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DBS ARC, ARKANSAS: WEDNESDAY.77. AUGUST 14. 1881. gg?" The Circuit Court for Prairie County, meets at Brownsville on Monday next. E3P" A. J. Thomas, Esq., of Hickory Plain, lias our thanks for the fine Indian Peaches sent us. -- g^”We aro without the official returns of th® election on Saturday last, for member to th® Convention, but the election of B. F. Ford, Esq., by a respectable majority is gen erally admitted. The removal of our office to a now lo cation, on the East side of Lyon Street, will prevent our issuing any paper next week.— BxtraJ containing the telegraphic news will be issued every day. (jggT Gen. Hardee has rented the St. Charles Hotel, Pocahontas, arid converted it into a military hospital. Dr. 1. E. Nagle has been appointed Surgeon, and Dr. P. H. Eckols As sistant. —— ■ ♦-#»---—— Requisition on Arkansas for Three Thousand Men.—President Davis has made a requisition on Arkansas for three regiments «f one thousand men each. Gov. Rector has 1 issued his proclamation and designated Bates- i Ville and Clarksville as the places of rendez- ( vous. Each company will be allowed to select their own officers—the field officers will be ap pointed by the President. - i Prosecuting Attorney.—We refer our j readers to the proclamation of Gov. Rector, ordering an election to be held on Monday the 26th of this month, to elect a prosecuting at- I torney for the 5th Judicial Circuit, to fill the i vacancy occasioned by the resignation o J. ( L. Hollowell, Esq. , Our friend, Pleasant Joruan, Esq,, of ( Little Rock, is a candidate for the position, aa will be seen by his circular in our columns. K« possesses both the experience and ability to discharge the duties thereof. He is at pres- 1 cat actiag as prosecuting attorney pro. tern. 1 -,-—»■ ♦ - Cotton Loan.—Hon. E. H. English will address the citizens of Praiiie County, at [ Brownsville on the tilth of August, on the sub- ^ jectof the “cotton loan to the Confederate a States.” Let Prairie county show her patri otism by subscribing freely. The plan is to j get the contributions and give the bonds of 0 the Confederacy with 8 per cent, payable in f 20 years. Every provision is made for sub- V taining those that are in debt to contribute to j, this cause. Lend a willing hand, all of you. t —--—--- v Kentucky Election.—In referring to the a late election, the Louisville Courier of the 8th ( says : “In every section, ar.d in almost every j. county in the Stato, the gains over the elec- '] tion in July have been extremely heavy. We 1 have no doubt when the full returns shall be ' received, that they will indicate an increased s southern rights vote in the State of at least f twenty thousand. Had the election taken j place a month later, we should certainly have j carried the State by a decided majority. The ( | assurances that we have everywhere made large gains—that our party is a growing par | :>$iat the strength of the’Unionisls is ra- ^ I^Nujlndling away, should encourage our ‘ THughout the State to renewed exer- * use is just, and our ultimate 1 --—— 1 lu American | Syo«rwgS, ! he in to mar- j ee cents a 1 illent advice ! nakes sport ] le their de- * r boys made j J • forces im- t s suffered a iy\ “If we retreat, the c en wo don’t f Nt^ch., -u t ltjj ^respondents great quan- i, ir respective on of things. ; he defeat of ( miles of its bke Gove; n nT1;;;:Atf"-ow : , , 1 Agricultural Prosperity. The eventful summer of 1801 is alrea ]y on the wane. A few more days will jsher in the mellow hazy days of South ern Autumn—by many considered the uost genial period of the year. Then, we rust, that the hopes and cares incidental o the farmer’s peaceful pursuits will find 'ull fruition in teeming barns, and full gin louses. With plenty thus secured, we lave nothing to fear, but will continue to abor for the freedom and independence of he South, trusting in a just God who has bus far given every evidence that he is watching over us, and sustaining us, and resolving never to sheath the sword until aur independence is fully established. The farmer may not expect to find such remuneration for his labor this season as in the Fall of 1860. Then the general prosperity of the country rendered higher prices than will this year be obtained, a matter of course. Then there was no war, and no blockade, and a market for Agri cultural products, both at home and abroad; besides, we were ourselves the customers of the great North and West, of the Old Confederacy, who have by aiding in the election of Lincoln, cut themselves off from all intercourse with us. Nor can they again expect us, either in peace or war, to become, to any great extent, customers for their manufactured articles, or for such articles of Northern produce, as hay, but ter, fish, cheese, beef, pork, lumber, &c., ft is only reasonable to suppose that be ing rendered self-reliant, and more indus .rious by the stern necessity which lias ivertaken us, and possessing every laciii* y in the matter of climate, soil, and abun Jant labor, we will henceforth, depend ipon ourselves for many of the necessa ies, as well as luxuries of life, which we lave been accustomed to depend* for en irely upon the industry and prodi^tion of >ur enemies. Let our people, and our farmers espe :ially, in view of the evil period which nay not be averted, practice economy, be >e patient, save everything that is worth ;aving, and which will benefit man or least, fo#r the war may be a long one, and ibove ail be not mislead by the blind guides if the press, that the locust may not be :ome a burdensome visitor, remember the ild adage, “after war comes famine.” Wiiat They are DciNtjiN New Orleans. V “distinguished foreigner,” just from New Jrieans, communicatra the following facts to he New York Tribure. Speaking of the peo >|e of New Orleans he says: Their machine-slops and foundaries are reducing an abundance of arms and cannon, oine of the finest filled brass pieces he has et seen he saw at.hese New Orleans works, nil had no idea thy could produce such. They are buildiig several gun boats, one of ■bich—the lames—was nearly finished when e left. It is mate out of the tow-boat Whit ey, a Baltimore built sea vessel, drawing 12 let and having tyo propellers. The sides of lis boat have ban cased with six-inch plate •on, and the bilwarks guarded by double ipped railroad ion bars, it has several wa >r-tight bnlkhcjds, so that the piercing one •ill not cause tie vessel to sink. Its prow is projection oi lonu iro». ns propelling pow r are two powuful engines, and the object of .10 vessel is to run down the Brooklyn, now lockading thi mouth of the Mississippi, 'he French Government has war vessels of be same kind, built as strongly as iron and rood can mak them, with powerful engines, lade to resistJiot and shell, and to sink ves els by run mi g against them with all the orce they ca; command. That is the way it s intended tcoperate with this vessel. Gnn ioats constricted after tho same style, but of ighter draft are being built to operate as far ip as Mempiis. -- A SriCY Retort to Mr. Clay.—Gore’s jiverpool Commercial Advertiser has a spicy ditoiial inreply to Cassius M. Clay’s letter o the London Times upon the subject of Amer can affair. It concludes as follows : Great Bitain is the best conservator of her iwn hono, the best judge of her own interest, nd that s she now right lornify salutes the tars and'tripes, so sh» reserves tho right to alute thi palmetto, should the children of the South si*ceed in retaining the independent po nvion wlich they have assumed, in forming hemselrs in a new Union of Confederate states. We have to deal not only with the po itical.mt with the commercial hearing of he qtafrel; and were not a certain line of po icy foced upon ns by our honor in opposition o our ntercst, in the mere commercial sense f the word, we would immediately dispatch a leet which would effectually open to our coin ierciil navy every harbor of the South. Excuses Himself.—John C. Vaughn, Col nel »f the East Tennessee regiment, writing rom Fairfax Court House, Va., to the Knox illfe Register, thus commences Ins letter: Yin must pardon me foe writing you a line elew the stars and stripes, as my regiment 3 dow living, and subsisting on the supplies f the Lincoln army. We also write our let *rs on their power and with their pens and i>k. We sleep on their coats, cover with their •^''•ets, read their Bibles and Testaments, l ' ith thi ir utensils, ride in their wagons md nugjj-- v\ their saddles and horses, carry ■nr provuVjns zfi their meat chests, sleep un ler and in ts»;ir tent?; WP ilave their guns and irtillery ready to turn against them. Who ver heard of st«h a victory? E3?*iue followtin hav viassjd the Con 'ederate Congress: A bill permitting soloes to s.^l letters vlthout the prepayment oi postage^Lpsta^e o be collected at the office oC\l«3tii,atio?tf ► ill also confor* the same priv\W8 on ■, 'ers pf Congress. e !t BLOCKJe ku^dockade of the S(*ei ports and the k ‘ *■ ii i i vcr are begi ri ; ireadj to ha'p ’ate effect. • Wek-'the following 1 Iowa State ‘Join, which shows ; iatthe blockade 1 hi e to be re- < >m the Mississippi-tli lNorthwest wifi be ruined: 1 7he blows dealt by the kmirktration to punish disloyalty are most Ifulli their re coil. The loyal Northwels bi g ruined by measures taken to harass'd I tnvb the country of the Southern Mis&ppl Wheth er tiie Administration knnwit I not is a question somebody else must v«wl W heat in tliis city, of a good mcrchital quality, will not bring twenty-five centablel; corn has beery sold and delivered onhuifcd miles east of us for seven cents per >shland still down—down is the fearful tejenl It al ways appeared to us that the biterlicy wa. to drain the South of specie ad cientrate it Irere. , .1, c ,, The loyal Norlhwest and theltslfl Soutn feel alike the effects of the baw.the last stimulated to greater endeavors soffbroad er acres, and lives while we kngi. We can tell the “blood invoking” adlates of this war, that the “plain men” ofl . Lin coln’s proclamation are becomiig 4ses.~ They see ruin staring them in thifal They Sgg every avenue which has hithirt®-ought wealth choked up—more, they see Idences of the animus of this war, and’all them, Republicans as well as democrats, ibegin ningto think. From every hill tort Iowa the cry will soon come, “Peace, taloif re strictions, unlock the channel of tit, give us peace and life.” We know it:■ state nothing from hearsay or conjecture;|is the j monotony of the people which wiltcome stronger with the need. The Mtsippi must be opened and the northwest sa'J The effects which have resulted the blockade of the Mississippi in the Nicest will speedily be experienced, indeelis al ready being experienced in Kentuckl The Southern States have heretofore been tjpriu cipal market for the sale of the surpluslduc tions of our farmers. This trade, hlever, is now effectually cut off by the high mded measures of the Lincoln Adminisiratl. It is said that from every hill top in hi the cry will soon come : “Take off the restlion; unlock the chanels of trade; give ujeace arid life.” Will Kentucky bo less detelnsd than Iowa. Will she not rise in her lght. and re-open the avenues of trade, and saber people from the bankruptcy which thilens to engulph them.—[Louisville Courief.l VV HAT A JLjU UAVf. jljmi.njvs micci rn p Bowie Knife.—The Baltimore Sun te the s following: c One of the New York Fire Zouaves, rho 1 was wounded at the battle of Manas? on * Sunday last, a stalwart, hardy fellow, of on- ' siderable intelligence, passed through till sftv yesterday en route homeward, remainin'] (ere several hours waiting for the cars. of course, has the privilege, like all oths, to tell hi? own tale, without apprehendinifor the present at least, successful contradi jon. From him 1 obtained a thrilling narrati.^ of a rencontre between his regiment and a regi ment of Mississippians.<■ i After the battle had been raging for <;tne hours, according to the account of this Zola-1 vian hero, he saw an immense body of Ms sissippians, accompanied by some (believedjto be) Baltimorians, rush furiously over the Con federate ramparts. They at once saw the con spicuous uniform of the Zouaves, and made at them. The Mississippians, after approaching near enough, sent a terrible volley from their rifles into the Zouave ranks, B'!1'1';,;, threw the/ guns -uie and charged 0,'w ® ' apj until eac/contendg enemy metTael to .a ^ and ban?to fcaiidi tcruble combat. f{) The flississippiis, having discard tin rifle? a/ter the flr fire, fell back upon tin r ^ BowieTtnives. Tt-se were of huge dim.«- ™ sions, ii^hteen tawenty inches lon?j,hen > in proportion, an sharp or two edgtid at lie poirt. Attachelto the handle waj also Wyl lass.), some eights ten feet in length, vviL.j, - one end sccurelyvound round the wjjst. ■ My infonnantays when these tenlfic wa. rior? approacheco within reach of viieir la so, rot waiting tcorne in bayonet range, Lie threw forward .ieir Bowie knives at tu _ Zouaves after th fashion of expei ieliced ha , ^ pooners strikingit a whale. . • . Frequently the plunged in. and penetraM ■’ through a soldie's body, were jfiked 01I, *' ready to strike gain whilst the first vietjn r sunk into death On several occasions, tfw Cl tenible Bowie knife "'as transited ini a c< Zouave and thefeouavfs bayonet in a Mis/is sippian. both iiipaWand falling together.j So » skillfully was this tl/adly instrument hantled P by the Mississippi?/5 that he could projeft it l to the full lasse lerftb, kill his victim, with- J draw it again wi/> sudden impulse, and c catcli the handle If by any mis/ance the Bowie knife missed 1 its aim broke/he cord fastening it to the • arm or fell t<wh>e earth, revolvers were next i resorted to ai/use(t with similar dexterity. ; The hand toAnd closing in with both pistol : and Bowie Pife, cutting, slashing, carving, and shooti»2almost in the same ciomffoj^yaas awful beyoS description. Blood iFishcd frotnTi hundreds ofwounds, until, amidleath, piti- s fnl groan* 'ml appalling sights, It staunched ] the very erth. My Zouave chaippion says < himself am comrades did hard figiting, stood ' up manful/t to the murdtrous conflict, but i never before knew what uixlauntedjbravery and coarage meant. 1 He felt no further ambition to engage in I such rencdntres. Having been shot through : the wrist by a revolver, after escaping the fearful Mississippi weapons, and disabled from further active participation pi HieAtoig— gle. he willingly preferred to reap the glory wop, convinced tnat to fight against Mississip pi's with Bowe knives ant. pistols, after re ceiving a volley ot their sLarp-ciacking ri fles; is no ordinary fun. --—:-— Dispatches Direct for E rope.—We learn that Senor Moncada, Spani.i Consul for the.States of North Caroline, Souii Carolina, and Georgia, has dispatched speci: messengers to his Govenment in Madrid, as \ ill as to the Governor General of Cuba, git in the full ac counts of the great rout of the 2 t inst. He has al-o made arrangements to hie the latest news of the war from Southern surce, regu larly telegraphed to Madria inline iately upon the arrival of the steamer at Livfpool. This would imply that Her Catholic M jesty's Gov ernment is not far behind Englau and Francs in anxiety concerning the issue o the war. [Charleston Mercury. -—, **-.— “Manassas.”—The Rev, L. l. Ware of Richmond, Va. in a portion of hi - nayer open inn- the proceedings of the Confderate Con Wesson the 25thj referring - *«■ as cribe! to God for our late great uccory, be sought that he would so impres the hearts of the people with a sense of lu proviuence and goodheU-tiiat the name “Man ssas should always remind them of its ae ptural sig nification, which war: “God hat made us to forget all our Hobble.” 1 tWn, f# o^to'^icbmon^ natieal'y. ( „ of this cit) ■ the Reifcan Pres . rest. w w'1 *■ frei,|«“H>lSSi»or SX I ... itr I-ove nios'' at Vnrone, and m -Iie ‘‘Slated States 0E the e't ot Jr advantageous to • q1 forf.ign pmr Ate States. In ^h a da,k shadow i na°tionft ^‘JjJ'Sfour arms. It ■;» JJ* "le bSfecteoSnancial ,,beb to r'°f iK andit, wiH -fLUaL.ponthe ,u, Ihoine, r- 1(1 tobacco nmV.-J. Xrl of *elf ,;0tX .s while thee can be . f Vlbiew cainpa . im\ ,ith fresh , TlJ: that they wn be .i1;. j^ondence. ; 0 „ to stvuggM f°r ™;t, ,vhch await ven the *»tur* wil cost the 'fin The disaster at man i0|ars more 'X’-.t'ue hundred milhon* t,an would | ;°utit tlie objec' of th - terihle bhm L° aC‘hi n necessary had no j t war, r prwlilch the nation s I q «e will vn ik peediH- «5"X and te.lios conflict ob b' y have a o«» re?onrce* f.ct protrac whSt J”1 Kxl',Xtre" and the stgnation of £ conunerc.a J "^ nnte„ whats connect new balls, * fscts n England pensive - .qjqge of ,vp 0 untry Vlst The tcn°w'®^ot fail to do th«, » ^ and Fran^Le British Goverr'^oCO|,iei\ before j injury* t0 the position rth "ri..gfit a charge over thspirit of its am. Before that time it was dmost re»dy i recognise the independence of tie rebellion* „ tes. It will now assume the sane attitude* 1 probable soon send out oher snips-of-war break the blockade, for vhich we tear it 11 be only too easily to find reuse. It is >® ie the English, as a people; .sypaathiso with w - Northern States, ns do the jjrt.adUii:5 ; flbr I .y are anti-slavery in senUw«n|,ut the c*t- |l! , lords of Manchester and® ^majority of e feudal aristocracy of the country— ‘ r rfelitical elements which r*u/a,ohn Bull— 11 rejoice at the calamity whichu;i befalltu • for it will facilitate their (V,,ration for <3 double purpose of getting c°tto jami break- 0 r no the republic of the L nitei states ef o,tVi America—the great politic*.! aril cot- * ercial rival of the British Empires. The ,'tton interest of England c*re little what bo )mes of this country, provided it an get the ai.de upon which it live*, move* md has its ein--. The nobility, in common nth all the riviXed orders and crowned headof Europe, >ok upon our institutions with n evil eyu 'he example of self-governmentm a natioi f thirty-two millions, in which here is nj aste and in which the fundameuC principal s “liberty, fraternity, equality,” vis hitherW "standing menace and reproach tohe despot* sm which holds hundreds of mill ws in bond By the failure oE this republ the men- ? a-e and reproacn are ibmuvcu, uu i>y me •eduction of the United States fro a first rata | ■o a second class, Power, therejuld be one jt TnnpetTfSrlheless*' for the Supr«Sc7~®* IN H eas. The British aristocracy ml all the I lotentates of Europe, will, thetfore, gloatV ,ver the misfortune which has happened us whatever their diplomatic represetatives mayi ay to the contrary. . n \ Such, then are the sad resultsof the inliu-•, lice of a foolish and fanatical ires#, and ot. he equally foolish* and fanatica men whom he people'have unfortunately se t to represent hem in Congress, overriding th military judg ment of General Scott, and th common sense *f. the Preniiftnt., aa&jki f. government to destruction, lie railroad tf| *n an which are half a dozehtruken madmk ^ with loaded pistols in theilads, who cA'0f spire to force the engine?, t the periIV instant death, to go ahead a nil speed, matter what trains may be >eting or vvliat™ obstacles may bo in the wav. fader such cir cumstances, what could be xpected but a disaster at home and loss of p itige and pow er abroad ? The lesson adui stered to us is a severe one. Let us protit t it before it is too late.— [New York Herali -—«-«-♦ Thf. Gigantic Battery.-Among the tro phies taken at Manassas was battery, com posed of the most gigantic gte ever seen on a field of battle. They weradrty two pound rifled cannon, on wheels, teror twelve feet high, and with tires a foot ule, and drawn by ten horses. Such monstetwere never seen before outside of a fortifieatm. In this outfit wes e t-'hfaese sticklefiW The Yankees supposed that the mere si^ vr those terrible looking monsters would cle: the field of enemy.—[Richmond Whig (®*It is man’s the horse fff a-S\ • fmSe.I-rtmt™ a pij tfi' the Senate . big1; and Yi1 I President of the sJ^ '■ | the ninet »#;nth day of February ^ ad red and iyixty-two. open all the c<^H and the \ for President anilYjS resident shall ti he counted, as directtiliH'' lid Constitntioi*- |j Sec. 4- ’*£- Ig resident of the ConfeibJ dates shall be inaugurated on the tweg>S econdday o' nary, eighteefi humirelaiM ixty-two. * Sec. 5- «p.u further enacted, that inctfl tie State of * irgut:a shall adopt andntiBB the Constitution i‘or t)le permanent goijrJH ment of the Contet_arate States of Ameritibffl fore the electrons tj)js act provided for.thll shall be entitled n elect sixteen meinberriH the House of Ke{( i.sentati ves: and the Stafeo&'f North Carolina, |jke case, ten inombersjllijii State of renness . in like case, elaver;, dei the State of Ail isaa) j„ |j]je caa,,( four 11*041^ | hers; the same ,,<r upon the basis one m:AH j her for every u,|ty tltousand representaiirjl I population, and no additional member for flw fraction over onc,aIf of the ratio aforeMjjy| in each of said '’Us, under the census oftU’-eri United States, taV, jn eighteen hnii(]r«danj||| sixty, and bem/ » s*nie basis of 1 eiresrupSw tion fixed for w sioe,, original StatesJ.n nit -l Constitution X permanent government. tui j Sec. l’> B»i further 'tmcted, tliet thesaresfet II rules and pri'Bues shall v>t ol>f e-1 ve<f , aaj ■ tnr. numbtr (^Presidential Electors in ti'J \ afore3t” !« llle 0‘her seven or, 1 I Approved ty 21, 1851. .yniuv'a*n.’».w,-»mac.', trw.eWiM>aw^[^ jB ■WHWJHMff - ; | ni'rie County, Arkansas, the ful by .h. .»»<, »l D. L. Gray, as guardian of it. It W. R. Hodges, as ndintuieeKtor of th.« es te of Geoig* Patter so), dec’d. | A icy Cook, as adranisU ator of the |«teh ' it. J. Couk, decV.' . , . . I Aser Piiku • Administrator.deiboniiinoa [ tile esate of David Roystar, dec > • \ lU'/.afeth Perkins, as administrator oytte, site of Elisha Perkins dec’d. / I j'avnor Tooue, as guardian ol ^ r r'Xionla: > Tavnor Toono as guardian of LonVf TOiti Tavnor Tooue. as guardian of Susan Tuoie. Tiros. Gray, as administrator of the (fU& f 0. G. Treadwell dec’d. Henry Eagle, as guardian of R. and JJjuj i David S Wilson, ns administrator e| ests| B If \V. J, W. Wilton, dee.’d. ^ 1 9 I David Crenatuw, as giVraiah of E. if |j lackson. J 1 G. W. Litton, i,* administrator of the «ta® |,j :>f Green ii. Littm, dec’d. J 1 Joseph Evans,*s guardjjtn of Ann S. Pit j man. ‘ 1 A. C. Clary, a: ad^pinis'rator of the cstatf* t bf J W. Clary dc’d. ' - Lott Johnson,a guardim of Louisa Robe?* et als. Jes3e Hammor.as administrator of the et tate'of Maty E. lamtnor, dec’d. , . Elizabeth Mjrs, as administratrix 11 i Franklin Mycrslec’d. , J, A. McKinee, as guardian of h '•f| Wray. J W. C. Robins, as administrator of the •' tate of B. Myerrlec’d. ® W. C. Robins, as administrator of the «• isdr of G»p.r,re (t, dec’d. •* J 1 John Carroll, h administrator of the cs 0| of W. W. Kidd, tec’d. K G. W. Cherry as executor of Uic lasD i«I. and testament o|D. A. Cherry, dec’d. JS Charles W. V a mack, as adininistiato .the estate of Raecea Wamack dec’d. Uf. W. Douglas, as administrator de«t» , ; of the cstae of W. H. England dec’i t versons iterested in the eettleine 1* anv such ?«tatSMar0 hereby M'fied to ^ f '„,ni 'jj'4:fl'xccpti°iis to such accoA it '"Hi v thev ' 0,1 or before the second of' l, Probat. court of it countv to1 t tun and holder, at the O ho„A th ; ^c,lty> 0,1 tb,‘' second Month? October ]M)l? tbey wil1 1,e fprever bar' ■md nr eel ill Tdom excepting to the samt. Attest, 1 WM. GOODHUM. Clerk August i|’ G1-u-_J£_ “fesv U-e school rriHE thh^lcssion of Mrs X Romnso& » S E Ij ■''' SC HO fl»|