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The Van Buren press., 1867-08-23
Radical Township Meeting.

On Friday last, some ten or fifteen
white men and about the same number
black men of Van Buren, township, had o
meeting at the Court House for the pur-
pose of electing Delegates to a County
Convention to be held in this city on the
2lst Of August, at which convention can
ddates for the State Convention will be
nominated ID. II. Divelbiss. was Chair
man and Henry Puffer Secretary.
On motion of Gen. Bowen the chair
man appointed the following Committee
on Resolution:
Gen. Il. NJ Bowen, Charles Hogan,
black, our old friend Uncle Charles, gam,
boiled about like q pig in clover-looked
twenty years younger; and his execlama-
ton Lord, Massar, to think dis old Mig
ger should live long enough to walk arm
in arm to the committee room with live
General-glory enough for one day."
was, we have no doubt the sentiment of
an honest heart Dr. L. c, White, Sam
Powell, black, the Doctor GRABBED Sam.
uel in very spasmodic manner, with q
highly perfumed handkerchief to his nose
and marched off to the consultation" he
nepcr did like the smeN' Of the darkey
George Hood and II. Albeit, complete the
Committee on resolutions.
The following Delegates were appoint.
ed to the County Convention:
BLACKS, J Geo. Hood, Samuel White
Isam Banks, Raib Maxy, VIM. II, Ar
bough, Milton Monroe, w. NJ. Jackson,
VIM, Rains ard Samuel Agnew.
Daniel Divelbliss, Alvis Smith, George
Kilgore, Chas. James, Thos NJ Bowen,
jackson Howard, James S. Bushong, j,
W. Calvert, j. l.. Jones, Henry Puher
The Fort Smith Standard, was recog-
nized as the "orgon,' Of this wing Of the
RAIDS of Crawford County.
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Ey' Fannie Fern thinks it ought to be
considered disgrace to be sick, conf
dentially adding: II am fifty five, and
| feel half the time as if was just made.
To be sure, ] was born in Maine, where
the timber and human race last; but !
don't eat pastry, nor candy, nor ice.
cream. ] don't drink tca--bah walk,
not ride, own stout boots--pretty ones
too. ] have a water, proof cloak, and no
diamonds. | like q nice bit of beefsteak
and glass of ale, and any body else who
wants it may eat pap. go to bed at 10
and get up at g. dash out in the rain,
because it feels goods on my face.
don't care for my clothes, but ! will be
well and after am buried, warn you
don't let any fresh air or sunlight down
on my coffin, ifyou don't want me to get
up"
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Ex.Gov Graham Of North Carolina Oh
the Situation.

We have been shown letter written
by Gov. GRAHAM, a distinguished con
serva,ive statesman OF North Carolina,
10 one of our townsmen, from which we
are permitted to make the following cx-
tract bearing upon the political situation
Of the South:
"The situation OF the States of the
South, to which You allude, is indeed
melancholy. We aie realizing the truth
of the declaration of Mr. Fox. that "thc
most dangerous OF all revolutions is a
restoration" The idea of distrainng
the States by Military domination, into
the adoption Of Constitutions for local
Governments, with the right of suffrage
extended TO negroes, without any quail
fcation except being of the male sex, and
over twCnty-one years of age; and by the
Howard amendment TO the Constitution
of the United States, Mt the same time
DISTINGUISHING all men of experience and
influence among us, is the most solemn
farce, that has been enacted in all history.
1t is to roll back the tide of civilization,
two centuries at least, and place the bal
lot in the hands of constituency less
qualified for the Office of Government,
than has ever before exercised it, in
any republican country. The Board
Of Registers of voters has just been an
nounced here, and includes, one negro to
two white men generally throughout the
State. When the whole series of steps
in the process Of reconstruction" as it
is called, shall have been fully contem-
plated, ! think the people, wherever they
constitute majorities, will find it, to their
interest to vote against conventions for
The objects in view, and bear with the
reign of military government, until an
other appeal can be made to public opin
on at the North and especially in the
North West"
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Once More

An opportunity is offered for all who
have not Registered to come forward and
do So Let every man, who has not
qualified, be present at this time, and
do SO. We know Of number that have
not and we urge upon them the necessity
ofso doing. This will prove the most
important election that ever took place
in Arkansas. Let not disinterested apathy
deter you from improving the opportun.
ity offered by the Board Of Registers.
Recolect Saturday August 3la See their
notice IN another column.
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How the Negroes are Bamboozled.

Having our attention directed to the
maneuvers of two or three of the colored
Leaguers of this city, few days since
and noticing unknown to them, the antics
they were going through with, practicing
the signs of the order, we were constran.
ed to follow up the information attained
and the result is that we to-day lay be
fore our readers the whole secret work
ings of this midnight league. In putting
the darkeys through, and it will be no.
ticed (by those who have been present J
that about all the ceremonies are omitted,
but the oath to support for Office no one
{ but what we white mon tell you) who
does not belong to the league No
achite man would be guilty of the attempt
Of bamboozling these honest but ignorant
colored men. And the day is not far dis
tant when they will hang their heads with
shame and disgrace.
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10 Contractors.

llrApQ'Rs. DIST. oY THE INDIAN Tyv,
CHIf QUARTER MASTERS Ory,a.h
Fort Gibson, c. NJ Aug. ; i.
StEALED Proposals. In duplicate ~
= received at this office until - c o'r,.'sS ~
September 10th, 1861, for furnisbina
United States Quarmasters Dens..
GOOO bushels of good merchantable enr.
equivalent in Oats or Barley, per mo,a
manner following;
5000 Bushels TO be delivered Al
Gibson, c. ~, monthly.
1000 Bushels to be delivered at Po-
buckle, {. n, monthly.
500 Bushels TO be delivered at II,d,.,
Rancho, monthly.
500 Bushels to be delivered a, NJ.
Fork, Creek Nation, monthly
2. Proposals must in all cases spee;,,
kind and quantity per month the bidd,I
sires to furnish, whether in sacks. or a.
wise. and what charge, If any, will BE- ~
for the packages, and may be for the wks''
any part of the quantity required, at eIlI..,
all of the above named places.
3. Each bid must be accompanied by /, v,
and sufficient guarantee from two resnor..
parties, setting forth. that, in the event ~
tract is awarded, they will give ample h.
and security for the faithful performans
the same.
A. The government reserves to itself
right of rejecting any or all bids received
8. All deliveries of grain made under
contract WHICH may be awarded are TO
subject to rigid inspection by an Office,
agent appointed Oh the part of the I'M
States.
6. Proposals should be endorsed. "P,,
sails for furnishing Corn, Oats or BalsAs,
addressed TO the undersigned.
7. Payment to he made in govemp
funds monthly, or as soon thereafter as mo-
shall have been received for that purpose
Bidders are invited and earnestly reque,
to be present at the opening.
A. 5. KIMBALI.
Capt. q 40. NJ, U. S.A
Chief q. NJ. Dist. j
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" Man smiles in ruin, glories in his shame

"Man smiles in ruin, glories in his shame,
And infamy stands candidate for praise"
The Radical journals are jubilant over
the Tennessee election. At this no one
can be astonished, who is at all acquaint-
cd with the character and temper of the
Radical leaders. 1t is true that the mass
of the white population is DISTINGUISHED
under the the iron rule of Brownlow, and
the negroes banded together in secret
lodges and subjected to the manipula-
tions Of "mcan white" men, who imbue
them thoroughly with their own venom
Gus hatred against the respectable white
population of the State. Although
Brownlow is low minded, vulgar black
guard, of whom every high minded and
hNcorable Tennesseean is ashamed and
EmmSrson Etheridge, most highly
gifted, large hearted and patriotic gen
tleman. What of this ? 1t is habitual
and most natural for Black Republicans
to cxult over the defeat of such man as
Etheridge for he is gentleman and a
statesman, and it is equally natural for
them to rejoice with exceeding great JOY
over the elevation Of such man as
Brownlow, for he is universally recog,
nized as low and vulgar blackguard.
Against Etheridge was arrayed the ne.
groes and the imported Office holders and
office seekers and their miserable depend.
ents-the tools and instruments Of fBrown
low-all banded together and driven to
the polls at the point of the bayonet.
What chance even for an Etheridge
against Radical blackguard? If how
ever in the providence Of God, Tennessee
shall again be permitted to rise from her
degradation and put on the mantle Of
freedom, she will scourge back to their
dark dens Of infamy, whence they issued
the vile wretches who have soiled her
fair fame and caused her gallant sons to
hang their heads in shame ut the con.
temptation of her fallen condition. A
reaction must surely come; to doubt it,
would be to doubt that God reigns in the
heavens and that His providence con
trolls the affairs Of men on earth. When
that day comes, as come 1t will, Tennes-
see will stand redeemed from the curse of
Radical misrule and the memory of the
terrible scenes through which she is now
passing, will be recalled only as the
shadowy acts of tragic dream, which
future generations will find Il difficult to
realize.
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Ep The question has been asked us,
why are not those persons who are shov-
ing off counterfeit money, on this coun-
try, arrested and made to give an account
of themselves. We have no answer to
give, unless it is that this class of men
have plenty of money and it will do no
good to complain Of them. The L. S.
Marshal had "a case in hand a short
tine since), some fellows under arrest
having in their possession counterfeit
money, who were released on straw bail
and permitted to leave-bail that the
Marshal knew at the time was worthless.
1t is time an examination was had into
the manner and matter Of doing business
connected with the United States Court
in the Western District of Arkansas.
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EDUCATIONAL.

TNlIE second Term Of my school in the c
of Van Buren, will open on the FIR
MONDAY of SEPTEMBER next.
The rates, payable monthly per Session
Twenty Weeks. are:
For Spelling, Reading, Writing, sli
Grammar primary or Analytical)
Geography primary or lntermediatsl
" Arithmetic intellectual or Prac.
tical) SOL
History. Rhetoric, Philosophy
Physiology, Book keeping, Alge-
bra, Geometry, Composition, etc. sga
Music on Piano, S&l
Drawing Pencil or Crayon,) SILL
Contingent Fees per Session, sA
A firm. but mild discipline will be exercis
while no efforts will be spared to incite pup
to study. Fathers and Mothers can assist I
greatly by visiting the school rooms frequeI
ly. and | trust they will not fail to do 4
With competent assistants to aid we hope 4
offer inducements unsurpassed in the STATE
WI. ALEXANDER, PRISclrlL
Mrs. ADA S. BARBOUR.
Miss SALLIE ALEXANDRIA AssIsTAyT
aug. 8
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DI e D.

At Van Buren. on Wednesday 18th August
HARRIET HAMILTON AUSTIN, at the advanced
age of 80 years. She was native of Ireland
and had resided in this State % years.
BLESSED are the dead who die in the Lord"
80 when the Christians eyelids droop and
close,
In natures parting strife,
A friendly angel stands where they rcpose,
TO wake them up to life.
lie gives gentle blow and so releases
The Spirit from its clay;
From sins, temptations, and from lifes dis
trcsses,
lie bids it come away.
A voice Is heard on earth of kinsfolks weep
ing
The loss of one they love;
But they are gone where the rcdeemd are
keeping
A festival above"
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NOTICE,

rs hereby given that l shall make applf,
tion to the Probate Court of Crawh-
county, at the October Term, 1867. to sell h
following described Real Estate belonging
the estate of JAMES Q. MORTON deceased \
wit:
The = offs e sec l, t 10, n SO, W. ca
tanning 80 acres; also, the wv "a offs " Y.
G, 10, n 32, W, containing 40 73-lOO aer
and also the W fir a sec of S W fir sec
10, 32, W, containing al l2-l00 acres,
All situate. lying and being in the coun
of Crawford, in the State or Arkanas. Al
designated as such on the plot of the pub
surveys.
NANCY MORTON,
Admir-, Estate of j. @. Morton, decd
The Van Buren press., 1867-08-23

Rg- An old lady who had insisted on
her minister's praying for rain, had her
oabbagcs cut up by hail storm, and on
viewing the wreck remarked, that she
never knew him to undertake anything
without OVERRIDING the matter,
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inducements to Advertisers.

The Van Bwen Pre-" offers great in
duccments to advertisers - having the
largest circulation OF any paper in West
crn Arkansas and the Indian Country.
The Van Buren press., 1867-08-23

ET The Jury In the Surratt case were
nc. able to agree, and we're discharged.
They stood s for sequittsl and 4 for con.
Sietion.
The Van Buren press., 1867-08-23

Er- The Radicals claim a majority of
eighty in Franklin County We shall
see.
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The Loyal League
EulI E,posurc of the Ritual.

Full Exposure Of the Ritual.
What They DO and Hor They DO H.
4 Copy from the Printed Book.
The Devil Wearing the Livery of Prayer,
Tie Ooti, Me Piedge, Charges, de.
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One Day More.
Registering for Crawford Coun

Registering for Crawford COunr
THE undersigned having been appOlra
Registrars for crawford County, un.,
the provisions of an act of Congress entr.
An act for the more efficient governmenD
the rebel States passed March ID, 1861, VI
open all the 1ounship Books, for the co..
pletion Of the Registration of Cravir
County. at the Court House in Van BureL,
Saturday, August 3lst, 1857
Hours for Registering from s a. m. to III
and from 2 to p. M. on the above day.
JAS. o. CHURCHILL
ii. C.. HAYMAN.
WILLIAM BOWLIN
Van Buren,, Ark, Aug. 81, '67-2t
The Van Buren press., 1867-08-23

To defend and perpctuate freedom and the
Union ! pledge my life, my fortune and my
sacred honor. So help me God. Then follows
4 sons.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-06

. -
notion has ever entered their heads. II
is simply absurd. No troops have been
sent to this place of late.-Danrille Reg,
lister. .t- ls1i o. .'p. ..i.a +.''....'
The Salisbury IN. CO. Banner says
that the county Of Forsyth sold enough
dried blackberries last year to pay its
taxes. lzEs s-rg
This industry should be encouraged.
1t is one in which very many poor men
and women, and even children, can en-
gage, and it will help them wonderfully
to provide against the pinching neces-
sities of winter. Cherries, apples, peach
es, MISUNDERSTANDING Of this
kind-can be dried and sold to advan-
tage. 20.
A recent trip up the Valley as far as
Staunton has assured us, if the fields
Immediately along the turnpike are TO
be taken as an index, that the wheat
crop will be very heavy this year. 1t
is rather remarkable, too, that both in
Rockingham and Augusta, there ap-
pears to be more rye mixed with the
wheat than we have ever seen before.
The corn, which has generally come up
very regular, looks rather too yellow for
health, but the recent soaking rains
will doubtless change its hue. The
grass is very short.-Rockingham Regis
ter.
A colored woman, one hundred and
eleven years of age, died in Norfolk
county day or two ago. She had been
a slave all her life up to the emancipa-
tion proclamation, and then her former
master would not cast her of, but con-
tinued to provide for her to the day of
her daath. At her decease he caused an
elegant coffin to be provided, and he
and his family followed her remains to
their last resting-place. The gentleman
was her seventh owner, and it is reason
able to suppose that she was advanced
in age when she first came to him. The
negroes in the neighborhood are loud in
their praise of his kindness and humani-
ty, and do not hesitate to say that their
former masters are their best friends
Norfolk Day Book.
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Stevens aud stealage.

fHAp STEVENS is arranging for Wig
0rous campaign against Southern pro-
perty. We annex his letter to the
Chairman of certain Republican COM
mittees in Pennsylvania in which he
sets forth his purpose to engage In
Wholesale Southern robbery. His mode
of saying it is that he is "abogt to prose-
cute claims for confiscation." Of
course nobody will be misled by the
language 1t means unlimited plunder,
Just as the transaction between BORE.
NAN and. .our Legislature on the ques-
tion of ''rent of Executive MansionD
meant perjury and theft. These polite
terms do not sound quite so harshly as
the old fashioned names, and as the
meaning 10 essentially the same to every
body, their use is not productive Of
much harm.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-06
Bismnrk, Napoleon, and the Price Of
slaves

BIsmark, Napoleon, aud the Price 0i
slaves.
West Virginia Correspondence n. Y. Herald.
Down THE OHIO, May 23, 1867.
Speaking of wine" said an intelligent
mountaineer, as we were crossing the
Alleghenies, "do you know that when
the report of an inevitable rupture be-
tween France and Prussia came along
over the wires there was a panic among
the woodmen of these mountains, from
Cumberland to Grafton, and that the
price of slaves aud all sorts of coopers'
stuff went down"
"No, sir; nor can | understand why
such panic should follow such news.
The manufacture Of -four barrels, one
would suppose, would he brisk with the
approach of the wheat harvest, what
ever might he the quarrels of Bismark
and Napoleon; and doubtless all this
csopers' stuff from these mountains
goes down to Baltimore and George
town to be worked up into -four bar
rolls"
"You are mistaken, sir. The thou
sands of woodmen all along the line Of
the railroad over the mountains, engag-
ed in working up the hardy white oaks
of these forests into slaves, are working
for the European market. The wines Of
France and Spain are now put into
casks made from these white oak slaves,
the very wood they want. They are
shipped over in the roagL, and the
casks are made near the vineyards. You
will now understand why few sharp
weTds between Bismark and Napoleon
should cause many of these woodmen to
leave their work to discuss the LuXem-
burg question; and why, with the news
of Queen Victoria's mediation, the price
of white oak slaves in the heart Of the
Alleghenies of West Virginia went sud.
denly up again"
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The great Mariposa estate, formerly
the property Of General Fremont, and
one of the richest mining districts in
California has been "going TO the dog"
for some time, the company having been
bankrupted by bad management. Not
a mine on the grant is being. worked,
and the people generally are "hard up."
The Princeton mine alone, two years
ago, employed 500 or 600 men, and the
Josephineo, Mariposa and Pine-tree as
MANY more. Now the shafts are filed
with water, the machinery rusted, and
everything in decay. A new manager
has been lately appointed. who Is now
engaged in strengthening mp affairs as
far as possible, and win get the mills in
operation at the earliest period.
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At'heeliug gegister.
EQUAL Taxation.

The working classes of the country
are giving vigorous expression to their
views in regard to the untaxed securi-
,ies of the Government. Equality of
T,xation" is the demand in which
,aboring men are everywhere
uniting. 1t is hard enough in
all conscience, to pay the full principal
Of bond that cost the holder but forty
cents on the dollar, and it is not to be
supposed that the people will asy long
Fl permit that species of property to bo
exempt from taxation. The expenses
Of the Government should be borne by
al kinds of property alike. Let there
be no privileged classes, or bonded ar
istocracy. Let 7-30s share the expenses
If the Government along with the six
teen Thousand articles of consumption
from which Radical legislation derives
revenue. Stay-at-home capitalists have
no more right to exemption than their
neighLors. Manned and crippled SOL
diers have no special legislation in their
behalf, aud while they periled life and
limb for the country the bondholders
riskrd nothing but their money. The
soldier finds no laws that relieve him
from paying taxes because of his mutt
lation; why should meney-lending "loy-
atty" enjoy privileges that are denied
TO the patriotism that fights, and bleeds,
aud dies I These are questions that
tue hard times are fercing the people to
consider. The untaxed millions of shod-
dy and mulemeat speculators are daily
driving hundred into the Democratic
ranks, and the cry of the growing hosts
is Equal Taxation and no Exclusive
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From the Watertown Reformerl


Among the passengers of the steamer
Wisconsin, recently burned near st.
Vincent, was a Mr.. Chisholm from Can
ada, on his way to Missouri, in company
with his wife and six children, He was
a man about fifty-tive years old, had
bought a farm in the State to which he
was travelling, and was moving with his
family and goods. When the fire broke
out he was sitting on deck, bnt his wife
and children had retired for the night.
He called them Up hurriedly, and sought
to save their lives in a most untortun-
ate way. One of the small boats was
let down to about foot of the water,
and about twenty passengers leaped in
to it, and Mr.. Chisholm assisted his
wife, three daughters and son to get
in. One of the frightened crowd cut
with knife the rope which connected
the bow of the small boat with the dav-
it, and the loosened end dropped down
like spoon and the boat at once fill
ed with water. The passengers were
thrown out and nearly all drowned.
This happened not more than u minute
and half before the steamer struck
tie shore on Grenadier Island, and had
all remained on board, as the captain
ordered, not life would have been
lost. Mrs. Chisholm, the three daugh-
ters, aged respectively twenty, seven
teen and fifteen, and the boy of eleven
years, were all drowned. The father
and the two older sons, who stuck to
the steamer, were saved Mr.. Chisholm
had 81 900 in greenbacks, his only for
tune, which was in his wife's satchel,
and was destroyed by the flames. Thus
he was left in a strange land, q "idow-
er, bereft of four children, without
money or property, with his grief rest
ing upon his soul, to commence the
world anew. The bodies Of his wife
and children were recovered and have
been inferred in the grave yard at Cape
Vincent, and the sad, heart broken hus-
band and father, with his two remain
ing sons, will go to his homeless home
in tHe West. Few life-dramas have
sadder chapters than this.
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Three men, Captain John Mikes,
George Miller and Henry Lawson, are to
sail from the Battery to Brest, ria
Southampton, at noon tomorrow, on
one of Perry's life rsfts-25 feet long,
l2t wide, and drawing 6 inches Of wa
teer. 1t is rigged ont for long voyage,
and has five sails, with a canvass tent
for cabin. 1t is provided with IL gut
ia percha tanks, containing gallons
each, has small naptha stove for max
ing tea and coffee, and canned provis-
ions sufficient for q 30 days voyage. 1t
will take along tender raft of smaller
dimensions 90 feet long,, which is 10
serve as q sort of life boat in case of
accident to the main rsft.-N y. SHH,
June 4.