Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-10-06

was one of the old and respectable sa,.. that county, and as man, worthy and S,'s's s'n Of fault. His benevolence extended ud to wide, and he seemed, not so much to Iv. qua s himself as for others. His name will be- b, @' ed down to posteriiy, as one of the noblass1 ud. best of the old settlers of Arkansas.n ''''a ant
 "A letter was received at this place on C.. day morning last, by Mr. Crocker, sunar;".t 'Nt dent Of the overland mail, from MT P'' agent of the company, dated Sherman. T.ps Sept. F, '50, in which he says, that bo4 just arrived from Fort Belknap, and tha. a% Indians, had one week before in tho 'as ments near Gainsville, as Mir. B. was ,,; 7'le- Belknap and miles from where he us" so'S tn a party of whites going to their negbbor1' ta' tae' ed two of them and wounded two otb..,' NV. stole and drove off about 50 head of ' stosla a'o longing to the settlers. The whites bsS bsSSe' oe' come so alarmed, that they were moyaI aa Os. leaving their homes. One of the sta, ~S on the overland mail company had bean s,'io1s I, Of up by their leaving. The Indians bsro ~oSea horses, and committed other depredatioae. "olsa in four miles of Belknap WtA
 We fear, that if the government a. | adopt prompt and effective mea.nros N.S aa tect the overland mail, these Ind;aTs ,S:'' VI pn | troublesome to the company and we sbo',iPIs P,Os gret very much to hear of the IndiaUs,' mitling any depredations upon ii. and ga' vent this the government should for " Fe' at any rate, furnish an armed escort fa. 'Is mail through the Indian country.p VI 'aA
 The Arkansas Traveller has the foIlor,.
 HORSE THIEvEs- learn that .l whose escape from bis pursuers We nof.s1os fla. ,ps week, was captured at Princeton. Dsll.so, & on Monday last. He had in bis toss.,'r o'rr''I young bay horse, said to be fine o,, .,'a9aa four years old, no mark or white spots ,., 'p"as ed. No doubt this horse Was a tl,,'asc'- stol., he Jeff on foot when he was fired unar 'us ,S aa hope this paragraph may attract the at,o,s we of the owner of the horse and he go, hs ro' ny. perty. P"
 We also learn that the two thieves wbo been captured and confined in the Rockro,, , escaped a few days ago, by breakipg on. ,..l broad day light. l. is a matter of sbama disgrace that no jail house in all this sscIo'S the State is strong enough to secure fi while some of the counties, Clark. for inst,,- have no jail at all. The cost to this conr,r guarding prisoners during the session oi i. present court would more than pay yeat,. terest on the cost of erecting secure pr;son r the county court will make the order. vs r- guarantee the plan of a jail that will be ,sr- and cheap"
 Now as half the counties in this State b,,, worthless jals or none and it will be nsc.,,,., to have good ones, whiIl the editor of fl, 
 Traveller published his Han? If other person, builders and others will send us plan of cure and cheap jail we would take plea,u,s, publishing it.
 From the Jefferson Independent we I.,, that the Baptists are about to start paDgi. voted to the interests of their denomiporo,- From the same paper we learn that all the r.. low fever cases at Napoleon are confined oi. hospital there.