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Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-07-21


 U. 5. GOVERNMENT PRosEcUTIoN-We had the pleasure last evening of an interview with D. 5. Donge, esq, special pension agent, who has been engaged in prosecuting the preliminary | examination of case of pension fraud in Fish omingo county, Mississippi. The defepdent was Mir. Ed. Strange, gentleman who is highly respected in this neighborhood. The fraudu- lent papers claimed land warrant in the name of Zachariah Jones. who was a soldier in the Florida war, and who has not been heard of for fifteen years. The accused was held in recog- nizance to appear at the December term of the United States court at Pentotoc, to take his trial on the charge. Cases of frauds upon the pension office, MT. Dodge informs us, arc be- coming alarmingly frequent; they are almost all perpctrated in the same manner as the one we have been speaking of; person who stands well in the community, and whose word is taken without hesitation draws up false papers; rely lns entirely upon his representations, the judi cia o,hcerS, who are required to sign the appl- cations, do so without examination, and the fraud Is consummated. This should act as warning to judicial officers, and they should in- variabiy lnsist on examining all papers they. are called upon to sign The case "a, Mir. Strange will be energetically prosecuted as all example. -MenDhis 4pDeal
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limited States Circuit Court.

Al the term of this court which adjourned # week. James R. Buchanan, attorney, for
 .,ly of Tennessee, late of Jacksonport, Ar
 .rsas was convicted on second charge of L.nsrnitting to the Pension office, forged wri-
 nos in support of a claim for military bounty
 nd The case underwent thorough exami- ot;op. The accused had the benefit of the ..,ous services of number of our most dis
 ;nguished lawyers, and the prosecution was kooducted with an energy and ability quite Loual to the occasion. On Wednesday the ate of our last issue, the prisoner was sen- k.nced to be imprisoned and kept at hard labor ror period Of seven years. Before being re- handed. he addressed the court bv way of an
 meal to the public from the verdict of the
 urr. and in explanation of the chain of cir
 ,umssnces upon which it was founded. Some
 Df his remarks were impressive and affecting, \ he dwelt upon the results of his disgrace to hb;s family and kindred. He said the chief o.nse which led to his accusation, arose from tbs habits of dissipation, into which he, unfor- funately, had fallen
 The case is one which has attracted an unu- sual degree of public attention, and the infu- ence of its example, it is to be hoped, will not be lost
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the representative of their labor and the re- suits of legitimate trade. A handsome sum thus came forward from Brownsville, but the best transaction that came to our knowledge was the sale of small package at fifty cents on the dollar Later in the day we learned that the notes deprecated to ten cents on the dollar, and we were informed last evening that Citizens Bank paper was dull at five cents per yard.
 Various expedients were resorted to to get rid of the worthless notes. many of which were somewhat amusing. In one instance a liquid acquaintance of ours offered a two dol lar bill for single drink, but he was promptly denied, and the rags would not even buy modlcum of "Dean's Extra" Citizens who were victimized in small amount were even rash enough, We are informed, to present the venerable editor of a morning cotemporary with twelve dollars in Citizens Bank currency. It did not seem to molify the feelings of our gifted friend. however, for at the ,ast accounts he was dlsposing of the entire bailk-queStion to an admlriug audience on popular corner.
 Seriously, we have many instances iu which the holders of the notes have been reduced to utter want by the failure of the bank in tIues- ton. young countryman, who has been la- boring assiduously to acquire d sum of money which would enahle him to purchase small tract of ground, had all his earnings in the notes of the broken institution. He had the deSired sum in his possession, and came to this city yesterday to make the payment and insure the transfer of the property. His feelings may be imagined when he received the sad an- nouncetnent of the failure of the bank, and the destruction of all his hopes.
 We uD not rol tn ba ur,st1,,pn q. a ynri. ticaion of the old saw, that the bitter was bitten, but we learned last evening that gentleman who had been director of the concern, was vlctimized to the amount of S700
 Passing the banking house last evening, we observed that some thoughtful individual had hung horseshoe on the door knob, to insure the establishment immunity from witches, gob- lins and other unnatural ills. The precaution Is rather late to prove effective, but we suggest that there are concerns of that ilk of some- what similar character that vii! require some thing more potent than horse-shoes to preserve them from the suspicious of an outraged peo- pie.
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From Pope County.
Pine Knob. Pope O.. June 30. 1858


 Mir EDITOR You and your readers, perhaps come to the conclusion, that the little brigade or division in this county, of the great demo- cratic army, are somew hat in state of mutiny or great confusion prevails in the ranks; per hals for the want of proper discipline, as is fre- quently the case with an army, when not in an- ticipatlon of meeting a formidable foe this kind of restlessness generally takes place, but now il is as has been anticipated, that old chief of whisgery and know nothngsm, has caused his bugie to be sounded once more to rally his scat tered ranks; nos will not that band of soldiers release the disorganizer they have under charge, and try him again on parol, and furnish a pass port that he may go unmoested, and let patri- otism and principle occupy the uppermost seat, and fly to their coul trys relief for they must be well apprised our forces should not remain III state of mutiny, when coming in contact with chef so eminentiv skillful. The demo- 'crats must accord to this chief as beiug bold ana ingenious, who can put on broad front in appearance, and give himself such an appear ance Tn his stately and majestic walk. as to oc cupy considerable space in the great territory of lmmensity, which all know is most re- markabe requisite to constitute a warrior. as it 1 often times fights many battles of itself. par 1 tlculariy if the enemy IS unsuspecting and in- | eXperlenced, but Sucn think Is not the case in this ccunty in regard to this old chief, demo- crats know him we'll, they know him of old, they have fought many political battles against l him and are bound to accord to him great tact, ability and every way an adroit politician, by | the bye tolerable fair debator, as democrats well know they have experienced much hard | fighting to conquer this old chef-lets take short review Of the past as it is proper and fit we should look into the political glass occasion | ally, We are apprised that we are unmindful and forgetfnl creatures, hence the great neces- | sity of examining ourselves, see what we are and what we have been, in like manner so ex- anime others. By reference to the past, find this old chief in the battle of forty, then it was received considerable light when the old sol dier brought forward the records from the war of twleve in the days of his youth. at which time he was a soldier, then 1 was enlightened about the Chillicothe money, the national bank being the great desideratum, and lever to bring about the great equilibrium. Jackson ty- l ranny, high tariff to protect northern manufac- lures, thereby enriching the north at the expense ! Of the south.
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From Youngs Sl nit of the South. The Feud between Gen. Renningsen and Col LoCkri6ge

Our readers have overlooked the newspaper war that has been going on of lae between Gen. iennIngseu and C3l.' Lockrid se-growiug out of a seeming competition between them for the good opinion of c ral Vidaurri, the Mexican Governor, who, jus. now is busy engineering the Sierra Matlre Republic, is Said not to be in disposed to accept Yankee help. Lockrld ,e is now n Texas, M.d ha, been in communication with Nidanrri, with view, as is supposed, of tend'ring his services, Apprized of this, Gen. Hennngsen, as If jealons "f Lockriige, and having certain lougings to find something to do iu Mexico himself, writes of to Vidturri all sorts of hard things about his rival. Lockridge returns the fire through the Texas and New Orleans papers, i'll q vein of scurrllty which even member of Congress might covct. The last message is d gem. Here 1t is:
 Brownsyile 7eras, May 25. 1858.
 Editor American Flag-My attention has been called to childish and sycophantic card by C. F. llenning<en, published in the New Or leans papers of the ooh inst. If this is the only reply he desires to make to my letter of the 29;h of April, which was published in the Flag and other journals of this State, will not again condescend to notice any publication he may hereafter make In that letter charged him with having made statements to Gen. Vidaurri that were base, malicious and cowardly falsehools, and further pronounced him liar, scoundrel, and low, dirty puppy.
 II after such charges he does not desire the satisfaction that is known among honorable men, can pay no further attention to him, but will, nevertheless. preserve the right to post him as coward both in New Orleans and in New York al an early day. In conclusion, as this is m V last notice of C. F. Hennngsen, I will say to the public that he has shown every disposition to avoid me, or he would not have visited lIon- terey and returned via Galveston Indanolo, Corpus Christi and Laredo, instead of passing through Brownsville, which is the nearest and most direct route to Monterey, and at which place he knew me to be.
 Respectfully,
 s. A. LOCKRIDGE Henningsen, we see, left New Orleans the other day en route for New York. The know ing ones here give out-but with how much truth it is impossible to say-that he visits New | York on business that may have close connec- ton with the Colts pistols, Sharpe's rifles. and 1 George Laws muskets that were shipped from ] that city to Matamoras not long since.
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that the Governor boasts of are of great consid. eration, on his part; but his heats show him to be colt of rather cool heels.
 Had it not been for conventions, which he never abandons and abuses, T. s. Drew would never have been Governor of the State of Ar. kansas--shouder to shoulder stood the old in. vlncible democracy discordants and all to tool him into knighthood, and had he have showed to his true friends an ordinary disposition of reciprocity still he might have held their con- tdence, but the aohite plumed hero of Encarna- cion was his only, ever bosom chumv. whom he afterwards to the disgrace of the State made U, s Senator, and Tommy now proposes him. self candidate for mem Der of Congress. think ing to be crammed into office by whigs, know knothines, dsaifected democrats, and rotators.
 Your chance is slim Tom
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Enr in. Trna no,.,
For tn. True Democrat. .7 To the Democratic Voters of White and Jackson Counties

HaVlng received the nomination of the de- mocratic party of your district, became can oloate to represent you in the Senate of the next State Legislature, and entered upon the canvass, with the hope and expectation, that the democracy of the district would unite upon me as their candidate, but not so, we soon found lour candidates In the field, one an avowed know nothing, two Independent candidates, professing to be democrats, vet ignoring and repudiating your eonventlons as being bogus, etc.; thereby disorganizing and distracting the party So much so as to render my success doubtful and the election of Wm Stone, know nothing. to be certain. For me to continue in the field. when by withdrawing, 1 could heal the breach aud save the party from defeat would have been runous With the view, therefore, to harmonize P,rson Stamps, Rev. $. s. Leach and myself. mutually agreed 10 withdraw, if Capt. Decus McCreerv would consent in our stead to become the only democratic candidate. This the Captain has consented 10 do, and Is now in the field. making an effort to gather up the scattered elements of democracy.
 am, therefore, fellow-democrats. no longer candidate. To the democracy who stood firm to the nomination, and to my numerous friends, Who were honoring me with their friendship. encouragement and support, hereby tender my most proiouno acknowied gments, and trust 1 need make no other apology, than to say, that preferred the success of my party with its beloved p'ihc,pies' to my owb personal promotion, and silal l was unwilling to risk the success of de- liiocfatic principles iu this district bv continuing e c'nd date, when by withdrawing could carry on the professed democratic candidates and thereoy leave the party to concentrate upon standard bearer more capable, and well worthy 10 lead them, in the palmist days of the party For Tn Capt. McCreery into whose hands I re. sign my charge, the dem6cracy of the district will at once recognize one in whom they can rely with confidence to bear their banner on to victory aud to honor
 Very respectfully,
 NJ MOODr
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A Card from Err. Charles Dickens

Three and twenty years have passed since I entered upon my present. relations with the public. They began when 1 was so young that l hnd them to have existed for nearly quarter Uf a century.
 Through all that time have tried to be as faithful 10 the public as they have been to me. It was my duty never to title with them or to deceive them, or to presume upon their favor or do any thing with it but work hard and justify
 it. 1 have always endeavored to discharge that duty.
 My conspicuous position has often made me the subject of fabulous stories and uuaccouut- able statements. Occasionally such things have chaled me, or even wounded me- but 1 have always accepted them as the shadows insepar- able from the light of my notorietv and suc- cess have never obtrude! auy such personal uneasiuess ot mine U ui4,n the generous aggregate of my audience.
 For the first time in my life, and believe for the last, l deviate from the principle have sO long observed, by presenting myself in my own journal ill my own private character, and entreating all my brethren Gas they deem that they have reason to think well of me, and to . NuloW that l am man who has ever been un- aiiectedIy true to our common calling) to lend tneir aid to the dissemination of my present words.
 1 Some domestic trouble of mine of long stand. l ing on which 1 will ma.le 10 further remark | than that 1t claims to b. res peaJed d, being of a sacredlv private nature has hrciy been hrought i to an arrangement which involves no anger or ! Ill will If y lud and the whole origin, pro- gross aud surrounding cirrunlstaGces oi which 1 have been throughout within Jhe Knowledge of my children. IL k aBlcaijv lniused. and it's ! de.ala nave now 10 De forgotten by those co. . | cerned iu 1t.
 By some means arising out of wjckedneSs, or out of lolly, or out oi lucouceiyable wild chance or out "t all taree this trouble has Leen made ' the occasion ot m.>rcp presentation most grossly false, mos m"ust'ou, uii most cruei-lnvoIv- ! lua uot oaiy me, but innocent persons Gear to | my heart, and l}toncnt pe-Sols of whom i have uo knowledge Ii indeed they have any eX'Stelioe-atd so widely spread that doubt 1T one reader in thuu5and will pcruSe these lines by hom some touch of lhe breath oi | these slllaerS will uot have passed like aa un- wholesome air
 ! Those who know me and my nature need To assurance under my hand that sycn calumnje, are Ifre"OAciiaDe with ne d., they are, in | this frantic iucoherencc, win one auo. h.r But there is d great nuititpde who kuow me through my writings aud who do nos know me otherwise; and cannot bear that one of them should he left in doubt, or hazard of loub through my poorly shrinking from ta5in5 tn. uUSual means to which how resort ot crcu- | lating the truth.
 most solemuly declare, then,-and this I do ooch i'll my own name and my wifc's-that all the lately whispered runors touching the trouble at which have glanced are abomiuaby ialse, and that whoever repeats one of them after this denial will lie a> wiltuiy and Is fouliy as 1t is possible for any false witness to lio be
 fore heaven and earth
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Prem SaiIHc County.
Benton .4rI. .Iulv l7tI

De"t'h -|h., Juiy lith, lSJS. MR EDIroR-tlavnga a few leisure moments have concluded to drop you a line to let vou know how matters and th,n4s are carried nj, i, these parts. Well, this is the day ou which the candidates for the various offices in the oft ot the good people of old Saline were to a,i. dress them at the county sat in the towu of Benton, and at the hour appointed L. H. Bean. the dlsorgan'zmg candidate for representative. ed oil, aud a't-r detaiuilg the audience for the space ol two hours, speaking about varou> things that had no reference to the sutiacl such as the beauty of his wife" and He Morul of Russia" etc, made d feeble attempt to justify hls course n becomlnga a candidate, and rrl,u- dated conventions as curse 10 tho d~n"cra- tic party, aud denounced all those as corrnpt and infamous who took any part in the conye,l- ton that was held here un the 3d Munday of AWll list, and maSinga grand effort Chat is irr hm) ,o get the sympathy oI the Anerc.n 1 party by cnlhrg himself the friend of John r. Irgg. And thereupon w. 4. Crawforl. the democratic nominee, rose and in d brief but for cible manner showed to the satisfaction of the whole crowd that Bean was Lot only d.sor | s.uiIzer, bu. that he had sacrificed every prn- Hple of all honorable man, by bccoming'a can ddate after he had pied 5ed himself to abide the decision of democratic convention, for it s well Known that he came out in an article n the True Democrat some tune previous to the conventon pledqu- himself to that effect-- ! Billy CrawIor,i handles Bean without gloves. a"d for his practice ne is oA' of the bes, pub- l.c speakers that have heard for long tune. and tell you that he will come up with the largest majority on the first Monday in August next tha' has ever been given in the couaty.- have been as several Of their public speAi,inss and Crawford fairly demohshcs nm on every oc-,sio.
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NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN That on Monday ! V the tiith day of November. in the year 1S4s Frederick Buclniim. purchased at saie ot lands ior hon payment of taxes made by William Wilson. shcrli of tine county of Perry and State Arfans> " authority of and according to law the north east quarter of section B, in towl-hir north range west of the 5th principal meridian, containing one hundred aud sixty acres lying ill the said county pt Perry, iu the Stalc of Arkansas for the sum of tour dollar, unI eighty cents: and on the 27th day of February l>5l. received deed of convey ance for slid iand. and executed by Thomas $. Haynes, the then sheriff of said county
 Now therefore, al persons whocan set up any right 70 silc lands So purchased, to any part thereof in tpuSequ ne If any ntannaiIy, or any rregllarity "r Illegally connected with such sale are hereby cal t1 upon to show the next term of the Perry cIcgit courl o be Eed in and the county of Perry a5 Inc place appointed by law, ou te frs; Monday nlter ii" 4j5 MuHIay tn TaTcl. 1859. why ,he sale 70 made shall net bt confirmed pursuant to petition ne fvd b, in said court for that pur- l Se. FREDEkiCk BUChlNHIM.
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Our Condition.

Weare happy 10 be able to announce that all the rivers are AIlng rapidly. and are now within thelr banks. Since last "Wednesday the water lnside the leyee has receded from six to eigth feet, and many ot the first floors are out of wa ter. Numerous families moving back into ther houses, aud we presume, bv eur next is- sue. IL will be hard tO find aGv water in Cairo except ni the clstcrlS, though there may be plenty Of mud. The stench, since the water commenced falling, has been almost insuiera- bIe, ard may, possibly, cause much sickness; but we hope for the best as efforts arc being made 10 neu;Ial.zc it, and render the towl. as healthy as possible.
 Onr town has suffered immensclv-rnuch more than was anticipated. In tne great mAiorj- ty oi hotise> which were not moved from their places. the ilooc" have bur>tcd or sprung up the l'ias.onn3 has cracked or fallen, the fences are ali {one, kitchens tilted up and cs,erns filled, wllh dr'y, filthy fragrant" watar The ,e- I post !eti ln the house ls of slimv, oltesivc chHr"ter, and l, from one 10 two inches q ,ep. \ \ \ these things will soon b. remed ed. howev- \ rf' a1 our ctlzens are cnterIri>ing, "5o-ahcad' k'ud ot people, and nave not the least id4a nf abAudouul; the place-ou t:.e contrary. under ! line asSU-auc,s Of the Cairo Cou,pallv aud the ! limos Central Railroad Comptuv. they have 1 stronger hopes than ever of mak.ns ltlTo tha i cliy oi tne west. There will be plenty of work for mcc uaris of all kinds. IS soon as the riy ar ful~ so that they can % to work besides there will b. several hundred hands a5 work on .he levee building them seven feet higher than the rise in the rlyers This will have the effect of briugjng here hnndredS of people, and will give our city more lively apreata}ce than any place Oh the river. We tell more about these things by our next lSSue'
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RIVAS, n
 THOMAS MARTINEZ, JUAN RAFAEL MORA.

May l, 1858
 While these events are transpiring on this continent, we find that the nephew of his uncle is surprising all Europe by the extent of his maraiims preparations. Not only has he re- Dovated all the ships. but has built and armed steamers and gum boats In fact the French fleet is all of recent and excellent build, com blnIpg the latest improvements both in vessels and armament
 By their '' Inscription Marine' 80OOO sailors were added to her navy, all armed with revol- vers. All her ports are fortified and put in order.
 These preparations created some excitement in England and the press of that country drew serious attention to these facts and to others, which We have 10 time to enumerate. How
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PUMA GRUIS.
Green Groue, July 14. 1858

MT. EDIToR-Permit me to say through your valuable paper, that the new steamboat called Conway, now six miles below Lewisburg, in Conway county, will be ready to ply between Little Rock ard Fort Smith by the 1st Novem- ber It Is well constructed for low water not exceeding more than 12 inches draught light, and Will not fail to render all the comforts and accommodations to passengers and shippers that can be done under the circumstances of d low water boat A. GORDON x co