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Total Capital and Surplus. ...... .$22i O49 43
ASSETS.
Cash on hama and IN Bank...........Si2 ga Cs
Cash IN hands of Agents.,.............. . GOO 90
Bills receivable, Accounts and other
Clalms..,,... Observation-Disclosures. ) S39 -
$40 600 New ork per cent
State stock of 1864. .......t SlOiI 10 $50 90
10 Bonds of state of Conn. - 1910 10 100 w
- Of City Of iiarti'd" l03j Ii 525 20
, of City OF Brook
Sn, n. .G.............- 1890 D $50 90
10 Bonds Galcna y Chicago
Railroad Company. ...." 1000 10 0u0 o.
- Bonds CIcycld, Pans X
Astahula Il. h. Co., 800
cach). NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." j2J 3rO 90
j3 shares Hartford < New
Haven K. Il. Co. Stock. :" lao i2O 90
100 Shares Hartford Bank
Stock Hartford. ........' l3I l3 500 90
200 Shares Farmers and Me-
chanIcs Bank Stk nd" ll2 % 400 90
100 Shares City Bank, nd" 10 IL 900 90
100 shares Etna B'kS'k H'd" l0j 10 500 20
100 Shares Merchant y Man
ut'rs Bank stock, Hh..." lOl 10 100 90
60 Shares Charter Oak bank
Stock, Hartford, ,......." lU2 100 90
80 Shares Mercantile Bank
Stock, Hartford. ......," 50 1 600 %
80 Shares Phoenix Bank
Stock, Hartford. ......" % 1 $50 90
100 Shares Ocean Bank St'k
New lork............." Al i 100 70
30 Shares st Nicholas Bank
Stock, n. N;..........." So 100 90
30 Shares Park B'k Srk NY" 90 I 500 90
30 Shares Metropolitan Blk
Stk, New iurk........" ~ / 700 90
30 Shares Nassau b'k Stk
y. l.................." 50 $50 90
% Shares Continental Bank
stock, \. l............" 10 3 100 %
90 Shares American EN-
change B'k Stk, n. V. 50 j 100 90
100 Shares Mcch's Bkg As
SON St'k, shr's $3.50" 100 5 600 %
?j0 Shares Phoenix Bank St'k,
shares $50, 20, y. i....." 100 . 900 90
80 Shares Hide and Leather
Bank Stock, Boson...." 9j ! 100 90
Total Assets. ................ s224 ,O49,42
LIABILITIES.
Amount OF Losses adjusted and due...... None
Amount of Losses adjusted and not due. None
Amount OF all other claims against the Co. 81 500
Total Liabilities. cs.....................S .Sl 500
JOHN B. ELDREDGE, Sec'y.
HARTFORD, January lst, 1862.
HERMAN FIELD, Agent, Rock Island
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The Genuine Electric Oil

is RICH AMBER COLOR
Ask to look at 1t, and you Will be iully sats',.u W
,t,thn the Original Electric uIl, prepared py w.
smith. person would use couh.''.~,, - "p
.new II, and it's my imperative dniy 10 Aum"hs" J"
III m hc careful. and always ask for CDR. smith 5
rlec,ric OH" All the best dealers sell IT. most
Il tho doctors use it, at least those wh" nave oei
,omc ACQUAINTED with It's virtues.
ALVORD X VAN rATIEN are regular aern'
o,ihe genuine OIL, IN Davenport, Iowa. ana OhA
g. Is. SMITH, NJ. d.
m. Dr Smith ma be consulted free.
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NfANiIAITAN Fire Insurance Company
vi OF New York. Cash capital, $3.50, ,OOO.
Cash surplus, SllJ,O0o. incorporated 1871. One
Of the Oldest companies n the United States
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ERCHANrS' INSURANCE COMpNl,
vi Of Hartford, Conn. Cash capital, $500 900,
MARK HOWARD, prcs't
f.. THOMAS LOBDELL, SCc'y.
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4 RCTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPNl,
y New York. Authorized capital, SoooooO,
with a large and accumuiatng surplus.
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IJOME INSURANCE COMPANY New
Haven, Conn. Cash capital ,S2OO,OO0. Pohcy
holders receive - per cent ni tn" nett prohts o.
the business, without iHCurUag any Habiiity
Insures Buildings, Merchandise, honscho,d q
rurniture. Rents, Leases, and other lnsurabIc
Property, against loss Or damage by FIRE
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Branch OGice---C Cincinnati.
r. II. 4 II. VI. MAGIAi. General Agents.

Eat INSURANCE may be effected %I,h TINS
leading and popular corporation, at FAIR IA ~,
by application to any OF li7 authorized Agents, II
all prncpn cities and towns
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On The Isl Day of January, 1862.


Amount of Capital Stock paid up. $500 900 90
Amount OF surplus on hand......... - Gag 43
Total Capital and surplus. 1924 049 43
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

y. X. Hart, Samuel Wato, II. W. Billings, b.
Glman, Timothy Turner, Lyman TrumbulI
Robot Smith, Henry lea, John Atwood, j.
". Schwcppc, Benjamin +. Long, Elias IibbarG,
Francis A lIofmann Lewis KcIicnbergcr, ". e.
Atwood.
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BOAT ST0ES.

BOAT STOES.
V'IlE undersigned has opened a store on the
leyee for the purpose OF supplying steamboat Is
with Groceries, Provisions, Eggs, Butter, M'Ih'
Chickens, Ice, &C., sc. He viii keep large
supply ot Ice, tor all who wishit
Town trade solicited.
LEWIS UPDIkE.
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I JNTERNATIONA Life Assurance Socie-
| ty, of London. Chct Office for the United
States, II WaIl ST., \ Y. Capital. sI,50O,oOo.
Guarantee Fund. 100000. Deposited with the
Comptroller of the State Of New York
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Are EOU Ensured =!

Agency for Rock Island, Illinois,
tIEBNhN FIELD
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ARMY SUPPLIES.

OFFICE Cu1rT CoNHIssAE2 TrANs-M;ss DIST.
Little Rock. AEll., July lst, 1862
CEALED PROPOSALS. viii ~ received III
~ this office for the delivery OF -. 600 bush
els Ct DRIED PEACHES. and "a. 900 bushels
of DRIED APPLES, for the use Of the
army in this district. The proposals must be
filed in this Office on or before the 18th day
of August next, and the fruit delivered well
packed in barrels, boxes or sacks. IN or before
the 10th day of October next. No proposal
for the delivery of 9 less quantity than 1000
bushels will be received. The places Of deliv.
cry will be Little Rock, Dardanelle, Fl. Smith
Arkadelphia and Washington. The propo-
sails must specify distinctly the price per bush
ell and the place of delivery, and must be
signed by the party making the same. The
proposals. must pc directed to the Chief Com
missary of t:n4s department, and must be en-
dorsed, Proposals for delivering Dried
Peaches" Proposals for delivering Dried
Apples"
Bond and security will be required for the
fulhllment of the contract.
JOHN c. PALMER,
Major and Chief Commissary.
July Q, 1856. It'd
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NErs.-By favor OF friend We have been
permitted to read copies Of the Mobile Daily
Tribune of the 18th and the Mississippian OF
the 2sth Of July, from which we Learn the
following:
Tobacco al Petersburg advanced within a
few days two or three hundred per cent, with a
larger stock on hand than ever before at this
season In this connection may be also men
toned, that the produce loan agent at Mobile
has called upon the subscribers 70 send In their
cotton without delay. In lis advertisement lie
states that the present high price Of cotton in
that market enables the government To mako
the call without sacrifice u the rights OF the
planter. The proceeds arc 70 be invested in
confederate bonds to De paid to tie 5u1.c-.-
bers-
On the 15ta of July the little steamer Cuba,
from Havana, run rhe blockade into Mobile,
in dashing style. The saucy airt passed the
federal vessels in broal daylight, stood their
fire, and escaped unhurt. The Confederate
steamer Florida ran down 10 her assistance aud
diverted tile attention OF the enemy, whilst
the guns az Fort Morgan also kept them nj
bay. The Cuba landed 1850 kegs Of gunpoE.
der, 80 tons of lead. one million percussion
caps, 5000 army blankets, aad 5D1 dozen cot.
tou cards. Good for her. If Cuba comes into
the South "over the head Of every opposition
\ in that style, let US accept the omen.
The Mississippian has learned BY gentle.
man direct from Nashville that Forest ha,
$4,000 men. and that the Pc oPle are continu.
ing to fly to Him from every portion Of the
State.
Abundant rains have fallen in North Missis.
sippi. The cora crop will be excellent
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IiEAD-QUAFfERs lyplAH EXPEDITION,
Camp I'll Wolf Creek, j July I'll 1867. !
The bearer u this communicating Is zE
accredited agent VI the United States
Government, and as such bears to yon
tnia official note am here with an At
med force OF regular enlisted soldiers.
instructed and prepared to enforce the
observance VI treaty obligations BY tha
Cherokee people. Ii ia unnecessary for
me to recapitulate the violation Of them.
as il is notorious that portion of the
CbcrULe 8 have BET q seduced o. designing
men iDro state Of hostilitv TO Z GoTern-
ment whose administration has been 9.
parental Al I'd wei. deserve the uaue vi
Great Father" an here to iulure
no one who il disposed 20 d. what the
treaties made BY bis -iation bind him TO
do, but an, here 70 protect al faithful
members of Tie tribo
desire an Official Interview With gouT-
5pf - the Executive OF the Cherokee
7cope. It's object vii. b., ca M part
a. affect a restoration OF good feeling.
aud the observance OF law AID order III
this beautiful country. now threatened
with the horrors Of civil war.
desire 10 ascertain from you officially
ii some plan, satisfactory TO all parties.
cannot be adopted, by rhich the uufaita-
tul portion OF p !, Che . 'tea N ,y..b, iudu-
e,d 10 place themselves, their families and
property lnder the protection Of nay fer
ccs.
Individual outrages may have bsen
committed by persons IN my command
without authoritJ would desire to az
range plau BY which compensation may
&c made.
accordingly request this interview b.
tween US at my camp, promising you
safe return to your home.
an your obedient servant.
(Sisuedl VIZ. WEER.
Colonel COMMANDING
To lis Exceieney Jouy Ross, Chief Of
the Cherokee Nation.
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out mention Of the separate States "in
order TO .lorm naors perfect Union. es-
tablish JUSTICE" &c. We lave set that
matter at rest during the continuance Of
our present Consultation recognizing aud
explicitly asserting the doctrine Of State
Soyereignties 10 such manner as to leave
NO pretence for discussion. Our preanl-
BILE, indeed, commences. ave The peoplc
Of the Confederate States" but goes on
to fix the meaning IF the phrase, 10 giy-
Ing il the construction fur which leading
Southern Statesmen had always coutend-
cd. 1t adds Immediately leach State
acting 10 ID sovereign and Independent
character" il order 70 form permanent
feder1l cure, nmGat. Dot Union let II
be observed establish Justice &c
This precludes all idea Of government
framed by the citizens If the State acting
IN their individual capacity and para
mount to State authority. l. expressly
asserts the Copfederacy to be the work Of
States y political bodies. aud the gov
ernment TO be Federal one INSTEAD Vt =
: Eatoa. IN al Federal Governments OF
I eJrracie-, lie terms are -yRQno-
incu, 4 A.: icra .f separate and indepeu-
I,nt ual.o.- u.-Dtiuiug for special pun
aoa,s. Eiihrut .-. Ut national ideniiiy
i NECESSARILY .'.-r"ied.
h Jul ai IA, " ..u. a.l. ln specifying tLa
geD,r-i i ,ocis X. which the government
a-7 famll. ttl Gamble III Tie old Gu
atItuiivu declares them a. follows: 10
establish justice insure domestic tran
guilty; ProriRc I'M h.e common dctsaee !;
proa'otc TIE yenecai 'celt;,re and secure
rhe blessings yf liberty 10 ourselves and
our pcsterify." Under the clauses we
have italici=ed, what vast powers were
4 thought ~ Turk Tariffs, Internal In.
Y prCvemeuIs, National Banks, Distribution
VI Proceed. Vt Public laads, FoEeigu
w.. . 9
/
- -'-' ~ ' IS
m 'o F-o'' - -
uio" ''''' '+'' "a p''"i0'e .n' se"o'1' "''
i'ie ~ ''''5 nus "''nin tne oplec''
aud pIETIcw OF the constituting. The
generality If the terms indeed made .
7 culf III which separate State power:
:L,Ll
Aware ui the efii, ana DESTROYS 81 a.
pr!ying cur Confederate Government u
All prctezt fyr die gxercis. gf improper
III rrdsi.,,,,os .rTar. o,r coos-itnti,,,
49,.
.v-.yu1'I -''P' ''-~'- '-1s's' a11 'ao -
amb.e declares uu'r lAat The constitution
y ordained :v i.r.na perfect Federal CO..
..n,,,n, e.,.r.,.a ,,..... ;nsnra An.
n-es''' TO- '.'' '-
lnss w HtiI ny '1fac''ts and cur pos
teri.g.
60. fav,sl Jifare,.cas ~ noli..
ical Pr'uoipies' ~ =
between The ;wc short preamp'es. neither
OF WITCH urbtlin Il dozen printed lines,
and xl..h rcad with phraseolocy 60 Ike.
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IA Copy.l
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMESr,


Park HILL o. n July 9Th lrb-.
To Colonel WIN. Weer. United States
Army commandius-Sir-Your cornmu-
uication Of Yesterdays date, from Head
Quarters Indian Expedition, Camp On
Wolf Creek" under Aag Of truce per
DR.. Gilpatrick, ha. been dnly rec ired aud
in reply have only to state that Z treaty
Of alliance, under the sanction and authsr
ity of the whole Cherokee people, was
entered into on the 9TH day of October
1861, between the Confeier4ts States
aud the Cherokee Nation, published DO.
fore the world; aud you cannot but Be too
veil informed On the subject to make il
. necessary for me to recapitulate the reasr
ons and circumstances under which it was
doue;-thus the destiny Of this people
ern Confederacy There il no nation Of
indians, ! venture TO say, that has ever
been more scrupuous iu the faithful obser-
vance of their treaty obligations. than tbs
| Cherukees. Allow NE further to appeal
TO the history Of my long public and pr
I waite life, 10 sustain the assertion thai
my policy has eyer been 10 preserve reace
aud good feeling Iamoug my people aud
the ubserva &c Of law and order. That
I the horrors Of civil var. with which THAI
| beautiful country is Threatened, are great
| iy to be deprecated, is true and 7 trust
they may be averted By The observanos %
the strict principles of civilized and hol-
orablc warfare BY the army now invading
our country under your COMMAND cal-
not, under existing circumstances, enter
tain the proposition for an official interview
between US at your camp. have there
fore, respectfully to decline to oOinpiy
with yonr request.
] have che honor to be, Sir,
yulr obeiient scrrant,
Signed Jso Ross.
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Executive DEPARTMENT., :


Park Hill, @. n, July Sth, 1867 J
To Brigadier-Geuerai Albert Pike, Z
: A., commanding Indian Department
Sir-It becomes my duty to iufern you
that ! have been visited ~ DIR. Gilpatrick.
lnder hsg Of truce, with Il ielter from
Colonel William Weer, commanding Uni
ted States forces now ia this Nation, west
Ut Grand ltiTur--and ! have the honor TO
enclose ypn herewith i copy Of tbs sani~.
al,9, -oFy u py reply Thereto Dr.
GilpalIiC1 4r.se carriage, with tvo
.Oung Cherokee ladies ia il, under III.
charge, to escoit him DO "a TO this place
that l.. Misses Ellen Adair ari Nat
lila tlcS-lf.
have lhe honor t. ~,
81, your obcdieni Fcryart.
.iay. Koss. Principal Chief
Ci.e- Zee Nation.
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LOOK HERE
Tax Payers Take Notice

Tax Payers Take Notice
f;1IiAT shall attend at the various Town
i -hips OF Hampstead County on the follow
iuc days for the purpose of collecting the spe-
ciai tax lie siel for the relief and support of the
families Of volunteers in tile Confederate States
service, who are in INDECENT circumstances for
tbs FeAr 1862 viz:
At Fulton-Bois Dare Township. on We'd
ue,day and Thur sday the 18th and 18th OF
june.
At Spring Hill-Spling Hell Township, on
Friday aud Saturday the 10Th and 2lst OF
June.
Al Observation-Disclosures Township, on Tues
day aud Wednesday the 24th and 18th June.
1T Moscow-Missouri Township, on Friday
and Saturday the 9th and 2Sth June.
Vt Cottiugham's Store-RedLand Township,
on Monday and Tuesday the 30th June and LIST
July.
At Nashviile-5Ine Creek Township, on
Thursday. Friday and Saturday the Sd, 4th
and 9th July.
At Coiumbus-Salne Township, on Monday
aud Tuesday the 18th and Sth July.
At Washington-0zanT Township, on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday the 10th, 18th and
18th July.
At which times and places / notify every
tax payer to meet me prepared to settle hif
volunteer relief tax.
Persons who have not paid in provisions oil
supplies t.. iheir respective Township Commits
sioners viii be ie4uired to pay their taxes in
money This being a matter of the greatest
importance To the destitute families of absent
volunteers, it is 20 be hoped that all tax payers
will readily realize it aud promptly come for
ward and settle their taxes. Their wants must
be supplied by those remaining Mt home, who
will reap in common the .,+Iits of their hus-
hands and song victories.
Come forward promptly and meet ,lc c;,il.
THOS. II. SIMMS, Assessor
and Collector Hampstead Co., Ark.
Washington, May 9Th, 1862. 20-6
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MRS. A. N. BL iCk,
RESIDENT ARTI5T.

=" ashIngton, ---- Arkansas
4 prepared to furnish Portraits in Oil, from
VI amhrotypes, (ife size in the best style
,a e Art and warrented in faithfulness OF
P' eSehtatton; also, Parlor Pictures in Oil or
nohoGhomatic, low prices Portraits of de-
'0'',9eu soldiers taken at g25 each. FERNS cash
i,-itoa hose wishing work in her line are
Black and examine specimens
JAN 2, 1852, a-tf
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To The Trayelisl Public
- sEStE,

z WAS ceR-,ni'ted to tine Jail of Pike >
= county, Arkansas, on the :;pth day of *
- December. 1861. Three Negro -
slaves, who say their names az BEN. DICK
and PAI-t and that they belong to Jclf-r<ot,
IlF@1, of Ashley county. Arkansas. and say
'tFay left him about five moths aiuce. The
Negro man Ben, supposed TO be- ahaut twenty
Two years Of age, about five feet in he gtt o:
black color. The boy Dick supposed 20 be
eighteen years Of aye, aboat five feet in height,
of copper eolpr, ant hrs scar above his eyes
and nearest the right eye; also 4 scar on his
right kne". And the boy Pala is supposed to
be about fourteen or fifteen years of age, of
copper color, about four AMI half feet in
height, and has scar on or near his left eve
The owner of id Slaves is requested to come
forward, prove property, pay charges aud take
said Negroes away they will be dealt with
as the law directs
WILLIAM GILMER, sheriff
BY WM. Il. SNEDLEY, Jaiior
Of Pile county, .4tkoaSas.
Dec. 30. 1861 52-Gms.
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The Confederate Constitution-No. l

1ne confederate Constitution-No. 1,
IL is generally taken for granted that
Congress with the Implied assent of the
PEOPLE, manifested by universal a..
/ quiescence, aud the ratification Of ,bc
States adopted as our permanent const;-
tuition, that Of the United States. with
slight, and immaterial alterations This
is partially true. The great body Of Tie
old constitution was indeed adopted vel.
batim, and sith it, By necessary inference,
AL tn decisions If the Supreme Court Of
the United States, settling the construc-
ton OF tile parts % adopted. All our
former learning is, therefore, available to
US ID determining points o: constitution.
u law under the Coufederacy.
| The amendments made, however, are
BY 40 meaus - triiins as they appear to
the casual reader They materially !; fec;
the frame and polity of the government
1t is incumbent upon every citizen who
aSpires to take an Intelligent part ia the
management Of the political affairs OF his
country, 10 acquaint himself with the
changes effected, the reasons for them,
| the objects aimed al, the dangers which
attend them, and the results gcucrally
which may follow them in our political
I future.
10 aid Of this study We have carefully
I compared the two constitutions { wE.elt
for tile sake ot hrgyity We shall dcaiguat.
as the Old, and New, and in series or
articles propose pointing out al the points
\ u difference, and e. far a. VIC can, their
bearing md Significance. We hope that
some experience ID Judicial Investigations
will enable u 70 do 80 iuielicibly. aud
that these articles If preserved lor refer
cuce will have FIR our readers a more solid
value, than the usually husty and epheme-
raj editorials Ut our vee-ly issue. What
ever points remain uuucticed, may be
considered Al eft untouched, having the
same force aud bearing, and the sare col
struction IN the Coufcderacy j. VI. :hy
I United States before our separation
JuE pRr,Nrt,s a, ILL., e,.,s,css
/ as il .err- uf these tw, co,r,;t,,i,,sir
.cribed over the portals of T.. females
We iud The two great distipryi.bi,r n,i,
ciples which form the KEYS to all which
follows The fr,t ~ i,...,..n,. n,
recognition of the ,bl;r,l;,rs M r.ri,,;on
aud our humble trust IN G,d-,be onI,
humility BECOMING man ~ rps.ihr. ", .
sou Of the South. worthy If the name -
we ruruIcd our Constitution, ~ vur pre.
amble expresses il. "iDv,kinr IN. r,vo,
and aa!dauec IF Almighty lod" The
I'D constitution recognises d. deit, NJ
Proyi3cpcc. 10 Moral Guide. From. be
eiuuine u cnL, there il W.. sentence
which n,-l,, not have ba., ,o,,.jb h. :,
AtLeis. T. H. bean .l, -, -
,.ro,rh ~ -, j. n,., vb., I'M rsr.r,5 - !,
constitution. They copned rs cIauses !,
vain, tor some EXPRESSION Inconsistent
with i,fde i,y. Evcrvvbere il ;s dumb 70
tbo o,os,;.,n ~. ,bo c, Y;
~ n -.
.c,r
ono g !. 49,. III !.
-.
\; N,
60,
It'll, h..l $500 =.
-. ~
III
u VIC "o" p"''''P"' H4u TAI u" "'''
= IN ''1s n ' I'M
''a'eSN'e"' i"ey P0'"ea'eu Tue "nO'.
community falne had iafeiy published
MS age OF hsaSon. every preJuuicc
must needs be fGnLs.ly LOuSIucreu III
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a Z a e 20 .

a L a 81 ED.
ssAElNG this day reoonvcyet to Mr.. NJ
ii NlShBht'G the Store House, Warehouses
and Town Lots on which the same are situated
IN Washington together with the Stock Of
Merchandise remaining on hand. recently par
chased-o! ism, and also assigned to him my
baGks Ct accounts for Merchandise sold and
all Notes, Bills and evidences Of debt growing
out of said business from the date of rurchas Sc
TO this day he is therefore hereby fully rein
vested with all the right ttlc clair, or interest
which may have derived from him in and 70
said Storehouse, Warehouses and Town Lots
and Merchandise on hand. ami hc alone is
authorized to collect AMI settle all debts created
in my name at the mercantile establishment
conducted for ne b. said WiSchcrv.
JOEL D. CONWAY.
Washington, Ark Dee -, 1861 50-t f
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q % q g. r.,

DY resolution and order of the iss..---lz.s.a
IL Board of Directors of the Mis-
sissippi. 0naChita andrea River
ssfilfOaH soaes pany. of November u tn,
1861. am authorized to sell any lands stu
ated in the Charnpagnole Swamp Land Dis
trlct, tSold or granted to said Company by nm
act OF the General Assembly of the State Of
Arkansas. approved 18th day Of Jauuary. 1861. J
Sal lands to he sold ut a price not less than
tW" dollars per acre. and to receive in payment
therefor. Bonds or money of the Confedcra te
States of America, and War Bonds or Treasury
Warrants OF the State Of Arkansas. aud to exc
cute deeds To purchasers. All persons having
presumption claims upon any of the said lands
are hereby notified that if said claims are not
redeemed within ninety days from this date
their rights under their pre- cinption will be
forever barred.
JAS. THGS ELLIOTT.
Pres NJ, o. < Il. L l.. 60.
camden, Nov 20, 1861, i7-ff
Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-08-13

ALL members of this company remaining
IA behind, are notified to report forthwith %
their company on White River. via Pine Bluff
otherwise they viii be published
Az REIF, Captain.
White river. near Aberdeen,
July 2oth, 1852
Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-08-13
NEW BEEE MARKET,

7 HAVE opened Daily Beef Market. nd-
l. joining the machine shop of Nj. B. Melon
aid. Good Texas Beeves will hc tcrved every
AFTERNOON snd morning. by competent hatch :
ers, at to ct. per pound. Custom solicited.
a j. RID.
July Goth, 1862. 2C-3w :
Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-08-13

p@Eassern papers report that Forrest mas
now 20. 600 men, anu that Tennssssens are
fockins q lin from al quarters.