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The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

AN EXCITING SCENE.-A dispatch daj
ed Raleigh, North Carolina, Feb. 1G.
says:
The intense interest in the impeach
mont of Governor Holden reached its
acme to-day. At one time there was a
scene of excitement in the court, that for
a while looked as though it would result
in personal encounter, il not a general
melee. Governor Holden occupied his
usual seat among his counsel, when Mr.
Josiah Turner, Jr., editor Of the Sentinel,
was placed on the stand-a witness for
the managers. The fifth article Of i'm
parchment charges Holden with the lille
gal arrest, by Kinks troops, Turner. in
the county Of Orange, which had not
been declared in state of insurrection,
and the response Of Holden charges Tur
ner with melting riot, assassination and
bloodshed Both arc bitter partisan
editors. During the examination the
following questions were put to turner
by counsel:
Counsel-Have you read the allegation
contained in the respondents snswer
concerning you? ..
Turner have.
Counsel state whether the said allega.
tions are true or false.
Turner--False M malice and hate
could make them.
This was pronounced in clear, calm
and determined manner, and amid q
death like stiffness in the crowded cham.
ber Holden arose pale and nervous, as
If to say something, but was unable to
do SO from excitement, and he sat down.
The entire audience and the court shared
the excitement, particularly the negroes
in the galleries, who looked daggcrs at
Turner. Counsel for Helden then, in
cross examination, asked:
NIt. Turner, are your feelings towards
Governor Holden kindly or unkindly?
Turner-My feelings towards him are
those Of any good man towards any bad
men.
Counsel insisted on 4 direct reply,
and Turner repeated what he had said be-
fore, but tho Chief Justice ruling that a
direct answer must be given, Turner
said his feelinge towards him were en-
gendered by heated political contest,
and were unkind.
Upon this Governor Holden again
rose, livid with rage and excitement and
demanded of the Chief Justice that he
should be preteted from insult. Turner
stood within six feet of the Governor,
and the latter stopped to pick up his cane
after his appeal to the Chief Justice.
which everybody believed to be the pre-
liminary movement to an attack on Tur-
ner
For moment there was feeling as
il a scene Of bloodshcd was about to
ensue. But the Governor at once turn
ed, took his hat, left his seat and walked
down the main aisle anil out Of the
chamber.
Senator Edwards rose and stated that
the respondent had no right to a voice
on the floor except through counsel, and
the Chief Justice ruled accordingly. This
ended the scene.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

Ey- Our old friend GEO. AUSTIN takes
great pains for the accommodation of all
of his customers. A couple from the
nountry popped in on him Saturday just
before night:
M GEoRGE-Well, what can we do tor
YOU?
81 CouNTRY.-We want to see the Parson !!
GEo.-That's it, is it
And in the twnkling Of the eye the
Parson was forthcoming, and right be-
fore the counter, where day by day hard
ware is dealt out, the happy couple were
made one And after congratulations
and bride kissing by the spectators, the
fortunate groom gathered his bride and
put out for the country.
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rE We wish to call special attention

n CT We wish to call special attention
30 the advertisement Of Mr.. L. FRIzzELL
Of New Orleans, who is here for the pur-
pose of purchasing Of Cotton, Hides
and Peltrics, direct from the planter and
farmer. Mr.. F. comes well recommend
ed from Fort Smith, where has been pur-
chasing largely of Cotton and Hides,
within the past month. 1t will cost no.
thing to give him call at WHITE d
HANLEY's.
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Post Office News Room

We are glad to know that our enter.
prising Deputy Postmaster has opened
n News Room, at the Post Office, where
the st. Louis Dailcs and Weekles and
all the Pictorals and Monthlics can be
had. Let sufficient encouragement be
given the enterprise to make it q paying
and permanent institution. Subscrip-
tons received for all papers and furnish
ed at short notice. ...
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"a Ep- The bottom Of the "Dutch Mill
Road" .JeN oW last week, and the Stage
Company were compelled to cross again
u the Van Buren, Ferry. On Saturday
thc stage came through and threw off a
SACK of Mail, but did not stop to take
tLc mail that has accumulated here for
two days past. And all tor the reason,
that they cannot cross Mt this Ferry
without paving fcrragc.
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ENGLISH REPORTS.

LONDON, Feb. 81.
1t is now thought the German army
will not enter Paris, and it is said that
the Emperor William and the crown
prince imperial will certainly not do So
A dispatch from Versailles Of the 26th
says that Theirs proposed the purchase
of Luxembourg by France, and to trans
fer it to Germany if Metz was restored
to France.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

E1y The old firm Of DoUGuERTY d.
GLASS, has been dissolved Mr.. HENRY
Glass, still continues the business at tina
DID stand Henry knows all about the
furniture business and you may depend
npon what he tells you. Cash and small
profts is his motto. Try him.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

fF The Fayetteville Democrat says
that Capt. RoBARDs was in their office the
other day, and informed the editors that
they need not be astonished, any day, to
Hear of his'having received e." choice AS
sortment of ladies dress goods " The
same thing has been intimatcd to us for
somctime. The addition to the stock,
We have no doubt, will prove an orna-
ment to the firm.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07
CE The steamer u. G. Gray, {

EE' The steamer II. G. Gray, Capt
YERKEEs in command, left Cincinnati on
.the 2Sth ult, and Louisville on the 4th
Inst, for this river. The Gray will come
MyOugh and be here the last of the week
Eastern Cotton shippers will take notice.
MITE e. HANLEY, Agents.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

EF Rev. DR.. Deems, in the course Of
his remarks at the funeral of Alice Cary,
said "Men loved Alice Cary, and wo.
men loved her. When man loves a
woman, it is Of nature when woman
loves woman 1t is Of grace-ofthe grace
that woman makes by her loveliness and
it is one of the finest things than can be
said of Alice Cary that she had such
troops of friends Of her own SEX"
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07
Valuable Building Lots.

S. II. LYON, offers for sale a valuable
is pleasantly located and laid out with
Streets and Lots. For sale at bargain
For further information apply to S. r
Lyon or at this office. If.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07
Pay for the PreH.

K ~ The steamer Glasgow, has taken
the place, in the Louisville line, Of the
steamer Pink Varbls, and may be looked
boa aS'Vui I1e'cc, Iu-nignr or IN the morn
ing. She is fine boat, and passengers
and shippers will do well to make q note.
WHITE d HANLEY, Agents.
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GERMAN REPORTS.

BERLIN, Feb. II.
THE EMPERoR's ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Emperor William telegraphs from
Versailles to the Empress Augusta as
follows: FI
With a deeply moved heart in graft
tude to God, inform you that the pre-
lminaries of peace have been signed.
The Bordeaux Assembly must yet ratify
them WILHELM.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

Es- The steamer j. s. Dunham on her
Inst trip from New Orleans, picked up
o snag in the Mississippi, which delayed
her some twoIdays for repairs, She ar
rived here Saturday morning and left
same afternoon taking on a 100 bales and
upwards of cotton.
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EE WANTED at this Office good
steady Boy, to learn the Printing Bust
hess. One that desires to learn the bust
scss thoroughly and consult the interest
BIZ his employer, will find q good situa-
Hon. None other need apply. If
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E{y~ An old bachelor editor thus,

EY- An old bachelor editor thus, In
his spite, comments on recent moon'
light incident: ave left our sanctum
at midnight, last night, and on our way
home we saw young lady and gentle
man holding gate on its hinges They
were evidently indignant at being out SO
late. and VIC saw them bite each other
several times.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07
Quarterly Conference.

The Second Quarterly Conference of the
N Z. Church South, will embrace the 2nd
6abbath in March. Rev. II. Il. WIrHERs, +.
n. will be with us. Services will begin on
Friday night. c,cy
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

EE NANCY j. BAsHAM, widow of Le-
roy j. Basham, who was private in Co
J., 9th Kansas regiment, can learn some
thing to her advantage by calling on j..
%. CHURCHILL, ut the Court House.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

EE- A medical journal estimates that
the people to the United States pay one
hundred and twenty-five million dollars
yearly for physicians services and for
medicines
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

E1- A man by the name of st. Law
renee shot and instantly killed VIM.
White, on Thursday last, opposite Fort
Smith. Both were white men. ..H
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07
THE NEWS IN BERLIN.

The news of the conclusion of peace
occasioncd immense excitement in this
city. The streets are crowded, the houses
decorated with flags and festoons, and
there are thousands Of people in front of
the palace. There will be general il
Elimination tonight.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07
ARKANsAs.-The New York E'reni,

ARKANsAs.-The New York Ereniny
Post, Republican paper, says:
1t may be thought a calamity, by
many, that the Republicans should lose
Arkansas: but it is not so great calam-
ity AS that q State should be threatened
with anarchy by bad men; and if the Re
publicans in any State can show no bet
ter title to rule than they do in Arkansas,
the sooner they give place there to Demo
Gratis the better for the country, and the
better, too, for tho Republican party.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

E1- The Boone County Adrocatc says,
that hereafter Dram Shops in that Coun.
~ will have to pay license Of $500 a
wear
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

Fy" A wit once asked n peasant what
part he performed in the grand drama OF
life. /" l mind my own business" was
the reply.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

EE- Call on Mr.. p. Frizzel for ex.
change No. on New Orleans and Sain,
Louis. If.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

EI- Hon. j. p GRADY, Member from
Crawford in the Lower House from this
District, arrived home on Wednesday
hight lie has ten days leave of absence.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

E DR.. Z. WALL, of Ozark, is with us
for few days.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07
Treasurer's Report.
TREAsURER's OFFICE.
Town 0f Van Rnrap March 1871

1hEAeURER9 OFfICE.
Town Of Van Buren, March Z, 1s7l.}
RErORT Of the Treasurer to the Common
Council relative to the Finances of the Town.
Total amohn. Scrip funded from Feb. l, 1869,
to March l, 1871, Si3ll 6S
By amount cancelled. 42S5 90
Total outstanding indebted
ness of Town, Er 1916
Currency received from Marshal
during Jan. and Feb, 172S So
BY, Feb. ap. street CON-, 100 90
ac. accrued, 6S 90
4" +" for note bal. on
purchase new cemetery, ASS 90
4. wharf CON-, $50 90
grave yard com. so 90
March, ap. act. allowed so %
=" street com, 400 70
mW. Bowlin, 2s3 2S
" 4" ret. Of poll tax, 100 90
SIPS So
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

8 EFWe have for sale, half dozen
large superb Steel Engravings of Gen.
RoBERr E. LEE. tits pronounced to be
the best executed and most perfect like
ness of this distinguished General ever
executed. 1t is picture that will we'll
adorn any parlor. Apply at this office.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

ET The Texas Legislature has voted
S10S5 to pay for portrait OF Sam
Houston. .'.IH
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07
RIVER NEWS.

TUESDAY, March 7, 1871.
a The River Is falling with 81. feet in the
chsnncl Weather warm and pleasant.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07


'YNHE Van Buren, Agricultural Works have
erected in connection with their other
works, Steam Cotton Gin, consisting OF
Two Sixty Saw Gins an Improved
Press, etc.
They are now prepared to receive and Gin
all Cotton that may be brought to them.
They have II large BRICK WAREHOUSE,
for the Storage of the Seed cotton, rs well as
when baled, free Of charge; thus obviatlng all
danger from fire We offer TO cotton produc-
ers great inducements in the ginning oftheir
cotton. ,
t9g- We will Gin, Press, Store and deliver
cotton on the river bank on as liberal terms
as any other Gin.
We are nor rapidly rebuilding these
Works, destroyed by fire last winter. The
machinery, Gins and Mills. ,ciH be Of the
most improced styles. We rW be reddi-
ness for the first Of the ensuing crop, and
ask our old friends TO remember W.
HAYMAN & SCOTT.
! Van Buren,, Aug. lG, 1860 TT
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

Canned Peaches, LObsters,
DlCkLEs, Pepper Sauce. etc, for sale by
L july &. +. HARVEY.
The Van Buren press., 1871-03-07

AN EXCITING SCENE.-A dispatch daf
ed Raleigh, North Carolina, Feb. 1G.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-05-11
True, True, too True.

Among the Radical papers that are
alarmed at the centralizing and des-
potic tendency of the Government
under the rule of the Jacobins is the
Rev York Erening Post, edited by
William Cullen Bryant. Speaking of
the Ku Klux, or enforcement act
passed by the late Congress just on
the eve of its adjournment, that pa
per says:
"Since the Roman Senate decreed
that the consuls should see that the
republic suffered no harm, and SO
made them absolute dictators, no such
powers have been conferred by any
legislative body upon its executive
The time during which the President
is empowered at his discretion to sus-
pend the writ of ha6eds corpus and to
declare martial law when he will, is
extended "to the end of the next reg.
ular session of Congress-" Twenty
three Senators voted for Mr.. Morton's
amendment to extend the time to
March 4, 1873, SO that martial law
nigh. be used and enforced by the
President at his will during the elec.
ton of November, 1871"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-05-11

General shermaa Makes speesh-What
He Thinks of Recsnstruetion and Ku-
Kiux.
General Sherman recently visited
New Orleans, in connection with some
Of the members Of his staff, while en-
route TO Texas. He accepted q recep-
tion rendered him by the American
Union Club, Radical organization
composed Of white men, upon the
representations that it was not pol
itical organization, but he found frsm
the toasts and speeches that its char
acter had been misrepresented. Up
on urgent solicitation the General
made brief speech, the substance of
which the correspondent of the Men,
phis Aralanche gives as follows:
believe this government will keep
on growing until it spreads itself over
the entire American continent, but in
order to gain this much desired end,
and 10 maintain ourselves as free
and independent republic, we have
got to. show more charity towards
each other. It has been remarked by
some gentleman who has preceded
me, that it was generally conceded by
the soldiers of both armies at the
clsse of the late civil war, that il the
questions and all matters of the set
Element of the differences between the
North and South, were left to the ar
mics, it would be settled at once, and
everything would become quiet and
orderly. / so believed, and before
signing the agreement with General
Joe. Johnston, called together all
the Generals under my command, and
| without dissenting voice they agreed
with me. believe they surrendered
in good faith, and would have lived
! mp to the very letter of the agreement,
and in my opinion if there had been
no reconstruction acts of Congress,
and. the armies been left at the time
4 to settle all questions of difference be-
| tween the different sections of the
country, the people would have at
once become quiet aud peaeeable. ]
probably have as good means of in
formation as most persons in regard
to what 10 called the Ku klux, and
am perfectly satisfied that the thing il
! greatly over-estimated and If the Ku
Elus bills sCcrc kept out Of Congress,
and the arny Kept at their legitimate
duties, there are enough good ana
true saen in all the Soathcra States tG
put docn all K@ Kls1 or other bands
Of SaGrduders.
The same correspondent says, thai
in speaking OF the San Domingo
Scheme General Sherman said:
We have territory enough, more
than we have use for. We can hire I
cealing station in tho West Indies fol
three thousand dollars year, and W.
had better do that.
Nov, wiii the Radical organs fall te
abusing General Sherman, deneunc
ing him - "disloyal copperhead
and secession sympathizer, and abet
ter ofthe Ku Klux? Had Demo
erat uttered the same sentiment
there would be no limit of their bit
ter denunciations.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-05-11

Cot. DUKE, q member Of Congress
from Virginia, in q recent speech in
Congress made the following illusions
to Outrages in his disftict:
Sir, these "earpet-baggers" from
Virginis talk of outrages. I state up
on my responsibility as q man, and if
your committee will come to my dis
trict will prove it, that greater out
RACES are every day perpetrated upon
Conservatives than any that ever have
been perpetrated upon Radicals. Sir,
these very men know that in nearly
every county of Virginia colored
man votes for q conservative at the
risk OF his life. If he does it he is
probably mobbed, and if not mobbed
he must be guarded to his home; and
if no violence is used he is. outlawed
by his color. Why, sir, in the last
election l know of several colored
men whose lives were threatened be-
cause they dared to vote for Conserv-
atiyes. Sir, in my own town, an hon
est, God-fearing colored minister,
from personal friendship, chose to
vote in the last election for some of
our Conservative candidates; and
what took place? On the next Sab
bath, when he rose in the pulpit, and
was about to -expound the word of
God, he was met by storm of Kisses.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-05-11
Kentucky Democratic Convention.

Kentucky Democratic Convention.
The Democratic State Convention
met at Frankfort, on the Sd inst, anG
was largely attended. fhe following
nominations were made:
Goyernor-P. III. Leslie;
Lieutenant Governor-J. G.. Car.
Isle;
State Auditor-D. III. Smith;
State Treasurer. w. Tate;
Superintendent of Public Instruc.
| tion-H. A. M. Henderson
Register of Land Office-J. A
Dawson;
Attorney General-John Rodman.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
The Democratic party of Kentucky,
in convention assembled, reaffirming
| the principles announced by the con-
ventions held since the war do now
resolve:
First-Fhat wise craftsmanship and
true patriotism, require universal and
unqualified amnesty.
Second-That the industries of the
country demand the abolition of the
present mode of raising the revenue,
by which portions of the republic are
oppressed and robbed, to enrich mo-
nopolies and certain sections, and the
speedy adoption of a system, by
which the burdens of taxation will be
equally and justly distributed, and
that the taxes actually paid may reach
the Treasury.
Third-That the preservation of
liberty is possible only through the
States; and we protest against every
actby which the States are deprived
of this just and constitutional pow
er, and State tribunals ousted of their
proper and necessary jurisdiction /;
and we.are ready to join in all lawful
and just measures to reverse the ty-
rannical acts of the party in power,
whereby it is sought to strip the
States of all rights, and concentrate
all the power of the. government in
great centralized despotism.
Fourth-We endorse the address re-
Gently issued by the Democratic men,
bers of Congress, and unite in con-
demning all acts by which unconstitu-
tional and despotic powers are con-
ferred upon the President, by which,
with the use of the army and navy,
| 1lS 6oS SHOhSAOh VI tllC Will vi lldDcaS
corpus, the power to declare martial
law, call out the militia and invade
the States, without the request OF
their executive or legislature, and
other underlined means, he can des-
troy the freedom of elections, the in
dependence of the judiciary and the
sovereignty of the States.
Fifth-Kentucky is unalterably op-
posed to every form of lawlessness,
whether committed under the cover
of unconstitutional enactments or or
ganized bands, and we pledge our
selves as occasion may arise, to use
every legal means to prevent the one
and to have enacted such laws as ex.
perience may demonstrate to be nee.
essary to put down and furnish pro.
lection to life, liberty and property
under the laws enacted by our owl
Legislature and administered by oul
own courts.
The convention adjourned at two
O'Clock, to-day.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-05-11

GEN. SHERMAN has probably as good
opportunities for judging of the tenn
per and sentiments of the. people of
the South, as Grant, or any of the
members of Congress who voted for
the infamous force bill, and he knew
whereof he spoke, when he said that
&c if the Ku Klux bills were kept out
of Congress, and the army kept at
their Legitimate duties, there are
enough good and true men in all the
Southern States to put down all Ku
Klux or other bands of marauders.' ;,
This was the opinion of Grant himself
in 1866, after he had travelled through
the South for the purpose of inform
ing himself as to the situation, and he
so reported. But that was before he
had caught the Presidential itch.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-05-11

The Ohio Legislature closed its ses-
sion on Tuesday of last week. The
Ohio State journal is so disgusted
with the extravagance and corruption
of that body, that it is endeavoring to
shift the responsibility of its doings
upon the Democracy. 1t will be diff
cult to convince any sensible, thought
ful person that the body that ratified
the fifteenth amendment against the
often declared will of the people of
the State was under the control of the
Democracy. But it is not in the least
surprising that the Radicals who were
SO bitter in their denunciations of the
previous Democratic Legislature
should endeaYor to escape the respon-
sibility of this body which, during a
session of 120 days, accomplished SO
little that was of any benefit to the
people of the State.