Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-07-06
News Items.

George D. Prentice, the editor of tis nothing bible, has become son of temp "While the lamp holds out to burn," ;a
 Capt. Patrick Calhoun, son of Joht houn, died at Pendleton, S C., last mo-4 was about s years of age and had bssa United States army ten or twelve ye'A
 The following from the States, saoE there are 64, 400 applications for bou7 warrants under the act of March 5, k Il yet disposed Of:
 PENSION BUREAU--The following siract oi the bu, mess of the pension turs der the act of the Sd of NJ Mrch, 1855, last month (MayD
 Number of Applications for bount! land received ..........
 Number of warrants or certificates
 lHSUeu ............. Total number os applications rrclev-
 Ci Total number of warrants iSSued., y
 It will require 28,le9, ,9lO acres a'aaa ! lands to saJi>iy these warrants. as to.I'n S0,729 warrants of 16D acres each I4a 94735. :. do. .12O. .do.... lln 40.O10. .. .do.... 80. .do.... Ss
 334. .. do . =. 60. .do..
 412 ... .do... 40. .do..
 do. =. 100. .dp..
 5.... .do.... 10. .do.... 224,350 2SB|
 The population of Kansas is essn4| 100000.
 Major Sith of New Orleans, has az Thomas E. Adams now, or iormcI! house of Moses Greenwood & Co.,, end Ice. The appointment appears to sin' satisfaction.
 One NJ. c. Kjmball writes to the \. une and proposes plan to prevent o7sa the Mississippi river. Heproposes to c' al so as to empty the Missouri intoth' Il river from whence the waters would Lake Winnepeg and thence into Hudsoi K The waters of the ArkarsaS river S' taught to run down Bayou Bartholomew into the Ouachita and Black rivers anl the Atchaialava, or Bed river theoS wrad, to the Gulf of Mexico, without " the Mississippi river. Which, pan' n' least of it, is a very cheapt and teas'S To perform the labor, pay the damas@ who would be cut oif and others who VI llooded, would take S5U0,OU0OOO ana 7 twenty years time.
 Since the above was written we n-u Helena Shield an earnestly written c'DD' ton from James B. Miles, who insas '1' only practicable plan by which bottom !" be reclaimed is by cut oGs. He argues 7 ton plausibly and cites instances ID ''F his theory.
 On the other hand, in the abe reP'' {, committee on the landed interests oi '1' ! made to the last General Assembly T'' opinion given by G. W. Hugues, eOs'' which, among other things. he says
 "ln regard to the consequences Oi '. there are differences of opinion, tn00'. agreed by all, believe, that the systems /, , offs and ieveeing cannot be carried ~ , same time, as they have contrary eDsS levees in the neighborhood of cut-oa' ' by the incressed caving caused by V tional current which the light mater posing the river banks, Is not ca2aols, v ing. The straight line distance from sI of the Ohio to the Cult of Mexico, s'Tr miles, and the descent of the rlvef 7, about z inches per mile, but the Mss, it's slnuosities, measures l20O miles De''', same points, thus making the deScep. river, only 3 inches per m.le, which s,s ss, locity of about miles per hour; and Y. are found capable or resisting this cu's. 7, no more, or rather the river lengtheI;s <, :, caving until it's current is so reduced, :. hanks can resist it. So, when cut-ou ' the river is shortened, and as consequs, current increased, and the river enS'p',, by caving, until the current is the sam, fore, and until the river attains is length"
 We are glad to see this subject discus there isnone so important to the peop. lower valley of the Mississippi, as 'D'' permanent reclamation of their bo9'V''
 We saw it asserted as singular 7 great oyertiows came every seven yeaa m '37, A, '51 and '58. The stateni''