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The true Democrat., 1857-06-02
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Departed this life at Dardauelle Yell coun- ty, Arkansas, on the 24th day of May, A. D.. 1857, Dr. BENJAMIN L. CHANDLER, in the thirty-second year of his age.
 The subject of this notice was born in Fan. quire county, Virginia, on the 9th day of .Jpne A. D. 1925. He graduated in his profession at the University of Pennsylvania in the spring of l849 with honor to himself and credit to the institution, and in the same year located in Dardanelle, where he has since resided.- During this time he made many warm and devoted friends, in whose hearts his memoiy will remain fresh through life, and established for himself an enviabe reputation in the prac- tice of his professions; ever exhibiting degree of moral worth seldom equaled and never ex. celed; possessing in an eminent degree, all the praisew orthy and commendable qualities of our nature. He died as he had ever lived an upright and honorable man, endeared to all who knew him, and with full assurance of his acceptance with God, and an inheritance in heaven. He leaves an atfectiorate wife, two sweet little daughters, deeply devoted and fond sister, besides very many dear friends to m Durn his sudden and untimely fate
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fractures will be great. One man will see hls wife and children carried away, and afterwards, of clear nights he will yearn towards little star POO, 900 miles away where he knows that his wife and his children are looking towards him. One will lose his lover, another hls purse another his horse and so on Debtors will thus abscond without any possibility of their credit ors attaching them.
 1 am no astronomer nor spritualist, and you are therefore not bound to believe me, but am satisfied that all this will take place on the 16th day of next June.
 If the world is thus fractured we may find new mines of gold, and other metals: and that may render unnecessary the proposed geoogi- cal survey of our State, and on that account am glad that the survey is not to commence until October, as that may save the expense to our State.
 It may be possible, however, that the comet may be unable to burst the world and may be held fast to it by attraction, and be chained from it's wanderings. If so, Uncle Sam ought to be ready to annex it immediately, and thus extend the area of freedom.
 As to what comets are, various theories have at various times been advanced. Some deem them hells where the wicked are scorched by the rays of the sun and then carried away to langnish in coIJness and darkness; while some think them worlds in an embryo state, which, after while, shed their tails and settle down into sober worlds Kepler thought that the world was living, breathing animal, and hence some think that comets are mere ghosts of worlds; phantoms gliding noiselessIy through space: and Lord Byron, who was no phiIoso- pher, seems to have been of this last opinon- see his Cain-though in his vision of judg- ment he hints at the theory that they are ua- manageable young worlds, sowing their wild OatS r
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02
Morality of pmhlic Man.

We think 1t an unwise and unjust policy to institute omlariSous between the morality of citizens of the different States, but as such tAngS are of daily occurrence in the republican papers, we copy the following from the Phla- Gelphla North American, Fremont paper:
 And if the truth must be spoken out, slavery seems to exercise q conservative and honorable influence. The fact Is notorious to every ob- servant WaShlngtoulau. that nearly all the wholesale schemes of plunder which have been carried through Congress for past wears; all the corrupt j'bbins; all the projects of spoIiaton, and all the VlIe and venal combinations have been planned and carried on under the control aHd with the means oi northern mmAgers.- hlIe they shouted the loudest for freedom, and stigmatized slavery as a stigma on ctyiliza- ton, they took care to pilla5e the treasury, by way of refreshing this sentimental ,levotiou.- The Self-appointed leaders who were most ex- erclsed a few months ago over the demorall- zatiou that would attend the possible extension ot slavery; who mourned over it's alle3,e hor. TOTS; who beat their breasts in agony at its meuuou; and wh" led what professed to be great moral crusade, are exactly the men who SWarmed the lobbies since Congress opened, Schemiug for the success ot new pluuder and contnvIng the most audaciots combinations With the very shareholders whom they affect so much to abhor Developments like these, winch are every day forced before our eyes, serve to disgust intelligent and honest minds at the cant Of those sordid hypocrites, who are trading upon principles, the integrity of which upright men proudly maintain
 It Is due to the southern representatives as a body, to say, that however much they may sutler from the stigma of slavery, they are not tainted with the dishonesty and glaring men daclty of others from the free States. WIth rare eXceptions-aud they are noted to be de- Splsed-the south has never been implicated m these infamous transactions; and if it has gwen doubtful measures support either mista- ken generosity or unconscious error, incurred the responsibility. They have not chaflered over the price of votes, pursued claimants for retainers, or barganed with scurvy contractors for division of disreputabe gains. In these high characteristics, at least, slavery does not appear to have produced any baneful influence, and it would be well that professed ptianthro- py exhibited itself as favorably here, or extort- ed something of the respect which is now con- ceded to the representatives of an institution winch It so unquallfiedly condemns"
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02
Mrs. Cunningham Mobbed by Women in
 New York.

We take the following from the N. Y. nj. bune of late date:
 " An extraordinary excitement was occasion ed in Bond street, yesterday, by the gathering Tn front of Mrs. Cunningham's residence of a dlsorderly mob of women and boys. The wo- men, about thirty in number, held sort of drum head court martial, and unanimously agreed that Mrs. Cunningham was guilty of murder, and ought to be driven from the city. With the help of the boys, they made an attack on the house, stoung the windows and doors, ring ing the bell, making hideous faces and shouting their opinions in DO very delicate way. The attack continued until the arrival of an officer who took the most active of the Anna zons to the lock up"
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

1HE "ARKANsAw TRAVELLER. ."-The edi- tor of this popular journal, Mr. S. M Scott, arrived in this city last week from Cincinnati, "lther he had been to purchase a press and material with the view of enargng his paper. The Traveller will, therefore, in the course of two or three weeks, re-appear much enlarg- ed and rejuvenated We presume Mr. Scott will tell his readers of "perls by land and by sea-" all safely passed since his last number was is- sued His trip to the great Po,zopolis has gi- ven hm an opportunity to see some of the sights" of which we read about" We shall hail with pleasure the re-appearance of the " Traveller" and hope that the intelligent citizens in whose midst it is published, will extend to its able and worthy editor such patronage as his indefatigable efforts to give them good paper assuredly merit.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02
Important from Nicaragua.
Gen. Walker Capitu!a;ed. aud arrived
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New Orleans.
 Ne'0 Orleans, May 27.-The steamer Empire City is just coming up, having on board Gen. Walker and his staff from Nicaragua. he having capitu1ted on the 1st May to Capt Davis of St. Maras, and were brought to Panama bv river. The Costa Ricans are not known in the articles of capulation. Two hundred and sixty men come off with Walker.
 The Illinois left Aspnwall on the 19th-with two millions on board
 New Grenada has ceded an Island in the Bay of Panama to England, in settlement of the Mcintosh claim.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02
Capture of Siavers in New York Har-

The appointment of Capt. Rynders to tLe United States Marshalship of the city of New York, says the Mississippian, was received with continuous sheer from the whole opposition press. He was denounced as a man unworthy of the incumbency of any office, and the ad- ministraton was rebuked as having manifested an unprincpled partizan recklessness in ma king such an appointment. Well, the Captain has been but week in office, during which time he has evinced more zeal in the discharge of duty and accomplished more real service, than many of his predecessors have done with in the period of an official term of four years. Immediately after appointment he announced that he would enforce the fugitive slave law, regardless of personal consequences. He has lately conferred benefit on the whole country by showing to what extent the capital of New York is invested in the slave trade with the African coast His untiring vigilance has dls- covered two slavers, built by New York me- chauics. owned by New York money, and par tiallv manned by New York seamen, about de narting for the slave coast. It has been assert ed that the infamous traffic in human flesh, ? as New York abolitiolists call it, was chiefly sustained by the wealth and enterprise of that State. And that into her cofferS went the principal profits. The intimation was denounc- ed as a pro-slavery asperoion. and nowhere did it receive other than doubting crelence. But the rapidly succeeding revelations of Marsha | Rynders have given absolute certainty to the charge; so that the fact IS no longer questona ble that the city of New York is virtually d. much a slave mart as any of the Cuban ports The annexed coloquy, as given in New York paper not at all favorable to the administration sufficiently illustrates the stern official integrity of Marshal Rynders:
 A few days since the Marshal, with severa of his deputies, was at the pier, where the yes sel lay, when he was approached by all agen of the owners of the vessel, when colloquy somewhat like the following, occurred:
 Agcnt-Captain I wish you would send some of your deputies to examine this vessel, and see if she is not all right.
 Captain Rvuders-Now see here my good fellow, my officers shall do no such work, un- less they are paid for it. l don't care how well you pay them; you may give them five dollars each or five hundred-I would prefer the last sum-but they shall not go near your vessel without it is to attach her, if find proc sufficient do so.
 Agent (soothinsly) ly)-Captain couldn't have little private conversation with you? (,jgniti- cantly.)
 Captain Rynders Gndgnantly)-No sir, will do nothing of the kind. have no secrets from my officers. l want you to understand sir, that tie United States pays me S6OOO PCT year. which l consider good salary and don't take any hints of that kind. D. yor suppose that wi.l allow any one to have it |, say that I was seen in private conversation with person like vou? No, sir!
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

With deep regret we announce the death of the distinguished ald veteran statesman Sera- tor Butler, of South Carolina. He died of the dropsy at Augusta, Ga, on the 26th alt. His demise will clothe in sorrow the hearts of very many of the nations people. He was in the U. $. Senate type of the " "Conseript Fathers of the Roman empire
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

SCHOOL ExAMINATIoN.-We are requested to state that the annual examination of Arka- delphia Female Institute, will commence on Thursday, June p, and continue for two days and two nights.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

" RISE" IN THE RIvER-The river con- menced rising on last Sunday evening, has risen three feet up to this CMonday) evening, and continues to rise rapidly There is plenty of water for every class of boats.
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pr. J. V. iiailey.

Mir. EDrroR: It was with feelings of the deepest regret, that l read in your issue of the 2lst of April, the death of Dr.. J. Y. Halley, of Arkansas county. It was my pleasure to become acquainted with Dr. llalley, between eight and nine years ago, when first his father, Capt c. F. Halley, settled in Arkansas county, and found him to be one of the most pleasant and agreeable young men l ever enjoyed the privilege of becoming acquainted with. He had iust graduated with honor to himself as a physician and entered upon his professional duties, his unparalleled success in the healing art in very short lme secured for him all eX- tensiye patronage, and reputation equaled only by his merits His skill as a hyscian, together with lis estinabIe qualities as a man and utftble manner of address, in intercourse with the world, secured for him the gratitude aid appreciation of an admirug public, and made him universally beloved by all who knew him. Modest and unobtrusive in his outward department, yet refined and accom- pli,hel as a gentleman and scholar, he stood forth before tne community, kind and liberal in hs feelings, charitable And enlightened in his views, X ail mrn are, ot refined cultivation tIe was aso man ol much prudence and discretion, upright in lis dealings and rigidly moral in hs haai,s of lte One of the bright est ornaments of his profession and society aud d useful ,mler of the community ia which he lived, distributing with liberaIiry oi soul to the necessities of the needy, and ai.lin2 to the extent of his ability in the accomplish meut Of all laudaLe enterprises.
 ! Sensibly as Ifs loss may be felt ly the com munity, i; is Dat little compared with that bit ter panS and deep anguish of soul experienced ! by Iii, father, who leaned iu the decline of Iile amid the weight of accumulatiug years, upon an attectiouate son for support and comfort.
 BENONI HARRIS.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

05- Our venerable neighbar of the Gazette, in responding to our charge of garblng very nelcyantly inqures-
 Can it be possible that our worthy and tender young friend of the True Democrat is a pize'1naumP"
 In reply to which we say that it might be possible" though not so probable or true if fairly considered, as the fact that he is pizey- 'nctun, from the good old whis party.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02
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CLotlaoooga, NJ Y 2t, 1857. To EDrToRs ArpEAL:-Tvo cars overturned fourteen miles west oi CualtaAooga. George Moore, of fire company No. ', was Killed, aid Dr. Iucl Mr. Case, K. !. Ilaniv, Gen. Cohn, j. E. Synnol1, Cha, Manner and John Walker, co.oreei, slightly Injured.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

A LAMENTABLE ACcIDENT-Our city was thrown into excitement last Saturday evening by serious accident which happened to the Hot Springs stage and passengers three miles from this place. It appears that the driver had stopped at the house of Mr. Brown, and was watering his horses when drunken person came along and by some imprudent conduct frightened them. In spite of the efforts of the dnver, who was in the act of watering one of the horses, they started off at full speed, drag ging the noble fellow as he clung to the reins and daShing' him against the fence There were four passengers in the stage, namely, Mai
 Wm. Gaines, of Chicot county, and his son-in. law Mr. Pendleton, Mir J. II. Caldwell aud MT. Flowers of Mississippi, all of whom were injured, though not seriously as we learn. The stage was broken to pieces anI one of the horses badly disabled. Itseems almost mira. cle that the passengers ecaped as well as they dld. Our clever friend MT. A Tiff and his lady were ln his buggy just ahead of the stage and made narrow escape from it in its onward sweep by turning into the woods Great credit IS due young Forbes the driver for his noble conduct in attempting to stop the horses He says he could have stopped them, had he not been disabled by overriding the stage as it ascended a hill, climbing over the boot and top, to his seat in front and securing the reins
 Poor fellow his life is almost despaired of.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

IRE SENATE JoURNALs.-The printing and stitching of the Senate Journals of the last Legislature have been finished and they are now being distributed to the various counties of the State.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

tS15- Thos. Barrett & Co.,, have opened new store near the steamboat landing. See adv.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02
Present fa Mn fiunhan,u

Washington, May 23-Kipgman, the Cali fornia hunter, presented the Buck Horn Chair to President Buchanan. Humorous speeches were made by both
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 TIE "JEFrERsoS ENTERPRISE 7-Such is the title of new paper which made its advent into newspapcrlom last Saturday, at Pine Bluff. Col. L. B. Luckie, with whom we are not personally acquainted, yet know to be a talented and accompli5hed gentleman, is the elitor His first number is replete with able and interesting editorials, on the all absorbing l topics of tine day-aS specimen of the new enterprise it betokens success. Welcome, l thrice welcome, we say to the |" Jefferson En- ! terpri3e," the avowed advocate of our inter- nal improvements" of the development of our minefaogcal and geological resources," of l the protection of "home inlustry anl hom; enterprise"-and the able supporter of demo- cratic principles, etc.
 CT The Wamcnton (Ya) Whig indicates is preference for the next presidency by the following announcement, which appears at the ] head of its editorial columns:
 For President jn 1860,
 WILLARD FILLMORE, ABOVE ALL LIVING MEN.
 We presume the Whi- ioes not mean to con- vey the idea, as t insi uatcs, that Mir. Fillmore is uot a "HcWg' maL; if il does we insist that it renders him injustice ty not mentioning that his dccease is merely political, for, when last we hearl from him, he wa. otherwise living and doing "as well as could De exp xpected." But why the Whig really prefers him to all Ering men," we cannot comprehend, unless 1t thinks that deceasei man couiI beat hun, for the pre- sidcucy.
 MR. BUoHANAN's REcErTIoN OF OFFICE BEG GAEs.-rhe Washington correspondent of the Richmond South says:
 The office seekers are still in force here. in expectation, l suppose of the foreign appoint meuts, and their attentions to Mr. Buchanan must be very harrassing There were some thirty in his ante-room this morning. waiting for an audience; and when they were admitted 1t was curious to watch their proceedings and the persistence of some of them was really amusing One individual wanted a small coun try post-otiice, and Mir. Buchanan litelv re- ferred him to the department. But the indiv- dual was not so easily dismissed, and he forth with commenced a prepared phillpic on the n- cumbent of the petty office He is in coal ton with the freesoilers, , he ran on, |" and he abused the successful candidate for the Presi- dency. 4" "Ah, my dear sir, replied old Buck, with that amiable cock of his eye. "we will not go into that now" During the re- cepton, an old Lancaster acquaintance hustled up to MT. Buchanan. "Don't you want an office ?" said the amable President. "No ST." was the emphatic reply. II thought yon did not, rejoned the President; "you look lat and contented." " It is really pleasure to witness the amiability, the genial humor and the charming simplicity with which Mr. Buch- anan treats his visitors, although it seems he can scarcely forbear an alusion now and then to the miserable vocation of office begging
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

NEW PAPER.-Tha prospectus of the " Scar cy Eagle" weekly newspaper, proposed to be published by Messrs. II. o. Norman and T. P. Boone in Searcy, White county, is on our ta- ble. The Eagle will give tho principles of the democratic party cordial support. Terms of subscription are $2 in advance, s 50 after six months, and 8 at the end of the year the first number to be published on or before the fourth of July next.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

Vr Col 5. C. HARLEY, mail agent for this State, arrived by the Aberdeen stage last Sa turday on his return from the "Old North" State whither he had been OH a flying visit We are gratifed to learn from him that the crops Tn Arkansas are far more promising than those of the sections of country over which he has travelled between this and the Atlantic coast. From what he tells Us "pale famine, penury and want" are prevalent in some of the States through which he has passed. Our exchanges, too, are teeming with unwelcome accounts of distress from scarcity of food in many portions of Tennessee, Georgia Alaba- ma, and other States. Thus far we have heard no complaints from any portion of this State and we learn from Col H. that as far as his observation has extended prosperity and pIen- ty abound. Indeed, if We are to judge from the quantities of bacon, flour and other produce with which the boats that pass down our river are laden, we are assured our people have enough for home consumption and "some to spare" The fact can no longer be disguised that Arkansas IS the Eden of the south and west, and though she is yet a sleeping giant, with strength and resources comparatively un- known and undeveloped, the world will timely learn her true value and glory.
 We are under obligations to Col. Harley for the very latest Memphis papers.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

TENNESSEE |. 5 SENAToRs.-W are glad to see that some of the Tennessee papers are da- cus>ing the importance of tine election of two United State, Senators by the ucx Legislature of that Syate. l. is hot only right upon priuci- pIe but 1t is necessary to the interests of the south that a successor to Hon. John Bell, as well as one to Hon. J lanes C. Jones should he elected. The formers term of service will ex- pire on the Ain of March, 1859, aud shouli his successor not be elected by the next legislature his seat iu the Senate will bs vacant for more than six months. The attrr'a seat is how va cant in consequence of the failure of the last Legislature 10 elect his successor
 tET Brigham Young, the hoary old polyga- mist of Utah, ia a member, in full fellowship, of the democratic party.-Lou,SclUe Jounol
 There is no truth in the assertion that Brig ham Young is a member of the democratic par ty, but the fact that he was appointed Cover nor of Utah by President Fillmore proves that he was once, and for ought we know is now, a member of the Louisville Journals party
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

GF Men of power are seldom wordy or diff fuse; they indulge not in the decorative trap- pings of rhetoric, but, by a few bold master strokes, give determined expression to the es- sential and central idea to which all minor thoughts are subordinate Blachwood.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02
Death of Sennlnr Ilntier.

ItT- An article on the Dallas Clarendon Treaty" is unavoidabiy crowded out this week.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

Or The authorities of Baltimore having permitted if not encouraged, the mob spirit generated and kept alive in hat city by Know Nottingham, are experiencing some of the consequences, in the audacous attempt of the strikers on the Baltimore and Ohio road, to prevent the passage of the trains and destroy the company. We are pleased to observe the vigorous and decisive measures taken to pun ish and disperse these lawless characters, and hope that an example will be made of them so that there may be some evidence that the law and government have some power in Ma ryland. We cannot, however, fail to observe how strikingly the energetic steps taken to protect the property of this rich corporation contrast with the inacton and indifference manifested when democrats were murdered in the streets of Baltimore for exercising the rights of citizens Property is one thing and life another in Maryland. To kill or knock down a half dozen lrlshmen is small item, but stop d railroad train-that is flat treason. and vol leys are fired freely into the audacious mobo- erats.-- Gin. Eaq.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

G- The democrats of the third congression- al district, Missouri, have nominated John 5. Clark to fill the vacancy occasioned by the elec- ton of James s. Green to the Senate.
The true Democrat., 1857-06-02

0~5- We are this week indebted to our cor. respondent H." for another very chaste and interesting communication