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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1868-11-17

tg 1t will be noticed by referring to
|, advertising columns, that the Packet
ompany steamers, will take passengers
Iittle Rock at half price, during the
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1868-11-17
w AsHINGTON, Nov. s,

Gen. Grant arrived last night on .pe-
cial train by way of Harrisburg, accom-.
panied by Gems. Smith, Comstock, Ba-
deau and J. Russell Jones, and quietly
proceeded to his house, in the northern
part OF the city. Senator Wade arrived
last night, and Speaker Colf;.x reaches
" ashmgton tomorrow, and they will in
accordance with Congressional concur
rent resolution, adjourn both Houses on
Tuesday until the first Monday in Deem
Der.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1868-11-17

4 Ev Mrs. Thomas Cross, of Auburn,
H., the other day, bore her seventeenth
title Gross, whereupon Mr.. Cross GROSSLY
Exclaimed: "Amelia Jane, this is not
b be borne' " Yes, but it is born, my
@ear,' exclaimed the wife.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1868-11-17
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7

In The Supreme Court Of the District
OF Columbia to-day the case of John H.
oarrau, came up, the motion being to dis,
mss him. appealed by District Attorney
10 the decision of Judge Willy in Crimi
nal Court sustaining a plea of statue of
limitation and diseharging the prisoner
from the court. Judges Carter, Oliver
and Wiley dismissed the appeal on the
ground that there was no precedent for
sustaining an appeal in case where judg.
ment has been rendered in criminal
court in favor of the defendant. This is
the end of the Surratt case.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1868-11-17

ry- Mrs. Scott Sidlons, descendant
Of Mrs Sarah Siddons, the great tragic
ACTRESS of England, has come to America
on professional tour as reader and &C
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1868-11-17
No. z, Main Street, Van Buren,
F.. ". MEALS OLD STAND.

DEGINNlNG anew we feel determined to
( } offer better inducements than eur before.
Approaching the friendship shown to us by
of our customers, we shall spare no
efforts to make a continuance of their patron
age with the new firm both agreeable and
profitable to our friends.
Therefore we ask you to come and see us
come and look at our Goods come and buy
of us We will not be Wldersold BY dAys0ae
in Arkansas. Rely on that fact
april Is Il. &. POWELL " CO.
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re- Attention is directed to the adver-
ssement Of W. NJ, BozART, of Fayette-
ke, offering his Buildings and Goods
br sale. A bargain is offered.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1868-11-17
NEW YORK.

NEW DIRK, NOV. I.
The excitement in Wall street to-day is
intense and without a precedent in the
history Of stock exchange The panic
this morning was about as severe as ever
known, and at that this evening the buo-
yancy was greater than at any time since
the Juror began. The money market
opened very stringent-seven per cent
call with one-fourth per cent commission.
This was occasioned by report that the
bear clique had covered their shorts and
were letting out money, and that the
banks were letting ont more freely, which
seems to be authentic.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1868-11-17
WASHINGTON Nov g

by dispatches received here from the
SOUTH 1t appears that Democratic Con.
gfessmen enough were elected to give the
parry ninety members in the next House
Oh representatives; but in the Western
States alone the seats of eight Democrats
are to be contested.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1868-11-17
GAN BUREN,, ARKANSAS.

c,0i p. Nay aad Jao. Nedle, ,5iih c. G
y a. are our Agents at Little Rock
n rseoire subscriptions for ihe Press.
r. g w. PettiagiH C Cos m Ne'e York and
= a., authorized TO reeeire ddrertisfRg for
ass. in those cities. AL.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
w 1SHINGToN. Nov

r, 49, Il i'uiON, NOV. ..
Inc postmaster General has awarded
The contract for carrying the mail ON ,bS
route route from Fort Smith, Arkansas. 70
Sherman, Texas, a distance of DOB m;los
'rn a week to VIM. j. Iddings, of
Il. r9ornhill, Alabama, at 50, 400 per annum
Inc contract ad is from January /, 1869 to
June 5V' 1871. The bids for This CON
tract ranged from $50, 900 to 80 400
Tue PRESIDENT to-day issued an order
removing Gen Reynolds from the com
mand OF the Military District of Texas
~; appointing Gen, Candy in bis Mace
Inc Official order empowers Gen Canby
70 exercise all the powers provided IN the
reconstruction acts. Gen. REYNOLDS re
moyai Is caused By his Interference in
evil judicial suits involving the title to
property. W
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November 9Th.

Legislature adjourned until January
All fears Of a riot dispelled.
Gov. Reid refuses to recognize the &C
ton of the Legislature, aud declares it an
illegal body. He refuses to surrender his
Office to Lieutenant Governor Gleason.
and has sued Gleason and Alden, the
Secretary Of State, for conspiracy against
the government They are now under
arrest
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TENNESSEE.

.+-e. NASHVILLE, Nov. 6.
Il. X. Butler, Horace Maynard, w. B.
Stokes, S. r. Arnel, W. G. Prosscr and
), K. Hawkins, Republican Representa-
tlves, are elected to Congress from Ten
nessee. A dispatch from Shelbyville this
evening, says Sheafe, Democrat, is Ger
tainly elected in the Fourth District, by
several hundred. The Republicans await
the official returns to determine the re-
suit
, MEMPHIS, Nov g.
Leftwich's majority is about 500. If
the vote of Fayette county is allowed it
will swell it to I,400.
NORTH CAROLINA
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1868-11-17

II. s. Rymal, our Agent, will be con-
stantly travelling on the Arkansas River and
will make liberal advances on consignmcnts
Of Cotton shipped 90 this House.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1868-11-17
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 6.

CARPET BAG GOVERNOR IMPEACHED.
Hon. Harrison Reed, Governor Of the
State is impeached with high crimes and
misdemeanors in office. The charges
were preferred by Horatio Jencks, Pres
dent of the late Constitutional Conven-
ton, three fourths of the number present
yeting in the affirmative. All the men,
bers were not in attendance. Gov. Reed
will contest the case His friends claim
that the Legislative body in session is il
legal. The Legislature may adjourn to-
morrow. t..
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MINNESOTA.

ST. PAUL, Nov. 7.
A splitin the Republican party result
ed in the defeat of Donnelly and the cleo
ton of W ilson (Democrat) to Congress.
The State gives 10000 Republican ma
jority. Negro suffrage is carried by a
large majority.
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MEMPHIS, Nov. 6.
NORTH CAROLINA.
RALEIGH, Nov. 6


The election returns are yet very in
complete, and it is impossible to say with
certainty how the State has gone The
general opinion is that it has gone for
Grant by a majority of about 5000.
The returns indicate the election to
Congress of Cobb in the lst District, Hea-
ton in the ID, Dewes in the 4th, Lash in
the 9th GALL Republicans), and also the
election of Shober in the 9th District,
Durham in the It'll, and possibly Mckay
(Democrat) in the Sd District
WILMINGTON, n. c., Nov. s
Congressional delegation stands: Five
Republicans and two Democrats. Grant 5
majority in the State is 5000,
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~ Just one line wanted,
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ST. LOUIS, Nov. 7


The Republican publishes table show
ing a Democratic majority in 20 counties
of 1925. A Democratic gain of 1888,
and in 80 other counties Republican
majority of 1859, gain of $3.50, giving
a net Democratic gain of over 1000 in OF
counties. The returns strongly indicate
the election Of four Democratic Congress
men in the first, sixth, ninth and third
Districts. in the latter Mccormick was
re. elected.
4 Gov. Crawford, Of Kansas, has resign.
ed and been commissioned colonel Of Q
regiment Of cavalry, raised for the State
for service against the Indians. The
Lieutenant. Governor will act as governor
during the remainder Of the term. N
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tN AUGUSTA, Nov s.
1t is estimated that the Democratic ma.
jority in this State is 10000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-01
nEmor..r,c nABnoNIEs.

The Vest and South, the organ Ct Gnti-
Capitalization, ami consolidation, anti-greeL,
back Democracy. TINS describes the Democ-
raey Of the Cincinnati Eaqairer:
The Enquirer might as we'll be owned By
Wall street. Il is more representative Of that
rpg;ol b q any other pat Of the Union. SUI
p-eIAeial and mertenary IN every thing II
tabs against high taxau6n. which 10 one iu-
eident ii deap0iism. whilp it advances, by all
the means 81 command, the essence Of CEN
trafjz ,tlon and State degradation-the indef>
Unite Congressional powers 10 flood the con
Hneat wllh couutless millions OF worthless
paper money. This sum of yiltaipies the En-
aRlreT wants by its theory to convert INTO a
perfect swarm Of pirates by making cords and
uiies Of new greenbacks legal tenders :tr
debt. 30 that nobody can resist the most open
handed robbery. Al the same time the Eas
qairer, by its practice. proves that it can aP.
pesI 10 Courts TO shelter it from any tax al
ali on thirty odd thousand of these greenback
dollars. When tho food comes it will End
the ENQUIRER prepared for a rainy day. ready
In rtos The financial skill of the paper. Ly
taking up the property of the poor and the
weak and miserable ior It's Ill-goten green
backs. In that day we hope that II will be
better for SDdom aud Gogorrah than for b
fnanciers, who have been life long cheats oI
their party, aud protected themselves and Ell
lareca their estates by cottoning to such
wretches ia authority as Gen. Burnside, da-
riag the yer, bat after the peace, joining his
friends 10 stretching the pagaFs OF the red
eral Government otbe extreme point ai EFT
reptitiously apnropriating all THAT the var
left to the iaborer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-04-01
Notice Ia Bankruptcy.
notice in Bankrup1c1.

In the District Court 81 the Unnsd States for tho Dis.
Eo ert n Moore, bankrupt, At Keokrk, II said
district, en- the 9Th day of March, A . ls6s-uS
A District eft Iowa.
ynylIfs il TO give rotice tina. q petition has been to-wit
on The 81 b day Of March, 4 Discs disdfa said dis
trisf court. by Robert N Moore Of Rurlirgton. De-
VI ines County, Iowa In ssid district. who hase
bssn ae~r -iofJrs duty declared bark upt under the act
Of Congress enfisiedsA actt 10 tst&blsh 8 uniform y =
ssu Of hansraptey throughout ths United States ZAP
prasta NJ 4rch "a, 1851. for = discharge and certificate
tbereai IRON all ss debts snd other ciaiss p oyabss
nnsiHr SAIL act. AID that the 9Th das q MAJ, 4 p
1868, alto osclsss =. NJ Is assigned Tor the hesrisg Of
taa aasis before raid Corrt, st ke0kuf, Lee county,
I5ss, wasra sai whai sI s~fsiiaors Of sid tankrupsy
a#a niiasher psssensin sas eIsst ray attend aod shaS
e-ssse. II auf they hsse. Why tie PRAYER of The said petit
III .n4rs Il oul3 not b. eraniet. ard further notscs II
b~r.ty gtsss that tas SECOND md third meefinfr Of the
RI sstnrF Of sid bank aspss, reartrec srdes the m and
a4ta 4se1s4sas OF said at ~su be hsldea before John
hraee. Il sSst r N Bankruptcy. al hia ofise. room
rans,sr SIS Estes Huste. III the city Of keosnk, ! or
county fosa. On The I'd Gay Of Maj D 1855. u 10
j O nusss, CLERK o 1 Df.ssset oourt, !
mct2 -ax-sat 1t GAokak. Iowa
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Z ,HUiCE EESHANNOEK POTATOES.
~ au3 Va shel choice hesasnnsck Posato~s, just ~
siesd ~ ALBkAA-
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-06-13
Street Scene.


The other day passing along Mill
tary street in front Of the court-houss
we saw an armed ex-Confederatt
soldier standing by his wagon and
team Of oxen. Allat once the manned
rebel, with the FIRE Of battle not en-.
tirely gone from bis eye, straight.
ened himself up, assumed the mill
tary stiffness Of old Gen. Ruggle'
when calling bis courier for a pipe o.
tobacco, whirled his long whip grace.
fully in the air, shouted in hoars'
voice Of commando
"Attention baitalion!"
Promptly with the word the 81,
steers rose from the recumbent aiti.
tude, shook their dusky aanks, ant
took the position Of the soldier.
Again the clarion voice.
"Forward-marchi" 1ft
And the traincd animals moved
Of, not with a great deal Of time Ia
keeping step It's true, but nnder'
standing the command perfestly.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-06-13

MtHrIiis, ians q, is9a.
hfiios @pr' Ny attention has
been agmefui'ly called lca some
70 ibe la.i l'sue oi y@f piper, On.
titled "OfIolas Reply and I. ihrc
seems 10 h. wms slight rsnmr o.
NY maine, of At least "a such = sup.
position might prevail, I take ihe
liberty Of coffectios pm. mIssppre-
tensions that might otherwise arise
IN the mind. Of persons unac1uainied
with my stature. IN The first place,
J 'hall'metely thank The Young gen.
ileman who go generously flew 10 the
rescue Of "Oriola," aud who took
the pains 10 carlainrc my pome.
let me say TO him before passing on,
however that Sancho lann was moi
a scribe, only barber there Is no
such word as lunch !" "likc" and
p'gn. 20 not rhyme my hair Is
no. reddish, but golden, and that
mary had . little lamb" recently
published by Bcadlo IN hls collection
o' byron : Inter day poems isa
most exquisite gem of poetry, and
should be taken as his model. ]
would not crit'slsc, however; only
come to the point that pricks--
Mighty little man, poet Jimmy Sui
,,v0n' Now, !, Is well known that
! nave engaged IN the show business
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-06-13

A waggish editor, who is oflen
merry over his personal plsiuness,
tells this story Of himselfi II went
to the chemist tho other day for
dose Of morphine for sick friend,
The assistant objected to give II TO
me without a prescription, evidently
fearing that I intended suicide.
" pshsw I" said I, "do / look like .
man who would kill himsolff" Gaz-
ing steadily at ne q moment, he re-
piled. al don't know. II seems to
me II I looked like you, | should 10
greatly tempted to kill myself.v
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-06-13

Whleh FHies ekeeed That N The ffte
eolored Ny iwo hli anil three fld
respectively Ihsef~fy. the.s eum
rarlsons imply an esesalys mortality
amoug ihe i,rc tolored, whleh l. taf
ilcolafly evldess 10 Che Infgs eilIe
Thus, IN IIosion. daring the ase
yeas. ending With is6e, The city reg.
lstrar observsi "The number ~
eoIered births WIS one lees Than The
number of marriages, and the denths
exceed The births In the proportion
oi nearly two ~ one.p IN PmyI.
dcncc, where a very correct registry
has been In operation under the ~.
pcrinicndenec of d. SNOW, the
deaths arp one In iweniy.four Of The
colorcd and in Philadelphia during
the last ds months Of the ceusus
year, the new city registration gives
lfs births against 700 deaths among
tho free colorcd. Tnking town and
country together, however, the re-
suits are more favorable. In the
State registration of Rhode Island
and Connecticut, where the distInc-
ton Of color has been specified, the
yearly deaths Of the blacks and mu-
lattoes have generally, though not
uniformly, exceeded the yearly births
"A high rate Of mortality, chiefly
ascribcd to consumption and other
diseases Of the respiratory system
These developments of the census
to good degree explain tho slow
progress of the free colorcd popula.
ton In the Northern States, and in.
dicate with unerring certainty III,
gradual extinction of that people, th'
more rapidly as, whether free OF
slave, they become diffused among
the dominant race. There are, how,
ever, other causes, although in them
selves not sufficient to account fo
the great excess Of deaths over births
which is found to occur In SOM
Northern cities, and these are sucl
as are incident to incongenial oil
mates, and a condition involving al
the exposures and hardships whicl
accompany people of lower caste.
With the lights before US, Il seems
therefore, quite rational to conclud,
that VIC need not look forward to
centuries to develop the fact that
the white race is no more favorable
to the progress Of the African race
in its midst than il has been to the
perpetuity of the Indian on its Dor.
ders, and that, as has been the cas-,
in all other countries on this cont.
nent, where the blacks were once
numerous, the colored population ia
America, wherever, either FREQ OIL
slave, il must in number and condi.
tion be greatly subordinate to the
white race, Is doomed to eompara-
lively rapid absorption or extinc-
ton"
Mr.. President, | feel greatly
obliged for the kindness of the Con-
vention in suspending It's rules, that
/ might be heard on the important
question now TO be decided. FoI
this courtesy | now return my sincere
thanks.
fH
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=
JIMMY SuLI-vAS."

CRoAREH.-Thero are some peo-
pie who are opposed to Radical rule,
with all It's undesirable horrors,
that will not lend their efforts TO pre-
vent it, on the ground that Il is in
evitablc. This is not true. No effort
has yet been made by the Conserva-
tives to carry the State. Their first
attempt Is to be made in the ap-
preaching election, which they can
carry II they will use proper efforts.
There Is no official report showing
that the freedmen have a registered
majority in the State; and IL they
have, there Is no reason TO believe
that q considerable number Of them
will not vote with the Conservatives
against the proposed constitution, if
proper means are taken to instruct
them in reference to is odious Ca
tures.-Cldrion.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-06-13
Speech or Hon. J. W. O. Watson on
the Elective Franchise,
Delivered in The Convention February
.y1r 2l, 1868.

- a'VVs
I CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK.
What have been Hayti and the
British West Indies in the hands Of
emancipated negroes for the last half
century or more, but theatres of con-
tinued strife and bitter warfare, and
a rapid deterioration in population,
productions, wealth and civilization ?
Lord Brougham, who, from his phi
lanthropy, and the interest he has
ever taken in the subject of emanci-
patton, must be regarded as an i'm
partial witness, says Of the negroes
in the West Indies: "Improvident
and careless of the future, they are
not actuated by that principle which
inclines more civilized men to equal
ize their exertions at all times and to
work after the necessaries of the day
have been procured, in order to make
up for the possible DEFICIENCIES of the
morrow nor has their intercourse
with whites taught them to consider
any qualification worth obtaining
which cannot be procured by slight
exertion Of desultory and capricious
industry"
Mr.. Clay, who, was the opponent
Of slavery, and the warm friend Of
the American Colonization Society,
in his celebrated colonization speech
Of 1880, SOD that "the emancipation
Of all Of the slaves IN the United
States, without their removal, would
be unwisc, and that he believed that
the aggregate Of evils which would
be engendered in society upon the
supposition Of general emancipation
and Of the liberated slaves remaining
principally among us, would be
greater than all the evils Of slavery,
great as they unquestionably. are"
According to the Census Of 1860,
the entire colored population in what
we're then the free States of the
Unian was about one-fourth Of a
million, and taken as a class, they
certaiuly were considered the most
worthless and indolent Of the inhab-
itants Of the United States. Many
years ago numder Of free negroes
emigrated from the slave States to
the State Of Ohio, and more recently
to the States Of Illinois and Indiana.
Their presence seemed then to be de-
sired in the great and growing North
West. But the hospitality with which
they were at first received, was soon
exhausted, and then by a system Of
rigorous and cruel laws, an effort was
made to expel them. Experience
taught these free States that a free
colorcd population was a nuisance,
and, therefore, they determined to
abolish Il; but still with this practi-
cal knowledge on the subject, these
very States now insist that the white
voters Of the Sonth shall be disfran-
chised by Wholesale, and the govern
ment of the Southern States placed
in the hands Of the negroes. Give
to the colored population Of Missis-
sippi the power TO govern the State
and they certainly viii exercise Il
We have already seen them organix'
as a race In opposition to the ascend
ancy Of the whites. They have nov
10 the 6eld candidates for Governor
Lieut Givernor, and all State officers
and for Congress in several Of III,
Dissricis, and we know that they viii
vote only for men Of their own selec'
ton 70 fll all Offices, Whether cxecu
tive, leshlIive, or Judicial. And
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-06-13

A little girf was lately reproved
for playing outdoors with boys, and
isfsrmed xhsi, bei6s seven years old,
she wss "too big for that now.s
But, With al imaginable innocspss.
she replied. "why, the bigger W
grow shc better ~ like EN-
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Marriage aud obituary notices, n not NOR,
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All advertisements Of q strictly personal
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cents per line.
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:. Advertisements payablein advance, aud Job
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IMroRrAST DECISION. AT tho
May term Of the United States Dis
trict Court at jackson, Judge Hill
decided In reference TO the statute Of
limitations, that so Ear as suits In
that court were concerned, he would
hold that the statute Of limitations
was suspended from January, 1881,
TO June, 1866, the time the court was
re-organised. A note, therefore, 10
be barred by the statute Of limita-
tons in the Federal Court, must havo
been due more than eleven years and
five months. An account would be
barred in eight years and five months.
Reporter. "