed between the States, It has been said
thal, at the present time, not more than
one fifteenth of the business of New York
city is based upon foreign commerce
Tho Mississippi drains 1,785,000 square
miles, which is more than half tho num
ber of square miles in the United Status
768,000,000 acres of the finest laud in the
world. It has space for 150 States of the
size of Massachusetts, and were its popu
lation in the same proportion it would
contain more than five times (hr present
population of the whole United States.
.U this time not more than one acre in
live is under cultivatiou, and the vast
resources of coal aud mineral have hardly
began to be developed. Tho fourteen
Slate* which comprise this region claim
(though this is without reason) that they
pay more than otic half the taxes, and that
they work more than half the improved
land, and have u majority of the popula
tion of the United States. The value ol
the annual commerce of the Mississippi is
eat ini a ted ut 82,606.060,000, and the
Agricultural Bureau, basing its calcula
tions upon past results, estimates that in
.1 . .. irvit.i --1
West will amouut tc more tliau $3,000,
000,000.
The value of crops, as well ii3 of the
productions of the uiiucs and the forest,
depend mainly on facilities tor transporta
tion, either natuura! or artificial. The
.Mississippi is hut one of the outlets of the
vast region through which it passes The |
great lakes opeu a wide belt of this couu- I
try, and canals and railroads bring almost 1
every farm within easy distauee of uatural '
navigation. The estimated eost of convey- j
ing a ton of merchandise a ntiio on the ;
ocean is from half a cent to one and a hall
cents ; on lakes two cents ; on river two
and three-fourth cents ; on canals two to
five cents, and on the railroads from three ;
to thirteen and a half cants Of the
amouut of grain received at Chicago 76
per cent comes by railway, hut from that
city only 1U per cent is seut Kast by rail
road, whilst 1)0 per cent is sent by the
lakes. The merchants, manufactures, and
consumers of the Kast, have an interest in
reducing the cost of transportation to (lie
lowest possible point; and this can he I
most easily effected by improving the j
water communications. Cheap transpor- 1
tation is a vital necessity to our whole i
oountry, and, if it is secured, the resources
of the vast and fertile regions even further J
West will he developed as sureiy as time
endures, and more rapidly than we can at
prescut imagiue.
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HirThere were 73 marriage licenses
issued during the month of December,
1868, by our accommodating and match
making County Court Clerk, assisted by i
his ntlroHOtnirul and equally obliging
Deputy An examination of the mar- .
riiige record book, kept in the County j
Clerk’s office, shows that matrimonial
alliances arc less frequent, by one half, in
• he Summer than in the Winter months
It is when the "cold chilling winds of j
December" whistle and blow about his ,
lonely habitation, that I lie "man” feels in '
his heart the force of the Divine adtuoni j
tion that it is not good to bo alone —West
Tennessee Whig.
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-A thief recently stolen hundred ]
prayer books in Chicago.
DIED
In tills city, on the 17th ilist., Mr. ’
Sim. McKaken. in the fiftieth year of]
ti i» a'/t*
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
AUSTIN
NAfcG AlDFEMALESEMINARY
Auatln, Prairie County, Ark.
The third semi-annual session, under the
control of Prof. W. A. Garner and Lady, as
sisted by accomplished teachers in the tari
oub departments of the school, will commence
Monday, February 1st, 1809, and continue
twenty-one weeks.
CHARGES PER SESSION.
Incidental feo f>0 cents. Tuition in the
Literary Department from $1:1 to $26. Draw
ing, Painting. Embroidery, etc., from $10 to
$20 Music $26. Board (including washing
and lights^ from $10 to $12 per month.
Pupils a ill be charged from date of cn
tranco till tbc-cleso of the session. Deduc
tions made only in cases of protracted
illness.'
Wm. SAUNDERS,
Pres. Board of Trustees.
Wm. Dos sell, Scc’y janl9m
DES ARC
MALE & FEMALE
SEMINARY.
The trustee* having secured the ser
vices of Mr B. D. 1*rrry, hi* tenth
semi-annual session will commence on
Monday, the 25th of January, 1899. as
sisted by a competent female teacher.
Hates or Trmos. rr.R Sessiox or Kiv*
Mouths.
Primary Department.$13 00
Higher English Department,. . 15 00
Ancient Languages... 20 00
Incidental Fee. . I 00
Board can bo had at S12 per month.
One-half of the tuition must bo paid
in advance and (lie balance at the close.
All scholar*considered regular from
time of entrance, and no deduction ex
cept in case of protracted sickness.
For further information, apply to
the Principal. janlOtf
XOTICE^
The claims belonging to the estate
of Silas Buck, deceased, arc in our
hands for settlement. We require
prompt settlement of same.
Gatewood & Thomas.
ianl9-2t
Mayor's Office, Df.s Arc, Ark..)
January ISth, 1399. I
NOTICE is hereby given that there
will be an election held in the town of
Dos Are, on Monday the first day of
February, lSti9, for tiic purpose ol
electing.a mayor, live aldermen, and
one constable.
I. N. IIKDGPETH.
Mayor of Des Arc.
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call. A liberal discount to all druggists, j
Ministers of the Gospel one bottle free.
n_._1_i _ .1.1 1_
.J
E. A. LOWDERMILL
And
JEROME HARALSON;
I'cs Arc, Arkansas.
Special attention to chronic or ulcered
sore legs, cancers and cases of rheumatism.
Patronage respectfully solicited.
Office on Buena Viata street. jano-3in
Hamburg, Ashley Co., Ark.)
April 4, 18(58. )
We 'lie undersigned. Druggist of Ham
burg, do hereby certify (lint we have sold
Dr. E. A. Lowdermill’s Compound Fluid
with great success, and in our stock of
Patent Medioiuea, there are none that sell
so ready or command greater inquiries—
from our hundreds of customers we have
never heard a word of aught or condeut
nation of the justly popular Compound
Fluid. All Druggist would do we'l to
purchase a supply without delay, as there
can be no doubt of finding sale for it as
soon as introduced.
K M. DI CA'ENS A CO.
Limvhermill’s Compound Fluid—
We received early Last yenr a bottle of this
fluid, to test in the case of a caked breast.
One application entirely removed it, allay
ed great suffering, aud doubtless prevent
ed a broken breast, which had three limes
followed the saute indication, in spite of
the best physicians. Wo give it our un
qualified indorsement as an invaluable
medicine for that terrible complaint, and
advise every mother to provide herself with
it —Tennessee Haptist.
$25 REWARD!
iWlI.L pay tHe above reward to any oue ;
delivering to u»e a
(Lil UAMA MARK,
Black inane aud tail; about loA bauds bigb, ;
six or seven wars old. Said mare was stolen !
from my faim oa Kurrouuded Hill, Woodruff
countv. Arkaiiban, about two weeks since.
.? W. ILVKRKLL. .|
Itouubrr -2. -tt
WH. THOMPSON,
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER,
Nest Door <• F. Gales ft Bro.
Do Arc, Arkansas.
Jnnuary »—1m.
0. 17. GP.AVSS,
—WITH—
MOORE, WHITFIELD & 00.,
Cotton Factors,
AXt>
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 1 Howard’s Row,
CORNER OF UNION AND FRONT STS.,
MEMPHIS, TEXN.
VIROII. V. MOORE.
rnwix Whitfield. dcc22-tf
Photographic Circular.
mHB undersigned would respectfully in
JL form the citizens of DES ARC and vi
cinity, that lie reopened his rooms on Mon
day, the 21st December, 1868, to continue for
five weeks, where he would be pleased to see
all who may wish to secure a beautiful, cor
rect and unfading likeness of themselves,
family orfriend*. from miniature to life-size.
From his long experience of more than four
teen years, and having been associated with
some of the most eminent artists, with the
aid of the most Improved apparatus and latest
chemical researches, ho feels confident of *
being enabled to please all who may favor \
him with thoirpatronage. Among his varied j
styles of Pictures may he found the Am* 1
hrotype, Ulelnlneotype, Photo
graph, and the Inti ly? patented and
much admired OpaleoO pc or PorCf
IStill Picture, which for beauty, dura- j
hilify and extreme depth of tone and finish. |
standi vnrivaUed. Old Pictures repaired, j
cased, or framed, of any size.
Views made of the interior and exterior of'
Churches; Ruildings, Grounds, etc.: copies
from old pictures of every description en
larged, if desired, to any size; Life-size por
traits in oil, both from old Ambrotypes and
Life. Photographs of all sizes elegantly
tinted or worked up finely in oil or water
colors, India ink or Pastel. A call is respect
fully solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed in
every instance.
Ia. L. CROSS, Proprietor.
Pes Arc, Ark . December 22. 18»>8.—2t
Wholesale Candy Manufactory and
Confectionery.
PO£U2£TA &
Importers, Wholesale and Retail f.'oaUrs in
GREEN AND DRIED FRUITS,
NCTS, l’ICKLES, PRESERVES,
SARDINES. CIGARS. WINES. LONDON PORTER, AND
SCOTCH ALE,
No. CC2 Main St., VnTor OGiI-Fellow,1 Hall,
dec]5-3m] Memphis, Tens.
Hen. Iv. Pu'len,
surccs'ors to Muir, Strbblas & Pullen,
Importer, W holesale and Retail Dealer in
GLASS and QUEENSWARE,
SILVER-PLATED WARE,
House I'urnhlilog Goods, U(c„
Xo. 273 Main Street, Opposite
Court Square,
dodo 2m MEMPHIS, TENN.
NOTICE.
Having disposed of my entire
in*©rent in liio firms of Matthews, Jud
80u & Co. and Judson & Co. to the remaining
partners, I am no longer a member thereof.
They assume all indebtedness of said firms,
and are alune authorized to collect the in
debtedness due the same.
ft. O. MATTHEWS.
Memphis. Tenn., Nov. 28, 1808,
The business of said firms will continue as
heretofore by the undersigned, remaining
partners, under the name and style of,JUD
SON & CO., who assume the liabilities of said
firm?. aud who alone are authorized to collect
the indebtedness due the same
A. R. JUDSON,
T. II, JUDSON,
J. C. ALEXANDER.
Memphis, Nov. 28, 18ti8.
In retiring from said firms I respectfully
recommend them to the patronage of my
friends, R. U. MATTHEWS. ’
dec 15
New Orleans anil White Hirer
Seuil-lloiillilv FurkPt.
For Napoleon, Vicksburg, Xatclice and
Now Orleans.
STEAMER AGNES,
T. SCOTT, .... Master.
—i The Agnes has entered
■firirthe above trade ns n perma
nent packet. Having the very best of pas
senger and freight accommodations, With
the determination to give general satisfaction
to both shippers and travelers, the patronage
of the public is respectfully solicited.
For freight or passage apply on board, or
to Thomas, Gill & Go., Ageuts. nov24- j
Regular Memphis, While anti
Little Red River Rucket,
DES ABC: j
JOHN D. ELLIOTT, Master.
Jos. Elliott and Mat Glass, Clerks.
H ^lc steamer Pea A re j
■ JnBiiii ini. Iiavingbeen put in thorougli
repair, has entered the Memphis and White j
river trade permanently, leaving Memphis j
every Monday for all points on White and ,
Little Red rivers, connecting at Devall's
liluti with trains for Little Rock. Leave Des
Are on Friday for Memphis. aug-o
MATHEWS & CO.,
Des _Aa*c. -A-rk.,
DEALERS IN
rami? swtsfttts
ANM PLANTATION SII’PI.IES;
/"TONFECTIONS, CANDIES, PICKLES,
vy OYSTERS, ami everything in the line of
FANCY GROCCItlEH,
very cheap for the money.
jj^f-Call at Wilson & CooVa old stand.
Des Arc, Ark., November 8, 18G8,—tf
Lti«li to Vour lutemt.
The undersigned will ill a few d»ya opeu a
regular shop we«t of Stewart, 0 Wynne & (Vs
store, where he proposes to do all work in
the line of a carpenter, coffin maker, etc, at
the cheapest rates. lie warrants every job |
he undertakes. Send in your orders.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL. |
jan*
oTd es tUr y Goods' fious V i n ife'm phis!
siissiL & soar,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
4j§S*. ' I r?'i i" ■'i r f i * i
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES,
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
Etc., Etc.,
NO. 259 MAIN STREET,
Mempliis, Tenn.
AMSSg H©aj
SUCCESSORS TO AMES, WOODBURY' & JONES,
880 Main Street, Onyoso Block, Hemphill, Tenn.,
Wholesale anil Retail Dealers in
FURNITURE AND CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS. WINDOW SHADES. MATTRESSES, &c., offer iheir Stock to Deal- *
or*. Merchants. Planters, anil all those desiring goods in their line, AT THE cL,
LOWEST CASH PRICES. b
©fitV'OuF long experience and standing in this community as a reliable house justify us
in nakiug a continuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed on us in the past, and we
pledge ourselves that no efforts will be spared to satisfy those having dealings with us in
the future, decLVbm.
The Cheapest Dry Goods House
IDNT 3VXES1VIX»XXIS3 XS►
WELLS & GOLL,
267 MAIN STREET.
decl5-3m
LOO XX ESR Ei!;~
J. MUSSO, Jr.,
2 8 G ,V MAIN STREET, NEAR MADISON,
-Wlurtfjalc autl Retail (Grocer, grater in <£bour ^amslj
Supplies, dhrcoc. gut rr. (typ, disc.
The Cheapest House in the City! Call and see for Yourselves!
Goods Delivered Free of Charge to alt parts of the City.
Recollect "tho number, 286J Main Street, near Madison, Memphis, Tea a.
___ deoI5
oro. w. wick*. * TTiTsvT”
cad. s* a nr k s
WITH
<* E O . W . W I C Iv H & CO.,
Cotton and Tobacco Factors, and General Commission Merchants 1
DEALERS IN BAGGING AND ROPE, COTTON YARNS AND MANUFACTURED TQB.CCO.
Agents for Louisville Wrought Iron Cotton Tio, and Deering’s Double Dower Im
proved Cotton Dress.
sepS-Gm] No. 102 Main Street. Louisville. K'j.
Proprietors Louisville Cotton Warehouse, corner Second ami Washington Streets.
ALLISOH BROTHER 9,
t. . IMPORTERS ANi) DEALERS IN ... .
Hardware, Griin© and Cutlery,
270 FRONT STREET, MEMPHI3, TENN.
WE would invito merchants visiting our market to call and examine our stock. f.cliivg
satisfied that we can make it to their interest to give us a share of t .cir nafrona^?.
Our stock embraces etery description of Hardware needed by the Merchant. Manufactu
rer. Mechanic or Planter; and in addition to our stock of GENERAL HARDWARE, we
keep constantly on hand a very large and well assorted stock of Blest Tennessee
Chare Oil I Iron, also Kentucky or ‘*11” Iron, which we can offer at prices which defy
competition, being ,*<</<• agrnts for the Manufacturers.
We have recently been appointed the solo agents in this market for the
,;E. CARVER & CO.’S” IMPROVED COTTON GINS.
Tin' nnequaled beauty of ihe staple of cotton ginned on these well known uiu Stands, tho
lightness of their improved running gear, increased yield of lint, and many other arknowl
edged advantages, make them more desirable Ilian in former years, when, as now, they were
Ihe favorite. scpS-diit
Proprietors and Manufacturers of the World Renowned
SINGER SEWING MACHINES.
BRANCH OFFICE. 275 MAIN ST., OPPOSITE COURT SQUARE,
MS1XFBXS, TSXTNSGSSS.
rnilE above office -having exclusive control of territory included in the state of Arkansas
X North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Western Tennessee—is now open for the sale
of our
Celebrated Manufacturing and New Family Sewing Machines.
J£|"*All agents in the abovo territory, will please report to us at this office. .Agents
wanted in every city and town, to whom liberal commission will be given.
Wc shall keep at this office n full stock of MACHINES, ACCESSORIES, NKEELES, OIL,
TWIST, LINEN anci COTTON THREAD. &o., &c.
Send for Circulars and Price Lists. All information furnished gt atuitously.
SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
XO. 275 MAJX SrMA'gr,
1). A Clap.uk, I ( J. 15. Drvry,
Memphis, Tenn. j \ Memphis, Tenn.
Cl'larlie & Drury,
<£oimui*$ion id nth a n t s,
FOR TIIE SALE OF
PORK, BACON, LAUD, FLOl R, MK VI.,
BRAS', OATS, HAY, CORN, WHISKY,
And Western Produce Generally,
210 Front Street,
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
1 Nfc
Particular attention paid to tilling orders
for merchants.
/#»/ permintion %pp r*ftr to—F. W. Smith,
President Peoples Punk. Memphis, Tenn:
W. U. Cherry, President Merchants National
liank, Memphis. Tenn. docl-dm
R. W. PmcK, \ J. C. Tkhry,
Kastpori. -late Henderson,Terry
MUshtippi. I & Co., New Orleans.
A. •!, MONTCiOMKHV#
WITH
I’Rlii: A TERRY,
Cotton Factoks a*i> Commission
M E U C II A N T S ,
No. 16 Union St., KM PH IS. TENK.
o c 120 St))
J0S3P3 CP33ET,
CONFECTIONER,
No. 37 Madison Street,
Memphis, - Tenn.
CANDIES, CAKES AND PASTRY',
< f liis own manufactur1;.
Nuts, Crackers, Fruits, Wine, Jelly,
Preserves, etc., etc.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Also—Ladies and Gents Oyster Saloon.
Furnishes to Parties, Weddings, and
Italls, * |
All order* from tho country promptly at
tended to. JOSEPH SPECHT,
dpcla- 97 Madison St.
F. LEJPTIEN,
Wateliniakenuid .lewder,
DES ARC. ARKANSAS,
1AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL
kiudis of work in my liue. Mend
ing, Cleaning. Ac.
-Thankful for past furors, I solicit a
continuance of tho patronage lieretofor* be
Kfowol on me feb^R-if
!
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