um A HO CITIZM.
X. c- iTORHtr.i.. rni-ron.
DE3 A RC ARK A NH AS : "'
FRIDAY.FEE 4 1858
lioriiLlEiiEfTio?.
We nr* requested to nmnetinee. that Judsre
Jofv J. CfcasoKjrrw. I* a candidate for re
e'eellon a* Circuit Judge of the Judicial Cir- j
cTiit, composed of the counties of Conway,
Pooe. Fell. Perry, Satin*. Pulaski, and Prai
rie. at the election to be held can the Second
.Monday of February next.
REMOVAL OF THE SEAT OF GOV
ERNMENT OF THE STATE FROM I
LITTLE ROCR TO DE3 ARC -A j
FAIR PROPOSITION.
We have honestly entertained the opin
ion that the removal of the State Capitol!
from Llule Rock to Dvs Arc. would he an
advantage (b the great mass of the pro- j
pte of the State.—It is hardly necessary'
that we should rSpioduce the many ar- !
foments we have used in fovor of the !
change.
We propose (hat the Legislature, now
in session, pass a law submitting the ques
tion to the qualified voters of the State,
at the August election, ISfiO. Let those
.n favor of the Umnnti vote •' Dss Vac,1'
•ad those opposed to the r«nr.i->!
" Litti-b Rocs.” We have ever enter
tained the doctrine that the majority of
the people are right—-in reference to alt
question* of State or national policy,—
and wo are willing, in reference to this
question, Co submit it to the will of a
majority of the qualified voters of the
State. What say our cotemporanes at
Little Rock?
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ovuat-sxD GsPHRMtms Man..—Jas.
Glover Superintendent of the Overland
Mail Company, makes a fruitless attempt
)tf the column* of the .1 ftmpki- *1ppejU to
apologise few the failure in delivering this
mail promptly at Memphis. Mr. Glover,
like many others who have been essenti
ally humbugged, adheres to the idea that
this mail can be carried by light draught
steam boats from Little Rock ;o Fort
Smith. There is not a little negro on
fh*t unwain si ream but would laugh at
the idea. The route from Little Rock to
M.ulison has lieeti impn«ed upon the de
partment at Washington, as suitable tor
conveying the 0. 3. Mail in four-horse
post coaches, the year round. This is as
great a mistake, as the idea of navigating
Arkansas river from Little Rock to Fort
Smith the year round. We admit that
through the summer months the route from
Little Rock to Madison is over a passable
road, but at that season of the year the
Arkansas river is “dead low." It is
thereiore plain that one portion of this
route wii! always defeat the other.
The Memphis branch of this road should
be discontinued, unless Col. Butteh
Bteim and his Agents cease being led by
the nose, and influenced by a set of men
who use their exertions for the benefit of
certain locations, regardless of the best
and shortest route.
The route from Des Arc to Fort Smith
is the shortest, and over the best road.
Sit months in the year the mail should be
brought from Memphis to Des Arc, over
land, and Ute other six months by steam
haats. This would ensure promptness in
its delivery ;u Memphis, and until it is
changed from the elbow route to Little
Rock, failure* will continue to be announ
ced, and finaliy the Memphis route will
be discontinued.
Mr. Jouw Hivchleb, Foreman
and Superintendent of the Memphis
Bulletin Company, died in iliat city on
the morning of the 28th alt., of effusion
of blood upon the brain, within eight or
nine hears a Her ho was struck down.
Sneaking o, the deceased, the Jilempku
B ’dldin sav5:
We are much it an tied by the sud
denness cf ns bereavement to do justice
so the mei'.t i this excellent man and
worthy Cii'i*In his death we i\av e
k»Sf a friend, as well as ,v> invaluable ■
auxiliary, while the community at large!
J * been deprived of one of its most1
useful citizens. He was temperate, as
siduously industrious, and preeminently i
skdiiul in uis vocation A loyal and true’
man, the death-stroke fell upon him while 1
iie was in the harness of duties.
\fr. Hitchler leaves a family of sever
al small children, but it will he sswisfac-:
tory to his acquaintances to know that. |
although d connected troro proprtrtor»iup I
in the Bulletin Company he had, by his
frugality and industry, accumulated a cam- j
pe'em .odependiuce, ami mat those he!
leaves behind him are abova warn,
Assassss Lands.—We dip tha Al
lowing paragraph (rota the L'Athvilh
Democrat of tile 2Gtb ult:
It is generally known that the so-called
“ Swamp Lands,” in the State of Arkan
sas, comprise a portion of the best lauds
in the State. Sued ig .the character of
those land* lying in iStaine and Arkan
sas coonties. and on the borders of White
and Arkansas rivers (both oi which are
navigable streams.} that for richness of
sod, beauty of location and actual value,
tueyare unsurpassed. But the object of
this is to say to our friends that a j-ortiou ,
of these lands is offered for sale or ap
proved barter at rates that ought to in
duce aa immediate purchase. Air. W
A. Holland. No. 518 Market street, near!
Second, is the agent for these lands and
will give all the necessary informal ton to
those who may favor him with a callij
arid a* such opportunities rarely occur, vve 1
would ~ty i® jur friends, look to it ia ime I
HAIL&0A3 meeting.
M meeting of the -itizrns of Pe* Arc
held on the ewening of the .7I*t nit., far th<
purpn-r.if ak*ng into consideration the adop
Uon of the beet means of furthering the prt.jec
of a Railroad from Mix point, by waj-Uf Vsr
lUneile to Fort tWnith: the meeting on or
gamzed by catting J. C. Moni'it,L, to the
Chair, ant appointing J. K. GaTiewoon.
Secretary.
The object of the meeting was rvpfaineu tiy
the chairman. It having been suggested that
’he bill chartering the Hoad had passed tin
Legislature, it was deemed best ro wait onti
we received the charter before doing anything
further; and. on motion, a committee of fnr<
were appointed to call a future meeting am
prepare suitable resolutions. The chairiaat
appointed on that committee W. W. Wair, J
E. Gatewood, Or. T. Sanders. IT. P. Vaugbai
and S. W. Martin. To that committee thi
following named gentlemen were, on motion
added, to-wit: Messrs. 3. P. Catlu*. J. Jobe
G. \V. Vailen. J. A. Frith, Juo. Jackson, M
M. Erwin. Geo .IV. Glenn, Col. 3. R. Brown
J. E. Glenn,George Mr f var. and on motion.ttn
chairman was added ‘o the committee. Thi
meeting then adjourned.
J. C. MORRILL, Ch’n.
J. E. Gate woo u, Sec’ry.
Good* If tsw*—We learn from authen
lie source that the Secretary of the Interio
upon a review of the decisions of the com
rntssioners of the general Innd-oifioe, ha
decider! that the act of March 3d. 1857
confirms ail lands selected and reported a
... . » .... . . .1 ■- I * ’ll f
atm ri tuiiun, u mu u<
remembered that ouiy those Sends wen
confirmed that were approved by the sur
veyor general, but under the decision o
Secretary Thompson, all the lands selectm
by the first locating agents will he at ona
ca&Sr tiled, This will give the State flv<
or six millions of acres more, will reston
to market thousands of tracts that are nov
suspended,will bring the mailers oonnectei
with swamp land grants to a happy ter
initiation and be of great benefit to ou
State,
The whole matter will be properly pre
seated to tbe General Assembly, when v
shall refer to it again. — [Ltule Rock'Fra
Democrat.
Lobisiama U. S. Sesatoh.—Hon
.1. P. Brsjamin, was re-elected to th
U. S. Senate, on the 24th uit., by th
Louisiana Legislature. The vote stood
Benjamin 57, Gray 50, Randal Hunt 5.
Justice to the Northern Democracy
Tiie friends of the South in the North
etn States have been struck down utili
there are but few left to stand up to ou
Constitutional rights. But those fev
should be loved and cherished by thi
South with a gratitude that knows n<
bounds. The treachery of Douglas am
his fellow-conspirators is no evidence tha
the entire Nor hern Democracy is tamtei
with the same heresies which led then
astray. Men once high in thtrconfidenc,
of the National Democracy have desertei
us, it is true; but when they abandon?!
that high Constitutional platform upot
which the party has placed itself in rein
lion to the slavery question, and pnr.de* et
to the wild and mischievous spirit of abo
lit ion ism which threatened the peace am
stability of the Union, the party at one,
expelled them from us communion am
denounced their doctrines as ami-Demo
erotic am! destructive of that spirit of con
cord which should pervade its members it
all sections of the Union.
This is by no means Use strongest evi
der.ee that can be submitted to eptablisl
the claim of the Northern Democracy
upon the. confidence ami esteem of tin
party rn alt quarters ot ttie country. It
ail their State Conventions, resolution
have been submitted and adopted as hroa<
and catholic as the Union itself. Then
tins been no hesitation or faltering upot
this matter. From Maine to Pennsylva
am, and far in the Northwest, where tin
party fi.ig has just been raised, amid t.vn
jeers and taunts of a bitter and exulutn
opposition, the same spirit of devotion tc
the Constitution and the rights of the sev
oral Siates under that lustrument, has
been, and is nmv, manifested. There is
one common faith, one common and uni
versal lamruaare m which that faith is
voiced, and scot abroad. From State
after State in die North has been enun
ciated tiiose Democratic principles which
commended themselves to the notice o(
conservative men of every putty, until ali
opposition has ceased except that which
proceeds from the fanaticism of the Anti
Slavery sentiment, or the unthinking and
senseless bigotry of religious madmen.
Ll Congress the Northern Democratic
members have stood firm io their attach
ment to those principles upon which they
were elected. On all the great ques
tions which have recently agitated the
National Assembly and convulsed the
country, the Northern'iviog of the Con
stitutional Democracy lw»s stood firm. !,
was firm when the Compromise Meas
ures were passed—-when the Missouri
Compact was repealed, and when the
great principles of set [-government was
vindicated by the adoption of the organic
law. organizing the territories of Kansas
and Nebraska. These are the teachings
at history, and tney claim the serious at
tei.ii.m of those who are disposed to over
look if not disparage the claims of iht
Northern Democracy upon the confide net
of the whole party.—[ Memphis Ava
latiche
fiikafRev. Joseph H. Phelan, a minis
ter of the Methodist Episcopal Church
died at Rockford, Coosa Co , Ala., on tb>
i 7th ait. He had served for a number o
years as principal and associate detk o
the House of Representatives and secre
tary of the Senate of Alabama, and was
distroquished for fidelity to duty, urban//,
and amiabtliy.
esrin the Louisiana Senate a bill ha^
been introduced authorizing the licensing
of gambling houses iu the city of New
Orleans, and fixing the lax on them at
SIS 000 per annum.
In the Mouse, notice of a bill relative to
A. icao apprentices was passed.
Arkansas Legislature.
^synopsis or fitocsEniacR'J
itiEKlm
Friday. J;tn. 2!.—After reading the animal
th« special order of tile day at 10 o’clock, be
ing foe consideration of the charter of the
j White rfver, Dar.iarrelle ami Fort Smith Rail
road Company. It wb»taken up, read a third
f time, and passed.
A Bill to perm if 'he Memphis and Little
I Rock, and the Little Rock, grid Fort Smith
Railroad companies to be eonknlidaied, passed.
3ATOitn*y. Jan. 22. — Mr. Pennington of-j
! fared * bill in relation to the jurisdiction of
Justices of the peso .
Took up Senate Bill to make -curtain acts of
individual* a high misdemeanor—which was
passed.
Passed House bill, in relation to minors
1 having no guardians.
| Passed House bill, author lung the < ioaosnor
to subscribe stock in certain Railroads The
: provision of this bill is to give the Mississi PPR«i
Ouachita and Red River Railroad Company,
and the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad
Company, #40,000 (forty thousand dollars)
, each, lo be taken from the 3 per cent fund—
passed by 15 to 7.
Mr. Carrlgan introduced a bill to allow per
sons to change public i oads when passing over
■ their lands.
Monday, Jan. 24.—Took up House Hill in
reference to Bank note*} which prohibits *tU
bills after 4th July. i860, and *20 bills
after 4th July, 1880; to which an amendment
was offered by Mr. Stirman. to prohibit ISO’s,
after which an amendment was offered by Mr.
Carrigan. to except the counties of Hempstead,
Sevier and Lafayette—which was indefinitely
• postponed by a vote of 17 to ft. The original
amendments wavalso mdeiinafely postponed by
a vote of 15 fob. Mr. Stiramn moved to post
i pone indefinitely the original bill which mo
tion was lost by a vote of 1.7 to ft, Mr. Ham
’ tnond moved to except the town of Hot Springs
i from the provisions of this act, which was in
i’ <Mmt*lv mistuoned by s vstB at 15 to 5.
The bill was passed with an amendment bv
i Mi. Cim iutti it mould not interfere with
the passage of county scrip. The final vote
was 17 to ft.
f Passed Senate bill, purchasing a copy of
■ Langtrees sectional map for the several coun
1 ties of this State.
» Tuesday, Jan. 25 —Fassed Senate Bill, al
lowing county Courts to employ county At
1 lorneys, to protect the interests of their re
l spec five counties.
A bill in relation to carrying concealed wea
pons, which provides that persons convicted,
1 may be fined not less than $25, nor more $100.
ami may be imprisoned not more than three
months—was passed.
Passed a bill to give each editor of newspa
pers. a copy of the Geological Survey of the
State.
Mr. Redmond introduced a bill to prohibit
steamboat owners from employing free ue
' gross on hoard steamboats, without having
s regular papers in their possession.
Wunsr-MJAT, Jan. 2ft—denote went into
committee of the whole, on the consideration
of the subject of a bill entitled, an act to aid
j the Memphis and Little Hock Rail Road com
■ j pany, ami another bill to aid in the same
»j manner the different rail roads in this State.
I The committee reported progress, ami asked
‘ j leave to sit at 2, o’clock this evening, after
, which the Senate adjourned tiil 2} o’clock
this evening.
Evening Session was occupied in a contin
ued debate, adopting the substitute bill in place
of the original one. Substitute bill provides
for giving ffi.iWi) of the surplus in the Treas
• ury per mile, for each continuous ten miles of
| rail road that may be completed on the Mem
. phis and Li t e Rock Rail Road, the Little
Rock and Fort smith, the Mississippi, Oua
' chita and Red River, the White River, Darda
! nelle and Fort irintlh, and the Memphis and
, St. ,,ouis Iron Mountain Rail Road. The
i committee rose, reported progress, ami asked
leave to sit to-morrow evening, at 2 j o’clock.
Took up Governor's Message recommending
i and appointing Hurlhert Fairchild to the
, office of Chancellor, of the Chancery Court
of Pulaski county, and also Samuel H. Hemp
stead to the office of Solicitor General of the
’ State, iio h ippointments were ratified, and
I the Senate adjourned till to-morrow, 10
, o’clock.
HOUSE.
’ Fain tv, Jin. 21,— A resolution offered by
l Mr. Mitchell to go into the election of a
■ Treasurer and Auditor for ilia State, was
| adopted.
The new Digest bill was passed without
further comment.
I House bill Jfo. SR entitled an act to author
• ise the Governor to si lect certain lands, was
. reported from tile Senate as passed.
Tile hill to divide the State into nine Ju
dicial Districts, was rejected.
The resolution to remove the U. 9. Land
■ Office from Fayetteville to Huntsville, was
adbpted.
r A bill was introduced by Mr. Johnson, of
Pulaski, to aid ill reclamation of swamp ami
■ overflowed lands, was twice read, and referred
t to committee on swamp lands.
5 The committee on the Penitentiary; made a
, report recommending a change in the system,
1 and reported a bill for this purpose. Twice
1 read, and ordered to be printed,
i Satohday. Jan. 22.—A bill was reported
from the Senate to permit the consolidation
of the Memphis and Littie Rock, the Cairo
and Fulton, and the Little Rock and Fort
Smith Rail Roads, and one to charter the Des
Arc, Dtirdaneile and Fort Smith Rail Road
Company.
Mon-oa v, Jan. 24.—.Aresolution offered by
Mr. Mitchell, to go into the election of a Su
preme Judge on Saturday next, was adopted.
[The remaining time of the morning ses
sion to discussing House bill BTo. 117, to re
move the free negroes and muiattoes from this
State.]
A m.ic rlira fl.-Am ‘Kn F' - v oaeu a i- mao rawai
transmitting a correspondence between him
self, E. H. Porter ami the Commissioner of
the General Land Office, in relation to the
swamp lands in Arkansas, showing that all
lands sported by the State Agent or the. Sur
veyor General were confirmed, amounting to
ii-dtid.;i<>5 75-1(10 acres—over 5,UUtMh<0 acre*
of which are yet unsold.
The discussion on House bill No. 147, was
then resumed and continued until night.
Tucsd v v. Jan. i5—House bill No. '.'.'.H.
eimd-dan act concerning Grand and Petit
Jurats in the comities of Crittenden, Lafay
ette. Hot Sp.iags. Chicot, Polk. Prairie, Jack
son. Ctlhoun, White, Clark. Madison, Oau
ehita. Union, Phillips, Montgomery and
dcott, wa * passed.
f l'hts bill allows 5 cents per mile circular ;
mileage to Jurors. ]
■ WEDVK313AV. Jan. '2<>.—Tile consideration
of House bill No. 117, to remove free negroes
and mulattos* from the State was resumed !
and employed the most of (he day. 1. was
amended in sever at section* and ordered to be
printed and made the order of the day for
Friday next, at 11 o’clock, p. m.
A proposed amendment to the Constitution,
to allow of the qualified votes elec ing a
Secretary of State. Auditor and Treasurer of
State end an Attorney General, was adopted.
Adjourned.
A Russia* Oeisio*.—The Rdssi.ni
organ published at Brussels, in speaking
of the President’s hankering after Cuba,
say*:
The war which might result from it
would be far more disastrous than the
i Crimean war, which has cost so much
■j gold and blood to the world. It would be
•j a war with a nation whose products are;
] the first element of industry in all parts ;
[of the world, and whose omnsemai - *=-'
o*r course makes an important branch of j
income (or most governments. It would j
be a violent rupture of all the arteries of
commercial circulation ; it would be a
fatal separation between Europe, which :
needs America, and America, which can;1
dispensr aitft Europe. Take from Eng-]'
| land the gold of California! and the cotton j (
i oi Louisiana, and tier industry will at! f
i once be stopped in it* prosperous action, j ]
We s neerely hope that such « terriblej ]
", e no* like pi t
SEW3 ITEMS, Ac.
Death or the Oldest Mat it Vtb
aiNiA.—Mr. Pluilip Jessie, aged 12.0
years, died in New Garden, Russell coun-j
ty, Va., on the 1st ot Dr-emb-r. It is:
stated ihai a short lime before his death
he was able to attend to his own house
hold affairs, and that white in his hun
dredth year cut and split une hundred
rails.
9^“ Ton” writes from Washington 'a
the Baltimore Sun that if the feeling of
indignation exist in Spain to the extent in
dicated, our Minister, Mr. Preston, will!
not be retrieved. It is well known that
the Spanish government hesitated to re
ceive Mr. Soule.
,03“' The Madison Pioneer thinks that
St. Francis county, Ark., will subscribe
onb hundred thousand dollars toward the
completion of the Memphis and Little
Rock Railroad.
93“ Rrinrh's hill to give Ruchanau
*30,000.000, to gotCuba with, is said to
be identical with that: passed by Congress
for the purciiase of LotttSBnfoy as also the
$3 000.000 bill oi'Mr Polk.a atfitimrauon.
It is also said to provide that no portion of,
the money appropriated is to be expended'1
until after the conclusion ol a treaty with
Spain tn which she agrees to cede the is
land, and an accurate account is to be ren
dered Congress of the mode in which the
| money is used.
«arThe amount of taxes collected in
1 Cuba in 18*28,000 000—about *46 to each ;
IfiSTTlie annual fair of the United
i Stetes Agricultural Society for 1S59 will!
' be. held at some place m the valley ol the \
Mississippi or of the great lakes, west of
Ohio.
i
SSP“The New Orleans Delta notices a
’‘woman’s rights” lecturer in that city,
calling herself Lady Indiana, who is said :
to be a sister of the famous Florida chief,!
Billy Bowlegs, and who was stolen from
the Everglades when a child, and subse
quently educated in Maryland. She is
said to be remarkably intelligent.
Cause op Ge.x. Quitm a ;’s Death.—
Hon. J. J. McRae, of Mississippi, in
his eulogy of General Quitman in the
Home of Representatives, an the 5th
states that he “fell a victim to the Nation
al Hatch disease, which had proved fatai
to so many distinguished men.” This
was the belief of General Quitman him
self.
The New Orleans Delta of late]
date say : “There is a gentleman in this j
1 city, a merchant and planter, and we regret [
to add, a bachelor, whose income this year;
will reach the handsome sum of five nun- ;
dred thousand dollars, who, twenty-four1
years ago, was a clerk with a salary of fifty !
dollars a month.”
The Navy.—A thousand hands are:
employed at the Navy Yard at Phd.de!
phia, whose wages amoum to $50,000 j;
month.
ear* a meeting has been held in Grant |
county, Wisconsin, at which resolution:
j were passed pledging the people against:
! the payment of taxes, State, county, and j
town. The reasons assigned are that:
there has been much extravagance in pub-'
lie expenditure—dm! Providence has with- j
| held its usual bounties from the people, and !
that it is hut just that the office-holders :
should share in the general compulsory ;
economy induced by the hard times.
-«.«.«.
Who will take the Cup?—A prop
osition has been submitted to us by a res:- i
dent of our unequaled cotton growing die- j
trict, that we cordially approveofand hope j
our planters will respond in the same good |
natured spirit of emulation. Our own
shares of the duties, consequent on the
exhibition,we accept of most cheerfully.
The proposition as made by the afore- '
said planter is substantially cilia: “That -
one hundred (more or less) Arkansas •
river planters deposit at the Independanf "
office, five dollars to be invested iua Silver
Service, which shall be retained as a pre
mium for the best producing stalk of cotton
exhibited by any planter in tne aforesaid *
district who shall have entered his name
as one of the competitors. The day of
exhibit ion to the between 1st and 10th
October. Five disinterested planters to be
appointed as judges.”
Our own view of the writer’s preposition,
ana uur serwu* ui jasuue vvuuui ua
add. that no individual be allowed to con
pete for the prize, but such as have enter
ed tfteir names and forwarded the five do!- ,
laics—for which amount we will make our
selves personally responsible when receiv
ed —nor will the prize be awarded to the
stalk showing the la rgest number of squares j
or forms, but to the stalk promising; the <
greatest yield of cotton, size, shape and
general appearance to be taken into con-1,
sideratioo.
Having no agricultural fairs, by which ; f
premiums may be awarded, we think the 1 ]
above plan a good one, by which to present ! ■
to the world the capacity of our soil for j 9
producing the great Southern staple. We j c
shall be glad to see all our planters take a ;
part in this trial for the cup.
Send up and enter your names in the ! B
sweepstake for tenth October. It is nee- •
essary that the matter be decided at once, !8
so that each may plant for winning stakes. £
— [JeSeraoa Independent.
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Cootz L.vsca is Gum—The Matan- r'
zas correspondent of tne Havana Diario j
dwells with peculiar satisfaction upon liie j «
happy result id’ the introduction of cooly 1 *
labor in that part of the Island. The work
on two or three plantations,both ur the held, j t
and mills, is now done entirely by (.hi- ! s
nese; and the writer expresses the confi- *■
dent conviction that if the importers 1
would lower the price to twelve or fifteen i
ounces ($204 to S255) the weii known
demand for labor would be met so as to a
iave the planter. At present the ruling I'!
price is about twenty <>.unoes SpanisaT
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j atsiDrxriAL Aspibasts.—A cor-: i.
■espoodent of the Southern Monitor says! *
he following figures will be the ages of
he persons named in the year I860; -
'riitenden wilt be 77, McLean 76. Rives
rl, Bt-1! 72, Com. Stewart 82, Seward 70,
flioate 69. Cushing 68, Hunter 67, Hum
no. d 70. Breckinridge 38. Bigler 69, -T
DiX 67, Dickinson 70. Cass 91, A. V. j °
Irown 70, Wise 51, Slidell 71, Douglas j
Paasivn Away.—The New Orleawwj
picayune, alluding to the Eighth of Jan
iary proceeding in '.hat city, says ot the
‘ Veterans;”
Like leaves of autumn the little band
if veterans of the illustrious battles of
1814-15 are fast dropping away. E tch
fear gathers some of the buds with the
I'Mieratious of th>’ dead. The remnant
ire looked upon with ’.he greatest interest,
is they are now the remains of a past:
veneration come down to our day. A lit-:
le over thirty whites and some twenty:
blacks constituted the number belonging1
o this city who formed part of the cor
ege yesterday. Some of the few that are
eit are yet hale and walk with as erect a
:n cringe as when they trod the battle
leld, forty-five years since; but the ma
ority show the weight ot years. In a
few years more the Eighth will be cele
brated with no veterans to give interest to
he occasion.
iJDIiETO :
Near Hickory Plain, Prairie county. Ark.,
)ii the Aid December last. Lucinda Suit, and
Iamb* 8uitj on the 24th. Sabah Suit; on 'he
15th M*ry Suit, and on the 28th Fsancis
ierr, all of Typhoid Pneumonia. All of the
n"il#iill llljigrml hit il at the age maturity,-and
eft the bright estf'evidence of a happy transit
’ram mortality to immortality.
The above named persons had but recently
emigrated from Henderson county, Tennessee,
md while in a strange land the hand of death
■yeslaid upon them. The widowed mother,
brothers anil sisters of the deceased, will ever
’eel the deepest gratitude for the ready lym
enthy and kindly aid which they received
?rom the hands of those by whom they were
__r* c n
w Memphis Christian Advocate, please j
copy.
-hi Richland township, St. Francis co.,
Arkansas, on the 19th nit.. Mrs. Olive G.
Miles, consort of .1. R. Miles, in the 33d year j
it her age, leaving three children and six or- j
nhans to mourn the loss of a parent and pro
;ector.
[Truly do we sympathise with our friend
Miles in the loss he has sustained. For sev
»ral years the deceased was a resident of our
:own; she was ever the friend to the distressed
amt the orphans who found a home under her
render and motherly care, will^ver retain that
recollection of her many virtues which can
inly be realised by those who have been simi
larly situated in the journey of life.] M.
NOT ICE7
XH WE associated with me in business G.
W. .% J. E. Glenn, under the name and
riiie of Jf. t. -Frith Jt Co., and would respect
fully solicit a liberal share of the public pat
ronage, and will have in a short time, a very
extensive stock of goods, and would request all
those who wish to buy. to give us a call, before
purchasing elsewhere.
J AO A. FRITH &. CO.
feb 4-tf
L. B. DOHPHLBY,
U E jY TJL SURGE 0 JY !
□P ESPECTFULLY infoims the
IA. citizens of Des Arc, that he
iitends to make this his perma
nent residence, and hopes thereby, to secure a
good practice. He is prepared to perform any
of the various operations in dental science.
Artificial teeth, from a single tooth to entire
setts, put in upon the latest and most approv
ed style. Teeth plugged in a superior style.
Dr. L. IT. D . has been in constant practice
t’or thc’lnsf twenty years, in Philadelphia and
the .South.
Saturdays will be devoted to the care ami
management of children's teeth. Any that
nay wish his services will he attended to at
heir residence for the present, until he gets
lis office fitted up.
jAny communications addressed to him
it the Jackson House, will receive prompt
ittention. [jan 28-tf.
S. JON £S,
. 111 TEST ! !
; VTE O F NASHVILLE, TEN N..
N‘OW on White river, for the purpose of
finding a location, respectfully announ
estothe citizens of Des Arc and vicinity,
hat he has taken a room xeihlv opposite
hp. Nucleus house, where he will remain
. ihort time, and would be pleased ts wait on
hose Wishing correct likenesses,
jan 28-tf
CLOTHING t CLOTHING !!
Coats—assorted}
50 Vests, do
50 Pair Pants, assorted.
Just received and for sale by
Des Arc,jan. 21. LEVIN HARRISON, j
NOTICE or CONSTRUCTION
TAX-TITLES?
N'OTICE is hereby given to all whom it
may concern, that at the November term
if Prairie Circuit Court, 1859, [ will apply
or confirmation of title, to the following des
n ibed lands lying in the siid county of Prai
ie. State of Arkansas, to wit: The N. E. [ of
ection 32, townshin 5, north, range 10. west,
no acres, assessed amt taxed tor 1884, in the
•a me of Mary C. Jack.-ori, anj sold by E. E.
Jtsmukes. Sheriff of Prairie county, at the ]
ourt-house door in the town of Brownsville,
n the l-ith «t March. 1833, and purchased by
!■ 3. Dalrympie for three 81-100 dollars,
anaunt of State and county tax, penalty, costa,
nd charges, d ie thereon, for 1354. The cer
ithru;e of purchase was transferred by V. B.
Dalrympie \> >.,;n H. Qa -.-t.berrv, April 3d, ,
'■">5. and on the 3d of March, 18.17, the Slier- .
ifexeciited to the sai l %n.senbeia-y, the as- i
ignea of the said Dalrympie, his Sheriff's
eed for the said land above described.* and or. -
le htil of January, 1358, the said John H.
I'liseiiberry deeded the same to me.
Al.su,-th; 31. E. ^ of sec. 35, township 3.
orth. range S', west, MO acres, which was as- *
eased and taxed for 1854. in the name of Oath- I
line N. Robinson, and sold by E. E. DU
iakes. Sheriff of Prairie county, at the court '
ou.-e daot in the town of Brownsville, eoun
of Prairie, on the 12th of March. 1859, and
Iirch iscd by V'. B. Dalrympie for the sum of
3ur !)1 - too dollar... the amount of State and
aunty taxes, penalty and costs, due thereon.
Sr the year 1854. The certificate of purchase
■as transferred by the said Dalrympie to John
L Quiseribesry the 3d of April, 1859, and on .
ie aCth day of February. 1857. the certificate ■
f pnrcha-e wilh the transfer being produced
) the said E. E. Disunites, Sheriff as afore- .
lid, he, the sard sheriff, executed to John H.
iiiisenberry his sheriff 's deed for the said "
md, above described, and on the !)f.b of Jan
iry, !8o8. the said John H. Quueuberry sold t
te above described lands to me.
Now. therefore, ail persons wbo can set np ]
ny ri^ht to the lands so purchased in conse- v
lence of any informality, or Irregularity or
legality connected with such sale, are noli- -
td to appear at the November term of the
ircuit Court for Prairie county, A. D.. 1&5B. j
id show cause why the sales so made should ; e.
>t be confirmed.
GEORGE W. HANNA. Ia
Pes J. E. Gatewood. jjan 28-6w.
.1 SPEC! IL CALL.
I LL those indebted to the firm of Watts i
L * Bethel!, and Las* & Bethel!, are ra
; -ted to route forward and close their ac- j
■nits eiiaer by note or otherwise, as we w,>h «
close up the business of the firms. u
WATTS «. BETHELL. c
j-nJtet.] LANE k BETHELLL.
Dissolution and Tew Firm.
JB. CHOW having purchased the mil e
. interest of J. A. Hn»r, in the Goods.
Notes. Accounts, Ac-, of the late firm of Huff
x. West, all persons indebted to them will
;e>tle with the new firm of W. C. West .v.
Uo. The new him are responsible for the
jiitstanding debts of the late firm of Huff &
West. A HUFF.
J. B. CHOW,
W C. WEST.
West Point, Ark.. Jan. 28. 1R59-— Im.
WKST. .»*••• •••*•• ••••••X. 8. CHOW.
W C. WEST & CO.,
DEALEHS IN
Fancy and Staple Dry Goods.
Clothing, Hardware. Queens
ware* Boots, Shoes,
HATS, CAPS,
WEST POINT, WHITE CO , ARKANSAS.
Terms—Cash, or to punctual dealers on
the usual terms. jan2S-ly.
BOQTAND SHOE-MAKING.
* TO THE CITIZENS OF DE3 t
1**- ARC AND VICINITY: ^
fTAVING removed my Shop to the corner
FI if Buena Vista and Woodruff streets. I
am prepared, with a GOOD STOCK OF
LEATHER, suitable for Fail and Winter
wear, to accommodate the public.
Work BtrNE Cur:apes than any place rN
Town.
WORK WARRANTED NOT TO RIP.
REPAIRING DONE neatly-, at all
times.
As I am permanently located in this place,
my interest is identified with yours.
?3jt" Tsaais, Cash.
j*ui28-tf F. WETHERINGTON.
J. S. ANDERSON,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
7X A.mmisw
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
:{jg^\ RESPECTFULLY informs
rae citizens of Prairie and J3Zw
adjacent counties, that he has on hand. vJL.2j
and is prepared to manufacture to order.
Saddles. Bridles, Martingales, Baggy,
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of work
usually done in such establishments.
A/T" dilop on Lvoa street, back of Frith Sl
Jackson’s store. jan21-ly.
J. GRIFFITH,
BLACKSMITH
A N D
■^V-a-G-QlNr 2kEA.SEH,
WOODRUFF 3-TRES-T
D®s .&,*©, iFiriairfai Asvk*
Wagons, Carts,
Drays, Wheel-bar
2“J§sSiitZsSS rows, ,%c., made to
order on short notice. Repairing and planta
tion work done on the usual time for prompt
paying ci stomers, (all others must pay cash.)
.£3” AM new work must be cash or its
equivalent. J- GRIFFITH.
Des Arc, Ark.. .Tan. 21, lS59.-ly.
Bl’tLEB & rtKHiTI,
Carpenters and Joiners,
33ea -A-sro. ^.rlSAiuiaai,
WUCLD respectfully inform the citizens
VV of Des Arc and vicinity, that they have
permanently located, and are prepared to exe
cute all work entrusted to them, with neatness
and dispatch. Their long experience in the
business, justifies them in believing they can
give th“ utmost satisfaction to all who may
favor them with their patronage.
Plans and designs of buildings furnished
to order, free of charge, where they contract
for same.
sar All orders left at this office, will re
ceive prompt attention. janll-ly.
HENRY BEST WICK.
TLY A.YD SHEET IRO.Y WORKER.
HAVING OPENED A SHOP IN
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
Tenders his services to the citizen* and the
country at large. Being experienced in
his business, he pledges h-imself to
give entire satisfaction to his cus
tomers. He will keep a sup
ply of
TLY A.YD SHEET IRO.Y WARE
Constantly on hand, which he will sell, whole
sale or retail. on the most reasonable terms.
Guttering made and put up, and all kinds
of job work done promptly to order.
A L I. W O & K\ • WA R li A .V T E D.
•■SST Shop on Lyon street, opposite steam
boat landing. jan. 2l-fiin.
~ ROftEXIS HOtSE
F O R BALE.
\r Y business is such, that I am compelled
_yl to quit the business. So, I wish to sell
my tavern stand in Brownsville. There is not
1 better opening in Arkansas for a tavern than
-his. I have a beautiful place, and seven
lores of land wail improved, with an excellent
veil of water, and wiM sell on the beet of
terms. ff you want a good bargain now is
:he time to get it. W. J. ROGERS.
Brownsville, January S, 1859—2m.
g. & j. McLaren,
DEALERS IN
Staple anil .fanft) Drn 0aaba,
Ie.vby-Madjs Clothing, Boots, Shoes,
HATS, QUEENS WARE, HARDWARE,
Stationery, .Medicines, S’r.., Sfc.
-ALSO
> nn nrTTVf ’ mntr » n nr\rn t vn
V Ls11 1 V UtU', 1. '7 IV " .Jl U . Vil V7
CO M MISSION MERC HA NTS,
declS] DES ARC, AKKAXSA3.
pimNiTTmE.
TEST received, fi Tin-Safes, 6 Bureaus,
| 14 Tables, 12 Common Stands, 43 Bedstead’s {
s-orted. 15 dozen split bottom Chairs, l dozen
iattrasses and 2 Lounges, For sale by
janB G. A J. McLabex
•DRY GOODS!
rCST received, 50 pieces Calico assorted.
1 bale 4-4 Domestic, 5 pieces Ticking, 10
ieces Pan*- S£uC It) pieces Striped Osnabnrgs.
:es Plaid Ln-« 22 pair Blankets, and
arums other articles,
jand G. A J. McLarex.
13 IRBir tBG
A N assortment of Hardware, Cutlery, Axes,
A Planes, Ac.. Ac., for sale low by
janS G. A J. McLarex.
BOOTS t\» SHOES.
JUST rec-d > *d, 13 cases Boots and
Shoes, assorted.
janS G A J. McLabex,
Jewelry ami Notions.
IT’ E have just received an assortment of j
VV B -tast-Pina, Ear-Rings, Finger-Bangs,,
Vateh-Guards, Kays,
Grold Jr*OH®»
leads, Fiddles, and Yankee Notions, in great [
ariety. Call and see.
janS G. A J. McLabex.
Lauder dal* Factory Agency.
rijST RECEIVED, direct from tire Lauder- j
I aaja Factory, In Alabama, ten bales of
OscaAsurgs.
id a lot of spun Cotton, for sale.
janB G. A J. McLarex.
Hooks and Stationery.
zp*B;*»ij|ij ITsT received, a general assort- ;
t men* of BOOKS and ST ATION- ;
n7 ERY—full in every department
madly repaired in this country} for sale
My. by
jant G. t J. McLabex.
DES ARC MALE
ACADEMY;;
ffWlSiWi THE first session in ihr a(,w
Academy will coiim,rr.ce UI,
™liW' 'W Monday the 3tst of January. ut.
i far the charge and direction of B. D. p(j,n* *
who hopes by strict attention, to merit th* 9
; patronage, not only of the town, but of
i rounding country. Every attention wil] |
; paid fo order, amt especially to the in e|Jec
tual. and moral culture of his pupils. a3
; is very necessary, to make a good ami straw
' pull that all should pull at the same time, njj
| hoped that parents and guardians will i.Bj
i their children the first day. All scholars J
considered regular from time of entrance »s M
! no deduction for sickness under one
Terms—per session of fivo months, or '.want, i
weeks; Orthography, readi g. writi„,{
mental aritbmatic, first pait. <10. The
: with geography, gramrr.er. arithmetic; .»conj
I or third part, Watta on ’he mind, philosophy
Town's analysis, algebra. <12. The 3»^j
j with phyriotogv. chemistry. ihptorie, -sataj.
! try, etc .<12. Latin and Gr 5t3. M
jan 15-ly.
nr nrCAT l \ *A ALT I
TH E second session of the
Arc Female Academy." |l
mder the charge and diiectian of M
Miss BLACK, will be open forth IS
eception of pupils on the 1st ify 19
! or February next.
Terms, per Session of Five Months; fm
| Orthography and Reading..$10 OJ P
Orthography, Reading, Writing and
I Primary Arithmetic—........... 12 4 KB
The above with Primary Geography nd
Grammar... 14 ij
High Branches.... ........ ljg K
Instrumental Music •••.... 25 A B
Use of Instrument■••• ... .... jflj |||
!l3T Pupils charged from time of *ntM&£ M
and no deduction for withdrawal or absence, ag
i except in cases of protracted sicuness.
Des Arc, January 13, 1859.-tf.
Male and Female School.
MRS. M. V. HARRIS respect- M
fully inform.-, he citizens of
Des Arc and adjacent country, that*
she will open a School, on Monday
the 22d inst., to continue for a '1
’ .byestow nr Frvv Months. From her mnwi. r
| ence sh« flatters herseif that she will be «*
1 vbleti to give satisfaction to all who may favor \
: her with their patronage.
List or Parens—Payable Monthly.
Orthography. Reading and Numeration,! 8 00 1
| Orthography, Reading, Writing. Prima
ry Arithmetic, Geography and Gram
mar.-. XU 00 1
; Etymology. Reading, Fancy Writing,
Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar
and History.. • •.. 12 00 IS
ipy Payments tu he made at the end of eeci %
month. All pupils charged from the time of m
! entering, except in cases of protracted Uinta, i
nov20 tf
JOHN JACKSON. M. T- COOYI*.
|JACKSON & COOPER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
I OPPOSITE THE JACKSON HOUSE, ]
DEALERS Uf
« AND > *
\ DRlY goods,
to *!
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS. CAPS, AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
dec 13-tf.
' \
i
J7M . MURPHY& C7
(SUCCESSORS TO PATTERSON ASB CO.)
RECEIVING, FOIIW iBRING AND
I COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
| WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OC.vI.KRS IN
G R O C E RIES,
FANCY AND STAPLE
Mf G0CBS, flQTRING,
Hardware, Queer,aware. Slone-ware,
Burns, Shoe*, Hats and Cups, Saddlery,
Trunks, Staple Drags, ike., &c,
TEtt-US CASH, OR APPEOTIB SECUBITT.
GRAND GLAIVE. ARKANSAS.
jan. S-ly.
XNT. IE. ilATTxJsTOIff, ■?
QENSRAU
LAND AG EN T
o d z x i o a> o us.
3H0WNSVILLE, PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
VT7TLL locate Lands with Scrip or Laml :
▼ \ Warranty. At*o—Collect dobfc aw
pay raxes, qu reasunaote cenns. ^
Refer ro—Payne & Unthanlc, and J. ?• m
Parsons, Memphis} J. C. Morrill, Des Arc, 3
Ark.; Dr. B. J\ Hall, Brownsville, Ark*®4*1, fj
janla-ly.
cTXTudsoIT
MANUFACTURED OF
DOOHSAND’SASH, ,
—ALSO— .
C08TR ICT0R FOB EytUT DESCRIPTION Of
HOUSE CARPENTER
IKD JOINER WORK, 4,f-'
DES ARC, JRKARSAS.
-TERMS
Cash, unless other satisfactory arrange •
meat is made.
Orders from tile country promptly attended to. ■
jan 8-1 y.___3
NEW FIRM!!
SItiX OF THE
BIG BOOT' |
mn.wi i7*r.f street J
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
jp** THE umiersijned would most ^ §
% respectfully call the attention of the f H
” citizens of Des Arc and adjacent __ H
country, to their fine stock of HOOT?* Ay"
SHOES, of their own manufacture, cony* ‘
dig of :he most fashionable styles. «nd of - is
best material, and of workmanship super;o< tjj
any in this or adjoining counties, which * jj|
be warranted in all respects, as represent* ;
Our stock embraces the finest F enen
Philadelphia calf-skins, ever brought t® ; *
market. We invite and solicit an *xam-i_
tiou of the same, confident that it will bear -®
strictest scrutiny, and will please the ®
fastidious. Alt work made to order, from
lightest to the heaviest boots and shoes.
33F We keep constantly on hand — ****
French and Philadelphia calf-skin* and •**
tanned sole leather for sale. Term*—-y1'
invariably. O'BRIEN' * HOLT
jaa. *-(?».
.