Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-04-13
General News.

company of sappers ani miners from West Point are en route for General Johuson's camp The regular troops in Kansas and on the wes- tern frontier will start for Utah during this month, mastering in all about 2,OOO effective men,
 Brigham Young now says that civil officers Will be permitted to come into the Territor, anl exercise their functions. b..t that the mil tary will be resisted lo The las. extremity The volunteer bill passed gives only three resi- meuts, one of winch will he taken from Texas, Washington let,er-vwrj'er> say that Col Burr- hams regiment of New York volunteers will be accepted by the Presilen aud one regiment from Pennsylvania. This " fills the bll," and leaves none to be taken from the western S.ate,. The Governor of Kentucky has issued his pro- camation for regiment of volunteers, which was responded to by the tender of four regi- ments in one day. Missouri and Illinois have regiments already organized There will be no lack of men should they be needed.
 General Scott has issued orders constituting a new military district in Nebraska called the district of the Platte the head quarters to be at Fort Lanmle, which is to be occupied imme- diately by ten companies of artillery and two of dragooLs from Kansas. Two companies of ar tillery are ordered from Kansas to Fort Riley
 From California we learn that Bates the late treasurer of the State, hts been acquitted of the charge of embezzlement The legislature had passed an act to take the State prison from the present lessee, and to place in the hands of agents to be appointed by the Governor. The Governor was refused possessiou, on which the officers broke open the doos and took it.
 The University of Virginia has resolved to suspend lectures until May next. There were thirteen deaths at last aivires and others Iyipo Ill. The disease Is said to be typhoid fever- Nearly all the stud nus ha gone home. and meanwhile the buildings are to be thoroughly drained, ventilated and purified. One of the professors of the college at Lexington, Va. died of the measles; number of the students were sick and business suspended.
 By the following slip 1t appears that there is also trouble at the South Carolina College:
 COLUMBIA, March 27.-One hundred students at the South Carolina College have been s,is pended until October in consequence of insub- ordination. It appears that the faculty refused to suspend exercises on thanksgiving day. and the students tarred the benches in the recitation room and perpetratei other exceptonable acts.
 letter from Aspnwal of the date of March 18th says that "Slnta Anna, ex- President of Mexico, left Cartagena on Friday l2h mt, on he British steamer .for Hayaaa t IS understood baat he is on his t01y to Metico, under the au spices and protection oi Spun. Rumor says he can raise only S300o on his Turpacco property which cost him over one milon'
 By the time oar readers receive this, no doubt but that Col. Lockrise aud his party will have made descent on northern Mexico We are led to ex ect stirring events in that quarter for the next six m 'nths.
 Our readers will fud in another column a full account of the great religiousl revival. One feature of it ls that they immediately set their new converts to work rXhurters or preachers. Among the reported conversions was that of E Twin Forrest, the actor, but in a letter pub llshed he denies the cnnversion
 It would be singular to see such men as Aw- ful Gardiner Forrest aud others wa rsiua their paws in pulpit" Horace Greeley is among the converts. but We fear that he has taken up re- lision as new ism. If they convert hi,a. then there is hope for us all. Should the news prove true, and Horaces conversion be good one it will be the greatest bnw to the Dpvi, av,r o; ven since the days of the reformation.
 The Baltimore Sun says:
 man was sentenced in St. Louis few days ago. to the work house for six months for carrying ea s,eaied bowie knife. Here in B l. tlmore the fellow might have carried a dozen bowie knives, as many loaded revolvers and