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Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-01-11
Emigration.


 From the Industrial and Commercial { Gazette of Louisville: ]: a seS | It seems to us rather strange that the tide of emigration from the East and Europe does not set more toward the great Southwestern States. and we can only attribute it to the influence ex- erted by the present system of military government. The South is determined to stand hereafter more upon its own resources. and as soon as it is fully on ] its legs again will start manufactories and make many of its own articles of use. There is already a demand for skilled labor and dearth of skilled agricultural labor. In the days before the negroes were emancipated, the planter had sufficiencv of labor and enormous tracts of land. Their labor cost them but little, and they could therefore afford tolet large portion of the land lie idle. Now tic case is entirely changed. The greater portion of the land still lies idle: the negroes. as a general thing, will not work, and the planters have not means sufficient to raise crops on the scale they did be- fore the war.
 And here lies the advantage 10 emi- grants. Planters who have their lands all ready for cultivation are willing to rent them out in small tracts to small 1 farmers, or will sell them. Aside from this, there are large bodies of the finest farming lands in the world still uniin- proved in the States south and south west of us open for any one to occupy. A few figures from the report of the Commissioners of Agriculture will prove this. In our own State there are 1 7,644,20S acres in farms improved Ill., { 529.053 in farms unimproved, and 4,95l, ,939 acres of wild or waste lands, over one-half of which is it for culti- vation. In Georgia there are l0,56l, 5l0 acres of wild lands. In Tennessee, S,5l4,S35 acres. In Alabama, I3,357, ,535 acres. In Mississippi, 14,34o,l56 acres anu in Arkansas, 23,S33,014. In these States the climate is remarkably salu- brious, the lands rich, and nearly every kind of grain and fruit will grow Among the products are wheat, rye, oats, barley, hemp, corn, cotton, to- bacco, hops, sugar, rice, potatoes, all kinds of vegetables, and nearly every kind. of fruit, apples, peaches, straw berries, all the wild berries, entrants, figs, grapes, pears and quinces. Nuts of nearly every variety grow or can be produced. The rivers are nearly all navigable, and all the products oi Ithe soil find ready market.
 The. Acting Commissioner of Agri tcuture says of these States that they possess decided advantages over the northern and western sections in their ability to produce every article which may be grown in the higher attitudes with the almost exclusive advantage oi 1producing the products of the lower Temperate zone. He says further that this section must become the grea, winc-produciug section of the country, l With all these. recommendation to settlers, colonists and emigrants from the old world, and emigrants from the Southeastern States, will find that they lcan get better land and locate to fal better advantage than on the prairies lof the Far West. t..-.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-01-11
' Democratic National Convention.

Democratic National Convention. F. The Columbus Crisis recommends to the Ohio State Conventions, which is 10 assemble on the Sth ult., the adop- tion of a resolution to the following effect. Nahl sfssgsf5l 8fls a6fat7fs .tt ] That the Southern States shall be en- titled to the same representations in the next Democratic National Convention that they had in the Charleston Con- vention of 1860, and that we recon mend to the people Of all the States where bogus constitutions have. been forced upon the people against their wishes, that they assemble at fife pro per time and place or places, and nom mate an electoral ticket to be voted for at the next Presidential election and that upon the regular dty Tor the elec- ton of President and Vice-President of the United States, they repair 10 their usual places of holding such cleo tions, and proceed to hold said ecc- tions in conformity 10 the laws as they existed prior .to. the late Sonthern re bellion and Radical revolution; and that the Democratic party of Ohio will insist upon the legality of said elec- tions, and use all peaceable. legal and constitutional means in their power to uphold and maintain the same. H hia
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-01-11

- The New Orleans Times says at no time within the past three years has the business of New Orleans war ranted the cxtravagant rents demand ed. and that thousands of people who have gone there to sembarkt in trade, with but limited capital, have been de- tered from. settling in that city, solely for that reason. ts sss9 tsss
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-01-11

ENCOURAGING TO THE SoUTH.-To the desponding in the South we commend the perusal of the following from the National Intelligencer: sas sa sis,
 The white people of this country will never let any man go into the Pres idential chair by the unconstitutional votes of the Africanized South. If Africans, or rtheirpaltry number of base white allies, get into Congress by climbing up some other way than a constitutional one, the white people of the North will decree their expulsion. The mass of Northern white men have sternly, declared against Southern Af- ricanized control of the Government 1 by acting in conjunction with what may, by possibility, still continue a class monopoly of the States North.
 The people of the North, who have sternly declared against negro suffrage there, will never submit to a control of the General Government by the Afri- tcanized Southern States. The 3tyrants and demagognes in. Congress who are forwarding the imp osture and usnrpa- ton, may as well understand this now as to recklessly risk what may befall them in popular wrath at another day Our friends willsnremember that the Inteligencer, early in 1867, prophe- sled tie utter defeat of the corrupt, @ ~
 profiigate and usurping Radical party in the elections of that year. We fear lessly challenge events to do other than to indorse our present prediction as to more general and disastrous rout of rotton Radicalism in lS6S." hssbaea Issa --7 =, . - n. -r--- 4 1.k
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-01-11

which charity isexpressed or practiccd aids in transforming us into her image,
 and moulds our lives after the simili-
 tude of her own. Under the condi- tions ot our daily existence we are op- pressed by the material. the temporal, the practical. Necessity pursues us.
 Selfishness grows upon us. The lower instincts control us. And it is only
 when, freeing our skirts of these, we
 give ourselves up to loftier guidance,
 that our nature becomes worthy Of it's origin and fit for it's Divine conclusion. It is in this view, as well as in view of the direct blessing it commands, that the value of thanksgiving day is felt.
 "There is no good man but will ad ' nit that by this time the fratcrnal and conciliatory feelings which were inter- rupted during the years of carnage and destruction, should be generously re- ncwed. There is no patriotic citizen but will admit that whatever tends to keep up ill-will, and antagonism, and sectionalism, should be done away with. Let us not fear to take the mi tiative in making advances toward magnanimity and charity and unity. For not until these regain their ascend ency over the mind of the nation shall we ever enjoy the other beneficences which Providenceis is bountifully show ering upon America. If the thought full sue gestion in the Presidents pro- clamation be properly regarded in the South and North we shall soon feel that the long lowering clouds of war have really been dispelled by the sunshine of Heaven." as.sf atf4Hia
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-01-11

-The New York Herald is collat- ing the current news of the day, from the Southern States, to show the de- plorablc condition of society there, as resnlting directly from the Kietiie''l policy. The cditorasays: se 'sa xa aA We venture to repeat this warning that unless this Congress shatlproinpt- ly provide the ways and means for maintaining law and order inJthe out side rebel States, "a reign of robbery, violence and bloody confusion may be expected therein during this winter which will bring the penalty of swift destruction upon the party in power and the overthrow of it's whole pro- gramme of negro suffrage and negro supremacy, and perhaps something more. S H f sf nd
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-01-11

sF- Beer fills many bottle. and th, bottle many bier.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-01-11
Presidential.

ls A New York letter in the Cincinnati Enquirer; thus presents the claims of An drew Johnson for tonservative support: ] eo And this brings me to speak of Andrew Johnson, than whom, in my judgment, no public man in this country is more enti- tled to the gratitude of the American peo
 pie. Had he yielded to the seductive blandishmenf of the leaders of the party who elevated him to office, all the forms of our Constitutional Government would have been abolished ere this, and to-day we would have been living under the worst sort of despotism, with every sem biance of local State governments utterly annhilated and the disgusting spectacie of Sumner, Wade, or Stevens lordine it over the once free, enlightened people of this country He has foueht, as it were, these (,he people's) battles single handed and alone; preserved their fiber ties and defeated the seditiou4 schemes oi the indictments in Congress, who a,idat ciously assume to represent tho wishes oi their constituency in imposing upon the people of the South the most degrading Rconditious precedent to their representa- ation in Congress. The people have at ! length, as has been shown in the recent elections, sustained Mir. Johnson in his eminently wise and patriotic scodrse. He has preserved, as far as in him lay, the principles of our republican form of gov srnment, for which the Democratic party have ever con,ended, and therefore, that party should, in some suitable manner, recognize his eminent services to Inc country. p@ '
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-01-11

MI. Jefferson Davis was enter tained the other day by Admiral Blu chanan, at the residence of the latter, near Esston. Mar land. s n
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-01-11

l-Tobacco should not be chewed, but eschewed. t
 nT-Ifa small boy is 2 lad, big boy must bca ladder. s.s
The New York herald., 1868-04-08
NAVY GAZETTE.
WARRINGTON. A

WASHINGTON, April T. 1858.
Commodore James Alden has been detached from
duty on the Examining Board OF which Commodore
Winsow is President, and placed on waiting orders.
Paymaster @. W. Abbot has been detached from
the Contocook and from duty as paymaster OF the
North Atlantic squadron, and ordered to settle ac-
counts.
Commodore william Rogers Taylor has been or
dered to duty on the Examining Board, from which
Commodore Alden has been detached: and Paymaster
J. ID. Murray has been ordered to the Conocook, In
place of Paymaster Abbot. He will also be fleet pay
master OF the squadron.
Cadet Engineer J. p. Wilson has resigned.
The navy bulletin to-day announces that Lieu
tenant Marston Niles has been ordered to report for
duty to Rear Admiral II. X. Hon. commanding North
Atlantic squadron. First Assistant Engineer h. A.
Develin has been detached from the naval rendez-
vous In New York and ordered to the Naval Academy
and First Assistant Engineer George J. Burknap has
been relieved from the Academy to succeed Mr..
Develin at New York. Acting Second Assistant
Engineer J. T. Backley and Acting Third Assistant
Engineer L. q. Hart have been honoraby discharged.
Second Assistant Engineer William s. Neal is de-
tached from the Ammono0suc and ordered to the
Tuscarora at San Francisco.
We have received later intelligence from santa
Cruz relating to the corvette Monongahela which
the ship artizans failed TO launch few weeks since.
Another effort was to have been made on the 2lst "
Marcn, but the general impression prevailing was
tiat would not succeed. IL s generally thoughs
that the vessel must he condemned, dismantcd ana
broken up. she IL 30 1rmy hxed In her bed tnat All
the appliances at the disposal Oi the naval CON
structor who was sent from Boston 10 launch fsc
VIII prove insufficient for the purp0so-
The New York herald., 1868-04-08

ArRocIous ATTEMrT TO MURDER YOUNG LADY
An atroci0us and mysterious attempt was made in
Chicago, on the I'd instant, by an unknown woman
TO murder Miss Josephine ComstOck daughter OF one
OF the city ofiicals. woman, came TO Mr.. Com
Miss Comstock had been thrown from her carriage
and severely injured, and requested her atendance
She at once started In company with the unknown
visitor, and was conducted long distance into An
unfrequented part Of the suburbs, when, without
further provocat0n or explanation, the woman
turned upon her, drew heavy cleaver which had
been concealed beneath her cloak, and commenced
an attack upon the unfortunate girl. The blows
were continued until the providentia approach OF
carriage compelled the would be murderess TO nv 10
escape detection. Miss Comstock was taken home
but her recoverT y doubtful
The New York herald., 1868-04-08

pending In the Supreme Court, prosecuted against
mayor. Aldermen and C0mmonalty Of New York, aud
may 90 rejected for that reason.
,h Aaihnougn the account presented contains large
numDsr ol Items, spread through period OF time ex
tenuing from May %, 1857, to November q 1885. IL
appears tnas the claimant has been fully paid for 90
much " tne demand as accrued previous to the pas
This claim Is disailowed
The New York herald., 1868-04-08

Prospects IN the South and Southwest.
Richmond (va) paper, April 2, observes In many
- ~ contemporaries glowing accounts of the Guilt
vsuon and prospects Of the wheat crop n looks
The New York herald., 1868-04-08

IdNatlOu. lnueeu, the WnOle vi BOaTu
Is in aid Of and dependent on the taxing power Of
the state. The Board can render no Judgment what
ever enforceable against the property OF the city nor
claims which are allowed mist be reported to the
Board OF Supervisors, who are required to impose
1t seems to be a logical and necessary deduction
from this view OF the law that the reports OF the
Board which can only be satisfied by taxes col
lected under State authority, cannot be rendered In
favor Of claims for advertisements and publications
made In newspapers employer In Violation OF the
The foregoing considerations require the dsaow.
ance OF the claim in question, sven though the Board
had been furnished with transcripts OF the adver.
tisements made in the Josrnd Of Commerce, and II
had appeared that they were proper subjects for ad
vertslng in the Official papers at the expense OF the
ons of the the s sa for which is
demanded, or TO give evidence OF their contents,
and omitted all direct proof that the publication was
authorized by the Common Council In single In
stance.
The whole claim against the city is disallowed.
of New YORK. in behalf OF ths same paper, for the
sum Of 1851 Is being an unpaid balance OF an ac-
The Board Of Supervisors II the county, like the
Common Council OF the city is prohibited by the
provisions Of chapter 227 OF ne Laws OF 1868 from
Snsys % the II S
the Mayor and Comptroller. rne moneys expended
BY Its authority only be ased by tax or assess
ment. That Board has no incidental legislative power
or discretion on the subject Arising out Of the owner
ship OF property and the right to dispose Of revenues
accrulng therefr0m.
These considerations are conclusive against this
claim, and all others similarly situated. But It may
be further stated against the aim OF the Journal or
Commerce that subjects for which advertisements
may be directed by the Board OF Supervisors are ex
pressy defined In public statites referred to In the
decision prepared by the BoGd Of Audit In the case
Of the claim OF the New York Tribune. No proof has
been given that the advertisements In the present
case relate to those subjeCs. or that they were
visors.
This oiaim d included ir the action ct Law now
The New York herald., 1868-04-08

EMBELLISHMENTS Oh proceedings, even II they had
discretionary power In the premises. But they had
no such discretionary power. We must find the sane
ton for this claim in the laws Of the Legislature In
chapter 646 OF the laws of 1865 known the City Tax
Levy act (which went into effect the 1st of May Of
that year, there Is inserted In the first section the
following Tso r. prov,som arsr, ...c,.. A.. .,,,,,
comptrosr City o New YORK n the year iss under
o On S % b.
Of ss s S SsSsp ss Of Anew which shall
c the Board of Supervisors and all
Of snd other public
Oncer. u and iOr he city and county Of New York s
Legislature to publish the proceedings OF the Board
Of Supervisors 1t Is the only statute in which the
for the advertisements OF the @proceedinSs Of the
Board" Clearly this statute is not retrospective.
The law went into operation on the 1st day OF May
1885, and all OF the account for the publication OF
such proceedings anterior to that date amounting to
$3,205 81 must be disallowed. The portion OF the
account containing charges Of like character which
occurred subsequent to that date, is allowed.
In the account occurs the following item:-
1860, March Establishing Mr.. Cranes speech,
a committee OF the Board, and related TO the build
ing ofthe new Court House. It formed no part Of
the Board had authority to publish this speech at
the expense OF the county, This item ia dsaowed.
The evidence sustans the balance Of the account,
which Is allowed at the sum Of $9,405 80.
The Tribune Association against the Citv-This
claim amounts in the aggregate to $3,235 10 for ad
city government between the 10th July 1868 and the
LIST January 1861 That portion OF 1t which accrued
previous to the 18th December, 1885, was prosecuted
In an action at law In the Supreme Court It there
appeared and admitted that 1t accrued for pub.
fishing and advertising the Official proceedings Of
the Boards Of Aldermen and Councilmen Of the city
OF New York, and that such publications and
advertisements were reasonably worth the sum Of
41724 So The defence to the claim was the want Of
appropriation and funds to pay It, On this defence
alone the claim was rejected by the court,
This claim, therefore, comes expressly within
the provisions OF the acts constituting the Boards
Of Audit, authorizing them to certify claims thus
jectcd which are otherwise just and equitable This
portion Of the claim Is allowed. The balance OF the
claim. amounting 70 $3.50 90, has been critically
The New York herald., 1868-06-13
)f same day.
RY HENRY II. LEEDS, AUCrlONEER.
ID Superb Household Furniture,
to 10 nd l,.ru


HENRY II. LEEDS 4 MINER will sell by auct ion, on
Thursday June 49, l0H o'clock At No. 80 West Thirty
fourth street. between Fh and Sixth avenues the elegant
Furniture in said house, nearly consstng
Rich Administer Carpet superb carved rosewood ormo,I
rosewood, marquetry inaid ormou mounted bronze me
dalton Eagere Centre Tables to mach elegant carved
black walnut and ormolu framed French plate Manel and
Pier Mirrors; Cornces match; rosewood Piano. made
by Raven rich rosewood and gilt Arm Chair
covered In crimson and bead embroidered velvet; rich
bronzed and ormolu six light Chandeliers rosewood Gard
Sands elegant real bronze Figures Jewel Caske Vases
and glass and ormou Vases rich Angola Door
Mats. .fL.
Dining R0om-Black walnut Extension Table, superb
carved French walnut and gilt ebony mounted mirror back
Buffet French plate mantel Mirror and Clock combined
to match; do. Dining Room Suit covered In crimson and
gold striped reps elegant Stauees, do Vases do
six light sliding Chandelier rich Silver Plated Ware, do
crystal and engraved Glass Ware china decorated Din
and Tea Sets large double silver Safe &c black walnut
Hall stand.
Bedrooms-Rch Wilton and Velvet Carpets, superb
carved French walnut Bcseads, do satuary marble top
Bureaus Suits iu crimson figured SILK brocae do
I'm striped rep carved rosewood Armore lace,
fine Spring and Hair Mattresses French Feather Boil
and Pillows brown and gold striped rep Window Cur
tsns, rosewood top Etageres do Centre Tables
carved black walnut marble top Bedroom Suits, enamee
Cottage Suits orou and marble French Mante Clocks fine
Oil Paintings and Engtavnes; also fine assortment Kitchen
Furniture, with which the sale will commence.
The New York herald., 1868-06-13

yxyANTRD-A COUNTRY SEAT, IN EXCHANGE FOR
w al elegant four story high stoop brown house
0urnished OF uniurnshedJ In New FORK city Apply 70
tiEBBtHD Dr;MDREST, ~ Esst rourieenh slrcst.
The New York herald., 1868-06-13


I'll .Isss SSsEs so CO.
isaee street. - coleclIoa Of ChromoA Psnn and ss
rIe.e knravtaA
pRIvATE COLLECTION OF
Rare and Choice Engravings,
embracing OF the important works OF Robert
STRANGE W Sharp Bartoloszi, Eariom Houanger Thew
FAcius Simon, SartAin, Ritchie and other cmnen en-
gravera; among them the most valuable OF boydeus
great SnsksPeran 0aisry after Benjamin west hapnse
ayed in Lcndon The sold by auction without
Eeserys q TIE Clineon Han Art Galleries, LEAvlTT SIRE
bEl9H co.. Auottoneers Saturday evening, June IL, al
~ O'Clock. Nov on exhibition.
xoNnAyF FRED: I 3 cozzEMg LIBRARY ,xpr
The Pr.as Library rsd GS..ss.. ESQ., su;hor the
Sparrowgrass faper selece collection OF books, many
very rare works on wtnes histories of America, Wash
ingonana the late War, English Poets &C. &C. Catalogues
ready IA g.ai.l.'a
DICHARD WALTERS, AUCTIONEER-MORT0AG AGE
tue Of ohate mortgage 4 5 Esss aoc:soD sSs:. STOCK,
Machinery Of Confectionery Factory; also
Wagon and Harness: and Immediately aeJ At 50 Delaney
Factory lou gross Bottles, $50 Boxes, &c. n
r. COLLINS Attorney for Mortgage.
WILLIAM ABBOTT, AUcTIONEER
Large and Attractive Sale OF
Property 1t Clifton, Staten Island, consisting OF I52
valuable Building Lots TO be sold the
day, June 49, at IL O'Clock n, With water right
and other buildings thereon This property situated within
ten mlnules walk OF Vanderbilt or Third landing and
and only 12i feet from the NJ Yacht Club house and
grounds commanding 6ne view Of the harbor win be sold
10 lots and parcels Maps cs..oeues ac to be had at the
The New York herald., 1868-06-13

LII WANTING FARMs-GOOD SOIL, MILD Gil
"A mate thirty -four miles south OF Philadelphia price $2a
best of grain and grass land Also improved Farms
Hundreds settling Information free Address
K. Lands, Proprietor, Vineland, NJ.
The New York herald., 1868-06-13
SALES AT AUCTHoN.

m D. MINER, AUCTfONEER. or usATunpAY,yun
HI Is e II oaciock. q MINER k3BABkK1A No Coge-
sa9 street. - coecsioa Of ChromoA Pantan and sss
The New York herald., 1868-06-13

VxrANTED-THREE OR MORE LOTS TOGETHER FOR
w stores or furniture wsrcrooms property with or
without good budngs Also good Stores for Investment
wfNANs, BREED GRAVES
135 aud 1s7 Broadway, basement
The New York herald., 1868-06-13
real ESTATE WANTED.

DEAL ESTATE WANTED IN BRooKLYN.-GOOD
~ neighborhood, cars convenient 70 ferries brown
stone brick or good frame House. TO " rooms and cellar
joining los price moderate or $1,000 cash poses.
and n.tures &c preferred Address, fullest particulars,
boz n station q.