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•v. II. O.VItl, Bdltor. I) E 8 ARC, ARKANSAS: '•atHrday Morning, May 9, IM8. FOR ( RESIDEMill. ELECTORS. FOR THE STATE AT LAHOC : I> W Ai.KF.R of Washington Co. .TOfl\ R. FELLOW? af Ouachita. first district: ROr.F.Ii r S. GANTT, el'Prairie. sbcord district : .A r. WJLL1A MS, ef Hempstead. THIRD district: •T F CRAVENS, of Johnson. ■MPEArnMEirr. '.'hr impeachment trial so takes up the ace of the lending newspapers of the untry that it is almost impossible to F-ilier anything else from them. W« Imre heretofore refrained from saying much on this subject, from the fact that «> hadn't much to say. With all the de \ clo) u.ents of the trial thus far, before Us, we can arrive at no more definite conclu 5.011 than that expressed sometime since: Thai » rhe President will Ire impeached became the President is in the way of the Radicals, and for no other cause It is certainly a ridiculous farce to see the Sen ale of the United States sitting in trinl *pus the President’s esse, with solemn faces and learned looks, hearing the 'argu ment for and against, when tSio country knows that not one of them will be the least influenced thereby, thoir opinion having been formed before a witness was examined. This impeachment is a Radi cal trick to secure the next Presidential election, for their own party believe that were they certain of success this Jail no effort would be made to get rid ofJohn oon. But it was necessary to remove him, •and such tricksters as Butler, Began and •others were the anew to >do it. The jus tice er iujustioe of this course is fully in dexed by the character of the men partic ipating in it. The Radicals olaim that it is for the country’s good, and as the coun try's champions havo selected such men as Butler, and Logan, and Stevens, where are the people that would not pray to be delivered from such defenders of their rights. The Radicals say Johnson is a traitor, and they who support him are cn ■Muks to the government; yot his defend ers are such able jurists as Stanbcrry, Hearts, Judge Curtis awd ethers. A reading or the argument of the two sides shows plainly the difference between the parties. Butler, with his bullying, brag ging harangue, represents the “people”— the greut Radical party—while those who I would support the dignity and character it the executive office (branded as traitors by the great party) are represented in the clear legal argument of Judge Curtis, and the earnest eloquence of Evans. Butler and his associates have finished all their witnesses and have failed entirely to make n caso. But that makes no difference; they are bent on accomplishing their pur posas, and unless a very extraordinary pre-ssure of public opinion is brought to bear upon this subject, we may expect to hear by our next issue that the last great iniquity of Radicalism has triumphed, and the President is impeached, for we hon estly believe they will do it. Emigration to Africa. The ship Golconda Bailed yesterday from Baltimore with cargo for Liberia. After leaviug this port she will call at Savannah, Ua., where she will receive four or live hundred colored passen gers for Iffheria. The colonization agents says lie could send a vessel load every month, such is the desire among thu colored people of the South to go to Liberia. We are informed that among the emigrants are men of intel ligence and enterprise, who will be a valuable accession to the Liberian Re public. We noticed some time ago the petition of a large number of colored men in Mississippi to Congress to aid them in emigrating to Liberia, and we observe that lately another petition for the same object lias been presented to the Senate from several thousand col ored men in Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. They represent that they are destitute, without employ ment, and cannot hope to overcome the disadvantages of their position in the South. Perhaps the vast sums which the Government appropriates for freed inen's bureaus might be appropriated more advantageously in aiding the em igration of those who desire to go to iaIUlTiu. x ut iMJn * um aiiiivs) ulating upon (lie causes of this desire for emigration among the colored peo ple of the South, well says: “It cannot l>e because Congress has not legislated enough for them ; it lias done little else but legislate for them lor years past. It cannot be because the iloverninent and tlie people of the Xortli have not helped them, and en couraged them and instructed them. We have sustained tlie Freedmen’sBu reau for their benefit, and have seut numberless political and educational missionaries among them. May the terrible state of things not be owing to the fact that our legislation lias not been of the wisest kind, and that we have looked rather to giving them po litical advantages, iustead of encourag ing the great productive industries upon which blacks as well as whites must depend for their existence? If we would keep the Southern blacks out of their crushing miseries, we must adopt such means as will secure social order, material prosperity and good feeling in the South. Without this, things will go on from bad to worse, till decay and ruiu become permanent under the sway of military dictators.” I Louisville Courier. Kef At Corydon, Indiana, quite a sensation was created in matrimonial circles last week, by the marriage of quite a youthful pair. The groom has •eeu his seventy-six summers and the lady her seventy-second. Thus cupid works wouders. tgpOn Thursday last Mrs Mary Foa, of New Yorli city, fiudiug that the gas fixtures in her house were leak ing somewhere, took a candle and went to hunt up the leal: As she opened the door of a closed room the gae ex ploded with a report like a cannon. She was knoced senseless, and appar ently lifeless, and two or three apart ment* in the buildiu; were wrecked by the concuss on BY TELEUltAPIi:] WASHINGTON. Xew York, May 6. The Herald’* Washington dispatch state that Senator Fessenden has prepar od an opinion that there are no grounds shown in the evidence or argument, justifying the conviction of the Presi dent. Morrel offered Fessenden an ad verse opinion, but failed to convince him. Several other Republican Sena tors are reported to have followed Fes senden's example. It is now stated that a new party, headed by Chase for the Presidency, against Gcuerat Grant, is to be immediately formed by Fes senden, Henderson, Trumbull and other moderate Republicans. FOREIGN. Toronto, May 6. The Irish •Canadian newspaper has been suppressed -by the Government. Patrick Boyle, the editor, smd several leading members of the Hibernian So ciety, were arrested. Papers of a trea sonable character belonging to the so ciety were scircd, and parties arrested who are supposed to be 'implicated hi the main conspiracy. Liverpool, May 5. Cotton is dull; sales, 8000 bales ; 'up lands, 16% d ; Orleans, 17% d. Havana, May 5. Arrangements have 'been -concluded for the laying of the cable between Cu ba, Jamaica and Aspinwali. London, May 4. The British Ministry has resigned. All compromises offered by Disraeli, in order to bridge over until after the election, were rejected. Lord Stanley, Earl Malmesbury and Hon. G. A. Thorne Hardy, refused to serve under uisraeu. Mr. uiausione was immedi ately sent for by the Queen, and to him ■will be trusted the formation of the new Ministry. Midnight—There was a very full House at the opening session of the House of Commons to-night. The Prince of Wales, Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein, were among the distinguished visitors present. Great interest was manifested in the proceed ings, and much excitement was appar ent among the members. The Premier and Mr. Gladstone were loudly cheer ed As they entered and tooktlieir seats. After some unimportant busincsg, Dis raeli rose and was greeted with cheers from the ministerial benches. He re viewed the course of the Tory admin istration, which at its outset was with out a majority of supporters in the House and spoke of its important suc cess, which was so entire that even its opponents acknowledged it, and on two occasions, when Lord Derby had expressed a wish to resign, he had urg ed him to remain in office, and that financially its record was faultless. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston, Apr!) 5. Gcu. Canby has issued au order an nouncing (he result of the election, the names of the new State officers, mem bers of the Legislature and of Con gress, and providing for a meeting of the Legislature on the 12th. The order also provides that laborers discharged for roting contrary to the wishes of their employers shall be uiaiutaiucd as objects of public charity, by levy of an additional poor tax. VIRGINIA. Richmond, May 6. George Cahoon, U. S. Commissioner, was to-day appointed Mayor of the city by Gen. Schofield ; vice Mayo, re moved. The counsel on both sides of the ease of Jeff. Davis were present. Judge Underwood has agreed on the fliird of June for the trial, and Judge Clmse has been telegrapccd to for assent. GEORGIA. Atlanta, May 4. Bullock's majority is 7000. The ma jority for the Constitution is 15,000. Roth Houses of tho Legislature avc Republican. CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE. Washington, May 4. After the reading of the journal, Mr. Bingham commenced the final argu ment for the prosecution. Protesting that he took part in these proceedings from no partisan feeling, but with a weighty sense of their solemnity and true meaning, he theu proceeded to I sketch the events attending upon the assassination ot i'resiaeut Lincoln ana the accession of Andrew Johnson to the 1‘rcsideucy, and referring to hie oath to execute the laws, spoke of t Air majestic supremacy in our form of gov ernment, aud claimed that the Presi dent was equally subject to their au thority with the humblest frontier set tler. lie dwelt on the high trust com mitted to the Senate, aud asserted that the issues of life aud death hung on their decision; he asked how thecharge of violation of supreme law, was met by the couuscl, who for hire defend the treason of the criminal respondent. it wag by the outrageous assertion that each branch of the Government had the right to judge of the constitutionality | of laws, and obey them or not at plea | sure. This was the defense. Mr. Bing ham held that the ^enate, by uphold ing this proposition, would lay the foundation for monarchy first and an archy next, a reign of chronic darkness on this issue which, in spite of lawyers1 tricks aud special pleas, was the real question involved ; and their decision must staud for trial by the people. He repeated that the question was whether the President could bo held to answer for a violation of law. He held first that the Seuate had the sole power to decide every question of law or fact arising therefrom, and also that they were the final arbiters, and the frequent attempts of the counsel to bring the Senate and Courts into opposition to each other were miserable devices to I divert attention. He would not, he said, imitate the eloquent counsel (Mr. I Everts) who bad shown himselfan eater ' up of syllables, a snapper up of trifles, 1 and who bad displayed uuwe Latin thau isw inor# rhetoric than logic ; and re i fcrring to the length of Mr. F.varts ■ speech, said that "he tried to render it : immortal by making it eternal.” Mr. Bingham said lie simply held that the Senate Was the supreme and ffnal judicial tribunal of the tTnited States, and as to the argument which had been made at such Interminable length, that the Supreme Court was the Court of the last resort of the decisions of constitutional questions, he held had no more to do with the present ques tion than the Court of St. Petersburg, and that the judgments of this tribunal should not he affected by decisions of the Supreme Court, made before or af ter the impeachment trial. He argued that the criminal Jurisdiction of the Supreme. Court did not extend to im peachments, and that the reference of the counsel to its decisions were irrele vant, sard their arguments on this point; were without colorable excuse. He I then considered the proposition ad vanced by the counsel, that the heads of departments were merely the regis tering Secretaries-of the President, and bound to do his Will, and readlngfrom j the decision 'of the Supreme Cobrt! quoted by Mr. Rvarts, he claimed that it was therein plainly laid down that such officers were hound by the laws and wet. by the President’s will. He also claimed that the other positions claimed by all the President's cowncft, that he could sit in judgment on the Validity ol laws, was overthrown by the decision of the same tribunal thirty years ago, which decisions had never been questioned, awd proceeded to read extracts from them. He further assert ed that the ex-Attorncy-Gencral was wholly inexcusable in attempting to force into this trial the decision of the present presiding officer, in the Missis •_•____- . J_J that it had no relevancy whatever to the question in dispute, lie claimed that it was proved that we could not allow the President discretion as to which law he would execute by inter preting the words of the Constitution, and referred to the act of Washington in suppressing the whiskey insurrec tion, and that of Jackson in crushing out nullification, as instances in which obnoxious laws were executed by Pre sidents who entertaiued grave doubts as to their constitutionality, and at so spoke of the constitutional question involved. He then discussed the con stitutional provisions relative to the passage of bills over a veto, maiutain taining that every one who lias learned to read can plainly Bcttle the question, whether or not, the President broke a law. Referring to the recitation by Nelson, he contended that it had no bearing on the case, and that Jcflcrson, its author? was not authority in regard to the Constitution which lie did not j help to fVaine; and reading the list of1 powers granted to the President b$’ tlie j Constitution, be called attention to ttie ; fact, that no power of suspending laws, I until their validity is tested, is any where giveu him, and held that such a ! claim of legislative and executive fnne-; tions was in contravention of the ex- j press terms of the instrument. He in- ; sisted that this claim involved also an I assumption of judicial powers, and j characterised the entire proposition as j too absurd to be submitted to children, as by the exercise of this assumed pow er the President could suspend legisla tion of all kinds; he could prevent the creation of Judicial Districts, the erec tion of States, and the election of Re presentatives. lie then spoke of the enactment of the revenue laws, and the acquiescence of the American people in the unconstitutional and iniquitous fugitive slave law until its abrogation, ; and in this connection dwelt at length ou the subject of slavery with its vari ous characteristics. He spoke of Ihe counsel's reference to President Lincoln, and that ho had violated the laws of his country, and furnished many precedents for Presi dent Johnson's crimes as bold, calum niating slander on his memory, and said tlie suspension of the habeas cor pus was not by him, but by the civil war, which rendered it necessary. In regard to the passage of the in demnity act, he said the purpose Con gress bad in such legislation was to I furnish authority to tlie courts to dis miss cases brought against the Presi | dent’s agents for wliat they bad done | in pursuance of the Constitution, and if their acts had been unwarranted, I then 'he Indemnity law would have i been of no avail. The Senate then took a recess, and on reassembling, Mr. Bingham resum ed, and referred to the argument of Mr. Evarts based on a successful resistance to the Brokers’ Tax law, in New York, ns au insult to the Senate, and said the ouc capable of making it whs not fit to argue great laws; uud, in short, he could destroy the framework of our constitutional Government, but wheth er lie shall be allowed to do this, is the question now to be deternpned, and for a righteous.decision the prayers of mil lions now ascend, as to what crimes can be considered impeachable; he said all ofrenses under the common law arc iu dictable in the District of Columbia, and the same class arc also impeacha ble ; if this proposition were not self evident then be need not argue it, for ns to the offenses specified iuThe arti cles, he held that no one could denv that an open violation of law, by the President, was an impeachable crime ; he said the defense of the President, as exhibited in his auswer, rests on the assumption that he possesses the right to resist, and bring to a judicial deci sion anyhow, which be supposes to trench on his constitutional preroga tives ; this assumption could be made a pretended excuse for refusing to exe cute any law whatever; and referring to the question by Mr. Evarts, he read . (Yom a pamphlet written by Mr. Curtis ; in 1802, tlie expression of a contrary view, which he commends as good law. lie went on to assert that no man who did not admit the assumption that the President possessed judicial a* well as executive power could deny hit writ- ' i ten orders, or fail to prove that he was i worthy of conviction. Mr. B. then 1 cited legal authorities to show that ' averment and proof of evil intent are lot necessary in proceedings against • iny class of persona, except judicial of- I leers. With regard to the defense that ; he President suspended Mr. Stanton inder the Constitution, and to supply .he vacancy under the law of li95, he ■laimed that the President's answer j ihowed a violation of ttie law, for tliat irnited the tenure of such appointments lo six months, and the President ap [fuinted CJen. Thomas for an indetiinite period. He then spoke of the argument lint the President is bound to inter vene to protect tire people from ■uncon stitutional laws, and said it Wn ft fal lacious position, as the peopel are the guardians of their own honor, and Con gress is responsible only to them. At this point" Mr. Bingham yielded to a motion to adjourn, and the Court and Senate adjourned accordingly at 1:60. -- The Election. From tho Now Orleans Picayune, April 26.] The election has gone against us. The Constitution is ratified against the all but unanimous protest of the pupu lation whose political sovercighty it abolishes, by a violence from without which is essentially revolutionary. It will be found on the final record that but an in-significant number of Whites has consented to this iniquity. The majorities for the constructiou in the parishes where emancipated blacks are numerous, arc astonishingly large, be yond all prededent in elections before, iwid beyond all possible proportion to the real population. The following figures speak for themselves-- £jt. James gives over 1,900 majority, when all the negro male population, of all ages, is barelv 4,000, and the whites fife 840. An honest majority of that magnitude is simply impossible. The same may be said of the majorities of 1,500 in St. Charles, 1,400 in Assumption, 1,600 in Ascension, 1,150 in Tensas 1,800 in Madison, 1,600 in Concordia, and so on, wherein the majorities are in some three times greater, and in all largely irreater thnn the wlidfc lawful vote ever cast before, and are out of the range of being possibly fair. They show than it is the negro vote which has overbalanced the white vote, and how it was effected. The new govern ment is revolutionary in its d»gin, African on its basis, and tinted all over with fraud. It will go into operation with these seeds of disease in every party of its framework, li it shall he a good government; if it shall not fol low the law of its parentage, to fulfill the very conditions of its existence, and shall not be an instrument fornumixed evil, it will disappoint greatly the fears of those wlio have watched the travail of the monster in its birth. If any good come out of it, it will be a miracle we have no right to expect. Very probably no possible effort of the old population of the State could have averted tills catastrophe. They were disarmed in advance by a pro scriptive aud dishonest registration, dictated from abroad and enforced by bayonets; they were bound in chains by" their enemies, aud delivered over to the hybrid faction within, to do its supreme will upon ns. The political managers at Washington had an object to accomplish in enslaving us, and they did their work thoroughly, as they be lieved. If they had not so believed, they would have extended their pro scriptions to make it move sure. Ilut with their military machinery and their Freedmeu’a bureau, to manage to bribe and delude the ignorant black, their carpct-bag emissaries sent on in shoals to organize loyal leagues and di vide the spoils of office with the servile and purchasable whites of the laud, that they were sure from the first resis tance would he hopeless, even if des pondent honisianaus could rousetliein oclvos to the effort of protesting and contesting, with all oftlte privilege of speech they were permitted to retain in their own land. Reviewing t he ground, we are certain that the constitution could not have been defeated by any effort. To this extent, there is an extenuation for the weakness which prevented many well meaning citizens from going to the polls at all, because they felt that vo ting was useless. They were subjuga ted in advance, and the struggle was not wortli the effort. MDr-Mr. Uroesbeck's speech in de fense of the President lias created a great sensation in Washington. The telegraphic correspondent ot the Cin cinnati Commercial speaks of it in terms of warm commendation. He says: The speech, from the first sentence to the last, was a splendid effort; unde niable in its statesmens, almost resist less iu its logic and beautiful in its dic tion. No audience has ever been more completely under the chain of a speaker, aud no speaker lias ever more cxliaus tivelv or more ably treated a subject in the Senate chamber. If lie had occu pied eight hours instead of four, there would nave been no complaints from those who listened. Mr, Curtis has given the law of the ease, and Mr. Nel son the politics. Mr. Groosbeck seem ed to combine both without losing the force of either, and to adel occasionally In*,mi v itft>xni-ession which was etitlYe ly new to flic^asc. Hi* points agalnt* tlie different articles were singularly clear and conclusive. On the tenth article, which relates to the President’s speech, h« indulged in a vein of satire which was strong as Doan Swift and plcasaut as Sidney Smith. He read the text ofa bill which lie said would do as substitute for that article, proposing a punishment of line and imprisonment against any one who shall speak disrespectfully of Congress or its acts. This was enjoyed, especial ly by Fessenden, who felt its bitter hu mor, and by Reverdy Johnson, whe laughed at its sharp irony. The first man to congratulate Mr, Groesbeck at the close of his masterly address, was Ben Butler. Chief Justice Chase had already doue so during the fifteen minutes of recess at 1 o’clock, though he had then hoard only the first aud by no means the best part of what was to be said. The city is full to night of Mr. Groesbeck’s praise, from hundreds who never saw or heard ol him until to-day. It is universally c.ouceded that no man has ever made a more favorable impression in a public speech. MrThe Now Orleans Tribune, said to be the only paper in the United States owned and edited by negroes, aud the onlv oue thus constructed in the South, lias suspended for want ot support. It supported Taliaferro foi Governor, and the native State ticket, and consequently was deprived of all official patronage, The Picayune pass ed a high compliment on the abllty ; skill and integrity of its management. MCA destructive fire occurred iu Al legheny City, l’a., Sunday. Syke’s tan nery was entirely destroyed. Loss, $50ju00: insured for $20,(XX). About twenty men were engaged iu throwing leather out of the third story, when a couple of barrels of fish oil in the lower story took fire and exploded, causing a panic among the men. Several leaped from the windows. Henry Kreiling aud Levis Kroeck were seriously in jured, and six other* were b*dly injur* ed, but will recover. ■ nil.. ■ ■ : JlF1 L J-UJggg! The Folly of (he Time*. Nothin* like the kind of government 1 the Radical party are now trying to ' make this is described in history or ever entered the minds of men before. The idea of a government, one-half controlled by intelligence and cn- 1 ligliteninent and a superior race, and the other half by ignornnee and the most inferior of all races, could only have originated in a frensied fanaticism It is both impracticable Hnd abhorent to all the prejudices of our race, aud is the old story over again of a corpse lashed to n living hotly. Thcdcud man cannot more therefore (lie living man must perish. The corruption and ■stench oftfhc One inevitably destroys the other. There is n natural and instinct repug nance against vlose association of equality With tbo negro imlplmftod in the white man by Hod himself, Which he cannot overcome if he would. He cannot admire the color, the peculiar; conformation or the odor which exudes through the negro’s evcv pore. He cannot admire the ignorance of the ne gro or become reconciled to his brutal habits and propensities. He may be kind to him, nud it is his inclination to lie so; but he is kind to him because it affords him no pleasure and he feels that he has no right .to do otherwise. But when it comes to admitting him to a position of social equality thcnatuHB repugnance manifests itself and the white man recoils from the disgusting proposition; and when it is proposed to pat him til a position of political equality, both public and private interests exclaim against it. Common sense and the experience of Wiawkind demonstrate that no government -can absorb any considerable amount of ignorance in the management of its affairs, and escape sorrows and perhaps irreparable Wjtny therefrom. An ignorant population will be more than likely to select ignorant representa tives, and thus inexperience and stupid ity is injected into every department, there generating blunders and irregu larities which must aooner or later de stroy the nation. It’is not pretended even by the most intense Radicals, that the establishment of nesrro >rovernments in the South will be of any advantage to the •atwn at large, except as fttonishiog a guarantee against future rebellion, and that is a shameless pretext. The arguments is, that it is absolutely essential to the security of the negro that he shall be armed with the ballot, that he may by its use restrain the great body of the white population of the South, who are supposed to be his mortal enemies, and who, it is argned, are seeking his destruction. . How the ballot will protect him per sonally, if it is true that the white popu lation are resolved upon his extermina tion, is not cxplnincd. How it will protect him politically,unless he is put in control ot the governments of the States, is equally mysterious. It cer tainly cannot secure him against vio | lence in the one case, or cnaole him to frame the laws in the other. It can on j lv be of service by making the negroes I the riding class aud placing the white* under their feet. This is precisely i what the extreme Radicals are working 1 for. Not that they have any love, ad ' miration or sympathy for the negroes, j for they have not, but simply and solc 1 ly because they believe that they can | use them for their own advantage, and f through the political power which they : will wield under their manipulations, 1 enable them to retain the reins of gov ; eminent. The interest* of the white i race, the general prosperity, the good i name of the nation, and the perpetuity I ofrnpublican institutions arc eonsidera ; tions of minor importance. They are ready to adopt any expedient, no mat ter bow corrupt aud ruinous, which ; will give them promise of success ia II tic Presidential election. Their politi | ml pliltnsuplij extend* no further than j that. They have lived in lnwless de -tiancc of the Constitution and the laws for the last six years, aud they imagine that they arc a law unto themselves. Their t hief idea is to tyrannise over | the people and plunder the treasury. [ So long os they can do this they are con tent that the’ Government shall drift toward anarrhv. Whether they will { hr checked in their unscrupulous vil lainy by the great popular verdict ren dered in the last elections against them remaius to be seen.—[Louisville Courier. I^-The 8t. Louis Times of the 29 ult. says : The celebrated Havana Lottery i has been noted for its fairness in all details, and uo one has yet attacked it : for swindling propensities in any res pect. In Havana, Cuba, and other portions of the Spanish dominions | nearly every person of means invests In lotteries, and not a few of the weal thiest planters have laid the foundation of stupendous fortunes by lucky bits i in the great Ilnraua or Madrid combi nation drawings. A few week ago Wm. C. Glasgow, of the Arm of Glasgow & Bros, on Second, corner of Locust streets, went to Havana on business and purchased a whole ticket tor Mr. Clark, and a half ticket for himsolf in the Havana Lotte ry. In this enterprise nothing was drawn, and, a couple of days before his departure from Havana for New Orleans, he purchased a half-ticket in the Madrid Lottery for $20 in gold. I cuiiltn I niM'/u in this erhntnfi w»a $150,000, and Mr. Glasgow, tho next day, hnd the good luck to hit the capi tal prize—but, holding only a half ticket, he obtained but one-half the full sum, which was paid to him in gold. Mr. Glasgow was expected in the citv lust evening, and his singular good luck is the theme of general conversation in ! business circles. Star At a dance near Independence, I Mo., on the 17th inst., James Raney ' got into a quarrel with another man as ' to which had the right to occupy a ; certain place on tho floor. John Bow ! lln, the husband of Raney’s partner In | the dance, told the parties If they did | not quit quarreling he would take his { wife and go home. Raney told Mrs. B. to come on, and when Bowlin turned to his wife and told her to get her bon net, Raney shot and killed him instan tly. Raney and Bowlin had been friends for many years. Staff*A Buffalo paper says; “Elisha Cook, Esq., formerly of this city, has jnst prosecuted to a successful conclu sion, iu California, a lawsuit, in whieh the property recovered Is valued at $400,000, and Mr. Cook receives for his services one-fourtb of the amount. Other suits, similar as to title, involv ing four times the amount of property, and in which his interest is the same, follow this, and will undoubtedly be decided iu then same way. His entire fee, therefore, in this case, will amount to $500,000.” lor There was an informal caucus of Republican Senators in Washington on Saturday night, and it was decided that there should be no avoidable delay , in bringing the impeachment trial to a i conclusion. The movement in favor of a postponement until after the Chicago Convention, developed but 1 little strength in the meeting. Hff*The Cincinnati papers teem with accounts of highway robbery nightly committed on the roads leading out of tho city. Tha city police cannot cope with the foot pads, and patrols of ' horsemen are suggested as the only remedy for the erit MV* Thad. Steven*, in hi* argument n favor of the conviction of President 1 rohnson, spoke a* counsel always do j o a packed jury, lie concluded his t< ipeech with this sentence: “Let him r •esign, and return to his village and ibscurity.” It were well indeed for t' lid usurpers if President Johnson would retire to "his village and obsenr- 11 ty.” The day of his conviction will i je the day of damnation for the Radi- fi usTpirty-^it will be the beginning of in impeachment prosecuted by Jolm-1 t ion, “solitary and alone,” before the iieople, who will pluck up the Radical „ eaders by the forelock*. President JtrhmtOn retire to “his village”! He t will go to Castle Garden, and have a i bait million of Democrats for nn andi- r snee. He will go to Democratic Bos ton, and shake Fancuii Hall to its foun dations. He will go to Democratic Chicago, and invoke the spirit of Dou glas, which, like a flaming sword in the heavens, will be overbid bead. He will go to Democratic St. Ltrttfs, and tnove t he heart'Of the Great West, “fteturn to his village and obscurity”! Nay. President Johmron will even vhritLan caster, the “village'’ 'of tbe “o fA man 1 miserable,” who will ask for tire bootm- | tains to fall upon him, and yearn for ' obscurity to save him from the wrath , of an indignant, oppressed and insult- j ed people. President Johnson will ap- i peal from the judgment of a corrupt Congress to the nation ; and before the peonJe he will argue his own esnse. '' The circle he will make will be like the . one of the “Magic Wand,” and ho will 1 torture Radicals as he did Know-Noth- 1 ings in Tennessee in 1856— leaving be- 1 hind the dejecta membra of his enemies | Cf the Radical cowards flatter them selves that President Johnson will qui- , etly fetire to his home in East Tcnnes- ( see, they will be as much surprised as the Saxons at Dresden, when Fredcr- j ick the Great got possession of the State papers, and will be as completely routed as the French atltosbacli. Pre sident Johnson's face, coming from the Senate Chamber, will be like that of the first martvr, and his conviction by . • __ a’ 1_ J ___ill Ll il.. Illiu IIIUUIII VI UID ** * • • "V robe of his innocence. Ills locks now shorn, he will be like Sampson when he took hold of the pillars in the tem ple of the gods, awd if Ire perish, it will wc with the Radical lords, bis persecu tors and enemics.-Mcmphis Avalanche g^rLast week, in Edgefield, Tenu., a family lost their cook stove and dinner • by using fuel surreptitiously obtained at a neighfesM-ing lumberyard. They got one faggot which had about 15 cents worth -of powder stowed away in it. -B. O. Selfridge, of Chicago, form erly of the staff of General Pope, and at one time on the staff of General Gordon Granger, baa been arrested in Nasn ville at the instance of the St. Louis Chief of Police, who accuses him of ob taining goods under false pretences, and playing the confidence man generally. MEW APVraTlBEMBUTa. Wanted-To Bay and Sell Beal Estate PENNINGTON'S REAL ESTATE REGIS TER contains farms, mills, hotels, plan tations, Ac., for sale anil exchange in twenty seren different States. It glees the owner’s name and address, and is sent to any person one year for ten cents. Address ISAAC C. PENNINGTON, 132 Broadway, Cincinnati, Ohio. THE SEW MAGNESIUM light:--Send for circular to the AMERICAN MAGNE SIUM CO., Liberty Square. Boston, Mass. MPLOYMENT. $15 (H) to $30 00 a day guaranteed. Male or Female Agents wanted in every town—descriptive circulars fret. Address JAMES C. RAND A CO- Biddcford. Me. Medical Illumination! Fern Magnificently Illustrated Medical i Rooks, containing Important Physiological Information for Men and Women, sent free on receipt 2i> cents by addressing Dr. John Vanderpool, No. 30 Clinton Place, N. Y. City. Ttaoa. W. Karri* A Co., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in BVILBIXU LUMBER, Bed Cedar Posts, Boards, Timber, TIME 4.HD HEMLOCK FEMtiMfl MIRIM. .Agents for the Vermont Roofing Slate Co»; orders received for all colors and siies of Roofing Slate. Also, Agents for the Toledo Door, Sash and Blind Factory. Poors and Sash constantly on hand. Blinds, Windows, and Door frames made to order. Send for bill of Prices Particular attention paid to receiving and forwarding Lumber and Shin gles. P. 0. Box 1105. Yard corner of Freeman and George streets, and next to the Cincinnati, Hamilton & l)ay ton Rail Road. _C1NCINNATLOHIO. PARTIES desiring to have their Cards or •Notices inserted in any NEWSPAPER THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, will do wall to apply to L. P, WALKER & CO., Louisville, Ky. RUSS HOUSE, SAN FBANCIS00, CALIF0BNIA. H. H. Pearson A Co., Proprietor*. GREAT SALE OF SELECTED KANSAS LANDS! AT Al t TIOX! Ia tract* not t xceeding 160 Acre*. Sale commencing June.2d, 1868, in the City of Lawrence, Kansas. Tbs subscriber will sell at auction, to the highest bidder, as above, in the City of Law rence, commencing June 2d, 1868, about SIXTY THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND, roost of wbioh is iu Osage County, Kansas. These lands are a part of the celebrated Sac and Fox Indian Reservation, abounding in choice eeleotione of timber, are generally well wa tered, aud embrace some of the fluent quar ries of building stone and mast extensive de ?osits of coal in the entire State. The Unien aciflo Railway, Eastern Division, is in close proximity on the north, the Leavrnwertb. Lawrence and Gnlveston Railway on the eael (both built and in operation), while the Neo aho Valley Railway on the west, and the At chison, Topeltn aud Santa Fe Railway, run ning DIRECTLY THROUGH THEBE LAND8. nro under contract and now being built. TI TLE PERFECT by patent direct from Gov ernment. Terms of sale; One-fAurlh eaeb; balance in three equal paymenls with annual interest. Bond given for deed on full pay ment; or (at option of purebaser) one-laird oasb, balance in two equal payments, with annual intereet, secured by bond and mort gage. Situate, as these lands are, in the cen ter of the Slate, and contiguous to all its large oitiee, and surrounded by railways, probably such facilities for scouring oboloe eeleotione of lands for actual settlement and homaa wera never afforded at any sale here tofore held In Kansas. Maps and liala of lands to be cold will be furnished by the sub scriber on applioaiion (by letter or other wise) st Attica, New York. R. S. STEVENS. g^- Maps and lists can also be bad of the following persona, vis: A. B. Havens. Esq., Land Agent, Leaven worth, Kansas. Cbas. Cbadwiek, Esq.. Attornty at Law, Lawreuce, Kansas. D. T. Milobell, Esq.. Land Agent, Lawrence, Kibih Wm Crowell, Esq., Mtrohsnt, Pauls, Kansas. P. P. Elder A Co.. Rankers, Ottawa. Kansas. 0. H Sheldon, Esq., Land Agent, Bhrlia game, Kansas. Jamas Rogers, Esq . Land Agent, Burlin game, Kansas. P. B. Plumb, Esq.. Editor, Emporia. Kansas M G Farnbsut, Esq , Merchant, Topeka, leases or qualites: 1. They are tempered the name in the cen- , t ae at tfie edges 2. They hold a fine cutlery temper untilthc on is wofn out. 3. There are no «oft spots in them. 4. On ^ of ■these Irons will outwear four or . ve Irons tempered the old way 6. They are sold at the same price of other ; •one. 6. Every Iron is warranted to possess the f hove qualities or no sale. We hereby authorise all Hardware Dealers j > allow their customers to try our Irons, and * not perfectly satisfactory, refund price aid and charge Irons back to u*. Every PLANE IRON made by ue bear* our CLOVER LEAF TRADE MARK. i REYNOL1 JER ft CO., StbI'l T*Mrr*nio Wo»R», Auburn, ji. Y. Looms for Weaving Face Side up. 'b« Bridcsbnrg Manufacturing Co. are pre ared it ftrrtieh tboir hew improved Looms or wehVW.'g g«sdb f*ce si*6 *p- They also ffer tbrir well known Cotton and Woolen fachinery. includitgtbdfr NEW SELF-ACT NO MULES for Wool, «t reduced prioe*. iddress, No. <6 North Front street, Philadelphia, Pa VTOYE'9 BUFFALO MILL FURNISHING L.Y ESTABLISMENT.-Menufaeturea French lurr Mill Stones, Portable Griet and Flour ng Mills, Corn Mills and Feed Jfille for Farm ,nd Plantation use; Smut Jfacbinesand Sep ,raters, Improved Turbine Water Wheels, •roof Steffs, Hoisting Screws, Spindles, Flour ’tickers, iron Bolting Reels and Jfill Picks, rith every description of Jfill Gearing, from be best pattern, now in use. Constantly on band a large supply of Bolt ng Cloths. Send for catalogue and descriptive circular. Address, JOHN T. NOYE, Buffalo, N. Y. J. W. LOAN, 1ATIONAL, MARINE AND FANCY FLAG MAAUPACIL ivr.iv, NO. 67 WEST PRATT STREET, BALTIMORE, MB. DEFORM FOR LADIES -MADAME K jumel s mammarial balm md PATENT BREAST ELEVATOR, deve] ipcs the bust physiologically. Depot, 907, Broadway, New York. Send stamp for par ictilars. Sold at Druggists and Ladies fur bishing stores everywhere. Ag«Rti Wanted lor The Oflieinl Hiatory OF THE WAR, Its Causes, Character, Conduct and Results. By HON. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. A Book /or all Sections and all Par tie). This great work presents the only complete and impartial analysis of the Causes of the War yet published, and gives those interior lights aud shadows of the great conflict only known to those high officers who watched the flood-tide of revolution from its fountain springs, and which were so accessible to Mr. Stephens from his position as second office! of the Confederacy. To a public that has been surfeited with apparently similar productions, vre promise a chaagw of fare, both agreeable and salutary, and an intellectual treat of the highest order. The Great American War hae AT LAST found a historian worthy of ita im portance, and at whoso bands it will receive thnt moderate, candid and imflartial treat itfent Which truth and justice so urgently de mand. The intenso desire everywhere mamfestee to obtain this work, its Official character anc ready sale, combined with an increased com mission, make it the best subecription bool erer published. One Agent in Easton, Pa reports ,2 sub scribersin three days. One in Boston, Mass. 103 subscribers it four days. One in Memphis, Tea*. 106 subscribers u five days. Send for Circulars aud sc* eur terms, ant a full description of the work, with Pres notices of advance sheets, &c. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO. 513 Olive Street. St. Louis, Mo. DISSOLUTION. The partnership heretofore existing between John T. Wilson aud Wm Cook, under the name and style o Wilson Jfc Cook, has been dissolved b; mutual consent. JNO. T. WJLSOX, Wm. COOK. April 1,1868. Those knowing themselves indebtei to us will please come forward at ono aud settle, as I have charge of-thc book and accounts. may 2-4t Wm. COOK. SALE OF LANDS. ■VJ0TICE is hereby given that inpursuanc Xv of an order made by the District Cour of the United States, for the Eastern Distric of Arkansas, held at tbe city of Little Rock on the 17th day of April, a. t>„ 1868, I wil as Assignee in Bankruptcy of the estate o George W. Vaden, aell for cash in band to th highest and last bidder, in the town of De Arc. on the 6th day of June 1668, within th legal hours of said day, all the said Geo. W Vaden's interest in the following describe lands, to wit: Tbe w i of tbe s w ) sec 24: tb s } of sec 25; the n £ of sec 36; the s e frl J o sec 36; the n e J ef s w frl J of see 36: the s of tbe s e \ of sec 23; all in township 5 north range 5 west; and the e frl } s e } of sec 2, 4 forty two one hundredths acres; the e part c tbe n e frl 1 of eec 2, 105 acres; lots 2 of n i .e_tl. .1__ 1 ik. _ — 1 ,.4'_ 1 52 28-100 acres; the n w frl part of tho n ' frl J of sec 1, 70 80-100 acres, all in townnhi 5 north, range 0 west, east of white rirei Also, the s J of the » w | of sec 20; the b e of sec 9; the n \ of the n t J of sec 89; the s of the s e $ of sec 20, all in township 5 nortli range 8 west, containing in all about 40 acres. This tract will be sold iu lots to sui purchasers; also, the tindirided half interes in the e frl part of the n w frl $ of sec IS township 4 north, range 5 west, containin 87 61-100 acres; also, on undivided half inter est in a eertain piece of ground iu Des Arc Arkansas, described as follows, to-wit: a sli of land fifty feet wide, off of the north end o lots numbered 7, 8 A 9, in blk 26; said sli fronting 50 feet on Woodruff street and run ning east parallel with the alley on snid bl one hundred and fifty feet. I will also sell at the same time and plac all the notes, accounts and receipts of th said Qeorge W, Vaden now in my possession A deed in due form will be executed to tb purchasers of the real estate. JOSEPH EVANS, may 2-2t Assignee. SALE OF LANDS, NOTICE is hereby given that inpursuano of an order made by the District Court < tho United Slates, of the Eastern District c Aruausas, held at ths city of Litlle Rock o the 17th day of April a. 1868, I will a Assignee In bankruptcy of the estate of Sam uol Taylor; soil for cash in hand to the high est ana lost bidder, in the town of Des Art on tho fith day of June 1868, withiu the lega hours of said day, the following describe Innds, as tbo property of the said Samut Taylor, to wit: Ths w fj-l part of the s w frl of see 81, township 4 north, range 4 wesi containing 82 85- 1(H) acres, west of white riv er; also, the n a J of the n e 4 of see 1, 42 22 100 eoraa; and the a w } of the ■ a J of sec 1 40 acres, in township 8 north, range 5 west executing to the purchaser a dead in my oi total capaoity for the same. • JOSEPH EVANS, may 2-2t Assignee. OX AAA POISON II MO A K1I1KS *«)UUU IhoaUeri and Hams Mess Pork, Ramp Porkuad Join JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SAI E BY •TEWART, CWYKKE U CO. 0IT1Y F.SLIA.EL33 ROTJTI iff. to. ot tof. on THROUGH ARKANSAS. ^firfSTE A M BOAT. RAILROAD AMD STAGE LINE. MEMPHIS AND WHITE RIVER Packet Company’* First Class Passen ger United State* Mail Steamers COMMERCIAL & LIBERTY No. 2 Leaving Memphis every TUESDAY’and SAT URDAY COMING WEST, Leaving WVall's tlluff every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY GOING bast, Connecting at Memphis with all Trains For ffortkern and Eastern Cities Connecting at DeVail's Bluff with the Trains of the Memphis and Little Bock Railroad, Provided with comfortable Cars and efficient officials, CONNECTING AT LITTLE ROCK WITH J. D. CIIID ESTER & CO.’S UNITED STATES MAIL STAGES TO ALL Points South and West in Arkansas. Commodious Coaches, Fine Teams and Sober Drivers. THROUGH TICKET SYSTEM Thoroughly inaugurated, saving pas* sengers money and trouble. Persons Going East or Coming West Will find this route perfectly reliable at all seasons, being the UNITED STATES MAIL LINE. fKitKGK TICKET* For sale at all Railroad Offices in Mem* phis and at offices of all connecting lines East of Memphis, and all Stags Offices West of Little Rock. General Western Ticket Office, At the Anthony House, Little Rock. John R. Davis, Sup't Memphis and White River Pack Co., Memphis. .Tames W. Robertson, Sup't Memphis and Little Rock Rail | road. Little Rock, j John T. Chidister, Sup’t ‘'tage Lines, Little Rock. II..C. Robards, General Ticket Agent, Little Rock. Tickets can be Procured in Memphis r at the Offices of Levy a- Miller, 5 Jefferson Street. Larry Harmstad a Co., Corner Main and Madison Streets. . Overtoh Ticket Office. , Overton Hotel. Memphis a Charleston Railroad, Corner South Court and Main Streets. Memphis a Ohio Railroad Office 237'i Main Street. i i RELIABLE FREIGHT 1.1 MM f TO AND FROM ! Little Rock, Ark r \ VIA \ White River Packet Co. * AND J : Memphis and Little Sock Railroad. ^^HjyfThe staunch Steaiucrs^^gj? '1 COMMERCIAL <fe LIBERTY No. 2 ' Leave Memphis for I>eVail's Bluff Ever) Tuesday and Saturday > | f Connecting with Trains of the Mem 1 phis and Little Buck Railroad East and West, l Shippers : Are assured that rates of freight by this line will be as low as by any other. Til HO I Call HILLS OF LADING. ; Freights delivered at the door of tho Consignee in Little Rock. ef Route Open at all Seasons of the Year 1 Thus saving Shippers Time, Trouble, *; Dray-age and vexations of delay. IXStRAM E BY THIS LIKE Less than by any other. 1 : Every attention given to interests of > ! Shippers. Freights for points above ’ j Little Rock, on the Arkansas river, will _ | receive special attention. Apply to J. W. Robkbtsoii, Sup’t Memphis and Little Rock RaiL road. Little Rock. H. D. Paks-su. General Freight Agent, Little Rock. John B. Davis. Sup’t Memphis and White River Pack i et Co., Memphis. 1 Larky Hakmstad a Co., 1 Steamboat Ageuts, Memphis. Uyv a Millkk, Vo 5 Jefferson Street.