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l> i; 8 A R C . A R K A.1BA8:
Tuesday Morning, June 33.
FOB PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
FOR THE STATE AT I.ARUK:
j. p WALKER, ot Washington Co.
JOHN K. FELLOWS at'Ouachita.
FIRST DISTRICT :
•ROBER f 6. GANTT, efPraltU.
SECOND DISTRICT:
A. B. WILLI A MS, of Hempstead.
THIRD DISTRICT:
J. E. CRAVENS, of Johnson.
Conors »u v»i Pimocrxtic Ex. Cow. 1
Washington City. May f ,. 1888 )
The Undersigned requests the chair
men of nil state, county, city, township
or ward democratic and conservative
committee*, associations, or clubs, to
furnish tile Congressional Democratic
Executive Committee xvith the names
ot members of their associations, for
-reference during the pending presiden
tial campaign. Document* wtil be fur
bished by tins committee, on orders
accompanied by money, at the follow
ing rates :
For sixteen page documents, n wrap
pcis. and franked. S13 per thousand.
For eight page documents, in wrap
pers. and franked, s7 per thousand,
.it- at the same rate for a smaller
number. In particular cases they will
be furnished gratuitously.
Communications may be addressed
'to Hon. Samuel J. Randall, M. C.,
Washington Citv:
By order. 3. 11. DOOLITTLE,
Chairman Congressional Dem. Ex.
■Com mitteo.
Samuel J. Raxpall, Secretary.
Democratic and conservative jour
nals will please insert the above notice
conspicuously.
WHO SU IL3, IT ns; t
The Democracy of ihc country moot in
Convention on the dth ol July, in fiew
York city, to put in nomination a candi
date for the Presidency—as tv who it
will bo none can tell—who it shall he
in.ttiv are the suggestions. At this tune
.Pendleton seems to lead, with Hancock
cl seiy following, and Chase not far be
hind. We are tio prophet, nor do we set
ourseh es up to dictate to the party, yet
to us it docs seem that some cf lue parly
one falling into eeriuus error over this
nomination — all other considerations seem
•to be lost sight of save availability. N"
matter who it is, what lie is where he's
-ftoiu, if he's the man to beat Gravities
the man for us ; this seems to ns to be
the line of policy pursued by that class ot
Democrats who are willing to pick np
.Chase and his kind, to the exclusion of a
better man. To be honest and make an
hotie.-i race, and win an honest victory,
we must have a man whose record is good,
who is true to his party and who will he
true to to the people. Hancock is a good
tu rn, and for aught we know, a consistent
one, hut we cannot endorse the idea of
taking a soldier for a statesman Sey
mour, while one of the ablest men in tool
party, -cannot receive the support ol the
Democracy of the Vi est. Chase, who has
lately joined the party hoping to receive
the nomination, is the last man iu the
world with which to beat Grant. The
argutueot of availability wont do in his
<ase; for, admitting as his frieds say. that
the South has no voice in the matter 'of
electiou, his doatriue of universal ruffrage,
which means negro suffrage, is peculiarly
obnoxious to the Democratic States of the
North. As they have lately repudiated
negro suffrage, it is more than probable
that they will repudiate .Mr. Chase also.
With us the most available consistent
man whose name as yet has been present
ed, is Pendleton. He, more‘than any
other man, has preserved his consistency;
originally a Democrat, he is a Democrat
still; in sympathy he is a people's man,
and of all men most likely to succeed upon
hie record. If. however, iu the wisdom
of the Convention it is deemed w ise to
make h different selection, let us have
eoiue sound Democrat, and not a proba
tiuiiet from the ranks of Hadiculism.
“ Bttli t<ai\.”
w e are according to report, back Into
the Union again, bat somehow we
don't feel as glad as we expect we
ought. We can't feel that any great
good is accomplished for Arkansas by
her constitution being accepted, her
representatives (?) allowed a scut in
the legislative halls of the nation.
True, it is, that we as much as any one,
desired for her a place amongst the
states of the Union—we desire as much
r»s any one that sla' should have a voice
iu the affairs o; the nation. But. as she
is, God forbid that we should have1
ever desired her to be. We cannot
help but feel poorly at home as we now
are ; our representatives are not of us:
our government is not a government
backed by the people ; our represent*- !
tires in congress and the senate are
strangers in Arkansas: strangers to
the wants of her people: and yet we
are in the Union (?) we can't shout
we don’t rejoice; we ain't glad, umi we •
don't want any body to ask us to dauee
because we don’t feel a bit at home.
BkoOMINO lN ii-KESTtn—The people
of the South—the native boru white eiti
2cns, are becoming fully aroused to the
importance of taking their affairs into
their owu bunds. The Democrats of;
Arkansas me putting forth their energies
to help build up the State. They mani- 1
lest more interest in die issues ot tin
day. Wo were led into this train ..f ■
thought recently by an secession to our!
list of forty-three subscribers from Auriin, j
Hickory Dlaiu and vicinity.
"fcSi Harvesting has begun, and from !
every locality in the sum umliug country
we reoei'« information of tine croj>s of
wheat —-E lor’iontas Standard
Tiic (‘Hiixorv’rs vi:to or
THE ABil.tXSAS UII-I,.
The (House i’UMU‘4 the (III!
Over the t eto.
Wa-HIJSGTOX, June 21.
The President sent the following
message to Congress yesterday :
To the ifou-e of Prprcseiitntivos:
1 return, without my signature, a
bill entitled “an act to admit the State
of Arkansas to representation in Con
gress. To approve of this bill would
be an admission on the part of the Ex
ecutive that the "act for the more effi
cient government of the rebel States."
passed March 2d. Isu7, and the act sup
pigmentary thereto, were proper and
constitutional. My opinion, how ever,
in reference lo these measures, lias un
dergone no change, but on the contrary
have been strengthened by the results
which have nttcfhiod their execution.
Even were this not..(lie ease, I could
not sonsent to a bill which is based
u(ioii the assumption either that by an
net of rebellion of a portion of its peo
ple the State of Aakansus seceded from
the Union, or that Congress may at its
pleasure, expel or exclude any State
from the Union or interrupt its relation
with the government by arbitrarily de
priving it of representation in the Sen
ate or House of Ueprusent itives. 1
Arkansas is not a State in the Union
this bill does not admit it ns a State :
on the oilier hand, if il is a State in tin
Union, no legislation is licensure lo de
clare it entitled to representation in
Congress as one of the States of tin
Union.
The eoiutitutioB already deel ire each
State shall have at least one Keprcst ut
tttivc; that the Senate shall he compos
ed of two Senators from each State:
that no State, w ithout its consent, shall
lie deprived of its equal suffrage in the
Semite ; and alss- makes each house the
judge of the election returns and
qualifications of its own members : and
therefore, all that is now necessary to
... \ . , ..II t I... .nmol 5 f ii t i iv ii _ !
til relations to the government is a
decision by each house upon llie eligi
bility of those who, presenting their
credentials, claim seals in the respec
tive houses of Congress. This is the
plain and simple plan of the Constitu
tion, and believing that had it been
pursued when Congress assembled in
the month of December, 18(15, tin
restoration of tlie States would long
since have been completed.
1 once again earnestly recommend ;
that it be adopted by each house in re- j
ferenee to legislation, which I respect
fully submit is not only of doubtful
constitutiouality-thercfoi e unwise ami
dangerous asa precedent—but unneces
sary. It is not so effective in its opera
tion as the mode prescribed by the con
stitution, involves additional delay, and
from its terms will be taken rather as
applicable to a territory about to bo
admitted as one of tlie Coiled States
than a State which lias occupied a place
in the Union for upwards of a quarter
of a century.
Tlie bil l declares Arkansas is entitled
and admitted to representation in Con
gress one of tlie States of the Union
upon the following fundamental condi
I l OiW
“That the constitution of Arkansas
shall never be so amended or changed
as to deprive any citizen, or class ol
citizens of the United States of the
right to vote wito are entitled to vote
by the constitution herein recognized,
except for punishment for crimes that
are now felonies at common law,
whereof they shall have been convicted,
and equally applicable to all the inhabi
tants of said State ; provided any altera
tion of said constitution, prosciptive
in its effects, may not be made."
1 have been unable to tind in Un
constitution of the United States any
warrant for tlie exercise of the author
ity thus claimed by Congress iu assum
ing tlie power to impose fundamental
conditions on a State which has been
duly admitted into the Union on an
equal footing with the original States
in all respects whatever. Congress
asserts a right to enter a State ns
though it were a territory, and to
renovate the highest prerogative of a
free people—the elective' franchise.
This question is reserved by the consti
tution to the State*themselves; and to
concede to Congress the power to regu
late this subject would be to reverse
the fundamental principle ot'tlie reptib-i
lie and place in tlie hands of tlie. Feder
al government, which is a creature of
the .■jlatcs, the sovereignty which just
ly belongs to the States, or the people,
the true source of all political power,
by whom our Federal system was
created, and to whose will it is subor
dinate.
The hill fails to provide in what
manner tin* State of Arkansas is to 1
signify its acceptance of the fundamrn-,
till condition which Congress endeavors
to make unalterable and irrevocable,
nor Joes it proscribe the penalty to be
imposed should the people of the State
amend or change the particular por
tions of the constitution which it was
one of the purposes of the bill to
perpetuate; but as to the consequence
of such action as leaves them iu uncer
tainty and doubt when the circum
stances under winch this constitution
has beeu brought to the attention of
Congress are considered, it is not
unreasonable to suppose tiiat efforts
will be made to modify its provisions,
especially those in respect to which
tliis* measure prohibits any alteration.
It is seriously questionable whether
the constitution lias been ratified by a
majority of the persons who under the
act ot March second, 18t>5. and the acts
supplemental thereto, were untitled to
rcgiMiuiioii ana vine upon iiiui is-ue.
Sec I i oil ten, of the schedule, provides
that no persons disqualified front vo
ting or registering under this constitu
tion, shall vote for candidates for any
office, nor lie permitted to vole for the i
ratification or rejection of the eonsLitu-1
tion at. tlie polls herein authorized and
as-umcd to be in force; therefore its
adoption is in disregard of the law of
Congress.
The constitution undertakes to im
pose upon tlie electors other and fur-1
tiler conditions. The fifth section of !
the eighth article provides that all per- i
sous before registering or voting must !
take aud subscribe to an oath which, j
among others, contains the following
clause :
"That I accept the civil and political
equality of all men, and agreu not to
attempt to deprive any person or per
sons, on account of race, color or previ
ous condition. of any political or civil
rights, privileges or immunity enjoyed
bj any other class of men.”
it is well knewu that a very large
portion ol the electors in all tin- states, |
if not all, a majority, do not believe in |
or accept the political equality of In
dians. Mongolians or negroes, with the
race to which they beloug. if the vo
ters in many of (lie states of the north
west were required to take such an
until as a test of their qualifications
here is reason to believe that a major- 1
ty of them would remain from the
mils rather than comply with such de
truding conditions. Then, to what ex- '
eul this test oalli prevented the regia- 1
ration of those who were qualified tin- 1
ler the laws ot congress it is impo-si- t
hie to knoll ; but sill’ll was its elloet or i
a ieasi sufficient to overthrow the
-mall mid doubtful majority in favor
-if the constitution. There can be no
reasonable doubt, should the people ot 1 •
Arkaii-as desire to regulate the elec-J)
live franchise so a- to make it conform ! t
to their spstitutivm*. snd ot a large' I
proportion of the states of the north 1
.Liul w est, and modify the provision- ,
referred to in the fundamental condi- :
lion, what will be the consequence?
Is it i utt'tided t lint a den ini of representa
tion shall follow ? I -o, in ly \v; not
have at some future day a recurrence
of the troubles w hich have so long agi
tated the country? Would it not he
the part of wisdom to take for our
guide the federal constitution, rather
than to resort to measures which, look
ing only to the present, may in a few
years renew in an aggravated form the
strife nnd bitterness caused by legisla
tion which iias proved to he ilHimed
ant) unfortunate?
(Signed)
ANDREW .iOUNSON.
Washington, D. C., .Tune 20.
Crop re the South.—-A friend ofonrs
ju-t returned from a visit ton flourish- j
iug ami popular Southern female sem
inary, where he mot gentlemen from
all parts of the South, who came there j
to accompany their daughters home
for the summer vacation, brings most i
encouraging intelligence of the crop
prospect throughout the unrccoiistuet-1
ed Territories. The cotton and sugar
crops are unusually promising, the lat
ter crop especially, in Louisana. A
more settled condition of ihe labor sys
tem is already having the happiest re
sult*1. Tlie prospect is good fora I'rnit
tul harvest, stud the farmers everywhere
are begining to take heart under ad
versity and political persecution.
In addition to these facts we have
the cheering intelligence from diffrent
parts of our own Elate of line crop
prospects. A gentleman, s wholesale
sale- merchant of this city, just return
ed from a busineset our turough the
western counties, reports fine rains
and vigorous growth of vegitation.
Tin* rains in this vicinity Friday night
arc w orth thousands to the agricultural
interests, nnd there is fair prospects
for a continuation of the blessing.
The wheat harvest progresses with
industry. The growth has been miu- :
...lit- ti.in 1 /»f (pi-uiti in liP'trv
notwithstanding. All Of w hich affords I
hopeful augury of easier times ahead,
and a season of commercial prosperity.
—Nashville Banner.
-■*. r» —
It®* We clip the following front the
White River Journal of the 4lh:
A runaway couple, from Bine Bluff
came over on Monday’s train and put up
at the National. The groom becoming
too much elated, lost his balance got
glouriously i.rnnk and laid down on
the porch and went to sleep. His wife,
disgusted with her better half, took :
(hcadvice of those around, went throuti j
the sleeper's pockets, took his cash capi- j
lal amounting to two dollars, and went i
back on the train : Conductor Dkshon. !
with his usual gallantry, passing her j
hack to the Rock and promising to pro. >
vide her with a passage back to her !
friends at. Bine Bluff. The last seen of!
the disconsolate groom, he was wan
dering about town with n pair of
saddle-bags on bis shoulder enquiring
in a mausling voice, “ Where’s m\
wife? IShc had gone back to those
ivho will lake belter care of her, a sad
der if not n wiser woman.
0*5”' I’lrc following letter from s
member of the present general assem
bly of Arkansas, to his wife, warning
her and his friends against the machin
ations of the Ku KIu.t Klan. has been
forwarded to ns, by a rosposiblc gentl- j
man, for publication. We give; it ver
batim, merely suppressing names; and 1
it any one lias doubts of it- genuineness \
wonre prepared to produce the origi-;
mil as it came to us:—[L. R. Gazette. j
Bitti.k Rock Akk may 26 1868 j
i Dar R‘ * now set myself to rite you ,
few lines let you known that i am well ]
at this time hopin that these line will
fine you in Joyn same Blcsseu Par
wit's i liopyou will takegood clier of|
you self tei i come home * • tT tel * * |
stayat home (he flr«t night in June the '
ku lux say On first night June thaej
will brake out and kill you all mils hi
on yon vach for them take cere of you \
toll * * * * and * * get guns and be all I
radv for them shot thy m if thao coin
up tliar-and kili them if them try hut '
you all the old Jornsen is acqueted we :
ar still here waitn for mlmilte in union ;
Dar wile you wat on the lord he will’:
tak cere of you all and me to untuorejj
now a tie! deathe »»***»*.
Kon Hr, Peaillrtnn Is rwgardrd |
ut Home.
The following from the Cincinnati [
Chronicle, well know n as an able and '•
zealous c hampion ot (lie radicals, show -
how highly Mr. Pendiifton is apprecin-i
ted personally by Ids political oppo-!
ni nl- at home. 11 says :
“While it would be our duty, with )
the eouvictions we hold, to our eoun
trx as well as tnoqr party, lo use what- i
ever power and influence we possess in
opposition to Ids election, if nomin e
ted, \-**t we feel it but ju<t to sav that
aside from Ids politics, few men Jiold
a higher place in our estimation than
Mr. Pendleton. A'gentleman by in-j
stinct and education, possessing abili
ties and acquirements of a superior or
der, lie is qualified to till with honor i
tiie highest place to which his party
can elevate him. We speak from our
own knowledge, when we say that. I
throughout his eight years' term of j
servin' in Congress, during which time
party feeling ran at high tide, no man
in Unit body commanded a larger
amount of personal respect and good 1
will from the Repubiiean side of the 1
House than Mr. Pendleton. Wu are
glad of llie iuereasing indications flmf*'-!
he will reesive so-Haltering a compli
ment—merited from Ids party Itv the i
i!,l..iii.. i., .. l... i,..c ...11........l 1, ’
principles—us Presidential nomination ,
at tiie time when Democrats appreciate
that only their best inuu can stum! am
chance in the canvass against (jeucral '
(! rant.”
MrThe Arkadelpliia Standard say- |,
of the crops: The accounts of the ,
crops from all sections of the State
are most flattering, and with favorable
season till maturity, the corn crop will 1
be the most abundant that has ever 1
been raised in Arkansas. Col. Moles,
who lias just returned from Scott conn- j
ty, informs 11s that the crops in that
county are as tine »« he ever saw. and
in several Of the adjacent counties are ‘
equally promising. The wheat crops *
in Scott are very tine, and Col. M has ■■
made arrangements with many of the 1
farmers there to bring their wheat 1
10 this place, where ii can lie sold at ,
good prices for seed ibis fall, the ,
crop in this county proving almost an
entire failure. In this county the corn
crop is said to be more prcfmising than 1
t lias been for ten years, and as a great- i
•r breadth of land has’ been planted in (
•tiru than usual, the prospect of an ;|
ibundaut supply of tin adstufl’s for an- '
ither year, is most nattering. 'The rot
011 crop looks pretty well, though we
leaf some complaints of lice in some
odious. i
tef'The Transcript says that a Haptist |
lergy man. recently settled over a society '
a Huston, in one of thu earli, 1 m i minis 11
u bis new tiyk, said—-1 know all about
his Uiiitariatiisua—I was brought up in
f until I was five yours old but found no
aving grace in it. , p
Ha?"'You ought to lay up something »
*r a rainy day,” slid an anxious father tu •’
iis profligate son ‘‘dud so I have,” *
eplied the youth. ‘'What?” ‘ Au uni- 1
■relit,”
rr?;*1« >.'!■■■ ■■■" an.■ ues
Mew ludfnn Imit oiy.
Mr. Van Horn, from the Committee
in Indian A flairs, has reported a liill
0 consolidate the Indian tribes and
irganize a system of goto rnmeiit in
iii Indian Territory, to be known ns
he Territory ol Ok-ia-liotua. The
ribes in stioli Territory are to retain
til right* se-uryd lo them by treaty.
Subject to tbcee, tlie government of
lie Territory is to lie vested in a Gov
11 nor nppoirf^d bt the President, a
Secretary appointed in like manner, I
md a Legislative Council composed ol
ane member from eueli tribe ot more ■
Limn 500 persons, and an additional I
member lbreverj ioOO persons, or by ,
1 ho rider* Of tile tribes a* selected by
[rib ! usage. Kvery adult male Indian
shall be entitled to Vote for or be elec- j
Led a member to the Council. Fhe
laws to lie passed I)y tlic Territorial i
Council shall not interfere with tlici
tribal organization, nor annual tribal |
law s, save lo a limited extent. Justices j
hi the Territory and Courts arc provi-j
ded for in the usual manner, and tlie |
Legislative Council elects a delegate
to Congress. The bill appears to aim !
st combining the tribal with territorial I
government, and, should it succeed, ■
would inaugurate a new mode of treat
ing the Indian question.
The Indian Territory tints to he fro
nted will include the country west of
Arkansas. owned by the Chcrnkoes,
Cheeks, Seminole*. Choctaws ami
Chickasaw*, extending from Arkansas
lo the line* of New Mexico and Tcxa-.
In many respects it i* one of the finest :
countries in the world, and is hereafter
lo contribute great I v to the prosperity
iif Memphis, it Memphis has w it enough
lo take measures to opetf rail-road con
nections with it.—[Memphis Appeal.
Drow nku.— Lasl t*aturday morning
ihout 11 o clock, a boy was drown'd
in the river opposite the city, while
iwiming a drove of eattie. It appears
hat the boy's horse, while standing on
lie bar. made a plunge and went into
•he river, the horsu went trom under1
iim and before any assistance oonid
>e rendered, he sank to rise no more.
—Fort Smith New Era.
lit'KtEO Alive.—On Friday evening,
jflast week, two negro girls went to
lie jail to see some one o the prislbn
3rs confined there, and whilst waiting
lor admission, took their seats beneath;
i high perpendicular embankment
aear by. They were hardely snated
before a huge slice of the embankment
.■ttved off and w as precipitated upon
hem with swift and erm.'tiiisr weight.!
killing them instantly, fa'.ling also upon
i horse-cart, the rartman himself bare
y escaping. The earth v a- rut away
md the lileleSs bodies of the two girls t
found.—Helena Clarion.
Ihsi'BKssiNo AvciohN r—As Mis.
Mary W’yaiT was aT^I.iing fnnu In r
horse in rear of Mr .Idler's store yes
l.crday morning, her skirts caught on the
Mimmei of the sadd'e, and the horse he
ttnniing frightened, dragged her round
md around on the ground, injuring her
rorv severely. Timely anisan re
leased her from iter dangerous situation,
and *lo was earned into the residence of
Mr John Ruddell. near hy, where every
attention was afforded the unfortunate
i.clv. I It W M. l.awrance was SM'iti in
attendance W e learn that no hones
were hi ok en. but Mrs. W, i- much h u sod,
md probably injured internally, and will
no doubt be coniine 1 to her lied I a some
time.
This oecurrene should lie taken as a
warning to ladies not to wear hoops while
tiding horseback-Njith Arkansas
rinres
JOB' - We clip tlte follow ing items from
Ihe I,iltto Hock tlnzetto 2lih.
Excelsior. — IVe have been pin -euted
!»y ( apt. Itnelinnan w ith a stalk of eon
ton of ttii- year's growth measuring
hree feet in height, and having upon
t thiry-eight well formed squares ami
me blown, raised on the "Ashley
Mill” place in ibis county This is a
acmtiful speeitiion. Hurrah! for the
aortli side, say we.
The Crops.-A re in highly prosperous
•ondition tlirougoiit tlti^ county, and
mly require occasional rains through
lie summer to make glad the hearts ol
rur husbandmen, and bring to each
planter a plenteous harvest for the
pear's labor.
Worthy of Emulation. — At a meet
ing of tlio Chamber of Commerce and
Merchant's Exchange, held Monday
wening. the following resolution was
dferrd and adopted :
Whereas, Tt is desirable, lor the
idvaiieemeiit and prosperity ot our
• Itv that manufactories be established
lure ; therefore, be it
f’K.soLVEH. That we will give such
Miterprises all the encouragement and
lid in our power, and Yve invite every
>ody interested in the establishment of
i cotton factory to meet at our rooms
lext Nttiirdity, at 4 o'clock p. m., for
he purpose ol discussing the measure,
md ascertaining wliat can be done to
lecomplisli the object.
Pan'lit R.—A gentleman named Mr.
Anderson had a tine young imrso killed a
tnv days ago in this con my by a pan titer;
ie put out poison and the panther was
bund dead shortly afterward.—Pioneer.
•gfc. Wittsburg is now the elected
.i,11111• i ..I 'ti.-- (\iiintw. ,-t t the c ice
ion .a>t Saturdy. Wittsburg was carried
iy a majority of about two hundred.
I'hishT'a* it should be, as it is much more j
uiivonient for the people than (Tie- |
lurue. No doubt the \\ ittsburg w ill fee!
everal inches taller now. We hope to
ee the town prosper wonderfully.—I*io
leer.
The Holly Springs Reporter, of the
lOih; says; We notice that in many!
uuuties. intelligent colored people arc
uuvassug against the unjust and oppros
ivo mongrel constitution. The ball is
oiling finely, uml truth and right will |
riumpli ”
taft,Thc Memphis Ledger of the 27fch
nst. says : "The Merchants’ National j
lank tills morning suspended payment,
.lid was taken possession of by a Receiver
it 12 o’clock Histrust bus existed for j
oiue little time previously, which, doubt- j
ess, has acct Derated its downfall We i
indorstand the amount on dcposit’by the
oorer classes of citizens is not large, j
rliieh we hope may be the case.
lMh_ The Tennessee radicals are getting
neasy about the negro vote The trutli !
i, every carpet-bagger and scalawag has j
heated the poor ignorant negroe to such
n extent that they may well be uneasy
bout ibtdr votes.
gfcA>-\Ve were oil yesterday shown by
lr. J. <i. Itreuueg a very line sample
I the Irisli i’otatoes. grown 1'roui slips
i the saw maneea- as nwe< t potatoes,
hey were what is termed the peach
loom, looked healthy and were oi
uttering diiueusiuua.
A< > 1 !<. IT.
Having poia’lissed itii entire ioieiait of it
and Mania Wall, in ibetin.i of VI alt 4(V '
Ik'S \rc, 1 will eottduet the grocery and I i
iiioaliou 11ti tinc- wider tlie some tissue j i
et style. Waif s Co., tor my own account j
id risk. Major it t LauforJ rill fcutain .
hereloforr. C. WALT
TV* Arr Msg, MW
IU--» —us... ■- ST
TV tint Manner of Mnn I
\\’p want n Democratic—one who i»
unmistakably and unalterably opposed
to KadleiUism in all its rile phase*. A j
man anxious login his eountry good.!
An honest man ; one whom the people
may have good reason to believe w ill
consider the general welfare without
most regarding his own personal for
tunes or aggrandisement. A man of
liberal atid enlarged views} a decided
party man, but not a mere parly man.
A man who. while contending for
and supporting the great measures of
his party, will not descend to mere 1
party tiicks or to the persecution of
men for opinion’s sake. A man who
only support- party measures that ar«»
in harmony with the great principles
of the American Constitution. A man
who is opposed to having two kill'll*
of currency—one for the people and
another for the people’s creditors.
A man wlio is in favor of such mea
sures as will soonest permanently re
store the credit and currency of the
country. A man who is opposed to
military supremacy and to the military
government of the South.
A man who is opposed to Congres
sional usurpations, and in favor of
maintaining the three co-ordinate
branches of our Government separate
and independent. A man who will
live for, fight for, and if necessary, die
for ids country's Constitution; and
w ho will defend it against the unlaw- j
ful encroachments of Congress. A
man who will respect State constitu
tions when they have been legally j
formed without improper coercion, j
when they are really the free unforced
conviction of the majority of flic peo
ple In such States. A man who !
aeknowlet*e- no difference between a
naturalised citizen and a native born i
citizen so far as political rights go.
A man ready to grant to the unforlu- j
iiale negro rat r every privilege consis- I
tent with their safety, and witli the .
safety and general welfare of the.
whole people, but. who is opposed to |
forcing tlw*m over the heads of the I
wtr.tos, ami using tue army ami wane
people’* money for such a wicked pur
pose. These are some of the points
v ldeii we deem necessary to the man
w ho is to ri present Democracy.—[Pitts
burg Post.
I’on a week or mure past the weather
Inis been very hot , and the crops in some
portions of he country have been suffering |
i'or rain. In the portion of Greenbrier
off from ilie river we learn that no rains ;
has fell in five or six weeks ;but yesterday |
afternoon we were were favored with n j
refreshing -h .eer. coolinif the atmosphere,.
•id wc hone benefiting tho crips —North j
\ rk n- n Times.
NEW ADVSJRTISBBTENTS.
S'l H V Y roi>i
ON the fii>t of June. one
pair of Oxen ; •*!»<■ white «nd
red speckled- -marked with a crop —I :
off the left ear: the other a brindlo, (rather
red) market! ciop off the 'eft ear and split in
the right; had on when he left home a very
large bell. I tvi.1 pay a liberal reward for
anv information us to their whereabouts, or
the direction in which they haTe gon
J. M. KIN MUCK. !
jun<‘W~H* . Quit in an. Ark.
I
A HOME COMPANY.
Capita* tfiUOO.OOO. |
A« K .V XSAS
FIR E, MARINE,
AND
Gnml Insurance Coy
V
or
ivmt am,
('. G. S< 'f IT T. President,
t H AS. \. (T. A Itlv. Treasurer.
\V. II. Fl’FTON, Secretary.
DIRKt’TORS.—A. McDonald, V. G. i
Scott, .tohn Robins, G. R. Weeks, Fred
Kramer.
I
coNsn.TrxG directors.—s.:
i.. Griffith. TV. \V. Adams, Dr. P. O.
Hooper, II. K. Mcliei.
Tits pntrnnngo of the public throughout the.
State respectfully solicited for this
HOME INSTITUTION.
j. F. F lfilV Agent.
jyt|V Ofltoe in tho Bank Building,
_jnnld...
To all Whom It may Concern.
N'iiTICK IS HKRKHY ;H VKN Thar ! will.
H8 Administrator of the estate of Ander
son Robinson, deceased, apply to the next
term of the Court of Probate of Prairie
county, at a Court to be begun and holden at
the courthouse, in the town of Browasville.
ou the second Jfonday in July. 1SCS, ir being
the l;jth day of said month, for an order to
soil the real estate belonging to said estate,
for the purpose of payiug tho debts of said
.i... ,.i.
This* Oth day of June, 180?.
J R OKAY. Admr.
estate V. Robinson, dee d.
Peoples' Hotel,
DEVALL’S BLUFF, ARK.
S. A. LEVY, S. J. PEOPLE’S,
Cioik- Proprietor.
Fine B'lllnrd Saloon Ittachcd.
juno6
W. J. ROGERS. j
ATT0RS8Y AT LAW,
BROWNSVILLE. ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention given to the Collection
of Claims, Investigation of Laud Titles, Pay
ment of Taxes, &o. my lb
• LIGHT WORK.
FOR BEST WHEELS AND CARRIAGE MA
TERIALS, BUY OF
S. N. BROWN & CO.,
Dayton, Ohio.
Our Spokes are made of Second-growth
Hickory, and are tough and stiff, which are J
tne grern requisites for light work. Hubs not ;
t-x ceiled.
tllVrpt'R GOODS A TRI VL.
Mtdital 1'Simiinal ton!
Forn Magnificently Illustrated Medical '
Books, containing Important Phjrsbdogicftl • 1
Inh rluatiou for Men aud Women, sent free j<
»u receipt 25 cents by addressing Dr. John '
Yftnderpool. No. 30 Ciiutou Place, N. Y.City. • I
[ESTABLISHED IN 1*57.]
\\ 0. K. CONE. St. Louis. Mo.
f. K. CONE, Branch Office, Lawrence, Kaunas j j
< o\r. itiiorm.it>.
a • :
Wo have a complete Register of Real Estate '
•ffered for sale in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska. ;
vi » slid Missouri, etuWroeiug facts as to
tiles, taxes, quality and value. Emigrants. '
aj-lialists and owners of real estate will save ! *
ii.iC. money and risks, by addressing us f.»t
n formation. Lands redeemed and times 1 .
imd in alf of the above mentioned States, j
Ivddcess with stamp.
CONE ^KOTUKKS, Ileal Estate Dealers.
No 5 ymifh Fifth S'-. 8>. Lemr Me. *
' y
UEO W CROSSCCP.
DESIGNER AND WOOD EKGRI1VE\
T( - Chestnut St, (i're«« Building)
PHIBADF.I I'M PA.
Views of Buildings, MschiuorJ, Mono
irivtns. l’ostors. Book I,!u*<rttions. &c.
Till: HETROFOUTAX MUa\S,
MANUFACTURE! > PV
TIip Mason & Hamlin
ORGAN COMPANY.
The MASON & HAM LIS ORGAN OG. Lave
?ommenced the manufacture of a new aeries
»t organs each of which will bear the Trade
Murk. Metropolitan Oman. They arc elo- I
jantly and durably made; contain modern im
provement?; have great power and fino qual
ify and variety of tone, and in general excel
lence are second only to celebrated Mason $ ;
Hamlin Cabinet Organa, n.auufactu ed exclu
sively by the same company. The J/etropol
itan organs are fullv warreuled for five years
Find will be sold at prices to compete with
i hose of inferior instruments. All of them
arc in solid black walnut cases throughout
—backs a? well a? sides and front?—and have
paneled front?and sides, with carved mould
ings and ante?: Improved graduated Self
Adjusting Reed Valves, Improved Bellows.
Tremulant and Knee Swell
Style E—Five Octaves, with Manual Sub
Bass and Octave Coupler throughout.
Seven Stops, viz: Viola. Diapason, Melo
ilia. Flute, Manual Sub-Bass, Octave
Coupler, Tremulant. Price. $.!.!”>.
Style D—Five Octaves, witli Minimi Sub
Bass Six Stop?, viz: Viola. Diapason, .
Mclodia. Flute. Manual Sub-15a??, 'from- :
ulant. Price, $200.
Style C—Five Octaves. Five Stop?, viz: j
Viola. Diapason, Melcdia. Flute. Trorn- I
ulant. Price, $170
Style A—Five Octaves One Stop, viz: j
Tremulant. Brice, $130.
*^*.4 liberal (Hacourt' from above prices to
Churches, Clergymen a -ti Sun Jay Schools.
Circulars with Illustration? scut to any
uddrers.
.Also, an Illustrated f.a'alvyue or the Mason
& Hamlin Cabinet Organs, ruee, to nay one
desiring it. Address
The Masonic Hamlin Organ Company
154 Tremont Si../ . JOIN'. Biondway
Boston. 4 ' ) Nku Yokk. i
’ YTVIV|JA.L HALE |
AT
WOODRUM FARM,
fin Thursdwj, Bitli .tune, 1*68,
OF
Thorough-Bred Tret*„r,g Horses,
Consisting of
YF.YIUJNGS, TWO-YEAR OLDS’, RROOD
MARKS. Ac.
.• nl€ without reserve. Terms Cash.
a. j. iu;.u\i)i;n. j
Catalogues furnished on application to D. j
Swigert, Spring Station, Woodford Co , Ky |
GREAT WSTRIBT nOX j
fly flie Metropolitan Gift Co. *
Cash Gifts to the Amount of $250,000*
EVERY' TICKET DRAWS A I’RjZH.
5 Cash Gifts, Each, $lutihK)
10 ” ” 6,000
20 M " l.OC.t)
10 “ ” 500
200 ” ” 100
800 M *• 50
460 ” " 25
500 ” ” 25
80 Elegant Rosewood Piano* Each
$30o ro 500 *
85 ’’ M Meiodeons Buck »
$75 to 150 j
150 Sewing Machines Each 60 to 176 I
250 Musical Rotes 26 to 200 j
300 Fine Gold Watches ” 75 to 3(Hi i
750 Fine Silver Watches ” SO to 60
Fine. Oil Paintings, Framed Engravings, Sil
ter Ware, Phofogrn h Albums, and a
large assort men: of Fin® Geld
Jewelry, in nil valued at
’ $1, not UKh).
\ CHANCE To DRAW ANT OF THE j
ABOVE PRIZES by puicha.iog a Sealed j
Ticket for 25 cts. Ticket® describing each ,
Prize are sealed in Envelopes and thoroughly i
mixed. On reeeint of 25 cts. a Staled Ticket |
will be drawn without choice and delivered ■
at our oftice, or sent by mail ro any address. I
The prize namedTipoii it will be delivered to j
the ticket-holder on payment of ONE DOL-♦
i.AR. Prizes will be immediately vent to any j
address, as requested, by express or return ’
mail.
YOF WILT. KNOW WHAT YOTHl PRIZE j
IS BEFORE VOL' PAY FOR IT. Any True !
may he exchanged for another <>r' h< same va ns. !
NO BLANKS. ' j
f£TOur patrons can depend »»n fair dealing
Rwthrf.socs.—We select t. * tew following 1
names from the many \vb t have lately drawu ;
Valuable Prizes and kindly permitted us toj
publish them:
S. '{'. Wilkins. Buffalo, New York, $1,000; '
Mist Annie Monroe, Chicago, 111., Piano val- ?
tied ut $650; Rob!. Jackson. Dubuque, Iowa,
Gobi Watch, $250; Phillip McCarthy, Louis
ville. Ky,, Diamond Cluster Ring, $600; R.
A. Patterson, New Bedford. .tfass., Silver Ten
Sot, $176; Mies Emma Walworth, Milwaukee
W is.. Piano. $500; Rev. T. W. Pitt, Cleve
land, Ohio, Melodoon, $125.
Wc. publish no names withot permission.
Opinions or rut; Puess.—“They are doing
the largest business; the firm is reliable, and .
deserve their success.”— Weekly Tribune Feb 8
“We have examined their system, and know !
them to be a fair dealiug firm.”—X. T. 2?<v
aid, Feb. 28, 1808.
“Last week a friend of ours drew a $500 I
pfize. which was promptly received.”—Daily J
Xcu&i'Mar. 4, 1868.
Send for circular giving many more rofer- |
euces ami favorable notices from the press, j
Liberal inducements to agents. Satisfaction j
guaranteed. Every package of Sealed En-!
velupes contains one cash oirT. Six tickets
for $1; 18 for $2; 35 for $5; 110 for $15.
All letters should be addressed to HARPER
WILSON vk CO.. 173 Broadway. N. Y.
STAR AGRICULTURAL WORKS.
THE
AlVany Cotton Gin Manufact’g Co.,
ALBANY, X. Y.
WM R. EMERY, (survivor of Emery Broth
ers) Superintendent of J/uuufactory, Manu
lecturers of
Comprising the Celebrated “STAR ’ Thresh- j
ing machines; “Star'' Railway (or Endless ;
Chain) and lever Horse powers; “Star'’ Cot- !
ton Glue and Condensers: Circular Cross-Cut j
Saw mills; Vegetable Ctattera: Horse Hay i
Folks; Corn and Feed Mills; Power Corn I
Soeilcre*; Hog Powers, &o.
We wish to call the particular attention of J
farmers to our celebra/ed “STAR" THUB8EH i .
FR AN’H CLEANER, which, as lately im ,
proved, we claim as far superior to any other I
machine now iu market. It i« compact and
easily portable: simple in its construction,
ind therefore easy to operate by the most in
:iperiencod, and will do iis work with mar
velous rapidity and perfection, and with
tompamiively the least demand upon the
iireuglh of the animals driving it.
Wo have made recent improvements in this
nachinc by which we are enabled to thorough
ly ch:ttH tht gram under almost any combtaa- ^
ion of difficulties, and wc are now using ar.
lew and effective device for relieving the v
eedor of dust, thus making the operation of
breaking as comfortable and safe as w th the
trdmary machines it is annoying and frequ j
ntly destructive to health.
These machines are made of suitable sites '
or our “Star” Railway Potter and also for |
air “Star'* Lever Power,
For full particulars send tor our illustrated i j
descriptive Circular ami Price List.
AUK NTS WANTED.—-correspondent will ' 1
lease address nit ai uwv cotton 411* MAJTt ,
Aorriii>u eo.. i*. o. Drawer ICO, Albany}1
l. V. | *’
1 n
ITTAN’TEH KM MB HI A TELV, IC.LN i .> u
> >
TAMPS. A rare chance for making money
iVcred. For particulars, address, with >Utn| j*
hi- UiWH-tt, Clevidaud, Ohio.
> ' IlftA ***** ***** M4COX SUM’S,
.OllUv MioulUttra aim IIuiun,
lens pork. Kump Pork^nd Join • 8
JUST REUiflVEl) A.\l> FOR SAIt UV j "
►TEH.IRT, fiWlSVr ft, CO.
CCOD 2T3WB?
I'o all Vshoni It .Muy Concern.
X large aivi srnll Selected Stock oi
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS.
To bo sold out regardless of Cost Prices
FOR CASH.
Come One! Come All!
See for yourself and buy a ttood Bargain
icfore it is too Inle, being determined to sell
>ut our entire stock in ns short a time os pbs*
lible. Consider, then, your own interest:
lines are hard, money soarc*: .and. in view of
hesn facts you will do well to call at
t
F. GATES & OJ£O.
To bay your
SiyGos^iClottiliKT, Shoos n ml
Bools, Snildlfs lumi Mr!d!fi»,
t;ur.$. Rlflv-n ornl i’lutols,
<.»ri>ois Ruts. iind
<»!>«,
.Vnd ninny other tbinir,. too numerous to
mention; all lo bo sold to suit those hard
Iu ;nd money saved in the jutrehnso of
your Dry Goods bill is
\Toney Made.
don’t forget to call soon; In order to get
the bi« selections and choice of goods.
F. GATES & BRO.
my 16
INTotio© •
IS HEREBY GIVEN. That the undersigned,
. appointed by decree of the Chancery
Court of Prairie county, rtf the February
imn, 1808, of said court, to sell the lands be
longing to estate of James Ford, and make
distribution of tlio proceeds thereof among
the heirs of said estate, by virtu,' of said ap
pointment, will on tbo
day of June,
at the Ford Place on the Des Arc and Hicko
ry Plain road, proceed to soil at highest 1'.
der the following lands: The s e 1 of n v* lr'l
} of section 5, the n o \ of a o 1 of section 5,
Si) acres, in town 4 north, range 6 west; the
s w \ of u w fr’l | of section 1, town 4 north,
range 0 west, 80 80-100 acres; the e 4 of s w
1 and w £ of a « 4 of section 83, town j north,
range 0 west, 100 acres; the w $ of s w | of
section 34, township 5 north, range 0 west,
30 acres; the so 4 of n w J and s $ of n e \ of
section 83, and the a w \ of u w \ of section
54, town f> north, range 0 west. 160 acres—
in all 510 86-100. Terms of sale as follows:
purchaser to pay teu per cent, of the pur
chase money in cash, the remainder to be di
vided into two equal payments of one and
wo years, with ten per cont. interest from
D:te, and secured by personal security and
ion on land.
W. L. MOORE, )
J. A, LENDER MON, [Commissioners.
ASER PIPKIN, • )
Gatewood, Attorney.—my80ot
Catharine P. Myers, William Myers, James
H. Myers. J Hugh Myers. Edward Story,
Mary Story, Sarah Story, and Sir-.!j My
ers, heirs at law of Lawson Myers, de
ceased;
TAKE NOTICE—That we will apply at
lie July T*rm of the Probate Court of Prairie
•ounty. Arkansas, a Court to be begun and
i d-Sen on the 8th DAY OK JULY, A. D.
180S, to have dower assigned the said Gatlin
■ine P. Myers in the north east quarter, see
ion twelve, in township three north, range 1
light, containing one hundred and sixty
teres, and for partition and distribution of!
he remainder of said lands: and also for the I
lisiribution of the personal estate, belonging I
o the estate of the said Lawson Myers, de
ased, for the benefit of the heirs of said
estate,
DAVn> MYERS#
ELIZABETH MYERS,
as guardian of Sallie Myers i
May 11th 1808—2:i-4t
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