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Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
GOODYEAR, KNAPP & co.

We are also MANUFACTURES of DOCTOR SLEDGE'S CELEBRATED COMPOUND, to whom all orders must be addressed, known tho
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
M e q c a 1 N otic e,

hR. NELSON, having located at Hick-
 ) ory Plain, tenders his professional ser vices to the public, wishing to receive DOT tion of the public patronage-practising en- tirely on pure BOTANIC principles, combined with water; treating diseases on the latest and most improved style; using no narcotics harmony with the laws of nature and animal amin al life. will treat Dropsies, chronic infamma- tion of the Liver, Rheumatism, Scrofula, and all Female diseases except cancerous affections, and warrant complete restoration. I also make Female Bitter, which will cure all female diseases, by using at the same time an astringent clyster, two or three times day, and also taking a shower-bath every other morning, and rubbing down with coarse towels or flesh-brush. If these Bitters do no good, the patient has only to return the bottle, and will refund the money.
 ssaT I keep on hand a plenty of pure, genuine DRUGs, for my customers.
 mar20-1y
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
s. R. BROWN. SIMEON HORNE. SAMUEL CARR. Ne Plus Ultra Mills,
 DIES ARC. ARKANSAS. BROWN, HORNE 6 CARR,


 @ AnA THE Proprietors of the S@SsgSSSA above Mills are prepared to
 ASAx<zS accommodate the pub bI i c with lumber of all sizes and dimensions. on the usual terms. They have secured good stock of cypress timber, and have It conveniently moored in the basin adjacent to their Mills. GW We have engaged the permanent servi- ces of competent and experienced men in our Mills, and can, therefore, assure our customers that all bills willb be filled as directed.
 (gB The White River U. 5. Mail boats will deliver lumber, in good order. at any point on the river between Napoleon and Jacksonport at from S4 to $5 per thousand.
 0Y Bills should be made out plain, as re- gards length, width, thickness and quality of lumber required.
 (V Our customers are requested to give their names. and mention their places of resi- dence, in order to have their lumber shipped to them without delay.
 OUR CHRISTI MILL.
 In connection with our Saw Mill. ehave an excellent Grist Mill for grinding Corn. We are prepared to grind E or 20 bushels of corn per hour. This Mill is one of ssWatt, Brad- ford & Co.'S. best" and we have no hesitancy in saying that no mill makes better meal
 FLAMING MILL.
 In addition to our Steam Saw and Grist Mills, we will have in operation by the 1st of August, superior Flaming Mill, and if we re- ceive sufficient encouragement, we will add thereto MACHINE SHOP. mays
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
E. '. TUCKER,
Post Master at Tuckeryille.
HAz1EuuRsr Miss ypIv Tth 1S5,

HAzLEHURsT, Miss, July Tth, 1858.
 DR. J. M. SLEDGE--Dear Sir: After my re- spects to you, please let me say to you that my friend, MT. F. Russer, the gentleman to whom I went with to sea from Gallatin, has im- proved to the extent that he is able to go any, where his business calls him; in fact your medicine has performed such miraculous cures, in every instance where it has been tried, that having gone into business at Hazle- hurst, the depot near me, have concluded to try some of your Compounds, as understood you to say when you were here that you would take of 20 or 25 per cent. You will therefore please send to me say IS bottles Cholera Medicine, IS bottles Nerve and Bone Liniment, 24 bottles Hoarhound Pectoral, and the balance of the One Hundred Dollars which you will find enclosed, in your Nervous Tonic l send the right hand end of the money, and on the reception of the first half, you will please send the medicine and write to me, and l will send the other half. I expect you to send me your Nervous Tonic at $1 50, as you sold it at $2 % by the single bottle. Do not delay sending the Medicine, as there is a con- siderable demand or call for it. MT. Peave, who was given over to die in a few days, is up and going about, and have no douht he will recover. THOS. H. WHEELER
 ANDERSON, Franklin Co.,, Tenn,
 March 29th. 1S5S
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
NEW LIVERY STABLE
 AT WEST POINT, WHITE COUNTY, ARK
". HI. WORD

E. Efs WVND
 zz7vN RESPECTFULLY c. iaEESs x F-A- informs the public that e@>e63 he has opened Livery Sta- bIe at the above point and is prepared with Horses, Buggies, Carriages, etc., to convey persons to any point, on short notice.
 GY Travellers wishing to be conveyed to Searcy, Des Arc, Fairview, Batesville, Little Rock, Hickory Plain, Clinton, Springfield, or any other designated place, will find him in readiness to accommodate them.
 WEST POINT, July 3, 1858. Tjy3-tfl
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13

w. R. STRANGE 6 CO.,,
 DEALERS IN BOOKS, STATIONERY :,
 Artist Materials, etc., 216 MAIN-sr., UNDER OpD- FELLOWS HALL,
 M m his, Tenn, lgglshu WE are now receiving our ksExW large stock of LAW. MEDI- SsiSsstAaaW CAL AND SCHOOL BOOKS, which we can offer inducements to Merchants, School Teachers, and all those who wish to purchase anything in this line of business.
 SCHOOL BOOKS.
 Our stock consists in every branch of studies that scholars will need to complete their education.
 LAW BOOKS.
 We have just received the Latest Editions of all the leading Books of Law, and would invite Lawyers to call and look over our large stock.
 MEDICAL WORKS.
 Our list of Medical Books cannot be sur passed in any city in the South. We are re- ceivng new Medical Books all the time, and keep our stock up and complete.
 ARTISTS MATERIALS.
 We have one of the finest selections that can be found in any city. Our stock consists of Tube Paints, Canvoss, Canvoss Stretchers, Autographs, Brushes Paletter, Paletter Knives, Easels, Japan Tin Boxes, etc., etc.
 PAPER, PAPER. Our stock of Paper is one of the largest ever brought to this city. We can sell cheaper now than we ever have before. as we have purchased our stock direct of the Paper Mills. We have now on hand Cotton Sample Paper, Carge and small,) Wrapping Paper, Buff Post Office Paper, Colored Printing Paper, Letter, Foolscap, Bill, Commercial Note, and Sermon Paper.
 BLANK BOOKS. Our stock cannot be surpassed, as we attend to having them manufactured ourselves while on East. They consist in Ledgers, Journals, Cash and Day Books, Memorandum and Pass Books. We have also some fine Letter Presses and Copying Books. Persons visiting our city will look to their interest and call on us and look over our stock. ". R. STRANGE & CO. Wholesale and retail dealers in Books, Sta tionery, and Artists Materials, 2I6 Main-st., under oed- Fellows Hall, Memphis, Tenn. nov1-2m.
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LEcoMPToN AND THE ELECTIONS.

While the oficeholders are rejoicing and firing
cannon over the passage of Lecompton, the Peo-
pie are indulging in very different kind Of
demonstration. The issue was made in the late
election in Philadelphia, the stronghold of the
Democracy, Between the Lecomptonites and
their opponents-Mr. Buchanan and the Peo-
ple-and the result is, the election of Alexander
Henry, the Peoples candidate for Mayor, by a
majority of four or five thousand over Richard
Vaux, Lscompton. hepeople also elected large
msjorities Of the City Council.
In Indianapolis, on the 9Th, similar demon
strstion was made. The President was rebuked
by the election of the entire Republican ticket
for city officers, as well as FIVE Republican
Councilmen out Of the seven.
The campaign opens well The President
will find it harder work than he expected, to
convince the People that the Lecompton Con-
stitution is not fraud, and that the English
bill is not juggle.
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ENGLISH AND AMERICAN COURTS.

AS general rule, the action of the courts in
very, has leaned to the side of human rights.
One Of the most steadily operating causes OF
the decline of villeinsge in that country was
Judicial decisions. In our country, the opposite
rule prevails. The Judiciary is one of the bull
warks Of Slavery, ard, in cases of doubtful con-
struction, is apt to decide against natural
right. Mark, for example, the following case,
extracted from one of our exchanges:
al. l.. Poindexter, Of Virgins, having pro-
vided by Will that his negroes should be allowed
TO choose between Freedom and Slavery, the
heirs contested the legality Of the provision, and
were sustained by the Court of Appeals, Judge
Daniel deciding that although master enter
into the forms Of an agreement with his slave
10 manumit him, and the slave proceed fully to
perform all required Of him in the agreement,
he is without remedy, in case the master refuse
10 comply with his part Of the agreement, and
that q slave cannot take anything under de-
wise or will except his freedom. 1t follows,
therefore, that slave cannot exercise an cleo
tion with regard to his manumission."
1t is easy to see that this was case in which
Judicial decision might easily, and without any
forced construction of law, have established a
precedent in favor of Liberty. The court might
have held that the mere fact of the master en-
tering into written agreement with his slave
TO manumit him, invested the slave to that ex-
tent with claim to his freedom, the conditions
of the agreement being fulfilled on his part.
No law would have been violated, by such a
decision-no right: 80 far from it, the right Of
the master would have been sustained, and his
benevolent intentions respected and fulfilled.
But the court shows clearly enough, by this de-
cision, that it is against the policy of emanci-
patton, and in favor of the perpetuation of
Slaverr
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TUESDAY IN CONGRESS.

The Senate al one o'clock resumed the sub
lect of the Fishing Bouuties.
In the House, the Senate Minnesota bill was
taken up. The amendment giving but one
member of Congress was voted down. The
Senate bill hen passed-yeas l57, nays SO.
The resolution introduced few days since
By Mr.. Clingmsn, of North Carolina, recon-
rending the abrogation of the Clayton Bulwer
treaty, was taken up, and the preamble voted
down. Mr. Sickles, Of New York, got the floor
upon motion to recommit the resolution to
the Com nittee ofsthe Whole.
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TIL NATIONAL ERA: WASHINGTON D. C.. MAY 49, 1853.

as in his judgment may be necessary for the
adjustment of the diffsrepces with Paraguay,
which has passed the Senate, also pass the
House without delay. Whatever measures are
to be adopted should be resoftsd to immedia&ely,
for the affair 10 becoming rather stale. 1t will
be the readiest means of obtaining redress, to
authorize the President to use force If satisfsc-
ton be refused. The Parsguaysn Government
has offered to enter into treaty covering all
the points of difference, when We send an en-.
voy, with the necessary powers. Whether q
special minister is 70 be sent TO negotiate a
treaty, or whether the United States Minister
.as Basaos Aysss viii h charged with the duty,
10 said TO be undetermined.
"The bankrupt bin introduced, on leave, in
the Senate, BY Nh. Benjamin, has not been
printed yet, but it provisions are of general
and permanent naSnre, and the expediency of
the measure can be Sustained BY argument and
fhcts. The existence Of such Q system would
prevent many Of the disasters which attend the
sudden revalsions in trade which periodically
visit us." % S74a
1t is rumored on the Avenue, that the Ohio
Democratic delegation in Congress waited upon
the President, last week, TO reques. the contin-
nance in office of Mr.. Gray, of the Cleveland
(Ohio) Psaindealer; bat the President would
not hear Of the thing, inasmuch as Mr.. Gray
had opposed the Senate Kansas bill. If this
is true, the prospect for those Anti Lecompton
Democrats who finally supported the English
Compromise, as MI. Gray supported that meas
ure, is not very lettering.
1t is doubtful if the Campbell contested cleo
ton case will be decided at this session. It's
consideration would give rise to interminable
discussion, and the vote would be very close
one, at any rate. =.
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LECoMPToN IN THE ELECTIONS.

Already we have foretaste of the peoples
vengeance for the men who have misrepresented
Northern sentiment upon the Kansas question
In Philadelphia, the Administration candidate
for Mayor was beaten by over 1000 majority,
and that, too, in Democratic stronghold
Forney's Press gives us the reason for this
wonderful result in the following language:
"The causes which produced this result are
30 plain, that they may be understood by all
men. The test that the support of miserable
swindle should be made the touch-stone of
fidelity TO the Democratic party, and the scanda.
lous character Of this swindls Itself, in their
effect upon other organizations, psrslyzed the
Democracy on the one hand, and organized,
consolidated, and strengthened q new party
on the other. The Federal patronage in this
city had been distributed on the same theory,
of furnishing men who had been true to prin
cipie, and of rewarding those who had deserted
it All these causes made the people eager for
q chance to speak out, and the election yester.
day was the first great occasion that presented
70 the voters of this powerful city to express
their sentiment.
I" Mr.. Vaux, the Democratic candidate for
Mayor, had given no public expression on the
disturbing question of the day. The Conven.
ton that nominated him refused to endorse
Lecompton. Although thousands of men voted
for him because of his silence on this question,
who never would have touched his ticket had
he taken ground for Lecompton, and although
he was backed by his own immense patronage,
and by that of the Federal Government, and
by the prestige of the party nomination, yet it
10 clear that thousands of Democrats staid
away from the polls, or openly voted against
him.
"Mr. Henry, on the other hand, was nomi-
mated as the Anti .Lecompton candidate he
and his friends went before the people, armed
with the record of the scandalous frauds in
Kansas, the prescriptions and tests OF the ad-
vocates of Lecompton, and, above eli, with the
creed of the Democratic party on the subject
of popular sovereignty. Their speakers and
their writer's made this the burden of their ap
peals. The result is before the world.
Their appeals were answered by the loss to
the Democratic party Of this proud metropolis;
by the loss of thousands of Old-Line Wings
who voted with rs in 1856, on the strength of
our pledges; by the loss of the German vote !;
and by the loss of many thousands of Demo.
crats, who either refused to 90 to the polls or
voted for Henry. As if to make bad worse.
the English trick came in, Just in time to ag
gravate the public feeling, and to reanimate
the Peoples party.
Such is the penalty which the Democratic
party is compelled to pay for this unfortunate
and fatal policy" ~
In Indianapolis the Democrats have been
soundly beaten, and the Republicans are TIL
umphant. This is severe reprimand to Mr..
English, and to Messrs. Bright and Fitch.
The Philadelphia election reminds Messrs.
Phillips and Owen Jones, of that city, that
they are doomed, politically, for their conduct
upon the Kansas BILL .H. -e..
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.

The State Department is in possession of all
the facts attending the assault on the Ameri-
can missionary, Walter Dixon; the violence
committed on his wife and daughter, and the
murder of his son-in.law, Steinbeck, in Jaffa.
j. w. Gorhsm, United States Consul at Jeru-
salem, aided by Consul General De Leon, after
much labor, succeeded in having the FIVE Grim.
inals arrested, four of whom confessed their
guilt on the trial, and at the last accounts the
frman, from Constantinople, for their execu.
ton, was all that was needed to consummate
the tragedy they had commenced, by the forfeit
of their own lives as an expiration. The test.
mony of Mrs. and Miss Dickson reveals shock.
ing details in regard to the outrage committed
upon them. The State Department has sent
letters to Mr.. Gorham and Mr.. De Leon, COM
plmenting and applauding their conduct in
the affair.
Both Houses of Congress now meet at eleven
in the morning, and viii do SO the remainder
of the session. This looks like an adjourn.
ment on the 7th of June.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Post says that in case Kansas votes down
Lecompton, two members of the Cabinet win
resign. Also, that Mr.. Weer has been inform.
ed that he cannot go back to Kansas as United
Ststes Attorney unless he will cote for Lecomp-
ton there. We very much doubt the truth of
these rumors, especially the first, but record
them for the edifcation of our readers. The
Administration is capable of anything in Kan
sas. The people there must look out for and
prevent fraud. 9,tn.T at re esl
The President viii not designate his accept
ance of the two volunteer regiments till the
appropriation bills are passed. This excites
considerable indignation from certain parties,
who claim that it was promised that when the
deficiency bill passed the regiments should be
The House Committee on Elections will soon
make their reports on the Ohio contested cleo
ton case Stephens, Lamar, DC, report in favor
Of giving Vallandingham the seat now occupied
by Campbell. Gilmer, Wilson, &C., report in
favor of Mr.. Campbell. Mr.. Harris, chairman
ofthe committee, willreport in favor of vacsting
the seat, and referring the question back to the
TO the people.
Judge Loring, of Massachusetts,, has been
confirmed by the Senate TO gil the vacancy in
the Court of Claims occasioned by the death
Of Judge Gilchrist. b
len" of the Baltimore San, says:
/ /" The Administration are DESTROYS, Is 10 sta
ted, that the resolution authorizing the Presi
dent to adopt such measures and use such forcs
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psE- On Monday, in the House, Senate bill
was taken up, granting an appropriation for
sundry runaway slaves, in the war of 1912.
Mr.. Bliss, of Ohio, made clear and logical
speech against the bill. Mr.. Garnett, of Viz
GINA, replied, and characterized Mr.. Bliss and
his colleague, Mr.. Giddings, as maddogs,"
on the subject of Slavery. Mr.. Giddings said
that the use of such language was cowardly "
under the circumstances. Upon this, Mr.. Gar.
nett charged that Mr.. GiddiDgs was "a traitor
to his country and his God," and was proceed
ing with such personalities, when he was ST
fenced by the Speaker. For q few moments
the House was the scene of intense excitement,
but it soon passed away.
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AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

The American Medical Association met in
this city last week. Some four hundred dele
gates were in attendance, almost every State be-
ing represented. Dr. Harvey Lindsly, of this
city, was elected President for the ensuing year.
The purpose of the Association is to cultivate
good fellowship in the Profession, maintain its
responsibility, and promote its efficiency.
Prizes are awarded for medical papers of sig
nal merit, and great eal is manifested for the
repression of quackery.
Every organization must have its exciting
topic, and be sgiiated by something or other.
The "vexed question" with our medical breth.
ern vas, the unprofessional conduct of Dr.
Reese, one Of the Vice Presidents of the Asso
citation. In an unlucky moment, moved bv
considerations offriendship, he had recommend.
ed to the charge of the Blockley Hospital, Phil
adelphis, DR.. James McChntock, previously ex
PEELED from the Association, for manufacturing
or vending uostrums. DIR. Reese was at once
arraigned as an offender-his action was insult.
ing to the Associstion-a violation of the estab-
hshed etiquette of the profession. A Doctor nav
experiment az much as he plesses, resort to all
kinds of empiricism, 50 long as he does not de-
scend 10 the trick of concealing his panaceas
and so making money out of them: that mean
ness the Profession cannot tolerate.
The Association was greatly sgitated DIR
Reese Was penitent, and offered written
apology: it was not considered ample enough
he must Ect only confess to an error, but he
must say be regretted his recommendation. The
Doctor was indignant-would not submit to such
dictation-but, finally, yielded the point, and
expressed his regret wherest there was grea
rejoicing; and be was fully forgiven.
Happy indeed must be that physician who
can blame himself for no other offence than 6
violation Of professional etiquette.
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Northern sentiment. The Conservative presses
South seem to doubt the wisdom of the compro-
mise, while the Ultrss-papers which advocate
the reopening of the African Slave Trade
chronicle its passage with great rejoicing.
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CONGRESS.

In consequence of the sudden death of Sen
stor Evans, of South Carolina, Thursday night,
10 business was transacted, in either House,
Friday or Saturday, except the passage of the
usual resolutions in such cases.
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WASHINGTON. D. G..
THURSDAY, MAY Is, 1853.

HS- Mr.. BIair's speech, printed on our
fourth page, will be read with much interest.
Aside from the merits of the speech, the PEST
ton Of Mr.. Blair invests it with peculiar sig
nifcance
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Il is said that Ohio is TO be rewarded for the
detection of its Douglas men on Lecom pton.
BY taking regiment Ct volunteers for Utah
from that State. IL is suggested that this win
be substantial benefit in ridding the State of
a part of her vagsbonds.
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upon the Central Power, and their organiza'
tion as equal and sovereign States of Che Union.
If they have not, on entering the Union, . pop
ulation equal 10 the representative ratio, they
have population large enough for purposes
of self government, larger than the ratio of
representation under which other States have
entered; and, in the present case, it must be
recollected, that Kansas and Oregon, each, has
larger population than the fraction, which,
under the present apportionment Law, is rep
resented by one Representative, in each Of thir-
teen States. We hope that our Republican
friends in Congress win consider these things.
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NJ. L. T. Park, of Mount Union, Ohio, viii
rsoeivs and forward subscriptions for the Era,
a. club rates.

81 Dir. Wheeler is the accredited agent for
The Era, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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fea They will remain in . terri ial c
hof, but under free Territoi ial verni
They win enjoy peacs, order, free
Thy viii have no occasion to res. TO n
tios They viii not attempt fs Sc Up q
Go eminent outside of the I'm on, enco'
any. factionists who May det ire over
theexisting authorities- TheJ ca send
Lee venworth Constitution to Gong 8, as
miFsion under it, and, if rasfus pat
wais till the People Of the units Stat,
the. elections soon TO take place espol
Their petition BY sending to The ne Hou
Representatives majority of NEE ss f.
ble-to it. Then they viii he 0, itted
Stae, and receive all the pri,ileg conf
upsa the most favored of new Sta:
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UNrLEAsAsr.-It must be not little un-
pleasant TO such men as Messrs. Cox, Lawrence,
Groesbeck, and other Northern Democrats, who
finally went for the compromise Kansas bill, that
the ultra Southern journals nearly all approve
the measure. The Richmond South exults over
its passage through Congress as Southern
triumph. Is the South apt to be satisfied with
a mockeryf The Charleston Courier says that
Kansas enters the Confedency under Lecomp-
ton-or not at all, and claims triumph over
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len" of the Baltimore Sam, says:
The Administration are DESTROYS, as 10 sta
ted, that the resolution authorizing the Presi
dent to adopt such measures and use such force