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Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

FRENCH IMPORTATION OF AFRICANS London News confidently asserts it as fact. although Lord Clarendon has not been officially informed of it, that the French government has entered into a contract for supply of ten thousand Africans for Martinique and Guada- loupe.
 If this be true, the first question that arises is whether the recent articles in the London Times in favor of such a course being pursued by the British government have been dictated by knowledge of this movement as in con- temptation on the part of the French, or whet- er on the other hand, the French have taken the hint from the Times. Louis Napoleon is man quite capable of seizing an idea and car rying it out. He is just the man for bold ac- tiou and loves, as all Frenchmen, and perhaps, all men do to take the initiative and claim all the merit, even where the idea is not entirely their orn. But in this case the more proba- ble view is, that France has conceived the idea and made the contract without consulting Eng land This the Times has found out, and not wishing John Bull to get alarmed and break off the friendly relations existing has actually pro- posed the same scheme to England, as favor ing the extension of negro liberty, which would be otherwise justly regarded as a renewal of the slave trade under another name.--Balti0a0re Sun.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
Statistical. Cotton crop--1nteresting Facts and Pre- dictinns

We find in the Natchitoches Chronicle, of the 4th 'ult., some interesting statistics con- nected with the growth of the cotton plant. by Gen. P. A. Morse The facts are of more practical nature than usually meet our eye' and as the subject of supply is one which ontweghs in commercial importance almost every other, we have thought it would be ac- ceptable 10 our readers to plaoe the information before them. The table embraces series of 'hirty-two years, and comprises the latest spring and earliest fall frosts, the time of cot ton growing, and the period of the earliest bloom ot seventeen years. These data apply to 3l deg 40 min. N l..
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
TULIP FEMALE SEMINARY.

'INlE fall session will commence the lst day of September, to close the last of January. The sFnng session will commence the 1st of February to ugSe the last week in June with public examination.
 ne faculty and prices of tuition the same as past 9s9n Board, including every thing. sl0 per month. Yae half for board and tuition in advance the bal 'SIee at the close of each session of five months
 Tor clreular address the undersigned at Tulip Ark.
 ,,, BENJ. WATSON, President.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
Fine and COmiaon Harness, Brides. Martingales, Stirrnp>, Surcingie.,
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.

SWAMP LAND DEFARfMENT,
 Little Rock, Ark. Aug. lst. 1857.
 NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, To all persons Ae interested in the reclamation of Swamp and Oyerlowed Lands situated in the Helena and Cham pagnoe Dstricts that under the 10th section of the Supplementary Swamp Land Act. passed at the last session of the General Assembly of this State there x now in the State Treasury aS much aS live thousand and Ovelilowed Lands" situated in each of said dis tricts and that applications to obtain contracts for making levees, ditching, draining and retaining said lands, will be received at this department until the lst of September next, when the State Engineer will be directed to examine and report upon said ap- pcations preparatory to the making of contracts.
 By the Governor: JNO. +. HAMPTON,
 l. D. KIMBEII Sra1aD LdBd Sc 4. 43-3w
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NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
S'tuatet on Comna5n Street, opposite A.e Charita
 Hospital.

'''"heeA o'' CoHtDta' otreet opposite tte Charaty
 Hospital
 THE Regular Course of Lectures in this Institution | will commence on Monday. the 2d Noyem. Der, 1857, and contnue Five Months FACULTY.
 rN,nM uS D. ,. tNNER M D., Professor of Theo- ANTHONY A. PENISTON. M. D.. Professor of
 Physiology THOMAS PENISTON, M. D.. Prof of Gin. Med.
 and Auscultation and Percussion SAMUEL CHOPIN. M. D.. Professor of Surgery. ISAAC L. CRAWCOUR. NJ. D.. Professor of Chem
 istry and Medical ,Jurisprudence HOWARD SMITH, NJ. D., Professor of Matera MeIica and Therapeutics JOHN M. W. PICTON. M. D.. Professor of Diseases
 of Women and Children
 D. WARREN VA, BRICkELL, NJ. D., Professor oi CORNELIUS c. BEARD, M. n. Professor of THEODORE $. CLAPP, M. D., Adjunct Professo, of Anatomy.
 The Dissectng Rooms will be opened on the Eth of October or earlier if Students are in attendance and desire it. Clinical instruction will be given daty in the wards of the Charity Hospital and three times week at the College Dispensarv. The College is located within thirty steps of the Charity Hospital an advantage not possessed by any other College in this country. lhe Faculty of this Institution are amongst the duly elected Visiting Physicians and Surgeons of the Charity Hospital, and, according to late Act of the State Legislature, shall at all times have free to the Hospital. for the purpose of afording their Pupils practical illustration of the subjects they ! teach.'
 The great aim of this Institution is, not only to thoroughly indoctrnate the Student of Medicine in the fundamental principles of Medicine by abstract Lectures but by drilling him duly the bedside of the sick man, to send him forth at qualified to recognize and to treat Disease. For this great pur- pose, the Charity Hospital situated at very door, affords opportunities unequalled in this country.
 The Faculty confidently assert thnt dissecting material is more abundant in New Orleans than else where. and that Practical Anatomy will be thor oughly taught in this Institution. Besides spacious well ventilated and cl-lighted Dis~ectng Rooms for the use of Students, large and well arranged PI vate Dssecting Room is fitted up for the especial use of practitioners who matriculate in this lnsttu- tion
 The Professors will take pleasure in aiding the Stu dents to procure cheap and comfortable board and lodging.
 Amount of Fees for the full Course of
 Lectures. ..................... Sl0S % MatrculAtion Fee paid but once) ..... on NrNtuaJllE fce.----. 70 OU For any fur her information, address
 E. D. FENNER, M. D.. Ueon of tbe Fdculty.
 No. Carondeet street. Ne T.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
JAMES w. MATHEWS, A. M.

(Late of shelby College, Ky.) MILL open School for Boys, on the .sgsy W first of September. in the build ESiET ing on lthe grounds of St. Johns Colege.' kAsEE The of study to be such, will thor Zs-.O oughy prepare the student to College classes Suitable arrangements being made for the accom- modaton of pupils from distance, which will secure them the continual oversight of the Principal of the School; they will eat at the table, and occupy the same sleeping apartments with him. Each pupil must furnish his desk and chair.
 Terms. Tuition and incidental expenses per session of
 twenty one weeks. .....................$2 $25 O Payments ere expected quarterly.
 Communications by mail, or left at the bookstore ofJ E. Reardon, will receive prompt attention. REFER To-Genl W. F. Ashley, w. E. Woodruff esq, J T. Trigg. esq, R. l.. Dodge, Nj. D., R. A. Watkins, NJ. D., Little Rock.
 T. J. Thompson esq, Swan Lake.
 Little Rock, Aug. 4, '57 lm*
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

Fees FOR BURNs.-The white of an egg has proved of late the most efficacous remedy for burns Seven or eight successive applications of this substance soothes the pain and excludes the burned parts from the air. This simple remedy seems to us far preferable to collodion, or even cotton.-!Scienkifc American.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
10 B W Q E x .

oa, facilities doing all descriptions of Job Work by any printing establishment in the country ls have procured of over sixteen hundred dol w one of Isaac Adams mammoth printing machines, which bes us do book and pamphlet work in superior style -Ieve v1nNyn
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

(S4T It is said that the State Department and the Attorney General of the United States will give no encouragement to the prosecution of the officers of the British brig of war Sappho, for the seizure of the bark Panchta, on the coast of Africa, on suspicion of being saver
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

0J- See here, my friend, you are drunk" To be sure l am, and have been for three years You see my brother and 1 are on a temperance mission; he lectures snd 1 set frightful example.''
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
DOLLARS REWARDu

stSCAPRD from the Clerk or Keeper and aA 4 one of the Guards of the Arkansas Peni- Ex tentiarH. on the night of the list inst. at the .A. house ot Mrs Johnston, ten miles from this place. on Henry or Patrick, and says he belongs to Ste phen Raretelds, Yazoo Mississippi.
 DEscRIPTIoN.-lie iS about 30 or 84 years of age :; lS feet 2 inches high weighs about loO or ly0 lbs walks lame. and is distinguished for having cooked eyes, and the white of the eye being coorel he also otAmmerS, and when talking his whole face is in mo ton.
 A reward of Twenty five dollars will be paid for his delie0y at Me Tenaeatiry.
 GEORGE & ROBINS. 4w Contractors Arks Penitenti;,rv
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

Leaving for the actual crop only. S20 800
 From the above I conclude that even if the fall frost should be protracted 60 the 18th of November, the latest period for the last thirty. two years, the growing crop cannot exceed 3,279,OOO bales, which woul be much short of the commercial wants of the world, and if the fall tlost comes, at the average period of the 2oth October, or as often occurs, before that time, the crop will not exceed 2,S3O,0O0.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

TIE FASTEST STEAMER IN THE WoRLp- The " Glen Cove" which plies between Nor folk and Richmond on the James river, is the fastest steamboat in the world She makes over twenty five miles an hour
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

N ACKEY'S Lexicon of Freemasonry, con R MI tanning definition of all its communi NtN catVe terms notices of it's history, traditions w and antiquities and rites and mysteries of the ancient world.
 Mackcy''s Principles of Masonic Law, treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Land Marks of Freemasonry.
 Audcrson's Constitution of Freemasonry. edition of l723.
 The Masonic TreSte Board by Charles W Moore. The Masonic Mirror, lst, 2d Sd and 4th vols, bound. Reces ed and for sale by
 JNO. E. REARDON, Bookseller
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
W. W. MORROW. L. L. BOONE. G. D. ErcE1I,,l

w. w. MoKko"' L. L. BOONE. G. D. BECKHAM HE undersigned having purchased the store for | merly owned by MessrS Tate X Moore 4 on inc corner 9t Main and Markham streets would take this lo'iiou ol informing ther former prtrons well as the citizens generally of Little Rock and surroundnr country that We intend to continue the Mercantitc business in all its various branches at said stand where It snail be our utmost effort please a both as regards quality and prices. that may be disposed to favor us with call. We offer our present stock at greatly reduced prices, we wish to make room for heavy fall supplies.
 MORROW, BOONE & co.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR
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10 all whom these presents shall come Greeting kS| HEREAS. 1t has been made known to me that w on the 2ith July, iu the county of Jeftr,on murder was committed upon the body of Joseph tzel by a certain William Graves. who has te,i from justice and k now running at large.
 Now, therefore. l. JoHN R. HAMPTON Governor of the State of Arkansas by virtue of the authority in me vestd do hereby offer reward of two hundred dollars to any person who may arprchcnd the said William Graves and deliver him to the sheriff of the said county of Jefferson in order that justice in that behalf may be had and executed.
 In Testimony Whereof, l have hereto f., s1 set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed, at Little Rock on
 the 4th day of August. A. D. ls57 by the toVcrnor: JNO. k. HAMPTON. DAVID B GkELR Scy qt Sate.
 DEscRIPToN--'' William Graves is about 32 years old-5 feet, or inches high stout built-uuburn har-hvey disposition, very fond of dancing t.,lkative.' 48-4w
 BARAGEt.
 A SMALL lot for sale Cheap for Cash. "A July I4 1857. MRS. JONES
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

Gov. WALKER.-The southern papers are nearly, if not quite, unanimous in condemna
 tion of Gov. Walker, since his advent in Kan sas If the administration does not repudiate him, it will itself, from all appearances, meet with southern rapudiation. Charleston Ne,cs.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

or It is related of certain stenographer, fond of his nps, that he is an excellent report CT, and in proof it was shown that if man were to talk brandy for two hours and half, he could take it all down.-Boston Gazette.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
CIT NAILS AND SpikES-
FURNITURE ROOMS NO. ',

FURNITURE ROOMS NO. '. BENDER has received by steamer $. II. ES. Tucker,
 fancy Eclipse and Octueon Belsteads. II Corniee. 10 a~Nt Cottage extra Wedding Bedsteads; II '' Field Bedotcads; Walnut Wardrobcs; fancy Dressing Bureaus; Tea Tables; l2 Wash Stands:
 A general assortment of Sofas Funifure Han Stands Book Cases Safes, etc. Iuly 1I Is5-
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
JACOB HAN EiNS.

1@S BBLS. Copper Distilled Whiskey, on con o sIgnment and for sale low.
 June g D. MERRICK * WASSELL.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

STRoNG INDICTMENT -- A family duet T "Oh, whistle, daughter, whistle, daughter, whs- tic, and you shall have cow" "I never whis- tied Tn my life, and 1 cannot whistle now" "Oh, whistle, daughter. wbislle, and you shall have man." "I never whistled in my life, but III whistle fl 1 cann
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

0y Nicholas Longworth, the Cincinnati millionaire, was arrested and held in $500 bail, on Saturday, to appear and answer to the charge of refusal to allow the liquor inspector to ana lysa his wines.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

w. L. MARCY Sec'y of State.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

HATH No EARs.-It is stated that there is negro woman in Virginia who has no ears vet distinctly hears what is said to her by opening her mouth. + this be true she must have an a!'rable capacity for "drinking in dis course"
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
CEDAR GROVE ACADEMY,
 POHEIA AND kN


 I'IlIS well known Academy. which has been in | successful operation tor fifteen ycars. is situated in the oUbulhs Of Louisville. on the Ohio river m- me'liately opposite New Albany. The si ultion is high, commanding anu beau.itul the rornt- occupy four ta-tctniy Panfe will trees and shrubbefy and sickncs, Is almost unknown.
 TERMS. Board and Tuition in ordinary branches. per session If five months. beginning September lst anl FeDruarv l-t....................S6 S6o % Board, with Tuition in higher branches. G4 00 With usual extra charges for Music, French, Dane ing and Painting.
 .y Ailcom'runication~ addressed to Mother ELL ZABETH HAYDEN. Superoress, will be promptly attended to and Prospectus sent
 AGLNTs-M ehb % lowering. Louisville: Thos. Eldcr& o.. 37Jz New Lcvcc street., New Orlean. REFERENCES Right Rev Bishop Spaldng any of the Clergy, Lons' file; Most Rev, Archbishop Blanc, aud the Redemprorist Fathers, New Orleans; Right Rev. Bishop Elder, Natchez; Right Rev. Bishop Porter Mobile; Right Rev. Bishop Byrne Little Rock Arkansas: and ,Indge Hanly, Helena, Ark; Austin Mattingly, esq. Vieksburgh. July 2s. o51. 3t
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

0E Col Fremont's furniture was sold at auc- ton, in New York last week, at very low prices; S1O,OOO worth, at first cost, brought less than $4O0O. The bidders evidently had no idea that he will run again for the Presidency
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
"N 9 WILLIAMS. JAS W. BLANToN.
 WILLIAMS x BLANTON Receiving, Forwarding and Commission Merchants. Devalrs Bluff, White

A LSO Dealers in Dry Goods Groceries Hardware. 4 A Qneensware, Cutlery, Boots. shoes Hats. Caps, furn;ture Farming roois and every variety of Mer- chandise adapted to the market.
 Respectfully announce to the citizens of little Rocl, and the public generally that they are provided with large and secure Ware Houses and Cotton Sheds and can always procure sufficient number of Wagons and cams to forward without delay. to any part of the State, all goods consigned to them. That they VIII advance tlttt> and charges and do business on the square guaran eeing that their patrons anl GUS with care.
 Their charges for advancing Receiving anI For "ardihg shall be as reasonable a> any established rates known on the river. They will also I4,y the
 highest market prices for Hides Pelries Produce and every thing tbe farmer iI, to spaIe
 July 2S. lSI1. If
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eut advertisements will be inserted for per square, ss or ess) for the first insertion and 50 cents for each ssouent insertion
 sbants advertising by the year will be charged 30. ssiona cards and other advertisements, not exceeding in.re sIO per annum.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
Tn Advertisers.

srsons desiring advertise, the True Democrat ssents stronger inducements than any other paper Sste It has hv far the largest subscription lst very
 srv read in every county. Nith list of nearly tour
 gula subscribers, it is read by not less than elgh . ttoysand persons every week. The True Democrat
 Se nresents to the public the best medium for adver ,Ls most remuneIatiye.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

This shows handsome gain. Democratic members of the next house, 121 democratic members of the last house, 76-gain, 45
 If the democrats shall fill the vacancies in Pennsy ylvania and Missouri, and the black re- pubcans the vacancy in Indiana, the demo- cratic strength in a full house will be 123. and the combined black republican and Know Nothing strength, Ill. Clean democratic ma- jOrity, 12.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
PARLoR, COOK AND HALL STOVES.

ID BDNDER has just received by steamers Tucker I1 and Arkansas, large lot of Fancy Parlor and Hall Stoves. P Oval six-plate Stoves; Template side Stoves; Long Hall Stoves; Diamond Parlor; Magnolia Stove; Home Parlor Stoves: Franklin Stoves; bundles Boiler Iron; 10 kegs assorted Nails: keg Horseshoe Nails; Hand Hammers. Wedges, Smiths Tongs: Coffee Roasters, Waffle Irons, Ham Boilers;
 etc., etc., etc
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

0HT Every wooden leg that takes the place of leg lost in battle is stump speech against war.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
FOR SALE.
5000 4 I

\ MM ACRES of lahd on and near the Rayou C,O wv Bartholomew, and on both sides of the dividing line between thecounties of Chicot and Drew
 nGje laos e m compact bodies suitable for large or lo35' and are believed to be fine cotton lands On one tract there is deadening of loo acres made last year. R NJ GAINES ,'''
 Mason Lake Chicot county. 'i-''1'''
 July 2l, 1857 6t
 :, Memphis Appeal copy times and send account to
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

SWAMP LANDS IN FLORIDA AND MIssoUR1- A patent in favor of the State of Florida for swamp and overhowed lands, in accordance with the act approved September 29, 1850, embracing upwards of 157 ,OO0 acres, has just been issued by the general land oGice A si- milar patent for 4.0O0 acres will shortly be is- sued in favor of the State of Missouri
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

POISON, SURE.-A writer in the New York Journal of Commerce revives the poison theory in relation to the National Hotel sickness by saying that victim of the sickness, after one or two recoveries and as many rclapses, was induced totry the eleciro-chemica baths. Af- ter he had left the b.ths, the plates showed heavy deposit of arsenic
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

ot-IV,oUV But if the full frost should take place at the average date 26th October, the growing season will be only six months and three days one month Shrot of the average, and we eau only expect proportonably short crop.
 lS57-A Verage crop in bales ............S37 379 500 Deduct II v ct. for month short
 ol average growing ssuson......... 459,0OO
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
SPELLING OFF AT COST.

X leave for the East soon. 1 will close out the A balance of my Spring and Summer stock at cost, T reduced prices, consisting of Ribbons, Flowers, I9onnets, and Summer Dress Goods. All will be sold low at MRS. JONES'
 .lul., 1A
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11

Bar Lead. Linsey, etc. , 000 POUNDS Bar Lead; L,OUO 5000 lbs Drop and Buck Shot; 10 bales Brown Jeans;
 plain Ln-cy: 100 dozen heavy Wool Stocks. Received per steamer Arkansas and for sale hv Ano 4 lsSr S IL TIINk ER
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
DECLINE OF Pnpu1,r1ou IN Nrw E~

DECLINE OF POPULATION IN NEW ENG LAND.-Some of the New England papers be- gin to notice the immense drain upon their population by western emigration. Whole families are moving of to settle in the new Fl Dorados beyond the Mississippi, and vast num- bcrs ot the most enterprsing, vigorous and talented are leaving for the western wids.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
ss Come \

ssCOme One-Come AIl.,' 'lNHE time has arrived for my departure East. l | again make my annual appeal t- those indebted hme. Indeed it is actually necessary should have ny money now to pay my own debts. It is earnesly AoPed that this appeal may not be in vain.
 Juy7 '57 D. c. FULTON.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
NEW GOODS! NEW GOOns,,

NE" GOODS! NEW GOODS!! RY Steamer s. H. Tucker. direct from Cinc;nratt; po'o,a ana New York, July l4th. 1857. Dn"c ',,I SoTlaoics; rair; Double Walnut Lounges; 70 pos. o4 o, h. Whiskey: Long Whalebones: cotton, Glngham and Silk Umbrellas; Prints:
 Fine Coats and Vests; " Whte and Fancy shirts: Byron Collars; Shoes:
 Ladies Elastic and
 Enanleled Belts:
 Ladies and Gents silk and Cotton Hose Lower than ever for Cash no trouble for Filkins 10 show Goods now. Remember that he warrants every article M PIJKIVs r To July IA '57 OId stand ofD Rnndor
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-11
T' 1T " I JULIUS SA MSON

And whereas the said convention has been duly fatfed on both parts, and the respective notifications oi the same were exchanged in the city of Washing ton on the 2sth instant:
 Now therefore, be 1t known, that l. FRANKLIN FIERCE President of the United States ol America have caused the said convention to be made public. to the ent that the same, and every clause and arti tle thereof may De observed and fulfilled with good ldlLh ny the United States and citizens thereof In testimony whereof, 1 have hereInto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
 Done in the city of Washington this 30th day of IT, sI July. ln the year of our Lord 1855 and
 of the Independence of the United States the
 eightieth
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Fresh ArriVaj.

re~h Arrival. JUST Received and for sale, J , Boxes Pie Fruits; l&%A
 Bbl~. White Beans enspy.ss s9a as 10 Bbls Family Saii Fonr; FGuq;' 'ssSFs gssss ss 20 Bbls. Whiskey;
 514 do do
 All of which will be sold low bv JuIy 91. NJ. TANTI de co.