Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-08-10
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In the coast range mountains, Humboldt county. California.
 The Hampers of New York expend three thousand dollars day for labor and white paper. alone.
 A cargo of Coolies lately arrived at Havana. They started with 360 and ar rived with BPS. This is not piracy, oh no-it is the Coolie trade.
 Seward kept open house at Washington Lord Napier, the British Minister, was frequent guest of his. Seward, who is now n Europe # reaping the reward of his ci- yilitJ to the nobility. They are dining and winning him and the newspapers are puiiln9 him as "an interesting gentleman with quite q history of his own" They call him the free soil candidate for the Presldentship of the United States and probably the first anti-slavery President" Oau English cousins may De mistaken William II. Seward can never be Presi- o'hA oI these CntteI States.
 Cyrus w Field k about again. He writes from London that they are going to lay the cable again Going 10 unite Eng land to America and all that sort of thing. Nous yerrons" as Mi. Ritchie used to say
 The cotton crop of Texas this year is es- timated at $50 900 bales. Will the edi- tor of the Jefferson Independent to whom we cotton in such matters, give an estimate of the crop of Arkansas?
 Judge Rose, the American Consul at ofuayinas, now in Washington, says that he has made q thorough exploration of Sonora and that it is the richest mineral country in the world
 Barnum isarranging it with Mons. Blon- din, the opewaIker, to cross from the roof of the Astor House, n New York, to the Museum, on the tight rope
 In the late war, the French lost 94, 900 men
 The expedition to Mexico is gathering Q head. Ten thousand men are enroll ed as knight crusaders of the order of Montezuma. Funds and munitions of war arc plenty with them
 John Cobb of Atlanta, Geo, has been linng for murdering the seducer of his sis ter. John must have been poor.
 Mr. Sicklcv has hired Lieut. Maflitts house at Washington A brother of the Lieutenant ana son of the great preacher died in all in Cincinnati, recently. It is said in some of the papers that he was charged with the crime of forgery. This not so. We learn that he proposed trad ing and perhaps did buy steamboat and goods, giving as reference and security, certain persons and firms. There were others connected with him and 1t seems to have been a speculation rather than swim dle. However, his references and named securities repudiatcd him, and Maiftt was arrested under the charge of obtaining goods under false prctcnc,s
 X new political and literary magazine is to be published at Washington, D. C., o os called the National Democratic Re- view, under the editorship of Col Flor. ence, assisted by able contributors.
 Dr. Doy, the kidnapper, was rescued from the jail at St, Joseph, Mo-, during q severe thunder storm, about three week. ago
 The late war in Europe cost France ove a hundred millions of dollars
 Roht l. Monanala, n cotton shippin, merchant from Mobile, lately met and sho Virginia Stewart in the streets of Ne, York. She had been his mistress for si yeaas, but had deserted him and was tn keeper of brothel. It was the result ( a lewd jealousy--a sort of smuttv sent mentality too much in vogue now a-days It IS supposed that Mcdonald intended t kill himself also, but some of1icious fool prevented him from so doing.
 T. q. Evans of New York has gone l. England to conclude negotiations wit Charles Dickens to repeat his readings il this country. More American notes an, more charge for them in the shape of Twin, abuse.
 The Italians and Hungarians of Nev York are to hold public meeting to ex press their indignation of Louis Napoleon for closing the war so soon.
 Florence Nightingale, the Crimcan hero inc, was reported to be dying at the las advices from London. She was a goo, woman, we reckon, but there are thousand as self-sacriicing as she, true Sisters q Charity" who go about doing good an looking for their reward in another world Humanity Is full of heroisms, but in tn case of Miss Nightingale, her position at tracted attention.
 The Atlantic is full of icebergs. The were so thick on one occasion that steam ships were detained and had to alter thei courses, to avoid them.
 Manufacturers in the United States ar flllng large orders for Sharpe's rifles an munitions of war for the liberal leaders i MeXlco. Mexico needs protector.
 A drove, containing 1000 sheep, arrive, 4
 ln California, from Missouri A drove Q thousand passed through here the othe day for Texas.
 The New York snuff manufacturers art largely adulterating the snuff with guano to give it pungency and flavor. Snuff takers and dippers must look out.
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