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The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01

TExAs--There are thirtyseven companies
of United States troops in Texas-22 In
fantry, Artillery. and 10 of Cavalry.
Twenty companies are on the Rio Grande !;
seventeen companies are stationed within
the interior. from Camp Cooper, Phantom
Hill, in the northern part of the State,
down south as far as San Antonio and
Fort Inge. near Fort Duncan on the Rio
Grade. This force amounts to about g
500 men. and if withdrawn, will REQUIRE
that Texas shall bring into the field an army
of equal numbers. 1t is proposed to do SO
Immediately. This will cost SO 600, 900
or s4,0Oo,OG Secession is costly busi-
ness.-RepaJlicaa
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01
The 5th Regiment Parade.

The special parade of this Regiment. by
order of the Officers in command, took
place in this City on Saturday last.
In connection Herewith, the Rife Com.
pany, Capt. BRowN, and Horse Company,
Capt. PERKINS, paraded. making . fine dis
play-and in fact. all the military on the
ground was composed of these two iuie.
pendent companies.
A moro decided bu1lesque on military
parade could not be had, than the muster
on Saturday. If any good wa. derived BY
bringing such body of men together, fol-
inspection and driH. We were not able to dis
cover it-and we trust it will be At least .
year, before another oeeasion occurs for pre-
Paration ito defend our rights and liber-
ties against northern aggression"
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01
Public Meeting.

81 At meeting of tho citizens ol
Crawford County held at the Court House
in the city of Van Buren,. Crawford Coun-
ty. Arkansas. on the evening of the 22d
of February, 1861. on motion. John B.
Ogden. Esq, was deiled to the chair, and
William Whitfield. Secretary.
The object Of the meeting was explained
by the Chair. when. ON motion. . commit.
tee of thirteen was appointed BY tn, Chaiu
to draft resolutions expressive Of the sense
Of this meeting. who retired and upon re-
turning. presented the following preamble
AMI resolutions, which were adopted with
great unanimity.:
Whereas. we. the citizens of Crawford
county have been informed that orders bsys
been issued from the War Department, At
Washington City. for the removal of the
troops from Fort Smith. aud for the sbsn-
donment of the Garrison: and, Whereas.
the people of this frontier have been sccus.
toned to regard the presence Of the Federal
troops at said post as an important means
in securing, and maintaining quiet and
peace in our midst. and as greatly aiding
by its force, in the execution and proper
enforcement of the laws regulating the in
tercourse between the whites and the neigh
boring Indian tribes. being thus source
Of reciprocal and inestimsble advantage to
the Indian tribes on our frontier, and
Whereas. the people of the Northern and
Western portions Of this State. have shown
by their votes at the late election for dele
gates to the State Convention. that they
are, by an overwhelming majority in favor
of using all proper and honorable means for
the preservation of the Federal Union, and
that no act Of aggression against the FEEDER
al authorities need be apprehended from
them. Therefore,
Resolred, That We have heard with re-
gret of the intended abandonment of the
said Garrison, believing, as We do, tha,
there exists, at present, as great, (if not
grester) necessity for the presence of the
Federal troops at Fort Smith as at any pre-
vious time.
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of War be
respectfully requested to reconsider, and te
countermsnd said order, and that q copy
of these resolutions signed by the Char
man and the Secretary of this meeting. b
transmitted to the Secretary of. War a
Washington City and that copy of tn,
same be published in the Van Burel
Press.
JOHN B. OGDEN, CHAIRMAN.
VIZ. WHITFIELD, Secretary.
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The Gazette Daily.

The proprietors of the Little Rock Ga
zehe. as will be seen by their prospectus in
another column. propose to issue Daily
In that City. as soon as sufficient encour-
agement is given them. 1t seems to us
that Arkansas. should. could, and would
support at least one Daily paper in the
State-and that at the Capitol. We hope
the friends of the Gazette, in this section of
the State will not be backward in its sup
port.
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01

A PATRIOTIC SAlLoR.-The United States
store-ship. Supply, which brought home
from Pensacola, the wives of Lieuts. Stem
mer and Gilman. of Fort Pickens had Also
on board number of ordinaries who have
been attached to the Warrentown Navy
ard, and who were present when i. was
vigorously surrendered by Commodore
Armstrong. Among them was an old
Quartermaster, named VIM. Conway. who
has been great many years in the service
being last with Capt. Turner, in the United
States ship Saratoga. When the fillibus-
ters from Alabama and Florida marched
through the gate and took formal possess
ION OF the Yard, without opposition from
the Commandant, old Conway was a wit.
ness of the proceedings, and manifested in
every possible way his deep mortificat;on
and disgust. On being ordered to bani
down the flag, he slowly and sullenlv ohouA
ed. The crowd gathered around the a.
stall to witness and jeer at this act of he.
initiation of the government. Az tho star
~ folds, IN their descent. touched thu head
OF the old sailor, he could restrain his feel
lngs no longer, tears gushed from his oves
and, IN an agony of grief and mortificat;on
ne clasped the old flag in his arms. bur;eJ
his lace in its folds, and kissed it repeated
ly., Derisive shouts only greeted this act
and nothing but the venerable wears and
sincerity of the old sailor saved him from
summary acts of violence by the moh
Conway is still on board of the SUNNY a.
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and freouentlv
expresses his sorrow that ne should b.ve
lived to see his country's flag dishonored
by her own citizens.
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01

CoSvESIExr AxrIDorE FOR iPoIsoS.-
Halls Journal of Health says if a person
swallows poison deliberately. or by chance
instead Of breaking out into multitudinous
and incoherent exclamations. dispatch some
one for the doctor meanwhile run to the
kitchen. get half glass of water or any
thing handy, put into it . teaspoonfal of
salt, and rs much ground mustard, stir it in
an instant. catch a firm hold of the PERSONS
nose. the mouth will soon fly open-then
down with the mixture, and in a second or
two up will come the poison.
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01

1 CouGns.-The sudden change our of eli
raate, are sources Of PuLNoxARY. BaoScuIAL, and
AsTHHarIc AFFECTIONS. Experience having proved
ly when taken in the early stages of the disease.
recourse should be at once had to Broscn,s Bvon.
chs! Ireaaes" I" let the Cold, Cough or Irritation of
the Throat be ever 50 slight as BY this recaution
z more serious attack may be warded of. PUsLIc
SrEAKERs and S,NGEks viii find them efFeetual for
clearing sndstrsnstheuing the voice. See adver-
tiselneRt. eu-l1
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01
Aupposc the Conference Mt Washiu gton fails
to Adjust Our Troubles, What then!

Aupposc the Conference Mt Washin gton fails
to Adjust Our Troubles, what then.
The Disunionists are crying, No settle
ment-nO chance for settlemen. by this
Conference.
Well. suppose that Conference does fail,
what of that? Shall We the then 60 into
disunion Neverl Never!! While we
have some hope in the Conference at Wash
ington. yet we do not rely implicitly upon
that conference. Suppose our fathers had
yielded as soon as they were defeated time
or two, we would have had no country to
quarrel about. They fought on for seven
years and finally triumphed. The fact is,
this whole quarrel was commenced by some
hot-headed politicians, North and South
and is now kept up by them. We have
confidence in the Tennessee Delegation at
Washington, but there are too many ultra
men in that Conference from other
States. The Republican Governors
have appointed ultra men, who are in-
terested in keeping up their party organiza-
tion. who are AFRAID to compromise, ard
then we have some very ultra men from the
South in that Conference. Ii they fail. it
would be very easy matter to have a Ma
tional Observation-Disclosures elected by the
people-who could and would settle it
Nashville Democrat.
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01

A We have letter from Mr.. p. Fitz-
gerald, of the house of b. NJ & E. A.
Whitlock d Co. in which he desires us to
say to his friends that he will be in our CITY
in about ten days from this time.
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01

The LAST QUEsrroS.-A little boy. ON
nus death-bed. was urging his father to re-
pentance. and fearing he had made no inn
preston. said !" Father. ] am going to
heaven what shall I tell Jesus is the reas-
on why you won't love him % The father
burst into tears, but before he could give
the answer. his dear Sunday y-school boy had
fallen asleep in Christ.
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01
For Prosecuting Attorney.

We are authorized to announce GRANVILLE
WILCOX. Esq, a candidate for the Office of
roseeutng Attorney, for the 4th Judicial Circuit,
omposed Of the Counties of Perry, Yell, Pope,
johnson. Franklin and Crawford,
Van Buren, Jan. %, 1861.
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01
+" Promenade All

Prot. BENSEr, will commence the ID
term of his Dancing Glass, on Monday
next. All who wish to learn new fancy
dances, should join the class on Monday.
See his advertisement.
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01

thatI wil
House door shc city Of Van Buren County S
each
tvaud be
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01

9 AS soon as any attack is made up
on Fort Sumter. Major Anderson will be
Immediately reinforced. The War Depart
nent has made arrangements complete to
: that end.-
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01
Delegates Elected to the conven-

Our latest adviccs from Little Rock arc,
that the Union men, or anti-secessionists,
will have decided majority in the Conven-
tion.
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01

kF 1t is stated. at Washington. that
Maj Chase. commander of the State forces
at Pensacola. has resigned. having become
disgusted- He refuses longer to be party
to So ludicrous q farce
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspa-
per-the best published-hAs come to hand.
If you want to know what is going on,
subscribe for it.
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01
JOHN Is. OGDEN, CHAIRNAN
WV. WHITFIELD, Secretary.

RE- We find the following particulars
in addition to what we have already pub
lished. of the murder of w. D. Wescott,
in the Palestine Adcocate
On last Wednesday, the inqniring Cour.
latter an investigation of nearly two
dnys) committed the negro boy Martin to
the County Jail. on the charge of having
murdered Mr.. VIM. D. Wcscott, of New
Orleans. at the Hunter House in this nlace
Some time during the nigat the iaii was
broken open and the negro boy taken ont,
AID carried several hundred wards from the
jail, where ne was hung. Early on Thurs
day morning his body was found suspend
e.. from the limb of tree quite dead. On
Thursday evening letter was found in the
letter box of the Post-office in this place,
addressed to ourself and B. F. Durham,
Sheriff of this county, without any sigma
ture to it. giving the confessions of the boy
Martin. Immediately prior to his execution,
which are in substance as follows:
He confessed to having stolen money at
various times. and from various indivi.lu-
ais. from one man s16, from another $50,
from another $50, and from another So,
and from Gooch. OF New York, four Bank
bills. said to be $50 bill, supposed, howev-
er. TO be 500 bills, and numerous othe,
instances of stealing (said the writer) too
numerous to mention he also confess ssed to
having aided in the murder of Wescott that
he was killed by a white man, that the two
the boy Martin and the white man, went in.
to Mr.. Wescott's room to rob him, that
Weseott swoke and raised himself up in
the bed. when the white man killed him by
shooting him through the head with q pis-
tol. one of Wescott's own pistols, after
which they robbed him of his money, pock-
ct book, watch and pistols /: he stated the
place where he said he had hid portion of
his money and his watch search has since
been made for them where he said he had
hid the money and watch, but they were
not found there.
On Friday evening public meeting of
the citizens was held at the Court House.
where the foregoing confessions were read.
The meeting appointed . committee to
search for. and, if possible arrest the iudi-
vidual implicated in the murder of Mr..
Wescott. The committee arrested in Free
stone county, . man by the name of Gil
bert, and brought him back here, where he
was surrendered to the civil authorities on
last Monday. On to-day an examination
OF the charge against him take place before
his Hon. Judge Reeves.
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01

Ev See advertisement of A. NJ. Calla-
han and Go. They have received large as
sortment of Boots and Shoes which they
offer at Wholesale and retail.
The Van Buren press., 1861-03-01

L
announced the reception of a communica-
tion from Ex-President Tyler. president of
a Convention recently held in Washington,
that the Convention approved what was en-
closed. and asking Congress to submit the
same to the Legislatures of States. The
Clerk read the proposition agreed upon,
which is modified from Guthrie's PLAN On
motion of Mr. Crittenden it was ordered
printed and referred to a select committee,
with instructions TO report at one O'Clock
o-morrow,-yeas, Anthony, Barker, Bay.
ard. Bigler, Brigg, Bright. Clingmau. Crit
tenden. Dickson, Douglas, Fitch, Foster,
Gwinn, Hunter, johnson of Tenn, Kenne-
dy, Lane, Latham. Mason, Nicholson,
Pierce, Polk, Powell. Rice. Sebastian,
Thompson, 26. Nays, Bingham, Chand-
Ter, Clarke. Collamer, Doolittle, Ourkee.
Fessenden, Foote, Green, Grimes, Hale,
Harlan, King, Morrow, Seward, Simmons,
Sumner. Trumbull, Wade. Wilson, Fl.
ST. Louis, Feb. %.
Last night the lines failed, leaving us is
the dark as to the different compromisen
which appear to have been adopted at
Washington. Before letting down we
learned that the peace Congress had agreed,
reported and adjourned, and that the report
Of the committee of thirtythree had been
adopted by the House. This afternoons
dispatches will doubtless furnish full par
ticulars. In addition to the Congressional
proceedings of yesterday. 9th. are the
following.
SExArE.-Mr. Powell moved to postpone
the army bill. and to consider the Critten-
den resolutions, lost 16 to 20. Commit
tee of Conference on Patent bill reported
and report agreed to. and the bill passed.
Committee Of conference on the tariff bill
reported recommending concurrence in the
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examined by the most profound experts and
pronounced to be SIMPLICITY aud PERFEC
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The following are the principal objections
urged against Sewing Machines:-
l.-Excessive fatigue to 4.-Incapacity to sew
the operator. every decription of
2.-Liability to get out material.
of order. -Disagreeable noise
3-Expcnse. trouble | while in operation.
and loss of time in re-
pairing.
The Empire Sewing Machine is ex.
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1t has a straight needle perpendicular &C.
ton, makes the LOCK or SHUTTLE s11cH.
which will NEITHER RIP nor RAvEL, and is Il.
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every description Of material, from Leather
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Having neither CAM nor COG WHEEL, and
the least possible friction, 1t runs as smooth
as glass, and is
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1t requires FIFTY PER CENT, less power to
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A girl of twelve years of age can work it
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It's strength and Wonderful Simplicity of
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company to give entire satisfaction.
we respectfully invite all those who may
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MACHINE.
But in more especial manner do we solic-
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Small sized Manufacturing, 500 90, No. 3,
Large size Manufacturing, s75 90.
Cabinets in every Variety.
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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-07-19
BEDFORD INQUIRER.

to establish. not for ourselves alone, bnt for our
misguided brethren, the mild sway Of the Consti-
tuition and the laws. The result cannot be doubted
Twenty millions Of ifeemen forgetting their diyis-
ions, raying man in support Of the
righteous causetheir willing hearts ana their strong
hands, their fortunes and their tlyes are laid upop
the alter Of the country We contend for the grea'
iuheritance OF constitutional freedom transmitted
from our reyountsry fathers. We engage in the
struggle forced upon with sorrow as against our
misguided hrethren, but with high hearL and eAith,
as we var for that Union which sainted Wash.
ington commended TO our dearest affections. The
sympathy OF the civilized world is on our side, and
viii join Us in our prayears TO Heaven for the
cess Of our arms. [Applause.l
The address occupied an hour and half In It's
delivery, ard though listened to with lrea.hless at
tention, was repeatedly interrupted by prolonged
plaudts. The walls of the Academy never before
resouded with more f.ttering testimonials to an
orator, or more enthusiastic patriotism.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-07-19
BEDFORD. Pa.
DELEGATE ELECTIONS.
AMP
COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Republicans Of Bedford County are
requested TO meet It the usual places of bold
ing elections in the several Borouphs and
Townships, on Saturday the l0tb day Of Angus,
next. 10 elect two delegates for each Bor.
ough and Township, to represent them in .
County Convention to be held at the Court
House in Bedford On Tuesday the 18Th day Of
August, next, at lG o'clock p N to nominate
a County Ticket aud a caDdida,e for the Leg.
lsla'ure, and 10 appoint Conterees to meet sim
liar Cohferees from the other counties Of the
10Th Judicial District, to nominate candidate
Tor President Judge of said District. and to
appoint aCounty Committee for the ensuing
gear. Said delegate elections will be held be-
tween the hours Of one and Eve O'Clock p. NJ
10 the Townships and between the hours of Eve
aud seven o'clock, 2. NJ. in the Borougbs.
By order of The County Committee.
:. l.. RUSSELL.
Cbairmau
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-07-19
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEMO-
CRATIC EDITORS.

~ IS common error, too readily believed
oy many persons, that the chief duty Of the
editor OF political newspaper is TO deprccia;O
and oppose everything done or said BY poli-
teal opponent. Some Democrats editors
would deem themselves uupardonably anfaith-
fnl to their party b5 admitting that anything
could bo either well done or we'll said by
Abraham Lincoln, whilst others have the cour-
age and @anliness 10 approve with sordiality,
Rhpt they know ic 30 worthy Of oomme nd alton.