DES AHC CITIZEN.
J. C. MORRILL, EDITOR.
DBS ARO, AR K A NSA8:
SATURDAY.JAN. 8, 1850.
The Eighth or Januarv.—Wo again
hail the return of this memorable day in
the history of our country, it brings with
it reminiscences and fond recollections
which the mind of every American rejoi
ces to dwell upon. We have before us,
in memory, the thrilling scenes which dis
tinguished the battle of New Orleans—
the proud and patriotic deeds enacted on
the plains of Chnlmcttc, where “the ene
my’s long line stood in battle array,” and
the trump of war broke over the bosom of
the majestic Mississippi. Then, and there,
etood the man of “iron nerve,” undaun
ted by the roar of artillery and the fierce
conflict of war. With a handful of un
disciplined men as his staff, and the jus
tice of his cause, his only hope, “a stran
ger to fear,” he marched on to victory.
Before ihe triumphs of the hero the demon
of party was hushed and the nrcher of
malice unstrung his bow. Silently leav
ing behind him the domestic and rural
comforts of his beautiful Hermitage, then
adorned with all the sweetness of spring,
he went forth to crusade for freedom, in
freedom’s happy land. Thrice glorious
was that sunset that shed its first beams
upon the victorious little band—the enemy
repulsed and driven to a distant retreat,
and the sword returned, to its scabbard.
The fame of Gen. Jackson, was soon
borne to distant lands, and on our own
blessed soil he stood, in a blaze of light.
But he is gone, and sleeps a quiet cap
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Time may set his signet on the monarch’s
throne, and prostrate in his tireless course,
philosophers,kings and nobles,but the name
of Andrew Jackson will live as long as
gratitude has a place in the human heart,
and freedom a votary on earth.
Re-Opening of the Slave Trade —
A Practical Illustration.—That tho
yacht Wanderer landed a cargo of slaves,
fresh from the jungles of Africa, some
time during last month, at Brunswick,
Georgia, there seems to be no longer a
doubt.
lion. Chas. S. Henry, United States’
Commissioner before whom several wit
nesses were examined—they being charged
with having aided in landing the cargo of
slaves at Brunswick—ruled, that a wit
ness was not compelled to answer ques
tions tending directly or indirectly to
criminate himself. Mr. Elisha Harris,
thereupon, refused to answer certain ques
tions propounded to him by the prosecu
tion, and the court adjourned until the fol
lowing day.
The Augusta (Ga.) Sentinel learns from
good authority, that about two hundred and
seventy of the wild Africans, a portion of the
cargo of the YVandarer, are now on a planta
tion in South Carolina, on the Savannah l iver;
having been brought there two days ago on
board .a steamboat, from some point near Sa
vannah. and will soon be oifered for sale.
Sales have already been made of some of the
cargo.
We learn on good authority that the origi
nal cargo consisted of 420, and that not one of
them died or was seriously ill on the passage.
It is supposed that the Wanderer acted only as
a decoy boat, and that the vessel that brought
them is at large. Citizens of our city are
probably interested in the enterprise, and
those brought up the river are supposed to be
their share of the spoils and have been dis
tributed on their plantations. It is quietly
hinted that this is the third cargo loaded by
the same company during the last six months.
The Augusta (Ga.) Dispatch has the fol
lowing on the recent importation of labor.
Two hundred and seventy-seven of the car
go of Africans recently landed near Bruns
wick, were brought up the Savannah river and
put ashore yesterday evening, about 3 o’clock.
til tl,:» mnntl, .if H.irc. mil., Ka.
low the city, on the Carolina side. One of the
river boats is supposed to have taken them
from the boat which brought them to Savan
nah in the night to a point twelve miles above
that city.
We learn that one of our citizens has bought
a slave from the lot recently landed just below
this city, for which he paid $250. He is a
stout boy about fourteen years old, and con
siderable curiosity has been manifested to see
the distinguished visitor.
The question has often been asked, what
practical good can result from'the agitation of
the revival of the slave trade ? Wc point to
this cargo of sturdy laborers, delivered from
the darkness and barbarism of Africa to be
elevated and Christianized on our soil. We
point to the price paid for this jolly son of
the jungles, and compare it with the exorbi
tant prices paid for th" fancy and less valuable
negroes here ; and we claim that these results
are the beginning of the blessings to flow in on
the South from the fearless advocacy of ttfe
revival of ihe slave trade by one or two inde
?endent presses in this State and South Caro
ina.
This trade may be called piracy by a false
construction of a foolish law, but the day will
come when the South will make it the right
arm of her legitimate commerce, and then
there may be some chance for us poor editors
to own a sooty skin or two! Who knows ?
In connection with-the foregoing, we
copy the following from the Charleston
JMercury:
Thus while the Georgians are obtaining
slaves from the coast of Africa, at a mere
nominal price, Alabamians and Mississippi
ans are purchasing from Virginia, at the high
price of $1500 per head. It is useless to at
tempt to conceal the fact that labor is scarce
in the cotton-growing regions. Wilite labor
cannot be obtained, even if desirable, negroes
are constantly going up in value, and the pri
ces asked for them even now. place their pur
chase beyond the means of those possessed of
moderate competency.
Gentlemen ask us every day why such and
such enterprises do not flourish in Alabama—
why ws do not p-o-iuce rice, for instance,
wtiere we have so much waste land perfectly
adapted to its production ; why the lands all
along the banks of the lower Alabama, are
not redeemed from water, an J groaning every
year rich harvests of rice, sugar and cotton?
Want of labor, is the only answer we can
make. White labor will not come to us, is
not adapted to Ihe culture of Southern staples
if it would ; and the actiou of the Federal i
Government prohibits us from obtaining such
labor as we desire, from whence it can be ob
tained cheapest.
Negroes, in a few years more, will be valued
in market at over $2(')00 per head, and then all
the laws framed in the United States and Great
Britain, backed by the full power of both Gov
ernments, will not prevent the people from
introducing such labor as they desire. Let
the government take warning in time, and re
lax some of its restriction upon a ti ade, which
its whole power will not enable it to prevent.
A telegraphic dispatch, dated Savan
nah, Georgia, December 2Sth, says :
The United States officers caught one of the
young Africans supposed to have been landed
from the yacht Wanderer, last week, on
Jekyl Island. He was brought to this city on
Saturday, but, had since disappeared. The
officials are bothered about this single Afri
can while scores have been transported by
railway and steamers throughout the South.
The United States Marshal is here, llis re
signation is requested, but he refuses. He
will probably be displaced, though he is gen
erally thought to be blameless.
We find the following paragraphs in
reference to the landing of Africans by
the Wanderer, in our exchanges :
The Memphis Ledger of Tuesday eve
ning last says :
It is said that Mr. Conner, the U. S.
District Attorney at Charleston S. C.,
has been summoned to Washington for
consultation with reference to the recent
landing of slaves at Southern ports and
the alleged purpose of certain ultraists in
South Carolina to revive the slave trade
in defiance of the laws.
The Memphis Enquirer of the same
day says:
The following extract from a letter of
11 Ion,” the reliable correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, confirms our first impres
sions of the motives that governed the re
cent importation of Africans by the
“ Wanderer
The importation of a number of African
slaves into South Carolina or Georgia contin
ues to attract attention, particularly inasmuch
as the enterprise was undertaken with the de
liberate purpose of testing the constitutionali
ty of that traffic. The parties who were en
gaged in the transaction not only avow the act
but have given notice to the public that they
are prepared to vindicate it, and will proceed
to issue a public address with their views on
the subject. There will be no difficulty, there
fore. in brimrine the Question to a indicia! do
cision.
We imagine that a judicial decision up
on the constitutionality of the laws pro
hibiting the African slave trade is not all
that is desired. Wenpprehend that it is
designed to test the power of enforceing
the law, whether it be constitutional or un
constitutional, and to show that whatever
a couit may hold, a jury can not be found
tvho will bring in a verdict of guilty.
The Washington correspondent of the
Memphis Appeal writing under date of the
30th ult., says:
The case of the yacht Wanderer and
the landing of the Africans at the South,
continues to excite public attention. Many
stories are told about this affair, among
others, that a real live African had been
taken, supposed to be such from his ina
bility to converse intelligibly. This of it
self will not reasonably warrant such a
conclusion, as there are numbers of ne
groes born and raised on rice plantations
in South Carolina and Georgia, whose
language in unintelligible to others than
their fellows. That the Wanderer was
engaged in the slave trade, there is no
sort of question, but it has been known
here for several months that Capt. Corrie,
her owner, had, as early ns the middle of
October,' effected their landing on the
coast of Cuba.
New Post Office.—“ Clear Lake”
is the name of a new Post Office, estab
lished at Clear Lake, Prairie County,
Arkansas; Dr. C. W. Womack, Post
Master.
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Col. Albert Pike is not dead.
We learn from credible authority that he
eat a hearty breakfast at the Gayoso
House, Memphis, on Christmas morning,
and that he expects (should he live) to
eat many more Christmas breakfasts.
Another Fire in Camden.—The
Ouachita Herald of the 23d ult. says:
The fine brick warehouse of Messrs.
E. Hill & Co., with nearly every thing
that it contained, was consumed by fire on
Saturday night (lSth December) last.
Nine hundred and sevenly-oue bales cot
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was destroyed. The fire is supposed to
have been the work of an incendiary.
The aggregate loss is estimated at one
hundred thousand dollars.
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War with Mexico Predicted.—
“ Ion,” the Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun, concludes one of his
recent letters with the following predic
tion :
“ Our troubles with Mexico will, in the
end, lead to another war—an executive
war, in which Congress will follow, not
lead—and when we again get the wolf by
the ears we shall probably hold on."
Death or Gen. Gadsden.—It is with
feelings of profound regret that we have
to record the unexpected demise of Gen.
James Gadsden, last evening. Having,
from his youth, occupied a large space in
public estimation, there is scarcely any
form of patriotic service in which ho has
not shared. In the earlier stage of his
career, his position was beneath the sian*
dard of his country, under the command
of General Jackson, who, with his readi
ness to appreciate merit, bore towards the
subject of this notice the warmest person
al regards.
In civil pursuits, Gen. Gadsden exhib
itted the same patriotic devotion to duty
that characterized the other portions of
his career! In diplomacy, his services
are too recent and important to be soon
obliterated from the public memory. The
“ Gadsden Purchase" alone, would confer |
durable honor on his diplomatic efforts.
In the relations of domestic life he af-1
forded an example of well-balanced and
properly tempered moral affections, aud in
his many associations of friendship he was
no less a model for imitation. Gen. Gads
den had reached his seventieth vear.
[Charleston News, 27th ult.
Mr. T. F. Meagher.—This gentleman,
who spent the last winter in Central America,
proposes to deliver lectures on the political |
and social condition of the five republics ini
the principal cities of the South, commencing :
in Charleston about the middle of January. ;
Adjournment of the General Assembly
on the 23d of December, 1858, to |
meet again on the 17th January, |
1859.
The private secretary to the Governor i
appeared in the Senate chamber and the
hall of the House of Representatives, on j
the morning of the 23d inst., and read
the following proclamation by the Gover
nor. which adjourned the two houses over
until the 17th January next.
THE STATE OF ARKANSAS,
To- au. or the Members or the General
Assembly or said State—Greeting:
Whereas: It has been made known to the
Governor that a disagreement between the two
houses of the General Assembly, with respect
to llie time of adjournment, has occurred ; and
that so many members are now absent that
there is no quorum in cither the Senate or the
House of Representatives; and whereas, true
economy requires that the expenses of the
General Assembly should cease until a suffi
cient number of members can be assembled to
constitute a quorum in each house.
Now, therefore, I, Elias N. Conway, Gov
ernor of the State of Arkansas, by virtue of
the authority in me vested by the constitution
of said State, do hereby adjourn the General
Assembly of the State of Arkansas over to the
17th day of January, A. It. 1859, upon which
day all of the members of the Senate and of
the House of Representatives are required to
assemble in their respective places in the legis
lative halls of this State, at the seat of gov
ernment, to complete the unfinished legislative
business, and to enact such laws as the public
interests require
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sail
ed my name and caused the seal of the
[l.s.] State of Arkansas to be affixed, at Lit
tle Rock, this 23d day of December, A.
D. 1858.
ELIAS N. CONWAY.
By the Governor: •
D. B. Greer, Secretary of State.
The proclamation itself explains the
causes that called for this unusual exer
cise of authority by the Governor. The
disagreement in respect to the time of ad
journment occurred previous to the 23d
inst., and, on that day, a quorum not be
ing present in either branch of the Gen
eral Assembly, it had no other constitu
tional power than to adjourn from day to
day and send for absent members, a pro
ceeding that would have resulted in fruit
less elforts to procure their immediate at
tendance and at great expense to the
State. Hence the duty, by a provision in
the constitution, devolved upon the Gov
ernor to adjourn them over to some speci
fied time.
The absence of so large a number of
members was in a great measure caused
by the sickness of some of them and the
sickness of the families of many others.
There has been an unusual amount of
sickness among the members during the
present session—a senator and a repre
sentative having died and others having
been detained from their seats by danger
ous illness.
The legislature meets again on the 17th
of January. On the day of its adjourn
ment it was about as far advanced with
the business before it as at any previous
session. It had passed the usual number
of bills, and its various committees had
matured and reported much business for
the action of the two houses. If the
members will return punctually and de
termine to forego all long winded, bun
combe speeches and go to work in earn
est, they will bring their labors to a speedy
close with credit to themselves and ad
vantage to the State.— [Little Ilock True
Democrat 29th ult.
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Thr Pacific Railroad and Dr. Fowlkes.
In the recent Pacific Railroad Conven
tion at Now Orleans,(says the .Memphis
Jlvahtnche) many developments were
made of interest to the stock-dealing por
tion of our people. Charges of fraud and
imbecility were not unfrequent, and much
feeling, as well as distrust, was manifes
ted. We learned by telegraph yesterday
that there is to be no duel between Messrs.
Yerger and Fowlkes. It was a matter of
surprise to many that such immense
amounts of stock had accumulated in the
hands of men supposed to be insolvent, or
otherwise unable to pay for it. This
charge was not perferred against Dr.
Fowlkes, but he stated as given below
many facts familiar to our Memphis rea
ders. He said:
Between 1854 and 1856 he had his first
dealings with the Company. He then
held its bonds which he had bought in the
market for the sum of $52,000. He paid
his'money for the bonds. To relieve the
Company Iroin emoarrassmeni, ne conver
ted t!ie bonds into stock at par, thus he be
came one of the stockholders and interes
ted in its success. He came in as a new
purchaser, with his own money. His
second transaction was the conversion of
72,000 acres of land into bonds and mort
gages for §380,000, which were conver
ted into slock. This course was taken to
form a credit upon which to buy the iron
to lay the first section of the road, and
thus save the charter and franchises of the
Company. He saved the charter. The
Company then acquired a full title and
positive rights in Texas. He converted
this bonded estate, which covers his own
property, into stock at par. Thus was his
stock subscription increased.
His third transaction was the conver
sion of bonds of the Company which he
held, in connection with the Hon. E. W.
M. King, and others, into stock at par.
His fourth transaction with the Company
was the purchase of §3.000,000 of the
Company’s bonds, at §150,000, payable
in four months. These bonds he also
converted into stock at par. These four
transactions made him a stockholder to the
extent of §532,000.
His other slock he bought in the mar
ket with his own money, paying cash for j
it, according to the demand of the holders.
At the time when the Company was |
stricken down by the panic of 1857, he
entered the market and bought up the;
stock. These were his transactions with !
the Company up to the time of the crea- ■
tion of the deed of trust.
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-The proposed meeting of gentlemen
friendly to the election of Mr. Crittenden to '■
the Presidency in 1860, was held at Washing- !
ton on the loth, and was numerously attended.
No definite action was taken, but it is said
there was a general expression of opinion in
favor of a united opposition to the democrats. |
-When the London Times condescends '
to speak of us and our affairs, the usual char- j '
acteristics of its remarks are “great ability |
of manner and great ignorance of facts.”
-Col. J. Wilcox, of San Antonio, is and i
aounced as a candidate for Congress from the
Western district of Texas. i
NEWS ITEMS, Ac.
-David T. Ash, one of the founders of(
the legitimate drama in Memphis, died in that*
city on the 23d ult., from the effects of a pis
tol shot wound, which he received in the act
of raising a pistol from the floor where it had
fallen from his person.
-The Mississippi Legislature has passed
a law granting divorce to all married couples
who have lived separate three years.
-Col.Titus, of Kansas and Nicaragua noto
riety, has quietly settled down on a ranch in
Arizona, where he divides his time between
raising stork and working a silver mine. He
is said to behave very civil in his new home.
-Senator Slidell, in a card, denies the
charge that he spoke of Douglas’ slaves in
Louisiana as being badly treated, and con
cludes by saying: ‘-Mr. Douglas has, by au
thorising and countenancing anonymous at
tacks on me, through a peison officiating as
his private secretary, lost all claim to the
explanations that I would otherwise have
promptly volunteered to give him.”
-A resolution has been introduced into
the Georgia Legislature to prevent the circu
lation in that State of the pamphlet concern
ing the Brownlow and Pyne slavery discus
aion, on the ground that it is a dangerous doc
ument for the slave population to get hold of.
Cotton in Cuba.—Cotton is now grown
in Cuba with excellent success. A Havana
correspondent of the Savannah Republican
speaks of a cotton field on the island that the
year 1858 yielded nine hundred pounds to the
acre, and a second crop of bolls arc now on
the plant.
Hon. James B. Ci.ay.—The Louisville
Courier contains a letter from this gentleman,
in which he declines a re-election to Congress.
It is manly, eloquent, and to the point. The
Democracy are for Mr Clay to a man.and if he
had consented to make the race, the Free Nig
ger party would have offered him but a feeble
opposition.
Mississippi Steamers.—The total value of
steamers afloat on the Mississippi and its trib
utaries is said to be more than $60,000,000,
and number as many as fifteen hundred; more
than twice the steamboat tonnage of F.ngland,
and equal to that of all the other parts of the
world.—[N. O. Bulletin.
A New Basis for Banking.—We see it
stated in an exchange paper that a banking
firm in Indiana has issued twenty-five thou
sand dollars in promissory notes, based upon
live stock—ten thousand head of hogs, and one
thousand two hundred head of cattle, deposit
ed in their own pens.
-Horace Greeley lectured on the tGth
ult., at Goshen, Indiana. An Elkhart county
editor, in noticing the even’, says: “Modesty
prevented us from attending the lecture on
‘Great Men.’ ”
Santa Anna.—The renowned ex-Dictator
of Mexico is still at St. Thomas, West Indies,
having recently purchased a palace and grounds
for which he paid $40,000. Senora Santa An
na has quit, gone to Havana in disgust. Senor
S. A. having gone into the multiplicity busi
ness of Bro. Brigham Young’s style.
-The latest novelty ill the way of con
ventions, is the convocation of the sporting
fraternity, or gamblers, from all parts of the
country, at Chicago. The Democrat of that
city savs that the city has been “fast filling
up” with delegations from different States,
sent to attend this convention.
-The Hon. George Eustis, ex-Chief Jus
tice of Louisiana, died in New Orleans on the
22d ult., in the sixty-third year of his age.
-The Macon (Miss.,) Star, says that not
withstanding the Methodist Conference had
been in session there one weak, there was one
chicken heard crowing in town!
-The Paris correspondent of the London
News says: “It is true that a battalion of In
fantry and three battalions of artillery, with
horses and equipments complete for service,
will embark at Toulon for the coast of Central
America.”
-It is announced in Texas that General
Sam Houston will be a candidate for Gover
nor at the next election. The General was
defeated by Gov. Runnels at the last election.
JEssS** The substitution of Jas. S. Green
of Missouri, as Chairman of the Com
mittee on Territories, in place of Senator
Douglas, meets with general approval by
Southern Democratic papers, and will no
doubt be hailed with high gratification by
all who desire Democratic unity in the
Senate. The views of Judge Douglas
are certainly at variance with a large ma
jority of the Democratic party upon the
true relations of the General Government
to the Territories, and it was deemed es
sential by Democratic Senators to make
the change in order to percent dissension
when important territorial questions were
brought before the committee. It is also
considered a marked rebuke to the Illinois
Senator, and an unmistakable condemna
tion of his course in Congress last winter.
The vacancy in the Chairmanship of
the Committee was first offered to Mr.
Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, but he declined,
and it was filled by the appointment of
Mr. Green, of Missouri, who was the
real leader of the party in the Kansas
struggle.
nr/rnn in Wnoli.
ington City, is very indignant on the sub
ject.— [State Rights Democrat.
Frauds in Packing Cotton.—The
fires in the picker-rooms of the Tremont,
the Naumkeag and the Massachusetts
Mills, within a few weeks, and which in
volved the loss of life in the last named
mill, were caused by slortes or gravel
packed with the cotton, to increase its
weight, coming in contact with the re
volving knives of the beater while the
cotton was being worked through the opeu
er, so called. The Lowell Advertiser
says that in nearlyall the bales of cotton
opened there, from eight to twelve per cent,
sand, stones, nails, and other substances
are found. Single stones weighing 2S
pounds have been found in these bales,
which sell at from 11 to 15 cents a pound
to our manufacturers.
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Astronomical.— We find the following in
the “Searcy Eagle” of the 1st inst. It seems
that on a recent trip of the good steamer Re
turn, from Memphis, a “learned” M. D., en
tertained the passengers in his “peculiar and
happy style,” and at the solicitation of a very
•special committee,” he furnished them with
the speech below. The committee dare to
loubt the originality of the Doctor’s speech,
ind we intend they shall be held to strict ac
:ountability. The individual who was so se
riously ill on the steamer, and to whom the
Doctor game sundry doses “complains of be
ng better.”
Steamer Return, Dec. 27, 1858.
Gentlemen and Fellow Passengers:—
[ will endeavor to deliver a few practical re
narks on Astronomy:
Astronomy is a science which has in all
iges engaged the attention of the Philosopher,
Poet, and Divine, and has been the subject of
heir study and admirat'on.
Kings have descended from their thrones,
ind endeavored to enrich it by their labors,
md humble Shepherds, while wntching their
locks by night, nave beheld with rapture, the
due vaults of heaven, with its thousand sta
ling orbs mowing in silent grandeur, till the
norning star announced the approach of day.
['he study of this science, must have been co
val w ith the existence of man. For there is
no rational being who, for the first time has
lifted his eye to the nocturnal sky, and beheld
the moon walking in brightness among the
planetary orbs and hosts of stars, but must have
been struck with awe and admiration at the
splendid scene, and excited by the august mo
tions which the celestial vaults present.
The m03t terrestial scenes would sink into
inanity, and appear unworthy of being set in
competition of the glory of the sky and its
sublime movements—flying with the velocity
of a thousand miles a minute, and finishing
their circuits with such profound accurarv, as
not to deviate the thousandth part of a minute
in the period of a thousand years.
Gentlemen, I thank you for your kind atten
tion.
Respectfully your oh’t sev’t,
J. b. A .
J. IV. Dorr, General Advertising
Agent, New Orleans, La., is our duty
authorized agent in that city.
Party and Supper.
Wednesday Evening,
January 19, 1859, a “Party and
Supper” will be given in the new building,
corner of Buena Vista and Park streets.
Managers.—G. W. Vaden, V. B. Dalrym
ple, J. A. Frith. W. W. Wair, J. C. Morrill.
(^"Tickets $2 50, to be had at the “Cos
mopolitan.” fjan8-2t.
NEW RESTAURANT!
THE
COSMOPOLITAN !
Corner of Buena Vista and Lyon streets,
WES ARC, ARKANSAS,
IS now open for the reception of visiters.—
The best of Liquors, Wines.' Ale, Cigars,
etc., will be kept constantly on hand.
*.* Oysters, Game, &c., will be furnished at
short notice. [jan8
3J'TTJE=tTO:l,rTm.X3.
JUST received, 6 Tin-Safes, 6 Bureaus,
14 Tables. 12 Common Stands, 43 Bedstead’s
assorted, 6 dozen split bottom Chairs, 1 dozen
Mattrasses and 2 Lounges. For sate by
jan8 G. & J. McLaren.
DRY GOODS!
JUST received, 500 pieces Calico assorted,
1 bale 4-4 Domestic, 5 pieces Ticking, 10
pieces Pant Stuff, 10 pieces Striped Osnaburgs,
10 pieces Plaid Linsey, 22 pair Blankets, and
various other articles.
jan8 G. & J. McLaren.
HARDWARE.
AN assortment of Hardware, Cutlery, Axe3,
Planes, &c., &c.,for sale low by
jan8 G. & J. McLaren.
c. A. JUErSQN^
MANUFACTURER OF
DOORS AND SASH,
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CONTRACTOR FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
HOUSE CARPENTER
AND J O I N.E R WORK, &1C.,
DES ARC. ARKARSAS.
-TERMS
Cash, unless other satisfactory arrange
ment is made.
Orders from the country promptly attended to.
jan 8-ly.
Yew FIRM!!
SIGN OE THE
B 1 G B GOT!
ESUENA VISTA STREET
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
THE undersigned would most
' & respectfully call the attention of ther'|>
' citizens of Des Arc and adjacent '
country, to their fine stock of BOOTS AND
SHOES, of their own manufacture, consist- i
ing of the mostfashionable styles, and of the
best material, and of workmanship superior to
any in this or adjoining counties, which will
be warranted in all respects, as represented.
Our stock embraces the finest French and
Philadelphia calf-skins, ever brought to this
market. We invite and solicit an examina
tion of the same, confident that it will bear the
strictest scrutiny, and will please the most
fastidious. All work made to order, from the
lightest to the heaviest boots and shoes.
We keep constantly on hand the best
French anil Philadelphia calf-skins and oak
tanned sole leather. Terms—cash invariably,
jan. 8-0m. O’BRIAN & HOLT.'
MEMPHIS, WHITE RIVER AND
JAEIiSOXPOItT PACKET,
EVANSVILLE!
ABNER BAIRD,.Master.
LEAVES Memphis every
1 Wednesday at 0 o’clock, r.
m., West Point and Jacksonport every Satur
day. T. H. WILLIAMS & CO., Agents,
jan. 8-tf. No. 3, Howard’s Row.
NEW OR EE AN 8 AND WHITE
RIVER PACKET,
Wm. CAMPBELL:
T'l Tl DDTPP Mnelnr
A. D. G. Consul.Clerk.
-—j THIS fine freight and
■Jry~'TiIArnrf~in p-[— steamer, having
entered the above trade, will run regularly
throughout the season.
23T AH b usiness promptly attended to.
For freight or passage apply on board.
jan8-tf.
BUFFALO CITY AXD AUGUSTA
PACKET,
O A K L A N D :
T. J. WOOD,.Master.
A —] THIS splendid light
draught steampr, will run as
a regular packet between Buffalo City and
Augusta, connecting with the steamer Admi
ral at Augusta, each trip, forming a regular
reliable line, from Memphis to Buffalo City.
jan8-tf.
ROGERS HOUSE
FOR BALE.
MY business is such, that I am compelled
to quit tha^usiness. So, I wish to sell
my tavern stamnn Jlrownsville. There is not
a better opening in Arkansas for a tavern than
this. T have a beautiful place, and seven
acres of land well improved, with an excellent
well of water, and will sell on the best of
terms. If you want a good bargain now is
the time to get it. W. J. ROGERS.
Brownsville, January 8, 1859—2m.
SALTED POKK.
HAVING advertised about three months
since, to engage to deliver Pork Hogs at
Des Arc, without being able to close any con
tacts, and prices spoken of being lower than
nine cost, have determined to kill at Buffalo
City, and fill future engagements at Des Arc
it Memphis prices. Applications received at
Buffalo City within 30 days, will receive
irompt attention.
JOHN H. QUISENBERRY.
Des Arc, Ark., Jan. 8. 1858.—3t.
COFFEE.
1 Afi Sacks best RIO COFFEE,
JLUU 2 pockets Java do
2 do Jamaica do
2 do Cuba do
Just received and for sale by
augl4 G. W. VADEN.
PICK1.ES.
I (k DOZ. Gallon PICKLES.
10 doz. { gal do
10 do/. I gal do
augtl G. W. VADEN.
glLB OF LANDS AND TOWN i.ii i «. i Oil 111 NO -VA A'VIEVr or
TAXES. r
CONSTABLES OFFICE, DES ARC, December 6, ig£$_
To the Town Council or Des Arc:
t, C. T. Oldham, Town Constable and Collects
for the town of Des Arc, do hereby report the following as a true list of all Lands and Towt
Lots, or parts of Lots, owned by and assessed to persons not residing within said Town. aI1(j
upon w hich the taxes have not been paid, as the same appears upon the tax-book in my haClj(
for the year 1858; and I also report that the amount annexed to each name is the amount o[
Taxes Penalty, Cost and Charges, now due upon the same for the year 1858, and that tli,
owners so far as I know, have no goods or chattels upon which 1 can levy for the amount
due, to-wit: _
‘ TS o ; * < h 7“ o~ | po 7~T3 T y
!? B S; $ 5 I £ S 8 2 | ? 3 | •
IS s S1 3 : ? “ i g ' ^ i r >
i * - . n • 3 > ; a 1 w . hi T
I r 3 : l ; : < ■ B * : : ; •
OWNER’S NAMES.; ° S j \ \ ' :. | g I S’ | ^ | • j !
!“ o j: : : : j % ; * : : l :
I • m • : . . i » ! n i • • • ! :
_li I : ; ; ; ! jj.i i ; ill !
p*t*ci r.*e.• -■'- ■ " a ft’ ..a *, fdlloo i 5o gtf m! <» : J[ j I *;T
Read and Jones. lljll and 12.3 ] ; j„
9ame.14.11 to 12, 68,1000 r> 00 1 25 ,7 00 ,7 CO 7 00 | 27 25
Steel J. T.3 3 and 6, 54 j I I | j i
,ime. 3 7, 37 325 t 62;i 40 1 50 1 50 jl 50 1 00 2 50, 10 m
Owner’s Unknown... 8 12, 4 100 50 j fill 50 j 50 j 50 j ' 20 061
same.8 2 and 3. 30 250 1 25 j ,31.J l 00 1 00 i 1 00 j ; 45 0r{
same.8 11 and 12,76 200 l 00 | 25 jl 00 '1 00 1 00 I | 4 25*
O’Neal Harris....... 1 1 E. S, 1 j250 1 25 j 31a’ 50 50 | 50 i I i 30 06;
17625 13124] 3224 12 5(012 50|12 50, | | 58 4T
STATE OF ARKANSAS, PRAIRIE COUNTY.
NOTIEE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the whole of the foregoing tracts of I.ar
and Town Lots, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to pay the Taxes, Penalties ad
Cost thereon, will be sold at the door of the Mayor’s Office, in the Town of Des Arc, on th#
Mil Monday in January next, unless such penalties, cost and expenses of adveitj.
ling, be paid before that time.
Given tinder my hand at office, this December 6, 1858.
dcc25-ts. C. T. OLDHAM, Constable and Collector.
____
WEST POINT ADVERTISEMENTS.
RODGERS Sc JONES, I
COTTON FACTORS AND COM
MISSI ON MERCHANTS:
ALSO—Wholesale Dealers in' GROCE
RIES and PRODUCE,
West Point, Arkansas.
jan8-ly _
R. T. HARVILLE,
DRUGGIST,
11*JEST POJtYT,
Wliite Co., ArKansas.
T7EEPS constantly on hand, a full a
assortment of the various articles to 'As
be found in Drug Stores generally. 4m
By close attention to business hopes to
merit a continuance of the patronage of the ;
public. jan8-ly. j
P. A McDANIEL7
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Dry ©00*0, (Slotting, tjarimiare,!
Queensware, Boots, Shoes,
HATS, CAPS, &c., &c.
WEST POINT, ARKANSAS, i
All who wish to buy goods cheap,
would do well to call and examine before pur
chasing elsewhere. jan8-ly.
J. A. HUFF.. c. WEST. '
ini &
DEALERS IN
Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
Clothing, Hardware, Queens
ware, Boots, Shoes,
HATS, CAPS, &c-. &c.
WEST POINT, WHITE CO., ARKANSAS.
Terms—Cash, or to punctual dealers on
the usual terms. jan8-ly.
MARKHAM & WEST,
DEALERS IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
Janet) anil Staple Dry (S>ooi)3,
CONSISTING IN FART OF
CLOTHING. HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, LADIES |
BONNETS, TRUNKS, 3cCS., *o.
WEST POINT, ARKANSAS- '
jan8-ly._j
ROGERS HOTEL.
I). ROGERS, Proprietor.
West Point, .Irkansas.
fTIHIS hotel has been enlarged and improved,
i and the proprietor is now better prepared
to accommodate the public than heretofore.
janS-ly.
FIN ALN OTICE
ALL persons indebted to the late firm of
McLaren, Quisenhlrry &. Co., are re
quested to come forward and settle up by the
1st day of February next, as longer indulgence
can not be given. GEO. McLAREN.
January 8, 1859.—4t.
G-. & j. McLaren,
DEALERS I If
Staple anil fancy Dry ®ooi)3,
Ready-Made Clothing, Roots, Shoes,
HATS, QUEENSWARE, HARDWARE,
Stationery, Medicines, 6ft., &'c.
—also—
RECEIVING, FORWARDING AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
dec!8] DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
linn? i s Aim
JUST received, 13 cases Boots and
Shoes, assorted.
G. & J. McLaren.
Jewelry and Notions.
WE have just received an assortment of ;
Breast-Pins, Ear-Kings, Finger-Rir.gs, j
Watch-Guards, Keys,
G-old Feus,
Beads, Fiddles, and Yankee Notions, in great j
variety. Call and see.
jan8 G. A J. McLaren.
Lauderdale Factory' Agency.
JUST RECEIVED, direct from the Lauder
dale Factory, in Alabama, ten bales of
OsnaLiurgs,
ind a lot of 8 p u n Cotton, for sale.
jan8 G. & J. McLaren.
Books and Stationery.
/fffTllMS JUST received, a general assort
4 W nient of BOOKS and STATION
ERY—full in every department
usually required in this country; for sale
:heap,by
jan8 G. & J. McLaren.
Hats and Bonnets.
WE have on hand an assortment of
Hats and Bonnets, and for sale by
jan8 G. & J. McLaren.
J . & D. JOBE.
DEALERS IN
nn\'-Goons,
BOOTS, SHOPS, HATS and CAPS,
Ready-Made Clothing,
Sardware, Queensware. Wooden-Ware,
CUTLERY, SADDLERY,
Drugs. Mocliciuos, oto.
HAVE on^hand every article usually kept
in Dry Good Stores, which will lie sold
or cash or to punctual istnmers on the usual
iine. Please call and examine our stock be- !
ore purchasing elsewhere.
Store one door east of Washer & Vaughan’s, j
Des Arc, Ark., October 30, 1858.-ly
J. M. MURPHY & CO,
(SUCCESSORS TO PATTERSON AND CO.)
RECEIVING, FORWARDING A\|)
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
G R O C E R L E S,
FANCY AND STAPLE
DRY GDODS, CLOTHING,
Hardware, Queensware, Stone-wnre,
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Saddlery,
Trunks, Staple Drugs, &c., &c.
TERMS CASH, OR APPROVED 8ECURITT.
GRAND GLAIZE, ARKANSAS.
jan. 8-ty. __
M. T. COOPER,
DF.S ARC, ARKANSAS,
OPPOSITE THE JACKSON HOUSE,
DEALER IN
tt AND £
DRY GOODS,
M “t
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
doc 18-tf.
DISSOLUTION!
rpHE firm of McLaren, Quisenberry & Co,
L is this day dissolved by mutual cor.ser.
Those indebted to the firm will please call a d
pay their indebtedness without delay, the*
who we owe will please present their claims
for payment, Mr. Quisenberry and Mr. JainM
McLaren will be absent for a while. Mr,
George McLaren will be found at the old
stand ready to settle any business of the firm,
those who owe us for Goods bought this year,
are entitled to credit until the 25th Inst., when
we feel satisfied they will, without hesitation,
pay their accounts, as we must close up our
business to enable each partner to control bis
means. We sincerely hope all will pay us. and
none force the necessity and expense of bring
ing suit, which must be done in ail cases without
a solitary exception if this notice is disregard
ed. Very many of our friends still owe us for
Goods bought last year, some of whom seem to
be unconcerned about it, while we suffer. W*
only mean what we say, orn business must
BE SETTLED UP WITHOUT DELAY.
JOHN H. QUISr.NBERRY,
GEORGE McLaren,
JAMES McLaren.
Des Arc, Ark., Dec. 13th 1858.
The undersigned will continue tha
business at the old stand, and solicit a contin
uance of the patronage of the public.
declS-lm.j G. & J. McLAREN.
STATE OF ARKANSAST
County of Prairie,
In the Prairie Circuit Court to the May
term thereof, A. I)., 1859, on the Chan
cery side thereof, in vacation December
21st. A. D., 1858.
Jacob A. Beck, Complainant,
V9.
Theophilus T. Henry, et als defendant!.
And now, on this day.the said complaints!/
Jacob A. Beck, files herein his bill of ceffl
plaint against Theophilus T. Henry, as ad
ministrator of the estate of John B. Beck, de
ceased, as well as in his individual capacity)
and Sarah his wife, Edward A. Keck, Mary
Ann Beck, Henry Alford, and Eli/.abeth hi!
wife, John Henry Beck, and Edward L
Hicks, defendants, the object and prayer ot
which bill is to obtain a decree Testing the ab
solute title in complainant to the South half of
the North east quarter and the North west
quarter of the South east quarter of section
hirteen, [13,) township ten. North of the base
ine, of range eight, West of the fifth princi
pal meridian, and it appearing by the affidavit
>f the complainant that the said Theophili*
r. Henry, and, Sarah Henry, his wile at a
:!>e said John Henry Beck are non-residents el
lie State of Arkansas, it is thereupon ordered
.hat unless they appear to said bill and plead,
inswer or demur, at a term of the Prairie Cir
;uit Court to be begun and holdeti on the
'ourth Monday of May, A. D., 1859; the saro*
>eing the 24th day of said month, the said bill
will be taken as confessed.
W. IT. ENGLAND, Clerk.
A true copy from the Record.
Attest. W. H. England, Clerk.
jan. 8-2w.
" GINE ! IA I. SI OF 1 t!E ! I
ALL persons indebted to the late firm of
Shetter Si Griffith, which partner
ship closed on the 2d of October, 1858; »n4
also, those indebted to the un.ilersigned f°r
work since that time, are
ONE AND ALL
requested to come forward and make a f11
settlement of their accounts without delay. *'
ihe business of the lilacksmith and wagon sb°P
for 1858 must bo closed up. Let alt take du
notice and govern themselves accordingly
dec 2S-’58-3t. J. GRIFFITH^
Take Notice!
A LL persons are hereby notified, not to cu
Zx. any timber, on our Lots, in the towns
Des Arc, as we shall surely enforce th»
law, if they do.
fab21-tf.j FRITH & JACKSON