Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-05-18
What Arkansas Papers Say.

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 What Arkansas Papers Say. The Fort Smith Times, and by the bye, the Fort Smith papers always have interesting items, thus discourses of one Col. John J. Shoemaker, who figured largely in the western portion of the State, for year past:
 A NEW PHASE IN EEGINEERING-On Sa- turdav last we met with one of Col Shoema- ker's engineers on the hunt of the Colonel, he, like the Dutchman's COW, come up-naissinq. This Shoemaker bubble, has at last busted up, | leaving his engineers, and others minus thelr wages We have a small bill, also unsettled, which we fear will put Us to trouble to get However, speaking of humbugS, we presume greater hunabug that this same C0t2HeR John J. Shoemaker, agent and chief engineer of the Little Rock and Fort Smith branch of the Cairo and Fulton railroad, never entered Arkansas; and we hope the good people of this State will learn lesson from this matter which will put them on the,r guard, in luture so as not to be too ready 10 turn their affairs over to the hands of strangers, vii bout knowing them. Where Is Col. Shoemaker? Echo answer-where"'
 The same paper says:
 We learn that one company of the 1st in- fantrv, has been ordered to Fort Arbuckle.- That IS doing pretty well; one company of in- tantry, about 40 soldiers to protect the frontier of Arkansas"
 At the late municipal election Joseph J. Walton was elected mayor of Fort Smith.
 They have quite religious revival at Helena. The Shield says:
 The religious excitement in this city con- tinues with unGiminished interest Day and night the chuych is filled with large and atten- tive congregations, and great numbers are seek ing their souls salvation. Tine professors of religion appear to be animated by the true Christian sp.rit, and all denominations are unit ed in urging forward the good work They labor uutirugly for the eternal welfare of the people; aud may they meet with the greatest success that they desire, even until the whole community be brought to he foot of the cross.
 Some sixty or seventy persons have already proie,sed religion, and the altar Is still crowded with mourLers."
 Tha. racy paper, the South Arkansas Demo crat, comes as usual filled with spirited articles. Here is one of them:
 Some ef our Arkansas know nothing CO., temporaries are tremendously exercised, as to the position which the southern democracy will occupy in 1860 owing to the present condition of the kausas question Now if everybody south had been as true to her interests as the southern democracy, Kansas would at this time have been slave State instead of freesoil ter- ntory But unfortunately for the south there were ce1tain s2utterh kaotC-nothiHgs in Congress, who betrayed and deserted the south, and thereby defeated the admission of Kausas- The whole southern democracy voted right It IS for the purpose of throwing dust in the eyes of the people, and binding them to the unnatural conduct of southern members of their own party, that southern know-uothirg journals leap smack over present issues, and fall to pro- phesylng about southern democracy in 186O.- They are afraid of real existing facts, and there fore dive off into the future and talk learnedy and wisely about things which have not yet happened, and never will happen"
 From the Independent Balance we clip por- ton of a correspondence with that paper, that contains a singular statement.
 The writer says:
 "The hog cholera has done much damage in Crittenden and Mississippi counties. It com menced its destructive work about the middle Of November last, and has destroved many
 
 had lost four hurdred Iii truth nearly all the hogs of the two counties have died-especially on or near the river. No cause of the dreadful disease has yet been discovered Many have been opened, with various results; some appear entirely sound; others are affected in the lungs, aud others in the bowels No remedy is vet discovered. The use of coal oil has proved more effective than any other remedy yet discovered, he ortt b,a I sustained here by this disease cannot be repair ed for years to come. It has DO respect to con- ditlon ether-taking the old or young, fat or poor, alike leaving the pen, the farm and the woods all nearly without hogs
 Many heavy planters lost most of their pork hogs in the pen.
 April 20th, 1858. J. NJ S."
 From the same paper we learu of the escape of Lafayette L. Sullivan, convicted of murder.
 The Searcy Eagle in commenting upon an article that appeared in the Gazette and De- mocrat relative to pair of sheep imported for Chas. A. Carroll, esq. of Conway county, says:
 The editor is greatly mistaken if he thinks these are the finest sheep it has ever been the good fortune of any Arkansas man to procurc.' In the spring of 1857 two of our enterprsing citizens, Capt. D. M'Creery ard Dr. D. r. Green imported from Kentucky hoenty-seUen full blooded Cotswold, among which were two bucks which yielded one l3 the other II lbs. of wool at the age of only tw eIve months. They were purchased from MT. Robert w. Scott, near Frankfort, Ky. The flock now numbers about fifty. White county is not only importing fine sheep, but fine cattle as well: such as Durham, Ayershire, etc, and also some fine blooded horses are soon expected"
 The Washington Telegraph has leading ar tice in relation to the formation of new party. The editor wants conservative party-a na- tional conservative party-in opposition to the democratic party, wilfully shutting his eyes to the fact that the party he opposes is the true national conservative one. Of course there will be new organization. We have some curiosity as to what its name will be. none as to its character. From its parentage we know that it is bound to be at least three parts mig ger," and avoiding the rock upon which know nottingham struck and foundered, it will advo cate free suffrage, requiring, at the most, that aliens shall have filed their declarations of in tention to become citizens, ten days before the election.
 0IF In our exchanges, we often meet with accounts of the revivifcation of persons appa-