T h e_ C o n st i tut i o n a 1 U n i on.
AV. II. It 11 E.V, XZditor.
DES ARC, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1800.
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Christmas.
The New Oilcans letter.
Many of our readers are aware that a large
number of the citizens of New Orleans, im
mediately after the Presidential election, ad
dressed the lion. Stephen A. Douglas.
while he. was in that city, a request that lie
would deliver them a speech expressive of
his views upon the ‘‘existing condition of the
political affairs of the country.” Havimr in
sufficient time to make them a public address,
Mu. Douglas penned a letter freely express
ing his views of the political aspect, since the
election of Lincoln. We have been uhablc
to get the letter before the present time, an 1
now, can only give an abstract of its contents,
as a want of space denies its publication, at
length, in this issue. Senator Douglas ha
given his views, in regard to the subject, in a
manly, honest and patriotic manner. His po
sition is the same, or nearly so. with that of
John C. Breckinridge, Franklin Fierce.
and John Bell, in relation to the continu
ance of the confederation of States, even after
the election of a sectional President like the
one who has been chosen to preside over the
destiny of the nation for the next four years.
"W e believe there are thousands of honest and
patriotic people in the South—true and loyal
to her interests—who will echo the sentiments
of Judge Douglas, when he says “ no man
regrets the election of Mr. Lincoln more
than I do ; none made more strenuous exer
tions to defeat him ; none differ with him
more radically and irreconcilably upon all the
great issues involved in the contest. No man
living is prepared to resist, by all legitimate
means sanctioned by the Constitution and
laws of our country, the aggro'-ive policy
which he and hi- party are understood to rep
resent. But while 1 say this. I am bound, as
a good citizen and law-abiding man. to de
clare my conscientious conviction that the
mere election < f any man to he Presidency
by the Americah people, in accordance with
the (.''institution and law.-, doc- not of itself
furnish any just cause or reasonable ground
for dissolving the federal I nion.”
In speaking of the oy./.v hm i>ms which exist
in the mind-of many, that Lincoln’s election
carries with it the a urance that the princi
ples and policy of the party by which lie was
elected will prevail, and,by such means, endan
ger the rights, peace and safety of the slaved, old
ing States. Judge Douglas assumes the same
position which Mr. Buchanan has since
done in his message, that the President can
do nothing, except what "the law authorizes;”
and that it is his duty to see the laws " faith
fully executed.’’ He also remarks that even
if Mr. Lincoln and his party desired to
‘ impair the rights and institutions of the
South, either in the State-. Territories, or in
the District of Cnluml i.” lie is utterlv pow
erless to do so, fbr it is well known that his
party is in the minority in both Houses of
Congress, and that the Supreme Court is ar
raved against it.
No designs upon the rights of the States
can be accomplished, even in the distribution
of Mr. Lincoln’s patronage, fur in that he is
dependent upon the Senate for confirmation
of his appointments to office; and he cannot
appoint bad men, unless by the consent of
those Senators in whom the South confides.
In concluding this able letter. Judge Doug
las makes the following truthful observations:
“ To those, if any such there may be, who look
upon disunion awl a Southern Confederacy as a
thing desirable in itself, and are only waiting
for the opportunity to accomplish that "which had
previously been resolved upon—the election of
Mr. Lincoln may furnish a pretext lor precipitat
ing the Southern States into a revolution. But
to those who regard the ! niou under the Consti
tution as our lathers made it, the most precious
legacy ever bequeathed to a free people by a
patriotic ancestry, and are determined to main
tain it as long as their rigiits and liberties, equal
ity and honor are protected by it, the election of
Mr. Lincoln, in my humble opinion, presents no
just cause, no reasonable excuse for disunion.”
South ( arolina. and all the Southern
States, very justly complain that some of the
Mew England States have nullified the Fugi
tive Slave Law. It is regarded by every
mind, not fanatical with abolitionism, as an
tin warrantable and flagrant outrage upon the
Constitution and Southern rights. But did
not South Carolina claim the sovereign right
to nullify the tariff law in 1822 ; and did not
she enact “ test oaths ” by which her officers
were sworn to sustain her laws even ‘‘when
they conflicted with the constitutional enact
ments of the Federal Government ?” Did
she not claim the right to sit in judgment
upon the constitutionality of a law of Con
gress, and insist that she, as a State, had the
right to judge of the mode of redress for the
wrong inflicted ? Mow, without pretending
to defend Massachusetts, or any other North
ern State for so doing, is it not fair to suppose,
by the same rule of reasoning, that if South
Carolina claimed the “soverign right ” to nul
lify an act of Congress, in the tariff measure,
gjggwgjggggitfmjgaiwHit
that Massachusetts could claim the same 4
soverign right "—being a co-equal State—to
nullify the “ Fugitive Slave Law ?” Has
one single State of this Confederacy more
“ State sovereignty. ” or more “ reserved
rights” than others? We opine not; and,
moreover, think that if a State violate a law .
of Congress—when it is a constitutional one j
—she should receive the just censure which
such an act deserves, no matter whether that
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State he Northern or Southern. And, tak
ing ttie same view which Gen. Jackson en- (
tertained, and which President Buchanan !
holds to-day. that no State has the right to :
j withdraw from the compact, unless the Bede- ;
: ral Government has been guilty of a danger
ous, palpable, and deliberate exercise of pow
J er not granted by the Constitution, South
i Carolina, at this time, in her secession atti
tude. on the account 01 the constitutional
election of a sectional President, or on the ac
count of the " apprehensions ” which she en
tertains of a violation of the Constitution by
^ his Administration, stands in the same cen
sure, from that instrument known as the
•• Constitution of the United States of Ameri
ca.” as docs any New England State which
has spread upon its statute books the odious
‘•Personal Liberty bill.”
The Cloud Clearing OIF.
During all the excitement which has pre
vailed lbr the past several wycks in regard to se
cession. we have felt certain that the questions
which were agitating the country could and
would be settled upon a just, fair and honora
ble basis without resorting to the ruinous
plan of severing the Union. The telegraphic
news which we \ ublish this morning from
! Washington, states that the Special Com
mittee of Thirtv-three, appointed by the
House, to take into eon. ideratk.n the present
state of affairs, lias framed a series of resolu
tion-. which, if pa-.-ed, will at once, or ought
to, allay all fears and excit mientumv existing.
The faith of Congress, not to attempt to abol
ish slavery in the District of Columbia, is
pledged; interference with the intfir-slave
trade between the States of the Soutji, de
! cared against; abolishment of slavery in the
dock-yards of Southern States denied ; the
Fugitive Slave Law to be rendered effective
and .-at;'fact • ry to the South; and protection
i to persons and property in tlie Territories
• guarantied. That these resolutions will he
received and adopted, we feel the fullest assu
rance. for. even if the Republicans should be
opposed to them, there is a majority of twenty
or twenty-one in the 11 ,4§o. composed of
Breckinridge and Dong lab Democrats, and
Bell Oppositionists, which is against them.
We hope and believe, however, that these
measures will receive the acclamation of the
entire Congress.
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We see that some of the secession papers
in this. as well as other States, are publishing
, that the disunion mot nent is gathering in
strength, and that all the leading men, of the
country, regardless of party lines, are rallying
to the banner of disruption, reckie-.-ness and
ruin. Mr. Buchanan. Ex-l’residcnt Fierce.
Senator Douglas, and, it is said, Senator
Benjamin, of Louisiana. Gov. Magoffin.
of Kentucky, John C. Breckinridge.
John Bell, and a host of others, have ex
press'd themselves emphatically opposed to
the plans of the Yancey precipitators;” and
it is pretty generally conceded that these
, tinguished gentlemen form, at least, a part ot
“ all the leading men of the country.” To
what. next, will the disunion papers resort, in
i order to influence the mind of the people.
and draw them into the revolution which
| they hope to see the country distracted with ?
Yv hen a cause Ins to be bolstered up and ren
dered popular by such unfounded assertions
as that "all the leading men " are supporting
it. it has but little ground for favor in the
1 eyes of tlie cool, sober-thinking people, who
i have more interest at stake, than those who
I would see Southern and Northern blades
! crossed in deadly strife in preference to a
i peaceable adjustment of all differences, and
harmony restored between the now agitated
sections.
There exists a power, under the Constitu
tution, called the Supreme Court, whose
office it is to determine the constitutionality
of all laws, whether they be State or Con
gressional; there is also another power,
known as the Executive, whose dutv it is to
I have executed, by the use of the army and
navy, if necessary, all those laws which the
, Supreme Court has determined arc Constitu
I tional, and to prevent the carrying out of
I those which are not so. The Supreme Court
i 1 i i l.i i
iiii> ucnucu mr lirjcriv
hills ” of the New England States are uncon
! stitutional. and conseijiicntly “mill and void,”
i and it is therefore the imperative duty of the
| President, whoever lie may lie, to have the
“ fugitive slave law ” faithfully carried out.
though it should he at the cannon’s mouth,
:ls it v.as during the administration of Mr.
Fili.more. The Constitution never contem
plated an emergency which it was not able to
meet, and Mr. Buciianan, in his message,
which will be found on our first side, savs
that •• the fugitive slave law Ills been carried
j into execution in every contested case since
I the commencement ” of his administration.
: If such be thocase—and fire-eating Democrats,
1 especially, who arc advocating secession,
| should believe Mr. Buchanan, for lie was
elevated to office by them—why claim suffi
j cient cause for secession in the simple passage
i of the “personal liberty bills” when the
i Supreme Court pronounces them “null and
void” and the President claims that in every
i “ contested case ” under his reign, the “ fugi
j tive slave law has been carried out.” If
Northern Legislatures refuse to repeal these
measures, it can avail them nothing, because
I there can he no enforcement of them inas
much as the highest power in our government,
the exponent of the Constitution, has pro
' nounced against them.
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The newly elected Governor of Pennsylva
j nia; Curtin, who is a Republican, at a meet
ing in Philadelphia last week made a speech
in which lie said that the “ Personal liberty
bill’ must he erased from the statute hooks of
that State, because it was Unconstitutional.
| We had no Thanksgiving day this year.
.i’.cijUAL‘?M«»gfy.w egggjggBrigwg
Last Tuesday was the day set apart for
South Carolina to secede, by Convention,
from the Union, and hoist her independent
palmetto flag. Whether she did so, we have
not had time to learn; but if she has, we j
ask in the language of a very able writer on
the subject “why should she be so precipi
tate ? Why should she take so serious a
step without counciling with the other Gulf
States, and have some concert of action ? j
Has she a deeper interest in slavery than her I
Southern sisters ? Has she lost more slaves,
through Abolitionists, than the border States ?
Are her citizens more annoyed or karrassed
by Northern fanatics than tho-^of Maryland,
Virginia and Kentucky ? Are they more
intelligent, braver or more patriotic ? Why,
then, shall South Carolina claim to be the j
Chevalier Bayard of the South, in this eri- j
sis The reason must he. that she hopes j
by such hasty action, to carry with her the
already uselessly excited people of the several
cotton States, and finally to involve the entire !
fifteen in a revolution of her own creation, i
whether sober judgment would lead them to !
such a course or not.
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northern Appeal to the South.
New York. December 12.
The Journal of Commerce, this morning, j
says that if the conservative people of the
South could hear a little longer, tlnir de
mands might he obtained, their wishes real
ized. and thus the calamity of the dissolution j
of the Union averted.
The Washington correspondent of The ,
Journal of Commerce argues the breaking up !
of the Republican party, on the slavery ques- ;
tion, within the space of a month.
The same writer says that the conservative
wing of the party will then undertake the ad
justment of present political difficulties.
XXXVIth Congress—Second Session.
S E N A T E.
Wasuixuton, Pec. 12, 1800.
Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Fi
nance, reported the hill authorizing Treasury j
notes amended by inserting fifty dollars, in- !
stead <*1 one hundred dollars, as tlie minimum ;
amount, and with an amendment referrintr to j
the dates for their expiration and the interest
allowed ; and that the proceeds of the sales
of the public lands be set apart as security for !
the redemption of the notes.
Mr. Hunter said it was an object to give the
notes to the highest bidder.
Mr. Anthony—Let the notes be sold for
what they will bring. The Government
should deal with all creditors alike.
Mr. Hunter—We hope the Government
will be able to pay all it-- debts. \\ e propose
to set aside the proceeds of the public do
main so as to encourage bidders to get notes at
par. if ten millions are issued, will it not
help the notes not only of this Government,
but of the government of all the Slates ?
31 r. Anthony called for the yeas and nays
on adopting 31 r. Hunter's amendment.
Mr. Hale said the Government was pledged
to redeem its notes.
Mr. Cameron (juoted the statements from
’I he Xcw 3>-.k Hay Book, and said he would
like to see the notes issued in sums not le.-s
than
31r. Wigfall commence ! speaking.
Mr. Yulee interrupted hint, and asked leave
to move a reconsideration of the hill provid
ing for the issuance of Trea ury notes.
31 r. Wigfall continued speaking until "Mb,
p. M., when, on motion of 31 r. Hunter, the
Senate proceeded to Executive business, after
which the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Washington, Deo. 12.
Mersr.-. Thayer, .John C.chran, Adrian,
.Morris. of Pennsylvania. .Stewart, of .Mary
land. Lake, of \ irginia, Jenkins, of 3 irgi
t;ia. Cox Hutchings, Sherman and Bingham,
of Ohio. .Mallory, of Kentucky, Stevens, Kn
gli.-h and Killgore, of Indiana. 3IcCleruand.
of Illinois. Xeo. of 31 i -ouri, and other.-sev
erally introduced resolution* with reference to
the present crisis, which were referred to the
Committee of the Union.
Among other - the following by Republicans
arc worthy of notice :
Mr. Bingham introduced a resolution that
the committee report such additional legisla
tion as they may deem necessary to suppress
and ]>ut down armed rebellion against the
laws and authorities of the United States, to
protect the property thereof, against unlawful
I seizure, and the citizens thereof against un
' lawful violence.
at,, i,";11 n*Arn infrA/1 iiaa/1 .» haoa!! .,, + ««.-v
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vide the right of a trial by jury, when a fugi
tive claims tube free; also declarin'1' those
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assist nr.' in the escape or rescue of a fugitive
arc liable to criminal prosecution.
Mr. Holman introduced a resolution declar
ing the right of secession wholly unwarranted
by the Constitution, and making it obligatory
on the Federal Government to enforce the
laws enacted, pursuant to its authority.
Mr. Hutchings introduced a resolution in
structing the committee to report what legisla
tion is necessary to give full effect to that part
of the Constitution which provides that the
citizens of each State shall be entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of the citizens
of the slave Slates; and also what legislation
is necessary to secure to all the people, whether
residing in. or traveling through any State,
the full benefit of that part of the Constitu
tion which secures them against the unreason
able searches and seizures in the absence of
probable cause.
Mr. Noell, of Missouri, Union Democrat,
introduced a resolution asking to inquire into
the propriety of abolishing the office of
President,and establish in lieu thereof an Ex
ecutive Council, consisting of three members,
to be elected by districts composed of the
contiguous States, as near as practicable, each
member to be armed with a veto power.
1 lie several propositions were referred to
the Union Committee.
Mr. Bonham saidas he did not expect to re
main much longer as a member of Congress,
he felt it his duty to resign his position as a
member thereof, in order that the vacancy
may at once be filled.
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Head the summary of news by telegraph
in another column. It is interesting and
, highly important.
rwo Destructive Fires in Memphis!
$255,000 IN PROPERTY DESTROYED!
One Man Killed, and Several Wounded!!
From the Memphis Enquirer, loth inst.
Between cloven and twelve o’clock yester
day morning smoke was seen issuing from
the roof in the rear of the carriage establish
ment of J. T. Mix. in the four story block ot
buildings situated on the northeast corner ot
Main and Monroe streets. The alarm of tire
was given, but ere the engines could reach
the spot the blaze had hurst through the root,
and before a stream of water sufficient to
quench the flames could he brought to hear,
the lire had gained such headway, spreading
over the entire roof, as to he beyond the pow
er of man to subdue. It soon became evi
dent that the whole block must in ali proba
bility be consumed, and every effort was made
to save xs much as possible ot the property
in the buildings. Many active hands were
engaged in carrying out the stock in the dif
ferent, untiring in their efforts, until driven
from their work by the flames and falling
walls, i ultimately the wind was not heavy
at the time, or the conflagration would have
been far more extensive, i lie flames spread
s > rapidly, however, that in less than an hour
the in.'iae of the entire structure was a blaz
ing mass. Soon the root, and aiforwards the
inner walls, fell with a crash, burying the
l.iriie amount of property unmoved in one
heap of ruins. All labor in saving more
goods was now brought to an end, the engines
.'till continuing to play on the flames and the
adjoining buildings. We giv e below, so far
as possible in the confusion to ascertain, the
amount of loss sustained by each firm, and
the amount of insurance :
J. T. Bcgbee, a Idle an 1 1 arness manufac
turer j loss estimated at SlOJJUO. In ured
for tfft.iUU in the Aitna, $UUdO in the l•hue
nix. and 84UUO in the Home Insurance com
pany.
James T. Mix, carriage establishment,; loss
SJO.UUl1. Insured for in the Aitna.
SloJU in the Hartford, &2odU in the Tennes
see, Soinii) in the Hume, and §iU,U0U in
other companies.
Jni. Sevier, grocer and commission mer
chant. lo.-s t -moated at •' lt'.Ugij. Insured
for Sdo'Jd in the Charter Oak, and Slid JO in
the S ate of Virginia company, at li.cluuoud.
K. ]•’. Risk, tin and h.irdvva.e dealer, lo.-s
estimate 1 at SlU,U0U. insured for $6Uov in
the Bluff City.
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u l iiiiiu. ii'm.'’- ajici j Min : v. I •>.
loeati .1 in the upper story, lost nearly their
entire stock. No insurance.
N orv 1 , Bonne & (J >.. grocers ami coin
mission merchants; !<».-< e-tnnute i at &!0,UUU.
Insured l br OUU in ihe .Etna and cld,'JUU
in the Home Insurance company.
I ix'-svcnor, Camp <k Cu.. luruiture and gen
eral warehouse j loss estimated at trko.UMU.
In.-iired fur skiUOU in the 11 art lord, and •iOdUU
in the Tennessee J nsuranee eoni|iany.
N. .'stiilman, millinery est.ihl.shincnt, on
.second ilnor ; ln~- es!:uia.ed at e],s.«»;i*t. Ju
sure 1 for in the Hurtl ed, and £2t>0U
in the Bluli 1 ity 1 nsuranee company.
<)rd< r of Druids, in the J urth t< ry < ver .1.
T. ih-ghee’s establishment, sustained consid
erable loss in the destruction of their regalia,
etc. Insured for $JU0 in the .Etna Insur
ance company.
.Messrs. Small an ! Route, lawyers, occupy
ing the corner rooms on the second floor over
• f. T Dogbee - store, saved nearly all the pa
pers ami library. 1. \V. Brook-. Estp, in the
same office, wu- equally fortunate.
.1. C. W ard, book-hinder, lu-t nearly bis
entire stock. W e could not ascertain that he
was insured.
>1. T. Jvider and VT. H. Pas.-imore.
painters, on Mi nn>c street, sn-tain a loss of
about S2UU by removing their stock and by
water.
'I he building was ow: (1 I;. John < Iverton,
Estp, and was value i at ?5d,000. The fol
lowing is the amount of insurance in the dif
ferent companies; in tin- Bluff City.
S’d.HJU in the Home Insurance Company of
New dork. •ko'.MU.I in the De Soto. $?(»UUU in
the Hartford, and £GbJU in the Hernando
lnsurauee Company—the latter company tak
ing £10UH ori each tenement.
AcriDKXTs.— In the midst of the confla
gration, and as the walls were tumbling in.
Robert’McManus, belonging to Engine Com
pany No. .». while in the act of saving smue
property on the first floor of -J. T. Mix’s
store, was buried in the ruins. A member of
the company informe 1 u- that he at one time
had hold of his hand, and endeavored to pull
him from the ruins which held fast by the
lower limbs, but was obliged to leave him.
being forced away by the smoke and flames.
It. was supposed at one time that several
others were also buried in the ruins, but we
are of the opinion that such is not the fact.
(ieorge Butl -r. foreman of Engine Com
pany No. f>, had his legs badly smashed bv
the fallingof a portion of the walls. Julius
Holt, also a member of the same company,
had one of h:s ankles broken in the same man
ner. He was conveyed to bis home.
The inner and most of the outer walls had
fallen at dark last evening.
From tin- Memphis Evening Argus, lAth.
About one o’clock this morning flame.
Vi - r. • i i i.. / i \- a t-i • 11 i _ ^ 11 t 11 • .- 4 vt ti 11 tli.if .'ivrli
! of the magnificent block on the southwest
corner of Main and Monroe streets, immodi
a ely opposite the Overton block. '1 lie alarn
was at once given, and the tire engines wen
soon on the spot, but despite their eiibrts tin
flames spread so rapidly that their progres:
e oild not be stayed, ami the entire block war
consumed. T he lower portion was occupier
; by .Messrs. Jones & Crake. dry goods am
clothing merchants, 'flie r stock, which wai
heavy, was nearly all removed, but of colux
greatly damaged. They were insured loi
S.iUUO. Air. foster, who had a restaurant ii
the cellar, loses about Sjff'fUO—no insurance
'flic upper portion of the building was occu
pied by Messrs. Yearout & Co., daguerreans
and a number of others, among whom an
.Messrs. Poston & Scruggs, attorneys, am
Hopkins, Mayors & Co., real estate dealers
There was a millinery establishment in one o:
the upper rooms, but we could not learn tv
whom it belonged.
The building was erected about two yean
ago by Air. W. R. Hunt, was worth probable
| SoU.OUU, and insured for ?JU.00U. Tin
Alozart Hall building on Monroe, across the
alley from the Calhoun block, did not ignite
but a portion of the eastern wall of the lattci
building fell upon it. crushing the second am
third stories. It was occupied as a lager beet
saloon and boarding house, and by Air. A
Shubart, who a few days since established it;
it a restaurant. Anticipating that the lire
would reach the building, nearly everything
had been removed across the street, 'flu
building was owned, we learn, by Air. Park
and was worth 8500U or $I30U0. We pre
sume it was insured.
The splendid walls of theffdrug establish
ment of II. F. Farncsworth A Co. saved tha
huild'ng, although it was for a time in imm:
nent peril.
The origin of the fire is a mystery. T
was first discovered in a room in the southcas
corner of the block, but by what agency i:
unknown. There are a number of rumor
afloat concerning it, one of which is that i
j was the result of incendiarism, another tha
i it caught from the Overton block. The to
i tal loss cannot be much less than £$0,000.
frightful suffering of deserters |
FROM THE ARMY.
A letter from St. Cloud) Minnesota dated
November lid. says:
“ A tew mornings ago, Lieutenant W. (..
Spencer, of the Second Infantry, now station
ed at Fort Ripley, on his return from Utter
tail Lake, whither he accompanied the Inspec
tor-General. stopped at the house ot Mr.
Wright, at the first crossing on the Red
River, lie there observed a man at break
fast whom he suspected, from the buttons on
his coat and other indications, to be a deser
ter from the private ranks, lie inquire l if
him where he belonged and where ho was
going. The soldier replied that he didn t
know as it was any of his business. ‘ I make
it my business,’ said the Lieutenant, 1 to in
quire about such men as you. I am an officer.
■ You appear to belong to the service.' freeing
the fellow’s countenance fall, Lieut. S. follow
; ed up the inquiry by demanding his pass,
lie said he had none. Under these circum
stances. and an admission trom the soldier that
he belonged to the service, Lieut. S. immedi
i ately caused his arms to be tied behind him.
I “Thesoldier then disclosed the fact that he
had two companions a short distance back on
i the prairie, at a hay stack, where they had
slept. Un going there, his statement was
: confirmed by the presence ot two other deser
ters, who had already suffered by the effects
; of exposure a severe punishment fur their
I misdeeds. The previous night had been unu
I suallv cold for the season, and having lain out
ail uiitht, somewhat intoxicated, one had h;s
feet-frozen, and the other his hands. I hoy
informed Lieut. S. that there was still an
other of their party who lingered behind, and
must have spent the night alone some distance
back on the prairie. < >n making search, this
deserter was found lying upon the ground
frozen and lifeless. A part of his clothing
was torn off him, and his hand tightly grasped
| a whisky canteen, and held it but a lew inches
! from his lace. He appeared to have perish
j ed in a lit of helpless intoxication, and pre
sented a sickening aspect. A uravc was due
for him. and he was there buried in the soli
tude of the prairie, just as be was found, his
! hand still grasping the fatal canteen.
Virgin! \ Will not hr Forged out of
the 1 Mii.\.—The Alexandria Gazette con
siders the secession of South Uarulina as a
fixed fact, and thus emphatically speaks for
Virginia :
I “In one view of the case, leaving out. for
till1 Id'Osl'Ilf 111! IktilUr kl I , M lor-l t 1 i .1U \k.. le.Vn
a right to speak—ami that is, touching the
interests ol' \ irgtnta in such a coutingeuey.
l>y no fault of hers, with till her feelings ami
sympathies enlisted against Northern aggres
sion, with ail her grievances (iar exceeding
in wrong and enormity those felt or eveneoiu
pluincd of in South <'arolinaj pressing upon
her. and whilst she was ready to unite in some
course oi action, tii>t through the Constitu
tion and the laws, designed to redress those
wrongs, and to procure, it' possible, such guar
tee.s oi' arrangements as would render them
impov-.ble lor the future, or failing in this,
in resort to the la.it alternative, a sisier State,
without consulting her. without regarding her
interests, without earing what evils and ca
lamities may be brought upon her by hasty
disunion action, and with the taunts, sneers
and revilings of her leading presses and lead
ing public men, to determine to break up the
government, to dissolve the I nion, and to
precipitate all, friends and foes. South as well
as North, into the unseen and unknown perils
d a dissevered Coutederacy—the formation
of separate, independent, sovereign republics
—or it may be. into the horrors of a civil war.
(If all calamities—be the las, the farthest
| from us ! Is this right? Is this just? Is
this what what \ iiglni i had a right to expect?
Ms \ .. ! Virginia wall be — No! \ irgi
| ilia, therefore, in this perilous extremity, as
sailed mi the one hand hv sectional and ag
gressive movements, will consult her own true
interests, with a due and proper regard to the
t re ta m i feelings of others—and. ;s she
will resist aggression or invasion of lu-r rights,
she w ill not allow any other State, and
least of all after what has happened. South
Carolina, to force her into any measure, to
i hitch her to any course, to lead her to any
determination, or to drive her to any alliances
• or any term-, hut those - he herse.f proposes
or voluntarily and heartily adopts.
* * I
— i—
Dkath of Cx-Satint Dfi.azox Smith.
—We regret t i learn that Delajum Smith,
the late Senator from Oregon, died in Port
land. Oregon, on the lSth ult. lie was a
native of the State, and was well known in
the Western part of it. In 1S5S he was
chosen 1 nited States Senator, in company
with (iencral Lane. In drawing lots for the
long and short terms, Mr. Smith secured
: the latter, and consequently did not serve
more than three months. He failed of a re
election. and upon his return home started a
Democratic paper in opposition to the old or
gan. the Oregon Statesman. The latter sup
; ported Douglas in the late campaign. Mr.
Smith supported Breckinridge.
New York Day Book.
I VTA I, A FIT. AYS.—\Y e leant .from the
Owensboro* (Kentucky) Shield, that last
week a man by the name of Albert l.acofield
; was stabbed and instantly killed by Bichard
(iivcn, in butler county. Kentucky. They
were returning home from Morgantown, anil
a ijiian el was gotten up by several of the Lace
holds and (livens with reference to a lawsuit
and whilst Albert Kaeefield and one of the
< livens were lighting. Ilk hard (liven ran u|
and stabbed Laceheid. killing him instantly
A man named Vaughn was shot and killed
in the streets of Masonville last week by i
; man named Simon. The case is representor
■ os being a cold blooded murder on the part ol
■ | Simon.
I" NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
llcmphis and White iiivei Packet
GOLDEN STATE,
HICKS KING, - - - - - Master
J. II. lies sell, - . - Clerk.
mills SPLENDID PASSENGER STEAMET
j I will make regular trips from Memphis to l)e:
! Arc. Augusta ami Jaeksonport. on White river
For freight or passage, apply on board.
rniiE UNDERSIGNED HAVING HAD AN EX
1 perienccof more than fifteen years in Arkan
: sas land affairs, and a large portion of the time ni
; active Land Agent, has kept pace with the landet
. interest of the State of Arkansas, as well as tin
General Government, is prepared to give immedi
ate attention to all paying business in his line
- ; Office for the present, in the store-house, nex
door to Messrs. Hayley & Erwin's Store, Des Arc
> . Arkansas.
; j »ov 30-tf_JOHN II. QUISENBERRY.
SEEDS! S E ED S !!
: A LARGE LOT OF FRESII IIUNGARIA!
iv Grass Seeds, just received and for sale bv
i nor- *• JOHN JACKSON k CO'
f nONV A f , rAi’.I>W._
T J. JOBE,
Attorney at X j a w 9
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
TT/ILL PRACTICE IN PRAIRIE AND TIIE
W adjoining counties. Pariicluar attention
given to Collections.
Rkikuences.—T. J. & C. Powell. Knoxville,
Tenn.5 Thos. H. Callaway, President of Ocoee
Hank,Cleveland. Tenn.; Moore & Marsh, Chatta- j
liooga.Tunn.; Hon. John II. Lumpkin, Rome, Ga.;
Hon. William Daugherty, Columbus, Ga.; Hon. j
Joseph!’. McConnell, Ringgold. Ga.; William H. :
Inman, President Northwestern Bank, Ringgold.
Georgi*. nov 3.
i. T. PARHAM,
Avcliiteet Jintl X5nil<lei*,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
OOLIOITS CONTRACTS FOR BUILDINGS OF
; O eveiv style. He is also prepared to furnish
i Designs. Estimates and Drawings of all the mod
! ern orders of architecture; build, superintend
i and furnish working plans for building at mode
rate prices. Orders left at the “Citizen Office,”
will recefce prompt attention. nov 3-y
J. J. LANK. ------ W. II. CHAMBERS.
DES. LANE Sc CHAMBERS,
Having formed a partnership in
the practice of their profession, tender
their services to the citizens of Des Arc and adja
cent country. From their experience, they hope
to share at least a portion of the patronage of the
public. Office on Buena Vista street, at Balsly’s
Drugstore. nov b
T. B. KENT,
A.It 01*11 e v sit La tv9
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
VITILL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS OF
YY Prairie, White. Monroe, Arkansas, St.
Francis, Jackson and Independence counties. All i
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. Office on Lyon street. no£3-tf.
E. T. SWSYSR,
I )ent is-it 9
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
tVrILL CONTINUE THE BUSINESS IN ALL
Y Y its branches, including continuous Gum
W ork. Otliconn Buena \ ista street, up stairs,
, Jackson’s ne\| building. nov lb-tf.
j T. SANDERS, ------ - - J. I,. NEEL.
DRS. SANDERS Sc NEEL,
Resident I*b >oiioians,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
» w i rivf rr i a T!' r. i T> 1 rTVCPSIIIP TV
1 I l. the prao'k-e of their profession, tender a
I ft*.i»tiniimti**11 **f their services t«» tiie citizens of
! Des Are and adjacent country. Office, up stairs,
comer l» icna Vista and AV oi^i'.'ufT streets, nov o
RUSS EVANS,
REAL ESTATE & GENERAL LAND AGENT3
IMIS ARC, ARKANSAS.
IJROMPT ATTENTION WILE IX. GIVEN TO
3 all bu.-iiil.-s entrusted to him in his
i line. nov 3.
BE. H. ARM I STEAD,
IT.VYING PERMANENTLY LOCATED AT
1 | I>HS ARC, offers his professional service*
tin- citizens ,,f the town and adjacent country.
Office on I.yon nov 3.
T. J. WOODSON,
Attorney at I .a %v,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
\VT ILL PRACTICE IN THE FIFTH JUDICI AL
>T Circuit, aad the counties of White. Jack
son and Monroe. All business intrusted to his
| care will be promptly attended to. nov 3.
A. W. MCNEILL,
A t I o i* n e v n t L a nv ,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
I ) It ACT ICES IN THE COURTS OF PR URIE
I and adjacent tuuuties. Office, corner Erwin
I and Lyon streets. nev3
1U'SI it ESS .\OTK E.
IIavim; united with me as an as-oeiate, an
experienced workman, we are now enabled to give
more intention to all kinds of Watch. Clock and
Jewelry work, and .o perform such tit the short
est notice. All business transacted from tlie 1st
i I June last, will le settled under the firm of
I.eprieu ,x Co. dec7-2w
$2,300 WCfclTII OF GOODS
Just lleceived on Consignment!
MI ST BE SOLD!
f 1ST RECEIVED, A tOT OP GOODS TO SELL
AT COST, AND l.ESS THAN COST.
i Such as Radios’ Talmai. Silk Dress Patterns.
I riinmiri'is and Frinpel Shoes, Farasols, Cra
\ais, Gloves, Mitts, tigtreil and plain Muslins,
Holies, Berage, Shallict, Colton Cards, Segar
Cases, Buttons, Hats, Bonnets Coats, etc., etc.
Attention of Merchants is especially called, as
l will sell in lots, at lets than Eastern prices.
Call and see the bills.
J. IT. QUISEXRERRY,
Auction, Commission Merchant..
novSO-tf. and Land Agent.
1>ES ll i 1
FEMALE ACADEMY,
MISS SALLIE A. DAVIS, Principal.
.
rriHIS INSTITUTION WIRE BE OPENED ON
L Monday next, the 20th inst., for the recep
tion of pupils.
terms OF TUITION, PER SF.SIION OF TWKNTT-ONI
WEEKS.
Orthography, Reading and Writing, - - $10 0(
i English Grammar. Arithmetic Geography, 12 Of
Algebra and the higher English branches, 15 (X
; French and the higher Mathematics, - - 20 u(
Students will he charged front the time of enter
ing school until the close of the term, except ir
; cases of protracted sickness.
References.—Rev. J. Douglass. A. M., Presi
i dent of Franklin College. Iliily Springs, Miss.:
| Hon. J. J. Stcgcr, North Mt. neasant. Miss.; Col,
I M. D. Shelby, Carson's Landing, Miss.; J. E.
i Gatewood, Esq., T. J. Woodsot, Des Are.; J. M.
i Coyle, Hickory Plain, Arkansas. nov 23-2m
I
ATTi:\TIOY COMPASl C.,
50th Regiment Arkansas Militia!
A 7 OUR NAMES HAYING BEEN DULY EN
1 rolled, you are hereby ordered to appear ai
the Fair Grounds, in Des Arc, on Saturday, 22t
i inst., at 10 o’clock, a. m., fully oquipped for dril
[ and parade. By order.
. | \V. W. IV AIR, Captain.
. ! J. C. Anderson. 0. S. dec7-2w
AT COST A Nil) CARRIAGE.
I AM OFFERING MY ENTIRE STOCK 01
Dry Goods at Cost and ten per cent. Every
body is invited to call and see for themselves
: My goods are inferior to none in this market, am
■ my object in selling off at cost and carriage is u
; , enable me to replenish with a slock which will b<
} bought exclusively with cash.
* novg-tf. * LEVIN HARRISON
I>ES ARC CITY
DRUG STORE,
To Physicians, Druggists, Merchants,
I* I. .V > T ERS,
AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.
Your attention is respectfully invited to one of
the best selected stocks of fresh
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
FRENCH, GERMAN & AMERICAN
CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES,
TOILET ARTICLES,
PERFUMERY, BRUSHES,
DENTAL & SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
GLASS, GLASSWARE, PAINTS, OILS,
DYE STUFFS, Etc., Etc.
and all other articles pertaining to the Drug busi
ness, lately received, and now offered at the
DES ARC CITY DRUG STORE,
At WHOLESALE OR RETAIL!
ON ACCOMODATING TERMS.
A CHOICE LOT OP
Scgars, Chewing & Smoking Tobacco
ALSO, ALL KINDS OF SUPERIOR
L5QIORS FOR 3IEDHAI, USES,
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
Orders frcm a Distance will Receive Prompt Attention:
AND THE GOODS FORWARDED WITHOUT DELAY. *
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS |
Compounded of the purest and best materials,
with accuracy and despatch, at
All Hours of the May or Aiglit!
nov 3-1 v. JOHN B. rCRKINS.
> i: "w s t o 11 e :
ENTIRELY NEW STOCK!!
Vi e have just opened our new stock of
\
FALL AND WINTER GOODS, .
I
which consists, in part, of
: KERSEYS, WOOLSEYS,
HOME-MADE JEANS,
i KENTUCKY JEANS, SATINETS,
L I N S E Y S,
AND GEORGIA PLAIDS.
%
i I.SO. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF POPLINS.
V. V De Berages, Mcrinocs, Scotch I'laid Alpaca?,
etc., etc., etc.
ALSO, A COMTLETJ STOCK OF
C I, o T II I X G !!
A better assortment cannot be found. Also, the
largest stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES!
In the market. We kindly solicit all who wish to
purchase to give us a call, and examine
our goods and prices.
TAYLOR & CO.,
i
nov 3-tf. * Dos Arc, Arkansas.
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT LETTERS OF
. Administration on the estate of William L. Dc
woody was granted me on the 7th day of Novem- ,
| her. 18(10, bv the clerk of the Court of Probate of
' the county of Prairie, Statgof Arkansas, in vaca
tion. All persons indebted to said estate will
please come forward and settle. All persons hav
ing claims against said estate will exhibit the same
to the Administrator, properly authenticated,
' within one year from the date of such letters, or
. they may be precluded from any benefit in the
estate; and if such claims be not exhibited
I within two years from the dnte of such Letters,
> they shall be forever barred and precluded from
> any benefit from such estate.
| HORACE P. VAUGHN, Adm r.
Des Arc, Nov. 7, I860, novIS-bw.
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