Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-04-06
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 Those who uso as an argument against the acquisition of Cuba, that we have ter ritory enough, are not, perhaps, aware that the act of Congress of August IS, 1856, recognizes as U. s. territories no less than forty-eight islands in the Pacific and else where. These islands are, the most of them, guano islands and became the property of our citizens. This very quiet annexation of territory seems to have been unnoticed by the press generally.
 The Rev. Mr. Denham, minister of for ty years standing, ran away from Terre Haute, lately, with another mans wife.
 A grand daughter of the late Thomas H. Benton was married at Calcutta, in De- cember last
 NJ. Gawdet, pupil of Daguerre, has in vented new optical instrument, which may possibly supplant the sterescope. He calls it the Monosterescope," because 1t represents only one subject, and because his pictures can be seen from each point of view and by several persons at the same time. The optical effect of the monostero- scope is said to be more natural and life like than that of the common sterescope; as the subjects stand out even more in re- lief and can be submitted to microscopic observation.
 X clergyman was lately arrested at Glen wood, Iowa, while preaching a funeral ser mon Before his arrest the officers had searched his house, and found in the house ink, presses, paper rolling machines and the entire apparatus for manufacturing bank bills They also found S1,000 in counterfeit money He said that he was doing evil that good might come from it.
 The N. Q. True Delta tells us of case of man agreeing to kill another for $50. Instead of killing him, he told the intended victim of the plot and persuaded him to hide until he pocketed the money. Then the dead man came to life and the upshot was that thousand dollars was offered and refused, to hush the matter up
 The Picayune gives an account of the sale, by Mr. Laurent Milandon, of his sugar plantation, above Jefferson city, for one million of dollars. It was worked by 44S hands and contains several thousand acres of land.
 A woman has been indicted at Ander- son, s. C., for being Ca common scold."
 Northern legislators are wofully agita- ted concerning the right of suffrage. In Connecticut, they passed law withholding the right of voting from every man who could not read and write, no matter how good his moral character or how great his interests in the commonwealth In Massa- chusetts, naturalized citizens are prohibited from voting until two years after naturali- zaton.
 In New York, they are trying to change the constitution of the State so as to allow all free negroes to vote whether property holders or not.
 The papers are giving an account of Dahlgreen gun, at Norfolk-a thirty y-two pounder-that can be so accurately direct ed as to hit figure the size of a man, six miles distant. But they forget to tell us who is to sight the gun. A man, or fig ure the size of man, cannot be seen at that distance
 In the list of patents issued March 15, from the patent office, are the following:
 John c. Kuhn, of Boonville, Ark, for improvement in peach cutting and stoning apparatus.
 Wm. Thomas, of Benton county, Ark, for improvement in sail wagon.
 The ladies must never more speak in praise of ''ye gude olde tymes." In 1655, Hannah Lyman, of Northampton, was fined by "'ye corte,'' at Springfield, ten pounds '' for wearing of silk in a Haunting manner, in an offensive way and garb."
 The English druggists have adopted hexangular bottle, with deep fittings, ill which to put poisons that are sold by re- tail This is to prevent persons from mak- ing mistakes by getting hold of the wrong bottle
 The people of the empire of New Jersey  are down on the young folks marrying The legislature had bill before it prohib- iting all marriages when the male was un- dertwenty-one or the female under eighteen years of age. In addition, the parties are required to give three weeks public notice and then to procure license to be mar ried
 Mr. Pierce, who is in Europe, has writ ten home that in no possible event will he ever again become a candidate for any office
 We learn from the Fort Smith Times of the death of the Indian warrior, Billy Bowlegs.
 
 RIVER, ETc.-River falling with four feet water from this point to Napoleon.- There are several steamers above, detained by low water The Resolute and Saracen, will not be able to make the through trip nnless there is rise in the river
 The Slave Trade.
 The French government has an agent on the Isthmus, whose avowed object is to in- troducc Asiatic and African apprentices, to work on the proposed canal and on plantations We have heretofore shown that this French apprentice system is, in fact, the slave trade Here we have the singular spectacle of one government i'm porting slaves to this continent, at our very doors, while joining other nations, ours among the rest, to suppress the slave-trade.
 The truth is that the islands in our wa ters and every point owned by the French onI EnrIiSh whore slave Ia lor is Drolifa