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SHORT NOTICE ■ AND 1ST THE rr AT TOE l lowest rates, Gwf us a cat l and we will guar antec entire satisfaction. __POE & BALDING. WM M. WARNER. A, O. EPWARHS. WARNER & EDWARDS, CASH DEALERS I V Groceries and Provisions. ALSO RECEIVING iiiid FORWARDI.VC ; merchants, Das Are, Arkansas. TH® highest market price paid for Wheat, Hides, and all country produce. TomK«Ag?Kl8 fc" the 8ttl° t,f Jl0rhments, wort 0003 and description of Stone iu, . WARNER & EDWARDS. ™-WC, February 2F, Kffi _«m *«F* From Cassell s Family Paper.} A - F 0 0 T . If life’s journey—as we see ’Tis indeed by many a token— Oh! then ! I trow, the road will be Not always smooth or always broken. But march we over rugged stone, Or march we on our trodden gravel, Tramp, tramp, when skies are fair, Tramp, tramp, when storms are blowing; If we find We lag behind, A steadfast heaft will keep us going. Many a path will seem more plain, Many a knave will lie and cozen; But hold thine own with might and main, And keep the track that thou hast chosen. Its in the light and in the dark, Its over hill and throng the hollow ; We’ll iix our eyes upon the mark, And if we cannot lead we’ll follow— Tramp, tramp, when skies are fait*, Tramp, tramp, when storms are blowing ; If our strength Should fail at length, A steadfast heart will keep us going. The horseman and his charioteer Go hastening by with mighty clatter; God speed them all! and if they jeer The tramps afoot, what does it matter? Grudge them not the present hour, Nor faint and murmur like a craven, For when the day has lost its power, There is for all a common haven. Tramp, tramp, when skies are fair, Tramp, tramp, when storms are blowing; As the light Dies down to night, A steadfast heart will keep us going. -- --- ‘•VOICES FROM THE SFIRIT LAND.” EY JOHN S. ADAMS. In the silence of the midnight, When the cares of day are o’er, In my soul I hear the voices Of the loved ones gone before ; And they, words of comfort whispering, Tell thcy’H watch on every hand, And 1 love, I love to list to Voices from the Spirit Land, In my wanderings oft there comcth Sudden stillness to my soul, When around, above, within it, Rapturous joys unnumbered roll; Though around me all is tumult, Noise and strife on every hand, Yet within my soul, I list to Voices from the Spirit Land. Loved ones that have gone before me, Whisper words of pence and joy; Those that long since have departed, Tell me their divine employ Is to watch and guard my footsteps: Oh, it is an angel band ! And my soul is cheered in hearing Voices from the Spirit Land. -♦«»» For the Dcs Arc Citizen. 1 SCHOOLS. In looking over the articles addressed to public notice, we find many on the state of the country politically, many on abstract subjects, some on the importance of arousing public interest, sentiment and action, on the great importance of building railroads—uniting and tieing together commercial points, building up cities and towns—developing the latent resources of a rich and highly remunerative soil, and at the same time unfolding the mineral wealth that hhs slumbered iu mother earth for ages. All these are right and a propos—iu time and place—nor would we attempt to disparage the paramount claims that these praiseworthy objects i i n ii • l .• n UUV-e, BU L1JW lilHUUUlC VJUIlOiUCIrt WUll cl Li intelligent, publio spirited people. In the name of our county and her future pros perity, we hid these objects, and those who so nobly present and encourage them— God’s speed—trusting that the day may net be far distant, when we may realize the fondest anticipations of those who so ably and patriotically present the great importance of such public enterprises to the sober reflection of our people. When our ears may be saluted with the shrill neigh of the iron horse, as he speds his way from the Iron mountain to Pine Bluff, thence to Shreveport aud Texas Bet us metope such a hope and call it not Utopian. Tlut there is an other subject that we fear our people are losing sight of —or, at least apparently neglecting—some thing that underlies all that is permanent and durable; the substrata of civilization, wealth and renown. We mean schools or education, and when we say schools, let it not be understood as applicable to those little neglected and uncared for establish ments, retired and secreted in some ob scure nook or corner, as if to be hid froth public observation e mean permanent | schools, chartered and endowed, monu-J menta of taste and true public spirit, with competent teachers; such institutions bear unmistakable evidence of whit a people are. and what they intend their ehildren x <ws-- •• ~~ to be. Would you gather and lay up for your children, wealth as durable as brass? Would you give them treasure more to be desired than gold, diamonds and precious stones? treasure that will survive the wreck of empires and the desolation of revolutions? then give them education, point them to the summit of the hill of science, radiant with intellectual lore, around which a halo of glory sheds a flood of light, that radiates along the stream of time, till lost in the great ocean of eternity. Education is the only indestructible ' wealth that a parent can give to a child. The past four years have been to many a practical demonstration of the fact above 1 stated. But, does some one say this is all right? we agree with you that wc need schools— 1 permanent schools of a high order—yet we < have not the means to put them into im- ! mediate operation; let us recover from the 1 shocks and devastation of war, and then ' we will take hold upon tie subject of edu- ‘ cation and schools. But are not your sons 1 and daughters rapidly advancing to man- ' hood and womanhood? Have they not 1 been neglected or rather barred from the ' privileges of schools for four years? Does ’ not their cause plead in thunder tones to ' put forth every exertion—to exert every '• energy—to push forward the highest, ' noblest and best of all human enterprises ; 1 and will you fold your arms and stand at 1 ease, in view of the momentous interests ' at stake? Let the time honored fraternity 1 ol Free-Masonry’ and benevolent order of ' Odd Fellows, together with Christians of 1 every denomination, united with the citi- 1 zens of Des Arc and vicinity, put forth a 1 ---x -- institutions of learning, as will become the 8 pride and boast of our town ! Those wno ' volunteer in a cause so benevolent, will ’ be hailed in coming years as benefactors 1 of their country—and the rising genera- 1 tion with tears of gratitude, will bless their memories—and they in so doing will erect for themselves, monuments more durable ' than brass, and more honorable than 1 crowns and sceptres, of whom it will be ! said—Esto Ecrpefua. X. 8 --1 ~ £ A Great and Good Man Gone—Death of > Ilev. Alexander Campbell. ( Of this distinguished divine, whose > death was announced a day or two since, ; the Louisville Courier says: ( The sad intelligence was received yes- ( terday of the decease of this distinguished ( theologian. Mr Campbell was born in £ Scotland in the year 1792, and after pass- c ing through the severe scholastic training , incidental to youths in that country, immi- t grated to America, settling in West Penn- ) sylvania. Afterward he removed to Vir- , ginia, and their his religious mind under- £ went a change, the result of which has been of the utmost moment to the world. ' From a Presbyterian of the strictest sect he became a Baptist of enlarged and liberal j views, connecting himself with that church in 1812. Subsequently he withdrew from \ that body of Christians and established an i organization that is now one of the wealth- 1 iest and most influential sects in the country. In 1841 Mr. Campbell established # i Bethany College, in Brooke county, Vir- c ginia, an institution which ha3 given to s the land some of her most thorough scholars 1 and eloquent divines. Mr Cambell was one of the most re . .* .I.. _ TJ. _ muiaauiv/ juvu mu u. aav '• ■• distinguished as a polemic. His various a discussions gave him a reputation that no t other religious man of the country has r attained. His debate upon Atheism, with 1 Owen; upon Catholicism, with Archbishop { Purcell; upon Baptism, with ilcCalla and r Rice, were illustrations of his wonderful s genius, his thorough and extensive learn- t ing, and his admirable Christian spirit. Very great sorrow will be experienced 1 throughout the country upon the enuncia tion of this eminent man’s decease He j, was iudeed a “Father in Israel.” o -——-1 • •- ii -The French are never tired of ridicul- 1 ing English peculiarities. The traditional c Inlander (with a red nose and full of oaths) f in most of their farces is well known. Atone t time the English ministry were so famous for e countermanding orders given to their com manders in the field, that a farce was actually a played iu Paris in which the harlequin enter- fi ed, as an English courier, with two bundles of 0 dispatches before and behind him. They ask j what the one is? “Eh! ces sont mes orders.” u And what the other? “mats elles sont me3 s coxrc ordres," The late Bishop Eiupatrick t used to tell with great unction of a bill of fare c he once saw in a Parisian eating-house, where t they professed to cook beefsteak iiko the Eng lish, “Boeuf-stek a la god dam.” t _We all suffer more from our owa tongue j 1 than from anybody’s else. For the Lies Arc Citizen.1 ADVERSITY. Among nations as well as individuals, diversity stimulates to exertion, and cxer lion to invention, and invention to achieve ments. The Anglo-Saxon race affords the »est illustration of the achievements de veloped through the ordeal of adversity From the conquest of William the con queror—when the Heptarchy was con solidated, and centralized into one govern ment—-and tho Saxons forced to yield )bcdience and fealty to the Danish Prineq, lown to tho present, Adversity has been he great school in which the Saxons have sxcelled, in all the arts of peace and war. devolution after revolution swept over England, burying dynasties, and changing he laws of primogeniture and forms of government for eight hundred years ; still he Saxon race were invincible in the ield and in the legislative councils—in diurch and state—in laws, literature and cience—through indomitable exertion and lerseveranee, chastened by adversity, they lave left their impress upon every age hrough which they have passed. The listory of the Saxon race, is but the his ory of prosperity and adversity, and its letails are deeply interesting to all, who ^knowledge the obligation of constitutions nd the authority of laws. But coming learer home, our subject is peculiarly ap dicable to that branch of the Saxon race mown as the Southern States Per four ■ears the pitiless storm of adversity has >eat upon them, and they are still in the ;reat crucible of national affliction ; but crushed to earth, they will rise again in icwness of life, vigor and glory—nothing uluj u cAiui hiiiiLiiiu11 can &eep uuwii suuii i people, or long arrest their upward and inward career—for they have practically lemonstrated the doctrine of manifest des in>/. That they will ultimately work out heir political salvation, none can doubt, vho looks abroad in the South and heholds vith what readiness, willingness and earn istness, they arc every where laying hold ipon every enterprise, private and public, o rebuild their shattered fortunes. You carce open a newspaper without finding ble and impressive articles in favor of ailroads and internal improvements— verywhere throughout the South—vil lages, towns and cities are being rebuilt, mproved and extended, as if by uiagic— nergy and action have gone abroad, diffi ulties and obstacles are destined^ to yield 0 an invincible people trained in the chool of adversity—panoplied and equip d with fortitude and energy, this people nil rise above themselves, and cause even he waste places to blossom as the rose, and iarren places to smile with plenty. “ Ad ersity is the mother of invention.” Calm eas never make skillful pilots X. ME FRENCH PRESS ON THE MEXI CAN SITUATION. 'rom La France.] This dispatch from M. de Montholon testi ies that the Government of the United Ftatea 1 firmly disposed to maintain and cause to be espected the laws of neutrality. We slated a few days since, as soou as the apture of Bagdad was known, that the acts f a handful of adventurers would not be ermitted to interrupt the peaceful relations xisting between two great nations, and to olve in a violent manner the questions which lacy hold in consideration. In the bands of filibusters which the aeents f Juarez can by the hope of plunder induce 0 come from the United States to different oints of the Mexican frontier wc cannot in ny manner see implicated (he Government of ho United States. That Government is indig ant as ours is at such enterprises; it does all 1 its power to repress them; it ha3 caused t he rrest of the pretended general who was ai xe head of the filibusters of Bagdad, it has ecalled Gen. Weitzel, whose attitude might item to have encouraged this expedition; it as given to Sheridan the plainest orders in sndedto prevent Jherepctition of such events (ecidedly nothing more could be wished for r demanded. The address of the Senate proves that ranee only asks for the respect of the duties f neutrality and international law. In Amer (a there may be ardent passions which would ke to enfeeble the ties which for nearly a entury have attached the United States- and ranee; but it is not in the higher regions of le Government that these passions tinu xbo. The eminent man who exercise the power t Washington now understand two things— rst, that we have ourselves marked the term four expedition to Mexico; and second, that ranee cannot come out of that country ex epting at her owu time, protecting at the ime time her honor and interests, and that ais situation should not be complicated by ucstions of national dignity as useless as hey would be inopportune The dispatch of M. de Montholan proves to s that these truths are understood in the Jnited Slates. It is for this reason that we aention them as a testimony to tbs disposi tion, peaceful and in good faith, of the Ameri can government. From the Parish Opinion Nationale.] His speech (Marshal Forcy’s) we do not hesitate to say, is the antipodes of what, in oqr opinion, is the true interest of France in this delicate and knotty subject. He has too long gjized with a soldier’s eyes upon the situation in which wo have placed ourselves in the New World. We have under taken a great, task there. Whothor it is easy1 or difficult, whether it obtains the sympathy of the United States or not, the Marshal is is unwilling to abandon it. What we baveun dertakon should bo finished. Right demands it, honor commands it, and France should make a good bargain of hor pocuniary sacri fices “that the reproach of not ,having under stood the grand idea of the Emperor may not be incurred.” The Marshal is consequently of the opinion not only that wc ought to keep the troops in Mexico which are thcro at prosont, but that wc must send new oncf. Such is the salient idea of his epeoch, as may be read in the official report. Wo will content ourselves with adding, in order to give an exact idea of tlio reasoning of Marshal Forey, that in his opinion our occu paiion should bo limited only by tlio regener ating of the Mexican people, since, according to his idea, “they must have time to regener ate their moral character by contact with our soldiers, so that they may acquire a sense of order and honesty, and the courage whion animates them, and which all are bound to re spect,” A beautiful role, without question, for our army ! But wiion will it get through? In ten years, in twenty years, at the end of this cen tury, or in the middle of the next ? The Minister of State understood the com promising nature of this kind of policy. Ho took care to assert—and we are glad ho did so—that the Marshal had expressed only his personal opinion; that of the government re mained as it had been promulgated in tho speech of the throne and in the paragraph of the (senate s address. As for ourselver, wo deeply deploro this way of looking at the Mexican question, and the Marshal would have done well to hnvo left to some of our journals the privilege and the care of defending these impossible matters, instead of expanding them in the bosom of the Sentite. The United States on this occasion have given us an example which we ought to fol low. They have neglected nothing whfpli could remove all causo of grievance. We re member the resolutions which, in republican style, were presented to Congress. They Were sent to the committee of each of the two houses, bat negotiations continuo between tiro Cabinets of Washington and the Tuilleriest and-since that time no speech has resounded within the walls of Congress which could wound the susccpitbilitics of the French (lovernmcnt. It is worthy of remark, also, that Mr. Bigelow, who has ever pursued a policy of concilia!ion in his mission at Paris, has never theless been confirmed in his nomination as Minister Plenipotentiary to Paris in the sess ion of January 20; that is, after the publica tion of the diplomatic correspondent had put a new phase upon the question, The Senate of the United States sanctioned on that occasion the policy of conciliation, a fact which should not be lost sight of in the French Chambers, Correspondence of tbo Independence Beige.] The speech of Marshal Forey, ai the close of the Senate’s session yesterday, is the topic of conversation to-day. * * * * It seems without doubt, however, that not only will no new troops be sent to Mexico, but movements for the return of our soldiers will not be impeded or del yed. Plant Corn.—We hear from all parts of the country that our planters arc making ar rangements to plant largely, and in some places exclusively, in cotton Each one is | intending to obtain extra labor in gathering the crop of cotton when it shall open. This policy is sueidal. A hand can cultivate uum u»c nr l ui tuni, turn mcu make more cotton than he can pick out. And as every planter expects to obtain extra labor, it is evidenl that it cannot be had. Why, then, should so important an item as a good corn crop be overlooked? If the corn crop ripens early this season, by the middle of August it will be ripe enough to be used. But ns the planter commences on, his new crop t wo or three months earlier than common, he will need a larger crop than usual to supply his wants for 1887. The value of the corn crop in furnishing fodder and fall pasturage for stock, can hardly be estimated. Every one knows that the good condition of his stock at the beginning of cold weather enables it to endure the hardships of winter more successfully. Again, the corn grown here is better suited to our wants, flow many mules and horses we lose by feeding Western corn, and ho-.v much superior is our Southern corn for^read? In regard to extra labor in gathering the cotton crop, we have alre»jy said that, as every planter is expect' ng to procure it, it is evident it cannot *■_, § obtained in our midst. Is it probable *t,at it can be obtained from abroad, during Hie unhealthy months of September “ad October, when it is most needed ? There is every reason to believe that the great fear of our climate will prevent laborers from com ing among us at the unhealthy season. We, therefore, say again, do not throw away the corn crop under the delusive expectation that you can gwther an extra crop of cotton.—Ntto Orleans Ftma. MISCELLANEOUS ItEMS. -A retired actress in Newark committed suioide because her mother scolded her for being out late. -A little boy fell in a well in Minnesota, staid there five days without food, and was rescued aiive. r -Some wng, who ought to be condemned 'to r«3d the speeches of Sumner and Stevens from beginning to end, latoly scnt.to thafre4 sident a copy of a medicinal placard, lettered, “Shattered Constitutions restored. Usoilclm bold’s Buehu.” The barbarian wrote in pen cil on the margin, “Try it, Andy, on the pres ent Constitution.” - A golden rule for a young lady is ia converse always with your female friends as if a gentleman were of the party; and witlf young men as if yourfcmalo companions were present. —r- A young married man, named Albert Fellows, living in Amboy, Illinois committed suicide in that place last week 118 had fallen in love with a young lady, could not marry her, of course, and hence ho took a dose of opium and slept his happy life away, ,.j -If you would haven blessing upon your riches, bestow a good portion of them to charl -All our friends, perhaps, desire our happiness; but then it must bo in their own way, what a pity that they do not employ'the same zeal in making us happy in ours t --False happiness readers men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communi cated. True happiness renders them kind and eensible, and that happiness is always shared. * . ,-There is a proposal to establish a club to bo called “Do la Sninte MousseUne,*’ in Paris, with the object of putting a Stop to fhe mania of the Paris ladies for wearing extra vagant toilets. One of the principal regula tions of the club is that, compelling its mem bers to dress with elegant simplicity. -ir. appears irom omciai i-eport mat me total number of emigrants^to Turkey iu the last six years has been one million, and that their reception has cost the government about twenty millions of Turkish liras. -Tho Empress of Mexico has purchased, at Jerusalem, what is said to be tho si to of the habitation of the Virgin Mary. The Empress intends to erect a magnificent chateau on the spot. He WiRT.—Nice young map. a little world ly minded, walked to church onco with a very pious young lady. Arrived at the church door, worldly minded young man declined entering. Whereupon pious younglady seiaed his hat, and placing it under her cloak, sailed into church, leaving the wordly minded young man standing at the door, minus his hat. The last heard of worldly minded young man, he was wending his way down the church aisle as demurely as if nothing had happened Luck and Labor.—“Luck” and “Labor” both begin with tho same letter, but end with very different results. Luck is ever waiting for “something to turn up;" labor, with a keen eye and strong Will, bravely turns up some thing. Luck lies in bed, and wishes that the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labor turns out at six o’clock, and with busy pen, or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of a competence. Luck whines, labor whis tles; luck relies on chance, labor on oharaoter; luck slips downward to indigence,• labor strides upward to independence. •*, The Tax Bile.—Somebody proposes the fol lowing new amendments to tho Tax Hill: For kissing a pretty girl, one dollar. For kissing a very homely one, two dol lars; the extra amount being added, probably, for the man’s folly. For ladies kissing one another, two dollars. Tho tax is placed at this rate in order to break up the custom altogether, it being regarded by our M. C's as a piece of inexcusable absur dity. , For every flirtation, ten cents. Every young man, who has more than one girl, is taxed live dollars. For courting in the kitchen, twenty-fire cents. Courting in the sitting-room, fifty cents. Courting in the parlor, one dollar. Courting in a romantic place, five dollars, and fifty cents for each offence thereafter. Seoiug a lady home from church, twenty-five cents each offence. Seeing a lady home from tho Dime Society, five cents, tho proceeds to be devoted to tho relief of disabled army chaplains. For a lady who paints, fifty cents. For wearing a low-necked dress, one dollar/ For each curl on a lady’s head, above ten, five cents. For any unfair device for entrapping young men into matrimony, five dollars. For wearing hoops larger than eight feet in circumference, eight cents for each hoop. Old bachelors over thirty are taxed ten dol lars. over forty, fifty dollars, over fifty, sixty dollar, and sentenced to banishment in Utah. Each pretty lady to be taxed from twenty five cents to twenty-five dollars, see to fix the estimate of her own beauty. It is though1 that a very large amount will be realited from this provision. 1 Each boy baby, fifty cents. ' Each girl baby, ten cents. Families having more than eight babies are not to be taxed, and for twins, a premium of forty dollars will be paid out of the fund accru ing from the tax on old bachelors. Each Sunday loafer on tije. street cores'", or »bont church doors, to ba Mix*-1 ' ^ value, whioh is ab<"'‘ * ... ,wo cents.