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Marc 1511 >*. 1*. OAin, Kell tor. DES ABC, ARKANSAS, FEB. 2St I SR Notice to Correspondents. All communications addressed to tli Office must be plainly written on one si« of the paper, and the authors name mu invariably accompany each article. M will accept or reject all manuscript as 01 judgment dictates. War is the curse of nations. Peace tho blessing of nations. We would assun that war is the emanation of the infern regions; but we read that tfiere was wi (doubtless the first war) in heaven. “31 chaol and his angels fought against tl Dragon.” In the history of our race, tl first war we find on record is that of Ca against Abel. From that time till no our race has been cursed with war and 01 Planet stained with human blood. Tl fairest parts of earth, and the most civ: jjjed portions of our race in every age ha' felt the scourge of this insatiable monste until mother earth herself seems to be 01 grand charnel house — a universal mosso't um. It seems that men act upon the a age, that, “one murder makes a villai millions a hero.” “Frequent comuriss'u of crime hardens men in it.” “ 1 here shf be wars and rumors of war, but tho end not yet.” iiut there is a time coming i in the future in which it will be said “i< haii fn.it” for "thereshall be no more war It is then that the earth shall keep jubih a thousand years—when the leopard ar the calf shall he down together and tli little child laughing leap from its mother arms and with impunity strokes the his. jug adder. Hut most of us arc slow to b< lieve that the millenium is even near, fo our ken is clipped by a dark horizon, the doses the future with its coming events i impenetrable gloom. \ ot, even over tli dark abyss of the future, Hope—eldes daughter of heaven throws a gleam ofligl like the bow of heaven the bow'of pron iwe. Hut is war a curse, a sore affliction? (.< ask the pale emaciated widow, wlros checks are furrowed with burning teai for him who was her support and cotnfor whoso bones now bleach on some distai field, whose tender ouC3 in hunger wee for bread, while the rude winds of heave sport with their rags and tattered garment Is war a curse? Go ask the widowed motl er who weeps in anguish of soul for anoni son around whom all her hopes in declinin years clustered, the idol of her hear among strangers on some distant hill < vale. That noble boy sleeps the sleep tli; knows no waking, unshrouded, unhonorc and unsung. Is war a curse? Go a> those uoble veterans who for four yea stood by their colors and their cause am the diu of battle, in the sulphurous blaze musketry, tho roar of artillery, amid t! carnage and groans of comrades and ki robbed of their limbs, maims and cripple they stand as living mementoes, fragmen of what they once were. Proud and chi alrous even upon crutches and artifici aids, yet the curse of war has left its it press upon their noble forms. Is w a curse? Let the ashes of our once bea tifnl churches, colleges and sehoolhous answer. The smouldering ruins of o cities, towns, hamlets ami farms, answer is. The forcible pressing ami taking aw of mules, horses, wagons, cattle, hogs, i domestic animals, together with all vain hies of every kind respond, it is. Tl rude attack and forcible entry into tl sanctum sanctorum of every citizen’s ct tie at the hour of midnight, where gr hairs, nor beautiful females, nor sleepii innocence had the power to rob the rufliii soldier of his fiendish purpose. These : with a trumpet tongue proclaim, war is curse. Is war a curse?. Compare tl South to-day with what she was five yea ago, recur in memory to the extended e< ton fields, the broad acres of sugar ca and white fields of rice, grain and gre s«as of cereals and tobacco—happy land happy people! Ifut doomed to fade uml the poisonous breath and infectious ton of Mars. From'the Chesapeake to t Rio Grande the footprints of the invac have been the seal of her overthrow, ov powered by physical force, numeri strength,’a combination of the North w every shade, color and element of b( hemispheres. For four years the Sov withstood all this heterogen ious mass, tl agglomeration of every shade and c; Like Leonidas at the straits of Theriin oIjb, she rolled hack the mighty (eoluu till exhausted and overpowered she yield to superior numbers, but not to valor, a yielded a land all baptised in the pun and noblest blood that ever coursed in mi tal veins. Hut the South is still in sa< cloth and ashes and tears for her no! dead. The blood of her purest best a bravest spilt in the sacred cause of hum rights, cries lrom her broad savanna! fragrant vales and sunlit bills, and tbe ecb i ^ • oes borne upon every breeze answer, \va - is a curse. Tlie fairest, the loveliest lam athwart which the sun has ever throwi hia dazzling light, or over which gentl zephyrs ever bore fragrant breezes to fai 5 ; the brow or kiss the cheek of innocence i and beauty and love, these too send up th ' melancholy echo, war is a curse. '1 h ° loved one* of the slain repeatit, the grave 4 ! of the broken hearted repeat it, and th ' echo borne full upon the blast crosses th ,f confines of time and reverberates, war is curse, and methinks the half hour’s silcne' at the judgment day is followed by th is full toned blast of the archangel’s silve ic trump, war is a curse, and the soum il caught up by the lost spirits as downwart ir they sink in nether Erebus, with tic i • hoarse dismal echo along the ebony walls o ie Hell, war is a curse. jgia?" Time, the great destroyer of humai w enterprises and revelator of Divine will, of lr ten teaches man strange lessons In th< last four years it has taught us lessons o j_ importance, lessons that will endure wliih memory last, and that are calculated it their nature to benefit, in that they show forth the folly of man and the inaccuracy „ of human undertakings. I Four years ago and there could be heard throughout this broad land of ours naught M but the clanking of arms and the fierce do ll termined expressions of passion. The de j % uion of war had mounted his blood stained charger and with the cry of oppression, l_ oppression, moved to action a United , T1 ... ... l .1 «11 I OVUUl, 1JU ip i that made life sweet were cheerfully bro’t ,] j as sacrifices to the alter of duty. The 1 wrongs that the South had experienced at ■ . the hands'of the North rose mountain I high,.demanding resistance, aye resistance unto blood. She did resist; to what ex r tent, but Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Perry ville ( and the thousand other battle fc'ds can 1 tell. Resisted till homes wero made deso late, property destroyed, the hearts of dear t ones made to bleed, the nation baptized in ( blood and sorrow—then submitted, not cringingly as the whipped spaniel submits to his master, not cowardly as the guilty (| culpiit submits to the law, but boldly honestly, conscientiously as the minor ' right submits to the greater wrong. In this submission she lost no dignity t sacrificed no honor; but gained the appro ^ bation of the civilized world. The term: :1 of her submission will not be violated.— The peace that disappointed so many bravi men will not be broken. All that tin y South promised will be done. 'r What is she doing now; is she witl folded arms and with paralized energies ir idly lamenting her fate, and foolishly was i imr the crumbs that have been left her ,1 No; time dog; not teach such lessons. Sir k has been awakened to the truth that sh .. must work or perish— there are none t (j help her. Depending on their manhoot ,p their hosesty and the integrity of thei e purposes; tho people of the South hav 1 placed their shoulders to the wheel to built q up their homes to efface the marks of; js destroying foe, and to call forth the smile of prosperity, which for so long a tinn have slept. In this, they are succeedin' everywhere—throughout our broad lam ir can be seen the husbandman at his plow u_ proving his earnestness by refusing tolool M behind. The so-und of tho Mechanic ... hammer, tells of improvement everywhere ;t Our own State and Town gives abundan evidence of this fact. But ah ! there is dl work that none can do—none but Ifir. n. who afflicts that He may heal. Widow ie cannot ho comlorted—brothers catmo 1C Luzarus like, be called to life again. s_1 To what do all these things tend ? W answer to our own interests The loss ( |tr property; the devastation of our countr in call loudly for labor, and make of us ]j working people. The loss of blood ; i n good and great men ; of Husbands, Brotl ie ers. Sons, Friends, and those that wei 1 more than friends—make of us a unite ,t_ people. Not united by worldly intere ie alone, but by the common ties of blom , than which none are stronger. More tha this; our dispositions have been mellowei conscience aroused ; the love of truth ii .}, creased. Truth and principle yet bur :U! lively upon the altar of the Southern bear er lending to her sons strong incentives t fulfill all that they have promised; aye, t .al the very letter. As they boldly and feai th : h'ssly went forth to defend; so are the th j willing to earnestly engage in building u th i their country, establishing her laws am jis j protecting her citizens, st. B ar has lost his charms—the din c >p- battle is no longer heard. Peace, B’hit iig Robed and Heavenly, has unfolded he ed wings; flown to earth, and taught us, a jd commissioned by Heaven, that vengeuu gj belongeth to the Lord and He will repa; j. -Why 13 the letter C like a generot fairy? Because it turns ash iuto cash. Ic -A female school teacher of St. Lou 1 was recently fineil twenty-five dollars f *n whipping oue of her soholars. Exchange. is. This must be Bureau business. ' - ■ tlrl_—Igg*— . j Currency for the South.—We ob r serve that the Commissioner ot (. urrcncy ] 1 has recommended that the amount of Na , ; tional Banks issue be extended one hun } | dred million, for the purpose of supplying ) I the South with currency. If this exten sion would make the Southern States any ’ richer, or add to tic enterprise, industry , and prodcuts of this section, in the meas * urc that is contemplated, it would certainly , be a desirable tiling for the South, which , needs capital. But wo cannot see how it , will put one dollar in the pockets of the , people, more than they have now, and , must, therefore, regard it as a “weak in vention” for the expansion of curiencj I and the enlargement of issues by the I j banks. The South certainly needs capital, but P can only get it by furnishing a quid pro ' quo for the same. The only effect that | an enlargement of the circulating medium i can have, without giving us better chance* ■ than we now have to dig it out of the soil, ; or ,nake it by mechanical or manufactur ? ing industry, will be to depreciate curren : cy, instead of adding greater wealth to the country. What the South needs is a chance to work in peace, and to open up her vast resources and energies. Under a govern ment which shall be paternally adminis tered, as is contemplated by the President’s policy and which shall guarantee equal protection to all, with the rights of all se cured by impartial judicial tribunals, the South will begin to prosper, and her labor and enterprise will soon bring within her : bounds all the money capital she shall need to carry on business and supply her ne cessities. Instead of currency, give us I commonlaw. Instead of banks and bu I reaus, give us the Constitution. Instead | of an increase of greenbacks, give us ! gentle peace and beautiful harmony. [Memphis Commercial. Gf.n. Fouukst.—We had the pleasure of meeting this distinguished gentleman yester day, and was glad to see him looking in tine health and spirits. The General, in reply to an allusion to the canard ofhis having goneto Mexico, requested us to say, that he has hot been nor has he the remotest idea of going anywhere else than back to his plantation where he and a goodly number of black men, i are hard at work trying to make enough to | live on, pay taxes, and help the Government to get out of debt. He advises every body else to do the same thing. He is as earnest and sincere a supporter of the Government ns he was a good tighter, and thinks the right way to get out of our troubles is for every body ! to bo at work, and in the discharge of ail the . duties resting upon him.—[Memphis Appeal, February 18th. i j Causes or Sudden Death,—Very few of i the suden deaths which are said to arise from ' diseases of the heart do really arise from that cause. To ascertain the real origin of sudden ' deaths,nil experiment lias been tried in Europe, ' ; and reported to a scientific congress ntStras ’ ! bourg. Sixty-six cases of sudden death were > made the subject of a thorough post mortem | examination; in these cases only two were . found who had died from disease of the heart. Nine out of the sixty-six had died from apo plexy, while there were forty six eases of con I gestion of the lungs—that is, the lungs were so 1 ! full of blood they could not work, there not , being room enough for a sufficient quantity J of air to enter to support life. The^roises 1 that produce congestion of the lungs are cold I feet, tight clothing, costive bowels, sitting still until chilled after being warmed with la > bor or a rapid walk, going too suddenly frem a close, heated room into the cold air, especially II after speaking, and sudden depressing news j operating on the blood. These causes of sud ^ den death being known, ail avoidance of them may serve to lengthen many valuable lives, 1 which would otherwise be lost under the ver diet of heart complaint, ilic disease is sup s posed to be inevitable; lienee many may not take tho pains they would to avoid sudden death if they knew it lay in their power. ---■+-* -«—— Order Coil. Giant. 't Washington. Feb. 17. « I The following circular letter to the CQ'iiman a I dors of military departments was issued to-day by Gen. Grant: j Headquarters, Armies of the U. S. "1 l" ! Washington, Feb. 17, / X* h su will please send to these headquarters t) as soon :i- practicable, and from time to time .j thereafter, such copies of newspapers printed j in your departments as contain sentiments of disloyalty and hostility to the Government in 11 any of its branches, and state whether such It j paper is habitual in it its utterances of such i- SiMitiineut. The persistent publication is cal i dilated to keep up hostilities between the two .. sections of country, and cannot be tolerated. This information is called for with a view to [) J suppression, which will bo done from these 1 headquarters only, lly command of Lieut. - Gen. Grant. (Signed) L. S. Bowers, A- A. G. ; A report has recently been circulated to the } effect that Captain Horace James, of the j Frcedmen’s Bureau and others, had been brutally murdered by rebels in North Carolina. In reply to if letter from General Fullerton, f I "Colonel Whittlesey commander of Frcedmeu 2 j from that State, telegraphs there is no tvutl r in the statement, and that neither James noi s any other officers of the Frcedmen’s Bureau i: in danger from the rebels. Reports like this, and that of the death o Osband, in Mississippi, at the hands of rebels are becoming too plenty for credence. Hives 3 tigatiou by the heads of the Bureau invariabl; prove them to have bean started for cffe.c 18 * against lately rebellious people. I —rjDon't find fault. Probably you hav faults enough without finding any more. I.on. Jour >1 4RR1E1>. On Wednesday evening last, at the vesi dence of the bride, by the Uev. Mr. McNeill, i Mr. George King to Miss Mart Hideout,all of White Co. Success to you George. May time who sheds his blight o'er all And daily dooms some joy to death, O’er thee let cares so lightly fall They shall not crush one flower beneath. i DIED Yesterday, at the residence of Mr. Geo. Ilnnnett's, on Surrounded Hill, Kichabd Christian, aged about 20 years. Thus in the prime of life has fallen another victim to the stern dostroyer. For four years a soldier in the Confederate army: his deport- ^ ment was such as to win the admiration of all. When peace came no heart leaped higher than his—no pulse beat, more proudly. Earnestly he sat to work, buoyant with hope, but death came and bore him hence. He is gone; no { more to take part in the bustle of life. Let us ■ hope that his is the sleep of the reightcous, and that to him death lias but borne the com mission of our Heavenly Father “come up higher.” THE “EVERLASTING NEGRO,” The more “right and privileges ’ yon accord to the negroes, in their present ignorant condi tion, the less industrious will they become. ( The higher they arc elevated in the scale of society’ by the politicians, the less will they work. This proposition is perfectly obvious and ; well known to all intelligent Southerners : but Northern men will have to come down here and live among the negroes awhile, and em ploy them as laborers, before they can be brought to Deitevc u. There can be no true elevation of the negro> unless, by education and industry and good conduct, he works out that elevation himself, This ought to be perfectly well known—a self-evident proposition indeed—to such pro fessed thinkers and philosophers as those wonderfully able men, Sumner and Wendell Phillips and Horace Greeley,* but, warped from the true course by party necessity, or by the supposed requirements of a policy in volving an insulting ascription of bad faith and dishonest purposes to the Southern people, they refuse to recognize the truth of a princi ple old as humanity itself, and insist on mak ing the negro a citizen, a legislator and a ru’er—the full political and social equal of the white mau—betore he has become a ‘man . None so blind as those who won't see While we admit, that, by education and conduct, the negro may, after awhile, succeed in effecting his own elevation, yet, such is the native deceit, untruthfulness and ferocity ef his average character, the thing must remain a problem until demonstrated by actual experi ment, One thing we believe to be as certain as anything can be, that has never been tested; The problem can never be solved in favor of the negroes, so long as they remain mixed up with the whites in the South, for the simple reason that the two races cannot now—perhaps never live together in peace on terms of per i feet eqttali ty. One would have supposed, a few years ago, | that, with the abolition of slavery in the South, 1 the agitation of the eternal “negro question” would have instant ly ceased. But no,—the Abolitionists believe that mor^capital is to be made out of it yet; and so, the “eterhal” conflict goes on. Where, or lioiv, it is to end, j If ever, God only knows. Let us hope that | the President, backed by the Conservatives oi j | the country, will find a speedier solution of I j the difficulty tiling the Radicals look for or i desire.—Memphis Argus. A Thrilling Scene. i The Washington correspondent of (lie S Chicago Times gives tiie following acconnt o’ _ - ~ .. , , i me proceeuiiigs oi uiu umu uuj . > : “A remarkable scene took place in the House of Representatives yesterday afternooij. Mr. Rousseau, of Kentucky, was making an eloquent speech against the Freedmen’s Bu reau bill, when ho was interrupted by Mr. De lano, of Ohio This gentleman, a Republican member, electrified the House by stating that | he held the Southern States to be as much States of the Union as any other States, and i that he was ready at this moment to vote for : ilie members from Tennessee and Arkansas. In an instant every Democratic member np ! plauded this sentiment by a vigorous clapping i of hands, while the republican members with ; | one or two exceptions, sat still, petrified with I 'astonishment at the audacious declaration, j Alluding to the precious plea set forth during the whole war, that it was a war for the res toration of the Union, and to the repudiation of that principle by the Republicans now. and to the atrocious sentiment avowed by Thad. deus Stevens, “that lie was determined to keep the Southern States out of the Union until | they had adopted such measures as would se cure the permanent ascendency of the Repub lican party”.—Mr Rousseau declared that if he had known that such wus to he the purpose and object of the war, he never would have drawn his sword on the side of the North, against the South. -A diamond pin worth several hundred dollars was lately found in a lot of paper rags, and more recently a woman in a Massachusetts paper mill found a hundred dollar bill in another lot. -The gas works at Charleston have been seized by order of the military authorities, as captured property. One thousand laborers are engaged in rebuilding the city of Charles ton. -It is currently reported that Capt lvimbro and Desha, of Harrison county, Ky. i have left that State for the purpose of fighting a duel. The former was a Captain in the - Federal army, and the latter raised the first company in Kentuckey for the Confederate . army. The quarrel between them originated , in some affair that occurred before tlie war. t -During the past month, nearly thirty robberries have been committed at Indianap olis, Ind. A vigilance committee has been ^ formed at that place for protection of property 1 etc. ALFRED ROYI>, ) 1>’M I*VI), of Paducah, Ky. j o:I«duC3i j BOYD A col j)ES ARC, ABK. ! WHOLESALE AJsV eealees m P S 1 n © © os groceries, fanca a u d staple : m ®©©®89 Ready-Made Clotting AID FURNISHING GOODS, BOOTS, S3IOES .1X19 SB ATS, SiO OLES, BRS»IXS,< OMA«S tS5: IB AMES, HAItDW AWE IVli CUT EERY, «I-ASS A X O QUEffilXS WARE, ISO EVEBT VARIETY OF * MMH ADD mSlTiHlDI s up pl i ns. We respectfully invite the attention c our friends, and the public generally, t our assortment, which we propose sellin at the lowest market prices. Des Are, Feb. 28, 18G6.—6m I t'f Drags! DrugL-i gttujs, gtciiiriurft PAIITS, DYE-STUFFS, WINDOW-GLASS, OILS, J$.i'ic&kes, & idling dJachlc, PERFUMERY, SCHOOL BOOKS AM STATIONERY Any books will be ordered to suit purclia ;ers. YVe intend to keep everything in tin drug line that this market demands. Prescriptions and orders filled promptly. Terms—CASH. febG8-tf IH UMA & illtO. ]'. LEPTIEN, Walfliiimkcr and Jeweler DES ARC, ARKANSAS. r am .NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL L kinds of work in my line. Mend ing, Cleaning. &c. B®*Thankful for past favors, 1 solicit continuance of tlie patronage heretofore bt stowed on mo. fcb28-tf WM M. SfABXtEH. A. «>. EDWABOI WARNER & EDWARDS, tasti OKil.i lts i\ S TAP Li Mfl) F A N G I Groceries and Provisions. AlXLSO llECtlVlNiG ami FOltWARDIA’i )£El{ Cl I ANTS, Des Arc, Arkansas. FI! UK highest market price pnid for Whet 1 Dry Hides, and all country produce. Des Arc, February 28, 18<>G —Cm FOR SALE! I71IVE Billiard Tables complete, nnd o } House fifty by twenty-five feet, local in tlie central portion of tlie town of DEV ALL'3 BLUFF Near tlie Steamboat Landing. The abc Tables will be sold separate or all togetli For information apply to J. G. HANNA, feb28- Derail*s Bluff, Ark NOTICE, I rriiE Partnership hefetofore existing 1 l tween John Jackson and John Cowgill, the Eclipse Mill at Des Arc, washy unit | cojsent and agreement, dissolved on the 2 i imt. All claims of hands and demands agai | said firm, during the Partnership, have bi assumed by said Jackson, to be paid by b JOHN COWGILL. ! Feb. 28 — It. Id call bet till -of Dry jYI VIPHIS hi^ .r. w. BEw'jja# PROPRIETO cy i good millS house is convenient ;0ods s l near the Steilllliiout -»-i iliff. Travelers, or those wii e grat a while in Des Arc, can lie i a(j fare, comfortable quarters, i .. commodutions usually found 4lleli L DeH Arc, Arkansas, Feb. 28| count ITS O Q .£-dLpointi mixed set:::, I rniCK first session of this gl;I office 1 Monday, the 10th of Feb'S eliarge and direction of 13. If glaf' ! who hopes by strict attention gtea I patronage of the town and snrl j( ; try. Every attention wnl be' *" ' and especially to the IntellecfewsI | culture of bis pupils. All schijexter | regular from tune of out r ince^n(t ■'] tion for absence or sickness, o , I tion than one week. i Terms per Sessioc c Fi\ f.lft, i Orthography, The same Geograpl I The same I alysis, Philosophy, Physiol ever I Algebra, yaut The above, with Geometry, B Chemistry, Book Keeping f Languages, |*^ a8 N. ii—One half at middle I and the remainder at t lie dost l)es Are. February 28, 18GG. doc r ' T T 0, every one that lias ,, i IL thing I’l'esll itHtl Fit “ j drop in, and be ci»,' fJt anil tm articles neb,’! Cigars, Tobacco, ndios. Nuts, &c., !tc. Come and sec us, yclovej feb28-tf _ HAP.VEY, HORNE M i™*} iiicss tbi 3?ropri#s, 10m; [^H18 establishment is nw a BIAS ■ . ....The Ston trvvei.ii* un„s>,„ ■M persons hiving egot'. lor anl comfort, would d welto ; ^ Omtable will alway be juppffUe Gol bestthat the market forth ing on ! ...for late ] BrguUii- MempttH,Vb._ ts*<l billle RetKier Tbe ' the fort Louis, A MASSEY,* this J. S. brown, nks for i "ir-IL —i TITSstca* r ^MfeQenterith abtgb« C rm regularly througou the,* flight or passage oppvjo boa||,he Ju MEMPHIS, fisnov TLE ItKD KIWI I* L .TIJSnCMti**! 1B cxtr A BN Ell BAIRD, • , *rliug W G Hints, * I • -i SIf'ER Cm J^fejg&SiUlirs cJily oiperk ns remaining pcrmaneiin til . the entire season. i'|'eigli8 < apply on board. j ruJ'n _ __ J - f how Hrguiur M*™l The A ■liver f 1 J > E S MORG. BATEMAN, Tits lotnm ious i entered the above h-q weekly trips; touchir|*t I White and Mississippi 1 jers. I 1 St. I.ouitt, ■»«*»all i ltiplj amt Jacfesonjortfat Albert fav J. F. LUKE It, * “ j " re t! Alf. Guisom, - 1 - j ’ ind: t, ^S*f'^^^^»«I-e,.cgai>f<ty er »e tered the above tn ru ca. throughout the seaso wp ^ ^ St. Louis Duvair ll'ff' Wl Jarksonport, a ittlO'y p v( Kirco*lH :. f3-4 J^knpwtl1- I . draught Steamer . !, (ioi.n wrf »' Gait. GERE-U.11KW Running in Connect*'1'1 l*'», 3IIlv|E,L Capt. SHAW-WNNlfco —r iti >e- j / \XE of the nbov.®'jl,'tl Stjni in v/ leave Memphis reftV'y "VvJB ini 1 at 12 m., offering A I 1 1st ! Shippers anj PassenS- *c en " AA m. 1 entirely frozen over I B were* 1 now, Mr. Sumner ,u'; Je : ico_Boston lV >.