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Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-25
National Conventions.

The Charleston Convention--for the nomination ot candidates for President and Vice. President Twill be the eighth National Democratic Assembly which has convened for that purpose under the pres ent organization. The first Democratic Nanonal Convention was held nt Balti- more. in lS32, and nominated General Jackson for reelection as President. and Martin Van Buren for ce-Presldent. The State of Pennsylvania did not, how ever, abide by the decision of the Conyen- ton on the Vice Presidency, but threw away her vote for William WiIkins. The next Democratic National Convention was held at Baltimore. in December, 1855, and selected Martin Van Buren for President, and Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky, for Vice. President. In May, lS40. the third Convention was held. Mir. Van Buren was nominated for reelection but no selection of Vice President was made. The Democrats all voted for R. M. John. son, except Virginia, which cast her cleo toralvote for Wm Smith. In May, 1914, the fourth Convention was held, and chose James K. Polk for President, and George M. Dallas for Vice President. The fifth Convention convened at Baltimore, in May, lS4S, and designated Gen. Cass for President, and William 0. Butler, of Kentucky, for Vice President. The sixth Convention was held at Baltimore in May 1852, and nominated Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, for President, and Wm. R. King, of Alabama, for Vice. Pfesident The seventh Convention met m Cincinnati on the ls,aof une 1856, and nominated Bachanan and BreckinrIdge. Previous to the holding of National Conventions, the Democrats used 10 nominate candi. dates for President and Vice President by Congressional caucus. The Demo- cratic members of Congress convened and nominated Jefferson, Madison and Mon- roe sucoessvely for President, and the people ratified the selections. Those dis tricts and States that had no Democratic members of Congress, of course had no voice in the nomination. In 1924 the last Congressional caulus for the nomina- tion of President was held. By this time the system became unpopular Only siXtv-one members of Congress met out of two hundred and forty. They selected Wm. II. Crawford, of Georgia, for Pres ident, and Albert Gallatin, of Pennsylva- mia, for Vice President. The great mass of the Democracy, however, supported General Jackson for President. In 1928 he ran again, without any national nomi- nation as a candidate, and was triumphant. ly elected.
 The opposition to tue Democracy never had any regular National Convention fol the nomination of President and Vice
 President until December, 1889, wher they met al Harrisburg, Pennsylvauia
 and nominated General William Henr,
 Harrison of Ohio. for President, ant
 John Tyler, of Vrgina for Vlce-Presi
 dent. Since then they have had thei
 conventions regularly every four years.
 ESSENTIALS FOR FRuIr TREEs--- | 54Ft 2 r h. r5 |. I q
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-25
ssTha flower that blooms the brightest Al Is doomed the first to fade, The form that moves the lightsst,
 f1n5 nairfh ie coannr rt Ia id y 5l8 @&t3a@ [

- An orator holding forth in favor or women concluded thus; 'soh, my bearers, de- pend upon it, nothing beats good wife.s q beg your pardon," replied one of his female auditors, s'a drunken husband doss.o
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-25
JOHN N c N A IT E E !,

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 Des Arc. ArE1 an s a s. SHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET - opposite the s'Nucleus House''-wheIe he is prepared to execute all kinds of work in his line of business, in neat and fashionable style.
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-25
\ TrAmsrrR's ApvEvruRr.--Tl

A TRANSFERS ApvENruRE.-Th The
 Sacramento (Cal.) Standard gives the following as recent adventure of an old
 Sacramento teamsler known as Billy Mil- lliken. Billy tells his story us follows ];
 About ten days ago, said he, our teams left Placerville for Genoa; we got along ltolerably we'll till near the summit rIdge,' between the two places, when our teams broke down, the teamsters left me in charge of the broken teams and goods, while they went back to Placsrvllle Tor | fresh teams. On the evening oi thenl ldeparture I -kindled a fire Q cook my sup per. and was down on my knees mixing fapiacks, with the frying pan heating on the fire, when l happe ned .o look uf, and there stood eigh, big Injuns--lean, hun gry, lantsrn-jawed devils as ever you saw---each with his bow drawn to the ar-
 rows head, and pointing towards me, not
 ten feet of. looked at them moment,
 when one of them spoke up in tolerabiy
 good English, and said, with grin; -- "One whie man--heap lnjun! Shoot l'em--ugh!' don't think l am a coward,
 but always like a fair show. The odds
 were too heavy against me m this case,
 and unfor,unaielylmy revolver was cover
 ed up in one of the wagons. So l began to barley with the red skins. told them
 that had "hi-yu muck-a-muck sapalee,'
 "bueno ehemuck, ? 'plenty meat!s tried
 every sort of gibberish, and finally made
 them understand that had abundance ot provisions and would cook lhem q big supper. They reasoned among them
 selves moment, and their love for the
 nesh-pots of Egypt prevailed. They
 agreed. and for the first time in my life l played cook to. lot of dirty, red-skinned l Indians. IL went rather tough, l assure l.you; but fried some bacon and baked some heavy bread, and set the ugly hends down to eat. They pitched in as Il they had never eaten a square meal before -
 As soon as they had got earnestly 10
 work, with one hand in the frying pan
 and the other full of bread, 1 slipped round to nay wagon and took out three re-
 volvers, one of which l stuck in my belt in front, and cooking the others took
 one in each hand, and stepping quietly up 10 the group, said ]; "One white man eight Injuns--gii, you d-7d red scoun- drels gnr' They dropped their muck-a-
 muck and jumped to their feet like deer. and were of on a keen lope before you
 could say "Jack Robson" and l after
 them, popping away barrel alier barrel as
 l ran ] shot wild and missed the vii
 ains, but it did me a heap of good to turn the tables on them, assure you.
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-25

nR. N. L. RAGLAND, having To- A cated on Wattensaw, at the residence heretofore occupied by W. B. Means, deceas ed, offers his professional services to the public.
 fsS~ Calls promptly attended to- [apr lily
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-25


 diana) Tribune gives this account of an exciting incident which occurred in la dies riding match, at tue fairin that coun- ", a few days since: .
 Presently one of the horses became ob- stinate. and his rider became "spunky. She used the whip freely and feaflessly, the, horse grew mad and desperate, when there occurred terrific scene. The en- ragged horse, q large bay, took the bit and ran at furious speed. The crowd be- came wild, and cries that would dealen an nhabilant. of Pandemonium went up from hundreds of frightened. mortals. 7-- The screams, yells and shouts frightened gay looking gray horse, ridden by one of the ladies, and he went off as urlously as the bay After a round or two, the horses evidently got over their fright and entered into a contest of speed but the multitude were still frightened, and, as usual, lost their wits and began 10 scream. The horses went on, the bay still leading. Gray made terrible. onslaught and, just as they passed our stand point, dashed gallantly into the lead ei 't'9
 Bay took courage, and ran like fright ene4 gazee at quarter pole, collard the gray, and before the round was made, opened gap of full two lengths. Gray did not again get the lead, although at one time his nose was laying on the bays quarters About this time n daring fel- low, who holds a tender relation 10 one Of the riders, rushed through the crowed into the circle, and as they passed, going a, speed,sh caught the reins ot the bridle, and that instant he was turning somersaulls in the air. He landed twen- ty-nne feet from the place where he caught the horse. The lady then, for the first time, became alarmed, and as she turned about to look after her as she sup posed lost '.iovyer," the saddle turned and down she came, head foremost, to. wards the ground. Notwithstanding the 1 screains that were heard before. we dis covered from the noise made at this mo
 ment, that the crowd had been filed with l"pent-up feelings" but host of gallan }feIlsws blockaded the track with thei bodies, and the bay was stopped lin hi
 wild career" and the lady released iron the slirrup by which she was hanging ITS, q /
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-25

The Morse telegraph patent sxp'sssia 1881, and will tisn be free to the public. It will cause considerable extension of telegraph lines, and will give fiss so great deal os competition.
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-25

TIT For a laayto sweep her ,carpet with embroidered uldarsleeges,r would b. consi- dered indecently dirty; but to drag the pave- ment with her skirts seemstoa be very gem tpcl WN4 3@ffSE ~,4# Wx&S
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-25

A Famous RIDE. The Howard In diana) Tribune gives this account of an exciting incident which occurred in la dies riding match, at tue fairin that coun-
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-25

- It s said that the !sang ger 'f6f g5H seu- erally increases with age. Accordingly wo see that most of our people have 1t in theif montlis tts9kt ts t38 DsH&
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TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY es, 1860.
year turned out anything bnt profitable; that il.

year turned out anything but profitable: that in
Yestments in ugs, particularly, proved very nnfor-
tunate. AT the close of February last year,
operators in the weed paid 65M7c for fair leaf,
and 43g53c for planters lugs and in June and July
Of last year they paid for lngs b to 4ac and fair
leaf 60G9c., and with low rates of freights the
Investments have turned out at |osses from twenty
to thirty-fve dollars per hogsheAd particularly on
the lugs The contracts with tile French Govern
ment are horses Of different cclor. In the mean
time, we hope this seasons investments will be
more productive.
The mails failed yesterday total failure via
Mobile, as the good old boat Oregon, which has
been running every year since the autumn Of
l846-somethfng over thirteen years-failed to ar
rive. A boat was dispatched with the mails yes
terday. In the meantime, the denizens of our sea
shore villages need not expect mail, any COM
munieation, to-day nor tomorrow. It is hoped
Postmaster Marks will endeavoF to get those piles
of mail bags now blocking upthe vestihne and
entrance Of the Post Office out Of the way. Put
them up at auction, Colonel, Or hire some extra
help to assort them, and trust tp the generosity Of
Congress for remuneration. The talk is, that some
Of these bags have been in storage there for three
weeks. The inquiry is made, whether the new
arrangement recently made in New York between,
the owners of the rival steamship lines to Aspin-
wall, and on the Pacific for California, will not
annul avoid the regular transit Of the mails from
this point for California via Aspnwa; that is the
coalition being now complete, Al opposition and
competition ceases. Qute1 sdba 2
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VOLUME. XII.
Nsh ORLEANS DULY Grsstent.
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY IS, 1860.
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

The New York Tribune strenuously urges upon
the Black Republican members of Congress to
make an effort for the removal Of the seat of the
Federal Government from Washington to some
more Northern location, where the sensitive feel
ings Of the Blaekie Representatives Of Aboltondom
may not be insulted by the presence of the abhor-
red institution, as in the District. The suggestion
is good 50 far as it relates to the removal Of
the Federal Capital but not as to whittier it should
be removed. We have long thought it to be most
unhappily located. 1t is too near New York-so
l.convenien to that vast center of sn capital and
important interests-that all sorts of corrupting in
1uenees are too readily brought to bear in controll
ing the legislation Of the Congress to the further
ance Of private ends, rendering two-thirds Of the
deliberations of a session grand struggle for
spoils in some sort or another, instead of grave
consultations on matters Of public veal. A great
step towards the restoration Of purity in the coun
ellis Of the nation would be effected by putting
quite number Of hundreds Of miles between
Washington and New York, that nest Of jobbng
and trading politicians
Then Washington is several hundred miles too
far North to be proper location for the capital Of
the nation. II is too near the borders Of Abolition
ISM Its society is too Northern in its tone to give
tls ieplesehsatise. = - ~ ~, 4.
apie ieea = ahie. teaae, @.u Z
good men Of the South to Congress without doing
~ y pslh = n
spoilea w the eAa'hpies = tiose 49, ~ -,
are obliged to consort. Stimulated by their safe
pfopinquity to Mason and Dixons line, Abolition
members are overbearing and insoient, and show
NAV .nes ,,,;th
nttse ~ peaeei afA.4 ~ ,oal.Si4i ~ - rs
Whohi' 'nes me 80 - =
haVlhs seae on 1le sale hpoi P'aees esA. = n
eqnallty--a hilstahe WHICH liohoes thet - 80
port themselves VIII q Petl assurance ~ Wy &C.
tasteful g the oyer senslese ~ sefS
the phlosophlcai, VINO coos ~ -
len and self-satshed aeporllheht = sisss
sienai squirts q circumstances w ~ ~ y -
brief hour on the pohtca y fnuc y
satisfaction forced % come aoWti lao ~ iieall
Of The South 70 attend Congress, these persohages
would scarcely care 70 carry tler heaas T. - ~
natural elevation out, cropping ehe sale.coch -
they wear on their own premises, Woaiu conunot
themselves with becoming ana appropriate DATE DATE
yard loWliness and humility; wound attehd 70 the
business Of their constituents ana NO longer Waste
the nations time IN Growing dehance az the uhleea
ing South, and disportlng thef cholee fhetofic ~
weil.tfned abusive periods thefeoi, iof Wnleh they
are occasionally contemporary ehastiseu ~ oAe
woald Kick cur VINO pafas ~ IN hsei4' " iuh
away and bark AGAIN Wheh at saie uis'fahee' -
Sumner and Hickman az.
There are two locaitles 70 Wlilch W lhcile ~
emnently ny iof the silualioh = ~ eaei .
tai, which We Woula gaaiy NV fellofea iionl -
OF
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e,rarroNABY STEAM ENGINES
An SIZES. FRoM.s to 10 DIAMETER OF cYLINDE

PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES, from IL 80 horse power.
FRAMING WHEELS from 2feet TO 80 feet diameter.
FRAMING PUMPS, from 10 % lnckes in diameter
LEA 4 Leayitts Patent CIRCULAR SAW MILLS with both
IRON and wooden frames with Notcross Rocker Boxes and
searn,s Patent Eccentric Head Blocks.
page,s and Page Ghld's CIRCULAR SAW MILLS.
Rouble Circular Saw Mills. with Top Saws.
stranp,s Iron Frame CORN and FLOUR MILLS, from 10 to
sinches diameter.
NEWELL COTTON SCREWS of 6, TX and II inches IN
by Il long and geared for either horse steam
power. ,,n .,,,e ;, ..n
ERs and Boxes Of all sizes.
DoUBIE FLUE BOILERS, 42 inches in Diameter and from
lsto 80 feet isng,
CIRCULAR SAWS up TO 70 inches diameter.
poCToR ENGINES, Of various sizes.
INDIA RUBBER BANDS. Of all sizes.
An assortment Of sizes Of the above articles generally In
ready for delivery the shortest nece and fer sale on
e,a ,sos favorable terms and at the lowest prices.
- Every article fully guaranteed
rn1 nrna Catalogues of prices win be sent address
By mail. a N GILMAN
mya 4wtf 70 Grayier street, New Orleans.
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TALK ON CHANCE.

The week opened yesterday under some quie-
tude. In fact, it was very langnid on the flags of
Carondeet, with nothing to boast of on other
streets. Matters and things will get to moving to-
day with the usual brskness applicable to the
son of the year. provided the storm of rain, which
last evening gave portents Of coming off to-day,
does not interfere. The general paving and re-
paving Of our streets is progressing tayorahly the
Streets or rather the parts Of streets which are now
completed give great satisfaction; the only in.
convenience will be from dust, which will be flying
about rather too free for comfort. There was
some talk yesterday regaring the proceedings Of
our Legislature. Local matters and special legs-
ation seem to be the prominent business going on.
The question of removing the Legislature to the
city has been received with favor. The removal
will be attended with some expense, yet it will
pay. But where to build State House is talked
of. The talk is, as the city is destined TO extend
towards Lake Pontchartrain and that the Metairie
Ridge Is now ostensibly within the limits of the
corporation, and the city having the ownership and
control of a large quantity of ground called the
Metairie Park, State House of large dimensions
could be erected within the limits of this Park.
railroad through Canal street, the grand boulevard
could be built, which would be productive of great
revenue to the city, just as the city railroads are
destined to be- Therefore, the talk is, let US have
the Capital of the Pelican State removed to the
city; and no better location for a State House
could be selected than the Metaire Park. There
are many, very many, of the attendants on our
public schools who will witness the extension of
our city to the Metairie Ridge. There are many
residents now living who expected that Rampant
street would have been the outer or westward
limits of the city for this century.
Well, our talk must come back to the flags
though let it be understood we are not getting off
soundings when talking of the Metairie Ridge as
the central limit of New Orleans. The general
cotton market was quiet yesterday, the movements
were contracted, being controlled by the depres.
sion in exchange, the frmness in freights and the
large receipts, with many parties talking Of figures
way up-so high up that it we were to repeat them
we should be called Rocky Mountain Bear. 1t is
hardly possible that the receipts can continue in
the same ratio as they have for the month now
closing. The Arabia brought us letter, dated
Liverpool, the 4th inst, which says:
There begins prevail here opinion crop Of cotton
staple To-day npto this lime F. NJ the sales reach ffesp
aaaee 81 e sa1 n
Engan + + VIII anE be temporary and long viii
There was some talk yesterday of operations
in tobacco. The weed has been dormant for a
long time. It was talked Of, that three Thousand
hogsheads had changed hands since Friday last.
The talk is, that present prices, 81 to Gle for
fair quality will not pay the grower or eutigator
| We know, however, that the tobacco trade last
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.tFirst class in oriental philosophy, stand up.
Tb;hets what is life ~ Life consists OF money.
horse and q fashionable wife, Next, What is
death?n g A pay-master who settles everybody y
dehts and gives the tomhstones as receipts in full
af ali demands.s' What is poyerty?n The re-
discriminating publica = What is religion n
. Doing unto others as you please, without allow
inc return OF the compliment. 9 What is fame n
4 six.line puff in newspaper while yon are liv.
inp. and your fortune to your enemies when you
are dead.1
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M TATEH WATER!l
CLEAR. PURE wATERll

The Subscriber is now prepared furnish the public with his
HYDRAULIC sELF-CI4EANING
FILT Err.
with capacity furniah from FIVE GALLONS to ONE HUN.
DRIED THOUSAND PER nAYl
This Filter is unlike other Ftsrs gets foul
is adapted to all purposes where fering is required
s.For rsferenoes Charles and St Louis Hotels Carroll
con Railroad Company Louisiana Sugar Refinery Dr. Mecler
Canal street. and others now in use.
ss~ enice No. Tchonpitoulas street.
N. F. RICE
nstf New Orleans.
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Arrivals at the Hotels Yesterday.

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Ma ss sss rs ai; Rsg'fF
Msss IL haaaa oS qai
Nichols Miss spragne Providence i STRIKE Bolivar;
aaa nfPaa rs aSss s1k aad sd
Trmble, Miss; Smear. Macon Ga; Mrs Wilson, Mum
Issy Ms Siss Mseass sis, Hass Kng Ms Read W
IL s piss aSs s ~ bagss
Nashville; Lake, Thompson GrAnada Miss A Davis
Tex Gaatrenn Mt Aston; Berwick. I'll w Goodman, T
Meilen D McNeill MclGmore, NJ Rodney, Miss Saw
Yer and family Tex; Smith La. 4 Jordan MI Breckn-
dged, Thompson Ky, NJ Young, BIandon Miss; Will
son Bohaa; Herfisan Haillay. Mrs Richardson,
Ga; w II Vaughan. Ad Expr Mrs W Dawson Miss Can.
non Mis- Gay, Memphis; Perkins lady Mrs Mead
Mrs B Freeman, Atakapas; Mcnehogh Dubuque Iowa;
Rodney Gapo Girardean Whitfield, Kansas 4 W Rob.
ertson Houston Tex; w Reid, y; G Bailey, Under
wood, Boston.
ST LOUIS H0TEL-Mrs Brown, Pass Christian; j G Mo-
net Shiedshoiough: DR. o Roberts, Columbia Sc NV
Bythewood Gharleson Geo Stewart, Vii Miller and lady
Miss Aehews DIR Knox Mrs Petit, Tex Mr. Forrer and
lady A Gregory, La; Spinnig Ginn Sevin, Read
Hilsboo @; Robinson and ady TenH Curtis Boston,
Wilson. Jos Brady Galveston: Graves Antonio
Tex u Trafford, England. q W Weedat Crosse Tee; Mrs
Huchins, Natchez Ellis, ButIer Thhodaux Bull
mef Sumpter G McGiI 4 II Kendall Richmend Tex: w
King and family. Caution; Bruff ThbodRnx; White,
G Sckes w Iegke and lady, ST Mary ii Leavensien,
Honma la. nebens, S Mathews and son. LabanEe, wife
and daughter, Desobry Pa1nemnR, Bezono and Indy.
PIT Goupee Hall and lady La D Kimhali, Boston; j D
Gottre Conn; Leeboe Crosse Tee Pike, 81 Louis;
j Kelly, Mills, Tex. Detrfck, Ark.
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THAT WoN,T Do, BETTY WATsoN.-Several years
ago, but probably within the memory Of a woman
who is mot so old either,'' lived an Irish girl,
named Betty Watson. She was the dancer OF q
penny side show that travelled through Ireland and
England, performing at wakes and fairs. Betty
sshandled her legs'' with such skill that she pc
came a great favorite with country pumpkins and
village ab'hoys.n In course of time she came
to London, and performed at one OF The minor
theaters. The gallery gods became accustomed
to Betty Watson, and her name was faFonfe on
the bills
A show company was made up to trayel-on the
continent OF Europe and Betty was selected as one
Of the dancers As her proper patronymic would
not look well on the bill she was pomponsly an
nounced as celebrated Spanish daasease, Mile
Lola Monte4.n An accidental circumstance during
the continental tour brought the Irish SpanIard Z
into great notoriety. After having run her
length'' on the continent she came to London Gre
ating tremendous sensation among some OF the
fast nobIemen On the strength OF her netoFety
she was announced to perform one night at prln-
cipal theater-
The curfain rung MP and the Worid-renowned dan
sense anpeared, The gallery audience were about
10 anpiaud yociferousy, but suddenly stopped in
doubt They looked at the bills that announced the
acelebrated Spanish danseuse, Mile Lola Montez,s
whose freaks had thrown half the world In commo.
ton, and then they looked at the woman on the
stage. Again they consulted the bilis, ana again
lacked Mt the woman. Conviction nashed across
their minds in moment, and with q yell at being,
as they thought basely sWindled, the gallery rose
as nne man testiying their recognition OF their old
acquaintance by shouting, "oh oil laat aroae't 90,
BeftV Tlts0n.sn
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worthy clergyman, upon being asked why he
did not venture 10 an election, at which the pro-
ceeaings were riotoasly conducted, and give his
vote, replied, /" do not see why should endan.
ger a,sy o,ca poll to benefit another man's.u