Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-01-11
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property states that since the survey of the Pacific railroad in 1852, the taxable prop erty Tn Pettis county has increased from S649, 900 to S4,050, ,000, and in Johnson county from S749, ,000 to S5,OOO, ,OOO. As pendant to this, within fifty miles of this place on or near the line of the Memphis and Little Rock railroad, lands recently sold for from ten to forty dollars an acre, that from 1852 to 1858, were subject to entry at fifty and seventy-fv cents an acre. | The Illinois Central railroad has sold, of the lands granted to the road by the general government, the amount of S16,O13,115
 The newly appointed French Minister to the United States is named Count Mer- ceir
 A Methodist preacher named Sloan, at an nabolition meeting, capped the climax and attained the very sublimity of blasphemy, by saying he would not even compare the crucifxion of Jesus Christ with the death of John Brown, for he had greater idea of the latter than of any event that has ever occurred on the earth" A nice preacher of the gospel, he.
 The leading southern whigs to the U. s. Senate were Clay, Crittenden, Bell, Toombs, Pearce and Benjamin. Clay is dead. Crittenden and Bell have sunk in the embraces of know nottingham and are deposed. Toombs, Pearce and Benjamin are in the democratic ranks.
 The Elmira IN. Y. Gazette gives some particulars with regard to Hazlete, one of the Harper's Ferry conspirators It ap- pears he was one of band of horse thieves In that vicinity and, to escape punishment, turned states evidence. This is a speci- men of the martys who are "to make the gallows glorious as the cross"
 It appears that there is more than one Little Rock We see an account of new railroad bridge built over the upper Missis- sippi, at Little Rock. It has seven spans of 2l19 feet each.
 By resolution of the legislature of Georgia, the governor of that State is to confer with the governors of the other southern states on the plan of establishing southern armory, for the manufacture of guns, casting of cannon, mortars, etc. The resolution says this is to enable us "to maintain our equal and undeniable rights Tn the Union if we can, and out of it, if we must"
 The legislature of Vermont has passed law against playing billiards, and that of Alabama an act imposing fine of $500 upon spiritual medium, or on persons en- gagged in rapping, table tipping, etc.
 A second Zerah Colburn has turned up in St. Louis. He is 26 years of age, has attended school but three months in his life, is dull looking and cannot easily be taught anything, yet he answers questions in arithmetic, geometry and triganometry, that scholars take hours to work out. He cannot tell how he does it, but says it is Ca gift"
 The civil record court of Modena cited the Duke ofth city to appear before that court on or before the 14th day of Decem- Der, and restore the articles belonging to the Duchy, which he stole These consist, in part, of pictures, silver door handles, and every portable article of value on which he could lay his hands.
 A Dr. Randolph, spiritualist, has selected three places, 400 miles apart, at which he will appear at the same instant of time. We doubt if. the trick is on the spiritual cards.
 A building for the manufacture of potte- " ware at Peoria, H., has roof which covers three acres of ground
 A Mrs. Crozen of Iowa, made up her mind to starve herself to death. She was sixty-eight days at it, but at last went under. If she had went to New York. or some large city east, and tried to sup port herself by needle work, she could have starved to death in half the time.
 The army of Central Italy counts about 50,000 men.
 The opposition convention is to be held at Chicago, on the 18th of June.
 Thomas Garrett, Quaker, and a thief, stated at the meeting of negro worshipers in Philadelphia, that he had aided, directly and indirectly in stealing 2,500 slaves. No doubt he did "a right smart chance" of stealing, but these underground railroad men are often victimized. Free negroes ' flat broke,' often knock at the doors of these pious rascals, represent themselves as runaways and are furnished with food, money and clothing.
 A large box, directed to John G. Fee. was deposited at Cogan's Landing, on the Kentucky river a week or two since. Its weight arousing suspicious, it was opened and found to contain Sharpe's rifles. Fee, who is a preacher and an abolitionist. tries to lie out it.
 Northern mechanics have several ways of making business brisk. In some neighbor- hoods all the churches within a scope of twenty miles were destroyed by fire. Inves- tigation resulted in discovering the fires to be the work of mechanics Occasionally. in the cities, ladies attending theatres and churches, upon coming home find their dresses, cloaks, etc., utterly ruined by having had oil of vitrol thrown on them. The re- suit is that shopkeepers are benefited The Providence Post says that at least two hun dred ladies have had dresses or shawls ruined or injured within month or so. by having lamp oil poured on them. In a week or two, peddlers will come with soaps or something else, to take grease from cloth and silk. Of course the soap sells readily and quart of lamp oil sells hundred weight of soap. Great people, those Yan- | kees