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'btic III VI
September. 9, 1858.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
News Items,

Mons Belly, with corps of engineers ona oborors has arrived on the isthmus, to commence work on the ship-canal.
 Robert Walsh, U. S. consul, died in Paris, on the 10th day of February last He was for many years the Paris cores pondent of the National lntelligencer. His writings did much to elevate the stand ard of newspaper literature in this country The letters of Mr. Walsh were models oi style, and if collected, would be found 10 be complete epitome of the history of Frrone for the time during which they were written.
 Dickens, Arthur Smith, Sturgeon and the Prince of Wales, will shortly visit this country.
 The wicked Punch, in referring to the celebrations of the Burns festivals, says that they preserve the memory ot Burns in whisky.
 Miss Susan Tuck, of Lebanon, hy, while dressing for her marriage "I'h -hi Thomas, was fatally burned by her we'd ding dress catching fire After her wounds were dressed, the marriage ceremony was performed, and in few hours atter' she died.
 smith O'Brien, the Irish, patriot IS at Washington. He was warmly received by crowds at New York, and the other points visited by him.
 Mr. O'Brien is stated to be very wealthy, his yearly incoye equallins the salary ot the President.
 The killing of Mr. Key by MT, SielIels at Washington, still forms prominent topic in the papers, sickels has had crowds of visitors in the jail. Among others the President called upon him. The intimacy between the two had existed for many vears-Sicllels, we believe, being secretary of legation at London while Mr. Buchanan was minister An elder brother of Key was killed some years since, by midshipman Shcrburne, in duel.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
Tactics.

Tn another column will be found an arti cIe from the Helena Southron, illustrating the tactics of the conductors of the State Rights Democrat It will be remembered that the latter paper commenced war up on us by pretending to find fault with our copying letter of a Mr. Butler In his article the writer conditioned that if we would copy it entire, he would copy the reply. Next week appeared short para graph from the pen of MT. Thompson, say ing that he had not then space for our arti- cle, but would publish it, and in the mean time in justice to us, quoted paragraph concerning our views on the squatter sove- reigntv. The week after, when the real editor had arrived at home, instead of copy ing our reply, savage onslaught was made, and as many antics cut on paper as clown cuts in circus.
 The upshot of the affair with the South ron, has been the withdrawal of Mir. Ihomp- son and the substitution of T. c. Hind man. as editor in name, as well as in fact.
 We are satisfied that Mir. Thompson was disposed to act courteously and fairly, had he been left free to follow his own inclina lions, but a straightforward course did not shit the would-be dictator, and NIT. Thomp son retires.
 From the very first attack upon us, the course of the present editor of the State Rjehts Democrat has been devoid of all fairness. Such conduct, we know, has dis gusted many who were his friends, and will eventually rebound to our benefit. We confess that, seeing the unfairness, thewan of candor and the unscrupulousness with which we were assailed, we became vexed, when in truth these things are more to be pitied than hated, and those who descend to them ridiculed and scorned rather than to be treated like fair and candid oppo-
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16

an attempt to control and trammel the ac- tion of free press.
 Failing to dragoon the legislature, an attempt was made to bully us. The auth ors succeeded in inducing some to act with them who, we are convinced, would not have done so had they known our views and the motives of our enemies. The de- bate on the subject was made the occasion of some ill-natured remarks against us by men whom we respect and liked, and ln one case, when the speaker asked one oi the leaders if he had not used too strong Ian enage he was told that 1t was not, by an outsider. or lobby member, who leaves nice stratagies of politics to others. lime will do us justice, and the unkindest wish we have for those who were induced to loln in this movement against us, is that they may find how much they were deceived, that they may understand us and our mo lives better, and discover that miserable coalition, failing in their attempts to bully tried the opposite policy of wheeling and coaxinc of deceiving and cabling them.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
The new Postage Law.

We give below the principal features oi the law lately passed. Weare yet unih- formed as to the time the new law goes into oneration. but presume it will commence with the fiscal year:
 The bill as amended, and as finally pass ed, after establishing certain post routes abolishes entirely the franking privilege The section giving to members ot Congress S15O in stampsat the commencement of of each session, and the section allowing post-oflice officials to send and receive free matter upon official business, were strlcken out Ali letters, documents, etc., printed by order of Congress, shall be prepaid pnor to their transmission by mail; and all let ters. documents, etc, sent to government officials must also be prepaid. The post aoe mon mail matter sent by the different danartments is to be charged to such de- partments, and paid out ot the treasury.- Military and civil officers will have re1uhd- ed to them the sums paid by them upon lptters on official business. The poStmas- ter oenerol is forbidden to make contracts fer the transportation of malls with any view to the transportation of passengers The section of the act of 1892 allowing a deduction of fifty per cent. upon the reSu- lar rates of postage on newspapers and pc riodicals published quarterly, III advance is repealed.
 The following rates of postage are es- tablished:
 For every single letter. in manuscript or paper of any kind, in which information shall be asked or communicated in writing, or by marks or signs, conveyed in the mail for any distance between places m the Cnl- ted States, not exceeding 3,O0O miles, flVe cents. and for any distance over 5000 miles, ten cents; and for double letter there shall bc charged double these rates; and every letter or parcel not exceeding half an ounce in weight shall be deemed single letter and every additional weight of half al ounce, or additional weight of less thar half an ounce. shall be charged with al additional single rate of postage.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
The Overland Mail Route.

We copy the following proceedings in Congress in relation to the overland mall route, and ask where was MT. Phelps of Mo?
 "In the committee of the whole on the post-olfice appropriation bill, Mr. Blair of fered an amendment authorizing the But terfeld company to carry mails bya any route they chose to, and charged the postmaster general with being interested in Arkansas lands as being the cause and reason of es- tablishing the present route, besides several other personal and political considerations, having reference to the Pacific railway.
 A1r Reagan, of Texas, opposed the amcndment and defended the postmaster general. The amendment was, however, adopted.
 Several amendments respecting the ad- vertising and the printing of blanks, were adopted"
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
Land Swindling ill Missouri.

We heve information that enormous frauds are now being practiced in selling Missouri graduated lands, against which the people of Illinois should be cautioned. It appears that great number of land sharks about St. Louis and other points have been entering, and having others to enter for them, large tracts of land at twelve and half cents per acre, and then selling them out in a few days or weeks at whatever they can get, say from one to five dollars per acre.
 The mode by which they practice this fraud is effected in various ways. Some enter half section in their own names, swearing at the time that they want the same for actual settlement and cultivation, for the law binds them to do this before they can enter at the graduated price; and vet at the same time never intending to go near it, they commit downright perjury.- After entering the first three hundred and twenty acres, as that Is all the law allows any one man to obtain, they give some worthless scoundrel few dollars to enter another half section, and so on, supplying new names until they enter up thousands of acres. These lands are then conveyed to the principal plotter, in a blank deed, and an agent is appointed to sell them; the buyers name is inserted in the blank deed, and the conveyor, perhaps, has sold it be- fore. and can never be found, or if he can be, he is no better than blank, not being responsible for more than pint of whisky at time
 To say nothing about such contingencies, these titles are all unlawful, and will be vacated by government when it is found, in the course of two or three years, that the original buyer has not settled and improv- ed accoding to law, as was the case ill Hi nois few years since. Some of these knobs and hill-sides are plated off into paper towns, and are being sold out at from ten to fifty dollars per acre throughout the whole country.-Winois State Journal.
 The same thing is done in other States as well as Missouri, and will lead to endless 1i1iya tiOn
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
s~We have seen the 6th. number of

w We have seen the 6th. number of Edward Everett's "Mount Vernon Papers, as published in that great humbug of newspaper, the ''New York Ledger" We were greatly disappointed in reading the article We expected to find something elegant, in every respect, if indeed not grand and subime but we found neither. The production is bad in design, bad in rheto ric and every rule of grammar, orthogra- phv not excepted, and fumbling in diction, and we may say gross and vul gar in anec- dote-aye, and bad and repulsive in morals! We were born and tutored among savages and beathen, and have never had any of the polishing advantages of men of the east" have never reveled, by profession, in the refining precincts of literature, and been lulled to smooth inspiration by the lute-hke song of the god of letterS-still, we will stake five cents that we can write, on any given subject, more read able and in every way elegant article than this 9th numbered production of the lm- mortal Everett; for which he received large pay, in behalf of the Washington Home stead enterprise-which is all well enough, only the prolihc sluice of humbuggery on which the public is made to feed so gree dilyi-Honaer Uiad
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
Those Resolutions.

It will be remembered that, few days before the close of the session of the Gene ral Assembly, in order to contradict a ru- nor that the House would continue to take reeesses, we pointed to the fact that the two houses had agreed upon a day for their final adiournment Here is what we said:
 "The General Assembly will adjourn sine de, as the phrase is, on Monday next This negatives the rumor that the house did not intend to adjourn, but take recesses from time to time, until November, lS60, as they have speaker willing to certify that the members are entitled to their per diem pay whether at the capital or not.
 The president of the Senate refused to certify accounts for pay during the recess, and the Senate sustained him. A number of the presentatives have refused to draw pay from December 23d, to January llth, for the reasons ably set forth Tn the card from Mr. Oates, to be found in another CO., lumn.''
 For three days the cabal were hard at work among the members trying to per suade them that 1t was sneer-an inuendo "a reAection-a very large eat in a meal tub ready to bounce upon every innocent mouse
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
H- The State Riohts Democrat, Ill re-

H The State Rights Democrat, in re- ference to our article of February 10th, (which, by the bye, we do not know that the senior editor of this paper has ever seen, after characterizing the recital of facts Ill that article as gross falsehoods, goes on to say that he desires no controversy with the seniors chattels. This echo of the Ga zette loses its intended severity, coming from the pen of political adventurer, who Is playing the game of rule or ruin, and who' it is said, has distributed in advance, among his partizans, every federal office in his congressional district How many he has promised to make Governor, and give other offices to, we neither know nor care. This assumption of dignity may seem neces- sarv to one who feels that he has been let ting himself down lately. One who leaves the nice strategies of politics to others ana meddles with those that are anything but nice; who takes advantage of position, into which he has forced himself, to make war upon older, abler, and better demo crats than himself; who spent weeks at a time lobbying and scheming, may find that words of contempt applied to others will not restore him to the position he has for feited He would do well to remembel that mere imitation will not make frog al OK and that
 "Pemies are pigmies still,
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
New Confirmation of Swamp Lands in the
 Little Rock District.

Upwards of quarter of a million of acres of swamp lands have been recently confirmed to the State. These lands are situate in the Little Rock district, in the counties of Arkansas, Bradley, Conway, Desha, Dallas, Drew, Jefferson, Hot Spring, Perry. Prairie, Pulaski, Monroe, Saline and White. They will Je offered for sale on the 23d day of May next. Pre-emptorS are referred to the advertisement of the State land agent
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
 Spanish Dignity.

The opposition are ringing the changes on the insult or indignity offered to Spain in proposing to purchase Cuba from her. Unfortunately for this assumption of dig nity, it is within the memory of living men that she accepted offers to purchase part of her territories, and in 1919, sold Florida to the United States. Then, she pocketed the insult and the dollars, and, if she is wise, she will do the same in regard to Cuba.
 The following are some of the sessions of territory by that power:
 In 1865, the Island of Malta to the Knights of St. John.
 In 1920, Navarro and Bearne to France.
 In 1640, Portugal and the colonies.
 In 164S, the Netherlands.
 In 1639, Rousselon to France.
 In 1926, the Barbadoes to England.
 In 1858, Jamaica to England.
 In 1I04, Gibraltar to England.
 In ITS, the Luccas to England.
 In 1759, Dominica to England.
 In 1796, Trinidad to England.
 During these years, she lost Martinico, New Granada, Gaudeloupe and control of St. Domingo. In 1900, she lost Louisia- na. She afterwards parted with, or had wrested from her, Sardinia, Morocco, Par ma, Placenzia, Naples, Sicily, Florida, and her land on this continent
 Except Spain proper, a few colonies in Africa, the Philippine Islands, Cuba and Porto Rico, she has parted with territory that once composed eight hundred millions of square miles, and contained eighty mil lions of people.
 For government that has ceded. traded, granted, bargained and sold," territory for centuries to be indignant now at an of fer to purchase, is putting on airs'' with a vengeance
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
Grand Juries.

In one or two of the States there have been propositions to dispense, altogether, with grand juries The arguments used by those in favor of abolishing the system are stronger than would be supposed by those who have not examined the subject. They are declared to be cumbersome, eX- pensive, inefficient and their action decides nothing.
 h California it is proposed to reduce the number of grand jurors to seven, five of whom may find bill.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
syg- Prentice. of the Louisville Jousnal,

ay- Prentice, of the Louisville JousnaI, says. if we could teach Mir. Everett's style, we would certainly teach other people an infinitely better style than we ever had This we submit, is matter of taste. The western people prefer strength in living frame. to the band box adornment of a stuff ed show figure. When we aspire to be- come contributor to the N. Y. Ledger, and have our name on the same page with Greedy, Raymond, Sylvanus Cobb & Co.,, then we may try the effect of costuming, of diluting and of seeing how many sonorous words can be made to follow each other and vet convey no meaning.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
A Negro Emperor.

The revolution in Hayti that deposed solouque has brought to light some of the deeds of the miscreant, almost too horrible for belief.
 The skeletons of 300 victims of his ty- ranny were found in the dungeons at Fort Labouc. The papers of Hayti are filled with items relating to the tyranny of their for mer master. The wretch was permitted to escape, though all the property of himself, wife and children has been confscated.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
Tulip, Dallas Co.,, 3d March, 1859.
WIrTy. IF NOT CoURTEous. State

WITTY, IF NOT CoURTEous.-Ihe State Rights Eagle in noticing the connexion of the junior with this paper, says:
 He says he has been writing for news papers, periodicals, etc, for sixteen years, but has never thought any of his produc- tions worth preserving. We imagine there is great unanimity of opinion upon that point
 This sample of Hobson's home brew ed" has more bitterness in 1t than was to be expected, but if he did not choose to "draw it mild'' we cannot help it, for with us, it was " Hobson's choice" Perhaps, hereafter, we may write something that he may deem worthy of preservation; some thing that shall sink deep in his memory. We are glad to see that the Eagle can be sarcastic without being abusive and con- mend its example to others, who mistake vulgaray for smartness and indecency for force.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16

them only And we here repeat, our firm belief, that if it had not been for the ma chinations of few, who are determined to rule or ruin, the House would have done as did the Senate; and this reproach, wheth- CT well or lily deserved, would not have been cast upon the members.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
ArEausas Mail Packets.

John D. Adams-John the indefatiga- ble-the untiring, indomitable and never to be conquered, advertises in another col umn, that his mail boats will leave this city every other day for Napoleon. Those who have travelled with " John'' or {" Coll'' or " Reub, need not be told that every thing a captain can do to make his passen- rers comfortable and safe, will be done by hese clever commanders
 The attention of the travelling public is called to the advertisement
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16

RE-AproINrMENr-Maj. F. T. Crutch field has been re-appointed by the Presi- dent, and his appointment confirmed by the Senate, as receiver of public moneys for the Little Rock land district. On account of the locality, the receiver at the office here. is charged with the duties of deposi- tory by the treasury department, of pen sion agent by the department of the inte- r;or and as disbursing agent by the P. O. denartment. We may add that the duties ara onerous and the salary inadequate.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
|" Pigmies are pigmies still, Though perched on Alp3.'

GE- The Fort Smith Times has an ac- count of a battle between the United States troops under Lieutenant Powell and the Camanche Indians. Five Indians were killed and three of the soldiers wounded
 The fight took place on the 24th of Feb
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16


 A LAW DEcIsIoN-The N. Y. Sun has the following decision in a case in that city:
 In the case of a complaint made on Wednesday, before Justice Welsh, against lad employed by Denicrris & Pettus, tai lors, under the St. Nicholas Hotel, for per sistently dunning Morgan L. Livingston, ir, who owed that firm an unpaid bill of $400 1t was decided that g creditor has no right to dun debtor beyond single de- mand for money; that afterwards the credi- tor must resort to usual legal proceedings, and relieve the debtor from untimely per sonal appeals
 In large cities, there are collectors who have made quite reputation by their per sstency in dunning. They follow the debtor from place to place; call upon him daily; annoy him in every possible way, and often coerce payment by these measures. In Utah, the creditor takes his position before the house or door of his debtor, and there remains from day to day, without speaking, until his claim is satisfied All this. if the above decision Is a correct one, is an abuse andr enders the creditor liable to a suit