Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-01
What the Arkansas Papers Say.

 the other day, several stalks of rye, grown upon his farm, which beat anything for height we have ever seen, to the best of our recollection. The longest measures within few inches ot eight feet in height, and the others are very nearly up to it. Can anybody beat it?'
 The Searcy Eagle publishes the proceedings of meeting held at Fears store in Conway county the object of which was to take the necessary steps to have county created out oi the territories of the present counties Of Con- way. White, Van Buren, Prairie and Pulaski. As requested We copy the proceedings in another column.
 The editor of the Eagle says concerning the formation of a new county:
 "We have no particular objection to giving off of the west end of our county 1f we must give any, They are as king territory on all sldeS of us however. We noticed meeting oi tue citizens of White Prairie, Jackson and Monroe some time ago for the same purpose Our c'tl- zens will hardly consent to give of any of our eastern or river frontier"
 We clip the following from the Helena Shield
 "THE LAND SALE-Heena has presented busy appearance this week, particularly ln the vicinity of the swamp land oihce The sale commenced on Monday and closed al noon on ThuBdav. Large amounts of land were disposed of-iudeed we understand that there was scarcely tract offered that did not sell.- Some pieces were sold as high as S6 25 per acre. full statement of the amount of land sold the aggregate amount paid, etc, Is promised us by the Nj essrs. Suggett, the courteous and obllglnS clerks in Mr. Smiths office, so soon as they can possible ascertain-which will be given to our readers next week."
 1.-The great interest manifested by capitalists at home, and from abroad, in the sale ot lands this week, in this city, is an unmistakable lndl- cation of prosperous future for Arkansas. al least the eastern portion of it. Just think of It, wild lands, confirmed as swamp or overtlowed, selling for cash. Cor scrip, which amounts to nearly the same thing readily for 0uer sa1 dol lurs per acre"
 The South Arkansas Democrat comes to us as usual with able editorials. We cannot resist the temptation to steel certain portion of the editors "thunder" He truly asks:
 "What party is there at the south besides the democratic party? The whig party has long since departed The know-nothing party ac- knowedges itself dead. What party has taken their places at the south? None. There are at this time but two political parties in the whole repuhlic-the democratic and the black repub- lican party. The former, national in it's organi- zaton and its principles, seeking to carry out the doctrines of the constitution. and to pre- serve the rights of all parts of the Union The latter sectional in every sense of the word, and based upon political propositions which, if put into active operation, will sever the nation destroy the last hope of free government, and turn our peaceful and prosperous country into one wide scene of war and desolation.-- Ought not the democratic party to be strength ened then, instead of traduced? Ought il not to have it's hands held up, instead of having more weight heaped upon it's shouders?- And is it not strange that while the democratic party stands the only bulwark agaiuSt-the only power capable of resisting the fanatic, op- pressjve and turbulent spirit of black republ- canism, that southern men, from prejudice alone, should attempt to weaken 1t and break 1t down?'
 The same paper gives an encouraging sccount of the wheat crop, and we'll deserved puff to Red river, which, he says has maintained her character as a first class navgabls stream since September last"
 A. correspondent of the Powhatan Adver- User writes as iollows
 5alena, A,hansas, May 8th, 1858.
 EDIToRs ADvERTIsER-rhe circuit court of this county has just closed its session, having disposed of most of the old cases which have been dragging along for several sessions, but much of the business of the term was necessa- ,;. ,.sI A. .1,. vember term. 1856, there was about sixty ia- dictments returned by the grand jury of this county, but for some reason or other, about forty ot them were stolen from the office shortly after the adjournment of court. The clerk, J. c. Todd, having died about that time they met with no obstacle and away went the indct- menrs and away went the scoundrels, leaving no trace of their foul tracks This is a bad state of affairs and speaks badly for the country, but such may befal the best regulated clerks office in the State. Of course this lesscned the business of the term"
 The Des Arc Citizen thus notices the crops in that section of country:
 "Benj. Hayey, esq, sends us from his plan tation, ten miles west of DeS Arc, fine Spec- men of wheat just out of bloom. The crops of wheat rye, corn and oats bid fair to yield ahnndantly throughout this section of country. The wet weather has materially retarded the growth of cotton, but the stands, as far as we can learn, are good. Quite number of plan- terS are yet engaged in putting in their seed, believing that the best yield will proceed from late planting"
 From the same paper we learn that David s. Lewis, who murdered his father-in-law in the vicinity of Searcy, White county, has been arrested.
 Both the murderer and murdered were emi- grants on their way to Texas, and the murder was committed at their camp or stopping place for the night
 From the Sage of Monticello we find that they are about to bore an artesian we'll in that place.
 From a correspondent we learn that Drew county last year, produced 6.348 bales of cot ton to get which to a shipping point cost the owners Sl, 800.
 The Fort Smith Herald, has the following:
 The Washington correspondent of the St Louis Republican, says-that the overland mail company propose starting their mails from Memphis and St. LonlS, to Fort Belknap, and from San Francisco to Fort Yuma, by the 18th of July, two months earlier than is named in their contract We argue from this, that they have made much greater progress in their pre- paratlons, than we had supposed. All that we can say s that we are greatly rejoced. Come on with your apple carts, gentlemen, soon as you please. We have a good mind to take passage on the first stase--wl consult our better half about it'
 FoR CALIFoRNIA.-We understand that Judge SEBASTIAN has procured an order from the Secretary of War requiring Lieut., Beall, of the army, to proceed with a command of 300 drg- goonS from Memphis, Tenn, via Little Rock, ClarkSville and Van Buren to Ft. Smith-and there to recruit and take the overland route along the 35th parallel to California, so that am .yrot ts o,,J A,-e l . -z