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The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

Our RADICAL FRIENDs--Our local
gentlemen Of this persuasion seem to he
involved in a pretty considerable broil'
We are very much PANIED to see this,
about as much as we feel after taking a
good drink Of 4" Bourbon" and loaf sugar
mixed. The " Post" charges our ancient
and venerable Post Master and Probate
Judge with many hideous crimes and
misdemeanors," "too numerous to men
ton" We know not what his Honor
thinks Of these matters, nor do we pre-
tend to know anything about the correct
ness of the charges, but we do know that
they are " mighty heavy bricks"
At all events, it is a radical war, be-
between radicals alone, and such disclos-
ures among the "trooly loir' rather as
tonish us poor " rebel" to say the least
of it. The idea that the L. S. Post Mas
ter, Probate Judge, member ofthe consti-
tutioinl convention, strenuous advocate
of the constitution, member of the legis-
lature, founder Of the radical party in
Hampstead county, and one of the firm
est and most unAinching supporters OF
his cxeellency, the Usurper, should be
charged with forgery, perjury, larceny
and numerous other villainy, is perfectly
shocking.
However, "let 'em fight"-they GER
tainly have our warmcst wishes for the
success Of both sides. Wdyhin2ton Teis.
graphic.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

TRIAL FOR MURDER case Of the
colored man, James Warner, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Stang, has been
occupying the Circuit court for the past
three days.
The circumstances as published at the
times were in effect that Mrs Stang, then
rfS KPsenaaff affq qgyfothhh1d th1d was was informed BY
negro that her husband desired to see her
at his brickyard, near Fourchc bridge, a
distance Of about threc-fourths of a mile,
and that he wished her to bring the
:" blue box" This box was used as a re
pository for money, and contained at the
time about 800 Nothing further was
seen of Mrs. Stang until the following
morning, when her lifeless body was
found on q by-road leading from the
house to the brickyard, bearing marks of
violence that had resulted in her death.
A knife had evidently penetrated the skull
in several places, and the torn fragments
of the box, disarrangcd clothing and
other circumstances led to the unmistak-
able conclusion that the struggle had been
desperate.
The jury hung during Saturday night
and until Sunday evening, when they
brought in verdict Of" guilty of murder
in the first degrec"-L. IL. Gazette.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
Citi.ens and Carpet Baggers.

In the issue of the Daily Liberal, TO
MAY 10th, contains lengthy leader up
on the illibcrai practice of making ali in
discriminate condemnation of all who
came to Arkansas from other States o
the Union, especially from the North
This habit of tabooing all men, who com,
among us from other States, is to b'
deeply deplored, and we have felt that i
was the grossest injustice to good men
who come to make their homes among
us. 1t is by no means unnatural or un
accountable, because this, like all the
other Southern States, has been prey to
carpet bag politicians, who came for no
other purpose than to fattcn their lean
carcasses on the expressions of her peo-
pie, and did not propose to advance her
interests or prosperity, by contributing
one dime to her material wealth. This
class of cormorants soon met with the
contempt they richly deserved, and the
obloquy that was visited upon them was,
BY the thoughtless, also visited upon the
good men, who came for the purpose OF
making their hsmes with us. The ap-
pellation OF " pctbagger' was soon
iudiscriminately given to all who came
from the North, after the war was ended
This name being intended as rcproach
was improperly applied to those who
brought more than carpet bags and came
to stay. Those who come to make Ar
kansas their home are warmly welcomed,
be their politics what they may. The
State being possessed Of infinite wealth,
needs both labor and capital to develop
it. The war left us virtually destitute of
labor and wretchedly poor. Money we
had not, and our only dependence was the
cotton crop The vicissitudes and uncer-
tainties attending it are well known and
their bitter fruits fully appreciated Our
State now needs capital and labor as
much as ever, and it is to be hoped that
the foolish prejudice against all Northern
men will be at once uprooted, and the in
vitation extended to all good men to
come among US and aid us in the glorious
work Of reconstructing our fallen for
tunes. We say to MI, come-come at
once and settle! We have plenty of
politicians, but we cannot well have too
many farmers, mechanics and laborers.
In behalf of the people ofthis section,we
now cordially invite all good men to
come md live among us. The epithets
now so freely banded about will soon
lose all significance, and any unmerited
reproach can easily be lived down. Such
articles as the one referred to from the
Liberal, are calculated to do much good,
as they manifest spirit of liberality that
must be productive Of good results, We
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
f1y The Liberal Of the 25th, says:

GEN. GRANGER AT LITTLE RocK.--The
appearance of General Gordon Granger
at Little Rock, on his way to Hot Springs,
was made the occasion Of handsome
demonstration, on the part of the soldiers
especially, and the admirers ofthe gallant
General.
At an early hour the Post Military
band appeared in front of the Anthony
House, where General Granger stopped,
and played several lively airs. A large
crowd naturally gathered and called
loudly for the General, but owing to the
fatigue of along journey. he declined to
respond.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
SheriTs Sale /!

DY virtue of An execution TO me directed,
ID from the office Of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Craw ford County. Arkansas. ] will
offer for sale, to the highest bidder for cash
in hand, at the Court House door In the city
of Van Buren,, on
saturday, 10Th day Of June, 1860,
between the hours of Judicial sales, the fol-
lowing property, viz
Lots Nos. one Q), two (2j, three (3), four
~, five (5), six (6). seven ~. eight ts}, nine
(9). ten (l0), eleven ll, twelve l2), thirteen
(l3), fourteen "a, fifteen 10 aud sixteen
tlG). in Block No. thirty eight (3s), In the
city OF Van Buren; also, one two horse car
riage. said lots and carriage levied on AZ the
property of William +. England.
Also, Lot No. sixteen (l6) in Block No.
four a., Lot No. two (2) in Block No. five
(5) in the city of Van Buren,.
Also the South West a Of the North East
/. of section twenty COY, and the South West
\, OF The North West "a OF section twenty zone
t2l), all in township 0, north of range thirty
one (3ll west, in Crawford county, Arkansas.
said lots and land luvica on as the property Of
Sutton Y. Cottrell.
Also. Lot No. fourteen (l4), in Block No.
seven (7), In said city of Van Buren, levied on
as the property Of Samuel d. Daugherty.
All of said property levied on as above. to
satisfy said execution IN tayor Of Hugh +.
Thomson against William F. England, Sut-
ton f. Cottreil and Samuel ID. Daugherty.
b. HENRY S. ANDERSON,
.4C. Sheriff Crawford county.
Van Buren,, Ark, May "a, 60.
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~ 1t is an old saying, that "msior,
tunes never come singly;" and, this
seems to be truly verified in the case Of
our old friend YERKEs. 1t was only on
the 14th Of May, at Cincinnati, that the
steamer Nary Erwin, which he command
I'd was destroyed by fire. Now We learn
by telegraph, that the Cora s. which he
afterwards took charge Of and was on
her way to this place, has sunk at Fle!ch'
cr's landing on the Arkansas river ii
eight feet of water. Part of the cargo
will be saved. The cargo and boat are
both insured.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

EI One Of the editors Of the Little
Rock Liberal, made a trip to Memphis
the other day. He fell into goods hands,
and this is what he says:
ave had a pleasant party on the Cald.
well to Notwithstanding Of Commo-
dore Adams and lady, Mrs Duval and
Col King Of Fort Smith, Mrs. Bostick
and her sweet little Nettie also Of Fort
Smith, our better half" God bless her,
and our little Willie who soon fell in love
with little Nettie, and last though not
least, Mrs Ives and Miss Rapley, whose
exuberant feelings and convivial mirth,
contributed largely to the pleasure and
constituted large part the mcrrimcnt
Of tho trip"
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
Total,

This would make the actual running
time, six days and seventeen and a hall
hours. If from this, we deduct the diff
it will make the apparent time, six days
and fourteen hours. That the above
time table is within the limit, may be
seen rom the fact that the average rate
Of speed is only twenty miles Ell hour
We know Of no reason why the schedule
time Should not be reduced to six days,
or at the rate Of less than twenty -four
miles per hour, if, as is claimed, the road
is properly built. ,..,
California is no longer an outlying and
remote State, almost inaccessible, but one
connected with the east with strong iron
hands. California has been, to most OF
us, an unknown land, but snow brought
right to our doors. But we anticipate
that the greatest benefits will come from
the other continent. Mails and passen.
gers can now reach San Francisco, six
and a half days from New York; Homo
lulu in fifteen and half days and Japan
in twenty five and half days. From
London to Japan, via the Pacific Rail
road, will require only about thirty-foui
days, nearly mouth less than by Suez
From New York to Shanghai or Hong
Kong, will require only month, and the
time from London to the same ports for.
tv DAYS, or two weeks less than by the
eastern route. These advantages must
draw travel from Europe over the Pacific
road. On the other hand, many kinds OF
merchandise will be sent to market only
by this route, and San Francisco may ye,
become the city most directly concerned
in the trade of Asia, and the commercial
metropolis Of the world as it now is OF
the Pacific coast ,,,.,..
But the most important of all the re-
suits likely to follow from this magnifi
cent enterprise, is the cementing Of the
Pacific States to the Union. Heretofore
the Union has been very slight between
the Atlantic aud Pacific slopes. Now
daily intercourse will do what the gener
al government has failed to accomplish
and California and Oregon will be bound
by other than political ties, to our com
mon Union. The Pacific road, the most
important, rs it was the most daring en-
terprise of its time, is now finished
What shall we do nexty
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

"By the way, we called to see Dunhaln,
Of the Prsss, but he had heard Of our be-
ing in ttown, and he'd lGftl en=h 16oEaec
Don't know where he went, nor have we
heard Of him since our return"
1t seems from the above that our es-
tecmed friend WHEELER, Of the Fort
Smith Herald, was in our town, during
the sitting of the United States Court,
without our knowledge. The "old man, !"
judging from his notice of the visit, was
+" sloshing" round generally We regret
that we were not in our office when he
called, and were not able on the street to
recognize him; but if, as Major SPARKS
says, the "devil would not know him
with his new hat on" why should VIC.
And after visiting, as he says he did,
Geo Austin's, NJ. Lynch's, John Wal
lace's, Sam. Hanley's, etc, etc, he went
home in doubt whether he was old
man" WHEELT., or not, We are not sur
prised. That temperance dodge, old
man. has played out; better strike out
on another track
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
Bonner on Grant, and Don Piatt Behind
Dexter.
We extract the following from the cor
respondence Of the Cincinnati CONNER
riut

respondence Of the Cincinnati CONNER
rial.
GRANT.
Mr.. Bonner was telling me ofthe warn
ings given the President, by anxious
friends, when it was proposed to drive
him ont behind Dexter, when ! asked his
opinion Of the General
81 believe him to be good man, and,
as a soldier, a great man, but as Presi-
dent he lacks training. He went into Of
flee undertaking it and ovcrrating him
self. He had the mistaken idea that be
could run the Presidency as he command
ed an army. Wind is good-muscles
are good-but both, when Of the best,
require training. a good man without
preparation may make a hit in new po-
sition, but the rule is that he makes a
failure"
"You consider the President, then, a
failure p
$50 far, certainly. He should have
gathered about him practical men of the
world-politicians we call them. Instead
Of this he has excellent gentlemen, as
much ont Of training as himself. But /
believe he has power like this Of Dex-
ter, that will enable him to retrieve the
past, and come in all right at the end
81 wish you had given him some ad-
vice. ! felt better when saw Grant as
sociated with you and George Wilkes.
regard Wilkes as one Of the most re-
markable men Of the day"
$50 do l." said Bonner, earnestly;
abe writes with wonderful power and
clearness When yon want to try mans
capacity put a pen in his hand. But !
doubt whether Grant advised with Wilkes
he certainly did not with me"
"Talked boss mostly, did he not ?"
"Well, yes But would as soon ex-
pect Grant to advise with his friends
about the movements Of his army, as the
policy of his administration. 1t is his
way"
" "More's the pity. Had he taken some
clear, headed, practical man into his con
fidencc, he would not now be brooding
in wrath over his unhappy complications
and disappointments."
But we are now in the Central Park,
and over the smooth road, along which
the gorgeous equipages were rolling,
Dexter pricked his ears, and lifting his
superb head, looked another animal He
trod the earth with the case and elasticity
Of steel springs, while with his head
slightly turned he kept his right eye on
his master, awaiting for the signal to be
of. But it is against the law to drive
rapidly, and a policeman on the main
drives, every few hundred rods, enforces
the law. Once outupon the central road,
beyond the park, and Bonner said go
and away we went The fences flew by ;
the road beneath seemed to spin into q
ribbon, horses and vehicles which we
passed seemed for an instant to stand
still and the power with which this glo-
rious animal did his work was only equal
to the ease, elegance and beauty Of his
movements. They affected me like wine
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
Gold, Silver and Lead T!

Much excitement is manifested by the
people of Benton and Washington Coun-
ties, on the subject Of mining in Benton.
We have seen some specimens and can
safely say the lead specimens are very
fine and rich. The silver assays $3.50 per
ton--the gold is sparsely scattered.
Many hundreds Of people are hocking to
the Benton County Mines, and we hope
they may all get rich.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

~ Colonel JOHN w. WALLACE and
Mr.. HAYS BRowSrIRLp, started on Satur-
day last for the Benton county" diggins.'
They are both old California miners and
10 to prospect and see for themselves
what the rumors NIL amount to. We only
wish that the half has not been told in
regard TO the quantity and quality Of the
ore In these mines.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

Ey Paper is becoming more than ever
an important material. Papier mache
has been worked into many things, but II
is only recently that it has been possible
to make It waterproof Now chamber
sets, buckets, ETC., are made from this
material.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

CuN Bears FOR SPAiS,-Thc New
York Tribune announces that thirty gun
boAts are building In that city for the
S,,anish government, for service in Cuban
-yAfsrs. The contractors promise to have
them ready IN sixty days.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

EV f.. c. WH,rEsipns and CuARIEY
WARD, put us under obligation for nice
mess Of fish They pulled out hundred
and fifty, before breakfast, on Saturday
morning We wish to thank them very
kindly, for the next mess.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

H The Circuit Court for Crawford,
Judge HAN presiding, commences its SEES
sion at Van Buren, on Monday next,
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

c sHDr'Mf. George Peabody, who 10 in
in health, has sxpressed . desire to re-
turn TO this country and end his days
here.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

New York, May &c
Cotton duh and low at cit gold car
rying Z per cent. gold 40s.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01

rr Attention is directed to the new
ofD. G. WILLIAMS n Co.'S.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
benefit BALL.

A Quadrille Party for the benefit Of the
"A Van Buren, Cornet Band, will be given
at HAYMAH's RALI. on THURSDAY, June Sd,
1899. Admission, $50. t-- 4'
PrR ORpBR MANAGERS.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
Anime Colors.

DED and Blue Anilne, constantly kept
IL for sale by
u. G. WILLIAMS e. Co.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
Ey,- The Little Rock Gazette of May

EN- The Little Rock Gazette Of May
Goth, says:
LITTLE Rock AND FoRr SMITH RAIL
RoAp-Mr. Wheeler, one Of the directors
Of the road, returned from the east on
Monday. He reports everything cheer
ing for the early completion of the road
In addition to the hands that are now
employed, large number will be put to
work rs soon as Col. Denckla arrives
from New York, which will be in week
or two.
Capt. George III. Meade, Of the survey
ing party, is in the city. lie reports that
they have reached Gala creek, about
twenty miles above Lewisburg, and are
rapidly pushing forward the surveys.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
School Lands fer Rent.

| n accordance with an Act of the last Leg
l. islaturc, in regards to the School Lands of
the State the undersigned Collector Of Craw-
ford county, will offer for rent. or lease, all
the School Lands belonging to this county, at
on SATURDAY the 18th day of June, 1869.
TO the highest biddcd, from the date hereof,
until the lst of January 1870, with the prvi-
legc of leasing or renting one or five years
thereafter, Lands offered between the hours
of judicial sale.
II. s. ANDERSON,
Collector Crawford County.
Van Buren,, May IL, 1869.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
l will sell Salt at S. per Bbl. and
$4.OO per Sack, Cash.

Feeling most .grateial to my friends for
their patronage, hope 'by strict adhersance
to integrity and perseverance to merit cno-
tinuancc Of the same.
M. LYNCH.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-01
SASH. DOORS { BLINDS,

Shingles, Laths, Mouldings and Brackets,
North. vert corner State House, Little Rock,
Arkansas. F..-s
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-01-14

The Largest Advertising Con
tract given out in 1868, and prob
ably the largest ever given to one
ndver tising firm at one time, is thai
OF the preprietors Of Plantation Bit
ters TO Geo. p. Rowell & Co., Ad.
vertisng Agents, No. 40 Park Row,
New York, on the 18th OF Sept. for
$43776 26.
'DMessrs. p. IL. Drake & Co. have
for years been among tho largest
if not tho largest, advertisers in
America, and the contract men.
toned abdveiis but a small part OF
their expenditure in this way ior
tho present year. 1t ia only those
who have tried prirters' ink most
extensively that are so firmly con
vinced Of its efficacy.
Tue Advertising Agency which
is sending out this order is another
example. II Commenced business
less than five years since, and the
fact that II now controls u greater
advertising patronage than any
similar establishment, is without
doubt TO bo attributed to their hav.
log expended more money in ad
vertising themselves and their ia.
cilitics within that time than all
other advertising firms put togoth
or, since tho establishment OF the
frst agency quarter Of Il century
since.
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Digestion of Food.

Rico, boiled pigs feet, boiled
tripo boiled, will digest in one
Venison steak, boiled; salmon
broiled; whipped eggs, raw; and
sweet and mellow apples, raw, will
digest in one and I! hours.
Beef liver, broiIod; dry cod fish
boiled; apples, sour and mellow
eaten raw, and cabbage with vino
gar will digest in two hours.
Roasted turkey, roasted goose
and roasted pig, broilcd lamb and
boiled beans. roasted potatoes and
boiled parsnips, will digest in two
and one half hours.
Roasted beoi. boiled mutton
boiled apple dumpling, and Indian
corn cake, will digest in three
hours.
Roasted mutton, Indian corn
bread, and boiled carrots, will di.
gesL in three and ono fourth hours
Stewed oysters, raw cheese, hard
boiled and fried eggs, wheat bread,
boiled potatoes and boiled turnips,
will digest in three and ono.hall
hours. via. ..,...........
Fried beef, broiled and roiisteu
fowls, roast duck aud boiled cab.
bagc, will digest in four hours
while roasted pork requires five
and ono fourth hours.
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The Slmple Secret.

Twenty clerks in storo. Twen
ty hands in printing Office
Twenty young men in II village
All want to got along in the world
and all expect 10. Ono OF the
clerks will rise TO be "A partner,
and make u fortune. Ono of the
competitors will own newspaper.
and become an Influential and
prosperous citizen. One of the
viilagers will get a handsome farm
and liveh patriarch. But which is
destined TO be tho lucky individn
nj? There is no luck about il
The tliingis as plain as tho rule Of
threo. Tho young fellow who
viii distance his competitors is no
who masters his business, who
prcserTes s.intcgrity, who lives
cIeanly and purely, who never gets
in debt who gains friends by DO.
serving them, and puts his moncy
into sba sayings bapk. There arc
rsomc pRys.to fortune that shorter
than this rusty old highway, bul
tho staunch men Of the community
tho men who, achieve something
worth having, good fortune, good
name and . serene old age, go this
road.
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Medicinal Properties of Celery,

| have known many Men and
women too, who, from various eau.
sos had become so much affected
with nervousness that when they
stretched out their hands they
shook like aspen leaves on windy
days-and by n daily moderate
use of tho blanched iootsialks ol
celery leaves as n salad they be-
come as strong and steady in limbs
as other people. tLH
| havo known others go worry
nervous that tho losst annoyance
put them in state of agitation,
and they were almost in constant
perplexity and fear, who We're al.
40 eiIcctually cured by n daily
moderate uso of blanched cclery
as II salad at moal timer. | have
known others cured by using cele.
ry for palpitution Of the heart
Every body engaged in labor
weakening TO the nerves, should
use celery daily in season, and
onions in its stead when not in
season. - Cor. Prdc Farmer.
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A Lady. .killer-COrsets.
|. An air apparent The fog, (
Rothschild left ton Of deeds.
What's in a name-four letters.
The rest for the wicked--Ar
rest.
A domestic bird-A duck ofa
wife. J.ftI IutL. tE.f.fhI
The complexion of firtue-A
Political iron WOrkers-the wire
pullers.
The end of good Investments
dividend. a Hel
A legal tender offering q
lady your heart. d.t1t'
The heaviest dealers in note pa
pcr-The banks.
Tho greatest miracle-reform-
ing a coquette.
Fashionable name for stockings
-foot-gloves.
A work of art-a widow trying
10 catch q husband. .s''.- ''
The latest namo for matrimony
committing twoicide.
A peck OF grapes will yield a
gallon Of wine. .s4sso ~
Big rocks, look best when drap-
ed with Concord grapcyines. D
Tho next Maine Legislature. it
is announced, will abolish capital
punish shment in the State.
The Androscoggin mills turn out
annually 100000 grain bags and
10000. 900 yards of shecting.
John KiIgourof Cincinnati has
purchased a five hundred acre blue
grass farm in Scott county, KY,
for 100000.
Ninety in q hundred of tbeIpear
trees set out for tho last ten years
have produced nothing. Pears are
dearer now than. they were ten
years ago. at.t4.ali
Put tho droppings of grain fed
animals on corn and wheat fields;
of hay-fed animals on grass lots,
and the droppings Of forests on or.
chards.