Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-07-27
The Spirit of the Arkansas Press.

CiiHSS, anu as Iln an'l true 10 Jnc national and s'ate interests as is God to truth and virtue"
 The Spirit of the Arkansas Press.
 The Fort Smith Herald has an account of the killing of Wharton Rector and the wounding of his brother, by Mai Hurst, at the Wichita Agency. It seems the mur- derous assault was made without provoca- ton. Hurst was caught by the Indians sent in pursuit of him, and is now in iail at Van Buren. A site for he Agency of the Texas Reserve Indians has been cho- sen at the old Cechi village, between the 9Sth and Tooth degrees of longitude, on Bcale's road to Albuquerque. The Herald ayers that these Indians are numbering, thieving set, and the Texians are right in carrying the war into the reserve. The op- portunities of the Herald to gain correct information in this regard, are excellent and no doubt 1t is right in its views. The Creek payment will commence on the first Monday in August.
 From the Van Buren Intelligencer we clip the following interesting item:
 REMARKABLE PHENoMExoN.-We were shown this week a specimen of rock about as large as goose egg, which fell to the earth near the Sulphur Springs of C. G. Scott, esq.,, in this county. The outside of this specimen has the appearance of hay ing been fused perhaps, (accordng to some phi losophers) from heat produced by friction in its rapid passage through the atmosphere. We are informed that there quite a. fall of these rocks near the springs on the 4th inst, in size they va r ed from small pieces to rocks of several pounds in eight, and scattered over quite area of coun- try, where the people sneak of it as the rain of rock. Ne can hardly accounl for such general shower from parts unknown. The citizens in that vicinity are furnished with numerous specimens of their durable hail."
 Will. Hicks and Prof A. M Rafter, have retired from tho editorehip of the Searcy Eagle. We regret to sec these gen. tIemeu abandon the profession and trust they may fnA other pursuits more pleasant and profitable The Eagle says lot of fine wheat was shipped on the llth of Jnly to Memphis The farming interests of White county are improving There will be large surplus of wheat in the north ern and western counties of the State.
 The Pocahontas Advertiser thus de- scribes the amusements ill that dourishing town
 AN ACTIVE FoRTNIGHT-PocAHoNrAs NO ONE HoRsE PLvcE.-Our c'tzers have certainly been urn'he1 with variety of topics during the past two weeks to occupy ther attention. Weha had t'e fourth of July in our mdst-we have had a bail-we have had Presbyterian church estab- lshel here-we have had Prot. Corr, lectur,ng to us on mental philosophy, and examining our era niums-we have d big fl shts and little frhts- coffee and pistos' and tooth and toe nail en- counters-we have been visited by number of mick es'-wc have had the youthful orator here --and finally we have heard of several marriages being consumated in the neighborhood. Pocahon tas is no 'one horse town and our people are
 some.'"
 We are indebted to the North West Ap- peal for the following item:
 "MouNrAIN MEADOW MAssAcRE.-Thetwo two Huff children in the possession of the government off cers are from Benton county, Arkansas Their father Peter Huff, formerly of B edso county, Tenn, where we are informed their relations live MT. Fancere also went from this county.'
 The Arkansaw Traveller gives the fol- lowing remedy for the disease among cat tie, known as |" black tongue:
 "We have heard that strong tea made from poke root, and little copperas added will cure it, Also, to wash out the mouth with soft soap using a swab or sponge, and then rub the inside of the mouth with pulverised copperas. At present we using sulphur and copperas preventative given once or twice week.
 The Batesville Sentinel has sensible article concerning the new paper to be started here which we have cut out for publication hereafter
 The Batesville Balance gives us another disquisition upon the state of parties at the north in relation to slavery. He gives us another classification of kind and numbers. He now asserts that nine-tenths of the northern people are anti-slavery in sent- ment, and goes on to subdivide them.- He fixes it up" very nicely and then adds:
 ''These views we sure, are shared by all un- preiudiced, thinking minds and even our cotempo- rary, to whom we are replying must, in his calm and sober moments, acknowledge their plausibili- ty.'
 Unprejudiced, thinking minds, if they have share in them must have very small one. If it will do the editor any good we will admit they are plausible and they "aint anything else''
 In reading over his article we see that he has two objects in view. First, he wants to maintain the horse is sixteen feet high; second, he wants to square his posi- tion so as to agree with the contradictory evidence he drew out of his witness. To do this he ignores the masses in the demo- cratic party, but in classifying the northern people treats of them en naosse. Our Bates vile cotemporary says we need great deal of explanation aud it is enough fo him to furnish us with arguments but that he cannot engage to supply us with capaci- ty to understand them. We havenothing to explain. It is he who is endeavoring to unravcl his own tangled skein and to our mind the more he tries the worse it be-