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The CIRCUIT CouRT.--We give below,
all Of the important criminal cases dis
posed of at the last term.
WILLIAM J. ALEXANDER, Esq, was
elected Special Judge, to try all cases in
which Judge HAM, was connected pro-
iessionally.
Inhr Gr;nla" r~,~-~i -~''''"
guilty of the murder of another colored
man, and sentenced to be hung on the Sd
day Of February next.
Quite a number of parties were relev-
ed Of the marriage yoke-some from one
cause and some from another.
Cases are -
State Of Arkansas VS.. j. O'Bryan-murder
changed to Sebastian county bond $1,000.
State VS.. Elisha b. Meadows--Mrccny-
pros.
State vs. Alice Bcll--burglary-nol. pros
State VS.. James Meadows-larceny-
by Jury-not guilty.
State VS.. Jacob Meadows-assault-con
ued.
Statc,vs. Charles -gaming-guil-
| ty-ilnc SIS.
state VS.. Gran. Coggs and others-aSsault,
| intent to kill--continued.
| State VS.. Elias Neal-assault, intent to kill
guilty OF assault-fne, $50.
State VS.. Jas. O'Bryon-assault, intent to
kill--continued. ... ..
State VS.. Samuel Teaguc-selling liquor
without license-gnilty $40.
| State VS.. Emerson Rutherford-larceny--
| case brought from Washington county-guil-
| ty-verdict, years in Penitentiary
State vs.. Peter Bremmon-assault with in
| tent to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 3years in PEN
| itentiary.
State VS.. Martha Maxcy, (col, )--murLer-
continued.
| State vs.. Jordan Grinder-murder-guil
sentenced to be hung on the 81 day ofFcb.
1871.
| State VS., John f. Allen-assault-not gull
| ty.
State VS.. Alexander Mller--larccny--guil-
| ty--sentence, ? years to Penn.
State VS.. Adam Jackson--assault intent to
kili--continued.
DIVORCES GRANTED.
Sarah Z. Woosley rs. Geo. W. Woosley--
granted.
Eliza A. Maxcy VS.. James S. Maxey-grant-
ed.
VIM. Page Va. Roster l.. Page-granted
WIN. Frields vs. Martha Frields-granted
Sarah Gibson VS.. Lindsey Gbson--granted.
VIM. Furgerson VS.. Francis Furgerson--
granted.
VIM. G. league VS.. Lucinda Teaguc--grant-
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been questioned and while the United
States have provided by law for the pun
ishnlent of crimes committed by1ndians
struggling from their tribes, and crimes
committed by Indians upon the whites
within the reservation, the gov
erhment has carefully abstained from al
tempting to regulate their domestic at-
fairs, and from the punishment Of crimes
committed by one Indian against another
in the Indian territory. Whenever we
have dealt with them, in their collective
capacity as tribe, and not with their in
dividual members, except when such
members were separated from the tribe
to which they belonged, we have asserted
such jurisdiction as every nation exer-
cises where the subject of another indie
pendent sovereign nation enters its terri
tory and violates laws. During the war
slavery had been abolished, and the
former slaves had become citizens of the
United States consequently, in deter
mining the basis of representation IN the
Fourteenth amendment, three titths OF
all other persons" is wholly omitted, but
the clause Excluding Indians not taxed
is retained, the defence is irresistible that
the amendment was intended to recOg-
nize the change in the status of the fol-
mer slaves which had been effected dur
ing the war, while itrecognized no change
in the status of the Indians. The Indians
were excluded because they were not citi
zcns.
For these reasons, the committee does
not hesitate to say that the Indian tribes
within the limit Of the United States, and
the.indiaual members of the several
Tribes, y Ale they adhere to and form a
part of tribes to which they belong,
are nod s,ithin the meaning of the -Four
tecnths - nllment subject to the jursdic-
ton Off United States, and therefore
that theT Indians have not become cti-
zcns Of .e United States by virtue Of
that ans, ,1dmcnt. The committee say
that, iffp.ey are correct in this conclu
sion, itGlaiows that the treaties hereto.
fore made ebetween the United States and
the Indian tribes are not annulled 10y that
amendmi It, In conclusion, the com
mttee sae. it is pertinent to remark that
treaty relations can properly exist only
with Indians rs tribes or nations, and
that when the members Of tribe are scat
tered they-are merged into the mass OF
our people, and become equally subject
to the jurisdiction of the United States.
It's believed that some treaties have been
concludgRnd ratified with fragmentary
and strah ,,ing bands of Indians, who
have lost, ,z'etentions to the tribal char
acter, andt,hus tits right to admonish the
treaty masng power to use greater Cir
cumspccta hereafter.
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Are Indians Citizens ?
Report Of the Senate Judiciary CommHte,
on the Eject Of the FourteeRh
L.. N L. H'.,,L

Report Of the Senate Judiciary Committee
on the E.fed J the Fourteeah
amendment on The Indian tribes
Washington (Dcc. 10 Dispatch to the New York
Tribunc.l
The Senate committee on the iudicia
ry, to-day, through Senator Carpenter,
made report on the resolution adopted
in April last, instructing them to inquire
into and report the effect Of the Four
teenth Amendment to the constitution
upon the Indian tribes of the country, and
whether, by the provision thereof the In
dians are not citizens of the United
States, and whether, thereby, the various
treaties, heretofore existing between the
United States and the various Indian
tribes are not annullcd
The committee say, in their opinion,
| Fourteenth amendment has no effect what
over upon the status of Indian tribes
within the limits of the United States and
! does not annul the treaties previously
made. They quote so much of the amend
| ment as is material to the question, and
argue at length to show that the lcgisla.
ton of Congress is based upon the same
view which they present Of the relations
which exist between the government and
the Indian tribes, making it plain that
congress has uniformly respected the
rights of the Indians to govern them
selves. Instances of the principle are
cited, and the committee say that, from a
pcrusal of these statutes, it is manifest
that Congress has never regarded the In
dian tribes as subject to the municipal
jurisdiction of the United States. On the
contrary, they have been treated uniform
ly as nations, and in that character have
been held responsible for the crimes and
outrages committed by their members,
even outside of their territorial limits
And, inasmuch as the constitution treats
the Indian tribes as belonging to the rank
of nations, and capable of making trea-
ties, it is evident that any act of Con
gress which should assume to treat the
members of Il tribe as subject to the mu-
nicipal jurisdiction of the United States,
would be unconstitutional and void In
the opinion of the committee the conSti-
tuition and the treaties act Of Congress,
and the judicial decisions referred to, all
speak the same language upon this sub.
iect, and all point to the conclusion that
the Indians, in their tribal condition, have
never been subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States in the sense in which
the term jurisdiction" is employed in
the Fourteenth amendment 10 the consti-
tuition. The government has asserted
apolitical supremacy over the Indians,
and the treaties and laws uphold these
tribes as domestic and Independent ma.
tons, separate from the States OF the
Union, within whose limits they are To-
Gated, and exempt from the operation
Of State laws, and not otherwise subject
TO the control of the United States than
is consistent with their charac,eras sepa-
rate political communities or States.
Their right of self government, and to
administer justice among themselves af-
ter their rude fashion, even to the extent
Of inhicting the death penalty, has never
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M A r r I z D .

In this city. on,thc Goth inst. by the Rev Sidney
Babcock, Mr.. JONI p. HATHAWAY and Miss ADA
BARNES, both Of this place.
I'VE wish young friends the brightest future,
and may their ondet anticipations be fully realiz-
ed.
In this city, onJho 2jth inst. by the Rev. Sidney
Babcock Mr.. JtSN c. BESJAMIS and Miss ELLEN
RICHARDSON, both Of this place.
through lifc,l
In Van Buren,, on tho 26th inst at tho residence of
Van buren,
At Fort Smith on the 18th by Rev. Mr. Sample
Miss X ATE DAMRELL to Mr.. W. +. WILLIAMS, of Lit
tie Rock.
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The Cherokees.

At the last term of the United States
District Court for this District, certain
parties in the Cherokee Country were in
dictcd for resisting an officer Deputy
Marshal, in the execution of process in
the Cherokee Nation. Among these were
| Hons. WM r. Ross and ). ii. BENGE \
! not. pros. was entered by the District At
torncy, and the parties discharged. AT
| ter their return to the Nationn, being
Members of the Cherokee Legislature,
they made a formal report of their "ex
perience." To one clause of this report
we desire to call the attention of the
| Cherokee people, because it is calculated
to mislead them as to the ruling of Judge
CALDWELL, upon a question of vital i'm
portance to them. In speaking of Judge
G, over ruling the case in Hempstead' S
Cir Ct Refs, in which his predecessor
ruled that "the child followed the condi-
ton of the mother, in n question of na-
hondliy," they say. "The effect of this
railing is briefly, to declare the amen
liability of all persons born and residing
"in the Cherokee Nation, and whose pa.
"rents are recognized citizens thereof,
"by birth or odopAon, to their own
Courts for ofIenses as among them
"sclves." The italics are our own and
tattention is especially directed to the
words itaciscd. Now, the Judge has
ruled, that under the Cherokee Treaty of
1866 white man cannot eXpatriate him
self and defeat the jurisdiction of the l..
S. Court, either by marriage or adoption
into that tribe. He still remains a citi-
zen Of the United States despite his mar
riagc to 4 Cherokee woman or his adop-
| ton by act of the Cherokee Council APP
| ply the ruling in the case Of the United
States rs. Johnson ct, el., and we see that
the children OF erhHe man, although
married TO . Cherokee woman or adopted
! hy act Of Council, are still subject to the
| Jurisdiction OF this Court. II the child
follows the condition Of the father, then
the father being amcnablc to this juris-
diction the children will be also. So that
it is immateriul whether the children are
born and reside in the Cherokee Coun
try or not-they are still subject to the
jurisdiction of this Court, if their father
be rhae man. The Court holds that
the 18th Article of the Treaty of 1866,
with the Cherokces, does not take away
the jurisdiction of the T. S. Courts as to
white men, in the Cherokee Country. IF,
however, the father be an Mdian-that
is, Of Indian blood, and the children arc
"born and reside" in the Indian Country
Tho case is different.
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E A gold dollar will buy twice as
much salt in England or Spain as in the
United States. One hundred bushels OF
wheat will buy, in Liverpool, seven hun
dred pounds. Of blaukets in New York
they will exchange for only three hun,
dred and fifty pounds and SO on, as to
nearly all the necessaries Of life Such
are the workings of the present Eepubli.
can tariff system. ..5 f..g-I fIl.
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Fa- Hon A,x C,p,rorp Mo,,bor -

EE- Hon. ak. CARALoFr, Member of
the State Senate, from Benton and WAsh-
ington Counties, was in Van Buren, on
Thursday, on his way to Little Rock. Mr..
c. is gentleman of fine abilities and we
look to see him make his mark in the
Legislative Halls of the State.
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= ET AT the annual meeting of Stock
holders Of the Little Rock and TT Smith
Railroad, at Little Rock, the following
gentlemen were elected Directors for the
ensuing year:
- Massachusetts-Wm II. Hart, Francis
NJ. Weld, Elisha Atkins, Ebenczer r
Farrihgton, GeorgeZ. Silsbcc.
sArkansas-Charlcs G.. Scott, B. f.
Rice, j. M. Lewis
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fy On Tuesday morning last, the
brick buildings at the Garrison, Fort
Smith, known as the " officers quarters
were burnt to the ground, with nearly a
total loss TO every thing in them The
cause, defective fue. The buildings
belonged to the government Loss
probably $4,000. y
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- Our town wns honored on Tues
day hast by large delegation of Fort
Smith citizens. Judge WHEELER and
Maj. SrARKs az the Heraid, Col. j. X.
KAKxADY, JonH CARNALL, S. ID. McDoN-
AID. Buck MEYER HENRY FALooNER, and
quite a number of other gentlemen whose
names arc now gone from us, were here
on business before the Circuit Court.
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rF- 1t is, we learn, in contemplation
by the Van Buren, Sabbath School, in
connection with some of their friends, to
give at no distant day an entertainment,
at the Court House, for the benefit of the
Presbyterian Church of this place We
speak for them large measure of sue
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'eH BY the courtesy of Col. A. p.
ROBINSON, Chief Engineer Of the Cairo
and Fulton Railroad, we were invited to
make a "trip ON Wednesday the 2lst, over
the first twenty miles of that road
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,s cy Hon. J. Il. PErrIeREw, Rcprosen
tstiye elect from this District, was in
Yan. Buren, on Friday. We predict that
Mr.. ,Pettigrew will make one of the best
working members in that body. ea
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yEJ Judge DAVID WALKER, the Junior,
ofFayetteville, spent several days in our
town and left Thursday on the Gibson,
FOR Little Rock. The Judge is one of the
promising young men Of the Northwest
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~ The City Council have raised, to
take effect after Jan. Ist, 1871, the Lii
ccnsc of drinking Saloons, from fifty dol.
lars, to two hundred dollars each. And
We understand that the County Court
will require the same amount.
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ET 1t has been asked Of US, why it is
that the School Teachers of the free
schools in this county, outside of the
CITY, are, when they are paid off in the
State Scrip, charged up the interest due
on the same? One would suppose, that
II was enough, that they have to be paid
in this deprecated currency, that does
not pass readily, for their labors, with.
out having to be made to pay the inter
terest that may have accrued on the samo.
There is, evidently, something rotten
somewhere. Who can tell +?
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uEF Reader, is this borrowed paper ?
N so, send us $3.50 and We will send one
fot a year. 1t is cheaper than wearing
ten dollars worth of sole leather run
ming over to your neighbor to borrow
his paper. Try it. NJ
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EJ From the Fort Smith Usra!d Of
Dec. I24th, we notice that the old Edito-
rial wheel horse, JouN II. WHEELER, has
disposed Of his interest in that paper to
Mr.. 'FRAyK PAR1E. Judge Wheeler is
one Of the, oldest newspaper Editors and
Publishers in the State, and wo regret to
learn that he has severed his connection
with the press of Arkansas. Although
we have at times, differed with our ven
cradle confrere, on local interests, we
have always found him m-hearted
honorable man. By..his persevering in
dustry he has helped largely to make the
Herald what it is, and we feel confident
In saying that the patrons of the Herald
will not only miss the liberal and pungent
contributions OF the Judge, but will also,
miss his ever presence in the Office. lie
has retired from the cares and perplexi-
ties Of newspaper life, and may now dritt
quietly over the remaining days Of life,
has " done well his part"
We wish the Herald, under its new or.
gsnization unbounded success. Major
LAS. H. SPARKS, assumes whole control
OF the editorial and business department
q" 90 o.
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KtIa8t5tien is extend to all patrons OF
the Press, who are indebted to this of
1ce To come forward ut once and settle
Vi. We hnve urgent need tor all that is
due ,,s at this time. And we trust that
we will have to make no more urgent ap-
peal. "
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WINTER The past week, we have had

WINTER The past week, we have had
winter, IN right good earnest--snow and
ice is plenty. Our Ice Houses are being
filled with superior artcle-some 4 J to
5 inches thick. For several days the
river was full offoatingic and but for
the water being so high would certainly
have closed, ''
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Nerr Truly, yours, "
A. =. ROBINSON.
REMARKS.

REMARKS.
Col. Fishback's letter was republished
in the Gazette rs giving fuller showing
of the condition of the several railroad
projects in the northwest of our state,
and in Kansas and in the Indian Nation,
than any We had seen Yin print. We did
not suspect that there was any latent in
situation against Col. Robinson, person
ally or professionally. Had we thought
50, we should have denied it a place in
our columns. We, and all the citizens
along the line Of the railroad to Fort
Smith, are too well acquainted with Col
Robinson, and his accomplishments since
he entered upon the duties of chief engi.
necr, to give credit upon idle grounds to
any reports dcrogatory to-hia efficiency
The evidences to the contrary are too
numcrous-evcry yard of the railroad is
a monumental reminder of his ability
and energy The following extract from
the letter complained of bears testimony
to the energetic qualities Of Col. Robin
son, and we so construed it ut the time 4;
The Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad
is probably the first that will reach us, rs
there are ninety miles OF that road already
graded. (fiuisned within nine mouths from
the time it began,) and tiitv-two miles in OPP
Grafton. with regular trains running daily
from Lewisburg to Little Rock. Only seven
ty miles remain to be graded
1t is well known, although the para
graph does not 50 state, that to Colonel
Robinson alone is due the credit of per-
forming the above work.
But we presume the following is the
paragraph to which Col. Robinson takes
exception: H N..
"In 1868 A. z. Robinson, (now engineer on
the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad) was
chief engineer on the main trunk, and con
tinuee in that position TIL the 18th Of Aug.
1859, and in that time five miles only were
built, and thirty seven miles graded. At that
date his resignation was accepted, and a. L.
Arrasmith appointed in his stead. In the
October following Hon. X. :. stevens was
made general manager OF the company's
lines, and from that date to the present its
roads have progressed with unparalleled IA
pidity."
This language is undoubtedly suscepti-
bic of double construction. We do not
| know that it was SO intended. But if Col.
Robinson accomplished SO little in the
time stated, we have no hcsitancy in say
ing that it was because he was not prop
erly supported by his employers or EN-
ployecs, and through no fault Of his for
never did man exhibit more energetic
and go-ahead qualities since his conncc-
ton with the railroads in this State, than
has Col. Robinson.
| If the letter of Col Fishback was in
tended to forward the interests of Fort
Smith at the expense of Van Buren, we
disoyow any symgafiH9lHt ne f9ltcFF FFi55 igoR9FaRp m
information, prcsuming Col. F. knew
whereof he was speaking, to show the
outside world the prospects for railroads
in the Western part ofthe State, and over
the border. We have no favorite rail
road schemes to advance the interests o
one section Of the State over another, ,and
We have no sympathy with any move thai
is so intended.
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EE- One of the Fort Smith New Era $
last Jokes was perpetrated on Colonel
WITHERs, of the Ozaak Tablet:
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a. Nhw ORLEANS, Dec. "a.
A dispatch was received from Captain
Cannon this' morning, announcing that
the Lee has been raised, and is now on
the way to tTs city
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EJ Judge G. b. NEAL, Representative
elect from this District, passed down on
the Nightingale.
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r. The French balloons, with n fair
wind, 60 about as fast as express trains
or American railroads. g..r
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ES- rhere vail be no paper issued
from this office on Tuesday next.
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Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad,
TINE CARD.

ATiVing at HunterylIIc tn p. m.
r2r Stage connection between Lcwisburg, Van Bu-
rem and Smith. .-.. N -..
Coaches will also leave the principal hotels at Lit
tie Rock for transfer of passengers to and from the
station at lluntersvillc.
For further information, inquire at the General
Office of the Company, Real Estate Bank building,
s.a.. d. W. c. BROWN, Gen'I Sup't.
LoRING S. RICHARDSON, Gen'l Ticket Agt.
nov - '10tf ...
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Ev Capt JEFF BALDWIN is spending
Christmas week with US. ..r
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kFrom Little Rock Daily Gazette. l7th
Card from Col. A. p. Robinson 2
LITTLE Rock FoKI SMITH 4. RI
CHIEF EHGINEER's OFFICE,
little Rock, Ark, Dec. l6, lS70.S

Editors Gaxeue-- l on call particular atten-
lion in your paper of the 18Th, to a lFtter OF
the Hon W NJ RI. hack in regard to certain
railroad projects west OF rs IN which refer
ences are made 10 me 30 entirely foreign 10
the ayowed Object of his letter. and so word
ed that he evidently switched of for Il covert
attack upon me. | cannot conceive what
possible connection have with the question
of harmony between Van Buren, and Fort
smith, or what other earthly object his';dlus-
ions to me could have. | never met him but
twice in my life an1Hm not aware that any
thing occurred in those short interviews to
provoke his hostility. But without amy farth-
er comments, desire simply to state that so
far as regards myself, his whole letter is pure
fiction. .i.4 #-E Gss
Verr truly, yours
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FORT SMITH, ARK.

| would respectfully call the attention OF
the citizens Of Crawford, Washington and
Benton counties and public generally, to oul
large and well selected Stock of Staple ana
Fancy Dry Goods, Dress Goods, trimmings
Laces, Groceries, Hardeare, Queens,oare, Glass
rare, Boots and Shoes, Hats dc. Also, Can
ton Mattings and Oil Cloths, which
we are now receiving by every boat.
These Goods were all bought when goods
and cotton were at their lowest figures, and
we feel confident that we can and will sell
them at lower prices than ever before offered
in this market.
Our stock will be found full and complete
in all its branches. Our motto Is
"SmaH Profits and Quick Sales"
and our terms,
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Give us a call, and you will be satisfied
that WE MEAN WHAT WE SAY.
NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS.
Very respectfully,
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Cor. Howard-st and Gar. Ave.
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~ Maj FRANK PARKS, ofScullyvillc,
G. NJ, was in our town on Tuesday. -eA