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Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

THE JACKsoNPoRT UNIoN.-This excellent sheet has passed into the hands of Mr. H. O. Norman, who is the sole editor and proprietor MT. Norman is democrat, and advocates true democratic principles His paper is we'll filled with varied articles of news and politics. We heartily wish him success in his undertaking, both politically and financially.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

L.R. WHITFIELD, Eso.-The Ouachita Her ald of the 18th inst, announces the death of this gentleman Mir. Whitfield has been for several years past the editor of the Camden and a courteous gentleman, manly in his per sonal bearing and upright and straitforward in his intercourse with the world. We exceed ingly regret his loss, and sympathise with the little family he has left behind him. Mr. Whitfield was highly esteemed in Camden, and his remains were followed to the grave by his Masonic brethren and large concourse of his fellow citizens
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

POSTAGE STAMPs.--rhe principal reasG why stamps cut from envelopes cannot be us, in payment of letters in the same manners ordinary postage stamps, are: First, the b gives no value to such stamps and makes provision for theIr use, except when connecp with and forming part of the envelopes prepS ed under the law, with suitable water mars etc., to prevent frauds. Second. letters samped envelopes may be carried outside . the mail, and when so carried, it is beliesi that the stamps are seldom. if ever. "a ces Thee are controlling reasons, and should once ree"mmend themselves to every reass ing person.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

How THE DEVIL LOST Tine following is too good 10 be lost. l, conveys d moral to those who feel disposed to spread it in the newspa per line:
 young man, who arlently desired wealth, was visited by h's Satanic majesty, who tempt ed him to promise his soul Tor eternity, if he could be supplied on this earth with all the money he could use. The bargain was conclud- ed; the devil was to supply the money, and was at last to have the soul, unless the young man could spend more money than the devil could furnish. Years passed away-the man married, was exravagant in his living. built palaces, speculated, lost and gave away fortunes, and yet his coffers always full He turned politician, and brbed his way to power and fame, without reducing his "pile' of gold. He became fillbuster, and fitted out ships and armies, but his banker honored all his drafts. He went to St. Paul to live, and paid the usual rates of interest for all the money he could Dor. row, but though the devil made wry faces when he came to pay bills, yet they were all paid One expedient after another failed-the devil counted the time; only two years that he must wait for the soul. and mocked the efforts of the despairing man. One more trial was resolved upon--the man started a newspaper! The de- vii growled at the bill at the end of the first quarter, was savage in six months, melancholy in nine, and broke, "dead broke," at the end of the year. So the newspaper went down, but the soul was saved.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
GRIEVANCEs.-The Nannlen

GRIEvANcEs.-The Napoleon Planter says:
 "We were greatly pleased with Mr. MORRILL,. he evinces a thorough knowledge of the political affairs of our State, and soul. absorb ing desire to have her grievances redressed."
 Will Mir. Morrill, or the editor of the Planter specify some of the "grievances" they wish redressed"? We hope their "souls" will not be 90 much absorbed in rotation as to disable them from giving us reply. What are the grievances?
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
Death of the Hon. James D. Watkins

It is our painful duty to record the death of this most excellent man. He lied on the 27th September last, at his residence, Wild flaws, zard county, Arkansas
 Judge Watkins WIS a native of Williamson county, Tennessee, and eml grated to thls State in 1844. So rapidly did he win upon the con- fdence and esteem of his fellow citizens of Izard and Independencc counties that, in less than two years after his settlement among them he was elected by decided majority to repre- sent those counties in the Senate of the Gene ral Assembly. IL was during his service i'll that body, in the winters of l849 and 1850, that we formed his acquaintance He was most estmabe man, attaching to himself all who came in contact with him, by his manly bearing and his gentle, courteous manners.- As senator he was devoted to the interests of his constituents and the welfare of the State. He served out his term with distinguish ed honor to himself and to those who elected him.
 Judge Watkins was an unassuming, unaspr- ing man, content to perform, in the walks of private life, all the duties of private citizen He never sought station, and only accepted it. at the urgent solicitation of his friends and neighbors. He was sincere Christian, and member of the Methodist church, and, we are told, died, expressing a cheerful obedience to the stern mandate that called him hence. lie died in the very flower of manhood leaving behind him an only child-a daughter-now at school in Tennessee, to mourn his death.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

of the U. S. lands entered in the Washington and Helena districts, which we hope soon to do we will then give condensed statement of the lands entered in the whole State during the last eighteen months. We will also endeavor to give statemen. of the swamp, school, sa- line and seminary lands entered during the same period. From this statement we shall be enabled to form some idea of the progress the State is making in the settlement and cultiva- ton of her immense domain of wild lands.
 We shall be much obliged of the U. s. Re- ceivers at Helena and Washington would make out and forward to us, as soon as convenient, a statement of the lands sold and located in their districts during the last eighteen months. The
 information will be acceptable not only to our own people, but to the world abroad.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

0T A clergyman observing poor man by the road breaking stones with pickaxe, and kneeling to get at his work better, made the remark, "Ah, John, I wish could break the stony hearts of my hearers as easily as you are breaking those stones." The man replied, Perhaps, master, you do not work on your knsss.i'
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
A General Suspension of Specie Payments

A General Suspension of Specie Payments
 We were prepared to give the reader the news that several banks IL South Carolina, the Union bank of Louisiana, and sundry banks in other States, had suspended specie payments. But there is now no use in entering on particulars From the dispatches in our paper, it appears that the city banks of New York suspended on the 18th and 14th inst, and the suspension now, no doubt, has spread through the Unlon, almost as fast as the telegraph could carry the news.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

NAPOLEON WHARFBoAT.-Th Louisville Democrat ot the 4th ins states that the large wharf boat for Johnson & Peay at Napoleon was safely passed over the Falls" by Pink Varble, with a crew of forty men, and that the steamer Hurricane would tow it on down to Napoleon where it was to have arrived on the 18th inst. Unavoidably Messrs. Johnson & Peay have been delayed in getting their boat out, but as they have all the materials aboard for the cabin, she will be ready for business in 10 days after her arrival at Napoleon.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
RECEIVERS OFFICE,

'"P'y'101tei OtV. OV1I, I0o1. oIR-Ihe lands entered at this office from fth April to lst October, 1856. amount to 62. ooo acres. Those entered during the year com menclng the list October, 1856 and ending the ooth September, 1857, amount to 278, ,563 acres -maRinS an aggregate, from the 4th April. tooo, to lst October, 1857, Of three hund,ed aud Jorty-one thousand, three hundred and minety-eight ac'es, and the cash received for the same amounts 10 $241,4 35.
 Very respectfully, your ob't serv't,
 VIM. T. SARGENT. Receiver. RIcH'D Il. JOHNSON, esq, Editor of True Democrat
 This makes glorious showing for the Cham pagnolle district. When we receive statements
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
RECEIVERS OFFICE,

RECEIvER's OFFICE
 Fayetteville. Oct. 5, 1857. MT. R. fl. JoHNsoN-Sir: There were enter ed and locate' at this land office, from January 1st, 1856, to April 3Ojh, 1857, inclusive IS, l3O acres, and from May lst, 1857 to date inclusive, 26,664 acres-makmg in all from January, 1856, to Ocl. 5th, 1857. seventy jour Mousand, seUen hunttrea and ninety .four acres
 Very respectfully,
 J. l.. DICKSON. r. 5. Since the above Was placed in type, we have received the following from MT. Wm. T. Sargent, Receiver in the Champagnolle dis trict:
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

Gov. ANDREW JoHNsoN-This gentleman has been elected, by the democratic legislature of Tennessee, to fill the place in the United States Senate recently occupied by Gov. James c. Jones'
 The vote was, for Andrew Johnson. demo- crat, 57; Neil 5. Brown, hnow nothing, 3S.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

CALIFORNIA ELEcTIoNs.-At the recent cleo. tlon in California the democrats have won a glorious victory. Three times three cheers for tne golden State. The vote of the democratic candidate for governor exceeds the vote of the Know Nothing and black republican candidates combined by at least fifteen thousand. The vote stands about as follows
 "ei'ef' dem. ..................5 50O GOO Bowie, Know Nothing OOO Stanley, nigger worshpper .15OOO
 Weller'S majority over Stanley is about 35.- oUO. Thus traitor meets a deserved doom Stanley was North Carolnian-was often ho- nofed by the southern people--emigrated to Californla and turned up the black republican candidate for governor We rejoice that he has been so shamefully, so disgraceiuly beaten
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
From the London Times City Article. Sept s. Effect of the American Financial News in
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England.
 The specie from America to-day is f90OOO The financial advices from New York on thio occasion are more disastrous than any received for several years Ever since 1853 there has been continuous tendency to destruction of confidence in American railway securities. and from time to time, as each new announcement of fraud or insolvency has occurred, there has been a further fresh fall in all descriptions while the instances of reaction have been fea ble and temporary. Holders, however, haya constantly cluug to the idea, after each new revelation, that the lowest point must have been reached aA last; and attery this feeling has been strengthened by the belief that the ad. verse operations were confined chiefly to anor yauized knot Of spectators who were ende, voring to increase the distrust by circulatip, any statements that might suit their purpose Yet not only do their predictions continue to be confirmed by the breakdown of each weak or suspected undertaking, but we have by the present mail news of the stoppage of large institution against which not sligle premoni tory doubt had been whispered. On one day the shares were worth nearly lOO, and on the next they were utterly unstable. The concen in question is the Onio Life and Trust Compa. nv, established in 1883 with capital of &lUO. q yous to that ot the more modern banks of Gre. 1 dit Mobiller
 They received deposits which they employ. | ed, together with their capital in loans on real estate and railway bonds, discount, and ali. vances ol all kinds. Only few days before the event they declared and paid their usual alf-yearly dividend. The amount due to de. po,ltors and others Is suppoSei to be at least | Sl,2O0OOO, and the prospect of liquidation seems to be very uncertain. Possibly the ere. dltors may get paid, although even on that | point nothing Is known; but 1t would be a5ains, all experience to suppose that the shareholders will recover single dollar. The company were the financial a5ents oI the State of Ohio for the payment of the interest on the State debt and the reliance of the public upon then position was greatly increased by this circum. stance The announcement coming on the stock market just after the alarm created by he discovery of the Reorganization in the accounts of the Michigan Southern Railway, had caused a flood of sales of almost every other kind of stock Erie Railway had gone from 31 to 22 E |; Reading, from 691a to 591k New York Central 79 to 72; Illinois Central from 1l4 to 104; and Panama from 92 to 87. Michigan Southern. which few months back stood at 5 l5, was 1 now at 22. In most of the securities English capitalists are largely interested.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

JUDICIAL ELEcTIoN--At the special cleo ton for Judge of the 9th Judicial Circuit, held on the 7th day of September last. t, fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge A. A. STITH, the Hon. SHELTON WATSON was elected The official vote, we are enabled to lay before our readers, and is as follows:
 For Shelton Watson .2,26l
 " John T. Bearden. ], ,467
 Robt. Cockes. ... l
 II. OoioAioh.
 The three last named gentlemen, it is proper to state, were not candidates. Judge Watson's majority over Bearden is 794-over all, 776- We are rejoiced at this result. Judge Watson is an able lawyer and an upright man. He will make most excellent Judge and, we feel as- sured, will give entire satisfaction to the people and the bar of the sixth judicial circuit. The vote he received, considering the little interest that is generally manifcstated in special cleo tlons, was as truly fattering as it was highly deserved.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

F Sales of State lands in the Little Rock Helena and Champagnolle districts, may be found advertised on our first page
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

Making $lO4, 596 76 All of which Is respectfully submitted.
 w. R. MILLER, Auditor of
 Public Accounts ot the State of Ark.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

0T Our merchants are receiving large stocks of goods, as may be seen by reference to our advertising columns.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

Utu.
 We opi| We are lj ourselv become eY nnanufactI
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 This al does not d ic press o1 ed. T he|
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 their nlis should b,, legalized
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Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
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.ection
 The eU
 te of tV ennesse\ telegrl
 at the E 1t and rv ajority | eopleof..
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 was k'I asst majo| O dispa1 uished 5 be dern'I iation oS oyalty t.1 ,as battlJ md W hoI | iinching his high
 Gov. V ion, and | ions Of 4 how how hat any las repeal again to q y refrail| lenlocra1 patriot, h| wiling sI trate,i to| hat his Il elfsh ag3 latl aGai'| nave beet
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Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-17
F~Orty.Seyen States.

Would any one believe, without look
ing into it, that we are ina fair way Of
carrying the number of sovereign States
originally thirteen, and now thirty-one,
to forty-seTen2 But so it is. In the first
place, there are Oregon, Kansas and
Minnesota, whose constitutions are alrea-
DIV formed or forming. 1t is hoped they
viii be admitted the coming winter, max
ing the members of the confederacy thir-
sy-EOar. Then New Mexico, Nebraska,
and Washington, already thriving Terri
tories, viii swell the aggregate TO thirty
seven. Four new States 10 be carved
out Of Texas. according to provisions In
the treaty Of annexation, will give US for
ty-one. Two additional States demanded
from the area now included in CaiHernia
would make forty-three. Arizona, Neo-
sho. Dacotah and Columbus Territories
carryu US to forty-six. And lovely Utah
will be the forty-seyenth to "lend to that
fair circle the grace Of her form and the
lohtness Of her STEP"
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-17

so exorbitant is this rent that it leaves the
c%ultivator not enough to live on, and he
often applies to be exempt from tilling the
soil. Buthis application is in vain (fOr
opium has to be raisedto demOralise the
Chinese) and a few lashes from the con-
stables rod, and wholesome fear Of be-
jag put in a ehain-gang for six months to
work the roads generally ensure his COM
p~liance.
The rent day comes round from some
cause he is unable to pay; a oficer sword
in hand places himself at his door and
allows him, his wife or children neither
food, sleep or water till the rent is paid.
The result is he has to sell the only thing
left to support life to meet this cruel de-
mand, and besides has to pay the officer
for every day he watched at his door and
deprived him and family of food. What
cruelty! enough to fomeRt IA hundred
rebellions, not to mention the almost dali
ly. amusement of Queens troops Good
bless her. of ramming natives into their
cannons and shooting them off.
The wailing of his father, mother, bro
theirs and sisters, pierced the heart Of the
Sepoy, and he unsheathed his sword to
r..
cut down their oppressor, Small indeed
is the spark of human freedom in the
breast of him who would not say, God
speed that sword. Now England seeks
Christian aid, and sympathy from all
Christian people, forgetting to inform the
world that the massacre at Delhi was not
a massacre of Christians but Of the Eng
lish-for the natives do not look on the
English as such at all. m
This has alreadyrun beyond the limits
of a correspondence. but will end by
drawing afew parallels, in hopes that it
may open the optics of those who look up
to England for everything that is goOdand
pure. .i.'i
England is the advocate of Free Trade
in the West and the great mistress of
Monopoly in the East.
She processes in Europe peace and good
wilt to all men whilst in Asia she is at war
with half the human race.
She has anti-slayery societies and looks
with holy horror on the American slaveI
holder, unmindful at the same time of her
n hundred and fifty millions of slaves
in Hindostan, and conveniently winks at
the cruelties of her East India troops,
subjecting the head men of India to tor
ture to exact taxes, and.if that fails send
ing a body of troops to burn down their
villages and drive their women and child
rem into the Jungle, these same people
guilty of nc crime but of loving their
rightful rulers better than the Hon. East
India Company. {
Then let not the American people re-
joice at the fall of Delhi, but rather wish
it stronger than another Sebastopol.f .o.
j. H.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-17

in London and Liverpool. The private
property of the partners is immense, and
it is believed the suspension Will only be
temporary. The house of Dennistoun &
Co., in Melbourne, is a distinct establish
ment and will not suffer.
B. E. Babbock s. Co, with houses in Ii
verpool, Glasgow, and New York, have
failed for a millionand a half of dollars.
Joseph Foot s. Co. silk manufacturers in
London, and Henry Dutilth & Co., in the
American trade at Liverpool, have also
suspended.
Although, to some extent looked for,
the suspension of the Western Bank eau
sed great dismay. The bank did an i'm
mense business in Glasgow, and had about
one hundred branches scattered over
Scotland. Its deposits were very large,
amounting to between FIVE and six millions
sterling. There cannot be any, eventual
loss, as the proprietary contains many of
the wealthiest men in Scotland, some of
whom are believed to be worth a million
sterling.
A Hamburg letter reports a regular
panic In the stock exchange there, with a
fall of every description Of stock, as also
all bills Of exchange. Bills on France,
Belgium, and other commercial marts in
Germany and England, were ~unsaleable
at the usual three months date. A inan-
cial crisis was almost beginning in Swe-
den and Norway and money was becom-
ing scarce.
The French Moniteur publishes a noti-
%ication from the Emperor upon a report
from the Minister of Finance, in which
he says he sees with pain the imperlled
and ohimerical fears propagated and the
delusive remedies proposed for imaginary
evils. The law permitting the bank to
raise the rate of discount must suffice to
keep the bullion in better condition than
last year. The bank has raised the rate
of discounts s per cent. for bills under
thirty days, 9 for bills under sixty days,
and 10 for bills under ninety days.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-17
NEWS ITEMS.
Knskington. Nov. ".

washington, NOV. Il.
AS far as can be ascertained, the Ca
b;net are united in sustaining the action
If the Kansas Constitutional Convention.
Whatever preference there may have
been for submitting the entire Constitution
e the people, ii is understood All are
agreed that the mode proposed for the In
habitants to settle the question Of slavery
as n of their own domestic institutions
for themselves, is in accordance with both
the spirit and the letter of the Kansas
Nebraska bill.
Governor Walker has had another long
interview with the President on the sub
Iiect of Kansas Affairs, and these also to-
day occupied a large share Of cabinet de-
Liberation. - Is II
No arrana has yet been made in
regard te the Transmission Of the Presi-
dents message in advance Of its delivery
1t isprobable, however, that the newspa-
per press will be supplied with copies, by
the means heretofore adopted
All the reports Of the heads of depart
ments are in a sufficient stage of for
wardness for copying.
" H- H HhL
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-17
b legislature.

This body met on Tuesday the 9TH inst
From what we can hear they are deter
mined to do something for the people a
large this session, and discountenance
private speculation, which has heretofore
taken the precedence of public good
The representation from this county is Of
the right stripe-is energetic and vii
faithfully attend to the wants of the PEG.
pie. We think Nemaha county may well
feel proud or her representatives and sa.
tisfed that her interests will not suffer
in such hands.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-17
The Financial Crisis Abroad.

The Steamer Atlantic arrived at New
York on the 22d ult, with Liverpool dates
to the 18th.
Messrs. Dennistoun & Co. have failed
liabilities 80 100000 sterling, also the
Western Bank of Scotland with deficits
amounting to 100000 sterling; and
Messrs. Babcock & Co. with LIVERPOOL
and american liabilities amounting to
100000 sterling. Other failures of
smaller amounts were also announced.
The London Times says that Dennis
toun Company are one of the largest firms
connected with the American trade, and
their Liabilities, it is supposed, amount to
ten millions Of dollars. They have houses
In New York and New Orleans, and the
total suspension of remittances from those
cities rendered their stoppage unavoida-
bic. The head establishment is located
IN Glasgow, where it has existed for up
ward Of seventy years, with branches a so
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-17

A prize fight came off lately on the
Canada shore, opposite Black Rock, be-
tween two b~ruisers from New York, ma
med Coburn and Gribben. Coburn was
seconded by Awful Gardner and Jim
White. Gribben by Wrinkle and Pifer.-
The fight lasted but thirty minutes. On
the 2lst round, Coburn put a blow over
the region of Gribben's heart which rem
dered him insensible for several minutes
and prevented "his coming to time.H-
This closed the fight in favor Of Coburn.
There was quitea large attendance of the
Fancy from New York and Buffalo.