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Old Red Has Got his Back Up.

The following spicy letter is from
Capt John Woodbura. on the sinking Of
the Fannie Moore:
CiNciNNArI,Ju AIN regard to these
changes in inspectors, it would been a
glorious thing for me if there had never
been an inspector l would have dis
charged Pilot Lyle, at Fort Smith, but
could not discharge licensed pilot, and
come out with one pilot, so was forced
to keep man that had no confidence
in. He held what they call government
license, or government humbug, as there
are men with government licenses not
competent to pilot n steamboat. In re.
gard to the Fannie Moore's sinking,
can get several witnesses to say if he did
not do it Intentionally, his license should
be revoked. 1t was only one of those
| fortunate circumstances that she did not
break her steam pipes, and scald half on
board, as the boat struck the bank at q
speed of six or seven miles per hour. |
have made application to some OF our
local inspectors, but they say 'it was not
not in our District Still the liponse they
| gave him let him sink boats in other dis
trcts, and they take no note of II. Now
this is notas it should DO. 1t was their
duty to say to the inspectors in the dis
trict to Investigate the matter, as the Ii
cense was issued from our district,
would refer you to Thomas Simpson,
Lock Simpson. John Kimbre, or Wells
4 Co., at Sarassa, or George Ivy, Pleas
ant Hill, Ark. or to II. Stone, Fit Smith
Their statement should be evidence, as
there never was a boat sunk rs un-
justly as the Moore, as | laid up every
night, and to think she was sunk in day
light without any reason. there is room
for suspicion of foul play, the cotton on
| the boat being insured for more than it
would sell for, and Lyle, the pilot. never
gave any reason for the act. When l
raised up and said Back quick; she
never will back up; she is gone From
the distance she was from the bank,
knew it was impossible to back up
with the big current in the river. Now.
if man sends for doctor, does the man
or the doctor prescrbc2 So if the doc
tor prescribes poison, he is responsible.
Now the government gives us their gov
eminent humbugs, or poison, and they
should be responsible for their agents.
will expect something nice from Presi
dent Hayes, as tried all could to keep
him out Then | sold out and helped to
grease the hole he crawled in at.
john WOODBURY.,
Master OF the Fannie Moore.
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District Conference.

The time for holding the GAINESVILLE
District Conference Of the NJ E. Church
South, at Ozark, is hereby changed from
June goth and July LIST, inclusive, to July
SIS. All the travelling and local prea
Icbers in the district, and three lay dele
gates from each charge, are members
We hope to have the new church ready
and entertainment will be provided TO,
bill who come.
II. w. GRENADE, P. Z.
+. H. PAINE, 2. f.
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NOW THEREFORE,, in compliance with
~ the ABOVE Order, and In pursuance OF
law, | hereby give notice to all holders OF
warrants or outstanding scrip of Crawford
County, Arkansas as aforesaid, to present said
warrants or outstanding scrip to the County
Court of said county atlhe office Of the Clerk
of said county in the town Of Van Buren,,
Arkansas on
Monday the 23d day Of July a. d. 1877.
for the purpose IN said order setforth, or
thereafter be forever dcbarrcd from deriving
any benefits from their claims.
JOHN r. WlNFREY.
Sheriff Of Crawford County.
Van Buren,, Ark, April 10th, 1877.
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HIGH WATER.

The river was on the rise up to Mon.
Wy morning, When it commenced falling
1he highest point reached was % #. and
Nv which is 10 inches higher than last
sely. The water run over the banks be-
so~ town and large amount of cultivat
land was over6ow we'd from backwaters
senathan Miller on Sand Prairie looses
teen acres Of wheat, and thousands OIL
es OF corn and cotton will be destroy
by the overflow,
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WHAT IT WILL COST.

Below we give the amount Of tax that
will have to be collected in each town
ship for one year, for building the Court
House at Van Buren, and Alma. The
very low figure of s3O,0O0is the estimate
to build at Alma, and we venture to say
that to build at that point will cost dou-
BILE $4,000 before . respectable building
can be COMPLETED:
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Prof. Bryan's school closed last
Friday.
Uncle Ell Scott is back home from
Little Rock
n. T. Cornelius is building a large
Warehouse adjourning his store
Legal notice has been served on the
assessor of Crawford County, forbidding
him assessing the lands of the L. r. F.S.
Railway Company.
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STATE or ARKANSAS,
Eountv of IRA ~ for "A ca

hereby certify that the above and forego-
ing is a full and true copy taken from the re-
cords of the County Court OF Crawford Coun-
ty, Arkansas, In the matter Of the Regis
ton and Classification of the warrants and
serips of said county.
Witness my hand and seal Of said court.
this goth day Of April, 1877
ED. A. SCOTT, Clerk.
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Err The remains of the Clipper Office,
at Clnrksvihc, johnson county, were sold
on Thursday last to satisfy a deed OF
trust executed by Messrs. Lylcs & Bcr-
nard to Z. NJ. Gibson, and were bid in by
the editor of the Forum for SlS5, the
amount satisfying the Decd of Trust and
cost of sale.
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little Rock and FIT. Smith Railway
Timetable.

Tr.insleave Van Buren, for Little Rock, dali
H. sundays excepted, at 1897 IN.
Trains arrive at Van Buren,, from Little
pcck at clap IN, daily. except Sundays.
Trains run by St. Louis time. which is 20
-,;n,tes faster than Van Buren, time.
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seg- The law in Virginia now is that
persons guilty Of either grand or petty
larceny are disabled for voting,
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EE-According to the most trustwor-
thy information the present strength OF
the Turkish army is infantry, l72,50O
cavalry, 1000. Accordingly, the army
of the Danube, including the fortresscs
artillery and engineers, is very close up
on 100000 strong.
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car The PRESIDENT has appointed ex-
Governor O. A. lIadley Postmaster a,
Little Rock.
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&C. II. Horton, matchmaker and jew
eler, at Mrs. titchner's Millinery Empo
rum, Fort Smith, keeRs constantly or
hand fine assortment Of Clocks, jew
elry, etc. Watches sent to him from
neighboring towns for repairs, will no
ecive prompt attention. may22t
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ag- 4 Rome dispatch Of the 18th, says
that the exhaustion eonsequent upon the
reception of pilgrims at Rome, BY the
Pope, has nccessitatcd his tempo
rary withdrawal. The Holy Father is
celebrating the 50th anniversary Of his
elevation to the bishopric, and his TWEEN
ty-ifth to the Papal chair.
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An Iowa paper tells OF an Industrious
wife who helped her husband to raise
seventy acres of wheat Tho way she
helped him was to stand in the doorway
and shake broom at him when he sat
down to rest
Thirty-three States Lave made laws for
the prevention of cruelty to animals
The States that have not, are Missssip.
pi, Florida. Arkansas, Nebraska. and
Colorado.
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bI- A Constantinople dispatch OF the
9th, says: Travellers from Rustchucls
say that the impression has been gaining
ground for the last three days that the
Russians will very shortly endeavor TO
cross the Danube at three different
points, making Rustchuek the chief point
Of their attack. All the women have
left the town. All the foreign consuls
but the English, will leave in q few
days.
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TO Messrs Bourn, Gibson and Kaor,
Commissioners Of the County Of Craze
ford and State of arkansas for locating
the Seat of Justice, de-:
The daily gazette., 1877-06-22
Uncle SANS bad Boys.

UNGENTLEMANLY AND UNsEAMANLIKH
CONDUCT OF woULD-BE NAVAL oFFI-
GERS. -a..l a. -. .t
5ANNAPoLrs, June 21.-Tt has transpired
that during the early part at the Naval
Academy examinations Cadets Thomas
l. Boofils,of Missouri A. r. Hssson, Of
Oregon, and A. Z. Haines, of the Dis
trict of Columbia, by false keys entered
the premises of Professor Hsndricks0n,
head of the department of mathametics,
and stole copies of the examination ques-
tion in arithmetic. Moreover two nights
by these keys they helped themselves
unasked to the professors Wines The
questions were generously given to their
fellows who were likely TO "bilge," and
these in turn bestowed them upon their
friends. The result was the problems
became so widely circulated that the
theft came out. The parties who prof.
ted by the stolen goods have turned
States evidence on the originally guilty
ones, and a court. of inquiry has been
held, and, as the result, the suspension
of the three named above from all duties
has been ordered. New questionss bow
ever, had TO be propounded 10 the placp
Of the stolen ones. Cadet MldslnPmah
w. j. Maxwell, of the District OF Column
bia, has resigned. .iJ d 'Hd P'Ei j."
The daily gazette., 1877-06-22
" ". tTJ I.WT ~ lIIW N
THE THREE HoRsEMEN.

j.
Three horsemen halted the door before,
Three horsemen entered the oaken door, 81
Andloudly called for the welcome cheer
That was wont to greet the traveller here y
" Good woman" they criss. as the hostess
A buxam. rosy, portiy old dame. g,o,a i
GOOD woman, how's your wine and beer9
And how's your little daughter dear9o @
~ ii te#~a4 - uE ii# ~ pt y ulN
"My house isevepsfpplied with cheer, a
But my daughtefaieth upon her biefi" =
h.f ''tfft 4f3 ! $3.50. fsH ..tt
A'shadow over the ihorsemen fell; hHar
Each wrapped in thoughts he could never
And silently, one by one they crept 9d p
To the darkened room where the maiden
The golden hairiwas rippling low # ilI
Over a forehead pure as snow, lJ "iHal
And the little hands so closely pressed,
Eiasping a cross to the pulseless breast
~ loved thee ere the death chill lay
On thee, sweet child, and one turned away;
"Iwould have loved thee, the second said,
''Hadst thou learned to love me, and lived
to wed."J su.a y p- I'd 81.
81 loved thee always, love thee now"
The third one cried as he kissed her brow
" In the heavens to come our souls shall
wed. .a1..f.I t.. ..,..I 1T.
Ihave loved thee living, loveth dead"
Then silently out from the oaken door,
Three horsemen went TO return no more.
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HOW WAS CHRIS 4 CRUCIFIEDl
n GREAT SCENE DEPICTED IN A
NO VEL WAY BY a california;

n GREAT SCENE DEPICTED IN A
NO VEL WAY BY a CALIFORNIA
ARTIST. -gt ...... 81 .r#tf
From the Baltimore Sum- ....
SAN FRANCIsCo, june 17.-An admi r
able picture of the cruGifixion on Calvary
has been exhibite for criticism and cor
rection before taking IL abroad II Is full
size. The, cross differs from all extant
pictures. In height 1t Is but little taller
than a man. Midway rs projecting sad
die, upon which the person sits astride.
Ir8neus, Justin, and lertullian SO de-
scribe it. Modern artists have omitted
this, but it is obvious that the 0utsGretcht
ed arms could not mai ntain, nor could the
nailed hands have supported, the body
as usually represented. All historians
afterward spikes were driven through
the teet, as through the hands. There Is
no mention of a foot rest, but the artist
has supplied one, because the feet cannot
be spiked without. The inscription ON
the cross, affixed to the top, is purposely
and ingeniously illegible, because each
of four gospels gives It differently. There
being no record of personal appearance,
every one Is at liberty t0 draw on his inn
agination. Here the artist exhibits con-
summate skill. A more spiritual counte-
nance we never saw, The head is re-
clined, as expiring: The hair is auburn,
long, and in ringiets. The person is
spare and of short stature. AT the foot
OF the cross are only the executioners of
the law. No one is represented as pierre
ing the side with, a spear. Nor are any
connections, as Mary aud John, present,
this being direct contradiction of the
three synoptic gospels. 1t is usual to
show blood flowing from the wounds iii
the .handa nd fsaat Thiq 10 Arni fta1 ls.al
cause history tells us that wrought iron,
being our best styptic, Instantly stops the
How of blood. 1t is pupularly supposed
that the sacrifice consisted in the she'd
ding of blood. Paul makes this indispen-
sable Yet it is mistake. A slight cut
on a.schoolboy's finger sheds more blood.
Death results from exhaustion, not from
bleeding. ..' f.f....=
There are several marginal pictures IL
lustrating various miracles and other
scriptiral stories. Perhaps the most
striking, and certainly the most artistic,
represents Jesus escorted to the place of
execution by lowly multitude exulting
in His fate. The central figure is clothed
in scarlet, according to M atthew In pref
erence to purple, which Mark and John
say was the color. And the an of Naz.
areth walks majestically as to voluntary
sacrifice. Ii Is usual, and almost lndis-
Pensable to public taste, to, show. him
bearing His cross and bowed down be-
meath the burden, according to john
But the artist, following the three synop-
tlc. gospels, which deny Johns story,
shows Simon carrying the, cross, q stout
plebeian, who walks upright whit. The
artist considers it one great merit of his
painting over others, that it is true to his
tory, according to the plainest and most
consistent non-sectarian Interpretation.
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was fast booked, we carried the Hue
to she running end Of the whip, and
made fast. And then We h'sted. i, r..
| 20! wasn't he q monster! tell ye,
mates he was as big as q sperm CaIf
I-twentyLfve ofobt long ifhe was iau'
inehi When we'd lsn0ed him 10 the
waist the fsst thing we did was to
knock him In the head, Two or three
blows with an axe sbrt of unned him
and thenlw I'VE u ought we heard a runrb
,l,pe noise inside OF him and there
seem TO be rumpus goin' on in his
belly as theughf'he'd swslle wed . blive
'porpoise. -. -.
; f'Let see what Its said the, capt'n.
"And with that i andIthe third mate
got our big sliciu' khives and went at
work torip him open. Hdok outi' II
heard a voice cry; and II came from
the belly of the shark! Heavens and
earthi what could IT, bef W. cut away
as careful as we could and by IN by
we found the mystery ol' "Vii5h '"3 'T'
81 iknow it's a tough yarn, and II Il
hadn't seer, IL with my own eyes /
don't know as L d ever have believed
it In the world. Goodness gracions
We tturOWu UlF pour carpenter, over
bea.d when he,wasn't deadi He had a
kind of dead faint on himr-a catalep-
sy the capt'n called it--and the cold
water, half fetcbedhim to, land what
the water did't do the shark finished
for the shark had been following lin
the ships wake and had swallo wed
poor Jack grind-stone and ell. And
then for q cap-sherf he gulped down;
little, Tom; and when he hooked the
monster, aud got him aboard, Jack
had got clsar OF his hammock and had
found his boy 4longside of him ana he
had rugged thee the -grindstope, and
mad sat TOm,s turnin' Che crank aud
was just beginnin' to grind his Sheath
knife to cut his way outl r.E gt {. l.,
"I know it's tough one-about as
tough as the judge's--but what a man
sees with his own eyes, of course, he
knows" rr.3 81 - er9-isl0.-. iii ~
tSay,--Cspt'n Whitmarsh, h,-where's
Tim? l want mine bot, with scrap
in of nutmeg in II. !"
The daily gazette., 1877-06-22
DESTR UCTIVE, FIRED
$50 o PEOPLE HOMELESS.

Fuller accounts of the great lire in 81.
Joho, N. B., confirm the hrst reports Of the
extent Of the disaster. All the public
buildings, nearly all the stores, and hal the
dwellings, are consumed. and 10000 q the
inhabitants are homeless and destitute. Ihe
loss is estimated at ten or tive We mihlons.
A list OF ten persons who persisted 10
given. A telegram received from Carietop,
opposite st. john, last night, stated that
the fire was got under cohtrol at O'clock
yesterday afternoon, after Devastating AN
area OF 500 acres, and that 30 bodies had
been found. Provisions aud clothing tor
,he sufferers nave b,ep forwarded from
Montreal. Halifax, Portland and Bangor.
aud relief subscriptions have been started
in those cities, and in Chicago. After the
Chicago fire ST. John Contributed $4,000
in gold Tor The suu+rers IN that city. =
The daily gazette., 1877-06-22
THE SHERMAN FAMILY.
Frorh the CNicaQo Ytiblln.

DEs MONIES, Ia, June 1s.-Wask-
i9gton correspondents have got the
lies Moines branch Of the Sherman
family badly mixed, There is none of
the name Of Hugh There are four four
Genersl), Lapsou F., and Hoyt.the
latter Two residing III this city, Hoyt
holds no office under the Federal Gov
ernment. L, P; was appointed ReYe-
nue. Collector by Gen. Grant as sue
cessor TO Mr.. Goodrell, Who t.s
Office.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-22
The FirstF ield Fight.
DISASTROUS DEFEAT OF THE TURKS,
ENDING I'M A GENERAL RoUT. i.

0--S~-]'~ ~-o'SS &>-ftH '-<N~ ~ AA<A AeAsSADS
ENDING I'M A GENERAL RoUT.i rs
-i>og ,i.eu Zd rLoRpoN,q June 81. IL
We have only no~ detailed inform o.
ltion respecting the frst conflict IN the,
open field between the Turks and Rus,
slams in Armenia, twill be femenn-
bered that Muk htaro Pasiia reinf6reed
the troops at Delibaba some days sgo,
and ordered Commander Mehemet to
advanced thruugh the passes from the
Aras valley and, Reain plain ,apd meet
the Russians, Mrhemet Therefore de-
scended ths slope s1d took up b posi-'o
tioA dt Zeidakahl br RaidacliAa, Whiehg
isIitcn noretwsixetIfiiies s0nthwest off
Toprak Ksleb, and ,just in front Of the
rasses above mentioned. His artillery
strength is not stated, but 1t was not
strong. His infantry was mot shove
eight thousandfhpd he, had little Or mo
cavalry, and that, was bad, The Rus
slams left, Under Lieutenant General
Tergukags6f, hsd, on the other hadd,
about IL. 600 infantry and plenty of
cannon. beside AN effective cavany
force. The Turks brought on the fight
by advances on the 18th instant The
whole Cay was spent in an artillery
duel, but ON the i6th the Hussiasis De- ?
gan the execution of what was evil j,
IDENTIFY o ssttled plan. Six bodies OF
Russian infantry advanced at 6 O'Clock
Hnder cover Of terrible artillery FIRE.
Notwithstanding the Turks returned ]
o steady fire the enemy continued TO
advance, and ,fipally, by, deiachipg a
strong body, turned the Turkish right
flank, seized a commanding hill aid
quickly threw up bfeastwos ks add
there established four field guns, which
enabled them 10 rake almost the entire
front front of the Turkish line. From
this moment the losses Of the latter
were serious, their men fell rapidly,
their artillery was dislodged And the
infantry exposed without support toa
murderous fire for twenty minutes.-
The Ottomans stood before this new
attack, and at this crisis lMehemet
FELL TO increase the difficulties tho
ammunition fell short At ten o'clock,
The height which the. Turks had at
the opening of the battle was 40 longer
ltensbls. and by midnight the last
Turk was driven of. A cavalry charge
followed, converting defeat into r6dt
What followed isnot yet 'clcaf. Tho
account says the Russians advanced
ts tine plan of Pasin, two miles fr0m
Mukhtar's positios, which is very
precarious. This is apparently cpn-
frmsd by Russlsn official despatch
which says, General. TergukassoR
has left Zsrdikan and u marching up
on Kuprikoi. On the other hand Mdk-
htar Pasha's main position wac, at
last account near Kirwin and it is Ger
tain that the Aras, which is not ford
able at this season, flows between him
aud the troops beaten on Saturday,
which would protect hun from The
Russian left wing" Another report
says however, that some of the army
around Kars has advanced toward
which may explain Mokh-
tar Pasha's threatened position., The
latest Turkish advices. dated June IT,
say the Turkish left wings is retEeasing
oa Erzeroum, followed by Russian
General. .,.,d.. ...r.-,., ,..,tL..,.,, .,,.
A dispatch to the Globe says Bayazid
has been retaken by the Turks.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-22
the New Orleans Gus
toms Ssrvids. .,II --

NEy ORLEANS, June 2I.-The Custom
House Commission have decided upon a
report on the first two specifications in
their instructions as to the number or
employees necessary to cbnduct the busi-
ness of the port and their compensation,
which report will probably be mailed to
the department to-day. A very consid-
cradle reduction will be recommended.
The commission have issued notice to all
importers and merchants having com
plants against the revenue service to
come forward and state the factsin order
that the commission may recommend
modes of prevention and redress.
The daily gazette., 1877-06-22

Fatal ACCIDENT IN MONTGOMERY
CoUNTY-FoUR MEN KILLED.-On
tuesday night five tramps went to sleep
on the top of an old limekiln. at Bridge
port, on the Phila & Reading Railroad,
opposite Norristown, and some time dur-
ing the night the walls fell in, carrying
the men with them. Four of them were
killed at once, and the fifth, who gave
the name, Of Charles Blake of Horces-
ter, Mass, was so badly injured that his
life is despaired of. The names of the
unfortunate men are not known, but the
survivor thinks they are from New York
and New England. -
The daily gazette., 1877-06-22

The body of o man Sewed in blanket.
and bearing evidence of murder. was
taken from the Merrimack river at
fyhgsboro', Mass on Wednesday. 10.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-13
"The Educational Outlook.v

MONTPELIER, July Eat, today s.'session
Of the American Institute of Instruction, A. P.
Stone, Superintendent of schools in Springfield
Mass, presented paper upon the Education
al Outlook" which was sharp and decisive in
its argument, positive in its language and earn
est in its delivery. He did not believe in the
evil omens seen by some, meaning evil to our
schools. In these times when all is drive of
of business from dawn till dark, it is not
strange that at times the school seems to be
forgotten, yet he believed that deep down in
the heart of the people the school system was
firmly grounded. We have always, he said,
among us some who. like the old Dutchman
who having learned his son Hans to write,
found he had forged his name to note, fear or
pretended to fear the influence of education.
Education should be compulsory. 1t costs no
more to support the school house than the poor
house or the prison shop. Leave out the pol
ished mahogany and Furnished brass and have
more money for the real wants of the school.
We are often told that there is a great surplus
of teachers, let US pray devoutly for the sur
vival of the fittest. In closing Mr.. Stone said
that any teacher who could not teach morality
without teaching sectarianism, should never go
inside of school house. only as pupil.
Mr.. Stones paper throughout was filled with
sharp hits and heavy blows on the old fogy no.
tons upon the subject of education.