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any simple error which it may discover in
verifcatin of the lists. When the lists
shall show irregularities which the receiv-
ing office shall not be able to rectify, that
office shall apply for an explanation from
the despatching office and this explana-
ton shallbe afforded without DELAY
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Duplicate orders shall only be issued by
the postal administration of the country
on which the original orders were drawn,
and in conformity with the regulations es-
tablished or to be established in that coun-
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21

CHEERFUL INFLUENCE.-How it cheers
and gladdens the hear. to have something
Tor the eye to rest upon, no matter II it be
but simple engraving, or bunch of au-
tumn leaves tackled up here and there on the
bare walls. A few sea shells, little stat
uette, or even pot Of green moss growing
in the window sill, gives an air of TASTE
and refinement to the most lonely cottage.
And how true it is that the silent influence
OF these little surroundings help to make
up the great whole that purifes and uplifts
the soul to something higher and better:
i remember to have called once on a
poor sick woman. who lived in miserable
lodgings, and without many Of the ncces-
Wi r'''t.I'-. cot ] na,icnd an the old rick.
containing q pansey, rich in its tints OF
purple and gold. "Ohp exclaimed.
"what beautiful pansey."
Yes" she replied, her pale counts-
nance lightning up with tenderness and
joy, it is beautiful to me, as i. often leads
my thoughts away from myself. from my
sufferings and sorrows. Somehow never
feel SO poor when have something pretty
to look at"
Show me the person who hears music in
the song Of the cricket or the humming Of
the bee; who sees beauty in the lewly wild
flowers; the fallen log covered with moss
and ivy the jagged rock. or the pebple be
neath the feet one who loves to listen to
the winds, be they so wild and l will
show you person who eau never be mis-
erable or alone. The beautiful sunlig ht
within will reveal in amber tints some spots
whereon the weary heart may rest. and ns.
ture's voice will ever whisper words OF joy
and peace, no matter how fiercely the storms
of lile may sweep around.
1t is the thoughtful suggestion OF visi.
tor to public hospitals, that some cheap
pictures would be more grateful to the eye
OF sick inmates than the bare plaster walls.
When an invalid is confined to the bed. it
is great relisfto have something on which
the eye may rest Flowers. plants, pic
lures. and the cheapest decorations of any
kind. would be a godssnd to many weary
patient
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21
VAN BUREN, ARK, FEBRUARY o. 1871

pie decide everything for her-and she
loved him.
Before any one but Psnsy had guessed
what was going on, he had spirited her
away to where the bays stood in conven-
lent obscurity. They mounted; they
were off; and after that the rest was an
easy matter As for Pansy, she had
either to stay where she was, or to go
home on Annabers deserted horse and
escorted by Harold We're. She chose
the latter alternative dsmurely enough.
but was so short and abrupt to poor
half crazed Harold, who could hardly sit
in his saddle for Joy, that she completely
forestalled any suspicion he might have
had of her duplcity in the matter ofspir-
iting away Annabe. 1t was long enough
before he succeeded in establishing him
self on his former footing with Pansy,
and she nerer exactly confessed that her
engagement TO Roger Glenn had been a
hoax for his and Annabe's sole benefit
She was too good tactician to place
any such material for future welding
against her peace in the hands Of the
man who was to be her husband.
AS for Uncle Perth, he was very angry
at first and then he remembered that he
had been young once. Besides, it would
have been hard to be really cross to An.
nabers mothers child.
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21
SrxArs, Feb. l3, 1871

Adjutant General Danforth delivered
a message from Executive headquarters,
notifying the Senate Of the appointment
of j. f. Bennett supreme judge to fll the
vacancy occasioned by tho resignation
Of Bowen.
Adjourned.
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21
A Boston girl asks the following

pertinent quesNiohe VI o'no' Dos'oh Shis
"Could You love a man who wore false
ha,r on his head when he had enough Of his
own? Who painted his face and improv-
ed his form as you improve (?) yours
Who pinches his feet with small shoes, his
hands with small gloves. bis waist with
corsets. and then. as If he had not already
deformed himself enough. tied huge bus
tie to his back. and thrust tiny mountains
Of wire into his hosom ?" The Revolution
responds to these questions. addressed by
others 10 young men as follows: Gould
you love a girl who defled her mouth with
tobacco and loaded the air with fumes OF
cigars? Who staggered home several
times a week the worse for liquvr7 Who
INDUCED in fast horses. be. high ut races.
and swsggered around the streets with
questionable companions ?" Which pic
turc wears the most alluring colors 2
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21
- 10 SHOW how little lung person


may live on, DR.. Nicholson says;
know young man enjoying coed
health. and is comparatively strong. who
has not more than two.thirds OF a lung,
lie lost his left lung from the effects Of a
gun shot wound received at the battle Of
Shiloh. The ball entered the shoulder
blade and LODGED in the top of the lung
DR.. Gald. Of Tuscaloosa. Alabama, an
eminent surgeon, attended HIM two or three
months at the outset. lie finally came un-
der my care had charge ofhim for sever
al mouths-until he was well, lie lost oil
the left lung, and may be a little more than
tho lower lobe Of the right lurg. No NOR.
tai ever came nearer dying surcly than he.
From a skeleton he picket up flesh. com
menced the business Of merchant. got
married, and has had some children. de
lives at a little place called Kings Stsre.
in Pickens County, Alabama. His name
is Nathaniel Mitchell, and we'll known oil
avor the country.
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21
ARKANSAS LRGIsLATURI.
Little Rock Gssst,s Rsport.I
SENATE, Feb. IL, 1871.

SENATE, Feb. IL, 1871.
Hon. Wiltshire Riley, Senator elect
from the 10th district, appeared, and on
motion Of Senator Mallsry, was sworn In
by the Lieutenant Governor, aud took
his seat
Mallory, from joint committee to 10
vestigate the election frauds IN the 10th
senatorial district, made q lengthy 70
port, covering seventy-one pages Of
printed matter. The report charges gross
misconduct and outrages on the part Of
Hodges. Oliver, McDiarmid, Hartman.
Reed and Others, especially at the polls
in the several wards in this city, and in
the precincts Of Big Rock, Ashley, Bad
gett, Gray, Eastman, Campbell. Eagle
and Pyeatt
The following 10 the conclusion Of the
report "Your committee are therefore
Of the opinion that the election In Gray
Badgett, Eastman and Campbell, ought
TO be declared void As to the township
Of Eagle and the first and third wards Of
the city Of Little Rock, your committee
are of the opinion that the elections held
under the auspices of Hartman, by Fos-
ter, Bates and Krull, in the first ward,
and in the third ward, under the manage
ment Of Reed, by Brayman, Holland and
Devine, and in the township Of Eagle BY
the irregular judges,are absolutely void
Dufle moved that the report lie on tho
table, and that the committee on elections
be instructed to make a report on the
Hot Spring election frauds, and that both
reports be considered together, and that,
in order to expedite matters, apother
Senator be appointed on the committee
on elections.
Torrans moved, AZ q substitute, that
the report be adopted and Eve hundred
copies be printed.
Sarber moved that the whole matter
be laid on the table till Monday next.
Carried
SPECIAL ORDER.
Proposed amendment to the constitu.
ton reducing the number OF the judges
Of the supreme court Ordered engross-
ed and made special order for Monday as
l0t a. m.
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21

Mr.. Meek, chairman of special com.
mittee appointed to wait on the governor.
submitted report accompanied by the
following letter from his excellcncy:
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21
POET
sQUANDERED LIVES.

BY BAYARD TAYLOR.
The fisherman wades in the surges;
The sailcr sails over the seas;
The soldier steps bravelg to battle;
The woodman lays axe to the treee.
They are each Of the breed of the heroes,
The manhood attempted in strife;
Strong hands, that go lightly to labor,
The hearts that take comfort in strife.
In each is the seed to replenish
The world with the vigor ltneeds-
The center of honest objections,
The impulse Of generous deeds.
But the shark drinks the bloom of the fisher
The sailor is dropped tn the seas;
The soldier lies cold by his cannon;
The woodman is cruslied by his trees
Each prodigal life that is wasted
In many achievements unseen,
But lengthens the days Of the coward,
And strengthens the crafty and mean.
The blood of the noble is lavished,
That the selfish a profit may find;
God sees the lives that are squandcred,
And we to his wisdom are blind.
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21
THE VAN buren, PRESS.
PUBLISHED AT
VAN BUREN,, ARK, TUESDAY,
BY j. S. DUNHAM.
TERMS:
So 90 per annum, strictly in advance.
2 90 for six months
Single copies 10 cents.

Special notices double the above rates. Edi-
toral notices 20 cents per line for the first and
10 cents for each additional insertion. All
transient advertisements cash in advance.
Marriage and obituary notices not to exceed
lines free, over five 20 cents per line.
Cards or communications of personal
character, if admissible at all, double the usual
ates and strictly in advance.
Announcing candidates, for Congress or
state offices S25.OO. County officers, $1,000.
Editorial notices, 25 cents per line.
Yearly advertisements, paid quarterly. in
advance. Legal and transient advertisements
to be paid for when left at the office.
All Job Work, to be paid for on delivery.
Address all letters and communications TO
j. S. DUNHAM, Editor and Proprietor.
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21

FI A clergyman meeting little boy
Of his acquaintance, said This is quite
a stormy day, my SON." "Yes, SIR"
said the boy, "this is quite wet rain"
The clergyman, thinking to rebuke such
hyperbole, asked if he knew of other
than wet rain. 81 never knew personal
ly of any Other" said the boy, "but /
have read in certain book Of time
when it rained fire and birthstone and
guess that was not wet rain"
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21
Col. WM. Il. BOURNE.

Formerly Of Fort Smith. Arkansas, will as
sist me In the duties of my Agency ! am
TO make cash advances on all ship
mcnts of Cotton to the House of Messrs. f. l..
BRAuNs & Co. Baltimore. and will personal
" guarantee to shippers as much per pound.
net. as they would receive by shipping. to
New Orleans or New York markets.
G.. A. MEYER,
Agent for Baltimore and Arkansas.
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21
HousE, Feb. %, 1871.

HOUSE, Fe0. 10, 1911.
Mr.. Meek, chairman Of special com.
mittee appointed to wait on the governor.
submitted n report accompanied by the
following letter from his excellcncy:
ExEcurrvE DxPARrMrxr,)
STATE OF ARKASsAs,
LITTLE Rock, Feb. 18th, lS7l.)
Hon. j. A. Meek, Hon. c. W. Freddy,
Hon W. II. Cate, Hon. F. NJ. Thomp
son and Hon. j. w. Harris:
Gentlemen i: In reply to motion rails.
ing your committee to ascertain whether
| will accept or decline the position Ut
L. S. Senator, | respectfully submit the
following answer: When the time ar.
rivcs when can qualify - U. 5. Senator,
| shall be governed in my action by what
| deem to be the right, and for the best
interests of the State One thing your
body can implicitly rely upon is, that ]
shall not decline the position to which
have been elected unless shall be con-
yinccd that the interests OF the whole
people would be best subserved BY re-
tention Of toe executive chair.
Very Respectfully,
POWELL CLAYTON, Governor.
House bill to pay deficits on account
Of former appropriations was referred to
committee on ways and means.
House bill to repeal act regulating the
publication Of legal notices, and provide
for the manner Of publishing the same.
came up. The two reports from the ju-
dietary committee were read--the ma
jority, In favor o. rejecting the bill, and
the minority, in favor OF its passage.
Mr.. Ham moved tina, thebill be en-.
crossed for third reading. which was
amended by Mr.. Owen, to include the
adoption Of the minority rcpert.
Mr.. Owen favored the adoption Of the
minority report Like many other blind
acts of his life, as member Of the last
Legislature, he voted for the present law,
but he hoped God would forgive him for
it. The present law builds up . subsi.
died press If the editors Of the official
organs fail to advocate the peculiar doc
,rins of the executive, of go their heads.
II any institution should be free. it 10 the
press-this cannot bs done with the pres.
ent law In force. He wanted every par.
ticle Of the present law repsalsd--it u .
curse to the people.
(Cesti.ssd On 7Xird PAGE.
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21
IioUsE, Feb. IL, 1871

ioCsh, reo. A1t 1904.
Mr.. Meek, rising to privileged ques-
ton, moved the appointment OF a special
committee Of five, to wait on his Excel
lency, the Governor, and ascertain
whether or not he intends to accept the
position of U. S. Senator, to which he
was elected on the 10th January. Mr..
Meek thought II the governor would give
this body some information as to what
he intends to do, it would have tenden.
cy to allay all excitement. and produce
good result
Mr.. Owen expressed similar views.
Meek, Freddy, Cate, w. G. Harris, and
Thompson.
Mr.. Clayton gave notice that he would
present articles Of impeachment against
Geo. w. Sloan, county and probate Judge
Of Poinsett county, for malfcasancs in
office.
Senate bill proposing an amendment
to the franchise article OF the constitu-
ton. striking out all the disfranchising
clauses for political causes, was referred
to judiciary committee, with instructions
to confer with the Senate in reference to
the title OF the amendment.
Adjourned to 10 a. IN. Mondag.
The Van Buren press., 1871-02-21

EF With tears in her eyes, a little girl
Of FIVE summers asked "Will de lit ar
tie brother Johnny die to night, mother 2
And when she was assured that the doc
tor thought not, she continued, while
sobs choked her utterances, Poor John
ny! | wish he would, cause then
could have his little white handled knife
and fork"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-04

Arbitration has failed to end the long strike at
Newcastle, England, which has now entered
upon its sixth month, and the trouble Is spread
ing. Cable kilograms report that the Newcastle
miners in mass meeting resolved ssto insist on
their demands, and to persevere IN the strike
until its objects are accomplished" The cutters
and scissors grinders Of Sheffield have ''struck -
and the carpenters followed their example
The cotton spinners of Bolton joined in the
movement, and the spinners of Dundee, Scot
land, followed them. Mr.. Mundella, the men,
Der OF Parliament who visited this country some
months since, has been engaged in endeavoring
to heal the differences between the striking engi-
neers and masters at Newcastle; but has met
with no success. In fact. compromise, arbitra-
ton, and every other mode Of terminating trade
disputes has been tried and found wanting in
England. We should except, perhaps, tine
method adopted in one of the Yorkshire col
beries, where the cooperative principle has
been introduced. and the men have share in
the years profits Proportioned TO their earnings.
Strikes under that system are out OF the ques-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-04

The frightful balloon accident in Indiana on
Saturday, where the aeronaut fell mile
through the air and was crushed into
an undistinguishable mass, has probably
UI oeen exceeded in horror since the
Ia" Oh MontgOlfer and Roman from a
Daloon heated partly by hot air, from the anna
Iatps OF which the balloon took fire. precini-
'aunS tLem from an immense height TO tho
earth According, however, to the DOCTORS the
death by afall from balloon, though apparent
ly so frghful, is really the easiest known as all
sensibility is lost with the fall the first hundred
feet through the air. The horrors, however. of
the previous situation, before the fall com
menees, must be taken into account. And an
accident Of this sort does not seem in the slight
est degree to deter the aeronauts in their mania
Tor an navigation They even contend that the
casualties from air navigation have been less, in
proportion, than in the navigation OF the sea.
Fer go aeronauts, and IL 900 ascents less than
twenty lives have been lost.
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Reading Matter on Every Page.
WASHINGTON CITY:
October A, 1871.

TheolOgians, scientists and humorisss are all
having their fling at Darwinism, and, as usual,
the needle guns are doing more execution than
the heavy artillery; that is, the lively salles of
novelists, journalists, and small poets and carl
caturists are more effective in counteracting the
influence of the development theory on the
minds of men, than the polemics of the dvines,
and the dissertations of Darwin's scientific oppo-
nents. At the meeting of the Methodist Preach
ers' Association in New York on Monday, the
Rev. DIR. Foster, of Drew Seminary, read an
essay on !" Darwinism," in which the specula-
TORS Of the daring .theorist were strongly de-
nOupced. DIR. Foster took the ground that
variation Of a species moves in a circle, and So
does not result in development, as opposed to
TIE theory of Darwin, that man is the develop
ment OF long, continuous line of progression
He alGo combatted the theory OF spontaneous
generation, and quoted Sir William Thomson
and Prof. Huxley as eminent authorities who
had pronounced against it. Now all this is
assertion without proof, and one set of theories
Is as good as another if both are unsupported by
evidence. One Of the strongest points we have
yet seen against Darwin is incidentally made by
way of Illustration, in an English novel recently
repubIshed in this country; and it has this
advantage, that it Is exactly such an argument
as those of which Darwin's theory is made up.
The point Is, substantially, that according to
the law of natural selection and the Transmission
Of instincts from generation to generation, the
candle moth ought long ago to have learned,
from the experience of many generations of its
kind, that flame would scorch its wings, and
injure or kill IL. Darwin, however, might reply
TO this line of argument, that even the developed
candle moih, man, who has the advantage OF bis
own experience added to that of his prede-
cessors, PUSHES into the dangers which he knows
have been fatal to thousands Of his kind. Burnt
children don't dread the fre-on the contrary,
they cannot be kept away from it, even after
they have learned by painful experience that 1t
burns. %
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WAR IMPAIRMENT, 1Clhes Chtsf StRNdt O0cef, Il
WASHINGTON, ID. G. Oct. 4, ISL, 10 a. m. (
SYNOPSIS FOR THE PAST TWENTY FOUR Hours
The bsEometer has fallen very generally east of the
Mississippi, the highest p essure extending over
Tennessee ard North Carolina. The low barometer
on Lake Ontario has moved northeast, with cloud
and light rain from that lake eastward and north
ward, followed at present by haZy and clearing
weather. The barometer has fallen from Nebraska
North and West, after hay ing risen somewh hat during
Tuesday in Minnesota. The storm south of LOuisiara
has continued moving to the East -Northeast, and
has developed into well marked cyclone of mOder.
ate dimensions. The central area Of lowest barome-
ter is probably two hundred miles utheast of Mo-
bile Rain has ceased In Lonlsians aud Mississippi.
aud has begun in Georgia and Florida. Cloudy and
threatening weather extends over North Carolina.
smoke and haze prevails from Virginia TO Masse-
chusetts, and westward TO the Missouri.
PRoBA Bill TIEs.-BaZy and pleasant weather will
probably continue during the day from the Ohio
valley and Pennsylvania North and Eastward. Fall
ing barometer, it'll increasing cloudiness in Ken
lucky and Virginia. Clearing weather, with north
erly winds, from Mississippi to Texas. The Gulf
cyclone viii probably move over northern Florida
and southern Georgia, and be off the latter coast on
Thursday morning, with diminished strength. No
reports have been received from Texas or LakeiSu-
periOr. r...- ----- '..--T
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a prospect for a removal of the deadlock in
respect to hotel accommodations in Washington
Is Afforded by the purchase by Dir. Henry VIII
lard OF the interest of his brother Joseph in the
weh-kncwn Willard hotel property, and it is now
probable that that extensive establishment will
De properly fitted mp and opened by the time
congress meets. This is matter-of more i'm
portanee to the city than one might think at first
reading since what Washington needs more
than any one thing is ample and frst-class hotel
accommodation. We trust this change is but the
beginning Of a new era in that respect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-04

The triennial general convention Of the Epis-
copal Church in the United States met in Balti-
more this morning. The convention is COM
posed of two houses, the house of bishops, and
the house Of clerical and lay deputies This
first named body embraces only the members of
the Episcopal bench in the United States, and
hold their business sessions privately. The
other branch, the ga House of Clerical and Lay
deputies" hold their deliberations publicly.
This body Is composed of distinguished clergy
men and laymen, representing the various do
ceses.
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Markets To-day

: BALTIMORE, Oct. 4-virgipis sixes, old. 81 bid
DO coupon, old, g. bid, ga asked; West Virginiss
Y bid, q asked. = J '
BALrIMoRE, Oct. -4.-Cotton. firm; low middiins
1sh. Flour firm. Southern wheat quiet; common
to fair red 81 .seaSl So Pepnsylvanis, s17aaI s.
Corn steady. Oats weak, J0as3. Rye firm. Pork
steady, Bacon quiet shoulders 8; rib sides ga
clear I RIB -; sugar eursd bans, lelaHn. Lard,
INV YORK, Oct: 4.stocks dull and steady. Gold
weak and now 13@a13T. Governments dull and
heavy. Virginia sixes. 6lx new, 6S1s. North Gar
olinas, "a; new, "A. Money 6. Exchange, long, 81;
NEW YoRk, Oct 4.-Flour dull and unchanged
dull. - Z 5'.E -
NEw YoRk, Oct. 4.-shipnents Of specie to Europe
to-day, Sll32l2. Jofn en-, D. = =
LoNDoN, Oct. A. II: 80 q. Console opened at %
fss beth Bonds Of 1862, 1885, old as'i; 1857
FRAskroRT, Oct. 4.-Bonds opened al s5i for the
issue of 1862. is.'-T.I1 - 80 -'l.E !
PARn, Oct. 4-Rentes opened at IS francs rs cen
times. ..- d. -Ftg l.s-.r = - = =.
LONDON, Oct: a. 30 ,. m.EConsols s31s for both
Bonds of 1852, 90; 1885, old, s3k,
and account. Bonds Of 1867, 90; 1865, ss; 1867, GA
10 40s, 20! Irr'o ~ -..'.|f -. u
PARis, Oct. 4-Rentes, ss francs 70 confines.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

In the New York money market the rates on call
loans Cal per cent, good borrowers being amply
supplied at these rates. Comm ercia paper 10 dull,
and nothing made sells under seven per cent, and
from that rate up to ten per cent according TO the
time the paper has TO run and the standing OF the
di awers Government bonds are dull and heavy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-04

To-day the New York State democratic CON-
vention assemblies at Rochester, and the Illinois
democratic State convention meets at spripy-
field