lunntmrnnpnts.
Elestioa oa Moal*7. 6tfc August, 1860.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR,
R. H. JOHNSON.
presidential electors at large,
W. W. Fl-OYD.
T. F. SORRELLS.
FOn THE DISTRICTS,
«. W. TAYLOR, 1st. District.
W. VY. LEAKE, 3d. District.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
COL. JOHN C. DAVIE.
We are authorised to announce
Charles D. Taylor, as a candidate for
Circuit Clerk of Prairie county, at the
ensuing election. •
We are authorized to announce J. M.
Kino, as a candidate for re-election to the
office of Sheriff of Prairie County, at the
ensuing August election. •
_ or We are authorised to announce W. R.
Raulston as a candidate for Sheriff at the
ensuing election. •
fi^'Ve are authorised to announce Wm.
Goopbum as a candidate for Circuit Clerk of
Prairie county, at the ensuing election.
„ w We are authorised to announce Levi
Byram as a candidate for County Treasurer,
at the ensuing August election.
We are authorised to announce John
it,. Hudson as a candidate tor the office of
Clerk or Prairie county, at the ensuing Au
gust election.
..53^ We are authorized to announce John
H. Quisenberry. Esq., ns a candidate to
represent Prairie county, in our next Leeisla
t»re, at the ensuing August election. [febS.
Brownsville, Feb. 10, ’00.
Mu. Editor.—.You . will please announce
my name as & candidate for Probate Judge
for Che county of Prairie.
Respectfully, J. L. HUNT.
Tt» the Voters of Prairie Co , Ark.
I am a candidate for Sheriff of said county,
at the election to be held on the first Monday
in August, next. WM. A. PLUNKETT.
January 4,1S00.»
Devall’s Bluff, Ark.,
January 30th, >60.
Editor Citizen—Please nnnounce my natne
as a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Prairie County, at the ensuing August
election. Very respectfully, &c ,
febl5 J. IV.‘BLANTON.
W" We are authorized to announce Wil
liam D. Anthony as a candidate for County
Surveyor at the election to be held the first
Monday in August next.
Condition of the Negroes in New
York —The New York Herald publish
es a lengthy account of the negro popula
tion of that city, from which we condense
the following facts :
The whole number of this class of per
sons is about 11,000. About one-third
of them are paupers, receiving their sub
sistence from the public nnd private char
ities of the city, one-ihird are engaged at
labor from which they are enabled to make
a bare living, and the remaing third live
from hand to mouth, by their wits and by
thieving and pilfering in a small way.
The whole amount of taxable property in
the hands of rhe colored population in the
city is about $300,000, nnd is owned by
nhout twenty persons. Their social con
dition is of the lowest and most degraded
type, being much below that of any class
in the Union, whether bond or free. Their
religious culture is sadly deficient, and
hence the proportion of crime among them
is very great. The number of arrests for
ihe last year was one in eleven.of ihe en
tire Colored population But their crimes
are generally of a petty description.
They appear to he incapable of commit
ting outrages which require great bold
ness or great ingenuity, except in rare in
stances.
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A Texas Pardon—"G. YV. K.”
writes to the New Orleans Picayune from
Texas:
Governor Houston is something of a
wng as well us a statesman. An officer
of the State’s prison, who had held his
place for six years, was ahout to be re
moved, when he came to Austin, during
the session of the legislature, with a flat
tering list of testimonials as to character,
nnd the excellent manner in which he
had fulfilled all his functions. These
were all satisfactory enough; but the
principle of rotation in office over-rode
all other considerations; the place was
wanted for a political friend, and his re
rnovnl determined upon. But to break
the fall as gently as possible, the governor:
adopted a facetious tone and style in a
final interview. “ You say,” said Gener-1
"I H., addressing the geutleman on whom
the axe was about to fall, "you say that
your conduct has invariably been good /”
“ Yes, sir. " And you have been m the
penitentiary six years?” "I have.”
" YV ell, you have been there quite long
enough—I pardon you oui."
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Example or the Brave.—The exam
P*e °f the brave is an inspiration to the
Imndjtheir presence thrilling through every
fibre. Hence the miracles of valor so
often performed by ordinary men under
the leadership of the heroic. The very
recollections of the deeds of the valiant
stirs men’s blood like the sound of a trum
pet, Ziska bequeathed all his skin to be
used as a drum to inspire the valor of the
Bohemians. YY’hen Scanderberg, Prince
of Epirus, was dead, the Ttrks wished to
possess his bones, that each might wear a
piece next to nis heart, hoping thus to se
cure some portion of the courage he had
displayed while living, and which they
had so often experienced in batllp. YVhen
*he gallant Douglas, bearing the heart ol
Bruce to the Holy Land, saw one of his
Knights surrounded arid sorely pressed by
the Saracens iu battle, he look from hit
ueck the silver ease containing the hero’i
bequest, and throwing it among the thick
est press of his foes, cried, "Pass first ir
tight a* thou were wont to do, Rnd Dougla
wnl follow thee or die.” and so saying
hB rushed forward to the place where i
wa* tliere alain.—[^miles'Sel
Help.
DES ARC CITIZEN.
_I
J. C. MORRILL, EDITOR.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS :
SATURDAY,..MAY 5,1860.
Democratic Conventions.
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.
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The Charleston Convention.—Our
dates from Charleston are up to Monday
evening. From the tenor of the tele*
grnphic dispatches, there is no doubt hut
that a platform has been adopted. As to
its character we are left only to surmise.
The platform of the Douglasites con
sists in the re-adoption of the Cincinnati
platform, with an additional clause admit
ting the binding force of the decisions of
the Supreme Court, in reference to all
matters periaming to slavery in the Ter
ritories. This is said to be the principle
on which Mr. Douglas is anxious to stand,
but will be willing, if nominated, to ac
cept any platform which may be adopted.
The anti-Douglas men are bent on press
ing to the utmost, a close stringently en
forcing protection to slavery in the Terri
tories.
That Mr. Douglas may have a majori
ty upon the first ballot is not improbable,
but that he can secure a uvo-thirds vole is
very doubtful. A candidate, to get two
thirds of the Convention, must have double
as many votes as all his competitors put
together, and even if the entire North
were to go together, he would still lack
the necessary two-thirds. He will get
but few vbtes from either Pennsylvania or
New I orK, anu will, uuuuuess, iuae sev
eral in the New England States that his
friends have heretofore counted upon.
Several Southern States demand that a
platform accurately defining the rights of
the South, must be made, before they will
consent to abide the decision of the Con
vention. The three different platforms
proposed, are as follows: One asserts
the right of protection to property in the
Territories, another asserts Douglas’ doc
trine of Popular Sovereignty, and the
third is a simple re-affirmation of the
Platform at Cincinnati.
O. P. Baldwin, Esq., editor of the
Richmond Dispatch, has been lecturing
in Augusta, Ga., anJ in a letter dated
April 6th, we find the following para
graph:
“Speaking of churches, there is an
African Baptist Church here which owns
| its minister. What do you think of that ?
They bought him of his former owner,
and he is held in their behalf by a gen
tleman of this city. They give their spir
itual servant a thousand dollars a year,
which is a great deal more than some 1
white preachers receive. The Methodist
Church is said to be one of the largest, '
if not the largest in numbers, in Georgia. s
It has its full proportion of the wealth and !
refinement of the State.” 1
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Mode or Obtaining Uncalled-for
Letters.— I ho law recently enacted pro* a
vides for the return of uncalled for letters (
to the writer, who can request the post- 11
master at the office to which the letter is v
directed, to return it unless called for
within, thirty days, and when this request ‘
is made, it becomes the duty of the post- (
master to return it to the writer without t
expense to him. This request can be s
printed on the flap of an envelop, and
would read as follows : f
"Postmaster of-, i
Please return to the undersigned unless c
called for within thirty days.” t
The business community will be bene- a
fitted by this arrangement. 1
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EOT* The Mormon faction, under the r
leadership of Joe Smith, Jr., have recently i
been holding meetings in Illinois,Missouri a
and Ohio, and have determined to re-es- '
lablish themselves at Kirtland, Lake t
county, Ohio, where, not many years (
since, 3 000 of that sect congregated and \
erected a most magnificent temple. This <
temple is to be refitted in a gorgeous ,
style.
Kirtland is a village pleasantly situated ,
on a branch of the Clmgrin river. Smith |
is already on the ground, and the new
“stake” will be in full blast in a lew
weeks. The re-establishment of Mor
monism there on nn extensive scale is
said to have caused excitement among the
rural population. We shall now see who
is greatest, Joe Smith or Brigham \ oung.
Unfortunately, a wide space separates
thfin, otherwise the old game of "dog
eat dog” might soon relieve Congress of
a troublesome quesiton.
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Total Eclipse of the Son.—On the
18th of July, a total eclipse of the sun
will give an opportunity of determining
the longitude of the Coast of North
America, such as will not occur again for
many years. The determination of longi
tude by means of this observation is
second only in accuracy to the telegraphic|
: method, from which so much was expect
| ed in case the Atlantic Cable had been
j successful. The path of the Total Eclipse
I will be eastward from the mouth of the
Columbia river, across Hudson's Bay,
! leaving this continent at Cape Chidley,
j the north-eastern point of Labrador. It
then crosses the Atlantic, Spain, and Al
geria, and passing to the mouth of Tri
i poli, leaves the earth at Massowa on the
; Red Sea. The Astronomer Royal of
II England, the Bavarian Astronomer, and
. I several corps of French observers, will
i \ watch the Eclipse in Spain and Algeria,
fi Nearly a hundred observer* will be sta
; tinned along the path of the Eclipse there.'
EXPLANATORY.
Editor Dks Arc Citizen : I notice in your
issue of the 28th instant, in the report of the
proceedings of the county convention at
Browsville on the 2.1d, an error, which I
wish to correct, in order that mv own posi
tion in that convention may be fully under
stood. And. while I take this opportunity of
correcting the report of the proceedings as
published, understand me, 1 do not censure
either yourself or Mr. Douglass j the ex
planation of the omission, which you have
given me in private, being entirely satisfacto
ry. The error in the published proceedings
which T speak of, is this: The committee to
report a basis for the organization of tile con
vention are represented as reporting the demo
cratic vote for Governor in 185#, and a ma
jority of that vote in the County as necessary
for a nomination. The facts areas follows;
The committee consisted of Messrs. Jones,
Tucker, Bogard, Horne and myself. A ma
jority of the committee, to-wit: Messrs.
Jones, Tucker and Bogard, submitted to the
convention a majority report in substance,
this: That each township in the County,
here represented, be entitled to as many votes
in the convention as it cast for the democratic
candidate for representative two years ago j
and, that a majority of the democratic vote of
the County as given in that election, be neces
sary to a choice. The minority of the com
mittee, consisting of Mr Home and myself,
submitted a minority report in substance, this:
That each township represented in the con
vention, be entitled to as many votes in con
vention as it cast two years ago for tbe demo
cratic candidate for state senate; and, that
two thirds of the democratic vote of the
County as cast in that election be necessary
for a choice. The resolution, which the
published proceedings show that the commit
tee reported, was not reported by the commit
tee, and was not in fact offered, until the mi
nority report had been voted down, the ma
jority report being adopted, and considerable
dissatisfaction at the result was expressed ;
then, the motion was made to adopt the
democratic vote ill the Governor's election,
and require a majority of the democratic vote
of the whole County as necessary for a choice,
which motion prevailed, and order being re
stored, the convention proceeded to ballot.
And. after a number of ballotings resulted in
the choice of Col. John C. Davie, who will
I think, be most triumphantly elected.
Allow me, also to say. that I have the utmost
confidence in the democracy of those members
of the committee who differed with me, and
who submitted the majority report. I did not
understand them at any time, to deny that the
two third rule, was the rule generally adopt
ed by the democratic party in convention as
sembled ; but that they believed, by the adop
tion of the two third rule, we would not be
able to make a selection at all. Mr. Horne
and myself believed we could make a selec
tion under that rule, and believing it to be
thoroughly democratic and eminently just and
right, advocated it. As for myself, I am in j
favor of adhering strictly to the old land
marks of the party. I very much fear that
there is too much cat dernociacy in our party
at the present time ; and I believe that unless
we speedily recur to the time honored usages
of our party, we are, as a party, soon to be
swallowed up and lost in disorganization.
The late convention at Little Rock, has done
nuch to disorganize the party, and has struck
r blow at the former usages of the party;
he effect of which, I fear will too long be
:ecn and felt, and from which we will not
oon recover. J. E. GATEWOOD.
Des Arc, April 30, 1860.
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for the Des Are Citizen.J
Mr. Editor: In your issue of the 28th
nstant. I found reported that which was in
ended for the proceedings of the Count}' Con
ention of the 23d April, 1860. I am con
trained, Mr. Editor, in justice to myself and
lany others who took a different view of the
roceedings, to take a brief notice of the
latter.
A Committee was appointed on credentials
nd basis which should govern the conven
on ; your proceedings show that said com
littee reported the following resolution, which
ras adopted :
Resolved, That each township represented
i this convention shall be entitled to as many
otes as were cast in said township at the
(ovemor’s election, and that a majority of
-»«* Vfl te of the countv be neces
iry to a nomination.
Now. Mr. Editor, nothing could he further
om the true history of said convention ; had
. been true there could not have been much
ause of complaint—my understanding was
lat that committee, not only reported, but
rduously insisted upon the vote of Hon. H.
teynolds as the basis. Mr. Gatewood offered
lot. Terry (our Senator’s vote) as a minority
eport, and incorporated the two-third rule
a his substitute, that was laid upon the table
nd the report of the committee was adopted,
'his caused much confusion and dissatisfac
ion and a proba'ble breaking up of the con
ention entirely; and the above resolution
vas offered by Mr. D. Walker Davis as a
ompromise, and it was accepted, with much
eluctance.
Now the query is, why was Hon. H. Rey
iolds’ basis so objectionable ? He is a man of
ugh toned character, whose moral worth en
itled him to the sufferage of every democrat
n the County ; yet, he did not obtain more
han one half of them, owing to the broil
ind confusion in the convention two years
sgo. The first one bursted up without making
a nomination at all—and another was called,
and, besides, there were three other candidates
in the field all claiming to be democratic, and
i-fioy were so located in the county—as to vir
tually disfranchise entirely a majority of the
democrats of the county, and with R^nolds’
basis were powerless—to show that his was
not a fair basis, I have but to say, that there
were four candidates in the field, and the whole
of them did not receive as many votes in the
county as the vote of Col. Terry and Captain
Danlay by thirty-six. It 'is the practice and
the custom of all we 1 regulated conventions,
to take the highest number of votes for a
basis, and none other will give satisfaction—
hence it was that Mr. G. offered Col. Terry’s
as a substitute, it being a fair expression of
the democratic voce of the county—but they
insisted that Col. Terry out run the question
in tjiis county, having received 653 votes,
while Reynolds only received 386—if that be
so, I find that Col. Rust also out run the ques
tion loo, he having received 686 votes. No
gentlemen, it won’t do, we had better adhere
more closely to the old adage, “• honesty is
the best policy.” Respectfully &c ,
ALLEN A. PITTMAN.
April 30th, 1860.
—
—Vice-President Breckenridgc was 30
rear* old on th* 15th of Tsnuarj.
Prgm t-hft Memphis Bulletin, 2Sth ult.J
i Terrible Steamboat Disaster.
Burning of ike Jl. T. Lacey—Boat and
Cargo a Total Lost—Twelve Lives
Lost.
We have this morning to record the oc
currence of another of those terrible riv
er disasters for which the present year has
been remarkable, and which in this in
stance has involved the loss of at least
twelve lives, together with property to the
value of about two hundred thousand dol
lars. The steamer A. F. Lacey, Capt.
George Taylor, when passing the foot of
Island 16, about 10 o’clock on Thursday
night, caught fire and in a brief space of
time burned to the waters’ edge. She
was bound from St. Louis to New Orleans,
with a full cargo, and had about thirty-five
cabin and an eqtial number of deck pas
sengers, twelve of whom, including sev
eral" children, were lost. Her freight was
valuecfat about §125.000—no portion of
which is known to have been insured
and consisted of flour, corn, oats, pork,
hay. whisky, bacon, lird, a large quanti
ty of bale rope, assorted merchandise and
and about two hundred head of livestock,
shipped by Mr. Ashbrook of St. Louis.
The books, money and papers of the boat
were all lost, the officers having barely
time to escape with their lives.
Among the victims by this terrible ca
lamity we regret to include an interesting
daughter of Capt. Alfred T. Lacey, one
of the owners ot the boat, who was on
board at the time with hi's family. She
was dragged from the shoulders of Mr.
J. M. YVorley, second clerk of the boat,
while that gentleman was swimming
ashore from the burning wreck, by the
limb of a tree, and was drowned before
further assistance could be rendered. The
others known to have been lost were three
or four deck hands, two cabin servants,
three young children belonging to deck
passengers and three negroes—making
twelve in all. A Mrs. Hutchison, who
had taken passage for this city, was in
the water for a considerable length of
time and narrowly escaped drowning.
She was finally rescued, however, through
the intrepid exertions of a son of the
clerk, Mr. Cunningham, and reached her
destination yesterday by the Magnolia.
The Lacey was comparatively new
being only a little over two years old, and
was in all respects one of ihe finest pas
senger sieamers in the St. Louis and New
Orleans trade. She was owned by Capt.
Alfred T. Lacey, for whom she was
named, and Capt. John P. Rodney, of
Cape Girardeau. Missouri; was valued
at 860,000 and insured for 840,000 in
St. Louis and Pittsburg offices. The to
tal loss by this disaster, including boat,
cargo and baggage of passengers will
not, it is inougni, ran snun ui
THE HEENAN AND SAYEES PEIZE
FIGHT. _
Foul Play by Sayers' Friends— The Ring
Broken by a Pack of Thieves—John
Morrissey Cuts 1he Ropes and saves
Sayers—Heenan Dissatisfied with the
Result and .Anxious to Fight .Again—
Wilkes Demands the Belt for Heenan.
The Steamship Vanderbilt, from Europe,
brings the following account of the Great
Prize Fight:
On the thirty-ninth round, which was the
last, Heenan got his arm ar und Sayers’ neck,
and to all appearances was strangling him,
when the crowd outside the ring became dis-,
orderly, and shouted “let him go.” This,
however, had no effect upon the combatants.
Heenan stuck to his hold until the ring was
broken in, and the greatest confusion pre
vailed.
The umpire was carried away in the throng,
md the fight was thus prematurely brought to
i close, neither having been declared winner.
The London correspondent of the New
York Times visited Heenan on the evening of
;he 17th; found him in the most comfortable
:oridition, and in excellent spirits.
Heenan is not at all satisfied with the result,
hut is anxious to fight Sayers as soon as pos
sible
Foul Play by Sayers’ Friends.—The
Americans in England, and a large portion of
the Briiish public, are very indignant that the
fight should have been interrupted in such a
shameful manner.
The indignation is loudly and vehemently
expressed. They assert that the ring was
broken into by a pack of thieves, who used
the occasion as an excuse to rob every re
spectable person present.
It was well known by Americans in Eng
land that Heenan would not be allowed to
carry the champion’s belt out of England had
he won the fight ever so fairly.
There is no doubt in the minds of any of
the candid spectators of the fight that Heenan
had the advantage, and would have won the
fight had not the interruption occurred.
It is equally asserted that the interruption
of the fight was a preconcerted plan on the
nart of tho-e who had staked largely upor
Sayers.
it is positively stated by impartial specta
tors of the fight that Englishmen who hac
bet their all on Sayers, so soon as they founc
that Sayers was losing, resorted to the mosi
unfair means to aid Sayers by keeping Hecnar
back and pulling him down.
An Indignation Meeting in London.—
London. April 18. — A meeting of the Ameri
cans in London takes place to-night, on thf
subject of the unprecedented conduct of thf
friends of Sayers, and the foul play which il
is admitted on all hands was exercised during
the fight.
Mr Geo. Wilkes, of Wilkes’ Spirit of thf
Times, will demand the champion’s belt foi
Heenan, and will prove to the satisfaction ol
all unprejudiced minds that he is entitled tc
it.
Heenan’s rights will be properly attendee
to and protected by the Americans in England
Many Englishmen are satisfied that Heenar
had the best of the fight.
A Dastardlv Act.—New York. April28
—One of the evening papers says that a gen
tleman, now at the St. Nicholas Hotel in this
to end, states that when Heenan had got Say
ers into such a position that he must inevita
hy have won the fight, John Morrissey, whe
stood immediately hehind Heenan. cut the
ropes and let Heenan fall to the ground, thus
releasing Sayers from the iron grip of his an
tagonist.
Thf Prize Fight.—A dispatch dated Lon
don, Wednesday evening, Ap il 18, says thal
a rumor is now in current circulation through
out the city that another fight for the world’!
championship will take place between Jobi
C. Heenan and Tom Sayers, the two pugilists
— A com| any chartered by the last Leg
islature of Tennessee, is about putting in oper
ation at Memphis a factory for the extractior
of oil from cotton seed—converting into the
gold of commerce that which but a few yean
ago was a troublesome surplusage of the South
ern plantation. The present capacity of thf
works is five hundred gallons per day En
terprise in this direction promises to develog
an important source of wealth.
-A poor woman in the county of Sant:
Barbara California, has one grape vine whict
in one year, bore five thousand buncheso
grapes, yielding the handsome sum of foil
thousand dollars. When a girl, on leaving
Monterey for her present home, she picket
up a vine cutting to drive her mule. This cut
ting she planted on her arrival, and after tb<
l»p*c of --even Tears,th- foregoing i» »hr re*n!
! B Y T LBGHAPH!
The Charleston Convention.
Charleston. April 28, f. *»•
The motion of Mr. Bigler to refer back
to the Committee on Platform all reports
and resolutions, was adopted by a vote of
152 against 151. |
An amendment inserting “ without in
structions” was passed by a vote of 242
against 47 . ,
Several speeches were made wlitcti
caused great »xciteinent and confusion — ;
The Hon. Caleb Cushing threatened to
leave the Chair unless the contest and
, uproar ceased. Finally the Convention
adjourned until ten o clock on Monday.
Charleston. April 30, a. m. The
friends of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas
' exhibit gre it confidence in the noinina-'
lion on the third ballot. The friends of
the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson are equal
ly confident of his nomination. It is be
; lieved that the delegates from the South
1 will rally on Dickinson. An effort will
be made to-day to lake up the Cincinnati
, platform, without any additional resolu- ;
| lion's. !
| The Hon. Caleb Cushing apologized
‘ this morning for the harsh language he
used on Saturday.
j Mr. Butler presented the Cincinnati
i platform, with a resolution added provi
ding for the protection of citizens of for
I eign birth, which was rejected by a vote
| of 190 against 105.
| The President decided that the dele
! gates from New Jersey must vote as a
I unit, because their constituent Convention
i recommended it.
The next vole will be on the minority
report, when the delegates from Alabama,
Arkansas and Mississippi, in a body, and
a portion of the delegates from Louisiana
and other States, will present a protest
and withdraw from the Convention.
The Convention have adopted a plat
form. and the balloting has commenced.
| It is not stated which platform has been
j adopted.
The Territories of Chippewa and Da
cotah.
Washington. April 30.—The C(Tm
miitee on Territories, in the House, has
under consideration the organization of a
new Territory out of the northern parts
of Dacotab and Nebraska. The new
Territory is to be called Chippewa. In
case a favorable report 13 submitted to the
House, the same committee will report a
bill in favor of organizing Dacotah out of
fUo cnniltom nnriinn nt Ditcntah Territory
and a part of Nebraska.
Mr. Cushing’s Speech.
The following is Gen. Cushing's ad
dress on taking the chair as President of
the Charleston Convention:
Gentlemen of the Convention: I re
spectfully tender you my most earnest ex
pression of profound gratitude for the
honor you have this day done me in ap
pointing me to preside over your deliber
ations.
It is, however, a responsible duty im
posed, much more than a high honor con
ferred. In the discharging of that duty
in the direction of business and of debate,
and on the preservation of order, it shall
be my constant endeavor faithfully and
(impartially to officiate as your minister,
and not humbly to reflect your will.
In a great deliberative assembly like
this it is not the presiding officer in whom
the strength resides; it is not bis strength,
but yours, your intelligence, your sense
of honor, your sense of order, your in
stinct of self-respect. I rely, gentlemen,
confidently upon you, not upon myself,
for the prompt and parliamentary dispatch
of the business of this Convention. Gen
tlemen. you have come here from the great
hills of the Eastern States, from the rich
States of^tbe-’iniperial center, from the
sun-lighted plains of the South, from the
fertile Stales of the mighty basin of ttie
Mississippi, from the golden shores of the
distant Oregon and California. (Loud
cheers.) You have come hither in the
exercise of the highest function of a free
people, to participate and aid in the elec
tion of the future rulers of the Republic.
You do this as the representatives of the
democratic party, of that great party ol
the Union whose proud mission it is to
maintain the public liberties, to reconcile
popular freedom with Constitutional order,
to maintain the sacred, reserved rights of
the Southern States. (Loud and contin
ued applause.) To stand, in a word, the
perpetual sentinels on the outposts of the
Constitution. (Cries of “That’s the
talk.” and loud and enthusiastic chepring.)
Ours, gentlemen, is the motto inscribed
on the scroll in the hands of the monu
mental statue of the grpat statesman of
South Carolina: “Truth Justice, and
the Constitution.” Opposed to us ure
those who labor to overthrow the Consti
tution under the false and insidious pre
tense of supporting it, those who are
aiming to produce in this country a per
manent sectional conspiracy, a traitorous
sectional conspiracy of one half of the
States of the Union against the other
half; those who impelled by the stupid
and half insane spirit of faction and fa
naticism, would hurry our land into revo
lution and civil war.
These banded enemies of the Consti
parl of the democracy of the Union to
withstand, to strike down and to conquer;
aye. that is our part, and we will do it in
the name of our dear country, and with
the help of God, we will do it. (Loud
and enthusiastic cheers.) Aye, we will
do it, for gentlemen, we will riot distrust
ourselves; we will not despair of the
genius of our country, and will continue
to repose in the undoubted faith, in the
good providence of Almighty God.
(Loud cheers.)
—
Death of Hon Beverly L. Clark.—The
steamer from the Isthmus, which arrived al
New York on the 18th ult., brings intelligence
of the death of Hon. Beverly L. Clark, oui
Minister at Guatemala.
-The once famous town of Grand Gulf
says the Vicksburg Whig, has almost entire!)
disappeared. II has been gradually washinc
away far several years past by the encroaching
river, and now hardly a vestige of that once
1 thriving and animated town remains.
-Ten thousand signatures had been ob
tained at San Francisco, petitioning the Leg
I islatnre to prevent Chinese immigration.
-It is supposed that the first person whe
■ had the itch was the devil—hence, his title
“fhe tMd SteMrteh ”
Etna Insurance Company.—This old, j
prompt and reliable company 13 ever foremost
in the adjustment and payment of its losses, as
the accompanying certificates bear witness.
We have only'to say, as we have often re
peated, that if any of our readers want in
demnity on which they can rely, let them se
cure an Etna policy. Benj. Blakeney, Agent.
Des Arc.
/Etna Insurance Company.—This is to
certify thnt the Etna Insurance Company of
Hartford, Connecticut, have this day paid me
nine thousand dollars, thefull amountclairned
bv me for loss under policy issued by Messrs.
Chadwick &. Wells, their agents at Memphis,
Tennessee, on buildings owned by me at dack
sonport. and which were destroyed by fire on
the -28th March last. Such promptness should
commend the Etna to'all persons desiring
real indemnity and prompt relief, when visit
ed, as I have been, by such calamities.
M. B. McCOY.
Jacksonport, April 12, 1860.
Etna Insurance Company.—We take
much pleasure In thus publicly expressing our
gratification in the prompt and'liberal manner
in which the .Etna Insurance’ Company, of
Hartford, Connecticut, adjusted and paid our
full claim upon them, or loss sustained by us
at the late disastrous fire in Jacksonport, Ar
kansas, 28fh March, I860, for which we held
Etna policy, issued to us by their agents
here, Messrs. Chadwick & Wells. When our
store was burnt at Jacksonport, in 1857, we
held a policy of .Etna for six thousand dol
lars, also issued by Mr. Chadwick. Our loss
then was promptly adjusted and paid- We
commend the Etna company to all who de
sire reliable indemnity, with prompt and lib
eral settlement of all losses.
H. FITZGERALD &. CO.
Memphis, Tenn.. April 20, I860.
Leaves Memphis every Tuesday.
REGULAR MEMPHIS & WHITE
K TER PACKET,
ST. FRANCIS :
VV. A. WILDS, Master.-Cad. Hanks, Clerk.
A -lYTSTIk —i THIS steamer having
JSyly^-ei-piitereri the above ti ade, will
run regularly. Leaves Des Arc for Memphis
every Friday at 5 o’clock. For freight or
passage apply on board. may5-tf.
Notice!
To All Whom it May Concern.
rnHIS is to give Notice that the business
J heretofore carried on in the name of
Wolfe ti Scott, will be conducted solely by
the undersigned from this date.
ROBERT SCOTT.
Des Arc, Ark., May 1,186U.—4t.
LAND FOR SALE !
TN Conway county. 1000 acres of choice
-*■ Point Remove Land, in sections 2, 3. 4, 10,
and 11, Township 6 North, Range 17 West, a
bargain is offered in this tract,
mayo- J. A. MARTIN & BRO.
itfOUERT SCOTT,
HOUSE, SIG-jST
A N E
BuEN* VIST A S rREtT,
Ues Arc, - - ATKansss.
GLAZING & PAPER HANGING,
SHADE AND EVERT DESCRIPTION OF
©rnamental fainting,
DONE ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE AND MOST
REASONABLE TERMS.
rTIHE subscriber begs leave to inform the
I citizens of Des Arc, and surrounding
country, that he has located here with the
determination of carrying on the above busi
ness in all its various branches. He hopes by
strict attention, combined with moderate
charges, to meet with a liberal share of their
patronage and support.
fJJTOrdcrs by post will meet with prompt
attention. mar21-tf.
T. J. WOODSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
lies Arc, Arkansas.
WILL practic<? in the Courts of tht
Fifth Judicial Ciicuit, and the countie"
of White. Jackson and Monroe.
*„* All business entrusted to his care wil
be promptly attended to. may?-ly.
Mount Vernon Mills.
DES ARC, ARK.,
FRITH, BAUGH & CO.
Proprietors.
THESE Mills are noivin operation, cut
ting lumber of every description o order.
ALL KINDS OF LUMBER
Will be kept constantly on hand, so that cus
tomers can be accommodated on short notice.
w Prices will be found as low, as at any
other mill for choice and clear lumber.
.O'" Connected with the above mills is a
No. 1, Lath machine. Customers wishing
Laths will be supplied promptly. These
uain* are tar superior ana cneaper man ioe
ordinary split Laths.
iHT Attached to the above mills we havi
a Grist Mill, and will grind corn at all times
when there is as much as ten bushels of corr
in the mill.
Arrangements have been made with
“teamboats. to deliver lumber at any point or
White or the Mississippi rivers apr28-tf
JUST RECEIVED,
1r BOXES Shoes and Boots.
rj Also,
1000 Apple Trees, from the nursery o
Brady Price of Lauderdale county, Alabama
being a selection of the best qualities of frui
| in the country.
j janlo- G. &J McL AREN & GO.
LAND FOR SALE.
TWO tracts fair up land nine miles fron
Des Arc. one containing80 and the othe:
160 acres, a bargain can be had as the owne
is anxious to sell.
marchl8-tf. WILLIAMS & HORNE.
PnOSPEC TITS
FOR THE
Tri weekly True Democrat
The publishers of the True Democrai
propose to issue a “tri-weekly edition” of thei
paper, in addition to the weekly, and com
mence its publication about the first daj
of June next or sooner, if 1,000 subscri
bers be obtained.
-The great battle of the age is to be fough
in November next, and it is necessary tha
every man in the community should be kep
informed of the movement of the enemy. Th
very existence of the South is at stake, an
it becomes every Southron to be up and doing
Intending to be firm and decided, yet calr
and prudent, it will he our aim to defend th
rights of the South without bluster or bravadc
The times demand increased activity on th
I part of democrats, and that full arid speed
i information should be spread before the pub
lie. This is the first enterprise of the kiie
I in the State—is demanded by the exigencie
I of the times, and we confidently look to th
Democracy for its support.
Terms.— ive dollars a year. For th
campaign, say until August 15th. “one dol
lar,” or till Nov. 15th, “two dollars.” Pay
ment expected on the “issue of the first num
ber.” The size of the tri-weekly will be 2
by 38 inches, containing 28 columns.
Little Rock, March 30, 1860.
Nails. Nails. Nails
JUST received. 32 kegs excellent Nail:
aiid a lot of Finishing Neils, direct froi
the manufactory at Pittsburg, and for sale :
the lowest prices for cash, or on the usui
time. J. H. QUISENBERRY.
Also, a lot of Glass, Putty and White Lea
for sale.
»pr21- J. H. QUISENBERRY.
ti,. w . 1/UUUI iASSS
attorney at law
JiROWJYSVILLE,
WIl/T, promptly attend to all business 1
trifsted to him, in Prairie, Arkan^
Moriroe, S\. Francis, Jackson and
counties. "
Prompt attention given to tbtet-cdilecti
of all claims entrusteed to his care.' ^
NOTICE.
A LI. persons indebted to the late firm „«
. Maddox & Hone arc requested to C0J,r
fo’rwa-d and make immediate settlement, aTi
those having claims against the same arir
quested to prese-'t them without delay.
W. E. MADDOX, surviving partner
of the firm of Maddox & R0f
apr28-lm.
VVTIAHF BOAT'
AT
J ACKSONPORT
rTIHE undersigned has located the“CRrc
1 CENT” permanently at JAcxsosroir
and is prepared to Receive aicd FoRWAit,.|j
goods and merchandize to all points above nn'i
below on White and Black rivers on tbe'mrw
j liberal terms.
The Cabin will also be fitted up as a
tel for the accommodation of passengers
travelers.
I will also keep on hand a large and »t||
assorted stock of Groceries, which will b?
sold as low as can be purchased at any point
upon the river.
The patronage of the community is respect
fully solicited, and every endeavor will be §
made to give entire satisfaction.
•IAS. S CARLTON'.
Jacksonport, Ark., April, 1860.
apr28-lin.
BROWNSVILLE HOUSE
BY THOM18 GRAY
Brcuinsmlle, {Jrairic (£a., 3rlf.
THE above house continues to acrotmno
date all who desire it. with board a'n8
lodging. The location is desirable, and the
proprietor spares no pains to make his guests £
comfortable.
{jgp'The stables are convenient and cob.
forcible, and plenty of provender and good
ostlers always at hand.
The proprietor solicits a continuance of t
patronage. Charges reasonable. [apr28-6m* |
Information Wanted
OF my brother. Samuel Y. Whitehead,
who left Halifax county. North Carolina,
in 1839, for Mississippi, and supposed to have t
settled, or lived, near either Vicksburg or
Natchez. Any information directed to me at i
Hickory Plain. Prairie county, Arkansas,
will be thankfully received by a distressed S
brother. HENRY WHITEHEAD. |
Vicksburg, Natchez and New Orleans
papers will please copy.
April 28, 1860.
Town Property For Sale.
THE undersigned offers for sale lots land
2 in Block 50. The improvementt con j
sist of a frame building with four rooini.
stack chimdey. An excellent cistern on the If
premises. This property is situated one .
block South of Watkins Chapel, and is very
desirable. Terms of sale liberal.
apr28-lm. F. WETHERINGTON.
~~J. WHITE,
DEALER I NT
foreign anb American fflarblf,
MON UMENTIS, TOMBS,
HEAD AND FOOT STONES, &C.
(Corner Gayo«o and Shelby Streets,)
MEMPHIS, TENN.
A LARGE variety always on hand. Draw- *
ingsof all the latest patterns which may ,
be seen by calling. Also, Iron Railing o(
every pattern furnished to order.
isr i am receiving Marble Work Manu* |
factored by steam, and have reduced nnr Iff
pi ices 25 per cent., and consequently can sell
at New York prices. apr28-tf.
CLOTHIXi I'OR'THE ^ntUOS.
O WILZINSKI &. CO., corner Buena Vista 1
lO • and Woodruff Sts. At the old stand o( Sifl
Washer, Vaughan & Co., Des Arc, Arkansas, ifi
Wholesale and Retail dealers in Clothirgand j.
Gentlemen’s Choice Furnishing Goods, Boob, J
Shoes, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises and Cat
pet Bags. With everything to complete a j
Gentlemen’s Ward Robe. S
1 We take this method of informing the citi- |
zens of Des Arc and adjoining country, tint |
we have established ourselves here with ue- |
cidedly the largest stock of Clothing ever ^
brought to Des Arc; our stock is new and ||
varied and made up in the best manner i||
Manufacturing ourselves, it enables us to sell ||
25 per cent, below Memphis Prices.
apr28-tm. S. WILZINSKI fc CO. ||
FOR SALE.
A HOUSE AND LOT 75 FEET FRONT, jB
by 140 deep, will be sold for two-thirds ■ t
I its value to a cash purchaser, if appliedfw j|9
I soon. [apr28] Apply at this Ornci. I
Valuable Town Property
FOR SA.LE. ,1
1W1LL sell on Saturday the 19th day « ;
May next, the following described proper- ^
ty, in the town of Des Arc, viz: Lots 1, 2 and j
3. in Block 3 ; Lots 1, 2. 3, 4, 5. 6.10, 11 and Jg
12 in Bio k 10, Erwin survey. Lot # >• J
Block 24. with warehouse, &c.; Lots 3 aw* td
, in Block 38, with a dwelling house. TW Jg
above property will be sold without 'a11- |||
Terms made known on day of sale
apr28-t. s. JNO. A FRITH- gj
HADFIELD & BRIGHT’S
HOMCEOPATIIIO i*
1 SPIEWQ© ISEB^E®IIE8» ft
Ira EVER AND AGUE BOX CONTAIN- Ig
ihg 4 vials, with full direction WarraM H
to cure *■ 25 I
Fevers, vial with directions, - 25 H
Scarlet Fever Preventive, - • ^ H
Headache, ... 2 vials, §g|
Rheumatism, - 2 do. jg
1 Spasms, ... 2 do. t Ip
Croup, - - - - 2 do. 55 ||
Diarrhoea, - - - 2 do. ^ |J
Diarrhoea of Children, - 2 do. ^ |
Dysentery, ... 2 do. ^ |y
Colic, .... 2 do. J, p
Coughs and Colds, - - 2 do. 1, E-;
t- Neuralgia.-----2 do. —1
t Case of Medicine containing 77 via^'*15 W f
t large work giving full directions » , H
■ For sale at this office. For sale Whole*’;. ■
I and Retail at Hudfield and Wright’s Ho K
. pathic Drug Store, Jefferson street, MewP s.
, Tennessee. apr28j^ ||
JUST RECEIVED. c( If
JUST received a complete assortmen
Ready-Made Clothing, all sorts ■
’ Coats, Pants ami Vests, fine Cloth*> •
1 mere Coats and Pants, Satin, Velvet. „
, mere, Linuen, Marseilles, Silk arK., .vveu,9
e Vests and many other styles, Shirts, ^ raj
Socks, Neck Ties, Handkerchiefs, *c->"
most all kinds. Prices as low as at any 0
•“.tSST- 1.
; BEAUTIFUL BONNETS- 1
JUST received, a great assortment of
tiful Bonnets, clieap, cheap, che®P-0v :
aprll- J. H. QUlSENBER^lj
• C A -JUDSON, ■
;; QARPENTER AND JOINER-A' 'j|
I Dealer in Sash, Doors, Mantles, Wi»* I
and Door Frames. &.c. . (r,,ti pj
23^ Shop corner of Erwin and P*rk §§
d des arc, *•***’&ill
B.—LottlllA made to order,
notice. I
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