Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-11-03
What the Arkansas Pauers Saw

cle, concerning the General Assembly which W, would like to copy, if our columns were no so crowded with the message and proceedings The editor in an article upon the Red rive raft, enunciales an impor d neglected truth. He says, in speaking of the formation of company to effect the removal of the raft:
 We stop not to enquire, at this time. as to the plans of the company. Individual enter. prise, we have ever maintained would accom- plish what the government has heretofore fail ed to do; aud having the utmost confidence in the ability, integrity and energy of the gentle men engaged in the enterprise, we can cordial. ly and cheerfuly commend the project to the favorable and early consideration of our legs. lature'
 The Independent Balance drops its neutrali- ty and comes out, openly in opposition to the democratic party. The editor says that so far as he will sustain the views of any political party, they will be those which constitute the platform of the American party. He does not tell his readers which platform As that same American party had, in its varied existence. platforms by the score. the editor should tell his readers which one he stands on. Is it the Baltimore platform with its anti-savery plank?
 The Brownsville Echo gives an account of the blowing up of sleam mill at Richwoods in Prairie county, by which three persons were killed and two wounded.
 The same paper in noticing hotel in Des
 
 Arc, says of the proprietor: "Mr. Booth is an accommodating man and will feed you we'll and make you agreeable'' If he does this, we the Rock to board "a spell' with MT. Booth, for if he can make them agreeable it will be gain to society.
 The Jefferson Independent mentions the burning of the fine dwelling house of Mrs. Clay, in Arkansas county. The same paper has the following in relation to the representa- tive from that county:
 By letter from Col Embree dated Oct. 4th, we learn that he thinks of starting home by | the 18th or 20th of this month From the 1 tone of his letter we think he rather anticipates defeat from the fact of his long absence from the State. Fie Coll You should have more confidence in the democratic party, and in the effective operation of your friends who are members of that party You should have had better opinion of us, than to suppose we could have suffered defeat when fighting under such victorious colors.
 We are sorry to learn that Col. Embree does not consider himself as entirely relieved of his malady, though improved in health. He says on this subject: T hope to leave here by the 18th or 2Oth, Jenefttea but fear not permanent ly cured.'"
 The Searcy Eagle gives list of the premi- ums awarded at the late fair in White county. We see that several of our citizens took pre- miums, as follows:
 Fastest trotter and best pair of match horses, H. c. Ashley. Best stallion, w. F. Ashley Buggies and Phaeton and sign painting. A. J. gourds, J. w. McConaughey. Canary birds, Mrs. McConaughey.
 The White River Arkansian thus revels among sweets:
 "The finest specimen of molasses from the Chinese sugar cane we have seen was sent to us by Mir. Joseph Egner The cane was grown on his farm near town. The syrup from it is perfectly clear and transparent, with a taste equal to the best quality of sugar house molas- ses"
 The Fort Smith Herald has the following:
 "The True Democrat is mistaken about our loaning w. J. Roberts S25 before he left here. It should reverse the article in relation to him and give the Herald credit for the first one The editor of the Times is minus the S25 and not us.''
 We have been publishing paper good while and if half of what our opponents say be true have had fat takes" but find it dffi- cult to raise that amount. We car conceive how an editor would lend S25, if he had it, but it puzzl es us to know how one could raise that sum. Does the editor of the Times swap horses fl yht hickens or dabble in fancy stocks?
 If he had said S5, we might have believed it readily, but we must be pardoned for having our doubts.
 The Van Buren Intelligencer contains the message of John Ross Principal Chief of the Cherokees
 It is succinct, well written document, takes strong ground in favor of internal improve ments and schools and is model of brevity.
 When Stephen A. Douglas was "without fear and without reproach," though opposed in those days by the self-same Lincoln and Trum- bull, the opposition papers could see no good in him. The Kansas Nebraska bill, of which he was the author was the target of their shafts and no epithets, form of expression, or combi- nation of words seemed strong enough to ex- press their hatred and detestatio1 of the Illi- noisan. Now, Douglas has grown greatly in their favor, and they pat him on the shoulder in the south, while most of the northern sheets cheer on Lincoln. As between Douglas and Lincoln, great many democrats Col Rust, among them, prefer Douglas. We had occa- sion to notice the significance of the fact that the know nothings were approving Douglas, and thereupon the Ouachita Herald blows this blast at us:
 "MoRE SIGNIFIcANT-Col Albert Rust has avowed himself favorable to the election of Douglas in Illinois. This is one of the signifi- cant facts which the True Democrat has failed to notice. Until how long will the good peo- pie of this State suffer their intelligence thus lnsulted by that unclean beast--the organ !"
 We have rather referred to the Herald here tofore as one of those presses that had some character, and we naturally supposed that an editor who aspired to seat in Congress would endeavor to preserve some dignity. Instead of that he calls us beast-an unclean beast!
 There is no accounting for taste and if the editor chooses to degrade himself by. using such language, we cannot help it. We are glad to find they have had invention enough to ap- ply new phrase to us. We were getting very tired of the stale epithets applied to us, and though the term unclean beast'' is anything but complimentary, it has tbe merit of novelty.
 We tried to treat the editor of the Herald as man of ability and who would keep with in the bounds of editorial courtesy, but despite our efforts he persists in throwing himself away
 Pity that a man of his talents should so prostitute them!