Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-09-08
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far, we now proceed to notice their offer. They say if they were offered the post of private sec retary and an unlimited swing at the treasury, that they might sell out to Gov. Conway. We have not consulted with the Governor, but we can assure them that he would not have them at any price, They would be dear as gift.- They can neither be private secretary or have an unlimited swing at the public money. They are unsaleable They might sell out to the black republicans, but that market IS full et just such material. Possibly, for the sake of having an ally in the southern State of Arkan- sas they might get an advantageous ofer-- They can write to Seward, Beecher, Greedy x Co.
 The assault upon us in July last, in the col umns of the Herald, was unjust and unpro- voked. The editors of that sheet betrayed their real feelings towards us and to the demo- cratic party. Hereafter, let them attend to their little pet humbugs of western interests" western men," and such stuff.
 We know that Fort Smith and Van Buren are flourshing cities. destined to become large and influential places; we know that the great west has. in common with all portions of the State interests to be fostered and protected, but we are much mistaken in the character of the gentlemen who will compose the next Gen. eral Assembly, if they will not seek for the post of U. s. Senator man, come from what quarter he may, who will go in for the whole interest of the whole State; age and of the whole Union They will seek a man whose democracy is catholic enough to take in the whole common wealth, and not part ofit only.
 From the Jefferson Independent we learn that Messrs. Embree and Grace are the only candidates for representative from that county; both Mr. Fell and MT. Williams declining to ruu. If the democracy do their duty, and the Independent thinks they will, Col. Embree will be elected.
 The Independent describes three stalks of cotton; one with 300 bolls and squares; one with 347 bolls and forms on it, and the other, but let him describe 1t:
 But the premium stalk-the one that takes the cakes-was brought to our office by Mir. Singleton, from the plantation adjoining town, known as the Armstrong place" and cultivat- ed now by Emmet Cockrill We counted it carefully and found that the single stalk SUD- ported five hundred and twenty seven bol!s and forms This is magnificent stalk, being only about five feet hgh but with large wide-spread- ing limbs, one of which alone had one hundred and twenty-five bolls and squares on it. The joints are not remarkably short, but the limbs are long and numerous, and the bolls are evenly spaced on each limb. An acre of such cotton would, with a late frost, produce large amount of cotton, if the old rule for calculating a cotton crop in the field be correct; which is--rows four and halffe apart, stalks twenty inches in the drill, and twenty-two good sized bolls on a stalk Twill make bale to the acre" We wish we had space in which to copy the article on northern tourists.
 We differ somewhat with the editor of the Independent on the question whether the south lost by the passage of the English conference bill. This is question upon which democrats may honestly differ. We commend Senator Clays speech to the Independent. The Alaba- mian certainly makes strong case.
 The Ouachita Herald has long article on the Kansas question. He attacks democracy directly and Bell Cnttenden & Co. indirectly. lie does not name the latter, but his article is SD applicable to them, that his readers will no doubt make the application. It is a source of pride to every democrat in the south that their delegation voted for the bill to a man. If the south Americans had been true to their country, Kansas would have been admitted at once- Pity, that treason to the south should be found among her sons.
 The Fort Smith Times has the following:
 The Wrong Man. The Austin Inteligencer relates a curious circumstance in regard to the appointment of a geologist for the State of Texas. Dr. Shumard, of this State, short time since received the ap- pointment, but upon his repairing to the capital to enter upon the discharge of his duties, it ap- peared that his brother who resides in Austin, was the appointee. It is somewhat singular that c w Ruuneis should not know who he was appointing to so important an ofice.-- Washington (Ark.) Telegrdph
 The above notice we find going the rounds, and, as the appointee, Dr. G. G. Shumard, is a llow-townSman, we enqured into the matter little and find that there is some mistake in the report. The fact is, as we are told, that Dr. c. c. Shumard of this city, did receive and now holds the appointment of State geologst of Texas, and Is at present ca his way to the east to procure instruments, to be used in the survey, and that he has instructions to connect with him in said survey his brother Dr. B. F. Shumard, of St. Louis, Mo-"
 The State Rights Democrat has an item con- cerning cotton bolls that lays the Independent in the shade. It says:
 "rhe Baton Rouge Advocate boasts of stalk of "Dean' cotton having two hundred and ttty-three bolls upon it. We can double that in this region and not half try. On the plantation of Mir. l. E. McGehee, of Old Town Ridge n this county, about twenty miles from Helena, stalk of cotton may be seen ou which there is five hundred and thirty bolls, and lots of stalks with more than four hundred upon the m"
 The Sage of Monticello has the following concerning the crops:
 "We recently visited several counties out west, and found the crops cut short by the drouth. The people of this vicinity have sui. tered less in this respect than in any other To- calty within our knowledge. The crops here. we are told have not been materially injured for the want of rain. It is suggested by wag that the reason of this is, men in his reqion are better to their ,oiUes. Health about town remains good.'
 The able editor, A. NJ. Scott, is travelling through the southern counties and in letter he gives us this information concerning spiri tualsm in Hampstead county:
 :" At Nashville, there is party of spiritual lsts. had conversation with one of the leading men, and he told me that he held daily communication with the spirit world-tha he conversed with spirits, and received communi- cations. One widow lady who is spritualist, and her husband was also one, soon after his death proessed to have received com munica- ton from him requesting her not to marry, as he had found his former wife in the spirit world al- ready married there. Very recently the young widow professed to have received second dis patch touching the. premises, taking off all re- strictions, and the beautiful woman at once dof- fed her half mournino an,1 antarad wi h haart,,