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The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07

A reverend gentleman was recently
catechlsing some children, among them q
bright little fellow of about seven sum.
mers. "Tommie, what does the good
little boy do, the first thing in the morn
gentleman The little chap studied a
moment, and said: !" Washes his face
and hands, combs his hair, and kindl, s
the fire. That was not exactly the an
swer required by the catechism The
mother, who happened to be there, re
marked that il these were the qualities
of good.boy, Tommie must be a very
bad one, for she had never known him to
make fire in the morning
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07

The Gazette of Saturday saws The
statement of Mr.. ]. l.. Bay, published in
Thursdays Gazette, detailing volunta-
ry conversation on the part of ex- Lieut..
Gov Y. Y. Smith, in reference to the
intention of the republicans of the Third
congressional district, has excited the ire
OF the Cravens organ up the street, and
the editor holds up his hands in holy
horror, to think that anybody would be-
lieve anything that V. V. Smith would
say. The conversation occurred prior
to the holding of the republican convcn.
tion, and Gov. Smith said the policy Of
the republicans Yves not to nominate and
80 rup!'"ro clavcns.
1t Will be remembered when the con
vention met, that Postmaster Joserh
Brooks, Rice Ben and others. at-
tempted to prevent q nomination, and we
can give the name Of at least one prom
lnent delegate to that convention who
said, just MS the convention was assem-
bling, that it was called in Col. Craven
interest, and that delegate, on taking his
seat IN the convention, voted against a
nomination. Mcclure, who thought he
saw chance to get to congress, object
ed to the point, and forced nomination.
he being the nominee.
We only give those circumstances TO
show that Y, V. Smith must have known
something of the intention Of the lead
ers OF his party here in regard to this
contest. Smith was an attentive locker
ON during the proceedings of the demo
cratic convention.
Now comes Ben Rice to the front. 1t
seems Mcclure recently captured let
ter written by Ben. to Milt., while the
latter was at Arkadephia, and the Star
of yesterday gives it Ito the public. Ben.
says
Il am not sure but what it is best to
return here and speak to the republicans
from now on to the election, going into
their midst in the precincts, and speaking
nights, so as not to interfere with their
work. Since writing the ahove
several republicans have suggested that
this county will stand by you, and that
You had better go on, charging the trade
Of Mcclure wih Crareas, chich I think
is manifest"
The above is from b. F. Rice. Most
OF the people OF Arkansas know him.
He believes m understanding. or trade,
as he puts it, was made between the Cra-
vens men and McCIure's supporters.
We only give the above in corroboration
Of what Smith said
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07

Notice..

| ; hereby given that by order of the County
ICourt of Crawford County, sealed bids viii
be received by the Clerk of said Court on or
before 9o'ciock m November the 27th, 1876,
for proposals to repair the Iron Bridge across
Clear trrek, in accordance with plan and spec
lliealians now ON file in the Clerks office of
said County; ana the Iron Bridge across Flat
Rock Creek; also for Bridge across Garrison
Greek. on road district no 5ltS Proposal, to
he made in United States Currency. The
Count rcserNing the right to reject all bids
deemed too high.
Ed. \. SCOTT. Clerk.
Nov, 9Th 1873. w
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07

BeE- Our Fort Smith friends, compos-
ing the rifle team of that place, had a
shooting match with the Little Rock
Team, which resulted in favor of the
one from the former place, on Wedncs-
day, the lst inst. A champion medal
was the emblem Of triumph which they
carried back home with them. The score
for the Little Rockers was ,347 for the
Fort Smithers, l,454, making the major
ity for the lattar ,,la1aA-ln-
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07
Mcclure and Crayens.

Before that thoroughbred radical, Me.
Clnre, was nominated for Congress, the
republicans of Hot Springs county were
instructed to vote for Cravens. That is
whore the bolters expected to get their
votes from. Ex-Governor IIadloy urg
cd all republicans that conld not vote
for Mcclure, to vote for Cravens in pref
erence to Rice, and they will do it.
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Democratic Members Of the Legislature
for Stuart.

Let il be remembered that out of the
twenty-five representatives elect to the
lower house of the general assembly
from this congressional district, which
meets in this city, the first Monday in
January, fourteen are the friends ofJudge
Stuart, IRE are for Crayens, and three
are republicans. This is good index Of
the strength of Stuart as against Cra-
vens.--L. r. Gdsetta.
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07
lss~ Hon. JouN d. McCABE, Prosecl

A1S~ Hon. john ID. McCABE, Prosecu-
ting Attorney, Of the 7th Judicial Dis
trict, who has just closed u canvass ofall
the southwestern counties, says that in
the counties of CLARK. Pike, PoR and
Montgomery, Col. Cravens will not get
YlrTY VOTES, in the four counties. 1t will
be reciioected that in cur estimate, last
week. we gave Cravens $50 votes in the
same counties, and this will increase
Stuart's vote.
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07
Notice.

by VIRTUE OF A WRIT TO NE DI-
- REtTED, | will offer Tor sale at the
tourt-House door in Van Buren,, between
the hours fol judicial sale. on
Monday the eth of November,
II, d., 1876 lots -four five and six. block one,
in the town of Van Buren,, leN led on as the
property OF Terrence Smith to satisfy "A iudy-
ment IN favor of the state of Arkansas
against said Smith, in the Crawford Circuit
Court.
TERMS On credit of three months. pur-
chaser giving note and approved security
for purchase money.
JOHN f WlNFREY, Sheriff.
November 81. 1876 3w
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07
Who is the Nominee =?
Card from Resident Members of the
State Central Committee Of Third
District.

We have been informed that the let.
tcrs written by Sol. +. Clark, the chair.
man of the State democratic committee,
are being used as the Endorsement of the
Committee of Col. Cravens as the nomi-
nee Of the democracy in the Third Con
gressional District. We have studous-
ly avoided any active interference in
this matter, for the reason that an effort
had been made to submit for arbitration
this veXed question to the Central Com
mstee. Negotiations to that end have
failed. The Committee has never con-
sidered this question Col. Clark is not
authorized to speak for any member ex-
cept S. +. Clark. We, the other mem
bcrs Of the Committee residing in the
Third District, feed il obligatory upon us
TO make these declarations That zee
consider HENRY B. STUART the
nominee Of tie Democratic party for
Congress in the 81 Congressional District;
that for the preservation Of the intcgri-
ty of the party, discarding all personal
preferences or prejudices, the party
should support the REGULAR NOMINEE
that, without falling into the hlunder we
feel called upon to condemn, Of express
ING personal opinion as to the popular
ity of an individual, we believe the cor
rect dogma TO be that the NOMINEE must
be the strongest and for these reasons
we believe the Democracy of the Dis
Irict should support HENRY b. STU
ART.
ROBERT 4. HOWARD,
b. S. JOHNSON, ~
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T Nine votes in Pulaski county is
what Thomson, the boiling candidate,
got two years ago. and we have intorma-
tion that Cravens, the boltng candidate,
now, will not get in that county over
100 votes.
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07

~ Harvey NJ. Hudgins, who was. the
delegate elect to the congressional con-
vention, from Polk county, writing to
the. Gazette, says: " Polk county will
come out on the 7th of November and
vote for Tilden and Hendricks and Stu
oef
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07

b6~We all recollect how confident
Thomson and his friends were two
years ago, that he would sweep the dis
trict-just as Cravens' friends are now
talking. Some good democrats, and we
are sorry to say it, will be repenting in
"sacs cloth and ashes after the rcturns
IRE all in.
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07

~ The old democratic county of Sa-
line, that gave Thomson but one cote,
at the last election our information is
now, that Cravens the bolter, will not
get over tuenty rotes.
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Take Notice !!
LITTLE ROCK & FT. SMITH RAILWAY.
Office of the Land Commissioner.
Little Rock Ark, Oct. |, 1876.
TO pIFRCH nN ID ,II ~

TO PURCHASERS OF RAILWAY
LANDS:
ii AFlNG understood that the Assessors
J. Z IN the various Counties are now assess
my the Lands donated TO the Little Rock and
fort smith Railway. and some of the Conn
lies having advertised portion of these
lands to be sold, and in some cases sold the
same for Taxes. | adopt this method of nm
houhelhG To all parties interested, that they
need have no anxiety on the subject. Prom
er legal steps will be taken to test this oues-
tlon the case carried to the Supreme Court of
tnc united states, and every effort made to
ontAin a decision from that tribunal before
the time allowed by law for redemption
shall expire.
should that Court decide adversely to the
Giailn OF this Railway to Exemption of its
hauuS from Taxation, then this Company
VIII redeem the land sold for taxes prior to
tle sale of lands by the Company. so AS To
give To the purchaser, clear and unincumb-
cred titles.
w. ID. SLACK,
o'' lo'm Land Commissioner.
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pyJohnson county, the home of Cra-
vens, will give HENRY b. STUART more
votes, than Jordan +. Cravens will get
in the four counties of Clark, Montgom-
cry, Pike and Polk. Mark what we say.
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07

Isas~ Somebody was busy, last Sunday
night, slipping Milt. Rice tickets under
the doors Of several of the stores in Van
Buren,. Both democratic and republi-
can electoral tickets were attached
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07
Election Notice.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. That an
~ election will be held Mt ca IN Of the voting
precincts of Crawford county. on the 7th aay
OF November 1876 for the election Of
One congressman for the third congress-
ional district. and six electors to cast the wore
ct the State ot Arkansas for President OF the
United States.
The election will be held. acco, ding TO law
The Judges of the sept, mber election beng
appointed for two years, will hold said el'c-
tion.
JOHN i. WINFREY, sheriff
Van BurcD 0vt 5tb 1875.
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Notice..

STATE OF ARKANsAs.l
County of Crawtord} =tHff
At the Oct, term of the Probate Court OF
Craw ford County, the following persons filed
their accounts current. for settlement. as ad-
minfstrat,rs. and guardians. the same being
ordered continued, and publication madeac-
riding to law. viz:
Julia Fofter adm'x of the estate of JOSH
ah Foster, deed.
Chas. G, Scott, admr. estate of John Drcn-
nen deed.
r. II. Mckibben, admr, of the estate of Mar
tin storm, deceased.
John f. Bushmire, guard of Henrietta B.
Winkler
John L. Bushmire. guard. efC G.. Ii. and J. r.
Eichman.
All persons interested in the above-named
settlements are hereby notified to come for
ward and file their objections, if any they
have. on or before the second day of the next
term of said court, or they will be forever
barred from excepting to said accounts or
any item thereof.
In witness whereof have hereunto set
my hand and official seal this 30th
day of October. 1876 ..zz
Ed A. SCOTT, Clerk.
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ATTENTION, VETERAN DEMOCRACY
The Base Conspiracy Exposed.

We have urged upon the democracy OF
this district to beware Of boilers and to
save the party, even at the sacrifice OF
personal preferences, and without re.
gard to local prejudices or the aspila.
tons Of favorites. These appeals we
have made in good faith, and with the
firm belief that scheming politicians in
different parts of the District had deter
mined to seize political control of the
distriet, at WI hazards, regardless Of the
goodof the democratic party, and with
no reference to the interests of the party.
That beiIel, on our part has matured in
to certain khoWledge. We have for sey-
eral weeks had IN our possession the fol
lowing statement of as good a citizen us
the state can boast-one known not only
throughout the business circles Of our
city, but among substantial citizens in
every part Of the state. We ask .or it a
careful pernsa, and call upon democrats
to consider it most carefully in connec-
ton with what we most positively state
below. Mr.. Bay is ready to substantiate
it with his affidavit. Here is the state
ment
. LITTLE HoCk, Oct. 10.
| hereby certify that on the cars be.
tween Little Rock and St. Louis, a few
doys since, v V. Smith, United States
consul to st. Thomas, who had been on
Il visit to Little Rock, and who was then
on his return to St. Thomas, or his post
OF duty, told me, in the most positive
manner, that the republican leaders of
this state did not intend to make any no.
mlnation tor Congress in the Third dis
ulet, but that they had determined that
their party should support Jordan f.
Cravens, who would, he said, serve their
purpose better than Rice or any other
person that it was understood with
Crayens and his friends that their effort
would be to disorganize and disrupt the
democratic party through Cravens, who
would be taken up as their candidate for
governor, two years hence.
J. l.. BAY
We have withheld this statement with
the view of allowing the plot to pro
gress until fuller and more direct proof
could be obtained That proof we have.
We have solemnly charged that a com
bination has been entered into between
prominent Cravens leaders and control
ing radical politicians, by which Cravens
is to receive radical support in conside-
ration of an understanding had, by which
he will serve certain purposes of the rad
calls, and with the view, two years hence;
OF continuing the decentralization, disin
tegration and finally the destruction of
tbn a fi,, n.,,,. ~
We know whereof we speak, and
dare the cravensites to call for the proof.
--Gazctte,
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nJ"sA vote for Cravens is half q
vote for Mcclure.
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07

fSy~ Vote early. See that Henry B.
Stuart's name is on your ticket.
The Van Buren press., 1876-11-07

nS- A full vote is Democratic victo-
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The Osceola times., 1876-07-01
ElSsN.

Jas. Baird, of Combustion, Scotland,
the millionaire iron master, who recently
gave 80 100000 to the Scotch church, died
on the Goth.
The manager of lie Bien, a public
newspaper of Paris, has been sentenced to
three months Imprisonment for insulting
the Catholic religion.
Hassan, the Turkish assassin, it is re-
ported, intended TO kill Ami Fasha only,
Uassan was known as devoted follower OF
the late sultan, and was formerly aide de
camp to his son Nussuf, who is represented
as attempting military revolution.
A dispatch from Berlin reports that
the Prussian chamber of peers passed bill
making German the official language
throughout the kingdom. The Polish mem
bcrs we've violent in the opposition to the
measure, and were several times called to or
der during the debate.
st. Johns, Quebec, was visited by q
most disastrous con6agration. Territory six
hundred feet wide and mile in length, EN-
bracug the entire business portion of the
town, is burned. Seven hotels, uine churches
the custoyi house, the courthouse, the post
Office, the United States consulate, two
banks, the docks, vessels in the river por
ton of the bridge over Richelieu river, St
Johns WOODEN mills, stone chinaware rooms
and two hundred and fifty store and houses
are reduced to ashes.
The Osceola times., 1876-07-01

der these circumstances, 1t will not, in my
judgment, comport with the dignity or self
respect OF this government TO make demands
upon that government fer the surrender Of
criminals, nor entertain any requisition OF
that character from that government under
the treaty.
Ii will be cause OF deep regret il the
treaty winch has been thus beneficial in its
practical operations, which has worked so
well and so efficiently, and which, notwith-
standing the exciting and at times violent
political disturbances OF which both coun-
tries have been the scene during its exist
ence, has given rise TO no complaints on the
part of either government against either its
spirit or its provisions, should be abruptly
terminated. II has tended TO the protection
Of society and the general interests OF both
countries. Its abrogation and annullment
would be retrograde step in International
intercourse. / have been anxious to have
made an effort to enlarge its scope and to
make new treaty which would be still
more efficient agent for the punishment and
prevention of crime at the same time.
s have felt IL my duty to decline to enter
tain proposition made by Great Britain,
pending its refusal to execute the existing
treaty, to amend it by practically conceding,
by treaty, the identical conditions which
thu' EVNtIhhtut hhuti iss "'' VI
parliament. In addition to the impossibility
of insisting upon the negotiations under
menace of an intended violation, or a refusal
to execute the terms of an existing treaty.
deemed il inadvisable 10 treat Of only the
one amendment proposed by Great Britain.
While the United States desires an enlarge
ment OF the list Of crimes for which extradi-
ton may be asked, and other improvements
which experience has shown might be EN-
bodied in a new treaty IL is for the wisdom
of congress to determine whether the article
of the treaty relating to extradition is to be
any longer regarded as obligatory on the
government ofthe United States, or as form
ing part of the supreme law Of the land,
should the attitude Of the British govern
ment remain unchanged.
shall not, without an expression Of the
wish OF congress that ! should do so, take
any action, either in making or granting
acquisitions for the surrender Of fugitive
criminals under the treaty OF 1912.
Respectfully submitted,
u. y. GRANT.
The Osceola times., 1876-07-01
LATEST NEWS.
NOUTH AND WEST.

A falling-of in the wheat yield
throughout all of Georgia is reported.
Schooley, convicted in Nashville Of
robbing the Adams express company, and
sentenced to thirteen years Imprisonment
has been granted new trial, bail fixed al
$4,000
The Chicago Journal contains twenty.
two sheets, or eighty-eight large qusrto
pages, seven hundred and ninety-one ool.
umns of which were filed with alist of prop
erty to he sold for taxes.
Farmers in the vicinity of Charlotte,
North Carolina, are alarmed over the crop
prospect of that section. The continued
steady rains for week past have put wheat
oats and corn in a had way. ~
A special train on the Anderson branch
Of the Greenvlle and Columbia railway, in
South Carolina, was wrecked on broken
trestle, by which the engineer, conductor,
fireman and two train hands-the only per.
sons on the train-were killed.
The American and Mexican authori-
ties on the Rio Grande have agreed to act in
concert in suppressing the robbery along
that frontier. The consequence is that the
Mexican general, Revueltez has already
hung four COW thieves and sent back to
the Americans four American fugtives from
justice.
John Crabtree killed John Murphy in
Campbell county, East Tennessee, last Sun
day. with an Enfield rifle, blowing out his
brains. Murphy is represented as having
been a desperate, having killed a man and
broke jail at Knoxville, where he was con-
fined awaiting trial for the deed.
The Augusta Chronicle says; " The
indications are that Hon. Alexander II.
Stephens will be returned te congress from
this section without having any opposition,
either in the convention or at the polls. His
health is improving rapidly, and we hope to
hear OF him in his seat before congress ad.
journs."
The advance sheets of the forthcoming
directory of Lloyd, Donnelly 4 Co., indicate
the population of the city of Chicago at five
hundred and thiriy-six thousand six hun
dred and seventy-three, an increase over
last year of twenty-five thousand. This is
reckoned on basis of three and half per-
sons per name.
The Piedmont, :. c., cotton factory,
on the Saluda river, has been completed
and is now in smooth running order, making
cloth equal in texture to the Grsnitevills
factory. One hundred hands are employed,
and the annual consumption Of the raw ma
terial will be about four thousand bales of
cotton. The Graniteville mills made a profit
of s5i,7666O last year on capital of $780,
600.
The Osceola times., 1876-07-01
OvergOverning Children.

Children are often brought up without
any particular habits of self-government,
because the governing is done for them
and on them. A girl that is never al
lowed to sew, all of whose clothes are
made for her and put on her till she is
ten, twelve, fifteen, or eighteen years of
age, is spoiled. The mother has spoiled
her by doing everything for her. The
true idea of self-restraint Is to let the
child venture. A child's mistakes are
often better than its no-mistakes +; because
when child makes mistakes, and has to
correct them, it is on the way toward
knowing something. A child that ID
walked up every morning, and never
wakes himself up. and is dressed, and
never makes mistakes in dressing him.
self and is washed, and makes no mis-
takes about being clean; and is fed, and
never has anything to do with his food
and is watched, and never watches him.
self; and is cared for and kept all day
from doing wrong-such a child might
about as well he a tallow candle, per
fcctly straight, and solid, and comely
and unvital, and good for nothing but u
be burned up.
The poor weaver who has large fam
| lily OF children, without bread enough for
half of them, and sets them to work is a
philanthropist. You may gather around
them, and mourn over them but blessed
be the weaver's children! The twelve
children of the poor weaver will turn out
better than the twelve children of the
millionaire. would rather take an in
surance on the weaver's children than on
the millionaire's. Blessed are those that
learn by the hard way of life, what every
man must learn first or last or go ashore
wreck-namely, self-restraint. The
steel that had suffered most is the best
steel. 1t has been in the furnance again
and again it has been on the anvil it
has been tight in the jaws of the wise it
has felt the rasp; i, has been heated, and
hammered and filed until it does not
know itself, and ii comes out splendid
knife. And if men only knew it, what
are called their misfortunes are G od' 8
blessings, for they are the moulding infu-
cnces which give them shapeliness, and
edge, and durability and power.