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The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
Military Land Warrants.

In reply to the numerous letters we have re- ceived from our friends asking for instructions to procure warrants under the late bounty law of Congress, we this week publish the instruc- tions in blank as furnished by the commissioner of the general land office to the Register in this city. They will be found in another column. The following in relation to the matter we find in the Eagle and Enquirer:
 "A New York paper says that broadside sheet has been issued by Thompsons Bank. Note Reporter, containing the fullest details in reference to this act, and all the minutie of the mode of procedure under .it An edition of 225,OOO is being printed, and during the next thirty days copy will be mailed gratis to every postmaster, county clerk, sheriff, judge and lawyer in the United States and also to every subscriber of the Reporter. Within that time. therefore, every one can obtain the information needed upon this subject, by applying to any one of the officials above named residing in his neighborhood''
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

LOUIS NAPOLEON AT HoME.-The Paris cor respondent of the New York Commercial Ad- vertiser, remarking upon the recent discovery, made at the critical moment, of conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon, says:
 "The attempt is attributed to the feeling which is growing up in the country against the absolute power which is exercised by the En- peror, who does not consult the interests. much less the opinions of any class of his people, and whose conduct of the war is not considered en- tirely satisfactory. That class of people who have serious interests at stake, to whom the honor and prosperity of their native country is paramount object, and who have heretofore had some sort of voice in the administration of public affairs, now find that these precious in- terests are placed in the hands of man who scorns alike their good or bad opinions conducts the affairs of State with an absolute secrecy, and an indifference to the opinions of others, as if he was the only party interested as If he alone was the body and soul of the country. Itis impossible that this state of things can last much longer"
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

GT the Hampstead Democrat speaks in the following terms in publishing an article from an Oregon paper, which appeared in tho True Democrat few weeks since.
 HoN. ROBERT w. JoHNsoN-The following we'll merited and very appropriate compliment tary notice, paid to our distinguished Senator, Hon. Robert w. Johnson, on his late election. originally appeared in the Oregon Times, and has since been copied into many other papers throughout the Union. Itappeared in the last True Democrat, to which paper we are indebted for the same. Fortunately for the credit of Arkansas, she is now represented by Senator universally esteemed and honored throughout the Union, and whose influence as a member of that grave and learned body is second to none of hls fellows. With such men as " Bob Johnson" to represent us in the national congress, the cha racter of our State will soon be redeemed and elevated. This tribute deserves the more to be read by our citizens, since it comes from quar- ter not in the habit of complimenting Southern men unless highly deserving and consequently is entitled to more consideration than the fui- some fattery daily bestowed upon many of the little men of Arkansas by our own papers.- <" Honor to him to whom honor is due, say we
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
The Laws.

We have been informed by the Secretary of State that the number of copies of the acts of the last Legislature to which each county is en- titled has been mailed to the different county clerks.
 The last number of copies were mailed prior to the 2Oth of April.
 As the acts were printed at this office, under the direction of the Governor, we think we may justly claim some credit for the dispatch which has been made in their publication. No time was lost As soon as the Governor made the contract with us to print the acts, we con- menced the work. Had not our supply of pa- per been detained by the ice in the Ohio river, during the month of February, the job would have been completed by the 10th of March, in- stead of being delayed, as it was, to the 1st of April.
 As 1t is, the acts, 5000 copies of which were printed, have been finished and transmitted to the different counties in shorter space of time than ever before This we were enabled to do by means of our power rress, the only one in the State.
 The copies of the journals of the two Houses we have just received, and will have them rea- dy for distribution as soon as possible The journals of the last session are very large much larger than usual
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

SECRET CONVENTION IN LEXINGTON. Ky The know nothings of this Congressional dis. trlct, it is understood, have been, yesterday and to-day, holding secret convention in this city, With view to settle some difficulties in regard to candidate for Congress. We see a good many strange faces in town, and men occasio- nally collected in little groups, on the streets, who are conversing in an under tone as if afraid of being overheard. It is understood that the position of MT. Trabue is giving the know no- things some trouble. They are trying to adjust and arrange their difficulties, and are preparing to make terrible onslaught upon the Pope Certain men, who never look inside church from one years end to another, have become awfully alarmed for the interests of the Pro- testant religion. -Lerington Statesman ef Me lOth
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
From the Cincinnati Enquirer. The Know Nothing Kentucky Interference with Our ElecfiOu.

with our Election.
 Too much cannot be said in condemnation of the conduct of three or four hundred armsed know nothings from Kentucky, who came down on the steamer Boone, to interfere in our local elections, from Maysvile and other points on the river. The Maysvile Ky) Express, in speaking of this matter, observes:
 We say the public, because it was not alone the people of Cincinnati that encouraged and upheld the lawless proceeding in that city, Kentucky sent, perhaps, one thousand fanatics to reinforce the disorganizers there, and Ohio and Indiana, had, perhaps, an equal force of mobocrats on the ground, ready to trample un- der foot the. will fthe legal majority, to restrict their legal will or to intercept or prohibit its exercise. The mob from Lewisburg, Flem- ingsburgh, and, as far as we can learn. the en- tire gang that left this city on Sunday evening. were armed to the teeth, and from their actions encouraged the opinion that their motives were not peaceable, and that no kindly impulse ac- tuated them in bringing an armed and excited mass into city situated in another State. and that too upon the eve of an election. purely local in his character, and concerning not an iota of the rights, immunities or privileges of a single citizen of Kentucky"
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
Neav Orleans, March 14, 1855.

New Orleans, March 14, 1855.
 Before leaving Little Rock had the pleasure of an introduction to Roswell Beebe, Esq.,, Pre- sident of the "Cairo and Fulton Railroad Con- pany," and one of the most active public-spirit- ed men in Arkansas. The.company of which he is President designs pushing railroad from Cairo to Fulton, on the Red River, distance of three hundred miles, to connect with the Gal- weston and Fulton Railway, which is now being built. Congress has granted this company an immense tract of land, almost sufficient of itself to build the road; nevertheless, capital stock is liberally taken by the citizens of Arkansas The surveys lately completed show that the road can be built very cheaply and easily, and that it will deviate but fraction from an air line. It passes directly through the heart of Arkansas, and through an abundance of the finest corn and cotton lands. It has the ad- vantage of any other projected railway in the State, from the fact that it is not an individual road, but link, continuation, as it were, of the great Illinois Central, or Ohio and Missis- sippi lines--a link in the mighty iron chain that is soon to be completed from Eastport in Maine, to Galveston, in Texas, and El Paso, in New Mexico-kntting together each extremity of our Union. To the whole West 1t is a mat ter of great interest to have the Cairo and Full ton Road in operation at the earliest possible moment.
 To St. Louis and Cincinnati it is asubject of especial interest, as the manufactures of both those cities, and of Cincinnati in particular, can then find more extended and more ready mar ket A citizen of the Queen City would be as- tonished to see the extent that the manufactor- les of his townsmen are scattered throughout the South: Machinery of all kinds, furniture, agricultural implements. wooden, iron and tin ware, clothing, fancy articles, etc., etc., manu- factured at Cincinnati, can be found in almost every town in the South. Therefore, it becomes the duty of our merchants and capitalists to aid in the building of such railways as will bring them trade, and afford them better facilities for sending out goods There is no doubt but the Cairo and Fulton railroad will be built with the utmost expedition, and prove very profitable and useful road.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
Arrival of the Steamship Nash
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LIVERPOOL Milligan, Evans & Co.,, quote sales for the five business days it being good Friday week, 82, 800 bales. Including specu- iators; l9,OOO; and 1000 for exports. There has been an active speculative demand, and prices are slightly advanced The market clos ed buoyant. Fair qualities have improved the most; say 1s advance, and about 1-16 for Ordi- nary qualities. Quotations unchanged F air 55a {; Middling 514; Upland Fair 524; Middling 5- 1-16. Advices from Manchester are more fa- vorable. Brown and Shipley quote breadstuffs as generally unchanged.
 The allies are strengthening their position in the Crimea prepatory to the spring campaign. A council of war was held March 18th Omar Pasha desires the assistance of the allies, which could not be granted. The Turks are expected to be defeated.
 AupAToNA1 March 19th.-Large reinforce ments have entered Sebastopol Gen. Canro. bert has stated, on the affairs of March 22d and 23d, that the Russians lost 2,OOO and the allies 600. The Vienna Conference met on the 2d, and adjourned until the 9th when the Czar's ultimatium was expected.
 There has been succession of sanguinary con- flicts between the French and Russians before Sebastopol for the possession of the rifle abus- cade-both with much loss and varying success; the latest battle was on the night of the 23d Loss 3, 1000 men and horse-but of the battle, we have no detail. It being Easter holidays there is but little news.
 On the afternoon of the 4th the Russians es- tablished two fortified camps with 5000 men each to defend the Baltic provinces. They blockaded all the ports with sunken vessels. The London Times devotes a leading article to defence of the Know othings The tele- graph announces that the Spanish government has demanded the recall of the British ambas- sador at Madrid on account of interference in religious matters. Parliament assembled on the 18th. Vienna Conference having adjourned till the 9th.
 LOUISVILLE, April 22.-River rising. Ar rived yesterday St. Clair Franklin and Madison. Departed yesterday, Europa. PITTsBURG, April 22.-River 10 feet II inch es and falling.
 CINCINNATI, April 23-River falling slowly, hour fair demand at $9 50 @ $9 75. Whis- key 33c. Provisions quiet.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
Dr. M'Lane's Celebrated Liver Pin. =
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 Messrs. Fleming Brothers, Pittsburgh. Pa Hemen-This is to certify that my mother had subject to periodical attacks of sick head acbo great many years all the usual remedies failine relief, one of your phamphlets accidentally f,n;. into her hands, she at once determined to ty no M'Lane's Celebrated Liver Pills. and ir,. diately procured box, from the use of which sbo ceiyed great benefit, and long as she contippad use them was entirely relieved.
 We have now been in Travis CO.,, Texas, for tho,- four years, and not being able to procure these ble pills her attacks of sick head ache have aca turned-for some time back has been gradually ... ting worse-and has determined me to send to '. for a few boxes of Dr. MLane's Celebrated Liver pn. herewith enclose you one dollar for which von -n please send me Pills per return mail Addres. -D tin Texas.
 l think yon would do we'll to establish m o.,. in Austin; the Pills are we'll known here. and ,o~,, meet with ready sale. "Ouia MEREDITH ". HFNPy sB Purchasers will be careful to ask for Dr ,,, Lane's Celebrated Liver Pills. and taie ndn' i else There are other Pills. pu1porting to be Iyno | Pills, now before the public. Dr. M'Lane's I;r.I Pills. also his Celebrated Vermifuge can now be bj at all respectable Drug Stores in the United Satea "a l For sale wholesale and retail in Little Rock. bv Dr. J. J. McALMONT & tO
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

Died.--Suddenly, on the 12th of April, at his residence, in Yellville, Ezra Mccall Tate, in the 59th year of his age
 The deceased was native of North Caroli- na; at the call of his country, in the war of 1912 with England, as faithful soldier, he re- paired to the frontiers of Canada, and was in the thickest of the fight at the ever memorable battle of Lundy's Lane, where he received a severe wound, which, it is thought, accelerated his death. Some twelve months ago, the de- ceased attached himself to the Methodist Epis- copal church, and died in the full hope of a glorious immortality beyond the grave. so vsa JIM.
 North Carolina papers please copy.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
SWAMP LAND NOTICE.
QFce of the Board cf Svamp Land C0nsneassso''e's

Qgfce of the BOard ef Spamp Land Consmass'o''srs'
 Little Rock, A,ks, April 2S, 1S55' A T meeting of the Board it ordered tha' M A the secretary cause to be published in all ll' town papers of Little Rock by four weekly insernGl' the allotment of Districts made by the board tns day-whch is as follows:
 To Col. c. F. M Noland, the counties of Arkansas Carroll, Conway, Fulton, Hot Spring, Izard, lnde- pendence, Jefferson, Marion, Pulaski, Pope. Perry Prairie, Randolph, Saline, Searcy, White and 'an Buren.
 To Col. James H. Hobbs the counties of Benton Crawford, Crittenden, Franklin, Green, Jackson Johnson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Madison, Monios' Newton, Phillips, Ponsett, St. Francis, sebasian' Yell and Washington. , To Daniel E. Williams, esq, the counties of Asn. lev, Bradley, Calhoun, Clarke, Columbia, Chco'' Dallas, Desha Drew, Hampstead, Lafayette, Mont 9l gomery, Ouachita Pike, Polk, Sevier, Scott ana UT ion. G =. Further ordered that the Board adjourn to mees at their office in the city of Little Rock on the i' Monday in July next.
 A true copy from the record. y
 May I, 1855. JAMES NJ. BROWN, SserStars'
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

ed, the Gazette says it was "a plain, unprejudi- ced statement of facts, such as had been report ed by parties employed to toinvestigate them, with no comment beyond what the circumstances made inevitable, and entirely free from any ap- pearance of a disposition to injure anybody."- This is rather sad commentary upon jury trials in Pennsylvania but it is in keeping with some we have known here. We recollect once of having to pay a judgment of $50 for having attempted to correct statement, when the pub fisher of the original statement, having been also sued for libel, was only fined si1 cents.- BWfaLo Erpress.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

0T An aspirant for Governor of Louisiana, the Picayune makes discourse as follows. in regard to the American eagle:
 Of all the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air, Mr. Pike says he looks upon the out spread American eagle" as the most grand. gloomy and peculiar-the noble animal who volunteered to go out and look up "dry place. when the antedluvians lay all scat tered in the bottom of the deep, kicking up their heels and shaking their senseless heads at offended heaven. We have Che adds) a soul absorbing just now burning--a consul mlng tor that animal; because he subsequently, landed at Plymouth, split the rock of ages--- Tapped his wings, and soaring aloft spread his quill-covered extremities over Arkansas. Me- braskas and Kansas-thence taking in Texas, and going on over, in advance even of the march of Empire, is now growing at the cocks of Shanghai on the other side of Jordan.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

& Of the appointment of Capt. Williams as chief engineer upon the Charleston and Sa- vannah railroad, the Savannah Republican says:
 "We have the pleasure to announce, that Captain James S. Williams, formerly of the United States army, has been appointed Chief Engineer of this road in succession to Mir. Mo- Rae, who has resigned.
 We were apprised of the appointment some weeks ago. But as Captain Williams had not arrived here, it was not known that he would accept the appointment. We now learn with great satisfaction, that he has accepted, and that he is at this moment in the field with his corps of engineers, permanently locating the line
 Capt Williams has returned to this, his na- tive city, from Arkansas, where, for the last two years he has been employed as chief engineer in surveying and locating the Cairo and Fulton road. His published report of that survey, is beautiful example of the simple forms and reductions, which are produced by combinations of eminent science.
 With energy and skill equally possessed by the president, Thomas F. Drayton, and our chief engineer, we should not be surprised to find the locomotive running from Charleston towards Savannah, in January.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
The Feelings of the Late Czar Nicholas
 tOWrad the United States.

 A New Orleans gentleman sojourning in St. Petersburg, in letter to the New Orleans Bul- ht'n, vouches for the authenticity of some re- ported conversation of the late Czar NICHOLAS, upon foreign affairs, toward the conclusion of which he said:
 "Yetone consolation is left to me in the midst of al! this ingratitude and villany, and that is the silent sympathy ofthat high hearted people on the other side Of the Atlantic, the only ones In which hear an echo of my struggles against united Europe Never have forgotten the smallest Kindness shown to me by the last of my subjects; let my children never forget what we owe to America, and if ever an hour of dan- ger darken around the Union, let her find faithful ally in my family"
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

GREAT TIMES IN VERM1LLIoN.-A know nothing judge of the late election has been ar- rested on the charge of taking tickets from the voters and changing them on their way to the ballot-box. He was suspected, watch set, and the rascal caught in the very act. He is to be tried before three justices, and some thirty or forty witnesses have been nsubpenaed. This trick may suDount for other know nothing victories in otheY places C1evela''d P1ain Dealer, 11M inst
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

LAYING IT ON RATHER STRoNa.-The Phila. delphia Ledger has just been mulcted in dama- ges to the amount of $2,OO0 for an alleged libel upon Mr. Owen, bridge-tender, in the employ of the Camden and Amboy railroad company at the time of the accident in 1853 In refer ing to the article upon which the libel was chars-
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

er The Washington Evening Star, of the 9th, has the following paragraph:
 We find that at the Indian Bureau in this city, the accounts saying that the different tribes and bands on the Northwestern frontier are pre- pairing to assemble shortly on the upper waters of the Missouri, to the number of 10000 war riors, to make descent on the settlements and overland emigration of the spring and summer, find not the least credit. The Bureau is in con- stant correspondence with agents stationed in the midst of each tribe, whose business it would be to inform their chief here if any such scheme were in contemplation. Their opportunities of ascertaining the truth of the matter are cer- tainly far superior to any other whites; and as the Bureau has received nothing from any of them contirmatory of the story, its head discre- dits 1t an toto.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

.<- E l.. CLOYD, Surgeon Dentist, h<Ss 11. respectfully informsthe citizens of Lit NllOO tie Rock and vicinity, that he has located in this place for the purpose of practicing his pro sion
 Teeth inserted gold plate from one to full set, in the latest and most approved and warranedt answer all the purposes for which they are intended.
 DR. CLoYD Is permitted to refer to persons now wearing full partial sets which, for beauty utility and comfort, cannot be excelled
 pr. C.. may be found at the boarding house of C. L. Jeffries, opposite the Methodist Church.
 Ladies waited on at their residences if desired.
 May l. 1855 3m%
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
Southern Military Academy
 Lottery,

Ry authority of the State of Alabama conduct,a ID on the Havana plan. ''i
 Grand Scheme for May.
 Class 0, to be drawn May 12, 1855. in tbe City of Montgomery, when prizes amount, ing to S3O,OOO will be distributed accord- ing to the following Magnificent Scheme And remember every prize is drawn at each draw ing, and paid when due without deduction.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

GF It is gratifying to learn, in these times of general mail derangement, that there are some exceptions to the many failures. The following is an extract from letter from Green Grove, Conway county, dated April 23, '55:
 "Your valuable paper am pleased to inform you, arrives regularly.
 Crops are unusually early. Industry has never been equalled in this county The wheat crop is very promising. Thus far an abundant crop is looked for by the sovereigns of this DOT ton of our anticipated prosperous Arkansas" ,"