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The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25
Death of Capt. Fahnestock

The Jefferson City Tribune OF the ith. says
Capt Orcn :, Fahncstock died seven minute
after II O'Clock yesterday, lie was about 81
years of age aud unmarried. He was durn!
the war, captain Of a company in the Fedora
al Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers. command
ed by Col. John +, Phelps lie had been {
citizen Of Springfield, No, since the war I'm,
I'll about year ago. when he moved tC
Marshtrld, Webster county.
Capt FahncStock was one Of the founders
Of the Springfield Leader. He subsequently,
edited the MarShtcld Democrat. He was out
Of business at the time he WAS appointed to a
clerk>hip in the House He WAS man OF
more than ordinary Intelligence.
Thus has passed away another good man.
He had the lairc.t prospects, and numcr aus
friends Indeed TO know him was TO like
him. Iii, cath has created a void which can
never be tilled.-NeoSho Times.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25
The Last Hours of Commodor Maury

A correspondent Of the Albany Evening
journal furnishes to that journal letter from
one who was with Commodore Maury in his
| last hours. and who testiies in tender and
interesting manner to the happy death Of that
great man. We quote:
The last two DAYS Of Mathew II. MaGry's
lie were grand-a complete triumph. In
perfect possession Of his faculties To the last.
/ wish all the world could have seen that
death. It WAS such triumphant one. We
sang HYMNS around his dying bed, ana aiter
the Int one. Friday eyeuing-it was christ
is risen lie put out 10th hands and said,
slovI, and distinctly: THE peace Of God
which pns.rih all understanding be with lou
all-alI He blessed every ono separately.
and PRAYED ever as feryently, and in the most
beautiful language. lie said he would be in
a moribund condition for several days. Twice
FRIDAY We were all summoned; he would
look around, and ifall were not in the range
of his sight he would call out the names Of
those " whom he missed, Gazing earnestly into
the face Of each. hr said something appropri-
ate aud alectonate, always winding up with
" You see how God has answered my prayer.
know you every one.' lie said, " shall re-
tain my senses To the end. tod has granted
me that AZ token of my acceDtanCe. | have
set my house in order. My prayers have all
been answered. NY ChlldItn are gathered
around my bed. and now, Lord, what wait
forY" He then repeated prayer of eleven
petitions, which lie wanted each of his chill
,lren and grandchildren to use every day. lie
had composed it tor hmsslfamost forty years
ago the night after his leg was broken. and
he had repeated it every night since, not miss
one; and then he prayed
"Oh Lord, touch my lips with hallowed
fire like lsaiah's OF old, that may testify to
thy love and mercy to me, who am but a lit
tie chih in all save Hickelnoss. " lie request
ed that when the physicians pronounced him
dying he should be informed Of il. As the
supreme hour drew near, he turned to his son
and asked him in the language of the ruling
passion. DO seem TO drag my anchors ~
The answer, They are sure and stcadfast,
gave him great comfort. Just before he ex
pred, he said distinctly:
Lord, receive my soul and lifting up
both hand. toward Heaven, like a child who |
wants to be taken up calling on the name of
his Father So hs passed away at twenty !
minutes to one o'clock saturday morning. lie |
left a request that his funeral should not take |
place until the spring. and then he wished his |
to be taken through the Goshen |
Pass when the rhododcndrons and the laurel |
are In bloom. and asked US To pluck their |
blossoms as we passed and shower them over
his bier as we bore him To his final resting !
In Sl ar RishmnnI
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
Crop Prospects Improvements, &c.
VAN BugES, ARK. March %, 1873.


During last week had occasion to take two
or three trips through different parts of the
County and was forcibly struck by the evil
denccs of industry and improvement going
on Although sc hear the cry OF hard times
aud the want Of money, our farmers seem to
be determined TO take advantage of the few
weeks Of good weather, ard found many
who had finished sowing grains and planting
corn. and are now engaged in preparing land
for one of the largest cotton crops ever raised
in Craw ford county. There will be more new
land cleared up and cultivated this season. in
this County, than in the last five or six be-
fore. might venture to say that there viii
be near one.thiru more land cultivated in the
County this season than last, Our farmers
seem determined to not be discouraged by the
universal cry of the hardest times | ever
knew here, "and the frequent visits Of our
unsweryng taX-collcctor. but to make one
great effort to save themselves, families and
the country from bankruptcy. by year of
hard industry and frugal economy. What
know of farming, " is not much, bat know
a corn field from a cain brake, and ] predict
that with any thing like fair season, the
people OF Crawford county will see more plen-
ty of staple of life produced this season than
any since the war; and that money will he
more plenty than at any time heretofore We
all have found out that we cannot pay out
m Jncy all the time and have much left If we
do not provide some means of replenshing
our funds. II we buy all the articles We con-
sumo and have nothing to sell to pay with,
it is not very probable that we will pay. So
if the country imports all the time and has
nothing to export, great scarcity of the
" where-with-all' y to pay taxes may be ex-
pectcd. Our farmers have found this to be
the case and SO look out for a huge crop of
Oats, Wheat Corn and Cotton in old Craw-
ford next fall. MARK.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

aE Eigh. years age, John p. Hale OF
New Hampshire-one of its orlglnal
founders-thus sketched the rise OF the
Republican party
by and by it began to look as if this
new party would at length, at some time
prevail. Then it seemed that political
pentecost had come on the land Con-
verts came faster than we could discipline
them The doors of the party were open
10 all, and the thief and the hypocrlte did
not stumble at the threshold, but in they
came; the prohigate in life. the yenal in
politics, the mali ynant at heart and the
brutal in manner, all came in with the
multitude OF the poor and the honest and
the disilteycsted and the patriotic "
From recent developments it looks as
ii {" the thieves and hypocrtes, the profit
gate and the venal, the malignant and the
brutal, had gained complete control of
the party; and that the time had arrived
tor the poor, the honest, the disinteiest
ed and the patriotic, to get out OF ii.
The rascals arc in the majority--as the
people know to their sorrow. ST LOUIS
Republican.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

tS~ The st. lonis Republican, Of the Eth,
says the daily record made aud published in
the Little Rock papers by the loyal lcgisla-
tors who preside over the jcstines Of Arkan-
'as is singuarly pleasing study. The rcgu-
lar rou,ine runs about in this order: q, A
resolution launching martial law upon some
county in which Radical sherin has very
naturally lost his life in the effort to Kill all
the citizens whom he did not consider
"loyal." (2) An act granting amnesty t,
some Radical despcrado who has wen the
gratitude of the legislature by numbering an
opposition sheriff. 81. special act accept.
ing as satisfactory the sureties offered by
some Radical sheriff and rejected by the coun-
~ court. a.. A special act releasing the
surcties Of some Radical sheriff vino has ab-
sconded with the county revenue.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25
Our Law Makers.

We have patiently awaited the moving o
the legislative waters, thinking some of our
political ills might meet with n miraculous
cure. We have waited In vain. We promised
after the Democrat. took the shoot they did,
to be n friend and aid them all we could. Ihls
promise has been fulfilled. We have had
none but good words for them, but We find it
has turned out MS We feared. The pledges
made when they cast their votes for Mr.
Dorsey are all gone, and none OF them
have been fulfilled We as a State are in as
bad iix now rs when the Legislature met.
True the amendment has been adopted ond
the Republicans claim all the credit. but we
are not disposed TO wrangle with them over
the credit due 10 some one for this great
boon. But, alas, we have no new Registra-
tion Bill adopted aud it may or may not turn
cut to our good that the amendment is
adopted The School Superintendents still
hang like an incubus upon our common
school sy stem. Many other useless and cN-
pensivc offices still oppress the taxpayers.
II, a word let us ASK. in all kindness, what
has the Legislature done for the good OF the
people OF the State OF Arkansas? Civil
Rights Bill (so-callcdl has been passed, but
we predict it will be the source OF many un-
civil acts on the part of the white citizen If
any serious attempt be made to enforce it.
We sincerely hope thi, body will do some
thing good before adjournment. They had
better do something gool or adjourn. The
people of the State will gladly welcome
either Tae money paid by the tax payer
ought to bring him some little good, but SO far
none has come from the Legislature Of 1873.
Perhaps, ifthese stove pipe gentlemen would
como home the people might tell them some
of their wants. For Gods sake let us have a
rest and change.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25
Schu 20 and Conkling.

The Washington dispatches, date Of the
2oth, of the st. Louis Repubiican give the
following account of the lively turn-about
between Schur2c and Conkling:
The monotonv of the technical debate in
the ease of Caldwell was relieved this after
noon by a spicy passage between COnkling
and Schurz. The New York Senator. in his
peroration, diScourscd upon the different
shade, of moral guilt He said he could see
no more moral obliquity i'm pay ing Sl5 600 to
buy off an opposing candidate, as caldwell
had done in the case Of Carney, than in charg-
ing large sum per diem for delivering po-
itcal speeches in "A campaign. When Conk-
ling delivered himself of this sentence he
turned around upon Shurz in "A manner which
indicated the person to whom he had refer
cncc.
As soon rs Mr.. Conkling had concluded his
remarks. which was in a few minutes after
this in,inuation. Mr. SchurZ took the floor for
4 personal explanation. In "A voice trembling
with indignation he adycrted to the fact that
thus far this debate had been conducted
without personal reflection. Proceeding in
this theory he then stated. 70 far a> he him
self concerned. he had debated the rc.u-
luton simply upon 1t, merits, without ref
ercncc to either personal or party cOnsidera-
ton Had he chosen to iHtcrpUlatc his speech
with matters which were merely the gossip
of the hour, lie might have stated that the
senator from New \ ork himself was charged
with having received fee of ten thousand
dollars from the Central Pacific railroad
while he WAS Senator, but he did not con
slider such stun as this worthy either of him
| self or the occasion. This reference brought
Mr.. Conklng to his feet who in a towering
passion authorized Mr.. Schur2 to pronounc,
any person who made such II charge against
him as liar, to which Mr. Schurz Responded
that Mr.. ronklng might have the same au
thority to respond to any individual who as
serted that he received certain stipulated
sum rcr diem for delivering political spceche
during the last campaign.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25
E. C.. Boudlnot.

The Washington correspondent Of tie st
Louis Times, under date of the l2th, has thi,
to say:
Col. T. c. BOudinot. the handsome. intclli-
gent and popular Cherokee Indian. is about
to enter the rostrum. lie has remarkable
oratorical talent and will rank with the best
of lecturers, His theme will bc the yexed
Indian question which has been tho study OF
his life. and his papers have been prepared
with great care and taste. lie has not by any
means abandoned his hobby Of securinga ter
ritorial form ofgovcrnment for his country
but during the long vacation OF Congress
hopes by his lectures in various cities to edu-
cate some OF the unenlightencd Oh this inn
portant subject. lie has two lectures pre-.
pared of about an hour each, abounding Viii
strong arguments in favor of his policy auG
adorned with that beauty of thought and cN-
preston without which they could not b,
pronounced grand'y eloquent. We predict
for him a marked success in this new role he
has chosen.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25
Constitutional Amendment.

Bradley county gives jl9 tor amendmc
snd against,
Jefferson county gives 2is majority.
Woodruff county, 800 for and 60 against
Sharp county, 311 for and against.
lizard county. 800 for and 3S against.
Randolph county, 2l9 for, none against.
Boone county. 5l9 for and 10 against.
Carroll county, POS for and l20 against.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25
Extension Of Time,

The following is the bill passed and APP
proved by the Governor, extending the time
for .hc collection Of Taxes:
Whereas. BY late ruling of the supreme
court of this State 1t appears that treasurer
certificates, issued under an act ofthe General
Assembly approved March l6, 1871, are not
receivable in payment of county and district
school taxes; and,
Whereas, Many of the X-pay ers Of thi.
State, hy reason of the former practice OF
collectors in receiving such certificates IN
payment of the aforesaid taxes, have provided
to meet the same herewith. who will be uu-
able to provide for the payment of said taxes
in other funds within the time provided by
law for the collection Of the same. whereby
great and irreparable injury will, in many
cases, cnsuc; therefore,
Section BE IL enacted, etc That the time
provided by law for the collection of taxes
for the year 1872 be aud the same i hereby
extended for the period OF thirty days. from
the thirty first day Of March. 1873; and all
county collectors are hereby required to kceT
! the tax books open for the collection of taXe'
during such time; provided, that no penalty
shall attach for the non-pay mcnt of take,
during the period aforesaid
See 2 The time now required by law fol
the collectors TO settle with the county clerks
and to make delinquent lists, j. hereby eX
/ tended for n like period Of thirty days
Sec. 3 That this act take effect and be II
! force from and after its passage.
! Approved March II, 1873.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

18th, says the steamer Clarksvlie. with 7sj
bales Of cotton. destined to New Orleans
struck snag and sunk in the Arkansas river
at Mckcnzie's. at o'clock yesterday after
noon. The water IL three feet over her stern
and her bow out OF water. She was worth
$4,000. and uninsured The freight list was
insured for $1,000. The hole in her hull is five
feet in length and two feet wide. The Oil
City goes from here to her assistance to- o-night
and can raise her.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

tT We learn that Hon. !. y. SARBFR OF
johnson county, and member of the Legish-
ture. has been appointed L. :. Marshal for the
Western District Of Arkansas rico ", 4.
BRIrroN, resigned. The report is that the
confirmation was made on the 10Th. although
we have Little Rock papers up to the 2lstand
no mention il made of the fact Col Lock
HART, whose name is mentioned in connec-
ton with this Office is at Washington, with
an eye to the appointment.
Hon. L.C. WHITE writes to his friends here,
that Col. LockHARr will be made chief clerk
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

tS- Mr. ], W. lie Barnes, formerly provost
marshal at Boston. but now a local politician
of some note in Washington. excited much
comment at the Inauguration ball, as he
promenaded with fashionably dressed
young lady of African descent on each arm
or joined with one OF them in the waltz.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

tB- The Batesvilc Times compliment,
Gov. Baxter, on the appointment of jams
W. BUTLER. as Judge of that, the 81 Judicial
circuit. 1t says
We congratulate the people of the circuit
upon the appointment ola gentleman SO wei
calculated to ill the position. and all will b,
ready. We are sure, to accord praise to Gov
Baxter for making the appointment. Mr.
Butler is so well known throughout the cir.
cult, and held in such deservedly high eStima.
tion. that eulogy at our hands is all uncallcd
for
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

GE- Boswell asked Johnson if there
was no possible circumstance under
which suicide would he justiiable NO.
was the reply. "Wcll,' says Boswell,
" suppose man had been guilty OF fraud
that he is certain would he found out. 4"
:" Why, then, said johnson, /" in that
case, let HIM go to some country where
he is not known, and not to the devil,
where lie is known.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25
500 -p--

tE" The Little Rock Gazette comes to us
in an entirely new outfit OF clear handsome
type, presenting an attractive appearance.
We congratulate the Gazctte's pioprietors on
thls evidence Of prosperity. and while we
have no sympathy with the political doctrines
promulgated by that journal it isa source OF
qualification to all right-thnking people that
the people OF Arkansas will sustain n paper
which dares to follow the course it believes to
be right regardless OF the Vaccinations of pO-
litcal mongrelS and ollicc-at any price men,
-FdyeusrHie NeIrS.
Such a compliment from such source is n
higher honor than iic place Of Governor of
Arkansas. Little Rock Gazette.
"Small iayorS thankfully received" Rather
have your back scratched" PUiy. by men
that have kept the people of the South and
would still keep them, fthey could under the
harrow, than to be Governor Of the state
You are only one straddle from the Minstrel
camp,
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25
The Modoc War.

We presume there are now in the field
against the Modocs at least five United
s e. soldier to each Indian, squaw and
papoosc in the camp of Capt Jack BY
the time that rcdoubtablc chief and his
followers are either captured or butcher
ed, enough money will have been spent
to say nothing Of blood-,o have
bought them reservation in the middle
Of Illinois, if the red rascals would no,
have been content with a less expensive
and less civilized locality.
Nobody, we presume, will assert that
there is any very large amount of glory
to be obtained by driving small band
of half.naked and half starved sayages
out of their lava. beds; or that the repu.
tnton Of our army will be materially in
creased if the scalp of every Modoc is
nailed to the wigwaln Of Gen. Canbr.
The question, therefore, naturally aris
es whether il would not have been better
to have compromised with Capt, Jack at
the outset, aud so saved the trouble and
expense Of this wretched business?
Sam Houston had more thorough
understanding of the Indian nature and
Indian history than any other white man
who has put his opiaion on record. In
speech made in New York many years
since, Houston uttered this solemn dec
laration: II never knew an Indian war,
or an Indian outrage, where the whites
were not most TO blame
IL the Texan hero we're alive to day.
we do not think the Modoc war worll
change his views ST Loais Repu6licdn
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

sF Col b. Q. CARR was, OH the 18th, cot =
firmed AS supervising steamboat Inspector Tor
the Sixth district He was ehiefquartermas-
'cr of the department Of Arkansas during the
war. His district embraces the Ohio river
from Carrollton. Kentucky to its mouth. and
thence to the mouth of the Arkansas river
on the Mississippi. lie succeeded Sam. lIous-
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

tE Nal. W. d. BLocHKR. recently Business
Manager OF the Little Rock GdSeite. proposes
20 establish In that city. a Cotton Yard and
Cotton Compress. Major Bocher has the
energy and business qualification equal to
the task, and will insure successful cn,er-
prise.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

VANDERBILT's PHILASTHRoPY. - New
York telegraph date of the 18th, says that
DR. Deems authorizes the announcement
that Commodore Vanderbilt has given
100000 to Bishop McTyore of the
Southern Methodist church to establish
university in Tennessee.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

EXTENSION OF TINE FOR PAYING TAXas.-
The bill passed by both Houses, extending
the time for collection of Taxes to the 31th Of
April. having been signed by the Governor
becomes law This will relieve many in
this part OF the State.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

EF- Paper -four barrels are the latest
proposition.
rF Nashville ship about two hundred
barrels of cotton seed oil, to the North
every week.
Ee- The colored danes Of Washing.
ton who attended "thc noggerel ball
don't speak to the less fortunate.
Fs- Southwestern Virginia is rolling
north 1000 barrels OF eggs daily, South
ern pullets have grown Industrious since
the war.
E1- Cultivate less land and cultivat,
better, is good advice to n large proper
| ton Of farmers.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

TuE ENTERPRISE This is the title Ola new
paper Just started at Clarksyille, johnson
county, by OBER & Pur. 1t makes good
appearance and we wish the proprietor. good
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

sF- Our voting friend Mr.. II. A. MEYER, Of
Spadra Bluff, was in our town saturday II
reports are true llcnry's very 0atteriug at
tcntion' to our town the past year or two
have not been for naught
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

~ The moderate rain on Sunday and
sunday night. and the warm weather since,
has started vegetation right out Of the ground.
We may soon look for early garden sass
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

TT w. b. MOONEY Is erecting near the
Methodist +. Church. Il large two-story
Dwelling House. And JNo. lIINKLE & BROS
are adding to a dwelling house of theirs.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

lS- Sid Wallace made his escape from the
Sheriff of Johnson count, last Friday week.
Several indictments in the Circuit Court were
pending against him
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

tE The Legislature have done nothing
since our last, worth talking about. The
Senate has passed the bill making liquor
dealers responsible in damages for any one
who may get drunk on liquor purchased from
them Senator Brown has introduced a bill
repeating the law of 1864 granting aid to rail.
roads also, repeating the laws authorizing
counties to subscribe stock to railroads.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

CF Mulatto girls in Little Rock refuse to
walk with fnll-blooded blacks since the adop-
sion OF the civil rights bill by the Arkansas
legislature.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

tE~ Winnie Ream has become di'gusted
with Washington, and /, going to Rome to
stay there, She says that talent isn't appre-
ciatcd in America.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

Es- The colored citizens Of Van Bu.
rem give notice Of " Grand Civil Rights
Ball at the Eugenie Hall, on Thursday
evening of next week, April 3D..
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

Ey- Shad are unusually large this
year So we hear.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-25

To- No mail this morning. through the
N n relies ness of some one
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-11-06
*AIajorities.

WE learn from the Washington
Chronicle that the Long Branch scan
dial against Senator Carpenter has
been thoroughly investigated, and
found to have this basis of fact, and
no more: Mr.. Carpenter and about
twenty others, including the wife of
a gentleman then and now a person.
al friend of the Senator, applied to
the West End Hotel, Long Branch,
for rooms, but were unable to get
them for the reason that they were
all occupied in advance of their az
rival. The party was obliged, of
course, to go to another hotel. The
books of the West End House show
that on that day every room was
filed before the hour of arrival of
Mr.. Carpenter and his fellow travel
ers. The original allegation was
that the Senator had been turned
away from a Long Branch hotel,
and ''the proprietor and the Senator
knew best the reason" From this
innuendo the SANDER grew. If
there is any reliable evidence that
Mr.. Carpenter is socially corrupt,
let it be adduced. Now that the is
sue has been raised, it ought to be
thoroughly met. Certain it is that
a man, whether a public officer or q
private citizen, ought not to be con-
demned on vague rumors and re-
futcd accusations.