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Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30
OBITUARY.

Died in Des Are, March 22d, 1867, after an illness of three days,t Mrs. LUCINDA E, Cox, wife of J. NJ. Cox, and, daughter of 4. and Martha Hin. Sister Cox was born in Lincoln county, Tenncssee- inf lS23 Her father moved to Alabama when, she was young
 where she was married to J. NJ. Cox, in Nov. 1888. f41 =.AQ f -ft
 Y She and her husband professed faith in Christ in July 1889. and were baptized into the fellowship of the Little Bear Crock Bap- tist Church, by Elder Joshua Barker-4and movcdt to Phillips county, Arkansas. nlsa2-- and n member of the Dcs Are Baptist Church at thetim of her death Sister Cox vas an afectionate wife, q kind and indulgent mother, and an accommodating neighbor, an humble, faithful, devoted and seiSdenying follower of Christ. 1T Her husband being a Baptist minister for many years7-a portion of the time. missionary-the responsibility and cares of the family were thrown upon her, but to all these she patiently submitted for the cause of Christ, urging her husband to go, when he felt it his datyto stay and care for her. But her trials and cares, self-denyal and labor of love in the Redeemcr's cause as a minister's wife is now over, and she called up higher. to enjoy her reward. She. left an afflicted husband and four children to mourn her loss, though they mourn not as those who have no hope. "Itis far better to depart and be with Christi i 3sA'8 .li PASTOR. H'
 The Memphis BgpHa will please copy.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30
REST 0TTTE1'.


 For several days past tho newspapers have teemed with articles, comments and editorials, touching the recent acts of Con gress that place the ten Southern States under what is termed Provisional or Mill 'tary Governments or Districts. Every body seems to have some ideas, views or opinions, differing from everybody else, as to the objects and ultimate results of the new order of things about to be intro duced. Speculation is abroad in every di- rection. Imagination, ideality, veneration, hope, fear and casualty, are all at work in the attempt to spread out the thing in such form and in such coloring, as to i'm press upon the minds of the nervous ones, some ominous and fatal results soon to be realized--spectres, raw head and bloody bones, hobgoblins, sea-serpents and geni, fill the atmosphere, and haunt our walks by day and our dreams by night. We are all the time trying to cross the bridge before we get to it, and horrifying our minds, or rather imaginations, with the dangers we arc to meet on the bridge This is certainly wrong, as no good can come oft. Let us like men in storm at sea, keep cool, act well our part, being at the mercy of the winds and waves, and bide our time, in the hope hat the storm will waste itself itself, ere long, and that we may be safely moored in some secure port. Y s
 ltreminds us, when We hear some peo- pie talk, of a set of old crazy women tell ing ghost stories, in which there seems to be intense interest to excel in the huge ness of their ghosts. If you meet a man, and engage him in social conversation, he will soon tell you that he is broken up by the war and ruined as to property, and immediately ask what you think of our having been thrown into military prov ince, and delefully talk. of loosing all we have by confscatien, and so on. Let us act our part more noblys and hold up our heads lilke men, five die hard, Let us not try tofrighten each other to death, till our time comes to die. Let us whistle while passing through the woods, even though we are afraid of ghosts We should remember that our great ancestors, before the first rebellion that made us free and independent, were poor, and bore many priyations and hardships with little or no complaining. They had but one hope of ultimate triumph, that of labor, patience and perseverance, with meek submission to the reverses incident to the experi. ment they were making Bat these mo- blc ancestors differed from us in this they did not think as we do. that it was disrepptable to work, and they taught their children to rise early and toil late = They taught their boys to blow, to hoe, to chop, to grub, and every other species of labor; and the mothers taught their daughters to spin, to weave, to cook, wash, milk, and every other species of household and domestic labor, and what was the re
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30
,ulty health, longevity, independence and

su'' hoafe"s io"SefA.5' inuSpcHu0uec "Ho plenty, among them. You find no con sumption, no dyspepsia, np dipping of snuff, smoking cigars, chewing baeco, visiting zlspns VI e>Ad tables aud a. thousand oth1f fasliioRSble habitSaf.pur day. The nOld4st and Est womkn ths world ever saw wcpt tchurcbttlad ih homcspun dNes, MI sun 6onnsV they prided themselves with making and wearing such dresses as they could manufacture at home and they were an industrious and happy people. But how is it now with us, al ruined and broken up people? Qurwives and sisters dress finer and more extraya- guDhytqday than ttey did before the war, and t6e men are equally vain and am bilious of their dress and style Of fife and to botb sexes, how bitter is the pill called work or labor. The silly. 8oheh0rse aris- tocracy,, affect to regard work % as something nespiial', aisgracefaI and exceedingly mbe coming their position ,(tthfa Chat is poverty ) Me,know some poor, vain creatures, !, thet caii scarcelybuy, food and wood too make them comfortable, tlmt can't think. ofo,liM ing without hired seryahtsdo cook, wash and sweep the room !; and i'tlley refuse, to 30 to' church beg use they have not sohsei thing fine and fashionabic to wear, that may please the fancy of, the silly ones like themselves. Such people, are eternially whining, snivelling and complaining of the hard times, and d;strusting in the fu- tufe, because they distrhst ini tlfemsalycs. Such people fear the conseqnences of the military laws, because they fear that other people may not be able to support Them, as. they have, heretofore done But why fret and become impatient, iE6Iyer E6Iyer anticipated eyils?st Sufficient unto the, day is the esl thereof" and all our surmisnss and imaginings will neither make our condition
 the botteror the worse a Let our military rules suspend or enforce tile civil laws, as they now are letahem modify Or change them as may suit their purpose y we have,
 as yet, no voice, lot or part, in the matter, anu let us not fret and 'srieye ourselves in
 anticipation of scverer penalties, for We are emphatically "a subjjaSated people, and
 f.a.
 at the mercy of those that wield the scep-
 tre oyer uss Then let prudence aud sp- Der good sense shape the line of our con ,duot, and let us show to the world, our
 magnani,nity, 'by ndbly'ibe',ring what we could not possibly evadejifor our hand is in the Hons mouth and the victor claims
 his spells. Stormy seas make 'skillfui' pi- lots; diversity is the sct6ol in which great
 men have ever been trained and the things
 We now regard as heavy aflictions, may,
 in the proviIeace of God, be unto us
 blessings in disggiae-the darkest hour of night is just before day br. Lot us cease to
 brood over theidarkl side of our picture -
 Let our ansicipations take hold upon things
 brighter and moro cheering, and cherish the Heaven born emotion of hope Yes,
 hope, "e.ernal hopc!" Heavens brightest
 and most glorious star, whose radiance has
 cheered mortal hearts for six thousand years, and still shines undimmed.
 .nes.s .l4f1 He Gf tYss S sstV X,
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30
Letter from Gen, I,oncstrcet,

1 It will Dc seen by the following let ter published in a New Orleans paper. that General Longsirect favors the ac- lceptance of the Military Bill of Con gress: .f .;
 | NEW ORLEANS, March Is, 1867. N *.* As have never applied myself to politics, I'4eannot claim to speak to the wise; statesmen who nre deyotiug their energies to the solution of the problem which agitates the pub | lie mind. can only speak the plain, l honest convictions ofa soldier. TT
 It can hardly be necessary, atnthis late day, to enter into . discussion of the matter that is usually brought up in arguing upon the proposed plan for l reconstructing the government. Indeed many of them arc not pertinent to the question: gi 3il ge .1a .l se. 2
 The striking feature, and the one that our people should keep in view is, that we are a conquered people. Re- cognizing this fact squarely and fairly. there is but one course left for wise men to pursue. Accept the terms that are. offered us by the conqucrers. There can be no discredit to a conquered peo- pie for accepting the conditions offered by their conquerers. Norris that any occasion for a feeling of.humiliation.- We have made an honest. and 1 hope I may say, creditable fight, but we have lost. Let us come forward then, and accept the ends involved in the strug- gle. i- .ibe aa si oi ii..a gta sn.;.O
 Our people earnestly desire that the constitutional government shall be re- established, and the only means 10 ac- complish, this'isito comply with the re- quirements of the recent Congressional legislation. l@ Ess"
 is isaid,bv some that Congress will not receive us even after we have com piled with their. requirements. But 1 can find no sufficient reasons for enter taining this proposition fora moment 1 cannot admit that the representative men. of a great nation could make such a pledge in bad faith. ia w sat
 Admitting, however,i that there is such a mental reservation, can that be any excuse for us in failing 10 discharge our duty? 4'a isUa Let ns accept the terms, as VIC arc in duty bound to do, and if there is a lack of good faith let it be upon others. Fam, very respectfully, your most robedient servant, fae .N ,., .
 JAS TGNESTPFFrr
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30
Sneoie Pavnla,lts,

The N. '. Tribune is for rcsumino specie payments at once. It admits thatlthe proceeding would not be free from inconvenience--but, says the edi- tor7- , .ff
 Let us imagine the vcry worst that COULD. come to pass-that everybody should take to sueing and harrsssing cycrybody--that all values should shrink and shrivel--that traffic should be paralyzed-that those who hold Ma tional Bank notes should first run the Banks for greenbacks, and then run the Treasury for gold--in short. suppose every one to act as inssnely as possible what then? Who does not know that, in such a state of collapse our i'm ports would be nearly suspended while our exports would be largely .swelled. 50 that specie would soon be pouring in upon us. from Europe in payment for our cotton, tobacco. cheese bufter lard, &e., &c. And how could we be forced again into suspension, with gold and silver flowing in upon us from Europe on the one hand, and from our own mining region on the other?
 At the very worst, we could but pay out our last coin and stop. What then2 Would the premium on gold shoot up into the thirties? No; because there would be DO real demand for gold. Europe could not draw 1t from us: our own market would be deluged with the Sl07 100000 drawn from our Treasury. added to that daily pouring in from our mines and from Europe; the very men who drew the gold out of the Treasury would be glad to put if back and take grcenbaeks in lieu ofgitI We should soon have two specie dollars coming into the Treasury for.,e every one running out.
 We believe the government might safely resume to-moirow-that its re- serve ofspecie is sufinient--that, even should. it prove otherwise. and the Treasury forced to suspend again- there would be'no panic, and that the premium on gold would henceforth be nominal only.l .ai i3a Eavt, -ib 4
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30
A Word of Caution.

TNe Holly Springs Reporter says, if there was ever time in the history of a people when, more than. ordinarily, division wds to be deprecated ,Qnd peg feet harmony tobc desired, nowsis tlisf' time for the South. Aid it is upon this subject that we desire to, utter a word of warning to our people sEencr- ally, and to our cotemporaries of the press particularly. sGlave questions are now before us for discussion, ques- tions upon the solution and final de- termination of which depends the fate of our section, of our country, perhaps of free government upon earth. It
 pains us to the heart to secsRn evident disposition to use epithets, to impu6n motives, and to decry character. This we had hoped, had died the death of political hickerings in our section. 1Great, God!s is itnot possible for a peo- pie, standing in consultation above the couch ofstheif liberties sick mt death, to refrain from theiturbulence and par tizan violence which, add quickness1to the feyered9 pulse of the patient al- ready almost beyond hope? That there should be difference fof opinion as tothe remedy, is,i to be. texpected, We should ;dsHbt the general honesty of pQrpose if thegerwere not. But we do not think it at all necessarily fol- lows, because there is such a differ encc, that one more thanI an other, is plotting the patients death. The. mo- mentouS issues now before. us, cannot be settled by such manner of discus sion. There is too much atstakc. The people desh'e' to find tho right, and having foundis, no punyl ,pubiicist, no blatant harangqer, or noisy journalist can turn them from the maintainance of 1t. At such times, we desire the unimpassioned arguments of statcstnen. honest and pure, who seek for no vic tory of any party, for no triumph upon the hustings; but, who undertake to discuss, in the light of their .country,s good and the immutable laws Of right, our duty amidst the dangers and diffi- culties which environ us. Let us frown downsany attempt to make par ties among us, five differ, let it mot be the difference of enemies, but only ah emulation in striving for the coifi- mon good. Because we all cannot think alike, let us not call names and invoke curses. God have, mercy upon us, if we so lose confidence in one an other as 10 descend to this. Then in- deed are we lost, when we cease to be able or willing to trust or honor those who cannot agree with us in opinion upon great questions. of public. policy. =
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

,. RsE Recent. Investigations establish the Singular fact that the French pco. pie are dcgenerating in stature and
 other physical ldevelopmcnt. and de- Greasingin number Thelbirths, which used to be. five in a family, are now re- duced to three, and the number of de- formed children is alarmingly on the increase. Much of this result is proba- bly, attributable to the corrupt state of society in many parts of France, and especially in the large cities. America would do well to take heed of the ad- mentions which France gives on the degeneracy of her people. 5
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

A Coon SATIRE.-The editor of the State-line (Va.) Gazette, desiring to ac- icommodate himself to the new politi- cal dispensation, offers for sale: 2,
 "A well-bound volume, containing the Constitution of the late United States, the Constitution of Virginia, now Military District A.. No. l also, the Virginia Bill of Rights, and the Kentucky Resolutions of 1776. Any one desiring to preserve these relics of the barbarous age, extending from TIC to 1861. will do well to call. Also, a copy of the Bible will be exchanged fer the life and writings of John Brown, deceased. fef
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

B9~ The Legislature adjourned on
 the 23d inst, to convene again on the Sth of July next. We. have but little
 to say for or against the body, but think
 that all things considered, they have done we'll. Upon this subject the Ga zette says: Although some measures of importance have not, for good req sons, been perfected, and considerable work is on hand to be disposed of when tho legislature shall re-convelfe, we are free to express our satisfaction with the labors of the body, considered as [;
 whole; and if every succeeding gener- al assembly shall do as well, we may reasonably anticipate a speedy return of prosperity and wealth to our com monwealth. ta1I t9.iQ ,V-
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

lsSJs Previous to the adjournment of tho Senate, Mir, Fellows, introduced tho following resolution, which was unan- yimpusly adopted paying just compli-
 mentto that truly great man, Dr. An drew Huater:; .aaae sA tlauagt n
 Resolved by tic Senate, That .thel thanks of this body arc cordially ten-
 dered to it's President, Hon. Andrew
 Hunter, for tic faithful and efficient manner in which he has discharged the
 duties of his responsible position,
 through session long protracted, and
 frequently involving the consideration
 of questions of gravest importance and
 difficulty. Displaying throughout his administration courtesy and evenness |. oftemper which has been uniailing and
 exhibiting the stI'ictcst impartiality, the state has found in him n 1aithfil ' publE servant, the. Senate a. .dignified and able presiding officer, and to him the members of this body feel that they owe to great extent the harmony md i good feeling which has .eharactcrizcd :, their deliberations. Our best wishes go with him in his return to his family. and we join in the hope that we may ! be favored with hispresence and coun- sets again, on our return to the scene :, of our difficult, labors. s.,.ef fA
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

ssEThe following good story is again in circulation through our exchanges ::
 A year or two after Tylcr's accession, the President. contemplating an excur- sion in some direction, his son went to order a special train of cars. It SO happened that the superintendent was a very strong Whig. On Bob's making known his crland, that official biuntly informed him that his road could not run any specialstrain for the President 4,t " hat F said Bob, "did you not fur nish a special train for the funeral of General HaITison?"i ya
 Yes" said he, batting Bob on the back, ''and if you'll only bring your father in that shape, you shall have the best train on the road" {"
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

BEAST BUTLER BEING CARED FoR-A package containing a neatly turned wooden spoon. about four feet long, arrived at Washington last week, by, express, directed to Major General B.. F. Butler. Another spoon, of iron, some eighteen inches in length, passed through Richmond last week, per Southern Express Company, directed to '.B. F. Butler, Washington, D. CT On the reverse side was "First Alabama returns under the provisions of the sherman Bill" If the spoons were on- lysilver the Beast would pocket both the insult and the spoons.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30
MARRzEIb., ,

On Wednesday, the 20th, at ,the residence of the brides Father, by Rev C. Crownover, Mr.J. W. HaRnELL, and Miss SAlLIE E.. Alp ANS, all of Monroe county. f ,Da. f.ss
 Tupper has, said seek 2 good wife of thy God for she is the-best gift of his Providence. Our friend Harrell, feeling the trpthfulness of the poets sentiment, hath sought and found a fair partner, who loving and loved, has joined her fortune and life with his. 'lfcnceforth they are one, life's joys, ana cares, it's hopes and fears are mutually theirs. May the dews of Heaven with mellow tenderness fall upon them in the enjoyment of perfect happiness and may no care mar their welded bliss.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

A NOVEL INyENTIoN.-An ingenious Frenchman has devised bridle bit which, at the will of therider or driver, closes the nostrils of an ungovernablc steed. The animal is powerless, and to run away" is simply impossible. Rad- icalism should thus be bridlcd. It is hurrying tlic country to perdition.-- When Southern States are wholly pro- vinces ofthe North, there is an end of American freedom. Our system is snbvcrted--Smtcs are provinces and frcemen slaves. If We could oply ''bri- dlc. the passions" and stop the wind of Congress, the country might yet be saved.- Memphis Bulletin. 0l
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

LEARNED ADylcE.- Attorney Gene ral Hooper, of Jackson. Miss, has writ ten learned review of the situation. He closes with these words; My aa- vice is to stand firmly by whatever of constitutional rights we may be able to assert, and if the mad spirit of faction shall rend the pillars of the temple, we will sink amid its ruins, with q manly protest on our lips, and fealty in our, hearts to those great cardinal principles of human liberty, for which our fathers fought the war of the great Revolution, and which, though we may not be able to build up and establish with our own hands, no power on earth can erase from our ilearts.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

ga~Thc Missouri supreme Court has rcscinded the rule requiring attoincyS 10 take the test oath prescribed by tho State Constitution.
 Es3- Thadical Stevens sweeping con. iiseation bill has been posponed until December.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30
Dress and Bonnet Making.

MRS, II. 4. DURK begs leave to inform M the Ladies of Des Are, and surrounding country, that she is now prepared to do up Hats and Bonnets in the most fashionable style Also, makes Donnets. cuts and makes Dresses. Has just received blocks for Hats and Bonnes, of the latest fashion,
 Des Are March 23, 1S67
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

gf5y- Sidney Howard Gay, once man. aging editor. of the New ! ork Tribune, is writinga life of Horace Greeley. James Parton, in early life a Tribune man. wrote Greeley's life some years since. We think, ill view of what we have suffered, one life of Greeley will
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

Szy~A report has reached the English Consul at Zanzibar that Dr. Living stone, thc celebrated African explorer, and half of his party had been murder, ed hy the Cafires. The report is on the authority ofnine native attendants who escaped. The attack was sudden, but the Doctor had time to oyerpowcr those facing him, but was cut down from behind while endeayoring to re- load his revolver.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

sJrThe Washington correspondent of the. Mobile Times says: Senator Hendricks, of Indiana, is the ablest of the Conservative Senators, and he often fights bravely, supported by Doolittle, Rcvcrdy Johnson, Duckalew, and a few others, while Saulsbury ry--uncompro- mising and unterrificd-s stands up for the doctrine ofState sovereignity."
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

SsE The Little Rock Dispatch says, General Chalmers and Reverdy John son have done wisely in accepting the Military Reconstruction Bill, and that Gen. c. letter is such as all, regardless ofpast views, might endorse. Shouldn't wonder if you do think so MT. Dis patch, but we can't sec 1t that way.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30

ReE- II is asserted in q Northern pa per that Ristoi'i is so much in love with the United States that she means to make this country her home. She thinks it q land Of liberv, Poor dcluded ere ture .r7
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-30
NOTICE

ITS HEREBY GIVEN, That will apply at < the next term of the Probate Court of Prairie County to be holden on the 2d Mon day in April, 1867. for an order to sell tho real estate of Matthias Sweezey, deceased.
 veffsTr}l at WAI., HENDRICKS,
 Adm'r Estate of Matthais Sweezey, dec'd March }, leGT-4t.