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Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-09-05
STAPLE AND HEAVY GOODS

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The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02

The total number of miles in operation
on the first day of January, 1859, was o.
s3I. The number of miles opened during
the year, consequently, has been 1,541.
The number of miles in progress in the
United States is estimated at Il, $50. The
extent of mileage of roads in progress can
never be stated with much accuracy, but we
see no limit to the construction of these
works, till they become the common high
ways for every portion of the country In
the Northeastern, and in some of the West
ern States, this result seems pretty nearly
accomplished ; yet in those the system is
constantly expanding. Their construction,
under a state of affairs similar to the pres
ent, must rapidly continue to so on until
an aggregate of $4,000 miles is reached
Even the embaTassments of the countrv
which eliminated in 1857, seem only to
have exerted slight influence in checking
their progress, which was never more act.
I'VE than at the present time in several of the
States
1he total amount of capital invested in
all the roads is S1,11S, 500, 929. The in
crease during the year has been SI57. .S73.-
565.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02
For the Van Buren, Press.

We attended, on Wednesday night at the
Episcopal church, q. lecture on George Ste
phenson, delivered by Rev. VIM. Binet to
large and intelligent audience, who were
highly edited by the happy remarks of the
lecturer. Mr.. Binet's style in delivering
historical and descriptive lectures is a fine
one ; he is entirely master of his subject
by the introduction Of anecdotes he at once
interests his audience, and illustrates there
by the character of his hero The manner
in which the lecturer portrayed ths life of
the great father of Railroads how he
struggled with poverty, how he had to en-
counter every species of obstacles, how he
still persisted in his favorite study, how he
overcame at last every hindrance, and clos
ed life crowned with glory, was at once
elaborate, plain, and pleasing, and we hope
that Mr.. Binet will continue in the work so
well begun, and favor us with many more
such literary treats.
By the by, we hope that some of the
many ministers, doctors, and lawyers, who
1--WE take Mr.: Binet's word for it abound in
this city will respond to the earnest request
of the lecturer and weekly deliver dis
course upon passing events, historical mat
ter, upon art, science or some subject alike
interesting to the lecturer and instructive to
the hearer RAILROAD.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02

neo,lc and privileges. A glance convinced
me + "wouid pay" and soon proved my
foitb hv NV works. Here is scenery TOO
grand for the drapery of language: o.e'p
down hollows furrowed by the DeiuSe
green yallies intervincd with salient brook
iets-mountain range rising above noun,
tain range away in the blue distance uh',i
tl,eir SUBMITS seemed bathed in the soit
skies of heaven But while the eye kinaies
with rapture over the grand panorama am
moving. Soon on the Walnut fork oil
pinev. Some of the people seemed to DC
ouite communicative. | should think from
external sign they belonged to the Z" drink
deep battalion They were mighty IN taiH'
/ had a great surplus of words. Ii their
words had lsen thrashed, hulled and IAN
ned, they could not have averaged giii OF
IDEAS to a quart. Much was said about late
sprees of rowtyism in which the speaker
was generally the bully passed through
limestone valley rich by nature, but not by
cultivation. Late in the evening 4 rode up
to a house and requested to stay all nlSht.
Nv request. was granted. had been on
the premises bat shorl time until 1ound
that the old man (75 years old) had to do
the cooking. His wife was from home, dead
or he never had one. do not know which
Old as he was, he stirred about ratified the
dishes, made some adventures into the pre-
cincts of potdom, and gave color, taste
and smell to supper that needs no com
mcnt. About twenty miles from here on
creek called RichlaEd saw curiosity un-
like anything had everbefore seen. n man
with the growl and disposition of bear
Marvellous tales are told of him through
the country. They say he will pitch into
deep holes of water and crawl across on the
bottom He has been known to be absent
in the mountains during deep SHOWS, bare
footed for days at a time. | scanned him
closely and must pronounce him won
drous mixture, an ecccntricity in human
nature. There was steel mill at this
place and there was a general rallying arount
it for the purpose of getting 'bread-stuffs.' .
They branched off on politics, expressing
their dislikes and preferences both for mer
and measures. The Constitution was men
toned often, but from what | could gathe
each mans opinion was the Constitution
he wished to defend Over hills, through
thickets, down and up creeks brings me t.
Jasper Near this town then lived mar
who whipped a panther, and received {
seat in the Legislature for it. \ short tim
after 1 arrived, went out to hear Col
Thomason speak. The Colonel is one o
the first speakers of the State, but grocery
doors hal to be closed before he could get
crowd. They hung around these little one
horse, stern-wheel whisky shops as though
they wished to change the fire-water int,
new bottles lest the old ones should brcal
and waste all Night came on anc
the besotted Village was filled with noisy
staggering mortals, while the dark hollow
no doubt echoed with the song of the drum
kard to the great annoyance Of the prowhns
beasts of prey. Oh civilization extend thy
sceptre over the thoughtless progeny 0
Adam.
! Min inUE DICTU
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02
Correspondence of the Van Buren Press.

MR. EDIToR: l again impose upon my
pen the task of depicting a fragment of
lite's recol!ections as they seem to stand be-
fore me vivid and fresh as when they tran
spired. | am now on the little fork of
Buffalo. l left the vicinity of Beech woods
early in the morning after rslling the care
and burden of breakfast from my mind by
participating in some of the "substantials y
and honey ''nota little" My road ran up
streaHC The morning was lovely and
glorious as the smile OF God. The ascen-
ding fog wreathed the mountains brow an
here and there enameled the cerulean SIX Y
with floating ribbons of snow-white clouds.
In the distance before me huge bluffs built
by the hand of Omnipotence frowned pre-
senting the appearance of mighty city
with its obelIsks and monuments eloquent
with the silence of ruined grandeur. When
L started up the mountain between Buffalo
and Piney, | was told that there was but
one house for number of miles, and that
was midway between the two streams
These mountain sides arc remarkable for
their fertility. They abound with growth
characteristic of lower lands Walnut.
grapevine, spicewood and pawpaw are found
in great abundance. These rich spots ought
to be called mountain-bottoms, bottom
mountains, or. to say the least of it, they
ought to be qualified by some kind of a
compound cpithet designativc of their oual.
ity. When | reached the top of the noun
tain l found the house of which had been
advised. Suffer me to remind you, how
ever that it was warm weather, and that
this Pisgah-llke elevation was gained by
blows and knocks well laid on, together
with big drops of perspiration. After
the outlay of strength requisite for the as
cent, it is but reasonable to suppose that
something in the shape of victuals posses
sed very few of the elements of terror
The old gentleman of the house passed off
the time between my arrival and dinner re-
peating" wars and rumors of wars /" with
the beasts of the field" His tales. were
interesting, but despite their attraction the
jingle of the dishes would arrest my atten-
ton. When I got a peep at dinner l felt
that they were accustomed to eat
ing notwithstanding their isolation from
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02

STATE DENocRATIc CoNvENTIox.-Thc
Virginia convention of the Democracy, ii
would seem, from the proceedings, failed to
express preference for either Gov. Wise or
Senator Hunter, only pledging the Democ-
racy, of the State to support the no minee of
the Charleston convention. This leaves
Virginia free to act according to the exigen-
cies that may arise in the convention. The
Washington Constitution denies that the
Connecticut delegates to the national con-
vention are known friends to Judge Doug
las, the reports to the contrary notwithstan-
ding. 1t is as confidently asserted in the
telegraph reports that eleven of the dele
gates are the friends of Judge ID.
The telegraph informs us that the Demo-
ocratic convention of Maryland has ap-
pointed Douglas delegates to the Charleston
This is more than was antici-
pated by the friends of Senator Douglas in
this section, and cannot fail to give him
strength.-NempAis Appeal Of
Fe6. %
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02
SUNDRIES.
100 h1d; b A. Sugar. g 100 J, snl; so ,Io,a.

-0n hhds Sugar. 100 bbls 50 =. Molas.es
IOO Sd bbls Cement. 30 bis crushca, povd
oI 10 bns aoai sugars 20 bags Pepper and AisPce
81 bags Corks 500 each. 20 doz cas- Tea kettes
. ana qt 800 bags Coffle. SO boxes T,a. assl
qualities % boxes Family Soap. 10 ca4ks Az,
phls and nof. 9,s & ~ casks Porte. ih pts andqs.
punch haislns. 80 boxes LAYER Raisins. 80 half
." 9"Xes raisins in boxes SO boxes ASIA Candy
~ box rock candy; 10 box Gum D,o,,s - box
in@I1enges ); 80 box choice fancy candy in n. box
~ ~ ooN cream candy. 5 boxes Maccatupi 81 mats
ee'oona raGm. Ina ~ box ground pepper and girse-
ges and Lepions. 50 box ehnnnaaue ciler -
.Ia os'1Iers n bitters 80 box Stoughton bit,. .
10. A oIaerw"ods d Turner's lemon syrup 30
ooSes r,ekles, ass'd sizes 10 box tinaoe ssi
,,;'L Ianue hetehuP; box Noorcester sauce, } box
olIve OIL 100 bags table salt, in So I0lb iags;
case table salt in boxes 10 cas,. s,rd;nts IN
% ooxes % box Herrii,gs; 90 box Goldfish KIT
naeSerel ao casks soda 2bbls p. and NJ Yeast
Powoers io box Andrews celebrated Y,ast-IoE.
uers ~ half tieree and 5 tierce Rice 10 box -al
ionno,., tm oo9 Brimstone; 2 box blue stone box
.rs b.nsraeed bai Dye. l26 or Quinine 10 ddz Wi'i
hNpectorant; 10 doz Ess Peppermint n
": 10 mouse hole Arraitace AnviIs % solid BOX
ass % beiio~s. asst sizes 80 stocks and de,
SIZES right and left smith hammers, all sizes
and 10 cast Flows. all sizes, points, mouiyt board
ahr sh.. slaes Tor same; 10 cotn shelters 30 sci
a.lenihg iced cutters, asst sizes
,s oo prs breast chains % irs tongue chains .
aas, s.se'cher chains 500 pis traces. assorted
easA OK chains also, garden hoes rake. long hA
shoves, spades, in quantities I'D sut purchases
,,3 30 doz Lamp wicks 10 doz lamp t.imaeys
Dds iinseed Oil 6 bills tanners oil.
All Just received and for sale bv
mar Gu ]. HENRY. WILLIAMS k co.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02
For the Van Burca Press.

GAINESVILLE, ARK, rcD., looO.
EDIToR OF Pass Having noticed for
some time the course Of the Arkansan we
must acknowledge we have lost all patience.
1t has been one continuous warfare upon
some one ever since it started none can
escape its abuse that dares to differ with
its vindictive editors on any point all po-
litical opposcrs are converted into persons al
enemies. And they do not hesitate to on
gage in low, base, slanderous and personal
abuse. This cor,-.,c will not win bv
any means tnose who have been taking that
raper for the purpose of patropizing and
encouraging western paper, will soon drop
it. We have ever been, personally, friend
lv with the editors, and are ready to az
knowledge them to be fluent writers and
young men of fair talents, and to whom
we find no other objection. The most of
this abuse is attributed to Mr.. Boudinot.-
Some of his friends there with him should
advise him ON that point. The article that
came out not long since in regard to the
Usage Mills is one that will have damning
influence on the future prospects of that
paper. The Arkansian is advocating Mr..
Wilson's claims for Congress, and its
course has no doubt been great injury to
him, and will be one cause that will thwart
his chances for the nomination at the Dover
Convention in May. Mr.. Boudinot will
meet with his match, yet, we anticipate
But as he is friend of ours, and a young
man that might do well at his profession,
we hope he will see the error of his way
and change his course.
AS to the news here, we held a mass meet
ing last week to appoint delegates to the
Dover Convention, and instructed to cast
the vote for Wilson for Congress and R.
II. Johnson for Governor. But some of
pGs prefer man more friendly to the 35th
Parallel for Governor. We will have plen-
ty of candidates for the county offices. A.
NJ. Ward will doubtless be the choice for
Senator from this and Pope counties. u.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02
Van Buren township Meeting.

"A mactinn was held in the Court House
in Van Buren. on the 25th of February for
the purpose of appointing delegates to the
Comfy Convention. DIR. Pernot being
called to the chair, and Gran. Wilcox ap-
no;nted Secretary. Mr.. S. NJ. Hays eX=
nlaincd the object Of the meeting. On mo-
ton of w. Walker, Il committee OF i1ve
was appointed to draft resolutions. The
following gentlemen were appointed w.
r Robinson. II. C.. Hathaway, James NJ
Brown. Jr., Robt Norwood, 5. NJ. Hays
and w Walker. On motion the CHAIR
man was added. Committee then retired,
selected and returned the following rcsolu-
tions:
Resolued, That we, the Democracy oil
Van Buren, Township, i'll Crawford county
renew our devotion to the principles
adopted at Cincinnati in 1896 and III
the Democratic State Convention OF this
State in the same year.
Resolsed. That we recommend tie De
mocracy of the different townships IN TINS
county to hold Township Meetings to send
delegates to the County Convention to be
held in Van Buren, on the 3D. day OF March
next to appoint delegates to the Dover
Convention to nominate candidate 1or
Congress for this district and also to the
State Convention to be holden In Little
Rock to nominate a candidate for Governor
and Presidential electors.
Resolyed, That we recommend Col. L.
| c.. Hindman as the first and only choice oi
the Democracy of this Township for repre-
sentative in Congress and that we instruct
the delegates from this Township to the
Convention to vote for him as the first and
only choice of this Township.
Resolped, That we instruct our delegates
to the County Convention to cast the vote
of this Township for Col. n. u. Burrow as
| State Senator from this and Franklin coun
| ties.
Resolged, That we pledge ourselves tc
support all the nominees of the Democratic
convention in this district
Resolced That 5. NJ. Hays, William
Walker, VIM. b. Robinson, Robt. Z. Hat
taway, Josiah Foster, Robt. Norwood and
John A. Wright, be and they are hereby
appointed delegates to attend the County
Convention to be hcld@a this place on the
Sd of next month to cast the vote of thi:
Township in accordance with the wishes o
this Convention as herein before expressed
Which resolutions being adopted, the fol
lowing was submitted by p. Perkins.
Resoiyed. Thst our delegates to the
County Convention be and they are hereby
instructed not to nominate candidates fo'
the ministerial offices.
On motion the proceedings were ordered
to be published in the Van Buren, Press.
On motion the meeting adjourned sim
die II. PERNOT, CHAIRMAN.
! GRAN. Wilcox, Secretary.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02

PRoGREss OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED
STATEs.-We give below statement of
the progress made by Railroads in the
United States since 1881. 1t is probable
that the maximum per centage of increaae
has been attained. Should the decennial
increase for 1870 show but one hundred per
cent, we would have by that time nearly
o,9OO miles of railroad in actual operation,
which is far in excess Of the estimate given
III our last issue. We copy from the Rail
road Journal
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02
For the Van Buren, Press.
AuNTsVILLC. Ark Eeh

HuNTsvIII.rE., Ark, Feb. II, 1860.
EDITOR HKEss-Dcar Sir write you
teW lines, for the first time. | will first
say word concerning our democratic mass
meeting which was holden in this place,
Feb. 4, pursuant to due previous notice
given each Township. The day being set
by Col. a. NJ. Wilson's friends by and
with his consent, it was supposed he would
submit to Its proceedings, but no, when he
heard that it preferred Hindman to himself
he declared that it would be held over again.
Mr. Wilson not only denounced us for
not instracting our delegates to vote for him
in the Dover Convention, but he would not
let the Arkansian publish the proceedings
of our meeting. GIr Secretary forwarded
copy Of the proceedings to the Arkansian
by special messenger five days in advance
of their publication day and yet they did not
publish them ; is such conduct democracy {?
is it gentlemanly is it honesty ? what
will the people think of paper that rciu-
ses its columns to the Democracy of Madi-
son county merely because we prefer Col
Hindman for Congress, and it prefers Col
Wilson.
The Arkansian says it has been informed
that the Democracy of Madison county will
hold Convention on the first dav of Cir
cult Court for the purpose of clecting dele
gates to the State and Congressional Dis
trict Convention. Who, Mr. Arkansiap
was your informant ? Did not \. NJ. VIII
SON tell you to make that statement in your
paper? Not Democrat in all Madison
County had ever heard of such thing be-
fore it appeared in the Arkansian. Are YOU
Ar. Arkansian, SO lost to every principle
of honor and sef-respcct that you are total
ly incapable of telling the truth? Are
your narrow, contracted minds SO steeped
in prejudice that you will publish to the
world what every man in the county knows
to be false WEI you in the face of these
falsehoods, that can be proven on you, pre-
sumo to dictate to the Democracy cf Madi-
son County,? You tell us we have to hold
our Convention on the 9th day of April to
elect delegates to the State Convention
seven days after it has convened. If YOU
will explain this in your next issue, which
you can easily do, you will greatly enlight-
en- large number of the Democrats of this
county Respectfully
A MADISON COUNTY DEMoCRAT.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02
Connectic ut Democratic State Con-
veutiou.

=
ventiou.
The Democratic State Convention of
Connecticut, met q Hartford on the 18th
of February last-and was one Of the larg-
est and most enthusiastic Conventions ever
hel in the State. On formal ballot for
Governor the vote was as follows:
Thomas H. Seymour, 800
James j. Pratt. fold nominee) l22
Scattering,
The result was received with cheers, and
the nomination made unanimous. A let
ter was received from Col, SEYMOUR, de-
clining-not wishing to stand in General
Pratt's way-but the Convention would
not hear word to it. This nomination
does us good-the ticket throughout is a
strong one-and we look with bright anti
cipation to glorious victory in our old
native State, in April next.
The following are the Delegates to the
Charleston Convention
From the State at large. James L. Pratt,
Samuel Arnold, 2d, Andrew G.. Lippitt,
VIM. ID. Bishop.
From the first District-A. G. Hazard,
Hahlon II. West.
From the second District--Colin NJ. In
gersoll, e. Augustus Russell.
From the third District-Wm. N. Con
verse, Rufus Il Baker.
From the fo Fth District--Philo c. Cal
houn, Geo. W. Peete.
The Delegates were not instructed,
Besides resolutions indorsing the nation
al administration and the Cincinnati plat
form. the following were adopted by the
Convention.
Resoired, That the recent invasion of the
soil of Virginia, by a band of abolition out
laws, can be viewed by right minded mer
in no other light than as an atrocious crime
and it is regarded by us as one of the le
sltimate fruits of the " irrepressiblc con
tiict " doctrines Of the Republican party.
Resolued. That the franking privilege il
special grant belonging to the category o
class legislation, and is not demanded b,
any public exigeney /; that it loads. dow1
the mails with mass Of political and of
ten worthless documents, for the dissent
nation of which the people are subjected t.
a heavy tax and that it is monopol,
which has too long existed, and. should b,
destroyed without delay.
Resolued, That, while we are in favor 0
the abolition Of the franking privilege, w,
rigidly adhere to the policy of cheap post
age.
Judge Hovey stated that Mr.. Wright
one of the editors of the Richmond En-
quirer. was present, and as he desired som,
sentiment to send by telegraph to the Vir
ginia Democratic State Convention, whicl
was then in session, he offered the foil owins
additional resolution
Resolcea, That the Democracy of Con
nccticut send to Virginia, whose Democrat
ic delegates are to assemble in State con
vention tomorrow, their fraternal regards
congratulating the Old Dominion on tn
cfcctual manner in which she has suppress
ed an abolition invasion Of her soil, initia
ted to disturb her rights, and to she'd tn,
blood of her citizens.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02
MATTHIAS RocERs Defendant

,t Bill for Divorce.
oi this day comes the said complainant bv her
s"ieitor and files her bin Of complaint herein To-
Se'ier with her affidavit, that the said defendant
hathias Rogers Is -sesident of the State II is
osuered ana adJudged, that the said defendant he
no'ihei OF the pendeney of this suit by publica-
"a .,oh OF thus order in some newspaper published in
!he state that the object of said bill Of compliant
Is 10 OBTAIN divorce from the bonds of matrorno'
ny heretofore entered into between the said com.
pi'iiiaht ana defendant, for the wifuT descrtion f
.he SAID defendant from the said complainant e.,
se space OF one year, and that unless the said de-.
iehdant appear before the Court ON or befnre tl.
lourth m gay oil the hext term thereof to be holden
AZ lhe Court House in Crawford County on the las,
~ nom?ay In July next and plead, answer or temur
70 sa,d comPainant's bill, the same will be taken
-s ecliessed against him, and decree entered ac
Gordihgy-,and 1T is further ordered that this Or
DER be published in the Van Bunn Press n news,,.
w., w. ruoished IN Crawford County, Arkansas, for
ioaD suecessIveiy, the last insertion to be al
~ nas, tour weeks before the commencement of tha
next term of the Crawford Circuit Court. '"'
A !. W TALKINGTON, Clerk.
a true copy from the record,
A'est' l. W. TALKINGroy. Clerl y
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02
E~ The Presidential Election will Io

iOoItfCItIUf "
eide a question of great importance to many
people but we question if the good fellow
who makes the ten-strike, will be half as
happy with his innings as the thousands of
Hodges, Davis d Co.'S Lotteries, Macon,
Ga, are with their innings, made by the
simple purchase of lucky tickets in that
popular and lawfully authorized education
al and fortune-spreading institution. Let
the President have his chair when he gets it,
but we would rather preside over a $780,
o0O prize sent to us by Hodges, Davis d.
Co. Washington paper.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-02
WASHINGTON. Feb. %

SENArE.-1n the Senate, yesterday, SEN
at0 Mason introduced resolution from
the Harper's Ferry committee, asking that
the sergeant-at-arms bring Thaddeus Hyatt
before the Senate, to answer the charge of
contempt, in not obeying the summons to
appear before the committee The resolu-
luton was passed by vote of forty-three
against twelve