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Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16
FOREIGN.

PARIS, May II. The Emperor and Empress were at Orleans on Saturday, and in response 10 the Mayors address of welcome, the Emperor made pacific speech
 HAVANA, May II. There are strong reasons for believ- ing that Mr. Seward, our charge d'aflaires at Monterey, win immediate ly demand redress for the recent out rages on American citizens at that city.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16
CROPS.

From personal observation and in formation gathered from all portions of the county, we feel warranted in say ing the prospects for a good crop is three years; corn, of which an abund- ance is planted, is looking well and growing finely; cotton was never healthier, and our farmers say they never had better stands. The late rains have injured wheat considerably, but still au average crop is expected; alto gether, we have prospect for a fine harvest.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Wm. Shirley and the two Flacks, ares ted at Nashville for receiving stolen goods, have been acquitted.
 The McAIinnville Era states that the dead body of an infant of questionable color, was fonnd floating in the Barren Fork last Tuesday evening. A negress has confessed the crime.
 A negro was drowned at Knoxville on the 7th, while attempting to secure drift wood
 Died, on Monday, Hay 8, 1868, at his residence in Cleveland, Bradley county, after long and painful illness, Hon Albert G Weleker, in the forty-ftth year of his age.
 The Knoxville Herald of the 9th says : A number of shots were fired over in East Knoxville last night. The shooting no doubt originated from some drunken negroes returning home from Brownlow $ loyal league.
 On Friday morning last four prisoners confined in the Knoxville jail made their escape Their names are Lafayette Wiley, colored. committed for rape; Jacob Rowen, for forgery Thomas Sheldon, for robbing the mail John Starnes, colored for larceny Sheldon and Rowen were in cell in the upper part of the jail, the darkies below. i
 The Kingston East Tennesseean says there is a movement in Roane county tt organize Farmers Club
 The Knoxville Herald of the 9th says The corn business has been pretty brisk for the past two or three days. Quite [ number of large sales have been made fol shipments to Norfolk.
 The Bolivar Bulletin of the 9th says Last Saturday Wm. Bachelors celebrated black stallion "Peter Whetstone," while being led from his stable reared up, fel backwards and struck his head against the ground with such force as to producc death in a few moments. The horse was worth at least Sl200. The accidont occur red about eight miles west of Bolivar. The Bolivar Bulletin of last Saturday has the following: "The tornado which passed few miles south of this place or last Wednesday caused considerable dam age on the premises of Edmund Reeves, Esq His gln house was blown down aud every building on the place more ol less injured. A large tree was uprooted by the wind, which fell on the dwelling besides this, one of the chimneys wa' blown down, and vast amount of valua be timber destroyed. The path of tht hurricane was about half mile wide 4Mr. Reeves informs us that the he never experienced such wide storm before. | did great damage to timber, fences ant crops. We are creditably informed tha' hail stones fell in the neghborhood O Jack Clifft's as large as mans fist, and that lady in the vicinity mentioned while attempting to close window blind was struck on the wrist with piece O hail with such force as to cause disloca tion of the joint Here the storm did no prevail so extensively"
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16
GREAT SALE oE
SELECTED KANSAS LANDS
AT AUCTION!
In tracts not exceeding leo Acres.

In tracts not exceeding l6o Acres. Sale commencing June 2d, 1868, in the
 City of Lawrence, Kansas.
 The subscriber will sell at auction. to tue highest bidder, as above in the City of Law renee. commencing June 2d 1868. about SIXTY THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND, most of which is in 0sage County, Kansas. These lands are part of the celebrated Sac and Fox Indian Reservation, aboanding in choice selections of timber, are generally well wa tered and embrace some Of the finest quar- ries of building stone and most extensive de- posiis of coal in the entire State The Union Pacific Railway Eastern Division, is in close proximity on the north, the Leavenwerth Lawrence and Galveston Railway on the east (boih built and in operationl, while the Neo- sho Valley Railway on the west, and the Att ehison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. run ming DIRECTLY THROUGH THESE LANDS. are under contract and now being built IT, TILE PERFECT by patent direct from Gov ernment, Terms of sale: 0ne-fourth cash balance in three equal payments with annual interest. Bond given for deed on full pay ment; or tat option of purchaserl one-third cash balance in two equal payments, with annual interest, secured by bond and mort gage. Situate, as these lands are, in the cen ter of the State, and contiguous to all it's large cities, and surrounded by railways, probably such facilities for securing choice selections of lands for actual settlement aud homes were never afforded at any sale here tofore held in Kansas. Maps and lists of lands to be sold will be furnished by the sub scriber on application (hy letter -or. other wise) al Attica, New York.
 R.s. STEVENS.
 Sx5~ Maps and lists can also be had of the following persons, viz;
 A. 5. Ravens. Esq, Land Agent Leayen- worth, Kansas
 chas. Chadwick, Esq, Attorney at Law, Lawrence, Kansas
 D. T. Mitchell, Esq, Land Agent, Lawrence, Kansas.
 Wm. orowell, Esq, Merchant. Paola, Kansas. [. F. Elder X Co.,. Bankers, Ottawa, Kansas. Q, II. Sheldon, Esq, Land Agent, Burlin- game, Kansas
 James Rogers, Esq, Land Agent, Burlin- game, Kansas.
 ?. B. Plumb, Esq. Editor, Emporia, Kansas NJ; c. Fsrnham, Esq, Merchant, Topeka, kanFas,
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16


 On the night of the Sd ut, fire broke out in bakery adjoining the Record printing office, at Carrollton, Carroll county, Mo, and, before any thing could be done to extinguish it, the office and contents, with the excep- ton of some $900 Worth of material, was totally destroyed. The dwelling of Mrs. Mountain, adjoining, also took fire and was destroyed, although the contents were generally saved.
 A dispatch from Delaware, h. diana, says on Sunday three boys, sons of Henry Foge, aged ten, twelve and sixteen years, were out in field, when some difficulty arose between them. In their disputes the oldest mashed the heads of the younger brothers with an ax, killing one outright and leaving the other for dead On the approach of the father the older boy ran to a barn, where he was soon afterward discoy- cred dead, having hung himself.
 "A woman named Mrs. Miller residing in Plymouth, Indiana, attemp- ted to commit suicide, by drowning, one day last week. Not succeeding in taking her life in this way, she threw herself in front of a freight train Mon day evening and was instantly killed. It is reported that her husband left her and married another woman in Chicago a short time since.
 The New York Sun says; Every man who pays income tax pays an unconstitutional tax, levied contrary to law, and which could not be legally collected of him.
 -Colonel James B. McRae was murdered lately, while riding Through Southern Mississippi, by man named Davis, deserter from the company commanded by McIiae during the war. At Shanghai, Illinois, twelve miles northwest of Galesburg, fourteen houses were blown down by tornado Sunday. Two churches were unroofed. Four persons were killed, and forty in- jured, number of whom it is feared will die.
 "A man in Minnesota entered a newspaper office and paid for an adver- tisement of his iJst dog. As he turned to depart, the missing canine met him at the door. Another instance of the marvellous power eff advertising.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16
The Letter K.

If cannot have escaped memory, even amid transpiring events the most exciting and alarming. that few years ago the letters 70. K" were significant of appro- val and consent, or as equivalent to in- dorsement and evidence of genuineness' Kappa performs most important rule in the Greek language, and as an illustration of the uses to which it may De applied in our own, the following from the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch is not without points;
 The Ku klux Klan are kalled upon to kastigate or kill any kullered kusses who may approve the konstitutioni being koncocted by the kontemptible karpet- baggers at the kspitol. Each klan IS kommanded by karniverous kernel who kclects his komrades with kare and kau- ton Commensurate with the magnitude oi kause. Whenever kouvened, they must korrectly give four kouutersigns. These are Xiii the kullered kuss klean out the karpet-baggers krush the konvention ; karry konscrvatism konfusion to Kon- gress; Konfederates will konquer. Of kourse the Klan kreates. Considerable transformation among the Kongos and their Running konductors, who kalkulate that their kareer may be kut short by katastrophies Kowardly kurs, they kant koniplain
 The avid Radicals who are endeavoring to hide the deformities of their own leagues, by industriously seizing upon every fimsy pretext that can be exagera- ted into some dreadful machination oi unreconstructed rebels, may find some thing therein upon which to exercise theii ingenuity Memphis Appeal.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16
Agents Wanted for The Official History
 OF THE WAR, Its Causes, Character, Conduct and
 Results.


 By HON. ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS.
 4 Book for al Sections aud aH Peyfies This great work presents tue only complete and impartial analysis of the Causes of tho War yet published, and gives those interior lights anu shadows of the great conflict oniy known to those high officers who wstehed the flood tide of revolution from it's fountain springs, and whic-. were so accessible to Mir. Stephens from his position as second officer of the Confederacy.
 To public that has been surfeiied with APPARENTLY SIMILAR PRODUCTIONS, we promise change of fare, bota agreeable and salutary, and an intellectual treat of he highest order. The Great American War has AT LAST found historian worthy of it's i'm portanee, and at whose hands it will receive that moderate candid and impartial treat ment which truth and justice So urgently de- mand.
 The intense desire everywhere manifested 10 obtain this work it's Official character and ready sale, combined with an increased com mission. make it the best subscription book ever published.
 One Agent in Easton, Paereports 72 sub scribers ill three days,
 One in Boston, Mass. l0S subscribers in four days.
 One in Memphis, Tenn. 106 subscribers in five days.
 Send for Circulars and see cur terms, and a full description of the work, with Press notices of advance sheets, SC. Address
 NATIONAL PUBLISHING co.
 5lS Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
MEMPHIS, TENN, May 9th, 1868.
 NOTICE.

We have this day sold the stock of dry goods, groceries, &e in our house at Des Are, Ark, to Mir. c. Walt, who will continue the same business and is fully authorized to sign our name in settling the old business. Major k. c. Lanford will remain with the new firm as before. We are very thankful for the many fayors shown our firm during our business in Arkansas, and ask continu- ance of the same to c. Walt and Major Lam ford. Parties indebted 10 the old firm will please settle as soon as possible Any liabil, ities due by the firm will be paid on presen- tation, due or not due,
 4 f R. r. WALT.
 MARTIN WALT Witness:-H c. Wilton myl6
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16

Having purchased the entire interest of R. r. and Martin Walt, in the firm of Walt SCo at Des Arc, will conduct the grocery and plantation business, under tbe same name and style, Walt X Co.,. for my own account and risk. Major R. C. I.anferd will remain as heretofore. c. WALT
 Des.Arc, May, 1868.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16
JNO. T. WILSON, VIM. COOK.

April l. 1888.
 Those knowing themselves indebted to us will please come forward at once and settle, as have charge of the books and accounts. may , 1t WM. COOK.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16
NESS0y.E TE0N.

The partnership heretofore existing between John T. Wilson and Wm. Cook, under the name and style of Wilson X Cook, has been dissolved by mutual consent.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

FOR THE STATE AT LARGE: {. D. WALKER, of Washington Co., JOHN R. FELLOWS. 3f Ouachita.
 FIRST DISTRICT: ROBERT (. GANTT, of Prairie.
 SECOND DISTRICT: A. B. WILLIAMS, of Henpstead.
 THIRD DISTRICT: J. E. CRAVENS, of Johnson.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16

-Last Sunday negro shot and kill ed little white girl, nine years old, in cold blood, at Coffeeville, Mississippi, be cause the child had said something to of fend one of his children. The iend was arrested.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16

cause the cnllu nau Salu SometHlnS to oi- fend one of his children The iend was arrested.
 The House Committee on Ways and Means propose the creation of an IT, ternal Revenue Bureau, few more bu- reaus being needed The whisky tax to remain at two dollars, and tax on cigars increased to ten dollars. f
 By tho new license law of Massachusetts, the s'Prohibitory law" is repealed. The new law goes into effect on the 3d of May In all the counties but Suffolk and Nantucket licenses may be granted by County Commissioners. In these two counties special commissioners are to be chasen.
 "A letter from New Mexico says a train was attacked near Tuloroso, April IS, and wagons and contents burned, and all the mules captured. Or thirty-seven men who went from Tuloroso to relieve, this train, seven are reported killed. A short time ago thirty persons Were killed by the Indians near the same place
 Sir Robert Napier, commanding British army in Abyssnia, is not related to the famous Napier family. He is . na- tive of Ceylon, entered the Indian army at the age of sixteen, and has participated in most of military enterprises in India during the last forty years. Without family connection or patron age, he hes fought his way up to the foremost rank in the Indian army, is Knight of the Bath and of the Star of India, and will obtain a peerage and large pension now that he has suceeedsd in Abyssinia
 The oldest relic ofhumanity extant is the skeleton of one of the earlier Pha- raohs, incased in its original burial robes aud wvuivrfuiIy perfect, considering its age, which was deposited about eighteen or twenty months ago in the British 4Hu- scum, and is justly considered the most valuable of it's archaeological treasures. The lid of the coffin which contained the royal mummy was inscribed with the name of its occupant, Pharaoh Myker- mus, who succeeded the heir of the buil- der of the great pyramid, about ten cen tures before Christ.
 The hea'Sh of the Archduchess Carlotta continues to improve go steadily that the best results are looked for. With the exception of certain ifs of sul- lenness, which are becoming less frequent the Princess feels nothing of the painful malady from which she has been suffering She sleeps well, and her appetite has returned, and with this a taste for study She passe1 almost tho entire day in her reading and writing room, and receives no one except members of the royal family
 Near Peoria, Illinois, Benjamin Twitzleton, farmer, murdered his wife, Eleanor, last Tuesday, by shooting her in the leg, the ball cutting main artery, and causing her to bleed to death. The man and woman each had children by previous marriages, and some disagreement about one of these led to quarrel, in the course of which the female Twitzeleton first attempted to break her husbands head with poker and then threw bucket of water in his face This brought Twitzle- ton to sudden conviction that, in the language of Mrs. Burlington, "patience had ceased to be virtuous,' and he fired two shots at her, one of which took effect as stated
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16

"A letter from New Mexico says a train was attacked near Tuloroso, April IS, and wagons and contents burned, and all the mules captured. Or thirty-seven men who went from Tuloroso to relieve, this train, seven are reported killed. A short time ago thirty persons Were killed by the Indians near the same place
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16

By tho new license law of Massachusetts, the ''Prohibitory law" is repealed. The new law goes into effect on the 3d of May In all the counties but Suffolk and Nantucket licenses may be granted by County Commissioners. In these two counties special commissioners are to be chasen sf.se
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16

The House Committee on Ways and Means propose the creation of an IT, ternal Revenue Bureau, few more bu- reaus being needed The whisky tax to remain at two dollars, and tax on cigars increased to ten dollars asi
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16
NOTICE.

Witness: c. Wilton
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-05-16

Prompt attention given to th> Collection of Claims, Investigation of Land Titles, Pay ment of Taxes, &c. my16
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15
Congress Yesterday.

Senator Corbett introd uced resolution, which
was agreed to, that the Secretary Of the Treasury
be requested to inform the Senate what amount
OF money has been paid on account Of the new
Jail in the District Of Columbia, and to whom
paid.
Senator Harlan presented the petition Of siti-
zens OF the District residing within the limits Of
reservation No. II, praying that the work upon
the new jail may not be discontinued, but that
the work may be proceeded with, stating that
the proposed site 10 at present an unimproved
and unsightly waste, and that the Jail would be
an improvement. The petition was properly re-
ferred.
Senator Williams introduced . resolution that
the Committee on Finance be instructed to In
quire into the expediency OF providing for the
funding and consolidation Of the debt Of the
United States into bonds or obligations, the
principal Of which shall never become due and
payable; bearing interest at the rate Of four per
cent. per annum, payable semi-annually In coin,
and to be exempt from all taxation, and to
further provide for the purchase and cancella-
ton OF such bonds or obligations from time to
time by the Secretary Of the Treasury as may
accord with the pecuniary abilities OF the Gov
ernment.
Second. To prevent, by the imposition Of high
duties, discriminating against costly fabrics and
luxuries, excessive importations, and the conse-
quent expectation Of gold to pay balances, re-
ducing thereby the amount OF such duties as
nearly as practicable to the amount necessary
to pay the interest upon tho public debt, and
further by the removal Of taxes from the pro-
ducts of mining and the capital invested therein,
and otherwise to encourage and facilitate the
productions of gold and silver from the mines Of
the United States.
Third. To amend the National Bank act so
that National Banks may be established without
limit as to number, as the business interests of
the country shall require, and to prohibit all
other systems Of banking, and to provide for the
gradual withdrawal Of Treasury notes from cir
culation and the substitution therefor Of Ma
tional Bank notes; and further to provide for
the resumption OF specie payments through said
banks, by requiring them to hold the necessary
reserves in coin, and by extending special In
ducements to the banks already existing for their
resumption Of specie payments. The resolution
was agreed to, and ordered to be printed.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15
Nomination. to the Senate.

The following nominations were sent to the
Senate yesterday for consideration;
Collectors-K. v. Whaley for district OF BraIos
de Santiago, Texas Bion Bradbury for the district
of Portland and Falmouth, Maine; John d.
Hopkins for the district Of Freshman Bay,
Maine. Reuben S. Torrey to be collector Of in
ternsl revenue for the Second district Of New
York; Butler II. Bigby to be collector Of internal
revenue for the Eighth district Of New York.
Thomas b. Asten to be assessor Of internal re-
venue for the Eighth district Of New York.
Felix @. Clarke, Of Iowa, to be register Of the
Land once at Des Monies, Iowa.
To be Deputy Postmasters-FAnny Wander
guft at the Uniyersity Of yirginisi James M
Milling at Finley, Ohio.
WIN. +. Kngore to be third lieutenant In the
revenue cutter service.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15

THE Newark sheriff gives as his reason for ex-
Guiding New York reporters from the recent ex-
eeution that on previous occasion Of that sort,
when the reporters were admitted before the
preparations had been made, one of the more en-
terprising woke the prisoner from a sound sleep
and endeavored to get his confession exclusively
for his paper.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15

The MAYOR AND COUNCIL Of Brantford, Cana.
da, have had q discussion on photography. A
councillor offered a resolution in which canal
was spelled "kannell." The Mayor amended It
to read "canawl," and the aggregate wisdom Of
the Council at last decided upon the compromise
Of "kennell,"
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15
nEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
II = UsIrED sTATEs PATENT OgyIck

a. m. na,,,,o, =, N MAsuissaTos, Jan. g. 1863.
Conn, praying for the extension Of patent smnted
TO him the 1T day q August, 1884, iof an improse
ment CultyAtoT, for seven years from the eIpirs-
.pp q ssid Sssen which takes place on he Isl asT
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ALL sslosh n and Al persons az notlisd %
petition .i.n, ought ,I not g b trained.
IN P.sa oes sr osse t5s ssas,ssS s
d9r,s u writing q least dsys befor. The day
mi,iea y via ~ rules o. Inc Which
VIII be furnished on application.
Rony must 30 died IN he once fosats days before
tss days sftsr niias he tssiinony. ''-l"'
s:S n. ~. lfs. e PSb,hsa II he
9. snS in ths esst.tsr: New aaysn, co9n;, one,
publ Z b issss sky $s1, eis!isS. % &c &c
hlShSw Comnissioasr Of Patsnis
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15
From New Orleans-The Republiesua
Nominating Convention.

New ORLEANS, Jan. N-The Republican nom
mating convention met ct seven o'clock this
evening, Mr.. Conway In the chair.
Thomas W. Conway was nominated for super
intendent Of public educationJ Simon Beiden,
for attorney generalj q. W. wieklifYe for auditor
and Antonis Duverchet, colored, for treasurer.
Mr.. Dumas, who was nominated for Lieutenant
Governor last night, declined the domination on
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15

THE main building Of the Colt Patent Fire.
Arms Manufacturing Company, at Hartford, is
fully completed. 1t is erected on the site Of the
old building destroyed by fire in February, 1865
Its dimensions are: Length, 500 feet breadth, co
feet. It 10 four stories In height.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15

The line Of steamers which was some time ago
established between Baltimore and Liverpool,
1t 10 announced, has been withdrawn, on account
Of the great dullness Of trade, which prevented
sufficient patronage being given 1t.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15
DIED,

In Gsorgetown. on tho itth Inst. after long and
psnful Illness. SAMUEL B. PEARSON. IN the 10Th year
His funeral will take place to-day "wednesday,
18th inst at clock, from his late fesldence corner
Of Congress and Water streets.
In this city, the 9Th insi, Of paralysis Of the
saith year Of her age.
In Baltimore, on he ~ h. day q J.nSSsry isSs:
Goth rear Of his age.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-15

AT TOLEDO, Ohio, there are two rival clubs,
and the end Of deer's tail Is accepted A. proof
Of the hunters capture OF the animal. One Of
the members has recently been detected In scalp
ing the tails Of dead deers lying in the Toledo
market.