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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-06

lLL--Aiexander II. stephens, Of Georgia
whites from Philadelphia that his physical
constitution Is very feeble and that he is hardly
aoie al times to sit mp in bed He is expected
here this week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-06

A PRIVATE LETTER from General Fitzpatrick
Minister TO Chilli, states that he intends TO re-
sign his mission, and come home in June, to
take the stump for the Republican candidate
tor the Presidency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-06

STANTON AND THE TENURE OF OFFICE BILL
Ii will not BE- denied in the report of Senator
Howard that Mr.. Stanton opposed the Tenure
of Offiee bill, but il will be maintained thai
when once a law, it was as binding upon Mr.
Stanton as any other citizen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-06

We LEARN from excellent authority that
Hon. 5. 5. Cox, of New York, will be nomi-
mated as Minister TO Austria by the President
during the present week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-06

PROPOSALS FOR STATIoSERY.-At 70 O'Clock
Today bids Were opened at the Office of Col.
Horace Capron, Commissioner of Agriculture.
ior furnishing such stationery as may be re-
qnlred by the Department of Agriculture for
me balance of he fiscal year, ending June 3Oth
lssS- The bids Were opened in the presence of
ihe applicants, whose names are as follows. viz
French x Richardson, Philip & Solomons.
VIM ID. Shepherd, Dempsey O'Toole, and
toyle Towers; all of this city. The con-
uact has not yet been awarded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-06

The Volcano in Alarm ming Action-A River
OF Fire-ShOcks of Earthquake-Genera
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-06

lhE INDIAN PEACE COMMISSION, of which
non ". q. TAYLOR is president, held a meeting
To-Day al tne Once Of the Commissioner of In
niah Anars, all The members present. They
"ie h SESSION some unie, and discussing mat
"Is pertaining 10 their report, which will
shortly be made TO Congress.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
RIVER NEWS, WEATHER. ETC

River falling steadily and nearing low water mark.
 Weather quite warm during the whole of the week, the thermometers going up to ninety-five on last Mon day.
 The Liberty No. 2 swings around the bend as regularly as Monday comes. The Liberty has won golden opinions which she deserve as good boat well officered. The irrepressible Milt Harry her chief purser, is the most jovial of the jovial, but he looks business all the while. He has our super white and gilt-edgc q thanks for kindly remember ing us.
 The ever reliable and punctual Com mercial did not fail last Thursdav.- She passed down Friday evening. She is comma nded by the popular Captain Ashford, and has the indispensable Charlie Smithers in the office, 10 whom we acknowledge ourselver in debt for repeated favors.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20

that l have not been partisan of con viction, and this denunciation l am willing to bear. They may denounce and abuse me. and read me out of the party if they choose I follow my old lights, not the new.
 "What the developments of the future may be, l know not. l neither expect nor desire to Dc 9 candidate for office again. Itwould, however, grat- fly me exceedingly if the Democratic party would take ground which would assure the country against all attempts to subvert the principle of universal suffrage, established in eight, and to be established in all. of the Southern constitutions. Then. I think the future of the great cansc for which l have la bored so long would be secure, and should not regret my absence from political labors.
 SALMON P. CHASE"
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
Srecial Notice.

We wish to call the attention of our readers to the eolumn advertisement headed "Purify Your Blood Co III the articles mentioned in it. All those afflicted by disease, or who have .frieuas suffering from sickness. should care fnli, read, aud we know they will derive pro- it from ir. Jt gives us mush pleasure to be able in this mannsr to recommend to our peo- ple these remedies, as years ot trlai snow they falls deserve. Dr. TAes. A. Hurley $ sarsapmiiia, the Great Blood Purifier, needs only to be tried to be fully appreciated. HIS Bi4iers. Hnrley's.l are the best and purest now offered for sale. For debility and loss Of appetite no others ought to be usca. Hurley's Ague Tonic is hsrp,less in it's effect and never fails to cure if used hy directions. Try if Also his Worm Candy. llailey's,l cannot be equalled any child will take it So t is with Dr. Seahrooks Soothing Syrup. the best and safes; now. offerod, as ho bad effects ever oo- eur from using it. Mothers try one bottle, and in future yoe will get no other. Also Dr. seahrook 5 Elixir of pyrophosphate of iron and Calasaya; also Dr. Betiisons Eng, Horse Luimeit. and James Ruddle X Co.'S Ext Jam. Ginger All the above remedies are unequalled we cannot understand why their remedies might not as well be taken in the special diseases for which they are recom- mended, wi'll as much confidence as the pre- seription of e regular physician.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20

Having had indubitable evidence of it's prompt and certain effects from the testimo- ny of multitude of respectable citizens, among whom are classed some of our best physicians, we dc not hesitate to recommend this Preparation in all eases of Fever and Ague and Chills and Fever: indeed, from the facts in our possession of it's intrinsic value, it would not be too much for us to state that when the directions are strictly complied with, we warrant cure in every case where il is tried. It is pleasant 10 the taste, and the cheapest medicine in the world. There fore, in truth. il may be declared the day is not far distant when 1t must be appreciated and used in every household where Fever and Ague or Chills and Fever is found 10 exist
 The wonderful operation of the Texas Ton ic Syrup in neutralizing the effects of mala- rious poison in the human system, can only explain its extraordinary agency in the speedy, thorough and permanent cure of Chills and Fever or Fever and Ague, and all their kindred diseases, in whatever form of Bilious Complaints they may make their ap- pearance.
 As it's name imports, it is Tonic of rare and medicinal virtues, composed of pure and harmless ingredients, and are so united as to form q compound alike skillful ill art beau tiful in appearance, and can be taken with safety to the most delicate constitutions. It is tlle result of lifetime of experience and practice ill a Southern climate, and was nev- CT known to fail, even where all othe reme- dies had been tried in vain
 Those wbo are unacquaintca with the ex- traordinary properties of this home produc- ton, manrlaciured from Roots ant Plants indigenous to the soil of our "sunny south, fand hence adapted to the cure Of southern climatic diseascs) arc respectfully referred 10 the certificates of respectable citizens whase names are embraced in q pamphlet which accompanies c1ch hotWc also the ca- dorsemcnis of the press in all tiie southern States, indicating the many thousand cures already performed by onr justly celebrated Texas Tonic Syrup.
 Tbe reports from hundreds of Druggists, Merchants and Dealers, from all parts of the country, are uniform in stating the medicine is safe, certain and reliable, as a substitute for Quinhe and the poisonous compounds heretofore generally sold, and is rapidly supplasting eyerythiug of this class.
 As home enterprise it especially com mends itself 10 che people of this section of the country, who are now stcuGe Ing iu an effort to do away with old prejudiees in favor of foreign produce and may We not hope foreign s'QAack Nostruius, tue proprietors of which. in most cases, are governed by no thing but nereenary motives, know nothing of the properties Of Medicinal Agents, and care nothing for our interests, except to en- tice our people into the use of their vile mixtures.
 Tho Texas Tonic Syrup is packed in eases of two dozen.
 Deaiers supplied upon better terms chan any other remedy affords.
 MANSFIELD & HIcBEE,
 Druggists and Chemists, Sole
 Propresors, Memphis, Tenn
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
SALMON P. CHASE

-lntelligence has been received of the death of Governor McRae, of Mis- sissippi, at Balze, oh the 30th. He had arrived the Tuesday previous. The voy- age of Governor McRae to Honduras was made, we understand less with view to residence than in the hope of improving his health, which had long been declin- ing: but we have not yet learned whether his death was due to his chronic condi- ton or to some sudden attack, He was attended in his last moments by his nece, who had accompanied him abroad,
 "A young woman in New Phila- delphia, Ohio, was seduced, lately, by a married man named Everett, Q for mcr lover, and, having given birth to a child, poisoned herself last Saturday. The seducer has fed
 -Gerald Neck, living near Rich mond, Indiana. is in jail on the charge of poisoning his wife. He had been in correspondence with widow in Iowa, and it is said threatened to get rid of his wife.
 The trains on the Mobile and Ohio railroad are again stopped by strikers.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20

''WAKE, SNAKES l1-Wo have q snake story for this week, and if any of our contemporaries cnn beat 1t, and relate the truth and notmng but the truth we will yield them the palm. On last Monday evenining Messrs. !. r. Pitt- man and W. H. Brock, both of this place, while out examining small lake iii the lower part of town for crawtish, noticed q great many snakes about it's vicinity, and concluded they would obey the scriptural injunction of bruising some of their heads. They went to work and in short time had dispatched forty-two of their snake chips, ranging from eighteen inches 10 three and halt feet in length. They were of two species, the cotton mouth and water moccasin. The war was ceased npon them. not because they had destroyed them all. but from the dinieuity Of reaching them. as they had retreatcd into the water. The snakes were attracted to, this plaeesno doubt, by the fish that were being eN- posed by the gradual drying up of the lake If Medusa should pay us a visit we could present her with any amount of waterfalls and cliignons. for we are the people that have got the snakes 10 do it witlf
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
PURIFY YOUR BLGODlll.
arlry araaparilla,

OF all the remedies that have been discov- cred during the present age for the thousand ills that flesh is heir to, none equal this won derful preparation Only ten years have elapsed since the discoverer, (who spent Q decade in studying experiments, and perfect. inq it.) first introduced ii to the public, and il is already recognized by the most eminent yAysicians in all parts of the country to be The most surprising and effective remedy Tor certain diseases of which they have knowl- edge.
 All other Compounds or Syrups of this root have hitherto failed 10 command the sanction of the Faculty. heoausc on being tested, they have been found to contain noxious ingredi- cnts which neutraliae the good effects of the sarsararilla. an6 oftentimes iniure the health of the patient. It is not so with Hurley 8 preparation.
 This is the pure and genuine extract of the root and will. on trial, be found to effect a certain and perfect cure of the following com plaints and diseases:
 Affection Oftfte Bones, HEabftuaI GostiyeRess. Diseases of the
 Kidneys, EeyspePsta. Fry
 sEpeias, Female EFreg-
 charities. Hfs1uia.
 skin Esiseases.
 Indigestion,
 Liver Complaint. Plies. sc.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
Chief Justice Chase 0n the
 situation,


 Prom tho New York HcraldJ
 Tho following confidential letter from Chief Justice Chase hrs been han ded to me It sodistinctly marks the present position and sentiments ot Mr. Chase on important political qucs- tions that l do not feel at liberty to withhold its publications
 ''WAsHrxGroN, May I1 lS6S.~
 'MY DEAR SIR: You arc right in believing that shall never abandon the great principles, for the success of which l have given my entire life l adhere to my old creed ofequal rights.' without one jot or title of abatement. I snnsll be glad the new professors of that crcca adhere to il as faithfully.
 Il am amazed by the torrent of inycc- tive by which am tlreh.hed. Almost everything alleged as fact is ra,sehood out of the whole cloth. Where an allegation has a little fact in it the fact is so perverted and travestied that it becomes falsehood. l know no mo- tves for all this except disappointment that impeachment has not thus far proved success, coupled with belief that l have done something to prevent iis being success. have not been a partisan of impeachment, certainly ]; bat l have not been n partisan on the other side. As presiding officer over the trial, my conscience tcstiiies that have been strictly impartial, and am sure that any one who reads tho report will say so. Individually I have my convictions and opinions, but l have ! very seldom given utteranee to them. Indeed, do not think that the case. in any of it's aspects, has been the subject conversation between myself and moro i than four or five Senators, and then only casually and briefly. No Senator will say that 1 have sought to influence him.
 Tho rsal ground of dcnunciation is,
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
MrDfciI.
DR. JOHN BULLS Great Remedies
Bulls CedrOn BitterS.
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS. Arkansas Heard From.
 TESTlAONT OF MEDICAL MEN

Stony Pcin', White Co, Ark. May 23, '66. DR JOHN Burr--Dear Sir: Last February 1 was in Louisville purchasing drugs, and got some of your Sarsaparilla and Cedrou Bittcrs.
 My son n-law who was with me in the store, has been down with rheumatism for some time, commenced on the Bitters; and soon found his general health improved. Dr. Gist, who bas been in bad health, tried them, and he also improved.
 Dr Coffee, who has been in bad health for several years-stom0ch and liger affected-he improved very much by the use of your Bit ters Indeed the Cedron Bitters has given you great popularity in this settlement. l think could sell great quantity of your medicines this fall--espeeially of your Ced- ron Bitters and Sarsaparilla Ship me yia Memphis, care of Rickett X Nicely.
 Respectfully,
 C. B WALKER
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
Louisville. ky. DR. JOHN BULL. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM

PROVIDENCE, ALA., May I5, INbb. Da. JouN BULL: send you $50 for CEn- RON BrTrrns; please send what il will como to afier paying freight to Columbus, Miss, have been tronhled for several years with indigestion: have had to take pills every night for ten or ffleeu years, and in fehras- rv..lsG4. was attacked with general psraly- sis. vas confined to my room for the hal- ance of the year; and, in fact, continued in very weak and nervous condition until some two months since, when 1 was put under m operation, and your CanaoN BlTrrRs for treatment. I commenced improving right away, and am pretty well restored
 Yours truly,
 A. l.. NEAL.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
Best Family Paper in Arkansas

The CITIZEN is presented to the people of Arkansas as large in form as any Dem ocratic weekly in the State. Although independent iii all things, and neutral in nothing, it is emphatically
 FAMILY Nz-s9A5 5E., And now ranks as one of the first in the State. The greatest care will be taken to make it's selections choice and instructive. A new feature will soon be added by pub fishing q story each week, or if too long, running it through two or three numbers,
 The political complexion of the Citizen is white-opposed to negro suffrage and a score of other Radical tenets, and while opposing them shall advocate the principle that white men should rule white men.
 In times of great political danger every man should take paper, and 1t IS more than probable that the present year will witness more political excitement and ex- traordinary political events than any pre- vious one of our nationality. Let the people assist the CITIZEN by joining in and making up clubs, and they will there by render it powerful auxiliary in their warfsro against hateful negro suffrage and the many other evils the Radical party design thrusting upon the State.
 Read the following club rates, which arc lower than these of any other weekly west of the Mississippi river:
 TER NS-CASU IN ADVANCE.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
Female Delight.

English Female Hiitera English Female Bitters English Female Bitters English Female Bittcrs Fn gish Female Bitters
 Cures sll Female Cooiplsiuis
 Cures all Female Complaints
 Cures aii Female Complaints
 Cures sll Female Complaints
 Cures all Female Complaints It satisfies old and young It satisfies old and young It satisfies old and young It satisfies old and young it saiitfes old and young
 For Painful Mensiruaiioa
 For Suppressed Menstruaiiou
 For Profuse Menstrustion
 For Leucorrboea or Nhtas
 For Failing of the Womb It delights Husband and Wife l. delights Husband and Wife IL delights Husband and Wife It delights Husband and Wife It delights Husband and Wife
 As Q Female Regulator
 Asa Female Regulator
 As Female Negulstor
 As a Female Regulator
 As Female Regulator Adds Strength and gives Beauty Adds Strength and gives Beauty Adds Strength and gives Beauty Adds Strength and gives Beauty Ids Strength and gives Beauty
 Prepared by Southern Physicians Prepared by Southeyn Physicians Prepared by souttern Physicians Prepared by Southern Physicians Prepared by Southern fhysiciaDs
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20

FIBsT.-The first cotton bloom of the season, so far as we have heard, was sent us on yesterday by Mir. T. ". Trice of Cotton Plant. He says it opened on the evening of the l6th, and that in the morning of the 18th he saw in his field several more blooms. Beat this if Yon can
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
vlrrAxow, WALKER couNrr, GA, l

June 29, 1866,
 DR. JoHN BuLL-Dear Sr: 1 have recent ly given your ''Worm Destroyer several trials, and find it wonderfully effieacous. IL has mol failed in single instance to have the wished for effect. am doing pretty large country practice and have daily use for some article of the kind. lam free to confess that know of no remedy recommended by the ablest authors that is so certain and speedy in it's effects. On the contrary they are un- certeain iu the extreme. Ny object in writ ing you is to find upon what terms l can get the medicine directly from you. If can get il upon easy terms shall use great deal of it. 1 am aware that the use of such articles is contrary to the teachings and practice of n great majority of the regatdr line of NJ. D s, but see no inst cause or good sense in dis carding a remedy which we know to be eff cient, simply because we may be ignorant of it's combination. For my part l shall make fl rule to use an and any means to alleviate suffering humanity which I may be able to command-not hesitating because some one more ingenious than myself may have learned it's effects first and secured the sole right te secure that knowledge. However, l am by no means m advocate or supporter of the thousands of worthless nostrums that flood the country, that purport to cure all manner of disease to which human flesh is heir. Please reply soon. and inform me of your best terms. anu, sir, most respectfully.
 JULIUS P. CLEMENT, NJ. D.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
DE s A R c: 5ATURDAY JUNE 20, 1868

We would call the attention of our roodersto tho fact that they can exchange corn for meal at any time, at the les Are Mills
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
and sticks and wallets.

TIE MISSISSIPPI DTARRHEA CORDIAL. The verdict of the South has been unanimously accorded in favor Of this great antagonist of cholera, cholera morbus, diarhea and dysentery. II is harmless but effective for all this class of disease, and has never been known to fail. Ye who pine upon the brink of the grave, hasten to try ifs marvel ous power. Mansfield < IIigbee, sole proprietors.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20

gas Dr. H. H. Maxwell dental sur geon, has his office at the Missouri Ho- tel, and will be glad to see all who de- sire any work in his line. He comes well recommended as good workman. Give him a call,
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20

EsS@ Those who are anxious 10 have their teeth worked on will be glad to learn that Dr. T. J. Colburn has ar rived. His past operations here as a Dentist is a sufficient recommendation to him.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20

NoTIcE.- McLaren & Allen, have just received general assortment of dry goods, shoes hats, groceries &c. in ad- dition to their former stock, which they offer to the public at low prices for cash. jun13
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20

WoMAS's !NFLUESeE.-Man has no power to resist tie silent cloquence with which woman's soft blandish ments and sweeter smiles speak to the warm and generous heart Her yoca- ton is to do good and her presence adds halo of glory by gladdening the deiected, com 'orting the distressed and strewinc flowers in the pathway of man. And shall we fail to respond to her wants? Look around you and be- hold the misery depjeted among the sicklg females Of your acquaintance. Go. % with tightening speed ard tell them to use English Female Bittcrs and be cured.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20

nS~ The pretended legislature must certainly have adjourned, or given a considerable portion of its members leave ofabsencc, as we noticed a great many strange looking individuals of the African persuasion on our streets yesterday evening with carpet bags and sticks and wallets.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20
FOR CELLS AND FEVER.

Use Dromgoole & Go. g King of 0hii's Use Dromgoolc Co. g King of Chiils Use Dromgoolc X Co. s King of Ghilis Use Dromgoole < Co. $ King of Ghills Use Dromgoole S Co. g King of Chills
 It makes permanent cures
 It makes permanent cures
 It makes permanent curos
 II makes permanent cures
 It makes permanent cures For all forms of Chills and Fever For all forms of Chills and Fever For all forms of Chills and Fever F or all forms of Chills and Fever For all forms of Cbils and Fever Cleanses the Stomach and arouses the Liver Cleanses the Stomach and arouses the Liver Cleanses the Stomach and arouses the Liver Cleanses the Stomach and Rrouses the Liver Cleanses the Stomach and erouses the Liver
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20

BIG TuKNIP.-On Monday last we were handed by Col. IIedgpeth, of the Missouri Hotel, turnip, measuring l7}s inches in circumference. This turnip was of the summer variety, and raised by Col II. in his garden. The Col is good vegetableist but a better hotel keeper, as all who visit his house will testify Give him trial and our word for it you will be satisfied all round, "turnips and enny."
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20

RG~The commencement exercises of the Des Arc Male and Feamale School will come off on Thursday and Friday 25th and 26th of this month. On Friday night there will be a free exhi- bition. All are invited to attend.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-06-20

BY THE UsE OF THE MtssIsslPrI DtNRrnGN CORDIAL DIARRHtEA one of the most fatal diseases known iu tho Valley of the A!issis- sippi. is rapidly and radically curcd--hance ils name II will, also, when taken accord in@ 10 directions, most assurcdly cure all cases of Cholera, Cholera Morbus. Colic, dys- entery, and all diseases of the Bowels
 II Is prescribed by the igat Western and Southern physicians. and used ia the hospi- taIs of tdc country as a standard remedy
 THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS AND CIFl- ZENS have been cured by the use Of this Cordial, and il may properly he termed The GREAT MEDICINE OF THE SOUTH AND WNsT.