Southern shield., 1860-02-04

M, Mossrs NORTON. MosBy $ Co.,, New Or leaus or THos SHIELDS, General Newspaper Agent; JAS. E. DuDDEnlDcE and J. $. PosT, St. Louis
 s. NJ. PErr1Se1IL Co.,, for all the Eastern cities.
 a.zz=zzzszzzs neyHAs an advertising medium this paper is by far the best in the Eastern part of Arkansas. Busi- ness men of Helena, Memphis, St. Louis, Louisville, and New Orleans, should remember this, and profit thereby.
 ga@The list of the unealled for letters in the Post-ofice on the lst inst, will be found in subsequent column.
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 nssAOur thanks are due Mir. LANDRUM, the polite and attentive clerk of the Pey- t0gaa for full files of New Orleans papers.
 
 EIrHons RoBr w JOHNSON, T. c. HINDMAN, and A. RUsr, have our thanks for public documents.
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 bsa-JAs. G. BERRY, Esq, the polished gentleman and efficient Sheriff of Crit tenden county, was in this city few days sihco' -o.o.o.o~oo~.o.oo~o
 nyOur subscription list is steadily on the increase. Since the first of January T additional names have been placed on the t,tlnr,ssizris t,tlr,sslz.yi.ss
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 Flows IN ABUNDANcE.-Our obliging mercantile friends, MCKENZIE S IAN FORD, give n0tice in another column that they have on hand a large and choice lot of Flows. Call and examine.
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 MAJ. A. J. DoNELsoN.-This distin- guished American and true-hearted pat riot, late candidate for the Vice Presi- dency, passed down on the VictoriQ Sunday last, on his way to his plantation in Mississippi.
 Maj. D. is now resident of Memphis.
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 sa~ln our next we shall give, in SUD- plemental form, the advertisement of Sheriff GREEN, of this county, of the sale of lands for taxes. We will give this pro bono puJlico--at our own expense merely for the accommodation and con- venience of our subscribers, many of whom wish to see the list.
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 pHon. JIIsoN P. JOHNSON, distin- esished citizen of Desha county, in this State, accompanied by his family, was among the passengers on the Imperial on Wednesday last, en route for his "old Kentucky home." We are pleased to know that MT. JOHNSON has not relin- quished his citizenship in Arkansas, as was reported, but is yet resident of Desha, which county he represented in the lower branch of the last General Assembly.
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 Mayor MOORE, of this city, was on last Thursday engaged pretty much all day ladling out law to the disturbers of the public peace. Several of the offenders were from the green isle of the ocean " the "iim of the sa," and seemed to go through the
  routine of :" bit of a spree," the bloody | nose' the black eye, the snatching up by the Marshal, and the prompt action of the as'f' as mere matters of business, in- lspensable to the enjoyment of life in tRis land of liberty.
 AThe list oflands to be sold in Crit te- county, for non-payment of taxes, ocOD 3 considerable space in tie Shield 0i to-e-s The readers shalli lose nothing Oy 'hls' as we will occasionally give them asupplemental sheet with add;t;onal road ing matter as was the case few weeks s,nce when we published the Presidents Message, &c. &e.
 II, The n, Southern Shield szuu be worthy of ;t w .aaa nDefa' encouragement and patronage n i'0ei'es from all parties-Americans DsniOcrats and Wings. nSs,.,p, oN'oN~N0N-ooo~N , hs~Ihe river at this point is IS feet faats es nigh water mark-has fallen l2 fsete;, il'',leS since last Saturday, and 5 '',,O r, Inches in the last 48 hours. N.Y. "nen the river came to s.standv at i 1S5erI, u lacked } feet II inches of 1; Ata: sna had risen only 9 feet 7 inches. l8ss DlS place it was feet 8 inches below l ba,o l.u naa risen just 35 feet the rise [ nb;s 's r u feet greater than at Mem t 65 oa,'' p9a' Il feet : inches-and at Island rect 4 Tn oheo |