TEKMS.]
VOL. XXII
1 ’ 'MOT 1€ E .
Bl Y re ,olution and order of the
Roard of Directors of the Mis-
..inpi.Ouachitaaml Red River
jS?sa<l Company. 27th,
isfil I ira authorized to sell any lands situ
" lin the Chainpagnolle S’-fttnp Land Dis-
I Mold or granted to said Compare by an
* t «f the General Assembly of the State of
I TrkanSM, approved 16th d .ynf January, 1861.)
)L Lid lands to be sold at a price not less than
per acre, and to receive'n payment
I *k° .fl- Eon Is or money o' the Confederate
58 b, 7? of America, and War Bonds or. Treasury
5, warrant* of the State of Arkansas, and to exe-
J Le deeds to purchasers. All nevsons having |
tr IL emotion claims upon any of the sou. lands ,
* i hereby notified tiiat if said clri.ns a e not
* deemed within uinet ,y dl > s froro thi ' uate ’ !
i, their rights under their pre-emption will be
X forever ban THO? ELLIOTT.
. | Pres. M.,0. & R. R.E. Co.
It Omden.**- 28,1861, 47 ~ tf
A CARD.
MF MATIN® tl, is day reconveyed to Mr. M.
L H ihsEBERG the Store House, Warehouses
• I end T<” n Lots o j which the samq are situated
t(. I in Washington, together wiih the Stock of
>t, Merchandise remaining on hand, recently pur
t> chased of him, and al o assigned to iiiij my
op Boek, of accounts for Merchandise sold, and
I all Notes, Bills and evidences of debt growing
a qu; of said business from the date of purchase
4 to this day he is therefore hereby fully rein-
Idi rested with all the right, ti.le, claim or interest
ill which I may have derived from him in and to
1 said Storehouse, Warehouses and Town Lets
t„ rod Merchandise on hand, and he alone is
i itttiiorized to collec. and settle all debts created
. in .iv name nt the me.’cautile establishment
ruadocted for me by said Wiseborg
’ JOEL D. CONWAY,
fit k Washington. Ark.. Dec 24. 1361. 50 tt
"il” l4 ' ”* ITH hesbt p. joaxeos.
’*■ Fite Orlrant- WcrUaptaß, Arkt.
biM —
jj SMITH &
JETTON FACTORS
A COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
- I N«.B€«ROXDELET St.,
■ Between Canal and Common Streets,
’> AT IF ORLEANS.
Jc7l, KOUNS & BROS.,
h| COMMISSION. RECEIVING
■ Forwarding Merchants,
NO. 2 FROST STREET.
I Opposite 'he ConcL birttt terry,
jl FEW OR LEAFS
■ PARTICULAR attention given to filling and
r 1 shipping orders for Western Produce n~—
■ Cue Levee.
y® AGENTS—Upper Red River Packets, Era
<1 Ns. I and Eia No. 2.
fl hoi 24-tv
"B — —--
ix & )OHAS»
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AND AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF
Tlrgiuia ’Manufactured Tobacco
97 Gravier Street,
New Orleans.
BLOCK S. JOt'iS have on hand and
1) are constantly receiving a large and com
flete assortment of
Virginia Manufactured Tobacco,
Df all irrides and qualities, which they offer
totkeir friends and purchasers on as favorable
' terms as can be purchased in t'.ie city. Orders
•elicited, which will be executed with prompt ■
Fall New Orleans, Det 1. 18-59 [49-tf
thp| *" “ ~ ~ I
" M 'ON. Tnos C. BEIXUOS.
* A. H. MAY & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
M No. 94 GRAVIER STREET.
6 NEW ORLEANS.
— May 9, 1860. IB JI
PINCKARD, STEELE & Co.,
_ Grtvier Jf TehoupitoulatStreetf,
NEW ORLEANS,
le JI IMPOR RTE R S
h'WJ — O F —
COGMAC BRANDIES,
L i WIN S. ES'GI AR S, & c
Wboleialt Scaler* lit
VI VIRGINIA TOBACCO,
FINE GRO C E KI ES,
5t I
j —AND —
Ml PLANTATION SUPPLIES.
JM H. PTHCKABD. '
-Ik t-ABOBXt 3TXKLK. >
,b!, *s» pinck.ißO. J Feb. 15, i860.—6:y
A® 7not BLOCKADED ;
yT PICTURE GALLERY is again opened, ,
Llt n an 4 3 e ° #<l selectioll of CASES on hand. <
- .jjlj '' Me ’bo desire Types, either of themselves
I ,r Jf-ends, would do well to make an early ap-
4. Mwtioa, as ray present stock of material will
0 be consumed, and n» more to be had ex
-2E **.M &i exorbitant prices.
w A. L. WARNER.
| Jan. 22.1862. ,
|S| « NOTICE,
* Oc khuldert of L. A. AT.
Navigation Company:
nisi | AL tu . # '’“'•'citation of ntimerous stockholders.
iris ' Wlll defer the commencement of the work
Hat „L 80 “* <uUr ® The cnll will not be re
ais tC be ** t!l * iuentioned. Onr
h«i, >■; j S now “ BT aded. Every man will be re
p Hired Übe 4t hi 9 p OS t.
w , C. M. HERVY, President.
March 12 th, 1862. 9-
W M.WTTWS:«>e
COR?, FODDER ASD OATS,
1 P ANY QUANTITIES. I will pay CASH
'®r the above at reasonable nrices.
I have at present no means oi transportation,
. the Forage and Provisions must be deliv-
sot ’"rd at Washington, perwons being in all cases
>ot Pv.d f or t he use of their loams.
!«“ GEORGE TAYLOR. Captain
and A. Q. M., C. 8. A.
Washington. Ark., July 2d. 1862. 25-ts
I
Artillerist*, Attention!
fA LL absent members of Capt. C. B. Etter’s
, Artillery Company are ordered tn report.
Little R >ck immediately. Those who do
* lo ’ crnnnly w ;, h this order without delay wiil
. e published ns deserters. No excuses will
• - i received excent that of sickness, nnd acer-
e«7 j jate «f « surgeon in good standing will then
"■ >*<piired.
5. ip«2.
COP
Washington telegraph
WASHINGTON EXCHANGE
COMPANY. i
DURING the temporary absence of the Cash
ier of the “Washington Exchange Com- .
pany,’’ and the “Exchange Company at Wash
ington,’ their issues of small notes will be (
redeemed at the office of Messrs. B. L. Brittin, ,
Miller & Co., when presented according to the
tenor of the same.
H. CARDES. C-shier.
A. B. WILLIAMS, Pret't. ,
Washington, Ark.. Oct. 1. 1862. 39-ts. (
B. F. HEMPSTEtD. A. B. WILLIAMS. '
HEMPSTEAD & WILLIAMS,
’ i
ATTORNEYS AT UAW,
WASHINGTON, ARKANSAS.
August 7th, 1862. n3O-ly i
WANTED.
Jeans,
Linsey*.
White DomeMttcfl,
Cottonade*.
Yarn Sacks,
For Clothing for rhe Soldiers I will pay
libel al prices for the above named articles, in
any quantities, delivered rt Washington.
GEO. TAYLOR,
Capt. & A. Q. M. C. 8 A.
Oct. 1,1862. 38-
THE STATE OF ARKANSAS,!
County of Hempstead. )
In the Hcmptftad Court of Probate,
October Tern., October 13M, 1862.
Henry J. Powell in bis own right 1
and as Administrator of Ja
cob Powell, deceased, Caleb
Powell. Benjamin Powell, Wi
ley Jones. Martha Jones, David
Jones. Rebecca Jones, Jared
CUamley, Elizabeth Cbamley.
■ Jesse Langston, Martha Lang
ston. John R. Daugherty. Eliz i
sbeth A. Daugherty. Edmund J. j
1 Strange, aud Henry J. Strange, |
Petitioner*. i Petition for
m. ) Diatribu-
John P. Strange. Morris Strange. tion.
' Henry King. Latha King, Dal
las Willi*, Benjamin F Jone*.
Thoma.- Hayles. Melissa E
Harles. John Clark, Sarah
E Clark, Janies H. P iwell.and
Wesley Powell— Defendontt. J
HUHS DAY came ths said Petitioners by
■ tbeir attorney, and filed their petition in
this cattle, the object of which is to obtain a
disti ihution of the negroes and other personal
property belonging to the Estate of Jacob
; deceased, and ; f -ppenring from snid
petition, which is properly verified by affida
vit. that all of said defendants except Dallas
G illie, are non-residents of the State of Ai
kenses, and that the said Dallas Willis is
' now in the scivice of the Confederate Stat»s
■ beyond the jnrisdiciio-.i o* tin J court:
it is therefore orde.ei’ that all of said de
‘ I fendants be notified of Hie object and penden-
I cy of this application, by public tion of this
larder; aad «bet unless they /.i.: awd op
I near before the Probate C an of liem ; ,-te»d
’.•V ir uctuu 41V. * • wmr.av. x, - - -- ,
C»an»v. Arkan***. on or bvf.ire the fourtl
lay nt •' -V l ' T‘. d*r t - -her <to h-
held at the Court-house ■ U I County. on
the second Monday in Jamvr, A. D. 1863
and ph-ad. answer or demur «aid petition,
the same will be taken as tifessed, and a
decree made accordingly, ni it is further
ordered, that this order be Ji’ished in the
Washington Talearaph. a fc»>aper publish
ed in said county, at leas.' siwceks in suc
cession be.ore the next term (this Court.
Copy from iltc Record.
Tests: S. T. S.UERB,CIerk.
[4l 6w]
ARMT SVFFAES.
Office Cnir.7 Commissary Tua Mias Dist.,
Little Rock, Ari., J» Ist, 1862.
SEALED PR'IPROSaLS will? eceived at
this office for the delivery cf-5,000 bush
els of DRIED PEACHES, and .000 bushels
of DRIED APPLES, for tbfcse of the
arm • in this district. The proml* mud be
filed in this office on or be.oree I.sth day
of August next, and the fruit vexed well
packed in b t rels, boxes or sachm or before
the 15th d>y of October next. Io proposal
for the delivery of a less quant then 1,000
bushels will be received. The yes o." dtby
erv will be Little Rock, Dardane. F frmitb.
Arkadelphia and Washington, (he propo
sals must specify distinctly the p» per bush
el and the place of delivery, d must be
signed by the party making tharnie. The
proposals must be directed to tlChief Com
missary of this department, antnust be en
dorsed, “Proposals for reliving Dried
Peaches,” “Proposals for deliriog Dried
and security will be rcqtod sot the
fulfillment of the contract
JOHN C. PAIEP.,
Major and Chief C«niisßR p y-
July 0,136« i.
ALCHYSt T. IH’.ONY,
attorney at uw
— AND —
—a n v
STATE LAND ArENT,
WASHINGTON, ARKAIAS,
Respectfully offers his slices to Me
numerovs friends ard the pule genera y.
in the investigation and P? rs ? un . 1
to swamp and lau< , l ;’ , ". lhcoU .' t ‘° .uj
monty, and especial) / all claimagainst the
Confederate States or the State < Arkansas
July Bth. 1862. n 26 ly .
NOTICE.
THE undersigned offers bi* « WlC * B tb *
public in obtaining Deeds frfi
of Arkansas for Lands sold byte ™
Government prior io 6th May. Iff, »»d no
patented up to that time. . Also, leed* for
Swamp Land entries made either wi Scrip or
Money ‘ TROS. H- IMMS
N. j}. Always found at the Regist’sOffice.
Washington, Jan’ 4, 1362. 6’2-tf
WT. H. WILLIAMS AGO.,
COTTON FACTORS
—AND—
SSmnSSNN MERCHAHS.
Hew Orleans.
Will receive aud sell Coton lonated
the Southern Confederacy, »nd procure
i Is for same.
Aug. 14, 1861. : 11-6 m
- 1
SEWING IVIACHNES.
WANTED, immediately, Tet or Fifteen
SEWING MACHINES, in »od working
order, either of Singer’s, Grove* Baker’s or
Bartholfs manufacture, for whic a fair price
will be paid in cash. Apply to ______
W. it ETTER.
J on Oct 29, 1862. *’-3
| lict l CatUc at Auction.
ON Tuesday, 18th November, ret.) I will
sell at public sale, to the hi|est bidder,
for cash in hand, at the Resided of R K
Garland, in Prair’e d’Ann, s-<» Sixty nr
Seventy k “*d nf Be«f Cattle theuroperty of
. vti) joy-ft.” * n ,
■■■MM
OUR RlGHTS—lntelligence and Virtue will Preserve them
WASHINGTON, ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1862.
AKK liVSAS lIVSTITVTE
FOR
EDUCATION OF THE BLIND-
THE ANNUAL SESSION of tbi-School will
commence nt Afkndelpeia. on he Int Mon
day in September. The terms for tuition,
board, washing, Ac., wheie there is ebiliiv to
pay, ere one hundred and sixty doll. r«, pct
session of ten months; but indgent blind per
sons between the ages of six and twenty-six,
resident in Arkansas will be receiv.-d. board
ed and in«trncte<L at the expen e of the State,
upon meventing a ceitificnie rom the pre
siding judge of the county in which they live,
stating that they nre unable to pay fnr bon-d
and tuition in the Institute. Ap’dicrtion for
admission, should be made to the Superinten
dent. Otm Pattbjl, Ai kadelpliia. and should
state the name, age. mental capacity and pe
cuniary circumstances of the person for whom
application is made, togetlie with the name
and postoffice of the parent or guardian. No
person having any offensive or infectious dis
ease, oriddicted o immotrl hnbits. will, know
ingly, be admitted into the schoo’. The pupils
will live in the house w : -tb the Supelintendant.
and foim pnrt of bis family.
The course of study is siini’nr to that pur
sued in academies for the seeing, embracing
Orthography. Reading. Writing Arithmetic,
Geography, Grammat, History. Philosophy,
Natural History, Algebrn. Geometry, Langun.
ges. Vocal end instrumental Music, together
with several branches ot Handicraft. It is the
object of the Institution, not only to educate
tee blind intellectually and morally, but to fit
them for self-support, mainly as Teachers and
Mechanics. The pupil’ epen 1 a portion of
each afteruoouin the workshops where the boys
learn to make mottresse” and corn tWobms. and
the girls to knit nnd sew. The school nnd
workshops are open to vi’itors at ril times, ex
cepting on the Sabbath, end al! who f< el
an interest, o.re cordially invited to call and
witne-s tbeexer cises.
Arkadelphia. Aug. 12th. 1862.
Tniftee«:
j. b McDaniel. h flanagan.
n. E. STUART, J L WITHERSPOON
T. A. HEARD. W. A TRIGG,
T. E. GARRETT. I W. SMITH.
$26 REWARD.
LOST or STOLEN, in town -r st camp,
large LEATHER POCKET BOOK, con
taining something near s3<)o in Confederate
I Money, and a memorandum of rations allowed
under <he regulations of the Confederate Ar
ray Some $l5O or $175 of the mm ey was in
ten dffOar bil.'s. new issue.
2'lie finder wi'l p'ease ife’fver to Col. John
R. who is authorized to pay (Le above
reward.
Z. B. GARRISON,
A. Q M. of Maj. Estes’ Reg.
Texas Detachments.
Camp Carrizra. near Wasington, Atk.,
Sept. 12tb, 1862.
$23 ULWARI>.
LOST ill or near Wr sbington. on the O h inS».,
a BOWIE KNIFE, with silver handle wd
scabbard. Ou the ban> le is engraved “P.«m
IE 8. C R'’ evt’ou tn W. A. Pitt’.” Twenly
. t J.u —lll > -1 C.» ti- 1-14.-r- th’*
I, I fire dollars will be aid so. its
Washington, Sept 17, 1862-
A. G. BROWN’S
SELECT SCHOOL:
Ti'.E next session will BEGIN
ON TIIE FIRST MONDAY IN .-EPTEMBER '
Washington, July 16, 1862. 27:tf
Livery Stable.
THE under- a JJy
/" signed, having jAj t *.-<Y *•
f purchased the fV
*■—*■ - t'lge aud com wA/jo-Vz
modious Stshfe-fately owned by Mr. Alien T.
Beller, has this day opened a
LIVERY STABLE;
which they will keep lIorNCN, RngRICU
and Harks for hire, and will ';eep horse*
: y the day, week or mouth. No pains will ba
-pared in taking care of lio.ses. end in render
ing every accou modation in our power.
The following will be the . ate of or r charges,
] without, vai iation. and always for the money:
Keeping horse by the month, sls DO
“ ‘ all night, 76
Single feed 4ft
' 3 .ddle h irse per d'y 150
W. S. i J. 6. BURT.
; Novmber 7, 1860. <-tf
I
1 lOCKY COMFORT
NWVrt’m*
rpniSNSTITUTI(»N WILL BE REOPENED
1 (D*roZrnte,) on the Second Monday in
ScptenMfr* next, or a studon of twenty weoke.
under tb-, U peivi ion o r n E . v MAPLE
TON, by a corps of teachers, who
have l»y hg experie ice proved their ability
to dischat. every incumbent on them
in their Tpectire departments.
Said Li» u tj on f or t ] lP rece pticn of pupils
of both sa^ t al nj su C h teachers are enanged
that every -partment of a Classical, Mathe
matical nndit er ary education will be p ompt
ly attended . j n ladies* department, F rench
will be tauft fey th e Principal, and Music,
Drawing, Pttj n g & c by au experienced
ten.-her. o r
F* furthi particulars, terms, Ao., see
circulars, or ply to the Principal.
„ . Du V. STAPLETON.
Rocky ComA, Ark.. Aug. 15, 1862. (32-10
~ w. \ VANN,
(FORMERLY' V s t. LOUIS, MISSOURI.)
1 WASHIWOTOM . ARKANSAS
f July 9, 18 62. 26:1y
WHEN I left campsk r Tu p ,j Ot Mias., in
July last, as a 4 er to the State of
Arkansas. I was entru’ by jj r . Coady. of
Washington, who is a solj n the Confederate
army, with SIOO .n Cotirate money, to be
given to bis wife. Whiling j n Washington
I gave Mrs. Coady tbe^m\ Hll( j took her re
ceipt for the same. lni W.e back to the
army, Mr. Coady informed t | )nt he had re-
Ct ived a letter fro n his Vuforming him
that 1 had paid her the $»,„ , in the last
few days I understand than, the current
' gossip of Washington and v\t that 1 used
I the money and did not p»>,ver to Mrs.
, Coaly. Any person or p<J,- w ho would
I batch up such a falsehood A' nje while
absent in the army, would be M|
WHOLEIULE AMD KETAIb
DRUG AND CHEMICAL
■» UE3
One Door $ eat of M. Wiaeberg'a,
WASHINGTON ARKANSAS.
n AT this establishment vnhave on
the largest ami most MmpletasW
<Ji Stock to be found at thia time in the HL
Southwest, of the following artielen:
Drugs, Mediciuw Chemicals, Paints, (both
in nil and water.) Litharge, White Zina,
Red and Black Led, Window Glass.
Putty, Ro«in, Lamp Black, Venetian
Red Spanish Brown, Red or Brazil
Wood. British Lnstre or t to»«
Polish, Black Baud, Spanish
Whiting, Plaster of Paris
Shaving, Blacking, Mat,
Coat, Hair, Camb. Paint
a Whitewash Brnehaa.
Flavoring Eitracts, Bpiee, Cloves, Mace,
Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Arrow Root, 6a<w,
Tapioca, Pear Barley, Iceland Moss,
Gelatin or Isinglass, Purgative. Tonw •
and Agne Piils,-Sarsa>arilla, Mrs.
S. A. Alien’s Hair Restorer,
School Books, Ao
ARAO.
We will pay in catb 75 cents per doten fi»r
quart bottles, 50 cents per dwaws for pint bot
ties, nnd 25 cents .per dozen provided
they are perfectly elean.
MOORS ft CMIJH.
- Nov. 12, IM2. 44
WAftTEn.
1 OOOI> BKEF H’O* B . free from tails
’ fJVUVJ and rare, not worm eaten or dsm
-1 aged in curing, for which we will par 15 cent*
I per pound in CASH, orSHOEBami LEATHER
if preferred, on delivery at our Tanyprd n»ar
Washington, and 7j cents for Green Hides
pr perly trimmed and not out in ekinnirg; 80
, cents per pound for good, dry Deer skin*.
Alm» WmmteW,
Eight likely young NEGRO MEN. for whieh
we will pay full prices in cash, on early im
plication.
TRIMBLE ft WTNN.
Washington, Nev. 5, 1862. 48 4
e—
— THOIUS 1., WEMDEi l.
WATCH MAKER,
; WASHINGTON HOUSE,
IFIWHNGTON, ARKANSAS.
Oct. 22 1862, 41 -ts
AtiTHONY HOUSE, ’
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.,
J. L. PALNICn, Prwprlwfor
. Oct. 29, 1862. 42 ts
1
" n»r,r, r, -• |
Tpas*.Mh«js»u . K .
-. ■ » w • » ,
Salt will herraf'e* be *oM ■ «,-< from f
the government work*, in charge of Maj C. P. '
King. C. S., at the price of cne duller and fifty ■
cents per bu'-be’, of ’d) pounds. Per*«»n* p..r- 1
ing f.r »’ie >nme in subsistence store*. wii’J
have the prefersnee.
The following tariff of prices is adopted for j
. the government of officers and ’gents of this
, <lc partwent, and will govern in the sale of sal‘. .
for subsietance: •
Com, prr bushel, ft M >
Corn Meal. •» •• |25 ,
Pork. “ tb nett, 10 .
Bacon. •• •« 25!
Wheat, “ bushel, 1 50
Bye, «... •» ; Oo
Flour, “ Jb g”
Lard. •< 9fi
Dried Peeehea, •• bushel, 200
“ Apple*. “ •• l 50
Sweet I’eSntoe**, “ •• J 00
Peas, •• «• i so
Petsons 6e«iring t. exel.ange any of the
above articles for salt, can deliver the i*amr at
Little Rock or Arkade'phia, and obtain certifi
cates which wiM entitle them to salt.
By order of Maj. Gen Holms.,.
JOHN C. PALMER, Maj.
40-4 w and Chief Commissary.
Stockholder’s Meeting,
nam
1 HE annual meeting of the Stockholders of
the Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River
Railrond Company will be held at their offise
In the city of Camden, on Wednesday the 19th
day of November nex., r i which time Direc
tors. under the charter of (aid company,will be
elected for the ensuing year. St.K(holders
in arrears upon their eubscribed stock will
not be allowed to vote,
JAS T. ELLIOTT.
Pres. LI., O and R. R. R. Co.
Oct. 15, 1862. 40-5 w
Spun Thread for Wool-
ONE Bale Spun Thread will be given in ex
change for every ten pound* W’nsbod Wool
delivered to me at WaAington. The balance
ill be paid in cash.
GEO. TAYLOR,
Capt. & A. Q. M. U. 8. A.
Washington, Nov. 12, 1862. 44-ts
MOTICE.— Mesar*. W. L. Britt A Isaac
Lawrence are my authorised agents for the
transaction of business. Persons indebted to
me, or having open account*, will pleaae make
settlements with them.
J. S. BRITT.
Washington, Oct. 6,1362. 40-ts
Ofticb Caixp CoMMiseauv, 1
Tkaxs-Mis*. DeraßTwexr. L
LittU Jtock, Oet. )
It having been found that th* prie* put upon
the article of Salt, by the tariff of the lat test.,
is insufficient to remunerate th* person* en
gaged in it* manufacture; and that th* ex
penses incident thereto will be largely in
creased during the rainy season: the Major 1
General Commanding has thought propar to
raise the price to TVeo Dollarc aid Fifty Ccklc
per bushel. Any violations of this order will
be strictly visited. |
By command of Maj. Gen. Holmes.
JOHN C PALMER, Maj.
•nd Chief Commissarv.
42-4 ' i
* ■ —> 1
THE WASHINGTON
mu ERE SCHOOLS WILL BE OPENED ON 1
I the lnt Monday of September. 1
H" A JONES, Esq., Principal of the Male, 1
and Mrs. MARY J. FIELD in charge of the
Female Academy. Rates of tuition as here
tofore.
W. D. GREEN. 1
Sec’y Board Trustees.
Jnly 28tb, 1862. 2»-tf
Wanted to Hire.
A NEGRO BOY. to a«rve aa Cook in the
Inaugural Address.
»f the Senate
and llouat of Rtpramlilitn :
Permit me to ackt.wwledge to the people of ’
Arkansas, my obligations tor the honor con
ferred by an election to the Chief Magistracy
of the State—a position at all times honorable
and distinguished, but rendered still more so,
hy the importance of the trust, in the midst 1
es the fearful struggle in which we are now
ftpgaged.
Most sincerely do I doubt my abilities to
perform the duties in such a manner as will '
meet my own full approval in after times. I 1
4Tn snly promine a faith CM performance of th n
duties of uty office with such ability as 1 pns
cess.
After tbinftate severed her connection with
the union, I determined that my undi
vided exertienx should be devoted in order to
•ceure onr national independence; and that no
private iy«*»st or advantage should interfere
with my purpoar in this respect. As the Ex
ecutive of this State, white I will use every
exerttbn to protect the State and her citixens,
I am fully persuaded that J shall best do so by
promoting the great cause of Southern inde
pendence.
Many of ns, at the election of President
Lincoln, were of the opinion that the South
could not expect her constitutional rights un
der ns administration which had been elevated
solely for the reasons that it was composed of
the avowed enemies of our institutions. Ob
servation. since that time, has proven our fears
welkfounded. There are few rights, secure*]
by the constitution of the United States, which
have uot )<eeu violated. That instrument se
cures the right of free speech. Tboa-ands are
and have been imprisoned hecatj’c they op
posed a cruel, wnju-t an 1 relentle s war upon
the people of the Southern States
The conetitntion of the United State* secure*
the liberty of one press. Hundreds have been
imprisoned, and their papers s’l’pen ied. for '
the reason tiiat they were opposed to an ai- ■
ministration elected by a minority of the p*o 1
pl*
That constitution secures the right of prop.
e«»y. Hundreds of men have been fined by I
military oftcets. in *«m« of one hnudred to two :
thoia-snd dollars, for no act done > t word «po- |
ken, hat befanse they were suspected of <ym- i
psthizing with nn oppressed people.
That e<>vt ti’ut on secures the pereotfl lib- |
orif of th* eitixen Many thou rand* are now
' imprisoned without authority of law. bec -use
tte’y ar* »u pectr'i. or grouudl***!/ charged
with want of sympathy with oar oppressors.
A republican government is wcured hy that
• tß’tnimen’. Where the federal- are in power,
a man who i» tot supp< sed to favor the national
£.la,n isfrativn is uot perm'tted to b ‘ a candt- |
due for < ffii-v; nnd if he p< rd-te, he is aent to ,
prison, end the result is, that, in mi oy places,
not <*ne-tfcirJof the v.des are east.
It 1/ uJr3*W**r»'r> trtiifrfdjt
i* en-'ngti that thw chief mag.straw of that
| peojle has av< wisl thw violation •>{ a constitu
tion he « i- sw. ru to support, uudi>r tbo plea
of iiecr-• ity.
3 Nolwnhsian ling this op-n di-regar i of
agin- which all u ive Ueietol .re r ga< led as
egcred, there ne< >■* to be no re.nviy—none is
I iven prop**'l; aw*i it taiy t» fairly ata»w<*,
• that, he i-aft'f, a citt«i n of that «• rmtry •*
t r|jr*v a.' rwhV* bßt*w ’l******
fcli.tr separation from the federal union was
not » ni< lucnt too soon; and if republican gov- *
cri rniut and conatitutionai rights are to have
<-*.i-Utt e liircatter, it muat be ta the Southern
Ui.'tnrr do«g not mention a country prodae- j
ing tropical production* wh*re slavery did not i
ixitt, which was » fit reanienca for civilized, '
enßgurctt.d people. Runic, Greece and Egypt '
among th* ancient*, Jamaica nnd Hayti among
the e • tkrus, ehow that, however great md
"•Pl , v • •• at .try gnuy he with it, it will become
d fc rad.d «ti I c'c.nteuiptible without it.
The war tt. .t hue been waged upon us, has
been ir. >t r lentle’S and bitter. It been
,C'if<u':i’d "i, a scale of fearful proportions;
and while some of our enemies ba»e professed
to Bgbt for a un-on which to us had become
Ixafttul, a uinjotity only desired an excuse t |
destroy u*. Many of th* rules ot civilized |
warfare have been openly disregarded ; otner I
rules have be< n observed only when a fearful I
retaliation w..s threatened.
Our uiw government baa alteady become
•n leared to many of us by the toils of toe
iviug and the suffering* of the d«ad.
While w* fight to maintain republican in-tt.
tntions, constitutional rights aud the institution
of slavery, we would disgrace ourselves and
posterity by delay or inefficiency in a cause
where so many have fallen.- I repeat, tneu,
that as Executive of the Ntate, I shall use all
proper exertions to maintain our cotrmot, cause
and our eonnoi country; and rather than to
fail in nay duty tn this respect, I would prefer
being a tcatn-te, in tlio Confederate army than
governor of this sovereign State.
Having had no opportunity to acquaint my
self with our legislative history tor the past
eighteen months, I shall await further investi
gation before recommending any particular
legislation.
In general terms, however, I will call your
attention to the families of indigent volunteers.
Lot me assure y< u that no feeling officer ran
bear with ludiffer-ince the declaration of a good
soldier, that so far as be knows or believes,
his wife and children have not the necessaries
of life. The soldier, out of his pay, is often
compelled to provide necessaries for himself,
and owing to the high prices of provisions, his
whole pay is not enough to support even a
moderxle family. If the battles of this war
are forghl by the men of the land, it is but
right that the wealthy should bear the pecun
iary bi-rduu. Let me earnestly ask such legis
lation os shn'l reach the evil.
In conclusion—l have baen elected by the
people of the State, and not by a party, clique
or taction; and so far aa in me lies, lam de
termined to be the governor of the people, and
not the governor of any party, clique or fac
tion. Indeed, 1 think that any man who baa
a party, al this lime, other than the country,
loves the South lese than bo ought.
May my official acti be such as will be bene
fleial to the BUU and honorable to myselt
HARRIS FLANAGIN.
Little Rock, Kov. 15, 1862-
The Philadelphia Enquirer «ay»:
Brigadier General Edwin Price, »on of
Major General Price, of the Confederate
army, has taken the oath of allegiance to
the United State*. He wae captured
wear Warsaw, Mo., laat winter, and since
that time haa been ou parole. He was
recently exchanged for Gen. Prentisa, and
after visiting the rebel camp at Grenada,
Miss., returned <o St. Louis. He gives
it as hie opinion that the rebellion is nearly
broken, and that the Confederate army
can exist but • abort time longer. He
visited Gen. Curtis’ headquarter*, aud
immediately on hia return resigned bis
position Under the Richmond government,,
and gave hia commission to Gen. Curtin
for the latter to bend through the lines
After subscribing to th oath of allegiane
ho announced his detenninatiuo to obaerv*
it in both letter and spirit.
Beware of cancelled notes of tb■
B*i.k of New Orleans that were stolen b
'he Abo litii-nisia fn>tn the office of th
* ’ i a- ■ • • ' ' 1 "
Pti’ttc I'etJirEH—Ou Wedne-day evening
last Me.—rs. Eakiu A Kttur, of Washington, i
Hemp-tea l county, were elected Public I’rm- ,
teis by a very decided majority. W. H. Etter. |
Esq , is now the oldest inau eugagad in con- i
ducting a public pres* in the State, aud is
worthy of tl.is or any other honor whieh could i
b» conferred upon him by the people or their '
representatives. Many, many years aro,when 1
Southern Arkati-a* was almost an entire wil |
derues<, he started the Telegraph, at Wash- I
ingt'in, in Hempstead county, and his efforts. '
through that paper have never cea-ed, to give i
our p>o{Jc light, and to disseminate correct!
iufoi mation.
But it was notour intention, when we sat ,
[ dowu to peri this article, to attempt to eulogise |
a gentleman, who is so well and so widely 1
known. It ei. tn*rely our desire Co say a few ;
words io the Legislature now in sessiou in re t
gard to the l’skic Printing, and the spirit of I
justice which should actuate them iu regard
to it.
It has been stated tons, that it was the in
tention «f the Legialature so soon as the re
sult of tbe election of Public Printer was
known, to pass a bill, reducing the pay of that
branch of tbe business, as well as cutting off a
portion of the work. To the latter, we can of
fer but little objection—indeed it is the duty
of the legislative body to use the pruning
knife with vigor, whenever reference is made
to tbe ezpen-e of the State, ami the taxes
wrung from the people. So far, so good
Now we come to the other point—that of re
ducing the p*y of the Public Prints, for
work lie may du—either book, pamphlet, job
work, or afvertisiug. Two years since a re
duction, We believe, was made in the pay of
trie Public Printer. At th tt ti.ue we state lin
I a not* written to a c mimitteo. that the step
i wa- *•> ii'iju-t one. hoc .ns- we had a practical
I ko*«w!*ge ”f ’he |o«* which the Printer wa»
' Ivjun I to suffer under the cireuui-tances.
Ilt ii ccrtaiuly m»t good policy, and it ought
B -t to be. of the St ite. to expect any iu livi Lul
I tu perforin anveei vice Without just remunen-
Ition Th* kndil«r an I Treasurer are paid
s ilariev sufficient amply to remnn-rate them
lor ther services, and the Public Printer -h.oild
, in like mam er. receive .-u*'h psy for bi* work,
I a Will reward him for the labor he bestow*,
j and the Usge capital which be is necessarily
bound to invest in material necessary to do
I th» w >rk In ordinary times thi- inve-tment of
capital is large, 'f ••• what mu-t it be now
when the rate* for all the material which he
must have, h ive grown in price, and are still
increasing, hoy *nd anything which the min I
had any conception of a few years ago. For
instance; before ’.he blockade, nnd when the
sve'ities of commerce were open, paper for
the ordinary kind of book work could be pur-
' chas< d fiom th.- manufa'-turers, at from $5 to sti
1 per roam List spring; before Metnpbis was
I tak-ra. and when navigation was still open
! from this place to that city, we purchase ! at
Aug'us'fJ, «*■• , 7'w» piper for the -Uu. J,
> per re itu. sn l the actual expenses of trans
i j. -Hotion, fr-.m that place to this, were great
er, thin the eo'ir* cut of the same amount nl
r p*p<*r would have been, received from Louis
i ville, St. Louis, or Cincinnati. The reason
i for it is obvious: Th* railroads of the South
v re re-, u; ed, s* tu>y still are, in m-ring
1 ' soldier: »nd transporting 'h- munitions o<
<*»*-- — • - .«• f*** -
■«. I-J . u» g. v»y :- A . . IH t*e ordi
nary way. utiJ those wishing transportation
were c >ai[>elie'l to apply to the exprtM cornpa
nie>, and they, having • monopoly; when they
perf -rm all that can he 'lone willingly and
j well, in their ch irgra for so do n» they relin
■ quiah all idea of that hereafter, which the
Christian is tyugbl to keep always in bis
1 min l’.< eye.
II the price of p iper was* high in March
last, when fi >nr could betpurc.based in Georgia
for sl2 per barret it can be readily supposed
ih it ii h-s not diminished, when Floor i« selling
in that State from $35 to S4O per barrel—and
when all ‘ he producti ns of the connty. a* well
a- the imports have gone np 100 200 and some
time* 3'B) per cent; and in addition to this
change in the pi ice ofp ipor the place at which
it was bought had uninterrupted rail road and
steamboat connection at that time with the Ar
kansas valley N-iw. tne case is different. The
pap -r must be brought to Vicksburg, thence to
Monroe, an 1 from that place into thia State—
the part of the route from Monroe to any lo
cality within our confine*, being by wagon,
at prices most enormous.
The Legislature are a sensible boly ofmen,
and the very first act they should do, should be
to enact a bill increasing the pay of the Public
Printer for all the book and pamphlet work
i which he may be called upon to perform, at
lemt D»0 per cent., and about 50 per cent on
the blank work to be done for tb* Executive
officers. Snchanaet would redound t> their
credit, would animate the worthy gentlemed to
whom they hare given their kind preferences
for thia important office, and would -dispel the
idea that the spirit of parsimony and meanness
ba Inn abiding place in the Legislative halls
of Aikauoas. — Lutlr Kock (iazetin, 29f4 ult.
DisoiSTING —Il is really disgusting
to witnras *l>e anxiety of suine men to fix
up an excuse that will keep them out of
the army, or at least ont of the fighting
part of it. IVp know quite a number of
men io this and the adjoining counties,
who, before secession took place, were in
tensely patriotic —ao much >o that they
hft their business to travel around exhort,
wore cockades, and declared their willing
ness to give their bottom dollar, shoulder
muskets aod go : nto ranks—who are now
at home, and have been ever since the
war commonced, miking fortunes out of
the misfortunes of other*. They no lun
ger thiiat for Yankee blood, end some
few of them ere willing to edmit that all
whoa pposed secession were not Abolition
ists. A few of them went into the army,
generally bolding some office, but the prin
cipal portion petitioned the government
for a situation where there wa* no danger
of being bit by Yankee bulk-K, and where
the pay was from five to t*o timea as
much as a soldier received. Quite a num
ber have grown suddenly rich off these
office*. But there were net offices enough
for ell the Simon Pure Southern Right*
men, *o that a great many were compel
led tc change their business in order to
keep out of the eonaaript camps. Men,
whose hand* have grown soft from idle
ness, have suddenly become very energet
ic, and have established tan yards, set
up shoe shops, and blacksmith shops,
gnst mill*, ect. Some have gone to ma
king alt, and others to digging cave* for
saltpetre. Others go a* volunteer aids on
some Colonel’s or General'* stall, and man
age to get sick and get a furlough to come
Lome just before every battle. Others are
getting Government contracla to make
-lioea, saddles, whiskey, candles, dig
root* fur medical purpose*, herd cattle,
-ct. A great many have turned preach
rs and doctors, and quite a number have
Leto suddenly siexed with palpitation us
he heart, and have received dischargee
Shame on suchpatr ot>]
[ss IN ADVANCE
Tbe following resolution was unan
iuiously passed by the House of Repre
sentative*:
“The select committee to whom was re
ferred that p irtioo of late Governer’s
message which relates to there having
been illegal, oppressive, t>nd uoeooetita
tional military ofdere issued and enforced
[by Maj-Getierel T. C. Hindman, and
! Brig. Gen. J. 8 Roane, in the Trans
' Mississippi llistrict, b-g leave to report,
I that they have had the s une under ser.oue
' consideration, ?nd submit tbe following:
The organic law, both of the Confed
erate Govern mint »a well as that of the
goveruuieiit of the Strte of Arkansas, well
j provides that the military shall be kept
in surb jrdination to the civil authority of
the country. Without donot, this itrpor
tant provision was inserted for the pur
pose of pre ven ling the mere citizen from
beiog oppressed by military txsorpa*
tien. A law once violated, familiarixes
the abuse, and becomes a precedent for a
second violation. The best guarantee
that those in authority cin give to our
people that oura cuse is just aud worthy
the efforts and sacrifices they are called
upon to make in the great struggle in which
our country is engaged, is to use their
authority in strict accordance with the
laws of the land.
That illegal and oppressive military or
ders have been issued and enforced in tbe
Trans-Mi-sresippi District by the officers
• above name!, from all the evidences which
I your committee have been able to collect,
there is no doubt, whether these oppres
sii e *nd illegal orders were issued through
a inistak- n concept ion of duty and author
[ i ity, or recklessly, and with disregard of
I the rights of the people, the committee
.■ of cour-i*, are unable to determine, but
■ | they hope the former was the case; for
r your committee would regret to thir.k that
c any entrusted to high command, io
, 1 this eventful struggle for all that fieemen
» hold dear ou earth, would wantonly op
-1 , pre.-sand be cause and propel he WM
charged with protecting and defending.
, But however the facts may bee, it is clear
i- ' that such orders have been issued and eu»
- i forced. Your committee do uot deem it
i either prudent or neceasary for them to
’ , set down here in detail the paricular or
" dors which are regarded as oppressive and
« 1 ijjegal; but, in order to prevent all such in
- [future, w’odiTre'ccSflniV? ~ hc ado P tiott
" of the following joint re^SV 1110 ?' „
,f [ Rewind, That our sc* atKr," 1
n be, add are hereby
i Representatives requested to ex*s r JJ .
< ; to ei*rt their iofl ;* »ce w :h rK“"
f : d-nt of th* f'o'iL-derata an!.,
i H'ar [kepurttn u •
j all illegal military ordors now in existence
io the Traos.Missiasippi District, and keep
the military, so far as the exigencies of
the country will allow in subordination to
the civil authority.
Williams, of Jefferson,
Chairman.
[Ar/caiisat Patriot.
♦
Act* Passau.—We copy from the Little
Rock Democrat the following list of acts passed
at the pre-ent vessiow of the General Aaaembiy
of this State We omit such as are not of g«n
--i eral interest tc our readers:
An act to establish the county of Cross,
and an act supplementary thereto. This cre
ate* a new county out of portion.* of Poinsett
and St. Francis. It also alters the lines of one
or two adjoining counties.
An act to provide for a cotnmi»sion of en
quiry. This act appoints Gordon N. Peay,
Elias N. Conway, and John H. Crease, a com
mission; and if they, or either of them fail to
accept by the Ist day of January, then the
Governor is to appoint suitable persons. The
Commissioners are to have access to all mili
tary and civil offices; see how the public money
was expended; what property the State obtain
ed and how it was disposed of, and to this end
tnay examine witnesses under oath. They ar»
to make a full report of their proceedings.
An act to change the time of holding the
probate court of Polk county.
An act to repeal a portion of the school law
in relation to the employment of teachers.
An act to retrocede a portion of Calhoun
county to Union and Bradley counties; Ihia
, act cuts off “Huey’s leg.”
An act for the relief of B. L. Brittin A Co.
An act for the relief of the western frontier
counties which are destitute of breadstuff*.—
I The act appropriates $50,000 and provides that
’ the Governor shall, immediately, appoint an
agent to purchase 40,000 bushels of eorn and
1 transport it to Fort Smith, Van Bcren and
Greenwood, to be sold at cost and carriage to
r those able to buy aad given to those who ar*
, not.
An act to facilitate the collection of debt*
. against the estate* of deceased per-ona. Thia
act provide* that when a person in the military
1 sarviee has a claim against an estate, some
! other person may make the necessary affidavit
[ for him. it also provides that claims may be
. probated after the close of the war and allowed
, in the fifth class.
An act to prohibit the further issuance of
interest bearing war bonds or treasury war-
• rant*. Treasury warrants issued hereafter
, will not bear interest.
An act to provide for the temporary holding
t of county courts in certain case*. This pro
vides that where then-cordshave been remov
ed to a part of the county remote from the
> rivers, or from within reach of the abolition
I enemy, courts may be hel iat the place in th*
county where the records ar*.
, An act to revive swamp land scrip. This
keeps the scrip in date while the land offices
1 are closed and does not compute that time aa
1 a part of the year in which it ha* to run.
An set to establish the county of Woodruff.
I Thi* county is the lower part of Jackson and
the western end of St Fruneis counties. It
’ is named in honor of Wm. E. Woodruff off
Little Rock.
1 RV* The Little Rock Gazette of the
* 29th say*: From inforinatioc we have
’ from the West, we learn that there i* not
f now a single Federal in that portion of the
1 State. Schofield’* army, at the laat ao
? counts, was at Rockbridge, Osark couaty.
Mo., moving down the same road followed
by Curtis, when he came into Arkanaa*.
r What his intentions are the future only
can tell. He will be u.et a d driven back.
’ No attack haa been made on the Post of
e .\rkauhaa, nor has auy force made even a ,
d iiuouairatiou looking that way. n
xrta n k - o v
INO. 46.