Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-19
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Ex-Congressman Smith, of Tennessee, has been appointed commissioner of the general land office, and has proceeded to Washington to enter upon the duties of hls office.
 MT. Shannon, of Harrisburg, Pa., has been appointed private secretary to the President A former private secretary, Ii. H. McGill, has been appointed secretary of Washington territory.
 There are several counties in New ! ork that sent out each million dollars worth of trees, gratis, ct centra. We have two or three nurseries in this State; one at Van Buren and one at Fayetteville. Among other evidences of the prosperity of Arkan- sas is the increased attention that IS belng paid to orchards Home nurseries are the best, for fruits, like men, require to become acclimated We ought to be able to sup ply our own trees, teachers and editors.
 Tazewell w. Newman, of Franklin coun | lv, has been chosen President of the Senate of Tennessee, and w. c. Whethorne, of Maury county Speaker, of the House.
 Sylvester P. Lowery, the democratic can didate for Lieut. Gov. of Minnesota, was charged with being concerned in the de- struction of the press of Mrs. Swishelm, at St. Cloud, year or two since. Of course, the stong minded woman is down on him like several thousands of brick.
 Chicago is fast place. A paper pub lished there says there are 1,5O0 drinking saloons, of which 790 are regularly licens- ed In a little circuit in the busiest portion of the city, there are twenty-five gambling hells, and as for brothels and prostitutes, they cannot be numbered.
 Leavenworth, Kansas, has daily pa pers; three democratic and three opposition.
 The Queen of Spain, we regret to say it., drinks She is expected to become moth CT about Christmas, and her people are sorev troubled about her condition. The royal female will get drunk and keep so.- Being queen and mistress she suffers no re- straint and sings constantly. She IS a handsome woman, but it is a pity she drinks
 While on the subject of queens we may mention her majesty Boni. This specimen of royalty is female Brigham Young She has twelve husbands at her seraglio, at Pasempa, and is so fond of conjugal life that she has abdicated sthe sovereignty in favor of one of her native generals, named Aroe Palatta, who has been proclaimed king.
 Talking of Brigham Young, we find that the Rev. Mr. Wright, Methodist clergyman at Cleveland, Ohio, is charged with licen- tious intercourse with nine young ladies ot his congregation and the attempted seduc- tion of others.
 Talking of clergymen, we see that the Hon. Edward Everett, Is to preach at tho South Congregational church in Boston during the absence of Rev. F. E. Hale, il Europe So it seems that the Hon. Ed ward is theologian as well as politician and general lecturer.
 The maltia of the United States, accord ing to late statement by the secretary O war, numbered 2,766,126 men. Befor two years rolls around some of them vii Tho yictorC on hattla- fields
 The people of Groton, Mass. arrested fellow for drunkenness, and having no jail locked him up in a railroad car. During the night a train came along, attached tn car and carried off prisoner and all to Port land, Maine In the morning the constabl failed to return the body of A. B. int court, etc.