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The Van Buren press., 1867-09-27
CHANCERY NOTICE.

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STATE OF ARKANSAS, .i teaag
County Of Crawford} ..-..4
IN the Crawford Circuit Court, on chancery
side thereof In vacation, September 2lsl
1867: . .rta. y - ',1'~-7l
halinda Metcalf by Geo.
Bears her next friend, ComplainsntS
VS.. Bill for divorce.
Richard Metcali lII1Ir Defendant
ON this 2lst day of September, A. D. 1851
comes the said complainant and files herbu'
OF complaint against the said defendant TO-
gether with her affidavit, stating that the sae
defendant isa nonresident of this State. J!
Is therefore ordered that the said defendaa'
DC notified ofthc pendency of this suit by par
iication,o ,ofthis order and the following notice,
III some newspaper printed in this State lo'
two weeks successfully, SO that the last insei.
ton be made at least four weeks before Ipe
FIRST Day OF the next TERM Of this Court. =,
TO RICHARD METCALr You are HEREBY
notified, IN pursuance Of the foregoing ordeaI' ora
and the statute in such case made and proylo.
ed. that Malinda Mctcalf has this day flied hci
bill of complaint against you, alleging thM
you deserted and absented youYsclf from nw
without reasonable cause, and praying !na,
thc marriage contract, heretofore soleml..,
between you and herself, be dissolved anu ~
aside and a divorce from the bonds OF mst,l.
mony be decreed according to the form OF a% wi
statute In such case made and provided a,% hs
that you are required to appear. before W. y.
Judge of said Circuit Court of Crawford. IN ~
chanccfy, on or before the Third Day OF We
next Term thereof which II to be holden Oa oa
the First Monday Of November, 1856! anu
plead, answer or den,,r to the said bill OF co'T q Il
plant, and in default thereof the same VIII
taken as confessed and decree pronouncs'
accordingly. r.,a.H& 1auE'H".
true copy ofthc record.
ED. A. SCOTT, ClerE'
Attest; Ed. A. s'CorT, Clerk,
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EDUCATIONAL.

TNllE second Term Of my school in the city
l. OfVan Buren, will open on the THIRD
MONDAY Of SEPTEMBER next. I'D
The rates, payable monthly per Session Of
For Spelling, Reading, Writing, >Nsa0
Grammar primary or Analytical)
Io" Geography primary or lnterinediate)
Arithmetic Qntellectual or Prac-
H ticalo e 100 as4F@ H'-E 30 5000
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Physiology, Bookkeeping Alge-
bra, Geometry, Composition, etc, $500
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Drawing Pencil or Crayon,) $3.50
" Contingent Fees per Session, tlW
A firm, but mild discipline will be exercised
while no efforts will be spared to incte pupils
to study. Fathers and Mothers can assist D
greatly by visiting the school rooms frequent
ly. and trust they will not fail to do 90
With competent assistants to aid we hope to
offer inducements unsurpassed in the State.
WI. ALEXANDER, PRINCIPAL
Mrs. ADAS. BARBOUR, 40 IA
Miss SALLIE ALExANDER,} ASSISTANT
aug. 8 '-
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tB- Our old friend Judge JNo. NEAL, of the
firm ofC. G. Scott & Co.. Little Rock, is in
town. The Judge is looking bully" What
has become Of our esteemed friend Capt. Pat
Mays There was time when he too did not
feel above his nelghbors. Just one word dear
Nav
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eB- The worms have damaged the cotton
crop greatly. Not more than q two-third
crop can be made. .....
Corn crop fine.
How long will our people he dc!udodby ,bc
hnmbuggcry of King Cotton"
The Van Buren press., 1867-09-27

Is" Maj. CHAs. BANznor, who is in charge
of the Freedmcn's Bureau at Fort Smith, was
in our city OH "Wednesday last. The Major
has recently returned tohis duties from fur
lough of two or three months. a. 81,
The Van Buren press., 1867-09-27
THE ANSWER.

"SAN FRANCISCO, Cal- Sept. 10, 1867.
ITO Governor James +. English: 81
Thanks for yourdispatch. California has
echoed the voice Of Connecticut. You set us q
glorious example. We have but followed
where you led in the sacred cause of Constitu-
tional liberty EU' igIH.H. HAIGHT."
The Van Buren press., 1867-09-27
A "Reminiscences

impudent assertion:
There IS not democratic flag floating
from The Potomac 10 Florida, and they dor,
mol raise one
Whereupon Mr.. Samuel Stern, re
spectacle citizen of New York, publishes
the following precious "reminiscences
which we commend to our Crawford
county Radical friends
The undersigned remembers wher
there was a Democratic flag floating
from the Potomac to Florida" and that
flag was the Star Spangled Banner; and
the time when that Democratic flag was
floating from the Potomac to Florida was
on the 18th July, 1856. The Democrats
Of the town Of Natck, the residence OF
Senator Wilson, hung out the flag at the
same time, but he, instead of participat
ing in the celebration Of the birthday OF
the American Republic in his own town,
was present at the anti-slavcry meeting in
South Pennington, IN the same county,
and clapped his hands when Lloyd Gar.
rison, Wendell Phillips, Parker Piilsbury,
Elizur Wright and host more, now very
loyal Union men, spit upon the Constitu-
tion of the United States, then throwing
to the ground, trampling it beneath their
feet, then consigning it to ashes, and these
ashes they again trampled upon.
l remember this incident TO day just
as clearly as | remember the other fact
that at meeting in fremont Temple,
February, 1861, Carl Shurz slandered
George Washington as slayeholding
old fogy, and that the whole audience
clapped applause with their patriotic
hands-and On both occasions | saw
neither the flag of our country nor any
other 1ag-thc Democratic fiag-oi
course not. But when John Brown was
hung / saw the flag of the country low.
eIed at half mast, and that in the town
where the honorable Senator resided
and that insult to the national flag was
not perpetrated by the democrats, but by
the party Of which MIR. Sumner is the
leader. SAMUEL STERN,
ANi AZ.
The antecedents of this Radical leader
are well known. a braggert, a coward
and a traitor. At the first battle of Bull
Run, he went out to see the sport and
came within an ace of being captured
lie only saved himself by preciptate
flight from the field, on which occasion
his heels were Of great advantage to him
Soon after this he raised a regiment, but
before it was fairly organized, he aban.
dOned his command and was never again
heard Of within smell of gunpowder; and
Wilson is fair type of all the Radical
leaders. Traitors and rebels to the Consti-
tuition and government Of the United
States, they are continually prating OF
the treason and disloyalty Of better men
than themselves.
Although the Constitution is the
higher and supreme law, and although
these men have taken an oath to support
that Constitution, they are to day spit
ting upon it, and trampling it beneath
their unhallowed feet as they did at South
Pennington in 1856. They are to- day in
full sympathy with the revilers of George
Washington, and the eulgoists of Johr
Brown, whose treason, murders and rob
berries in their estimation entitle him tC
monument of Parian marble From
the rule of such nest of political scoun
drels good Lord deliver us, and for such
deliverancc let all the people pray.
The Van Buren press., 1867-09-27

~ Butler seized all the gold he could
find in New Orleans. This was case of
yellow fever Of the worst typc.-Louis
rIc JGRrgoi
The Van Buren press., 1867-09-27

eE Col W. ii. Brooks arrived in Van
Buren, on Saturday from Fayetteville. lie
reports all quiet and pesceable election an
tcipated. ... .| ..'
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Inducements to Advertisers.

The ,Ies Baren Pre-" offers great in.
duccmcnts to advertisers - having the
largest circulation Of fany paper in West.
crn Arkansas and tho Indian Country.
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I e D.

In this County, a: the A. Austin place Frog
Bayou, Sept 2Oth. 1867, SEDALA KATE, infant
daughter of Kate NJ. and Jno. s. Daniel aged
II months and II days. ..
The Van Buren press., 1867-09-27

tB The following correspondence recently
took place, by telegraph, between tive promi-
nent :Democrats-one Governor English, of
Connecticut; the other the Governor elect OF
California, II. II. lIaight. It is pleasant to
read N.E
The Van Buren press., 1867-09-27
. NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sept. a. 1867

Ne" pAN In Sohh- pept' u 1861.
" Hon. Henry III. Haight, Governor elect of
California, San Francisco:
IL congratulate you ON your election. 1t
will gladden. the friends Of Constitutional lib
erty the country through, gUgg
JAMES f. ENGLISH
The Van Buren press., 1867-09-27
Old Tippecanoc,
And TYLER. too

"And so it was with the late great Ma
tional pro slavery Democratic party after
its overwhelming election Of poor Pierc.
in 1852 .r..... r......r
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29
we are 10 Have q Negro Vice.
PresIaenti--w hither are we
Z DrifklnBf

1t Is conceded that 'fdadticiSm (now
colIed rddicdliSm) was the cause of our
lats civil var. But for the aggressive
policy Of the AbolitionIsts North, there
would have been no Seccssionists
South, nor any attempt ct rebellion.
The conflict ended and slavery was
abolished, are the agitators satisfied 2
Not by any means. Summer declared
in tho Senate, the other day, that he
expected to see colored Senator's occupy
seats in their bodyl Col. Moss, an
itiuerant Radical, who harrahgued
our people IN the Court House last
fail, Writes rs follows, to the Anti-slA-
very Standard;
There are several negroes 6ttOd
for the position Of Vice President, and
that race, clsim that tho second Office
intthe g'n of'the nation shall be flled
BY NEGRO. That, they say, must be
accorded to She black rac by the
Republican party, us proof Of the
honesty of its pro feessiop of attach
mcut to tho principles Of equal rights
TO all men regardless OF race or color.
ffthat demand is refused, they will
consider the Republican party dishon-
Get in its professions, and vote agains,
il in the President election.
sIn that view, the negro is right;
and tits to be hoped ho will pu. the
party 10 that tost. John N. Lsngston
.ofOhio, ia well qualified to fill the
position Of Vice President, and the
negro. need never be- ashamed Of in
upon the Republican party
placing him upon the ticket as the
condition of receiving their support
Such an act would complete tho tri.
omph of right and justice so far as the
equality Of race is concerned. rhC
Republican party dare not refuse to
nominate Mr.. Lsngson or some other
member Of the African race, II that
people resolutoly require il. l hav,
JRa best Of reasons for believing"
II this Is to DO the order Of things
hG8d help our country!-Stdrke Co
Democrat.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29
A Masonic Plot.

sold "Thad Stevens" smells mice. 1t
is said ne has canvassed both Houses
OF Congress- and Uncovered one Of his
old terrOFa-a real Mosonic plot. Many
Of the memhcrs of the House, with
Gen. Banks'at the head, belong to the
order, and are "cable-towed.'' In his
opinion they arc bound to screen
President Johnson. a brother Mason,
from all charges or disabilities '.mnr.
der and treason excepted The'0id
antl-M Masonic agitator has discovered
that this is the place where the rub
comes in-ths' Identical spot where
the hen scratches. Something IN the
wjnd--he scents it, and behold the 30.
duel. A worse than Guy Fawkes plot.
A deep laid Masonic 2Iot-Club foot ia
on the alert. No impeachment OF
President JOHNSON nowl
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29

By The Nashville correspondent OF
the ST, Lousis Republican, in describing
the effect of the negro success in that
State says:
"SinGe the sweeping Republican tri-
umph Of Aug. |, tho iIsOience and al.
roR"nce OF the negroes havo taken long
strides in this Sia;e. Last Sabbath,
five halI-drunken buck negroes enter
ed a street car. in which were seated
several ladies and gentlemen, and pla.
ced themselves as close 10 tho ladies
as they possibly could. Their manner
was 20 Insulting and so threatening,
thnt the gentlemen thought il prudent
TO Withdraw with the ladies from the
car, The conductor then offered to
carry the negroes OF by themselves,
assuring tho whites that another cnr
would soon be Mt hand aud would take
them up But whrn the whites rot
out, the negroes did the same, deciar-
ing their intention TO ride IN the same
eur. Seeing no chance TO ride without
beng dogged ! these hounds tf Re-
publicanism, tn, ladies determined TO
walk II mn4ein the burning sun. The
Republicans then strutted of on foot
also, Boosting loudly o. their equality
The samo Republ can caucus which
d+termiped 20; nOminpte Brownl0w's
infamous registration agent for this
county, Major Alden, as their canti-
rate tor Mayor, resolved to run negro
candidates for Aldermen IN several oi
the wards ofNashville. II the Repub.
lIcans triumph in the city election
which is rapidly approaching. we shall
have savage rufians, like those who
drove The ladica from the street cars.
sent out as policemen, armed will
clubs an revol ers,to intiniiIate white
men, women and children"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29
Little

lFromr the Piqua Telegraph (German))
|: We already stated in our first number
what course we intended to pursue in
the coming and all elections hereafter
that we would only support such men
as show themselves worthy of the sup
port of the great and powerful German
nation, no matter wh-ther Democrat
or Republican; and that we would
make such men public who throw their
Islander against the Germans whom
ever they find opertunity, and such n
map is General Lee, the Republican
candidase lor Lieutenant Governor for
lhis State. Heisa full-bloOded Know.
Nothing and a crazy temperance fana.
tic, and deserves a good ki:k from
every German in the State.
Our motto is: Who is not for us
is against u.s." AMI this Is the case
with Gen. Lee. We arc no partisan;
do not favor n party more than an
other, butt is u duty to preserve
the rights Of the Germans, and make
known the cowardly and crazy men to
tho public.
We are not q graduate off Univer-
u working man-and we
DO not want more than what is right
between good and bad men. VT talk
totheG ormans'terongh tho Telegraph
and make known to them the dangers
which are surrounding US. Let the
wolves howl, but don't no afraid.
Stick together at the coming election
and ~ie:c1y will crown us. Remem.
Der the words OF tho heroic william
Toll 'You tyrants and fanatics who
even do not care for the innocent child
get ready then your time has run
out
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29

ba- Ono Bob Brown, conductor oi
the Morgan Herald, il his last week.
issue, is evidently much troubled :bou'
the Democratic Mass Meeting, of Wed:
nesday; the 2lst instant. Bot. does
not possess the honesty to tell the truth
in regard to the number present or
the proceedings, Nor does he possess
ihe ability TO answer and refute any
onS of the points madeby the apoakersi
but seems to Content himself with mis-
representation and utilization. Bob
has been plowlng after and towards
the BLACK Heifer' so long and 40 in.
teutly, that he has become bewildered
and lost to all sense of decency and fair
dealing towards his heiRnbors. When
he has occasion to speak Of a political
adversary, he il able to use only the
choice epiLhets belonging to the voca-
bulsry ola dirt! 6laekgunrd. In no
ticojng one of the speakers in the eve
ming meeting be shows Lis peculiar
ehSrscteristie-made peeHiidrby a long
eon'inqanee in abuse and Sirhcation.
lie attempts to InjVrs the character Of
this speaker-ah old and respectable
citAenr-by calling him a "vociferous
fAlsiicr,i' &c. Now We would respee.
fully ASK if this is the same Bob Brown,
who, an a certain occasion not long
since, came forward and hhmbly beg
god tho pardon of one Of our citizens
whom be had abused, imploEihgs his
forgiveness, and attributiDg his ungen,
tlemanly conduct ADD dirty low abuse
20 the TOO free use Of 'Stale-Ale."-
Poor Bob, ven your party friends ad.
nit you TO be- = "bdd egg."
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29
KnOw.NOt binSism and Radical
ism.

Many OF our readers will remember
when Know-Nothingism ~ strampant
though the Country, and will also re-
Tember it's obje Il was to exclude for
eigners from eve becoming qualified
10 excreise-tiie right Of suffrage. Most
Of the leaders or the Radical party OF
the present day, who are now in favor
Of comforting suffrage upon the blacks.
were Know Nolhings and opposed "a
having the right Of suffrage conferred
IN foreigners by. naturalization. An
Editor Of the Cleveland Herald, n ne
gro-suffrage organ, does not feel like
~discardlng Kaow-Nothingism entirely
bat advocates negro-sutiragc in the
following language
: = WO unhesjiatngly aver that seven
tenths OF tho foreigners in Our Lam
who bow " obediaYce TO the Pope 81
Rome are not no intelligent Us the lull'
bloOded Africans OF one State-wo will
not include the part bloods.
Yes, fellow citizenS,th the part hoods.
arc far superior in the eye Of Radical
lam to the full bloOded causcassi0n =
They arc 50 iai superior that Rad.
i%calisln does not deem a rational minC
will question 1t But the "iull.blooaet
African also has his place above thou
sands Of our white citizens, and TIM
Radical sheet, which ls u much quot, q
L, party organ, cries out ''disfranchise
the white mar and confer suffrage on
tbe black" So, fellt W. citizens, they
are comb;ning RadiOal'sm Will
Know-Nothingism.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29
A Radical Estimate OF che INTEL
IiEence 81 White Men.

In tho speech OF Gen. John G. Lee,
RauIcai candidate for Lreutenst Cover,
nor. published ia the Ohio State Jourydi
Of the 10th inst, We find the following
choice morsel tor White voters to di-
gest il they Can:
"But / will reply to the allegation
that tho Ne. no il unfit iOr.the ballot
on account OF hlsIgnorance. ] submit,
fellow cit;zrns. whether The Black man
is NOT BETTER FITTED for the
bdiIOt than ne same number Of Waite
irho can be found in Ohio,
Ifthat Is not strong enough on the
''kInk" OF ''them man and brother" read
tho !ollowingirom thesanie g%entleman's
speech. delivered ut Mansfield, o., on
the 18th INST, aud published in the
Cincinnati Gazette OF the 10th list:
Arc there not men who cast their
votes in ~Rirhland County lcss cOmpe-
tant by the want of intelligence than
some ofycur black men in the county
Ii is 60 all over the State. There make
the assertion .that=fhe 1900 men, of Fl
years of.69e. in, Ohio, Nth black blood
ARE BETTER QUALIFIED BY reason
Of intelligence 10 cote than there are Z 50(
White men IN different parts Of the State
MANY'TIMESFT0LD. So that Plol
will.not answer" ne
White voters. tho man nominated
for the second office in the State say,
boldlythat Negroes are better qualified
to exercise the, right of the c%lectiv,
franchise thOnynd are Reply to tbit
insult ut the polh On Tuesday, the 9th
day of October. Give the revilers 81
the White man. like Gen. Lee, to un.
derstand that you have not descended
40 low in the scale ofmorals as he has
Spirit Of Dem.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29

1t is said that General Grant, in bis
close scrutiny into the working of the
War Department machinery, for the
purpose Of getting rid Of supcrnumer,
aries and the curtailment Of expenses,
has had his attention drawn to the
large number Of public horses -hahy
6f1Hem very fine ones--thnt are now
being used by prominent civilian Off
eialsa This is a cheap luxury that has
peen' employed only since the ssHr
Previous to.that time no civilian off,
GERS were allowed the use of Govern.
ment horses; but now these officers
may be seen any day drivinga sppn
Of fine animals which are public prop
orty and fed on Government forage.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29
0I.Iar.u nut pot "rriemd.,,

The Editor-of- the Noblez County
Reyablfcon dsvotes the space Of ab6dt
one-third Of q column IN bis paper Of
Last week to caIlingus names. Twice ho
calls us friend" an t-once 'i:ar." We
cur stand the "liar" from such M he
very well, but we most earnestly pros
test against his ever addressing us ms
friend" People might think VS.
know you" Mr.. Goodrich K,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29
Proposition to Increase the Size
HI
~ OF .d.l
TIE CONSERVATIVE.

Having heard, from various parts
of the County, that it was desired by
the Morgan county Democrats. that
t'lFIE CONSERVATIVE should
be increased in size, L now make. TO
them the following proposition: ~.
Hthe Democracy Of Morgan cOun-
Ity will raise 800 additional subscri-
bers to the list we have now settled
for the coming year, and will haEe<this
300 entered upon Our books and the
subscription money paid in between
now and the .~ ...c /, d, ~~@r "
LIST DAY OF OCTOBER NEXT,
then the paper will be enlarged.
This is, on an average, less than
twenty-five to the township. There
is no township in the county but can
be induced to take at least twenty-five
papers i'm addition to what they new
take. Most, Ofthe townships can dou-
bic or treble that number If the proper
men take hold of the matter with O
proper will. If Democrats want q
larger paper they must make an at
tempt to increase the circulation. Let
every one GO to work at once, and let
us have a paper large enough to sat.
isfy all cur friends.
JOSEPH a., KELLY.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29

Two loyal freedmen had n pisael
hght IN a church in Carrolton, MisAo-
usi, some two weeks ago, about who
should walk at tho head OF an enamel.
'pAtr,n p-r0OssSiOn,