Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-09-15
What the Arkansas Papers Say.


 The Arkausaw Traveller has an article defn- ing the position of its editor, in the late canvass He was not candidate in opposition to cov vention, as the only two counties in the district that held conventions favored him. That he was know nothing he emphatcally denies, but we suppose the denial is needless, for Scott for the last four years, has been doing good ser vice in the democratic ranks.
 He also reprehends the custom so prevalent in Arkansas, of admitting persons to bail who have committed homicide. Unless criminals are strictly dealt with, the number of fights and murders will increase instead of decreas- ing
 The South Arkansas Democrat has the fol- lowing in relation to the crops:
 "The crops of this county are generally very good, and would have been unusually so, but for the long continuance of the dry weather in the latter part of the season. There will be surplus of corn made for home consumption in this county. There was heavy rain here on yesterday"
 The Washington Telegraph thus speaks good word for our city, in view of the Des Arc meeting in rel ation to the removal of the Sta;e capitol.
 "Gov Conway, in his message to the last Legislature, recommended an appropriation for the purpose of repairing the capitol building, now in rather dilapidated condition; but the Legislature not only refused to make such an appropriation, but came near designating ano- ther point for the erection of new capitol.- The question of removing the capitol we see s again being agitated. The citizens of Des Arc, Prairie county, recently held meeting on the subject, and proposed erecting the necessary buildings and donating them to the State, if the Legislature would remove the seat of govern meut from Little Rock to Des Are Teis IS liberal enough, but really We do not see any reason why the capitol should be re- moved at all. It is well enough situated where 1t is, and is more central and fully as accessi- ble Des Are or any other point have heard suggested. The people of the State at large would not be benefited by its removal, | aud that the interests of few should he pro- noted at the expense and to the injury o the people of Little Rock, would be an act of in- justice."
 The Telegraph has, also, the followingitem "The Monticello Sage in sf<akjng of the ar rest of James F. Lane, late candidate for the Legislature in Polk county. and his removal to North Carolina, says that he was charged with the crime of murder This is mistake. It was pecuuiary matter altogether. 4 gentle man residing in Green boro', \. C., was his security for the payment of some eight hun dred or a thousand dollars, which. Lane left hIm to pay, absorbing from the State. The gentleman asceItaintd his whereabouts-came on, arrested him and took h;m back"
 The Fort Smith Times has this word to say in relation to the removal of the capitol:
 Friend Merrill, look out, may be, We in the west would like to have the seat of govern ment of the State little more tcest than Des Arc an! q little more central too. What would ! Des Are think of having the capitol removed and located about Dardauelle?-Eht
 The State Rights Eagle has rather dis ! couraging account of the cotton crop in that section which, 1t says will not be more than half crop.
 From the Des Arc Citizen we learn of the death of Hon. Tom B. Turner, of Prairie coun- ty.
 The editor in reply to an article in the Trav- eer relative to the removal of the capitol, to Philadelphia, contends that they have at Des Arc, the best location in the State
 The Van Buren Intelligencer has the follow ing item:
 EXTRAORDINARY ANGLING-On Tues day last the tinuy tribe suffered by the hook. A party of anglers composed of Capt. Pennywit, Capt. Thruston, Levi Chapman, J. NJ. Clemm. J. r. smith and L. Jones, proceeded to the Mclaughlin lake, about eight miles below this piacp and aif fnur h,>urc ttSi .b,,- 1O4 of the finest trout it was ever our lot to lay our eyes on."
 The editor notes the arrival of one of But terfeld & Co.'S. overland mail coaches with three passengers.
 The Fort Smith Times notices the arrival of the U. $. troops as follows:
 "rhe U. s. troops, under command of It. Steen, designed as an escort for It. Beale, ar rived here on the 9th inst. They came by water to Roseville, where they disenbarked, the river being too low for the steamer Light foot, on which they were to proceed farther up the river. We learn that the health of the command is good.'
 The Powhatan Advertiser has the follow ing in relation to the man who was pursued ftom Tennessee and hung in this State:
 " The man who was found hanging to a tree near Grahd Glaize in Jackson county, a week or so ago, has of course been properly buried by the good citizens of that neighborhood. - We are like our neighbor of the Balance. op- posed to being hanged in any way--but if hung We want DO labels on our back We would like to know what is the difference between a horse thief and Tennessee horse thief.'-- This man when found was marked and labeled Tennessee horse thief and if Tennessee horse thief what jurisdiction had Arkans,,s over him, admitting the justice of lynch law? Ar. kansas horse thieves had better look out when in Tennessee or they will be labeled"
 The Jefferson Independent in an article re- lative to the removal of the capitol, puts in a claim for Pine Bluff In his article the ed tor gives us some items relating to the growth of that section of the country. He says:
 "There were brought last year into the coun. ties of Jefferson, Arkansas aud Desha, by plan- ters and traders about four thousand negroes, that are now almost all engaged in cultivating our great staple There Is scarcely planter in our county that has not put this year in cuti- vaion one-i fifth more land than usual. and where places have changed hands, the increase of open land has been much greater. Town and country, as a matter of course, keep pace in improvement with each other"
 The article winds up this way:
 "Why shouldn't we have the capitol here, if Little Rock be growing too old fogy for our fast legislators? If our river navigation does | not satisfy the travelling wants of that body, 1 we will resuscitate and build for them our now | defunct railroad to Napoleon. We will make | any amount of promises as to what we will do |