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Memphis and Arkansas River
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Packet Company.
NOTICE.

5 hereby given, that an organization has
i been effected under a charter granted by
the legislature of Tennessee. entitled An act
to incorporate the Memphis and Arkansas
River Packet Company"
JOHN ID. ADAMS,
j. NJ. TEBBETTS,
JAMES LAWSON, }Dirctors
r. L. HAINES,
HARRISON BLASDEL,
Tile line Of boats known as the Memphis
aud Arkansas River U. $ Mai. Packet Com
pany,' is merged in the chartered company
JOHN ID. ADAMS, President.
j, NJ. TEDDErTs. Secretary.
The elegant steamers CALDWELL, Haincs,
Master, and OZARK, Nowland, Master, will
leave Memphis as heretofore, on Mondays and
Thursdays, at 6 p. NJ, connecting at Little
Rock with the following light draught boats
of the liue for Lewisburg Dardanelle, Spad-
ra. Ozark, Van Buren,, Fort Smith, and Fort
Gibson, viz:
AMERICAN, J.w. WILLIAMS, Master
FORT GIBSON, JNo. WooDBuRN,
FORT SMITH, JAMES BowLN, 4"
VAN buren,, w. I. BERRY, "
AND RETURNING
VIII leave Little Rock for Memphis on Sun
days and Thursdays.
The Company are building two now beats,
which win be ,ilaished about the first OF No.
vember, one for the Memphis and Arkansas
River trade, which will be commanded by
Capt. Reese Pritchard. and i to be first
passenger boat; the other Is for the Arkansas
river and New Orleans trade, named Clarks
Vile" and will be a first-cblss cotton boat, and
commanded by Capt. w. NJ. Reasncr.
The boats Of this line were built expressly
for the trade and are particularly well suited
to It. Freight signed for through to 90 on the
boats Of this company. will be delivered at
destination any stage Of eater without storing
or other detention, f.Hs
ANY persons desiring to ship by this line
from the north east or west to any point on
the Arkansas river, should have their goods
consigned 20 Memphis and AfkuRsds River
Packet COmpaug' at Memphis (onlcc No. 800
Front street, Mosby block) Those shipping
from New Orleans should consign TO Nv W
johnson, Napoleon
JOHN d. ADAMS
oct Is President.
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Law or Humanity, IN relation 10 social
evils. An Essay for Young Men, ON Physiol-
ogical Errors and Abuses, incident 10 Youth
and Early Manhood, With the humane view Of
treatment and cure. Sent In sealed letter en-
velopes, free of charge. Address Dr.J sklL.
LIN HOUGllrON, Howard Association
Philadelphia, Pa aug. 0--l,
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The FREsHET SUBsIDING.-Of late years
there has been perfect inundation of pa
tent medicines from the North, and our
people seemed to forget that among the
many beautiful flowers and plants that
form the boast of our glorious South,
botanists find the most valuable of mcdi.
cinal herbs. A Texan plant, long used
by the aborigines, is used by Mansfield 4
HIgDce or Memphis, Tenn, in the com
position of their strictly vegetable Texas
Tonic Syrup, a pleasant and safe remedy,
second to none as a curative in all cases
of fever and ague and other bilious in
termittent diseases.
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II Notice the change in the . Mem,
5 and Arkansas River Packet Compa-
advertisement in our paper.
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~ Don't forget the Auction Sale Of
!. Wallace, tomorrow. ....-'
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STRAYED

ENROM the subscriber. on or about the first
4 OF August last, a dark brown MARE
MULE. middling size, branded on the left
neck with a letter j and on left shoulder with
letter a and has white collar marks Oh its
neck
Six dollars reward will be paid for the re-
turn Of the mule, or for information where it
may be found MARIA MCGEE.
Van Buren,. Sept 5, 1868. 3w
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Where may be had at all times, any Of the
following Newspapers and Periodicals.
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Harper. Wcekly-~!larpcr's Bazaar,
Frank Leslie's Illustrated and Chin Corner
New York Ledger. Weekly, and Day Book
Godeys, Lcslic's, Demorests ana Petcrson'i
Lady's Books. -
IIarper's, Putnam's, and Llppncot's Month
ly Magazines, as t.s ..a
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MASONIC.
rrICE OF THE GRAND MASTER,

\ OFFICE OF THE GRAND MASTER,
l4rLE Rock, ARKs., Sept 26, 1868.
D9he Worshipful Master, Warden and Breth-
fn of all the Masonic Lodges Subordinate
the VI. W. Grand Lodge of Arkansas
Erecting:
iany Of the representatives of lodges
ling expressed to me desire to be at
ae on the Sd day of November, and a
u to be present at the State Fair at
tle Rock, on the 18th November, the
iness of the Grand Lodge will be laid
~ from the first Monday to the third
enday 18th day Of November, 1858,
which latter day the representatives OF
i the lodges are summoned to convene.
I Fraternally, etc,
\ +. II. ENGLISH,
erEsT: Grand Master.
~ ID. BLOCKER, Grand Secretary.
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OFFICE OF THE GRAND HIGH PRIEST,
Y LITTLE Rock, ARKs., Sept. 26, '6S.(
the NJ. +. High Priests, Kings, Scribes and
companions ofall the Royal Arch Chapters
subordinate to the NJ. 4. Grand Chapter OF
arkansas, Greeting;
Concurring in the above proclamation
the Grand Master, for like reasons, the
iness Of the Grand Chapter will be laid
FER at its regular time of meeting, and
representatives of all the Chapters are
nmoned to convene on the Thursday
fore the third Monday 12th day } of
pvember, 1868, 10 o'clock a. m,
Fraternally. L. E. BARBER,
frEsT: G.. ii. p.
W. d. BLOCKER, Grand Secretary.
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The Thrice Illustrious Grand Master
[the Grand Council also concurring, the
Presentatives Of the Subordinate Coun
3 will convene on the Saturday before
+ third Monday Oath day. ofNoyem-
b, 1868, 10 O'Clock a. m. ...... ....
Nv. d. BLOCKER, Grand Recorder.
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IL 4 Co., are our Agsats at Little Rock
Ill receive Subscriptions for the Press.
rSM PettiagiH C Co, in Nee York and
-, are authorized 10 receire advertising for
[, Press, ia those cities.
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RIVER NEWS.

RrssELLy1LLE, Oct. ~, 1868.
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SALEM, Mass, Oct. 5.
The Anti Butler Convention was well
attended and very enthusiastic. A. A.
Abbott, Of Peabody, was President and
in his opening speech paid his respects
to General Butler as follows:
When o candidate for public Office so
far forgets the decencies of life as to call
honest men traitors, it was time they
come to plain words and that the truth
be told. The opposition to Gen. Butler
is not based entirely on his perniclous
political opinions, but upon the follow
ing grounds, (Which the speaker read
because he is self-willed, arrogant, head
strong, domineering, OF violent temper
and bitter INTERCHANGEABLE, implacable,
unconciliatory, His great governing pas
sion seems to be either to rule or ruin; a
friend il You submit--an enemy, if you
resist. He is persisting, unyelding, bold
bent upon his own way at all hazards (;
artful, adroit in private life, not without
generous qualities, but in public life know
ing no scrupies of great abilities; not
troubled with modesty devoid Of moral
scnsibilities OF keen wit, but abusive and
violent in speech and diction, with his
faculties all sharpened and acute. Such,
he said, was the man in whom the Repub-
lcan leaders all over the country do not
conlide. Such was the man in whom
they, as Independent electors Of the Fifth
District would not and could not conlide
Mr.. Abbott's remarks were received
with applause. -
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-08-19
From the Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette, Aug = J
Brutal Murder ofa Lady in Arkansas
by n Negro.

On Friday last, a negro named James
Warner went to the residence of G..
STANCE, and told Mrs. STANCE that her
husband was i'll and desired her to come
to him. Mr.. STANCE often stays at his
brick-kiln, at Fourcbe bridge, his resi-
dence being near the southwest corner
of the arsenal grounds, distant about
one mile. The negro told Mrs. STANCE
that the Major Cher husband) desired
her to bring the blue box" The box
referred 10 contained, as near as could be
ascertained, about $50. Asguileless as
a child, Mrs. STANCE left her residence
with the negro, box in hand, little
dreaming of the desperate struggle
awaiting her. ..... ~.-s,..-.
On Saturday morning she was found
dead in by.road leading from her resi-
dence to her husbands place of bust.
ness, her head horribly cut in several
places, and pools of blood about her. 1t
appears that the negro (Warner) had
been in her husbands employ, had been
discharged the day previous, and had
been sent to Mrs. STANCE for the balance
due him, which she paid out of the box
referred to. Ssme trouble seems to have
occurred between Major STANCE and the
negro, but it was afterward settled, and
the negro agreed to work again. The
difficulty and the settlement occurred
on Thursday evening. At eight o'clock
or little after, of the same day, he
called for Mrs. STANCE as stated, and the
two left the house together, Mrs.
STANCES little girl, about nine years OF
age, being present when they started.
The night was pleasant aad bright from
full moon. The place selected for the
mnrderOus deed is about half a mile
west of the Starbuck place, south of the
city limits, and half mile or more
distant from any residence. From tae
appearance of the corpse the deceased
must have been choked until she was
nearly senseless, after which her head
was cut fearfully in the left temple IN
two places through the skull, over the
left eye, through the eye ball and in the
back of the head. Mrs. STANCE was a
large, muscular woman, and the strug-
gle was doubtless long and desperate.
The box containing the money was torn
in pieces, thus showing the eause ofthe
murderaus deed. We learn that the
negro Warner was arrested on Saturday
evening by Officer Vance.
Major STANCE was an etficer in the
United States service, of the grade indi-
Gated by his title, and sands high in
thii community. He was educated al
Coblentz, on the Rhine, aud is an en-
ginecr of merit. His late wife was a
lady of culture, and the desperats deed
has created a deep sensation in oul
city.
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a Radical View.

The State Journal, Radical sheet of
the most malignant stamp, published
at Alexandria, Va, in alluding to the
state of affairs in Hayti, says:
The appearance of the name of Lynch
1--WE don't know whether he is white
man or a black, Spaniara or an Amer
ican,) among the revolutionary leaders
in Hayti, suggests passing wonder
that some capable and determined
white iron clad hummer of the Walker
type has not yet taken the trouble 10
make his appearance among these
wretched barbarians and reduce them
to order. Hayti is country of the
most marvellous resources, beauty and
attractiveness, yet its people are sink
ing lower every year for want OF
strong government capable of keeping
them from killing each other.
This from a paper that is helping to
subjusate the South to the rule of the
negroes-the organ of WELLS, the can
didate of the negroes for Governor of
Virginia, who wants twenty-five thou
sand white men disfranchised that the
negroes may have control of the State.
Here is testimony from the very section
where the experiment is being tried
and from a "troely loil" source, that
the negro as politician is a failure and
SO incapable of managing himself that
even in a country of the "most marvel
Gus resources" he sinks "lower and
lower every year," and becomes a
"wretched barbarian" The most de-
termined Caucasian" will seek for no
plaiuer admission than this.
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Immigrant vs.. Carpct-Bagger.

The difference of meaning between
Immigrant" and "carpet-bagger" is as
wide as the difference between one who
arrives in country to fix his residence
there, and one who comes into it for the
purpose of cOnfscating the silver spoons
of its inhabitants. The former is an sim
migrant" the latter. however, is only n
partial definition of the "carpet-bag-
ger"
The word is compound of "carpet"
and dagger" Its meaning is the com
ponent of two ideas. The first half,
carpet" suggests the idea of a carpet
knight''-a bloviant swashbuckler of
mighty valorousness in n drawing room,
when there are mo bellicose male per
sons present.
bag, IA sack or pouch to put any
thing in." bag, =. a.-to put into a
bag" ''Bagging, n.--the act of putting
into bags" Dagger, R.-onc who per-
forms the act of bagging."
From these standard definitions, the
meaning Of "carpet-bagger" will plainly
appear The Carpet -bagger" is a bio
Want swashbuckler of mighty renown
for something other than military SER
vices, who goes into the Southern States
to bag the emolumeuts of office. His
residence, if he has any, is in North
ern State. His taxable effects exist
only in Imagination. His worldly
goods are contained in small hand
sack, usually made of carpeting-a cir.
substance which is supposed to have
suggested to the inventive American
mind the word which SO forcibly and
accurately expresses the true character
of this wandering Micawber--this va.
grant demagogue in quest of spoils.
There is no other word in the English
language which will express the truth,
with all its nice shades Of meaning, SO
correctly and so we'll There is no name
for the combination of ideas which an
office. e.holder in the South involves, but
the name Of carpet. .baggcr."-Chicdgo
Times
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THE Chicago platform guarantees
equal suffrage to "all loyal men at the
South" but allows the people of "the
loyal States" to do with it as they will.
All the blacks of the South are ac-
counted "loyal," while the whites are
sifted out according to their politics.
Now see the shameless Inconsistency;
the negroes maintained the Confeder-
ate armies all the time they kept the
field, and how, then, are they as body
more "loyaW than the rank and file OF
the armies they kept together' On the
other hand, the very white men who are
disfranchised at the South for lack OF
"loyalty," may emigrate to any North.
ern State and 60 wholly clear of ali
disqualificatiohs! Loyalty, therefore,
becomes in one case matter of color
and in the other of geography. Cannot
everybody see the jugglef The object
is to erect black republics at the South
from which to supply Radicalism every
four years with from seventy to hun
dred electoral votes, end to remain sub.
ject to the manipulations of its agents
at WashiDgton.-BOSton Post.
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THE Baltimore Gazette has an article
on Grants pretensions to be considered
great soldier, which it winds up with
saying:
"Supposing General Grant did possess
military abilities, he presented the ex-
traordinary spectacle of a mar who had
great capacity as a general, but had, be-
yond that, no capacity at all. Before
the Radical party found its power with
the people on the wane, and concluded
that it was necessary to take up some
clap-trap candidate, it regarded General
Graut with great contempt. When 1t
was supposed he intended to support or
be supported by the Democratic party,
the Radicals made merry over the reti-
cent man who could talk only of horses.
As the time for the Chicago Conven-
tion drew near, many of them sought
to show that Grant was wholly
unfit for the Presidency. Before
he was seriously thought of as the Rad
ical candidate, the Radical journals all
spoke of him in the same way. The
| Democratic party has expressed the
same views about him, and thus the
country, with singular unanimity, has
pronounced ut one time or another that
General Grant is altogether unfit for
the Presidency, through lack of capac-
ity. Now he has certainly done moth
ing latterly to show that he is qualified
to administer intelligently any high
civil office. On the contrary, the only
political act of his life, his yielding to
the Establishments of the Radical fac
tion, showed a most decided lack of
sense and a most contemptuous indif'
ference to principle, to the provisions
of the Constitution, and to the rights OF
States or people"
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General Ruticr Anon. his Friends


The Worcester (Mass.) Gazette dis
charges a big gun at General Butler.
Tho Gazette is 4 Republican paper.
Here is the mildcst portion of its re-
marks:
ave do not like to speak diSrespect
fully or bitterly of public men, but
when we think of General Buffers
course from the beginning, it strikes us
rs showing such an utter lack of high
principle, as being so clearly q career
of selfish, unprincipled, personal ambi-
tion, that we confess TO getting a little
impatient. We can never forget how
he labored in the Charleston Convention
for the success of the extreme wing of
the Democracy, mere rebel time
server; nor his bombastic, unsuccessful
course as a military commander; nor
how, since no has been in Congress, he
has been an arch agitator, going back on
his lifelong record, and fighting like
an enraged bull-we fatter our
selves that this comparison, though
impromptu, is not inapt-against any
measure likely to secure peace; nor how
he has made the floor Of Congress n
scene for the exhibition of petty tyran-
ny, personal spite, and wanton insult;
nor how, instead of being wise states
man, he has been sort of party pu-
lgilist, not having sense enough to know
when he was really whipped. All
these thoughts, and the facts which IL
lustrate them, are suggested to us by
the mention of General Buffers name.
Like this distinguished individual, we,
too, forecast the immediate future as
perilous;;" and, therefore, we earnestly
desire that Massachusetts, shall send to
the National Legislature honest, pa
triotic, statesmanlike men-men with
no personal spleen or vent, but careful
only of their country's welfare.
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County Convention,

III, Democratic voters of Ohio county are re.
..,..,,I TO meet at ,heir usual place of meeting
u the different Townships on Saturday August
81, l-f- 10 nominate candidates for the several
T,,wnslip ciliccs Ind to appoint three delegates
:, REPRESENT each Township in a obunty Con
y,prion TO be held on Saturday, August 80 l76s'
at2r.M.
The Convention. when assembled will nomi'
r,,, candidates for the House of Delegates
u,.oy,lcr, Prosecuting Attorney, and County
,..l Ci,y Assessors There will bc appointed
h, rhr Convention conferees TO meet conferees
f,,,u Marshall, Brooke and Hancock counties
T.. uuu,iu.tc \ cal didate for Judge of the First
Jr,Gcill district, aud also coRtrrees TO meet
,,ut,rcrs FROM Brooke and Hancock counties t"
r,uinatr 4 candidate for State Senator for the
First Senatorial District. The meeting in Ira
a,.p!.ia Liberty aud Richland Townships Will
b,. held at g! y. NJ. and III Washington, Madison
CLAY. Union, Centre, Webster and Ritchie
Townships at NJ. said meetings To remain
op,n i.r two hours after their organization
6. BAIRD.
t. r,n
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Letter from PhiladeIphia.

hia, aug IL kCoS.
Editors Of the Register:
l putin an appearance" at st. Marks
last Sabbath. st. Marks is the Church
of the Philadelphia aristocracy, a neg.
ative class, of whom it is unnecessary
to say much. 1t is not requisite that
they should be immensely rich or par
ticularly talented, pious, polite or hand
some; their extraordinary virtue and
prodigious respectability consists in
being cold Philadelphia families" and
living on certain street i'll the "West
End" as it is called, although the cen
tire of frolic, fashion and finery is situ-
ated in the southeastern part of the
town.
1predict. in the coming Presidential
elections, d still more overwhelming
victery for Democracy than was obtain
ed at the last State and municipal elec-
tions. The waning power of the Radi-
calls (who, as everybody knows, were
paramount here some years since) is
owing as much 10 the treachery and in-
competence of Republican leaders lRre
rs to the growing conviction of the peo-
pie that they need statesman for Pres
ident and not smoky, intellectual
eunuch like Useless" Grant. The bet
ter class of Republicans, and, in fact,
the Radicals in general, are becoming
weary and ashamed of the ministrations
of such transparent frauds as Forney,
"Bilp Mann, Colonel Mcclure, and
others Of that class. whose evil deeds
and the small tact they possess in con-
cealing them has made their names no
torious beyond the limits of their own
sleepy city.
Several prominent RAIDS have been
expelled from the "Union League" in
consequence of their refusal to tamely
submit to all the arrogancy of these
cheeky political scrubs.
Forney pere still continues his anus
ing letters from the Radical hot-bed at
Washington, to the dullest of his 1.-TWO
papers-both daily" And these pccu-
liar epistles are not supposed to be read
by anybody save the prOOf-reader and
Colonel FOrney himself, unless, perhaps,
that gifted yOupg man, FOrney fls, may
laugh over them when he finds time
from the more congenial occupations Of
the beer and billiard saloons.
Business is average; the commission
houses and dealers in wool, flour and
meats are driving an unusually brisk
trade, and the prospects of heavy fall
business are uncommon fattering.
THARD.
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MARSHALL COUNTY ALIVE
Democratic Meeting Mt nnEeytowu

Democratic Meeting mt nnEeytown.
The Democrats of Sand Hill township,
Marshall county, held mass meeting
at Haneytown on yesterday. The meet
ing was held in grove near the village.
The following officers were chosen at
the organization: President, JOHN
BURNS, Esq; Vice Presidents, JAMES
Carroll and JAMES BUCHANAN; Secre'
tary, f. BEDILnoN. The meeting was
a .ddressed by HENRY S. WALKER, who
spoke for nearly an hour on the various
political topics of the day. The at
tendance was unusually large, an actual
count showing that there were present
three hundred and seventy-four persons.
For a township meeting such an at
tendance is remarkable, and serves to
show the amount of interest taken by
the people Of Marshall in the success OF
tue Democratic cause and ticket. Mar
shall county is wide awake and will
give good account of herself in Oeto.
ber aud November.
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Hon. Montgomery BIair's APP
DOintmentS.

The State Executive Committee are
pleased to be able to announce that
Hon. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, long mem
Der of the late President LINCOLN's
Cabinet, has accepted an invitation to
address the people ,ritkoat distinction Of
party, at the following times and places
iu this State. Honest members of the
original Union party are cordially in
vited to hear Mr.. BLAIR:
MOrganfOwn, Thursday, Aagust27.
FairmOunt, Friday, 4ugust %.
MOundsvilIe, Saturday, August 90.
Wheeling, Saturday Night.
Weston, Tuesday, September l.
CIarksburg, Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Cranberry Summit, Sept. 3.
Piedmont, Friday, Scpt.4.
Harper's Ferry, September5.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-08-19

IT takes twenty thousand soldiers to
enforce negro equality in ten States of
the Union. According TO Radical usage
each soldier costs two thousand dollars
y year. 1t can thus be seen that forty
millions of the peoples money are
Squandered in order to obtain the votes
Of negroes for General GRANT. Are the
taxpayers of the North contenti