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Fraa iir b 4 i'a.sr ssF-I
Tic Richmond Whis mentions
that a large and sneo,ssfa, iarneT
from lhs Soulh side ~ the James
River, in iale conversation, eE-
pressed his conrnrr,neo Ia the
Viuws nf ghaI jouTna. ani which, No
mav all,hsveir,m tim to lime been
expE elmIAr Snu, lla' ths oolurei
population ronslila,o lhe oEiy nc
suungu Ut ihc Saulh Tar lah0Fal pres
sn,, ani will probahly l,o the chief
nriianre In ne rilune, Whilst thcrn
is room TER Whiic labor, and whilst
small iaFnss ln lhUso Who may Wlsh
"a track 0r nlrhinrc new crops, or
new mndcls uI enilnre May be- n'a''o
profitable, lanse iarlns are consider
v,l essential Ia lhe cultivation 0I Ia
bac,ro ami other staples, and for this
cultivation Ibo rc,iaHro must DO
u,0n the blacks. Whilst some ol
lho,o will hut work, i Is recon
mcnlel that those who arc nOl
available should be warmly en-
cnumgvi, should have comfortable
dwellings, with i've 90 ten acres OF
land i1r their families 10 cultivate,
aud with fnch other privileges rs
may tend ,n better their condition,
4 Kind ani liberal and iorhoaring
treatment ni tho negro, and an
earnest effort 10 promote his we'll
being, are dictated not more by
fciings of humanity than Of sound
I,nlicy and sell,intcrcst'
These sentiments are Of some sig
nliranvc, coming from AN ancient
Virginia journal, whose relations to
aud undcrs,an ling Il the land-hold'
ing interests oi' lhut State il 10 he
prcsnmod are such us to enable II TO
speak un the ,uhj' Ct intclligcmtly.
The vast amount OF labor now in
the South, and which has been the
product uf generations, ought To be
considered a blessing, amd may be
made such, both To the South and
the country, II il can be KEEP. clear
nrrm the di.nrganizing Influences of
political agitation. The practical
direction which Southern energies
are taking upon this and other kim
drcd subjects are Of happy augnry,
While. OF course, Il free ard self.
governing political condition is q
paramount importance, yet II that
section, in view of tho present cir.
cumstanccs, shall place its chief re-
lance upon the Development OF i's
industrial and physical resources,
it may afford for the present not to
look to parties for aid, and eventual
ly be in position to dispense Ia
vors instead of seeking them.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-01-23
Tho VNaIklEg Haara.

Hc is the noblest man Of whom
our free (?) land can boast; whether
in the workshop or at the plow,
you find the samo noble hearted,
free and independent being. And
if thtrc is Il man in society upon
whom we look with esteem and ad-
miration, it is the independent, So
Der working man. We care not
whether he be u farmer, mechanic
or common laborer-whether his
tolls are endured in the workshop,
the field, or the coal mine; whether
his house is in the backwoods or in
the neat cottagc-our admiration
is the same. What ahappy picture
he presents; what reward for his
labor, who, by his own unaidcd OK.
crtions, establishes for himself
position in society; who commencing
in poverty, by his skill and assidnity,
surmounts every obtaole, overcomes
every pr,ju ccand finally succeeded
cd in forming character whose
value is enhanched by those who
come after him! Such man we
prize as the noblest work Of which
human nature is capable-the high
est production she can boast. And
lot it borne in mind by the young
working man just en- ering upon
the stage of active life-let it ever
lay at the foundation and be the
moving spring of his etforts-that
this situation he must strain every
nerve to attain. 1t can be attained
by all. Untiring industry and vir-
tuous ambition never fail to find
their reward. They never yet were
cxerted in vain, and never will be
while honesty and justice find a
home in the human breast. 1t was
remarked by an eloquent writer,
that the working man who had no
inheritance but virtue, is the sole
king among men, and the only
man among kings.
ale envies not the sons Of ease,
Nor lord in princely hail.
Dut bows before the wise DEGREES,
In Kindness m, AMI for all
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-01-23

From the Norfolk Day Book
The following is copied from
Alex. l.. McGrca : Liverpool Circn'
lar o. late datc:-ilow many
Americans, how many SoutherncrS
moro especially, are aware that
there is valuable trade being con
duc,cd and augmenting under theil
own noses, Of which they are scarce
Is perhaps cosnizant? How many
know that there is plant growing
and fourishing Ito any cXtentD in
Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Flor
ida, and Alabama, yielding Il fibre
so textile, yet so beautiful withal
that it can be trusted to rival silk
and to supcrsedo the finest cotton
Yet so it is Growing in the fore
named States, and exporting silly
into Europe is this splendid pro
du t, Raniie or China Grass. 1--WE
think (our largest consumer says
addressing the writcr) this article
will occupy a very important place
in the exports of America, provid.
ed it is got up in Il proper way -
We are at present using largo
quantity weekly"
Now. what is it-what is it like
how is it to be 'got up in the prop
or way"--wllat is its value, and
what its application? | will reply
to each of these queries, in then
order, subject to correction from
those better informed.
Firstly--Ramic or China Grass i
botanicaIly named "Bochmvia Ton
acessimn," Of the order "Urticacia,
70 that no one need mistake it Or
inquiry.
Sccondly-It is not unlike iutc Oh
hemp, but with n bo!der, crisper
more piablc fibre. .sa.s-t
Thirdly-To be got up in a prop
cr way, { speak of the raw mate
rial, it should be dried, when The
green becomes white.
Fourthly-Thc value in the greer
state is G35 to e40 per ton Of 2,24'
pounds-whitc, $50 per ton dress
cd, for mixing with cotton and silk
ESQ to e3U0 per ton.
FifthIy-Application-AnyA Amer
leans who ha G visited this side th'
last year or two, may have seen on
ladies wearing for morning an'
walking dresses. what mightappea
TO be splendid, French lavendc
silk. American ladies, however
would not fail to observe tha
though beautiful to the eye, it lack
ed tho inherNit value Of silk to tn
touch, though superior in ever.
way 10 cotton. Did any of thes
| American visitors know that thi
silk-likc material owed its base f
their own soil-that it was cbicf,
made from Ramie or China Grass
/ aud is no other in Europe than In
initiated, and so-cAllcd, 'Japancs
silk T.
Sufficient then has been writtel
TO demonstrate that there rs a.
cnormo IS source of commerce I
the United Siates-that in produc
ton and process the thing is vcrl
table iact-that growing wild o
The nlains of the Southern States
! q fibre, which from fruit To fruitior
is Of the magnificent valae of f3
TO G3G0 per ton.
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Happy indeed are they whose in
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ale envics not the sons Of ease,
Nor loud in princely hall
Dut bows before the wise DEGREES,
In Kindness M AMI FOR all.
A little darkey was recently found

A little darkey was recently found
sitting on the step of a fashionable
house not far from Saratoga, crying
pitifully. What's dc matter wild
YOU? asked colored woman. De
matters nuff-double trouble all
over de house. Dadder am drunk
mudder am gone home wild cloze-
sis broke de looking glass wid dc
broomstick-de baby got her eyes
full of kyan pepper-and little Ned
Anthony put de mustard on his
hair for goose grease. L put salt
in my tea for white sugar, and it
makes me sea-sick. De dog licked
Ned's face aud gotl his mouth ful OF
mustard, and lies under de bed a
howlin'. DE kitten got her head
in dc milk pot and i cut her head
off TO sabe de pitcher, and den L
hab To break de picher to get de
head ont, and de way IN get licked
when mudder comes home for set
ting dc bed afire, win be sin.
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The courage with which VIC have
met past dangers is ohen our best
security in the present
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-01-23

Real SORROW is almost as difficult
20 discover as real povcr'y- An
ii.siinctivc delicacy hides the rays
Of the one and the wounds Of the
other.
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Liberty has no actual rights
which are not grateful upon justice
Her principal duty is 10 defend il.
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Situations are ike skeins Of thread
10 make the most of them we need
only to take them by the right end
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We deceive ourselves when we
fancy that only weakness needs
support. Strength needs L far more.
a sirar or feaiher susiains itself
long in the air.
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We are always looking into the
future, but see only the past.
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The Only Democratic Magazine
Published in the United States.
voT,. y. 1885.
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A MONTHLY MAGAZIN

pEyoTED TO LITERATURE, SUIENUE NM NNF'
AND TO THE POLITICAL PRINCIPLES of
THE WISE FOUNDERS OF THE AMERi-
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sU>HEOLD GUARD Is about to enter upon It's
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,.u.a of American liberty and American civilization
The field for such Magazine is wider now than ever
before Political nconpeiency, ana treachery t"tne
Fundamental principles of our government, on 'ie
mart Of journals protesting to be Democratic, cnl,
now for an unsparing pen on the side OF truth nna
;n.tice No quarters shall be given mercy shown
20 tho uonstrous political crimes whose iood-gacs
are now ho:sted for another four years. a.,
Several literary novelties will bc presented IN tins
rsw rninme among which will be series Of origin-
t "tstches of Indian life and character by WILLIAM
.nMopE SIMMs, the ablest Of all the surviving rep
Is.entat,yes of the best and brightest period OF
American literature.
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

- nkaR~4RN arN- .OpdaE
the imprss9sH tttH llf tafk authsEzing
the appointment by The Lsgislatnre Of a
joint committse1O eontfat with slsssees
fcr keeping the sSonyicts in the State
Penittstiary, required the. prison to he
let to the lowest bidder The following
are the BIDS, and haines or bidders, as
psessntodStoo the CO om,nittee. which aSpon
the vote ofBeldip, Reed and Newell let
the contract, toy-lsa Hodges, q, Critten-
den county" TF1 FonT ifteee Vas Com
posed OF Scott aud Beldin of the Senate,
and Smith Reed end Newell Of the house.
Fpr keeping the conyicts, separate bids
were maac/biils ht bof much fa day'f
each convict, with the machinery claimed
Jauf.j IL HodseA, finoaS [ Is b6n,i hi
Hodges" and at saaaash per convict, per
DAY, wIs;rcp vt A4 machinery. it being ,n =
aerstood that the State is TO sunnlv ma
chinery: |
LuptrR BINS bsd i95c without. &c with
machinery; RS Sayward hid SOC with
out, 45c, with machinery; DR.. Jennings
bid 42tc without, S per GENT, eff vi IL ma
chnerv; Hunt bid 25c without, 10 per
cent. off with machinery; Carroll bid 3jc
without, 30c with machinery Asa Noq yes
bid 35s ,ciM machias,yl MOD .oNhuk
IL the elettings the ,contraeesto Hodges
for35c, when Robins, witllevery gaaranS
tee that could have. been required, bid
eleven cents less, is in Violation Of law
the parties can look TO the courts il they
think theft Interests demand II is said
that Sayward,g'as the 'reprcsentatye Of
James e. Hodges and Clayton, would
have been awarded the contraet, however,
if Hodge, Of Csitteiadrn had NOT obtaiued
It Smith OF Columbia voted honestly
for the lowest bidder. Scott voted for
the lowest bidder after he could not get
it for Sayward, CLAYTON & Co. at-ffty
cente. Kftep the Rfsyton and Hodges
''ring" failed to put in their man, Scott
swan.ed to put it off, at ruinous terms, on
ANYBODY. Robins knew what he was do
ing us father and be- were the old
keepers of.the PenitentRry. The differ
ence between. his bid aud that of. Asa
Hodges aiiotints' to fourteen thousand
per AMMAN We are glad ''thst the Clay
ton ring, was defeated any how. Reed
was firm against giving it by any vote to
Robins, and with Scott and Beldin could
have given it to Sayward. ...
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

k-F.-. = 80 .tL.a N.Hsii.4 tts sE,
fJ NJ Lynch is opening a large and
well selected Stock OF Goods, which has
- most all of the young ladies and moi
few old ones in the county crazy to get
to. see item, They say he has got sc
mSny " nice and pretty things that i,
does their eyes good TO look at them II
they cannot purchase, NJ. Lynch's TASTE
IL good and then he knows what the peo
PIE want. Jr'rf'3ig q L,
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

H Mr. WlLLIAMo WHITFIELD, Of he
House of d., G. Williams q 90, left the
ipA webk for the East (yi. Wisconsin,,
where .ha goss for a ne~ STOCK OF eoods.
M W. is an old And vel. Know. me.
chant of this country and understand
we'll The eoyants Tofo thu people. and vail
make selection to this end. .,o .
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27
. TY9.--els---lI,-- , - =. a. =

"a In order p fiji. in 2 small degree, ntfe
wsAt Of . sadleri SHOP n @,reit,h'ar. ChAs'
RsB,ISG hss employed a competent workman
versed in hsgness making, tp repair anything
In that line. & repair shop for harness Is inst
about As Necessary in Van Bshsn,'as black
smith shop. 81 Wee assure our citizeus thai
what Mt. .Rm.I ING undertakes TO do. will be
done veil and in a workman-iike manner
Shop directly opposite POWELL 4 DIcksoN's.
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27
inY lis father and be- were the old
keepers oflthe Pen nitentnrv rha differ.
ES- There is iine openin9 q for the

Es- There is a iine opemn z for those
who visited the sick and afflicted" al
Cleveland, in 1861 The following ap-
pears in the PIdm Dealsri 81 that city.
PERsosAL.-WiIl the personal friends
whe helped me. into the carriage, at tic
Cleveland depot, in 1885, apd went with
me to the Detroit Bost, when / was
g swinging around thescircie," send their
present address to me ana designate the
offices they desire3IT 40 Ea2JQ
tpTs S G. Washin rtau n n
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

WALL Paper. Tho! Fal lnitureN cstab-
lishment Of DAUGHERTY d. GLASS, have
in store fine assortment Of Val Pa.
pers, borders, .tc., and with little cork.
ing, you can get the odd man" to put
it on for You. Try him. There is not
baHrdl,y' House in town, that does not
!, ant more q less paapering, and the ex-
cusc is, that is so hard to get any one
70 Put II " ". p - - ~ s.lnu -.lrnH
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27
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rANES-TAXES. 4,

The Sheriff and Collector, II. & :. AZ; Az.
DERsoS, for this, county, will enicr upon
The Collection of Taxes, at the following
tines and places: ioDi2JiC uEla
1o,gnshtp, o0a dl) dyla Abrl, 1869.
Van Buren,. Court House, from 2sth OF
n. no o. \, April TO llth Of May. .. r,7, !,
The Collector desires all having Faxes
to pay" to meet him tthe above places
and settle up.
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27
VTN-TT
A"

! e8 Mr.. A. WAssos, Of Fort Smith, Agent
Of the Memphis Packet Company, passed
down en- the American Thursday to meet his
young aud loyely, wife, who. has been absent
at st, Louis the past two months yg
GUY Was after the following strain -
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

kT Thc oppq'iton steamer Econo-
mise came in Sunday night, under full
hehdwsy With tia. Ym Bdyea right at her
heels. We are indebted for late Little
Rock papers. She lsft Monday morning.
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

~ The steamer Vdn Buren arrived
Sunday night, booming, with a good
freight. The officers Ewill ,aceept our
thanks for Mcmph and Little Rock pa
pers. auf 20
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

tT- Mr.. NJ LYNCH and Mr.. JOIN HrSkIE,
both returned to their home on the Fort Gib-
soa, Tuesday. We wish to make Acknowledge
ments to them for files of late papers. Young
LAIN SoUTuMAYp, also came back'to his old
hofae after, an absence of some two years east,
It school lie has a warm welcome from
both old and young. '7'"'s" " -''1 %"
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

ET A,potorious cyprisn receutly pur-
chased a fine house on Fifth avenue for
100000, and filed it with women of i'll
fame. She was finally induced to sell out
and leave for bonus Of $4,000.
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

t. Maj. JcHN KING, of Fort Smith passed
.dcwn the river on the American, Thursday oh
hls way 10 Washington. Business connected
with the Indian Department we believe
takes Iisa to eatlqasrters. ,3aiGO 9moi
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

For SALE.-A two horse WAGON al
most new and in good coalition, Also
aBUGGY. For sale cheap Apply at
this Office aaiI, Il skIlD ow'
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

- An Irishman. eating his first grcen
corn handed the cob TO lhe waiter and ask
ed. "will yes plsso put some moro banes
upon N. SAhE"T T9ofS- V1ig
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

ET The New ierk Eyeniug Post says
the organist Of William College has per
fsctcd an inyeQ ton, which, attached to a
!pian o, IS desi ,,NSdd TO print music as FAST
.as it is played. 'r2h G'lH Nff ~" /
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

tE- The attention OF the citizens ofVan
Burei, and vicinity onvisitiig Fort Smith, is
respectfully called to our very large andawcll
selected stock of READY MADE CLOTHING for
Sprlng and summer wear, fura'snmg dooaS
Lixeu Shirts, Neck-ties, Botes, Collars, Hats
Boots and ssosS es,ess. tlGyti
I'm. BoCoUIN & RgUTzEL.
The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27

-" Msmma," said a promising youth
dffour or five sum mers, "ifs the people
Ass made of dust. ain't eolored men made
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The Van Buren press., 1869-04-27
sdg- Peters Musical Reyiew W for April isit

sRS- Peters Musical Review for April isito
hand and. ia additont to fifteen pages ofsp-
loct reading matter, contains the following
new n,it, ,bea,itiftil musie:' s'h~ mir oA
Amt Sweet? Alady's comic song By
T. brigham bishop. Nfyr,,..-g 'Tl1 - 5r-''i
Rest, Darling, Rest. A beautif..l lullaby
By,E. e. llsleY, ~ N,L,R 9,,srl % sy.li Js
I'm stil Friend to You, Song and chorus,
BY VIII s, Hays. t. ..... ~ = i,ri,.. ..,,
lie Wipes the Tear from Every Eye. Sacred
song BY II. =, ,Danks. ...,.....' ,r0,r ,..5,.
|. Forest Glade March. BY Charles kinkel. p,
y Damask Rose Waltz. BY f. Mack. q. -..-
Golden Sunset Mazurka By j. Harristoun.
Music is generally considered expensive.
but when sach a quantity is furnished for the
small sum of thirty cents, 1t ceases to b., d
luxury, and even the poorest may sing, play,
and be happy.
Our musical friends will do well TO exam
inc this work, and we feel confident that thir-
ty cents, sent to the publishers fol asamplc
copy, viii yield them larger retuya far, their
investment than any similar outlay they can
make. Send lor copy.
lis issued by J.Ie Peters musicpubhs her,
Box 5i29 New York at the low price of SO a
year, or 80 cents single copies.TI
Loving music ourselves, weEnaturallg ftSl
interested in circulating it among eur masie-
al friends and know OF no better way Of do
iIrg so than BY recommending Peters Husicut
Monthly. The reading matter is not eXcelled
by any of the standard monthlies, and the
music is all that can be desired.both as regard
quantity and guilty. Knowing this to be the
case, Ye, HAYES made ,arraagementsj with the
publisher to club it with our paper for $500
or wewilirecevc subscriptions at tho rate Of
SO per year. N .ApNNoAG