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The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11

We don't know whether Durham was hon
estly mistaken or deliberately lied in the
above extract. Gen. Pierce and Col lock
hart had MOI falling out over the nomination
of Gage Capt. Grady moved to make the
nomination of Cage unanimous and Col
Iockhart dill not dlsS nj, thereby voting for
him The Press is gratuitOus in becoming
the champion Of the Republicans of Van Bu-
ren but w. would advise it to keep nearer to
the truth. for there are no less than three lies
In the above short paragraph. There has been
no )" falling out" and the Republicans of
Crawford have not yet chosen Dunham as
their organ,-E 3. Patriot
Call 1t 10 falling out or what you please,
it matters little. Mr. GRADY and Col. Lock-
HART, by their votes and influence. openly
repudiated the nomination of GAGE on the
day of the election and advised the republ-
thing. 1t was open and undisguised hostility
to PIERCE's dictation. And as one OF the col
ored men expressed it, they would show Gen.
Pierce that the colored men of Van Buren,
do not belong TO him and are not ready to
obey his every nod and beck. Messrs Grady
and Lockhart, need no defense ut our hands,
they are able Ia take care OF themselves. And
Pierce has come 20 learn, by this time, that
his brazen faced impudcncc has ahoEt
play out " on this side of the river
Ii the Patriot is the organ of the repuLli-
cans of Craw ford. it would be well for it to
explain why the ticket placed before them by
Pierce for their support was SO contcmptu.
ously spit upon by those true republicans. "
Eessrs Grady and Lockhart, If everything
was "lovely" in the caucus. You are
played, Pieree-on this side of the river.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11
Mr. Lynn's Apportionment Bill

The Little Rock Gazette of the lth, says the
best because the fArest, bill on the subject
Of rc.dstricting the State tor Congressional
purposes, yet introduced in either body ofth,
General Assembly. is the one offered in the
Hous by Mr.. Lynn. II divides the distriets
as follows:
First dstriet-Conway, Crittenden, Craig
head Cross, Fulton Greene. Independence,
lard Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Mon
roe, Ponsctt, Prairie, Randolph, Sharp Van
Buren, White and Woodruff.
Second di,trict-B Benton, Boone. Carroll,
Crawford FRANKLIN, johnson, Madison, Ma
rion. Newton Pope, Sarber, Searcy, Sebastian
and Washington
Third district--t lark Dallas, Grant, Hemp
stead, Hot springs, Lafayette, Little River,
Montgomery, Nevada, Perry. Pike. Polk, Put
laski, Saline scott, Sewer and Yell.
Fourth distrct-Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun,
Cldcot. Columbia, Desha. Drew, jefferson,
Lincoln, Ouachita, Phillips and Union.
This is Senator Colts apportionment bill;
First distrlct-Mis,issirpi Crittenden. st.
Francis, Menroc, Prairie, Pulaski Phillips
Arkansas, Grant, Dallas, Calhoun, Hot
spring Clark, Pike. Montgomery and Sewer
extending from Mississippi county, the cX-
treme northeast, To Ultimathule, the extreme
southwest corner of the State the last named
place being literally the iumping-o -oT place, a
distance Of about 400 miles.
Second district Hampstead, Little River,
Nevada. Lafayette, Columbia, Ouachita, I'M
ion, Bradley, Jefferson, Drew, Ashley, Lin
coin and thicot.
Third diStrct-Crawford, Franklin John
son, Pope, independence, Jackson, Woodruff,
hite Conway, lell, Sarbcr, Scott, Saline,
Sebastian, Perry aud Polk.
Fourth district-Benton. Carroll, Boone,
Marion, Fulton, sharp, Randolph, Greene,
Washington, Madison, Newton. Searcy lizard,
Lawrence, Craighead, Poinsett Cross and
Van Buren,
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Ey- The Little Rock Gazette SAYS

Mr. White, Of Crawford. has introduc-
cd--or given notice Of the Introduction
of-a bill in the house to relieve collect.
school aud ether taxes, prior to the re
cen, decision of the supreme court We
believe this is right, and trust the meas
urc will meet with the favorable consid
Grafton ofthe general assembly. Ifsome
such action is not had, all the tax re.
oeipts for taxes paid in lS7l will be rip
ped up, and tie whole state offered for
sale
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11

The great and good, the Immaculate, that
honest old Baxter, has at last procamated.
declaring Wiltshire elected over Guntcr! His
proclamation will be found in another col
umn. OF course he will do the rar thing -
We always knew Baxter was honest = tdy-
etteriRs Democrat.
We think the Democrat is mistaken, the
good, the immaculate, that honest old Bax-
ter, does not proclaim Nilshire's election,
but merely declares the abstract Of the vote
as it appears in the Secretary Of States Office,
leaving Congress to decide Who is entitled to
the seat. From the very plain evidence con-
taned in Gov Baxter's proclamation. Gunter
will be seated, as all the scattering votes
Intended for THos. Nj. GuNrER, no matter
how spelled, will be counted for him by Con
gress.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11
TUESDAY,, MARCH Ii, 1873.
Crawford County.

The following is the vote of this County on
Monday, on the Constitutions, Amendment
1t will be noticed that the most wilful neSli-
gence has been shown in net coming out and
voting. Only about one-thid cfthe regis
tered vote Of the County has been cast We
think there is no doubt OF the adoption Of the
amendment. but 1t does not speak well for
the people that so little interest was shown
in so momeptJus matter;
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11

SENATOR Brown TAK"s HIS SEAT
On Thursday last Senator Frerson pre-.
scnted the credentials Of Senator b. J.
Brown, senator elect from the Eighth
Senatorial district, and upon the certif-
cate from the secretary Of state, and an
abstract from the clerk Of Crawford
county, he was sworn in by the prcsi-
dcui OF the senate.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11

tdy- The Little Rock Gazette Of the l,t SAY
that the Cairo and Fulton railroad /. now
shipping freights to and from St. Louis at the
following rates Cotton, IS cents per hundred
pounds; flour, 81 Is per barrel. First clas,
freight. 81 90 per hundred; second class
81 ej; third class. so cents; fourth class, 20
cents flftll class 60 cents Cars for hay, S96
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11

Franklin county, as far as heard from, has
2s5 for the amendment and 80 against it
Sebastian county, we find in the New Era
the total vote to be AIS for the amendment and
l66 against it,
Washington county for amendment S1S t2
l29 against
Benton county, GsS for and 70 against.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11
ET- From the Little Rock Daily Ar
kdus.an of the 9th:

The members of the House propose to
pay themselves in thousand dollar d, Fl
cheney bonds They would save money
to the State by giving n dozen to the
black idiot who is Oh his feet most of
tie time. ohjecting TO what he knows no
more about than an African monkey, and
let him leave al once.
We understand Gov. Hadley is to be
appointed Probate Judge of Prairie coun-
ty. Oh! what a fall was there. my coun
try ) man:
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11
nzy- We notice in ihn Innislntixn nrn

IS We notice in the Legislative pro-
ceedings of Thursday, that the house
passed to the consideration Of bill to
extend the time Of paving taxes. Tie
bill WAS reported in the hands Of the en-.
crossing committee, and not reported
back.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11

eE- The Cherokee Airscate of the lst inst f,
says that Judge T. NJ. Walker. Of the Middle
Circuit. last week tried a case OF murder in
Sequoyah, which resulted in conviction. The
criminal will be hung next Friday, the 2Sth
inst. lie is a son OF Robert McLamore.
petition for reprieve has been allowed
and The Executive Council will meet on the
9TH to consider the case
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11

ES- The Naturalization Treaty, be.
tween Germany and the United States,
will probably be amended so as to pro
vide that the Germans who have returned
from America and remained two years at
home, shall be considered to have re.
nounced the rights as naturslized Amer
lean citizens
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11

Eg- The President signed all bill. pre-
sented to him Monday and Tuesday, ex-
eept sixteen which were ofa private ma
tura. The latter include bill for a
bridge acros. &e Arkansas river, and
bill to confirm certain land titles in Mis-
souri,
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11
Notice..
Petition for the Liberation Of Public Roa

Petition for the Liberation Of PuJlic Road.
NOTICE is hereby given that petition
~ will be presented to the County Court
Of Crawford County. Arkansas at the April
Term Monday 7th. 1873. for an alteration in
the Public Road, known as the road leading
from the Mouth Of Frog Bayou to Van Buren.
a. follows; Beginning from the middle Of
y + OF Section -. Township ., North
Range 81 West. tits contemplated to continue
through one halfof section y 20 dividing line
between the lands CT shiblcy and lIixon,
thence due north until it meets the main
road as now established. The proposed al
teration will cause the road to pass on the
south Of DR.. Winds place and also to the
south OF the farm of Elisha Estes.
TlOS. II. illNSON.
Van Buren,, Ark, March 3, 1873.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11

s We are pleased to see our old friend
the Helena World on our table again. 1t has
been missed therelrom for two months
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11
Installation.

In accordance with the announcement In
onr last paper, the members and friends of
Harmony Council. No, 81, Temperance Re
form. met az the Presbyterian Church on
Tuesday evening last TO witness and partici-
nate in the ceremony Of installing the officers
for the ensuing term. The address anticipa-
ted from the Rev. W. T. BOILING was to the
regret Of the large audience, dispensed with
through the serious indisposition of the
speaker. Tee Rev. :. ;. Key, +. W. \. d.,
ollieiaied a. Master of Ceremonies, and deliy-
cred the oath ofoilce to the officers elect each
in their order The Church was well filled,
showing hsppy appreciation of the work of
this Young Council i'm our midst. The follow
ing are the officers elected for the present
term:
George Wood, W. a. ID.
W. II II Shiblcy, W. II.
Anna Z. Ogden, l.. K.
G. c Colburn, X. S.
!, d. johnson, Treas.
john CLARK. r. Scc'y.
Olliyc Phelps, +. OF /.
john r, Ogden. Jr., G. G.
Franci. Bradner J.. c,
Bcnjamine Hodges, G. L.
Mary Miller, l.. L.
George Thayer, &. C.
Charles Bearden. G. of Il.
H. l.. HOLMAN, Marshal.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11
ROAD NOTICE,

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition
~ will be presented to the County Court Of
CIaw ford county, Arkansas. at the April
term of said Court, for the purpose of chang
ing the County Road that crosses Frog BayOu
at the old Strong Ford and runs diagonally
across a portion of the 5 " "a Of the n L !,
Of Section II. Township o Range 81 West
The proposed change will leave the old road
north of Kings field and run southwest
about two hundred yards, thence south about
one hundred and seventy back into the cid
road. II, L. KING.
Van Buren, Ark, March 10, T3-pd w3.
The Van Buren press., 1873-03-11
NOTICE..
Administrators Sale.

DURSUANT to an Order Of the Probate
Court OF Crawford County. made at the
January Term. 1873. will be sold at Public
Auction, to the highest and best bidder at
the Court House door in Van Buren, Craw-
ford County, on the
1st Monday in April, 1873,
within the hours of judicial sales, the fol-
lowing described Real Estate of Josiah Fos-
ter, deceased, to wit:
The n. f I of the n, f. I of Section
II, township 8, North of range
b.. 81 west, containing 40 acr~s,
situated in the county
of Crawford,
aforesaid.
Terms Of Sale, three months credit. the
purchaser giving bond and approved secu-
rity.
JULIA c. FOSTER,
JESSE TURNER, Administrators.
Attorney. 4W
, 1873-11-17

The roaignatlon by Judge DloAllistcr Of his
place on the Supreme Donoh, to accept tho POSI-
ton Of Corporation Counsel Of tho City Of Chi
cago is not moroly fortunate thing for tho city,
but m net of considerable significance. Tho sal-
ary Of Judge broAlltstor as Supreme Judge Ia
$4,000 yoar. Out Of this ho Is required to pay
his travelling expenses and hl1 poraousl oxponaon
vhilo holding. court. These aro estimated to 10
from 81, 500 to $4,000, thus lowing him only
from $4,000 to 99,6oo ycar- aa actual COM
pensation for Ills services. Az Oorpo-
ration Counsel. Judge MoAllister will rocoivo
10000, out OF which ho will ha7o no extra OK
pensos to pay, Ho is well worth that amount,
and Will unquostionably snvo tho city moro than
thatsum ovory yoar that he romans III Office. Now
tho question is, II Chicago can afford to pay
90, 900 a yoar to aeoure eminent legal ability,
cannot tho stato afford to pay moro than $4,000
year to socuro tho samo for tho Supreme
Bench :.
, 1873-11-17

Secretary Delknap was in New York On satur-
day, aud Is reported to havo said, in roforonco to
tho secret deliberations OF the Cabinet meeting
concerning the Virginius case, that tho amplest
measures had been decided upon to OBJ
tain satisfaction for that outrage. Tho Amori-
can people, ho said, must bs hard to
please il they would not be satisfied with them.
GeYen hundred men were at work all day aun-
day in tho Philadelphia Navy-Yard, and almost
equal activity Ia manifest in tho other yards.
Tho largest veHsela named as being prepared for
aorvioo in tho Gulf are tho Minnesota, Colorado.
Ajax, Cannndaigua. Nahant, and Powhat-
an. Public feeling throughout the coun-
try shows no less hoat. The moeting at
st. Louis on Saturday WAS very largely at
tended, and waa addressed by influential speak
crs, of whom WAS Mayor Brown. Ono noto-
worthy fact is the presence, in numbers, Of ex-
Confodoratns, who showed that, they had
regainod tho sonti4onto tot nationality sufficiently
to feel outraged by tho afront offered the United
States by the spaniarda. The 8paniards In Cuba
are reported to be very anxious to know what
tho Americans think Of thom.. In Madrid, thera
arc rnmors Of hEipaterlat orislH. caused by tho
course Of the GoYernment. :. :
, 1873-11-17

scale Of taxation. imposing tnx Of ono-half Of
por cont on all porsons owning moro thnn
$4,000, per cent on. al1 porsona owning mora
than $40, 200, and 80 oil to 81 1000 600, wh,re tho
tax should bo pro1,ibttory. This Ia not by any
monna novel schoine. It las heon proposed In
various countries mid various ngcs Of
Tho world, but hau nevor, no boliove,
boon put. In foroo, bocansc, whom
carefully examined, It waa soen to DO a tax on
thrift and encouragement to economy. Some
fow bold thnkorB have Eono 10 far na to aay that
thrifty and economical porsons aro uHoful to tho
world, for, since thoy are uiablo to cnrry my
thing out Of the world when t11oy die, they arc
really adding to tho worlds woalth. Tho most
voracious millionaire emit cat moro than one
log Of mutton day, Or wear moro than ono suit
Of clothes ut timo. What ho don't consume
DO evidently loavos behind him. We commend
this Wow to tho IolDa Stats Journal, but We will
add that wo think tho inventor Of this plan Is, on
tile whole, visor than Mr. John Z. Williams, Of
tho metropolitan Bank, who appears to think
that there will DO more property in the country
if It is measured by s1,0oo0oO,oo Of groom
backs than II moasurod by s50,oo0,0o0.
, 1873-11-17

Our ropeated admonitions to the Chicago
Times concerning tho vu]garity mud indcconcy in
its columns gave reasonable hope that that
paper would reform its habits. Most families
hnre long since excluded the sheet as unfit to be
read by any modest woman. Yesterday, 1t broke
out again, md rotailod with disgusting minuto-
moss a. story Of tho alums, in which a
husband Of "a fow months is described
rs the victim Of degraded wife.
Tho Times gloata over eacn ltom Of indoconcy
With it's peculiar fondnoss. To mako tho out
rago complete, It wont out Of its way to cast i'm
putatlon on tho character Of the school tho
woman attended,, and doclarod that there have
graduated from tho Convent Of tho Sacred
Heart in this city not few Of tho worst females
in this city. OF all the smutty stories ever pub
1ishel in that paper, this vile concentration ct
nastiness is equal to any that has proceeded it.
Tic time has been when there we're published in
cellars md secret plaoes in this city papers de-
voted exclusively to that class Of litoraturo but
tho Times bus boon able by its superior enter
prise to drive them all out, and haa long had
monopoly OF that which tho Grand Jury Was
wont to indict as peatiforous nuisance.
, 1873-11-17

Tile recent horse raco In Ban Francisco, Of
four-mile heats, WAS in ovcry way disgracoful
affair. Ono Of tho horses, who was worthy Of q
better fate, was taken into the raco by hia
owner, Notwithstanding that his knees wore
stitfenod, aud that his lustreloss eyes showed
that he was in no condition to run ut top spool
for tho unusual distance OF sixteen miles. Dur
Ing the frat eight miles, tho noblo animal OK
erted himsolf to the utmost to win the raco for
hiB owner. At tho commencement Of tho third
hoat, or ninth mile,. however, he was ex-
hauHted, and waa left far in tho distance by
the others, and, ut tho end Of tho twelfth ulilo
he was found lying in tho track with broken
log, ruined for life. The track WAS immediately
cleared, however, and tho sixteenth milo was
finished, to tho:delight Of tho thousands who
had assembled in tho open-air gambNng-housc.
Tho fato Of this racer, who has thus suddenly
ended lis turf days, Is q significant argument
against the brutality too often practcod at those
exhibitions, which osteuaibly aro given for tho
edihcation Of tho public. and in reality for tho
accommodation Of gonteol gamblors, to ply
their vocation where tho 1aw cannot reach them.
, 1873-11-17

Tho superstition which still exists in the
world relative to- tho powers Of soroory ts illus
trated by recent occurrence in Paris. Marga-
rot pharamot, who las piled tho trade Of sorco-
rosa for Ave years, was arrested on complaint Of
young girl to whom ehe had sold eomo false
hair alleged to hayo been taken from q woman
WHO died Of love on tho night OF All! saintB,
when Just 20 yeers Of age. Tho hair was sup
posed to lavo the powor to melt tho heart Of .
young man whom the girl was seeking for bus:
band but. although slp wore 1t perslsItenttly in
hor chiguon, 1t had no effect wlatoyer; The
young man, fifteen days after hho bought It,
went OF and married another woman. Az
tor the arrest Of ito aoroereae, her quarters
wore vlsitod. Hor nsu]tation-room WAS ar-
ranged in genuine .Walpurgla etylo, anl con-
taiuod eyou the conventional .broomatiek upon
which Bhe was supposed to ride On stormy
nights. On tho walls hung tlo following tari1
Of prices: 4 tibia; inner aAin- Of IN old
man,-a oharm for the acquisition Of wealth.
bof; philtre, to mako one loved, 25f; q toad's
eye, to curo Ill kinds Of disease, 1921, Ripco
tho arrsst Of tho Woman, Ii has trauspired that
hor victims wore not Alono among tie lowor
classes, but also among tho aria&oaracy; and
that numerous mombers Of the goullnuno,
during the insurrection. used to buy pli]tres Of
hor for the purpose Of securing tue succosn OF
their cause,
, 1873-11-17

Few people will be inclined to regret that tho
indefinitely postponed. Few people will alao DO
inclined to doubt that hIr. Marotzek haa mada
very aorious mlBtako in his haHty and ill-con.
siderod action. 1Ir. Marotzok has boen In this
city often enough to know that q season sale IL
mover indicative of tho SUCCESS Of a season, aa
1t Ia IN most other cities. Tho great bulk Of tho
receipts arc takon at the door Of tho theatre on
tho ,ntsAta Of performance. A. succoHaful opon-
ing night is always tl!e best aqyorliaomont tor
an operat1c troupe, and. had Mr, M4rotx;k GONE
md mado d favorable impression bore thig
eyening, the succesa Of tho woels would hayo
boeu assured, notwithstanding the extor-
tomato prioea charged. uis second mlstake was
in refusing to aecopt tho very liberal tormB
which Mr. Mevic4cf oIerea him and was willing
to pay rathcr than submit to tile enlargement
Of closing Ills theatre for two wocks, which Ao
will now DO Obliged to do, as he has made hls
oontsaetp tY take Ills company with Mlaa oua4-
man through tue prpylRqial towns during tho
coming two wooka. Tho Terms offered him
would hare guaranteed him profit, and tho only
objection made Heg that, ii hlr. Movioker bought
tho season, t4o management Of It would fall Into
hta hkpds, and he, like any other prudent,
sensible manager, would roduce the prlcep
OF admission. Still this rss not =
valid ground Of objection. inssmuch IA
the venture would still have been paying one.
Tho sxpensss hsys bssa e1NAtl1 ayas~atAtsd.
, 1873-11-17

II: the advertising public cannot find out in
tho unual way that certain newspaper is pub
llshea In this vicinity, tloro aro three Ways to
make them aware Of the fact. One ia to sub
1ect them and their families to 4 syatem of 90
cial dragooning. Another il to send circulars to
them, and hire .drunmers to bore them. The
uird is to insert an advertisement Of the fact in
some newspaper which they are in tho habit Of
seeing. hlr. Wilbur F. Storey has tried tho frat
two methods with Indifferent auccess. We ad-
9ise him to try the last, and to continue 1t faith
fully. The Chicago Times has lesa advertising,
relatively: than 1t had hvo years ago, and tho
amount is steadily decreasing. Hence the fran
tic efforts Of Sr. Storey to appriso tho public by
moanH Of circulars and otherwise, that he ia still
publishing newspaper.
, 1873-11-17

Tho Chicago produce markets rera fairly
aotive on Saturday. aud grain waa weak aud soy-
erish, though averaging higher than on Friday,
Moss pork Was In good demand aud 1o@2oo
higher, closing At s1187,4@12.oo cash, aud
$i2.25@12.874 sollor January. Lard wan aotiys
and 10 higher, at To cash and To seller jan
nary. Meats wore leaa active ind stronger. at
B16c for part aalted shoulders, 61Sc for do short
ribs, 20 for do short oloar. and 01S@74o for
Rroon hams. Lake froiglta we're loss active sntl
Armor, ut 014o corn to Buffalo. HighwlpeB wsre
quiet and steady at 87o per gallon. Flour waa
quiot and unchanged Wheat was aotivo aud 10
higher, but closed weak at s1,00 cash aud e9115o
seller Decomber. Corn WAS less active and ~
higher, closing weak At 371so cash and $500
s4llar December. Oats nero dull and 10 lover.