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The Van Buren press., 1866-11-16

tF Solomon F. Clark, ESQ., has been APP
pointed u S. Attorney for the Eastern Dis
trict Of Arkansas. r,,E.z.,fvfr,n
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AZ We would direct the Especial attention

Of Cotton growers to the propositinnL offered
by COLLINS d LAsIGAS, 1T, Smith, They are
gentlemen pfundpubted integrity. aad will
strictly fulfill any contract they may make.
See their advertisement to. /. cotton planters"
in our pare g q nclJ58.lCG
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II Hon. Judge Caldwell, Of Little Rock
arrived in town on Friday last
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7 RIVER NEWS.

,s THURSDAY, Nov. 10, 1866.
The river Is on the rise; Wednesday night
it rose 2ls feet and still inclined upward with
Alto 5feet on the bars, .G}NJi
ARRIVED.
Tucsday-Ft Smith
TherFb tH@rr1 Y SS q
,xg-r,., pErARrED.- az.
Wcdnesdayr-Ft.; Smith. II
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Cotton Gin
AT the
MnIiTI or FLAT ROCK L-n-

TTNIE subscribers have now in operation
ON the Savage Farm, at the mouth OF
Flat Rock. . No. Cotton Gin, where they are
now prepared to receive and Gin all Cotton
at ms low rates of toll rs can be done at Van
Buren,. and In as good order. Parties can
have their own seed, and can ship their cotton
at this point as the Revenue assessor will
weigh and mark cotton at this point.
nov 5.-Iw LOCKE & OGDEN.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

QRn A MoSm L-Agents waited for cir
W. entirely new articles, Just out. Ad-
dress vt. CAREY. city building. B;ddssord,
Me. Iy5o
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lQT[CR TO lRRTQR$.

4 LII persons indebted to M. LYNCH,
n either by Noteaor Account, are hereby
notified to come forward and pay up at once.
All who do not pay attention to this summons
by tAe lst Of January, will be sued to the full
eHsclN a the lava word to the wise Il suf-
flcaesit-come forward at once and SAVE
COST. as ! am compelled to settle up this old
business.
q Country produce of all descriptions will be
taken at market price such as Cotton, Corn,
Wheat. Hides, Peltries. ETC., etc.
All persons desiring to payin produce. will
deliver at Lynch's Brick Store Main street.
Van Buren. aH' o@I Ie
oct. 4-l6 ,r- p... p. c. LINCH
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VAN buren, NURSERY.
Southern Fruit Trees for Southern
i4a Planters.
BIZ The Single Tree, By the Dozen; BY the
Hundred or Thousand. One tro and
three year DID,, Summer, Fall

three year ofdj Summer, FdH
tr and Winter Fruit.
rTAvING been chiefly engaged for the last
|H 2Oyears In the cultivation of Fruit and
Fruit Trees. and IN the meantime having tes-
ted thoroughly nearly every variety of choice
fruits grown In the L. S., north and south.
very many Of which have proved worthless,
especially pprthern fruits, and long since ex-
terminated from my orchard, substituting In
their stead Others suitable to the sunny elm
ate OF the south. Whereby feel certain Of
having culled from the numerous Catalogues
of the country the choicest selection of accli-
mated trees ever before offered In this market
at prices as reasonable lis can be afforded at
any southern Nursery in the u. s.. Send on
your orders II you don't know the varieties
wanted by name, call for SO many summer !;
so many. full and 80 many winter varieties.
and will, In all cases, send them 30 assorted
of best varieties Of each. Send for a Cata-
loRue Of names In which will be found some
Instructions as to time Of planting and mode
Of culture.
RICH'D THRUSTON, Proprietor.
Val de Pomme, Oct ~. Van Burcn, Ark
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RICH'D THRUSTON, Proprietor.
Val de Pomme, Oct ~. Van Buren,, Ark

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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-05-18


NEW LAW FIRM IN New York We End
the following paragraph in a late number OF
the Home Journal; s- -sss4. rosf.....-,
Roger A, Pryor, late General in the
Confederate service, as many Of our readers
know, has resided in New York since the
close of the war, and followed che practice OF
his profession-the law, Inthis he has been
very successful BE has been intrusted with
some important cases, and has given general
satisfaction We announced, some time
since, that Mr.. Pryor was about to associate
himself in business with a talented young
lawyer of this city. The gentleman referred
to is Mr. Thomas W. Pittman, who has for
long time held a responsible civic position
Mr. Pittman is known as an able counsellor,
but not for that alone. His literary talents
are Of a. very high order, and he has written
some poems that have earned him reputa-
tation. The firm, as now established, is
styled Messrs Pryor and Pittman, and their
office is situated at No. 95, Liberty street.
We would advise our best friends to keep
clear of the law, if they can; but, if caught
in its mcshes they will be ably and faithfully
served by the two scholars and gentlemen
mentioned as aforesaid
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n
A WOMAN LIVING WITH A BULLET IN HER
BRAIN. Miss Francis M. Dayton, the young
lady, who, it will be remembered, was shot
by VIM. FL. Russ, on the 23rd of December
last. in Clinton street, Brooklyn, has so far
recovered as to be removed to her home in
Connecticut. Miss Dayton received three
shots in the head, one just behind the car,
which passed backward, between the two
plates of the skull. and did not penetrate the
brain; the second, near the right parietal
bone, which has been mostly removed by
fragments at the top of the head the third
entered the back of the head near the middle
and passing forward and downward, lodged
in the brain, from which it has not been re-
moved. A total paralysis of the nerves of
motion in the upper and lower extremities of
the left side Immediately ensued There has
been at no time the least suspension of con-
seriousness, or of any mental faculty; neither
have the nerves Of special sense been affect
ed otherwise than by a slight and very natu-
raj increase of sensibility at the first. Her
courage, hope, cheerfulness, and even gave
ty, have been unidentified At the pres
ent time her wounds are nearly closed, the
paralysis Of the lower extremity entirely re-
moved, and the arm is gradually gaining the
power Of motion. The strongest hopes of
her complete restoration to health arc enter
tanned by her friends. JILL. ~, :.
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or and inferior, and /, as much as any other
man, am in favor of having the superior po-
sition assigned to the white race. / do not
perceive that, because the white man is to
have the superior the negro should be denied
every thing. do not understand that be-
cause do not own negro woman for a
slave / must necessarily want her for a wife.
My understanding is that / can just let her
alone. | am now in my fiftieth year, and |
certainly never have had black woman for
either slave or wife So it seems to me
quite possible for us to get along without
making either slaves or wives Of negroes l
will add to this that have never seen to my
knowledge, man, woman or child, who was
in favor of producing perfect equality, social
and political between negroes and white men.
[ recollect Of but one distinguished instance
that ever heard Of 50 frequently as to be
satisfied Of its correctness and that is the case
of Judge Douglass old friend, Colonel Rich
ard NJ. johnson 1 will also add to the re-
marks / have made, (for I am not going to
enter at large upon this subject, that have
never had the least apprehension that | or
my friends would marry negroes, if there was
no law to keep them from it; but, as Judge
Douglas and his friends seem to be in great
apprehension that they might, if there were
no law to keep them from it, give him the
most solemn pledge that I will do the very
best to stand by the law of the States which
forbids the marrying of white people with
negroes .
"There, my friends, you have briefly what
l have on former occasions said upon the sub
ject to which this newspaper, to the extent of
its ability has drawn the public attention.
In it you not only perceive as probability,
that in that contest / did not, at any time,
say was in favor of negro suffrage; but the
absolute proof that twice-once substantially
and once expressly declared AGAINST IT.
Having shown you this, there remains but
word Of comment upon that newspaper arti-
Gle: It is this that presume the editor of
that paper is an honest and truth loving man,
and that he will be greatly obliged to me for
furnishing him thus an opportunity to correct
the Misrepresentation he has made before it
has run so long that malicious people can call
him liar "-FoNet, Foster 6 Cos Lincoln
and Douglas Debates PIP. 24O-11.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-05-18

How TO DETERMINE WHERE WATER Is
At a recent meeting of the American Insti-
tute Farmers club, member related his ex-
perience in this matter as follows:
An Irishman in his employment, in order
to ascertain where he ought to dig to obtain
water soonest, got stone and bnried it over
night in the ground, next to the hardpan
In the morning he found it quite moist. but
not sufficiently to suit his fancy. Next
night he tried it in another spot and it was
found very wet in the following morning"
''There." said Patrick, ''you will find water
not many feet deep, and plenty of it,
Sure enough, in few days digging, Patrick
confirmed his prediction; notwithstanding the
jeers of the workmen, finding vein which
filed the well to overhowing, and rendered
it exceedingly dificuB % bail out the water
so as to stone it. The philosophy of the
operation seems to be that, as great evapora-
ton takes place from the surface of the earth
during the night, the water rises up from tho
depths below to supply the loss, and accumu-
lates in the vicinity of the stone, often quite
puddle a ~ s..st
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Richmond Advertisements
JOHN G.. EFFINGER,
WITH


JOHN l.. JONES,
Successor to Minor Jones, and for many years
connected with the Va. Central Railroad,
COMMISSION And FORWARDING MERCHANT,
For the sale of COUNTRY PRODUCE and pur-
chase of MERCHANDISE of every description.
No. 6, 18th ST., Between Main q Cary,
RICHMOND, VA.
Mg- Plaster will be furnished parties making
consignments, in adrance Of sales, at the follow
ng rates: Lump plaster $50 per long ton,
Round Plaster $l5 per short ton.
MB- Particular attention paid to the sale OF
LIVE STOCK.
We respectfully refer to the following gentle
men:
Messrs Mcclure & Bumgardner, Stanton, Va.
/" Ker, Stevenson Il Co.,
g l. & J. Parkins, Willow Spout.
/" EfGnger Il Walker, Mount Sidney.
Robert Conner, Coiners Store.
Henry Coiner g :"
ae7a Dr. B. Frank Walker, Mount MERIDIAN.
B. F. Kenper,
Elyjah Hogshead, AIiddlebrook
I" Bnmgardner & Cootes, Greenville.
/" Nelson, Gibbs 4 Co.. Midway.
]. S. Wallace Esq, Waynesboro'
g John E. King & Co., fa
P. B. Hogshead, Parnassus.
Feb 23-tf H A.
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Lovers and Husbands.

Husbands, am talking to you. Why
don't you pay the same little attentions to
your wives after marriages as before? When
you are SQUIRTING" the dear little creature
is an object Of constant solicitude on your
part. She must take care of her feet on a
damp evening. You softly whisper in her
ear that she must take care of her health for
your sake. What charming disinterested-
ness for your sake, not for hers Then
you very tenderly wrap her shawl about her,
and keep your arm there to prevent the little
witch from taking cold. Always on the
alert, very thoughtful are these lovers for
their intended comfort; their memories are
very retentive.
But husbands, can you inform me why it
is that you lose your memories SO soon at
ter marriage? Why is it that many Of you
q will not say alp neglectto pay these little
attentions to your wives that are SO essential
to woman's happiness. Is it because she
is less dear to you than Of yore? Do you
weary Of her who left home, parents, broth
ers and sisters, for your sake giving her
happiness to strangers keeping? Do you
weary Of her you promised to love and cher
s III I'll I death parts you? Is this the return
you make for al she gave you? Those
many little nameless attentions that make
courtship 50 delightful, ought not to pc DIS
continued after marriage. They are just as
acceptable then as ever and let me whisper
in your ears, oh, husbands, they are the
cream of woman's life-the flowers of her
existence; flowers whose fragrance never
pail on the senses.
If you want your wife TO study your COM
fort and tastes, show that you appreciate her
efforts to please you, by praising her. 1t
goes great way with women. Avoid find
ing fault on every occasion. Many clouds
have arisen in the domestic sky occasioned
by fault-fnding. Lovers, do not bestow all
your attention on your sweet-hearts, but re-
serve few for your wives. Afe 7
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-05-18


A FACT ACCOMPLISHED. Sewing by ma
chinery has become an old story; but when
ever it has been suggested that button holes
would yet be made in the same manner, it
has been pronounced impossible of accom-
plishment. But certain inventors and man.
ufacturers have thought differently; and, if
we are to credit our senses, the object SO
long and SO laboriously sought has at last
been accomplished. Certain it is that the
Union Button-Hole Machine" now offered
to the public by the ''Singer Manufacturing
Company" does its work with precision
and rapidity truly marvellous. The me-
chanism is wonderful, yet simple and dura-
bic, and is clearly within the comprehension
of an ordinary operator. The work per-
formed on this machine is superior to hand
work, and is being scattered broadcast over
the country through some of our largest
clothing establishments. That handmade
button-holes must give way to this machine
is just as certain as that thanksgiving is
yielding, the world over, to the far-famed
Singer Sewing Machine. EN-. Y Home
Journal. 900 ov6ii ~ se.7e9JorA i-H.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-05-18

FREEDMAN's ORGAN ON THE BuREAu.--
The colored people Of, Mobile have paper
called the Nationalist. A colored man VIII
ting to it from New Orleans, says: 9ni7s'3
ga thousand times better would it be for
the colored man were it abolished, for, in
stead Of being safeguard OR protection for
the freedmen, it is Gil c Place il which
freedmen's rights are bartered away; it serves
only to engender bitterness and hatred in tho
hearts of the very people with whom we cx-
pect to live, die and be buried. : \ y The
sooner it is out of the way the better for all
parties concerned We always knew that
the better class Of the negroes objected to
the Bureau as strongly as the whites, and we
are glad to perceive that their opinions are
getting into print in a way that can throw no
doubt over their genuineness.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-05-18

CAPTAIN A. CArEsnY JONES. This gall
liant officer, formerly Lieutenant in the u.
S. Navy, and during the late war Captain in
the Confederate Naval service has been APP
pointed by the Peruvian government Chief
Of ordinance in the Navy of that country.
He is well known, far and wide, for gallant
and meritorious conduct, especially in this
section, having been first lieutenant of the
famed ironclad Virginia" and heroically
participated in the memorable engagements
between that vessel and the y. S. feet in
Hampton Roads, in 1862.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-05-18

GENERAL EwELL.-Among the farmers
in this city on Monday last, we were glad to
meet this gentleman, so distinguished as a
soldier, who is now resident Of '.Old Mau-
~" and is going largely into stock farming
The General has magnificent farm, is en-
tcring upon his new life with his accustomed
energy and zeal, and we hope and predict
for him great success. He appears in excel
lent health and cheerful spirits. -lNaurY
County (7enn) Herald. 80 s,sss
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p O E T r Y
THE SOLDIERS GRAVE.

Tread lightly-'tis soldiers grave,
A lonely, messy mound
And yet, to hearts like mine and thine,
1t should be holy ground.
Speak gently-let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest.
Escape your lips, where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest. t4
For him no reveille shall beat,
When morning beams shall come
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
It's thunder from the drum. III
No costly marble marks the place,
Recording deeds of fame,
But rudely on that beuding tree
Is carved the soldiers name.
A name-not dear to us-but all
There may be lips that breathe
That name as saeredly and low
AS yesper prayers at eve.
There may be brows that wear for him
The mourning cypress vine;
And hearts that make this lonely grave
A holy pilgrim shrine.
There may be eyes that joyed to gaze
With love into his own,
Now keeping midnight vigils long
With silent grief alone. as3l
There may be hands now clasp'd in prayer
This soldier hand has pressed,
And cheeks washed pale by sorrows tears,
His own cold cheek caressed. #
Tread lightly-for man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God
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ADVERTISING RATES.
FOR LESS THAN THREE MONTHS.

Advertisements will be inserted at the rate OF
One Dollar per square of Ten Lines or less, for ev-
cry insertion. Unless the number of insertions De
marked upon the manuscript it will be published
until forbid and charged accordingly.
Obituaries Announcements of Candidates for
Office, COMMUNICATIONS calling upon, advocating
or opposing Candidates, and all Communications
or Notices Of personal or private character, or
intended or calculated to promote any private en-
terprise or interest, will be charged for as adver-
tiscments.
10 Special Notices 20 cents per line for every
insertion.
rs liberal arrangement made with those
whe Advertise for THREE, Six or TWELVE months.
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THE BEST JOKE YET TOLD ON THE RrnrA,

THE BEST JOKE YET TOLD ON THE BgREAU.-
"A correspondent Of a New, York journal,
writing from North Carolina, says that some
of the agents of the Bureau in the old North
State are running plantations" on their own
hook; and in trying cases against the freed
men "a very neat style of punishment is to
impose fine and allow the freedmen to work
it out on the plantation" Very nice arrange
ment indeed
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POSTPONED PAYMENTS.

ffpayments be delayed for three months, an ad-
dition to the above, cent will be charged
If for months, IS per cent and if for 2 months
so per cent. ss3
time to tims as the price of specie may rise or fall
~ Subscriptions will moth discontinued, ex-
cept at the option of the Editor, till all arrearages
are paid.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-05-18

l. Novel INVENTION. There is on exhibi-
ton at Baltimore model, some twelve feet
in diameter Of a revolving vessel, the inyen-
ton of Mr.. George I. Synder, of Lancaster,
Pennsylvania. The great novelty embraced
in the construction of this vessel consists in
very simple application of the motive
power, by which this vessel is made TO roll
over the water instead of running throughit,
and so completely arranged that passengers
and freight remain stationary, while the hull
of the vessel is rapidly revolving.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-05-18

CONGRESS- ON VIRGINIA JURYMRx The
Washington correspondent of the Boston Id
rertiser states positively that ''the house Jul
dietary Committee has under consideration
bill, drawn by Judge Lawrence, of Ohio,
quite materially regulating the qualification
and selection of jurors to sit on treason trials
in Virginia; which bill it is believed they
the committce-will agree to report in some
form." This looks very much like as if the
result of those taials is to be made a foregono
conclusion. Baltimore Gazette.
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THE RADICAL STORY

FINED Ten DOLLARS Tie Cotton Facto-
ry oyerseer, Cor driver) at Tauton Massa-
chusetts, who beat the little white girl with
a piece of leather betting, doubled, and cut
one Of her eyes out during the fagellation,
was fined ten dollars. This is getting off
dog cheap-but what can you expect from
such phiiunthropic people I? If it had been a
negro child, and the whipping had occurred
in Virginia, the eyes of all New England
would have turned up with holy horror, and
the whipper would have been imprisoned in
some fort, his property confscated, g., g.,
by order of the Freedmen's Bureau. So
much for color. If Radical ideas prevail it
would have been better to have been born a
dog than white man..
How TO DO UP SHIRT BosoMs.-We have
often heard ladies express desire to know
by what process the fine gloss observable on
new linen, shirt bosoms, &C., is produced
and in order to crafty them, we submit the
following receipt for making Gum Arabic
Starch: Take two or. fine white gum Arabic
powder, put it into pitcher and pour on it
a pint or more of boiling understanding
to the degree of strength you desire-and
then having covered it, let it set all night
In the morning pour carefully from the dregs,
into clean bottle, cork it and keep for use
A tablespoonful Of gum water stirred into a
pint of starch made in the usual manner,
will give to either white or printed lawns a
look Of newness, when nothing else can re-
store them after washing Much diluted, it
is also good for thin muslin and bobinet.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-05-18

SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

ADVANCE PAYMENTS.
For yr, So in Currency, or equivalent in Specie.
Is mo-, 1.S5.
mo-, LOO. g +" -"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-24
The Cotton Crop.

A planter who has devoted close attention
and observation to the condition Of the cot
ton crop aad the prospect for the present
year, particularly in the States of Tennessee.
Alabama and Mississippi, gives It as bis
opinion that not more than half an average
crop can be expected. Considering the in-
efficiency Of labor, and the increased. ez-
peRditures in culture, cotton growing can
not be made profitable if Congress leYies .
tax Of FIVE cents on the pound, as IS propos-
ed He says the influences, of tkis propo-
sition, which seems to meet With favor IN
Congress, has already been to induce plant
ers to abandon cotton growing IN whole or
il part, and turn their attention to corn and
meat, and such articles as are needed for
home consumption He has himself given
up cotton raising although he rented q
plantation last fall for that purpose, and pre-
pared the ground with that object III view.
He says It IS the unanimous sentiment Sf
his neighbors to eurtail the cotton crop, not
from hostility to the Government or digip-
clination to pay taxes, but because Eve peE
cent tax, in addition to other ezpeRses, val
more than eat up the profits Of the crop.
In other words, the more cotton planter
raises, the worse Of he viii be. At the best,
he says no estimate Of the value Of the cots
ton product wiz approach accuracy that is
based upon more than hall & crop.--3scs1-
pbis Post m