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The Hon. Albert Pike is now in Little Rock, having reached home after pro- tracted absence of several months.
 Hon. R. w. Johnson is at his home in Jefferson. He is expected here on Satur- day next.
 The telegraph is now in successful ope- ration to Van Buren.
 Hon. L. O. c. Lamar, of Miss, declines a re-election-he will canvass for Breckin- ridge and Lane.
 A ratification meeting for the Breckin- ridge and Lane ticket was held in Camden on Saturday night last.
 We again state authoritatively that the four Electors appointed by the State con vention declare for Breckinridge and Lane. Two of them, Judge Sorrells and Judge Floyd have made appointments and take the stump immediately.
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oproston. sound on the slarery question, should te n candidate for whom would vote In that event declare should uote for Mr. Douglas; so should. Every vote given to southern opposition candidate would be given to Seward We could have no hope in such contest of eectinga southern man. Ishould therefore think it our duty to vote for Douglas Better he than Seward The election of Douglas orer Seuard ,rould giue the South little breathing lime 1t rouii De fearful pause in the midst ot fbe impending storm. 1t rould Je q truce in the midst Of the terrible conflict, nhich is to decide the destiny of the Union and the rights of the south'
 Col. Can't certainly goes further than we have gone, while at the same time he agrees with us on one point-that Douglas would be far preferable to Seward.
 We suppose the reason the editor of the Sage is so strong for Can't is, that they are about equally inconsistent. After the above spread eagle defence of Douglas, this would- De statesman, does just as the editor of the Sage has done (the editor we suppose is initiating him, and contradicts and stulti- fies himself. Hear the young sage of Hemp stead:
 "The nomination and election of Douglas would denafionalize the democratic party-would pave the way for Seward triumph, and beyond that the patriot fears to look"
 Reduced to syllogism Gantt's position, ! and it is this; if Douglas is nominated Twill support him in preference to southern op- position candidate ''sound on the slavery question: I will do this in order to defeat Seward, but the nomination and election of Douglas would "denationalize the party" and pave the way to Seward triumph In other words he would overstep sound principles in southern opposition candidote to support Douglas, who in one sentence he believes he would give the south a "breathing spell," and in the next would ruin the party and secure the triumph of Seward.
 Surely we never wrote anything so emi- nently absurd. This letter should secure Col. Can't the contempt of all parties-the Breckinridge wing, the Douglas wing, and the opposition, whom right or wrong, he would not support.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-07-21

EE Of all the ridiculous absurd propo- sitions for closing up the Real Estate Bank debt, that proposed by Judge Rector sur passes all. The State bonds are now worth from forty-fve to fifty-fve cents on the dollar The indebtedness of the State is over Mree million doUars. Judge Rec tors plan is to loan these bonds out again for twenty-five years to some railroad com pany. Where under the sun is there a railroad company which would let dol- lars worth of stock go for a dollar of these. bonds worth only forty-fve cents on the dollar? It Is one of the lamest humbugs of the age. It would release the mort gagged lands, and in twenty-five years the people would have to pay the original debt and the interest, amounting doubtless to twelve or .ftieen million dollars. ltappears to be deer-laid scheme to gull the people. under the cloak of loans to railroads, which would overwhelm the State in bankruptcy. Instead of aiding railroads, Judge Rec tors plan would break every company which might borrow those bonds. Com pound interest would nave to be paid, and but few railroads pay interest on their orl- ginal cost. at least for the first few years.
 The bank debt should be wound up Tn the shortest and simplest way. States, like individuals, when involved should set tie up at once and pay what they can, and stop the interest This bank debt has hung upon Arkansas like mighty milestone. She can't prosper under it. It has kept out emigrants. It has destroyed her credit abroad If extended as proposed by the dsorganizing candidate for Governor-it will keep Arkansas twenty years behind her sister States in railroads, schools and population. She will have no credit She will not be able to sell her bonds in any market, and her aid would be of no service. Abroad she would have no credit. She couldn't purchase the iron for rail- way of fifty miles in length. Capitalists would laugh at the idea of filling their safes with Arkansas bonds worth only forty y-fve cents on the dollar now, and ii the time of payment should be extended to
 twenty five years more, they may probably go down to twenty-five cents on the dol
 lar. Away with such folly-with sucf
 plans.-lNote Book.
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PRAcr1cAL ADVICE TO LADiEs The first symptoms of disease should never be dis regarded. If not removed, serious evils will inevitably follow, and in seeking as- sistance all remedies that will act violently or reduce the strength shota be avoided. They, instead of. assisting nature, weaken and debililate those organs. For Female Complains, take McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier It stands pre- eminent in all diseases peculiar to females. sTrv it; 1t is a delicious aromatic Cordial.
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CLARKsvILLE, ARK.
 July 11th, 1860. (

MEssRs BLACK & BoUDINoT-
 Gents: In answer to some enquiries, which are being made as to my political position, will frankly answer as follows: l will consider 1t my highest duty, and to me pers sonally source of great pleasure eff I should be elected one of the electors of the State of Arkansss,) to cast one vote for Hon. John c. Breckinridge of Ken tucky, for President, and one for Gen. Joseph Lane, of Oregon, for Vice President of the United States.
 As regard those gentlemen as having been regularly nominated by the national democratic convention that assembled in the city of Baltimore in the month of June last, shall on Monday, the 23d inst open the canvass for Breckinridge and Lane at the court house, in the city of Clarksville. in Johnson county and at the proper time fill other appointments.
 Very respectfully,
 VIM. w. FLOYD.
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Monticello Sage.

We had no idea of waking up our .Soge cotem porary to an elaborate three column article. We hope we will be forgiven for laying such a heopy tor on that journal during this sultry weather. The editor of the Sage denies having defended Conway $ policy in one place and admits it in another. There is no doubt that he answered Yell ably too we understand.-and to have done so must to some extent have defended Con- way. We suppose 1t was random shot somewhat like his article on slavery, which the Jefferson Independent credited to Sen ator Benjamin. Any one who reads his present lame and impotent evasion, will see that he is perfectly excusable for not understanding "Conway's policy. = Hear our sapient cotemporary-it Is anus ing to see him stultify himself:
 "We feel complimented in the expression that we were able to make it in defence of Gov. Con ways policy, shadowy, mythical ignis tatuus which we never have at any time professed to understand
 It is pity he spells this pungent witt cism by the following contradictory admis- sion ip the same article:
 sWe state freely, however, that we have no pre- udices against Gov. Conway; we have always de- fended him, when thought he was right, and de- precated his action when he thought he was wrong"
 You are as bad logician as John Selden Roane!
 In regard to the veto which Gov. Con- way gave to the bill reducing the taxes, our sapient cotemporary after sneering at the veto power, the great conservator of State rights and pure democracy, adds:
 "We could not approve the act because it was contrary to the spirit of the Constitution, which de- clares That no other greater amount oi revenue shall at any time be levied than required for the necessary expenses of the Government In con- sequence of the Governor failing to sign this bill reducing the taxes greater amount has been leried, than required for the necessary expenses Of Govern ment."
 Will the Sage please tell us if it is not a necessary expense of government to pay its honest debts in an honorable way? We expected more manliness and less demago- guism from the editor of the Sage to whom we have given the credit of plain dealing, even where we differed widely from him in policy.
 If our cotemporary will read the article in our last weekly" entitled 'The Differ ence," he will probably see that our views in regard to Douglas were correct In the main, were statesman-like, and under Me circumstances which there presented them selves, entitled to respect when compared with the narrow one idea notion of those who criticise, without comprehending, the position we then occupied.
 We are perfectly willing for any man who can understand Conway's practical common-sense policy to decide between the correctness and soundness of Col. Gantt's views, published in the Sage in column side by side with its criticisms on us, and the views we have entertained on the same subject. Remember it is Col. Gantt's own language taken fpom his letter in the Sage:
 "In the event that Douglas shonld- succeed in getting the nomination, that Seward or some other abolitionist should be in the 6eld, and southern
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STATE OF ARKANsAs,l
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Commissioner.


 -, the agent for the State of Ar kansas, duly appointed under an act of the Legislature thereof to select the swamp ana overhowed lands within the county of-, being duly sworn, depose and say that l am we'll acquainted with the mode and man ner of surveying and marking the public lands, that have made a personal examin. ation on the ground of each of the several tracts herein described, to-wit :-
 And from such personal examination on the ground, have ascertained, and know. and hereby make oath that the greater part of each one of the quarter quarter sections of the foregoing tracts IS swamp and over flowed land, made unfit thereby for cultiva- tion,' and is in fact unfit for cultivation without necessary levees and drains to re- claim the same, that they are made such by reason of the overhowing of (here give the name of the river, the cause of the overflow in such manner that no crop can be raised thereon by reason of its overhowed and swamp condition; that they are not shallow
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New Orleans Markets.

New Orleans, July 14.-The cotton mar ket closed very dull; sales of 200 bales.--- The quotations are nominally unchanged. :. The flour market closed quiet; sales at s5 62l@S5 D. The corn market closed dull: sales at 6O@75c. The market for provisions closed quiet, but prices remain firm. Tobacco market firm; sales of Jugs at 25@34c. Fine cut leaf tobacco is held at 7@79c. The quotations for other arti- cles remain unchanged. .
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PUBLIC SPEAKING

PooR FELLow.-We are reliably inform ed that at Batesville while Col. Johnson was pushing Judge Rector to the wall, in the matter of his bank policy, and after he bad read the ventilation of the same as given by the Judges nephew, Mir. Peek, the Judge violently repudiated said venti lation and said Mr. Peek, like all other edi- tors, "would lie;" if this is true of the profession as class, we have but this re- ioinder to make; that some editors tell their lies with exceedingly bad judgment, and tn, Judge is unfortunate in having one of this blundsring sort to defend him.
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Ey- Rector's friends are saying that a

Es- Rector's friends are saying that a combination, "a damnable conspiracy" existed between Chief Justice English and Judge Compton, to crowd him from the supreme bench. We know that both, English and Compton are incapable of such a combination Let us have the particu- lars How was it done? Judge Compton is absent from the city; is good and high minded gentleman, and it is due to him and to Judge English, that these charges should be specific, in order that their true records may be placed before the country.
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Political Intelligence.

WAsHrSeroN, July l4.-Reliable infor- nation has been received here to the effect that no Bell and Everett ticket will be plac- ed before the people of Indiana. m
 The Breckinridge and Lane national de- mocratic committee have addresred circu- lars to the leading democrats in every State advising independent organization and the selection of district electoral tickets.
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"MARK OF TRUE GENTLEMAN" ."-Ques- tioas for the Old Line Democrat Is it a mark of true gentleman to sell his pen to the wholesale abuse of men of whom he knows nothing?
 Is it a mark of the true gentleman to make pledges and then to violate them?
 Is 1t mark of the true gentleman, for the sake of filthy lucre, to advocate princi- ples in which he does not believe.
 Is it mark of the true gentleman, to play the braggart, briStle up, and pretend to possess extra ordinary spirit and courage and then to quietly " simmer down" under the most paltry excuses?
 Is it a mark of the true gentleman to an swer arguments with i'll bred sneers, taunts and filthy slang?
 Is it the mark of brave man to abuse a person whom you cowardly skulk from, under the Hindmanish plea that he is not your equal?
 These may be the distinguishing features of :" courtly and high bred' gentlemen in black -republican-lllinois, but they are not recognized as such in Arkansas. What is our neighbor's opinion?
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-07-21

Messrs. w. e. PENNINGTON, JOHN T. TRIGG, DUDLEY ADAMS and JAMES B. JOHNSON, candidates for Representatives, and other county officers, will address the people at the following times and places:
 Bayou Metre, Tues'dy, July l7, J. M avender's Duncan, Wednesday, July 18th, at Duncan's Gap. Plant, Thursday, July 18th, at Jesse Buffers. Pyatt, Friday July Doth, at John Shocks Little Rock, Saturday, July 2Sth, at Little Rock.
 The people respectfully and earnestly re- quested to give them d full and fair hearing.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-07-21
From the Fayetteville Arkansian. First Telegram to an Arkansas Paper.

We sent this day health to the e Re- publican" That paper rejoins:
 ST. LOUIS, July 8, 1860. Arkansion::"
 St. Louis greets Arkansas on the com pletion of the telegraph to Fayetteville In uniting the two cities so closely together new ties will be formed binding the North centre and the South more indissolubly to each other. May the Union be perpetuated. AMEN! REPUBLICAN"
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-07-21
War with China.

WASHINGTON, July 17.-The French minister to-day announced that France and England had declared war against Chlna, with assurance to the effect that neutral goods, except those contraband of war would be protected.
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EF- The Old Line Democrat has made several fings of late against w. R. Miller, Auditor. Our reply is, ask the lawyers of Arkansas If he is not as efficient, as accom- modating, and as unimpeachablc as ever public functionary was?
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The Napoleon Planter has changed hands. / NIT. Tucker thus introduces his successor: ::
 "Mr. HIGcTNs, our successor, is classi- cal scholar, fluent writer, and a courteous gentleman, and we bespeak for him sup port commensurate to his merits"
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Gg- Thomas Fitch, esq, agent for the Memphis and Charleston railroad, is stop ping at the Anthony House. We are under obligations to him for files of late Memphis papers.
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n-Tbe editor of the Old Line Democr

AgThe editor of the Old Line Democrat asks us if we "do not now endorse the great doctrine of popular sovereignty and non- intervention as established by the Kansas Nebraska bill:" we replied that We did not endorse it, according to the interpretation of Senator Douglas and his Illinois advo- cate, T. c. Peek.
 This answer the o. L. D. thinks unsatis- factory; we think it quite specific and deli mite, but if our neighbor will answer our question propounded a week ago, we will try again to give full and complete re- sponse to his queries
 Our question is this.- .--do you. Mir. Peek nog endorse the great doctrine of popular sovereignty, and non-intervention" as you explained and professed to understand 1t while in Minoisp ue dare yoh to dnsusr.
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Swamp Lands.
SWAMP LAND DEPARTMENT,
 LiHte Rock, Ark.,

SWAMP LAND DEPARTMENT,
 Lihte Rock, Ark.,
 July 14th, 1S6O.) EDIroRs TRUE DEMOCRAT
 Gentlemen: You will please publish the accom- panying letter and form from the Commissioner of the general land office, for the benefit of all persons interested The act of 12th March, 1860, limits the time for selecting the remainder of the swamp lands to two years from the adjournment of the next legislature of this State Very respectfully. etc.
 J. D. KIMBELL,
 Stump Land Sec'y.
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Es- We are requested to announce that THos. J. CHURCHILL is a candidate for the office of Brigadier General of the 2d Brig ade Arkansas Militia. The election will be held on Saturday 2lst inst.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-07-21

EE An English witness, on entering the witness box, had Testament present. ed to him, but he declined to be sworn, saying. "ill tell lie wi ony mon, but I'll not swear to 1t"
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-07-21

U- Barry's Tricopherous is the best and cheapest article for dressing, beautiiying, cleans ing, curling, preserving and restoring the hair.- Ladies, try it. Sold by all Druggists and Apoth- ecaries. iune9. .'60.ly
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 "We are vain enough to believe that we are M- nitely his (Peek )s uperior in honesty and geher ousity.'-True Dem. Blow your own trumpet lustily; but you might blow it until you blow out what mug 3raihs you nossess. hefore you can change the old adage of s.self praise, half scandal Lfne Dem.
 It does s'nt require lustyblowing to blow ourselves high above Nf. Peek Gin honesty and generosity" Nature and early moral training place5 >ds there long since We are really up6ble to understand, why we are open to the charge of "self praise" because we assert we are superior to MT. Peek Gin honesty and generosity" any more than we would be. should we make the same com parison between ourselves and knight of the ball and chain ouer yonder.
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Notice to the Voters of Saline County, is
 Hereby Given

That at a meeting of the candidates for the va rious offices in said county held at Benton, on the 4th day of June, A. D., ls60-it was
 Resoired, That the canvass open in this county on the 9th day of July.
 Appointments for speaking as follows, at the
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Public Speaking in Pulaski Go.

P.S. The citizens of Union township will be addressed at Stephen Chnnaults on the 26th, and at Moses Brazils on the 27th.
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The Canvass for Congress.

We are requested to state that the candidates for Congress. Dr. Mitchell and Col Can't, will address their feow-citizens at the following times and places. The democratic papers of the second con pressional district will please CODY.
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lakes or ponds which by natural causes may become dry, and that such was the chsrac- ter thereof on the 18th September, 1850, the day of the passage of the grant, and further, that have no interest direct or in- direct, present or prospective in the issue, or in any parcel of land herein described. Subscribed and sworn to1 ------. before me, this-dayE
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-07-21

H- The Breckinridgc papers announce that Mir. Gentry has declared his intention 10 vote the Breckinridge ticket.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-07-21

DISGUSTING HUMBUGGERY.-Aw week ago we referred to MT. Duval as indorsing Doug las; but in the very next number of the Fri Weekly corrected the injustice we had done him, giving at the same time our req sons for supposing that he favored Douglas The Old Line Democrat was well aware of this, yet in the last issue its editor with bullying stride marches up to Mr. DuvaPs defence, and charges us with intending to iniure him "because he will not support Dick Johnson for Governor"
 We are always willing and ready to make reparation for any injustice which we may do others; the Old Line Democrat never has evinced the moral courage to ac- knowledge itself wrong when we'll convinc- ed that it has erred; the foulest islanders and fasehoods dot its columns every week, vet it has never been known~to make the slightest correction of innumerable misrep- resentations.
 This is the uniform course of theOld Line Democrat.
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Eg- A gentleman who has recently trav- eled through the counties of Washington, Benton Madison, and Carroll writes us that Col. Johnson's majority in these four coun- ties will not be less than fifteen hundred.- Rectors policy of creating new debt, pay ing compound interest, and eventually re- sorting to repudiation, he says "does not go down well at all with the people" and is |" killing him as dead as a hamm CT" Keep the ball rolling; wont the Old Line Demo- crat ventilate a little more?
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At it Again.

The tenacious little fellow of the Old Line Dem ocrat, Is out in another attempt to ventilate Judge Rector's bank policy; it is amusing to see with what perfect sung troid, and an air of confidence and sincerity he announces, what Judge Rector "proposes, when he knows that Uncle Henry either considers him an ignoramus, or treacherous friend. But read how in- extricably the fellow entanges himself
 In answer to the question, "what is Judge Rector's policy?" this pertinacious expounder says:
 gages on the Real Estate Bank lands, and make those lands pay the bank debts and thus secure the State from loss, and this to be done at once, and not like R. H. Johnson will do if elected Governor -procrastinate and delay"
 Now, taking into consideration, the fact that Judge Rector, according to the prior exposition by our neighbor and the Judges explanations from the stump, proposes to fund the principal and interest of the debt, and issue new bonds poyaJle 25 gears Hence, the above assertion that he proposes to foreclose the mortgages and pay the debt at once sounds immoderately funny. If the debt is to be paid " "at once' why issue bonds payable twenty.foe years hence? or does a quarter of a century mean at once?
 We like to see you backing down gen. tlemen, but it is too late to win.
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E1- The Old Line Democrat, with reck

EE- The Old Line Democrat, with reck less, shameless, disgusting disregard of truth asserts that Dick Johnson has been drunk for the last ten years." People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Could we stoop to such low depths, we could bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of those who trample upon every principle of common decency in the despe- ration of inevitable defeat, but we will not so degrade ourselves-we will content our selves with giving the charge the unquaH- fed He
 Such charge is base and dastardly in- suit to the democratic party. and could only emanate from man imported for the very purpose of slandering and defaming It.