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Saturd.i) Morning, Ber, 11,IS67,
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MT* One week from to-day, we are
•to have an election to flortermine
whether or not we shall havo -a l>is
triet Court at l>es Are. IVe greatly
•fear Hie people of this and adjoining
•townships nrc not interesting them
selves fn this ’matter ns they should;
■flint fliOf are iibt engaging the support
•of their neighbors, and striving to eon
’vlttre nil of the Importance of this mat
lT*r. ’V.'e cannot bnt think that this
matter is of the greate-t importance to
a large portion of Prairie county. Their
interests demand that this court should
he established at Des Arc. Here it
accommodates itself to the conven
ience and necessity of a barge portion
of the citizens ■cf’flic county and will
Tie n great -Strp toward the easy and
prompt ttmisHc’fion of county business.
This measure will no doitbt imect with
some opposition, hut why It should we
cannot see; it is not proposed to hurt
any one. Those who are convenient
•to .the *onun*y site can still transact
•their business aft That place, and those
who have partiality for our county of
ficers, will here have the same officers
in power. Thore is ik> reason, we re
peat.'Why this measure should tvert he
heartily supported by all, in every
portion of the county it is for t he coun
ttv’s benefit and for the convenience of
large portion of her •oWb'.ens that it is
proposed. But there nrc some, per
haps, who say Hie county is already
MitJie.rwtly •taxed ttnd That this scheme
will heap additional burthen) upon the
county. We endorse this sentitnent: ■
we nee loo heavily taxed and because ]
we ore will not propose to tax the peo
ple more. The establishment of this
i ouri ill lies Are w in not cosi me
county ii dollar ; it is proposed to build
h court-room by private subscription.!
and they w ho support us in aids tiling
may rest assured they will never be
-called ,apon to pay lor it. Vote us the
court and we w ill build the bouse or
bear the expense. From these con
siderations we call upon the people ol
'Prairie county to come up to our help 1
on the “1st. Let every one interest i
himself in this matter, determine to
s ome out himself, and -do nil be can to
bring liis neiglibor to the polls and
vote fora District Court at Des Arc.
ARE WE RUINED ?
The whole country-seems tobe in
agitation—one universal line and cry
is borne upon every breeze, “we are
ruined I” Won go about with long
faces and lugubrious tones, ns if they
had just returned from the burial of!
their best friends and the cry is, no
mioney, times are harder than then ever
were. Can't pay debts, ’taint worth
while to try any longer, we have all i
gone up and are ruined. Some are
taking the Bankrupt law, ornvailing !
themselves of its provisions, others arc
•smuggling up what little they have and
concealing it under subterfuges, as if
guarding against a dreadful storm or
the sudden incursions of Gotlis and
Vandals. Confidence between man j
and man has taken its flight, promises I
arc looked upon as “pic crust,” made
only to be broken. We have in prac
tice become Ishmaelites, “with our
hands against every man and feel that
every man's hands are against us.’’!
The genial currents of the soul are!
frozen. The milk of human kindness
has evaporated ; sympathy and fellow
feeling are as a “sounding brass and a
tinkling cymbal.” And why all tliis'f,
■Simply because men have been impul
sive and eager to outstrip encli other ;
have gone into debt; have in many in
stances, been too extravagant in living
anil dressing, and have forgotten the
eternal decree, “in the sweat of thy
tfa-oe shall thou eat bread all the days of
iriy int*.
We have the same soil and clime,
the same faculties, physical and mental,
the same dews and rains, the same
natural advantages, as iu gone-by
years : our skies are as bright, and our
inducements as inviting and high as of
yore. Jtut the people have lived too
fast for their means or income, and
find themselves in debt. Cotton lias
gone down and instead of getting 20
or 2"> rents per pound for their cotton,
they are getting only 8 and 10 cents.
But what of all this: “where there is a
niil there is.a way,” and the principle
is the same iu social policy as iu the
great scheme of salvation, which tells
us to “work oat your salvation with
fear and trembling.” So in the sweat
of our faces let us work out our pecu
niary salvation. Tints did our noble
ancestors think and net when the war
for Independence terminated in 17811.
They found themselves poor, bank
rupt. destitute, but they did not des
pair, but went to work like noble men
and women, and the result of their ef
forts and unyielding energy arc well
known. We can aii float along on the
tide of prosperity, but it requires nerve
and energy to stem the current of ad
versity. Adversity makes great men ;
prosperity ruins them and their chil
dren after them.
I.jve Ins; it ax ck.—Cutler the bead of
“new advertisements” will be found
that of the St. Louis Mutual Life In
surance Company. This is the most
responsible Company of the kind iu
the West, and nothing being so uncer
tain |ns life, or so sure as death, all
men should make some preparation for
the comfort;.ble situation of those w ho
are dependent upon them. Mr. .1. I*.
Mellard. the Special Agent, will bein'
lies Are iu a few days w hen any one
desiring a policy can avail themselves
of the opportunity.
uar By reference to another column
will be found General Orders Xo. 37.;
from Gen. Ord, assembling the Stale
Constitutional ('onvcntiou, lately voted
upon by the qualified voters of this
state, under the reconstruction lav e ot
Collate, .
Taxation Extraordinary.
Jnst at this time (he people of this
county, we venture to say, are the
worst tax-ridden community in this or
any other state. It now takes nearly
a page of foolscap lo write Kit-ordinary
tax receipt, -so great is the number of
heads under x\ liiclt taxes are collecta
ble. In thh'cotinty we have a jail tax
to pay for that rock vault in the mud
hole on Dillard (greet. A special tax.
which the enmity court only defi
nitely knows for what. A'bridge tax,
which was an absolute necessity. A
court house tax, which goes to pay the
rent of a court room at fhe'vate of one
thousand per annum, payable In green
backs. Ami right heretic will remark'
that the people will lie gratified to
learn that the county court were fortu
nate (?) enough to secure this court
room for a term of years at that price,
and that with the present aspect of af
fairs, the decline ill cotton,Ac., they
may have their pockets tickled again
next year with that peculiar sensation
of delight incident to the payment of
such taxes. Tlu«n we have 'the regular
county taet, and the regular stnte tax,
and lastly and “leastly,” we have a
school tax, hitherto unknown to Ar
kansas tnx'books and of recent inven
tion. The people had more money
than brains. They were more inclined
to accumulate money than knowledge.
Ilence the legislature at its last session
thought if best that this inordinate
boarding -of 'filthy lucre might be
■checked by education, and education
could not be had without money, and
money cettlii not be had without taxa
tion. and lienee a school tax, whiee is a
very good'filing, but under the present
lights moneyless men •‘can't s«c it.”
Once more, a jail tax, a bridge'tax, a
court house tax. a special 'tax, (that
Special sticks in ourfhroitt.) a county
tax. n-state tax, n school 'tax, and upon
all this comes a cotton tax. The coun
ty tax is payable in scrip, All the rest
are in greenbacks. Can a people carry
such burdens and thrive ? Can a people
pay them all and live? Verily, blessed
is lie who hath nothing, for he payctli
no taxes.—[Jacksonport Herald.
lically old fellow we sympathize
with you, for we arc in the same de
lightful predicament, intended to -say
something ourselves upon flint tilling in
this county, but yours fills the bill'and
we ll take it. 'Gi-ve us your'hmtd. T-ynn.
and let's lneve a submissive shake ; mis
ery loves company, you know.
H'nqr Aittens Forum Military I)i-trtct, |
(Mississippi ami Arkansas.)
Ovfick or Civil Affairs. J
Holly ib-msus, Miss., lire. •>, 1807.
Cieneral Order-, No. 37 :
I. At the election held in the states
of Mississippi and Arkansas,—com
mencing on the 5th day of November,
1867. and contin-uinguiitil eoinpletcd.—
to dotc-i'mine tv bethel state conventions
should lie hold “for 'tire purpose ot
establishing constitutions anti civil
goveronneiits" far those states, “loyai
to tlie union,*’ and for delegates fhcre
to. a majority of tlie registered voters
in each of the states having voted on
the question of convention, and the
number of votes ■oast "for a conven
tion" in each state. Hosing a majority of
all live votes cast therein on the ques
tion, the convention will be held a
provided by the act of congress, ap
proved March 23d. 18( 7.
Tlie hall of the house of‘representa
tives in •flic state ■ionuse at Jackson,
Mississippi, and 11 o'clock a. an.. Tues
day the etlii day of January. 1868, arc
designated its the place and time for
the assembling of the convention for
tlie state of Mississippi.
Tlie hall of the house of representa
tives in the state house at I.ittle Hock.
Arkansas, nnd 11 o'clock a. m.. Tues
day the 7th day of January, 1868, arc
designated as the place and time for
the assembling of the convention lor
the state of Arkansas.
II. Irregularities in flic eoTuVnct of
the elevtdon in certain precincts of (In
states composing the district, having
been reported to these headquarters,
and the vote in those precincts having
been suspended, to await official in
vestigation, renders it impracticable to
promulgate at the present time the
lists of delegates ek'-.-ted to the respec
tive state conventions, as also -‘the to
tal vote in each state for and against a
convention.” The lists of delegates
and the total vote will be published in
general orders as soou as practicable,
alter they are correctly ascertained.
By command of Brew Maj. ( jen. ()rd ,
<> lUJttKKVF. A \ t;
The Pacific Railroad.
From (he St. Louis Times.]
A correspondent of the San Francis
co Altu-Culiforniuii lias recently ex
plored the route of the Pacific Railroad
from Sacramento to the summit of the
Sierra Nevada. The route is at first
through level, rich plains. Soon this
is broken intouiidtilating, then rugged
country, growing wilder and more dif
ficult as the road approaches Cisco,
which is 3,930 feet above the ocean lev
el. Here is the snow line. So far.
about 1.500 tunnels have 1*eeu«mstme
ted and numbered. Number six is tin1
most noticeable. It is L’.lio!) feet long,
ulad took a year's labor to make.
Within two and a half miles there area
dozen tunnels of greater or less extent.
’I he front of No. 8 is a broad wall of
flawless granite, xivevoac hundred feel
high. The bridges are all of the Howe
T russ pattern, and are eleven in num
ber. making in all a distance of over
half a mile of bridging. One of the cit
rioi-ities i- the snow tunnels, which are
roofed coverings over the truck in
such places where the road is likely to
be blocked with the snows. T here are
to be thirty miles of this kind of pro
tection- The longest single roof is
overn half mile in length. The track
is laid to \\ it bin nine miles of (lie sum
mit point, and about twenty miles on
tbc east side of it. The uncompleted
road wu- expei ted to be finished be
fore tbc snows eame. When the sum
mit connection is made the only great
obstacles between it and Sail Lake
may be considered overcome. There
u ill be then a section of 000 miles to
build, of which one-half can be con
structed at the rate of one mile per
day, and the rest will require about a
year to finish it. It will take, from
the beginning, three ami a half years
to construct the road to !salt Lake.
The Central Pacific expects to be
able to finish their share of the trails-j
continental road at Fort llridger, 12b
miles beyond .Salt Lake City, and il
the ITiion Pacific Company are fortu
nate enough, notwithstanding Indian
lights, expensive transportation, etc.,
to finish their cud in time to meet the
California branch at Fort llridger, vv .•
-hall lie able lo whirl across the con
tinent from the Sacramento to tin Mis
souri in three days and a half, in two
years aud a half from tlii- time.
- Mr. Johnson says Secretary
Welles would have vindicated him in
stronger terms lliau ..Tty other member
of his Cabinet, hud he been summoned
before the Judiciary Committee. When
the committee got ready to examine
Mr. Welles, he was too sick to appear.
-The public debt statement vvill
show an increase of eight or tm mil- <
lions, owing io heavy interest pay- 1
incuts. Twenty-eight millions of coin i
w ill be require.! lor the same | urpose
soon, bill there am one hundred mil
lion dollar, ccifi ig the treasury now.
t
The Next Presidential Campaign.
The most important Presidential cam
paign that lias ever come off in this coun
try will ere long open. Already j r.-lini -
nary arrangiwnents a 0 being made in sonic
ot (he .States, and already the claims of
different gentlemen are freely canvassed
fir the respective par?y nominations. At
such a time it is not Out of place fo consi
der the principles npon which it will be
proper for ilu Democracy to enter into the
contest Important among the issues that
should be made in tbc platform laid down
I by the Democratic party are these :
I. Aon recognition in any form of the
i negro "State governments created by Con
i gressimial usurpation, and the maintenance
j as el me htgtiinnte, of the old State g.'von:
I ments in the ten excluded States until
t such time as-they shall he changed by the
| people under their existing constitutions.
8. Protection to the negro in hi.- civil
! rights fljy (be States everywhere; but a
| firm opposition to the attempt of 'Congress
- to control the elective franchise in -any
| State
8. Retiring the nation* 1 bank currency
! and substituting greenbacks, so as to take
I up the bonds as speedily ns can be done
without deranging business or inflating
| too much the volume of currency.
4. The payment of the national debt in,
i say thirty yeurs, in accordance with the
! terms of the contract, by a small sinking
fund, so as to reduce and equalize tin
tariff and the enormous burden of taxation.
5. The cultivation nl a spirit of hatmairy
j and fraternity among tbc people of all the
! States on tbc basis of the perpetuity of the
Union and Constitution, and the detenuina
tion to “let the past bury the past.”
G. The nomination of a candidate, so as
to unite all the elements of opposition to
Radicalism for the overthrow of negro rule
and military despotism, oil the principle ot
mutual tolerance and forbearance as to
former differences of opinion.
This is substantially the platform adop
ted by the Ohio Democracy, and it is one
upon which Democrats everywhere can
stand. It ismspeciully important that the
issue should be squarely and boldly made
with reference to the status of the South
ern States- A'o proposition was ever
filuiner (ban that those States are already
members of the Union under constitutions
funned by their people, and that ell the
legislation of Congress looking to -‘recon
struction,'” -as it is called, is a must gross
and flagrant usurpation.
-Tim Senate on Friday eoii'fli'med
the nomination of John S. Waldron as
Trea-urcr of the brunch mint at New
Orleans.
-Girls are seized in the streets of
Utica. New York, and their long, beau
tiful tresses eut off' for surreptitious
sale.
-Brig. General ileynolds, com
mandant at Austin.'Texas, lias i»sued
an addles- .preparatory to turning civ
ilian! prisoners over to the State courts
for trial.
-The list of eounlo-rfeitws par
doned by the President wiH he pre
sented to the Senate ill a few days. It
embraces only about thirty-live names.
-There is a proposition before the
"Louisville city council to 1 icon sc
••sporting” liott-es of every descrip
tion. "l iie masse-, the Courier says,
seem to .ui o. t.
-Y.i’.hai ’.igl.mi’s friends claim
that he is gaining in the race for the
ScnatOi'ship I vet I ba r, while Tlltir
man s friend- think diii.. etitly.
-Gm"ral Grant’.- order assigning
Brevet Major General T’-vehnnan to
command the ■ gb-di snret of Lotiisianu,
i- -n.spea (led o til further orders.
—— The Senate of Tennessee has
postponed, until the loth of Jnnnnry,
the hill eon let ring on negroes the
right of holding office and sitting on
juries.
-A letter from Madrid, received
in New York, says that the Spanish
Galiinet are eon-birring the cession ol
Cuba to the United .States for S200,
WOjtm
-More money was made from the
wheat sowed last year in Marshall, the
■empire county of Mississippi, than from
■the cotton, though the latter was a better
crop than in must parts of the State.
-It is said 11 in t General John M.
Palmer, who will probably be the l!c
p»ihliean candidate for Governor of
Illiuois, will go into the mwivnss pre
pared to stump the .State in favor of
-One of Hie largest claims now
before Congress is that of an Indiana
tirut, for bay purrlmneil for the Gov
ernment, lint destroyed by John Mor
gan, on tlie way down tlie Ohio river.
-Among the possible siireessors
to l'lus IX. is tlie Cardinal Andren, a
man w ho espoused tlie cause of the
Italian Government in its late ltomun
complications, and was therefore de
prived of his olliee and emoluments bj
1‘iii- IX. lie is now living at Naples
on a pension from (lie Itujinn Govern
ment, and is the recognized candidate
of that power for the j’ontilleate.
-*—There (s quite a split in Nashville
in tlie radienl party, Secretary Fletcher
being at ilie l.end of tlie opposition lac
tion. Tliat funetiomiry lias called a
Convention to appoint a Itadieal Cen
tral (Vmmlttee in opposition to tlie one
already appointed. There is a good
deal of bitterness manifested by tlie op
posing clique.
-Within tlie Metropolitan district
of Loudon, there are twenty-one cem
eteries, comprising ,177 acres of ground.
In these cemeteries there have already
been about half a million interments,
and at least 40.000 are lidded to them
every year. They are drained into tin
sewers, but ill some eases the drainage
is emptied into the Thames.
•-The New Orleans Republican of
Friday, commenting on < Jen. Hancock’s
negro jury order, says: "We think it
is about tinieto impeach Andrew John
son. We also think it is shout time for
tlie political organizations, known us
tlie Republican party and the Grand
Army of the Republic, to lie on tiie
alert. Their ballots will soon be need
ed very badly,
-A London correspondent states
that it is impossible for the Loudon
Times to become a penny paper, tor ti
iianeial if for no other reason. We be- 1
lieve that every sheet of the paper on
which it is printed costs one penny and
a third, and in every uumhrr there arc
two sheets, one being entirely tilled
wit It advertisements. The paper ot
tlie Times olliee is all made of linen
rags.
-- V« important resolution n o of
t’erred in tin House ot Representatives,
Friday, by Mr. Hooper, ot Massachu
setts, declaring iti.it the amount of in
ternal taxation should not exceed
jtiWU.0OO.UIV: instructing the Waysaud
Means Committee to report such a re
vision of the law s as u ill yield no more
than that luiiotiiil; and directing tlie
Appropriation Committee to limit esti
mates in hills reporle i. Including inter
est on the public debt, strictly within
the same figure. Tliat would leave the 1
entire amount of tlie customs revenue
to be applied to the ixtiuctiou of the
public debt.
in TKIJKiH Al»ll!
X'tw Oklkans, l>ec. !).
Cm. Hancock lias revoked so murli
of aperial orders No. Ib2, issued by
(Jen. Mower, as removes fro® office
Adam Griffin, stale treasurer, fly polite
remit*, state auditor, and appoints K.
.T. Di nkins and J. II. Sypher in tlieir
places, and has restored the former to
tltoir offices. Crn. flaticoek visited the
Opera oil Saturday'night, and was re
cognized and greeted with enthusiastic
applause. The bund strliek Up Hail
('olunihin.
No business of importance was tran
sacted in tlie run vent iomto-d* v.
W'aSUINcTom. I tee. <10.
House—A large number ofbills and
joint resolutions wore Introduced and
referred, including the following : By
Mr. Van Wyrke, anthoi’i/.itig llip’comp
troller the currency 'With the approba
tion of tlie secretary and treasury to
revoke tlie order'of appointing a re
ceiver to take charged' any Imtrk and
restore such bank to -tlle'owners there
of. By Mr. (Jotrk, of Illinois, that all
persons of foreign birth that have been
nniitralized'Under'the constitution are
therefore absolved from aH foreign al
legiance, and the government of the
United States shall afford them the
same protection afforded natives. By
'Mr. Lynch to iprovidc for the resump
tion of specie payments. The bill also
provides that from the first of March
1808, the United States tides'When re
•eeived at the trensni'y shell he destroy
ed mid mew notes Hre to be issued pay
able in coin and in one veat from date
at tlie ti’casnry ; Hint such notes shall
he before maturity legal tender for ail
purposes, including the redemption of
national hank Mdes, except for pay
ment of import duties, and coin inter
est on government bonds; and after
maturity shall be legal tender for till
purposes, and that the secretary may,
after the specie payment lias com
menced, issue notes payable in coin in
less than one year, hut not less than
three months, and mav also purchase
coin to enable him to redeem the bonds
mil nvoiliirlinir l! t’l r 11 ■ ! ! 1 i < > 11 a llr M l'
■I/ViK h. n bill to provide against expan
sion rtnri 'non tract Km ot‘currency* The
bill ituthonfaies 'the secretary of the
treasury to i-swe‘flrree-hmidred million
coupon bonds payable in lawful money
at demand at five per cent interest ill
coin. The bonds to he issued to any
persons paying'the rpar value Whereof
in lawful money. ll> Mr. Wilson,to
authorize the state authorities to tax
non-interest bearing United States
notes.
A resolution on the distribution of
the president's message came up. Af
ter some dis'rtrssttrn it was agreed to
refer that portion relating to the pur
chase of Alaska to the committee on
foreign affairs.
Senate—A com nwiideal ion was sub
mitted from tbe attorney general,t rans
mitting names of various assistant dis
trict attorneys, salaries Jfce. Laid oil
the table. Also from the secretary of
the treasury, that three per cent of the
amount above six hundred dollars had
been deducted from the salaries of
judges according to law.
\l:w York. Dee. 10.
The Herald's Havana special says:
Advices from Porto Rico to the!), have
been received. A terrible earthquake
shock occurred there on the 1st just.
At one place the ifihwbita'n'ts at church
were hearing mass, and the scene which
f»»Ued was most pitiable. People
were dashed together ill ronsteniatrow,
and the terrible cries of the women
and children were heart-rending. The
panic at Santiago about the cholera has
subsided, awd t'he Toports from Havana
no longer cause alarm.
The Times' Richmond special says,
there will he probably .lilt) delegates at
the conservative convention on
Wednesday. Ex-Congressman Thos.
S. Klovrney is a delegate from Halifax
county. He is a representative man,
and says the convention will be op
posed to universal suffrage, but will fa
vor impartial suffrage on tire ettoseaVSou
al and property qualitk atton. The con
vention will also vote for (Irani for the
presidency-, on tlie New Yo rk platform-,
ami will fee liberal in every particular.
An address will be issued to the peo
ple of the I'uiled States setting forth
these views. A radical caucus will be
held on Thursday to nominate a gover
nor and other state officers. Senator
Wilson will be here to-morrow to look
after atlnirs,
Memphis, Oee. it*.
The cotton market is quiet with a
light demand. Middling, U)tt<rl5e;
strict middling, in'* c j low middling,
13^e(n lie.
I’lNOlNS Att, IteO. 9.
Flour 25c higher; family. $11 50.
\\ heal active, 2 00. Corn dull, 83(«8L
Oats steady, 05c. Provisions firm.
Mess pork 22 00«o 23 00. Lard field
firmly, 13c. Potatoes, 3 50,
-Sonic time ago Mayor Hopkins ad
dressed a note to General Smith, comman
ding this sub-district, informing him that
the law required him to make u proclama
tion of an election to fill the municipal
officers for the coming year, and inquiring
if there would beany military interfere nee
to proventsuch election. TheeoUnuUnicu
tiou has been returned, with the state
incut thui the vacancies will he tilled by
appointment by Gcnorul Ord.
Ho understand that Gov. Jfurphy lias ,
been ordered to make out commissions for I
the municipal officers and send them to I
distinct headquariers. II hether the 1
governor is allowed to recommend persons. ’
or whether the blanks are to ho filled up j
by the gcnorul or whether, any attention :
will he paid to recommendation from
citizens, wviare unable to say. A'oon alter
the news was rumored on the streets on
Thursday last, quite a number of individ
uals. were to he seen ou the main thorough
lares way laying and button holing pedes
triaus to force them with importunities to
sign recommendations lor the salaried '
places. As there are many persons who
don't allow a lew indiscreet acts to prevent
them flout rasping their throats with the
iron-clad, and as straw-bonds a*e the ordei
of the day. we presume Goueral Ord will
not lack for candidates to select from.
Kvery mini for himself, eto. —Little Hock
Gazette.
-Cincinnati is to be a port of entry
ami delivery—so Mr. Eggleston says
in a hill to he offered by bitsi mivt
M 111’.*
_ When reconstruction is acconi|
li-hed in the sou hern states, according u
the si uthern radical papers, we are ti
have a political iSfflenietn. He have i
very beautiful exhibition of it in Ten Mi
see, under I’arson- Bro#nlow and his radi
cal aiders and abettors. In Arkansas wi
are to have sell.ads at the forks of ever;
road—railroads all over the state, and Ini
migrants pouring in on all sides, and a
the Indians used to say—when east of th
Mississippi, and the beauties and benefit
of the west were held up to their view b;
(Jen. .Jackson's emigrating agents—ii
Arkansas, fritters grow on the hushes
and honey on the stumps and we have onl
to pull off the fritters and eat them will
the honey on the stumps. So it will b
when Iho radical ’milltrfnirftli takes plaC
i under reconstruction. ’1 lie darkeys wil
i have no occasion then fo trouble any tnor
of Judge Milov's litrgs.—*-[I*’ort Smitl
; Herald.
-“Msu’k," 'Washington correspoti
•Jpnt of the Cincinnati Cotnihereinl
1 crinllnrlitint upon the coming Nations
j Republican ('onvention, says: “An et
\ fort, is now in progress to secure th
admission of the Southern delcmitev
It is believed Hint all the SdtitlU‘i'1
j Slates which lire likely to he recoil
structod during, the tirtrseitt session o
Congress, 'Will he represented in th
('ouvention. ami with very few cxccp
1 tions. the delegates frdin them will vol
: for Mr. ('Imse ns the nominee. As tli
1 ease stands, it may‘be estimated in tin
way: Chicago ail'd May will nominal
. Grant ; St l-ouis and July w ill noini
nhte Chase.
^ — -
Tribute of Respect.
Dec. loth. A. i„ 5867, a. i). 1867.
At a meeting of White River bodge
No. 37, Free ami Accepted Masons, tli
following preamble and resolution
were adopted :
Wiibkk'as, A'n All-Wise 'Providene
. in his inscrutable wisdom and ways
has-seen tit to lake from us our worth;
hrofiter, ‘Dr. J. L. Neel, who departei
this life •'lac •. Mb, 1867. after a protract
•ed ilftuwof Mtug disease—Therefore,
ItESoi.VF.n, 1st: That in the death o
our worthy Brother, J. L. Neel, on
<fYder lias lost a worthy brother,
punctual, useful, and consistent Mason
The cominkni'ty )nr< lost a kind 'hearted
benevolent citizen, mol Iris th mil;
mourn the loss of an affect Wna’te atr:
tender husband, a kind and ilutin;
lullin'.
He.scii.vki>, 2<1: Tint wo ns n I.od*r
w ear tin1 usual bullet" of rt'itperl lo oil
Ill-other's memory for thirty tiny*: ilia
u copy <• I these resolution* be turuishei
bis ininily. unit spread upon the Lodsr
reeurd* and published ill the I)es Ar
CWIZE-V.
J. H. SMITH.
.1. M. Ill’ll MOV,
.1 NO. COW AX.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
jW3»#*Cj^
TS IIKH HBY <11V EX. That ! * ft' apply I
1 the Probate Court nt the •r.cict -Simitar
term for an order to seUnU She iwifJ belong
; ingto the cm an* Tht/ttias Tl. Gray. decM
to pay the debts of «wM estate. This 1 Or
day ol December, 1 H»»7. *
I. C. JlICIvN, Adrtfo.
joxt:>. M imwni. & co., it. tti>jtM Jv’Oo
unt.t; hock, ask. ft. bSrr*h, X'ti'k
lJt’SSEV A CO,,
O K X K It A I.
,COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AM)
€’ O T T O .\T I' ICTOR9i
No IS Carondelot Street, New Orleans, La
and
No. IJl Com mere *«,•? S’.. Si. Lottie, Mo.
! \\ id. MPQueet* will be on regular New Orlean
bout a and make liberal advances uu
Consignment s.
—RKFEft T<V
SfMe Savings Association. St. Louis, Mo
Pike. Lepoyre & IJruther, Ne'w Oilcans. La
; l.ockard & Ireland,'Cincinnati, Ohio; J. Pc
j ter & Co., Louisville, Ky. >icc-14*Hi
Til K
Saint Eoui8 Mutual
LIFE 15ESUMNCI
Company,
—
1 AS8CTS, W rob or 1st, l.SfcV, OVKI
$2,250,000.
Oilluei'M:
». A. .IANL'AKY, - - I’resiilont,
.1 \VIES II. I.LCA8, - Vice-I’rcsidnit
1 WM. T. SKLDY, - - Secrolufy-.
To lh<* BhhIhms Men of (li
south and West.
S a Western institution, destined to hoi
ii p^Tti among the in lit* ^untry
| we solicit Hie pat roll Age of t ho great West an
South; and believing our interest identical
: ami possessing advantages equal, if not supe
j rinr, to any like institutions, wo request you
| iutitteirco and support, w ith every eontidenc
that yourWj* Anticipations 4rill have full re
ali/anoti in the management and future of th
company.
,J. It. MeMaiios, Newton S. Ofts
Mcsmias & Otis,
fiENEllAL AGENTS,
Vo. 41 Madison Street, DeSotO tllork
MEM 1’IttS, TENN.
.1. 1*. MELEAKD,
srea.ii. .ieexr.
decl 4-6n
mVK Ot' 4I5H4\SAS, >
COUNTY OF HIAIHIK. j
In the Circuit Court of said county, on tin
Chancery side thereof, before the Clerk ii
vacation, 10th day of October, A. 1) 18b7
Thomas .1. Allison, Atlmr. esta«e J
Thomas Allien*, deC’d, j
complainant, j Bill,
vs.
John Holt, defendant, J
This day appeared the complainant, his so
licitors, ami tiles his bill of complaint herein,
prayiug a decree to subject certain lands de
scribed therein to sale, for the paymetit of the
purchase money due thereon, under a con
tract of sale made by said couipluiuaut tc
said defendant, oil the 6th day of October,
1860; and said complainant having tiled with
said bill his uthdavit, setting forth that the
defendant, John Holt, is a non-resident ol
this State. It is therefore ordered that he
he notified of the pendency of itiia suit
against him by publication of a copy of this
order tu some newspaper printed ot this
State, for the uumher of times ami within the
time prescribed by the statute, and that un
less he shall appear in said court within the
first lour days of the next term thereof, to Sr
begun nml hidden at the courthouse t f said
county, in the town of Brownsville, on the
third Monday iu February, A. l>. I8t»8. ami
then, there hie except ion a, plead, answer ot
demur to said bill, the same will bo taken as
confessed against him and au interlocutory
decree cutercd accordingly.
MM. QUO DRUM, Clerk,
A truu copy f cm the record.
Attest. ‘ V M. QOODMJM, CltrV.
--
Itrgulur Nrmphl* iind WliM*1
lllirr l*arkrt,
Roho Ilamhleton,
1 M. I>. NEWELL_ Muster. I
Jl. UriUT*bu Clerk.
nrr- * This fine parvngrr packet has
MgiCLm ' entered Sir ab^vre trade mid will
run regularly throflfpinul the season.
]NTotioi3
I S HEREBY GIVEN. To all ferson* whom
it may concern, that at the next term of
i the ProbateConrt for the county of Prairie,
i ’ |0 he hoT*Wb at Brownsville, doni men ring on
, ! ihe second Monday in Junuiry, 18»>8. I will;
. ! apply for an or«ler to sell all the ><*al eMn'o
i belonging to ihc estate of A. (j. Alexander,
to par debts.
* ’ SAMUEL H. BROWN, Adnir.
‘ Hcs Arc, Nov. 7th, 18t’»7 -1
I j_____
; 'Farm ttesideiieu For Sale.
A o(i6(1 Vtslhdnvf, Jrtiiifhjr tic’ cor
porate line of the city of hies Are, con
[ tninino
SIX ACRES‘OF «00D l,IXD.
. 1 l-’or ptifiticulnrs apply tit this Office,
i | Dec. 7th, 1SC7.
r“ NOTICE
’ IS HEREBY GIVEN. That I will as admin
I istralor **dc bonis con” of the estate of
1 Will. M. Bngby, deceased, apply at the next
* regular term of life Probate ( ourt, Within
t and for thesjowttfy'dfd*»Wi'ric'for ah order to
• sell the following real estate belonging to
- said estate for the payment of debts, to-wit:
Lots No. ft, I and 8, in Block No. fit. in the
town of Des Vie. In said emiutv of HWlrie.
SAM I. H. PWNTKK. Adnir.
Dc bonis’lion of tile e. thte VVm. ’Si. Ifttgby.
Ufc'CWisi'il. Bee. "tit 1887.
, PICT U K E HI
, AT
L, I,AR«^
i FINE ART GALLERY,
SITPATED ON ELENA VISTA sftlKEt,
tlr$ mvc, Avhausa*,
i
Whore I’icftfrCs of all kind* are made, from
i email miirlHture to lib* si/e Photographs, and
eolifrvH Vviiii India Ink, Oil, or Water t*oloi>.
* A'?! Woi'k warranted perfect and durable,
i The subscriber‘herein hn.* “pared no pain*.
or expense iu making This ciA LLEd’Y tarsur
■ pa** any in this Territory, and having had
an experience of many .yettrs fft tlre buMitie*
x of l’rcttire With tin* aiil of a perfect
. .*» t of Apparatus, feel confident that lie can
^ llt'iy CUUipLl 11 lull MI I IU«,l<0 MI X’l l.
I PnitEff RliOllfiO.
Hiving reduced my prices, it places Picture*
within the reach of every man woman and
child.
Just fifty cents is* fill the expanse.
Of a Picture made of your liter.
And for double that sum, it you quickly come.
Will be made and pul in a Case.
•
Don’t delay this opportunity, for you may
never have so good a chance again. It take.
but a lit tie time and expense to get a
I* E it >F K (’ T PICT V K E
Of yourself or friend*, and you never will re
’ gret ’ft. Iteincinbcr "lit* fdfl must die, and
thr Voting may die.” So
••Secure t be shadow.
’Ere the substance lade,
Let art copy that
Which ’nature made.”
. Photographs ■***' dV* t Uiiybm tt. an l view*
■of the town for *ale tit the Gallery.
1 shall keep constantly . om baud a large
stock of Aim ms. FnvSir*. bnd Casts. and
all articles tt*«a!ly kept, it a tffcst-class Gal
lery.
* 1 will also furnish CoitfrfiV Artists with
Vmbrotype fttlA Photographic'(‘foods. Appi
ratits. *ChcHricn'ts, ‘ffb.. fcr Memphis prices.
Pictures taken in all kinds of weather.
Old Pictures copied and made new and life
lik. Please give me a cull.
L. L. 1’llOSS. Proprietor.
■* Des Are, Ark., Nov. HU. 18S7.
Wanted.—l»y the of 1>oeeifibcr.
a partner with from SHtVJ to s.r.)0 rapi
. tal, to embark in a light :Uui profitable
; business. A young fr.fiil pfTftrrtvd.
For further information, adHVevs or
apply to F.. L. Cross, Fliotographee, IK*
Are, Arkansas. I* <> l»o\ 3,
Nov. v2$, I8f>7.
I V A DIES H ATS CAN HE BOUGHT AT
l 1J W’holesabt prices frmn
HILSO\ t < 00*4,
are selling a nice line of
! LADIES DllESS GOODS AT GOST.
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1 .UMlblSTIUTOUS
SALE OF LAND.
! Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance
1 of an order of the Court of Probate of Prairie
! county, 1 will, as administrator of the estate
of J. lb Hudson, deceased, proceed on the
*iMfit ilay of Dnt iiibrr, WliT,
1 ta offer for t«ale in the town of Pcs Are, the
j followiug tract of land belonging to »atd es
tate, to-wit: The South West quarter of sec
tion (26) twenty-six, In T 4 N, in W, eon
j tainhig <>ne hundred and sixty acres. Terms
of sale—one halt cash, baia.ice ou credit of
| twelve months. Note and good security rc
I quirvd and bond given for title.
| November 19th. 1£67.
16AM.’ W. SANPLKL1N, Adwr.
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OXT E3 XAT GOODS!
A very large and well selected STOCK OF
NEW ANTE) DESIRABLE
1
ac.sT KEci'n r.n at
V, #1110 & BID’S.
It
COTSISTI\li l\ I* VUT or
Lja^Li^s Groods;
Surti as tlpara*. VlpaVa ItitliTs. [!!:!< !( tljcxa 13c: !sro*. I.omtun
Mohairs, .11 oil air l.a.lrcs, Cohur?:*, Sixi.iy Istl.’ia Xii-ip, •*,
IliCii Paris C'rrpt* Ksitrenle, I rctich tit* iliiul 1\. I'lvueii Me
rino, Saxony l*.ai«l, St utt fi Plaid. Monsscle.ne UW.iiacsi
a very larjfD varlely of i.atlles' C loaks a:i.t Mian! ,
Opera flannels. VI fiileitm! Ited Flannels, I.iusey •«,
a turtle anti very tint* assortisient of H:vi;ke3«,
lliaek .silk, Oiii^liaius, a liae a ourin. ml t>(
Wliile Caootls, all of tviiieii it HI :».•• soJrl
•• • j^mmm fN »l »\ •* ^
v p^*aV Cb i A'caj V *m/«J ai:« ' J V/u so* .w — •» *- » • v> IvV
A I.SO-»,\ tine assortment of Prints. Ble irio d and Brown I'.::" -. I' i i i ■
t'lotli. I'owelinsj, Balmorals, Cnruilnre faith. Ye,vet*. Cotton Strip . Mir
saile* t >nilt*. Hoop Skirts, a tine assortment of \*\>c'-k Coverlet*; .ml. • -p
law Stock of Tweed* ( . *?ncl -\ C'mit.i ('.nth, Ker-*y, Am,a ..‘a
Twill, and a line assortment of Gas-iineiv. Bru.ide'oth. I'oeskin.
Saddles and Bridles. Shoe* and Boot*. Shot (inn-, idle- and I'i-1... Cat
lerv. Pocket Knives, Biiteher's Knive*. Cnrviujr Knives. T i'. . Knives and
Corks, Tea and Tallin Spoons. Spectacles, and Shavinjf app iratiis; a the
assortment of I'mlirellas and Meerschaum Pipe*; a hira'e ' iriety ot Woole.i
Opera Hood*, Shawl* and Breakfast Capes, Knit Coatr- torMi - ami Children
Cadies' Ilats.
GENTS EURN18HLXG G()0!)S,
’Consisting of Over- ami Ciideisliirts, l.im-n B(V-oin Shirt-. Il.it-. Caps. and
ver\ flue anil w ell -elected Stock of Clothing. Call .m l -cc, we wi',1 s.-',',
rent bargains in Clothing.
\< >Tt()\S.
Our stoA of Notiorts is large, aUtl consists of a variety of dress, pants cent, v.-t
and shirt buttons, T«'pdol cotton, flax and silt; thread, floss, serpentine briul. -tar bras:,
silk crochet braid, worsted braid, edgings, inserting, laces, u ■ e ruffling ■•!' ail sixes,
dross, card, tassel and blight trimming of all colors, silk ribbon trimming an 1 a . one
assortment of belt and bonnet ribbon; french flowers; a tine assortment "1 ii >. ; liurit
and cotton tapes, skirt braid: Ladies’ and Gents' pocket books an 1 companions: pin
tograph albums, and a large assortment of conihs of all descriptions; toilet soap and
perfumery; trench and jews harps, spinning tops, marbles, . hina and wax doll-,
picket mirrors, work and shaving boxes; a large assortment of Ladies collars and
cuffs, silk, lisle thread, kid and cotton gloves; a large assortment of ho.-ieiy, suspen
ders, embroidered, linen and silk handkerchiefs, cravats, totting, ci ichet and sowing
needles; fancy Shetland shawls, fancy walking basipies; melton cloth and dusters.
chesterSeld's Ladies hats and trimmings; white embroidery, slcirtiug. irish linen,
shirt bosoms, fancy silk bonnets; stationery, aCoordoons, violins; the roman, cornum
and italiun violin and guitar strings; brushes of all descriptions; mu.-puto net.-;
trunks; saddles and bridles and saddle wallets
Having purchased our Goods in the best markets, and when they wore at t' eir
lowest prices, we Cart and will sell as cheap as anv hou-e in this part of the eourtfry.
Give us a call and see us, and examiue Goods and prices.
F. GATES \ I 5 I : O.
Pes Arc, Arkansas, .Tflne 1, ISO”.—
Western & Virginia Tobacco Agency
M.lYKlt, MAiaiK IlTZ & CO.,
/
IMPORTER* nod Wholesale Dealer* in Su
gars, Tobacco. Pipes, ant* the largest
stuck ot Smoker*'article* In the South. COR
NER SECOND AND .IRKFKKRON STREETS.
Jefferson lUoek, Memphis, Tenti. Orders
promptly filled. octlb-ly
Regular New Orleans and White
River Packet,
ezha
II. IttiASbKI. Master.
I'AIT. Porter .... Clerk.
.IT'S, * This sti-imrr bring iu genii fr|i.Aii
»ml Wi ll funiisbvu Will run regu
larly t bruaghtatt Ihr sensnti.
THOMAS, U1LL £ CO., \grtits.
Regular Now Orleans and Wnite
River Pac’-et.
•i. i>. PEiinv.
M. IS AT KM AN M ,ster.
I'AIT. lilMBS K'lelk.
lT-~ t *, Tins steamer Ims been put in gnod
Hrifiran repair end null furuisbed ft* the
UKUHiiioditMit ut passenger*. Sbe wJU mu
regularly thmugbuul the -t i.on.
rUl*MA$, GILL £ CO., Agent*.
J. S. SHA W Sc CO,
Wholesale anil lketa.il Dealer.* in
fiitrbtoare, Iron, $ted,
s v <2>
XA1LS, T1X PI. A TL\ GPS USX
AVERY FLOWS,
Builders’ A Wagon Makers’ Stock,
a -V; •
No. P'A Second Street,
Memphis, Tenn.
Wr. are agent* for the l icking Rolling
j Mills, Ky., anu are prepared to oHer large
inducements to cash buyer*. Particular >fct*
| tent tun paid lo vrdcra. J. SJJAW & v U*
Oct 1 ‘.Hi