Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-29

 and extravaganza, and that low taxes are the necessary anlecedent of economy. Now, when the taxes are raised directly from the people, they will feel it so sensi- bly, that the responsibility of their public servants to them will force them to the adoption of system of low taxation, the inevitable and logical sequiter ot which will be that the government will be more economically administered. In addition to this, it will have the benefit of abolish- ing the extravagant and corrupting custom house system; will turn out of office an army of mercenary officials, and in con sequence will strike a deadly blow at the corrupting doctrine, "to the vctors belong the spoils" It will place every great interest-manufacturing, commercial, and agricultural -on the side of low taxes, and will induce a degree of direct respon- sbilty between the people and their ser wants, that will necessitate q system of rigid economy in high places. Direct taxation is the only remedy for the corrup- ton and extravaganza that are now prey ing upon the very vitaIs of our govern ment, and undermining the very founda- tions of public virtue.
 W. c.l ,i,o r,llo,.,;oo prociou, n,orceau going the rounds of the opposi. ton Press
 '' The intelligent and sagacious correspon- dent of the (. North American x U. S. Ga zette," speaking of the election of MT. Ten Eyck. conservative Whig, Senator from New Jersey remarks that it argues well for Union of the conservative men of all sections in the election of 1860 upon Presidential candidate"
 A conservative Whig" indeed If the above be true, then to be Black Re- publican at the North is 10 be a conserva- tive Whig. What honest whig at the South desires to affiliate with such whig- cry Where is there such thing as Wing Legislature at the North ? When did combination of " Republicans and Americans" ever elect any but one Of their own members to office ! Why should they :? If such an election as this can be held up as encouraging, then with equal propriety may this fact be held up as equally encouraging to Northern fanatics in their war upon the South. Such unerring indications as these will not be overlooked by the people of the South.
 -John Mitchell, the accomplished editor of the Irish Cttizen, thus deline ates the character of one of the Rep resentative men of the South, whose name is prominently mentioned in politi- cal circles in connection with the Presiden- cy:
 At Charlottesville, a village OH one of the pinY, ridges of Georgia, ln an unpretendIhg and somewhat deSolate- looking house (deso- late looking it may well be, for no fair and
 
 smile) dwels one of the choicest and rarest spirits of our hemisphere. Youthful and al most boyish looking, yet stricken by mortal malady-one who has covenant with death" yet whose veins are full of the most genial life; with the cold hand clutching at his vtaIs, yet with laugh clear and ringing as a marriage bell his thin face is of deathlv hue, yet the dark eyes are blazing lamps. IT yon are his friend, he is as gentle and aifec- donate as girl-if his enemy, he will have great pleasure in standing opposite to you, at any distance that may be arranged, ,-in which case you had better look sharp, for he is as cool as an oyster "a student and true philosopher, laborous and conscientious legislator, powerful lawyer, and jealous cultivator of grapes (Catawba and Scupper- nong. } for he has faith in the virtues of wine; "a generous friend and patron of humble merit-for the which many prayers and bless ings arise every evening on his behaif-a mo- ble imaginative orator-yet not of the Charles Phillips school of '' Irish oratory" by any means, his taste being too highly educated for that species of rigmarole-such is Alexander H. Stephens. He is NAMED among Presiden- tial candidates and therefore l include him in my list but indeed l do not believe he dreams that he can possibly be made Presi- dent, or imagines that he could perform and endure the mere official duties-to say noth- ing of the tremendous moral responsibilities. The first evenings shaking of hands at a Presidential reception would suddenly put him to death, and bring in the Vice-President. Bnt he is named as a representative Southern man, likely to be available q candidate, by reason of the universal respect entertained for him both North and South and therefore, put him on my list
 We fully endorse the following from the Memphis Morning Enquirer: TIE SIcKLEs TRIAL.-The SickleS trial, in all it's disgusting minuteneSs of detail, still continues to occupy large space in our ex- changes We have been asked why we do not publish the testimony. Our answer, once for | all, is that ours is designed to be a family pa per, as well as political journal. We expect l it to penetrate to the fire-SideS of the pure minded and the good, and we do not intend that anything shall appear in it's columns which will induce the husband, when he opens it al the breakfast table. to hastily shove it in his pocket, for fear his wife's or his daughters modesty will be shocked by its perusaL
 The trial itself is farce, but it was prece- ded by melancnoly tragedy, of whose cir cumstantial details we trust we have many readers who will always remain in sinless ig- horace.
 PosrofrIcE DEPARrMENr.-The send. ing by mail of ambrotypes, daguerreo'