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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-10-12
LOCIL ITEMS.

PASs!xG EyESTS.-The city has been very
quiet tor some weeks No subject has
specially excited the public mind or won the
general attention. Since the great Union
Demonstration of last month, politics have
been quiet and political meetings uninteres-
ting, and, ~ :. general rule, thiniy attended.
The criminal cases which engaged the Coun-
ty Court at its recent session, took up small
share OF public attention. The proposition
pending in the City Council to put stop to
the unloading of cars and the running Of
trains on Union street, has Occasioned some
talk upon the street, among those immedl-
ately interested. but the general public ap-
pears to have paid little attention TO the mat
ter The recent elections. especially that in
Pennsylvania, created much excitement Tor
Il few hours, on Tuesday night and the Ga
zette Office was tiir0nged with inqulrers after
the news from Pennsylvania. The Telegraph
was kept opcn sOcly for the service OF the
Gazette, until after mdni ght, and inqulrers
supplied with the returns as fast as they
came over the wires. The bulletin board Of
the Gazette, furnished, during Wednesday,
iIle returns as they were supplied to the A.
soriated Press Olce, at Washington. But
the elections over, things seem to have sub
sided again in their old channel. The COM
ing six or seven weeks promises. however,
:. brisk time The local political cauldron
has already commenced to boil and bubble,
and political meetings will doubtless succeed
each other rapidly until the great contest OF
November Meanwhile the friends Of temper
ancc show signs ol 4 revival OF interest in that
cause, and by inviting John h. Cough here,
they mi ght again secure public attention to
the subject, and with the impetus thus OBJ
tanned, work much good for the present and
the rising generation. Preparations for
the Circuit Court, which meets in November,
are now in progress, and the term will be
one of considerable interest. The County
Court, which opens again in few weeks,
will not be without interest. The Annual
Railroad meetings are at hand and will pour
crowds into the city. and ill our hotels, and
make business dOGby brisk ior II few days.
The season for amusemcnts is at hand TOO,
and We shall have stroll:ng players, jugglers
and singers in abundance. As the season
grows colder, Il !'a!! or two may come in
among the incidents. Tie crops, TOO. have
heen good, prices are fair, and there is IL good
foundation Tor a brisk fall trade, and with the
extensive stocks and low prices Of our deal
crs, brisk and profitable business season is
ahead.
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ORANGE s ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD.
La ~ III: ] Z: Is; 80. -.
TWO DAILY TRAINS.

TWO DAILY TRAINS.
| IN AND AFTER FRIDAY, June 29th, 1860
" TWO TRAINS will leave AlcXandria daily
| f.r Lvuchburg aud the Southwest, connecting It
| uordonSvlle with the Trains on the Virginia Cen
| trail Railroad, for Richmond, Charlottesville
| Staunton C.. and with the Train the ManasSa:
Gap Railroad Tor Woodstock, Nj. Jackson, &C.
| Through Tickets t" RICHMOND, LYNCH
| BURG, KNOXVILLE, NJ EN- PlIlS, NASH
| VILE, MOBILE, MONTGOMERY, and NEN
! ORLEANS, ut the Ticket Office, corner oil Mag
and Union streets.
| Leave Alexandria at :, 4. NJ, and 7.lJ. =. n.
Lvuchburg ut $40, 4. NJ, md 4n, /. "
Kar3- The connections with Virginia Central
and Manassas Gap Railroads are made by Tie
day trains only.
IN. BROADUS, General Ticko; Agent.
E1s- ,htS tor the Extension will
leave Alexandria every Tuesday morning and ht
received at the Depot and loaded on uAion street
every Monday.
Fish will not hc carried by the passenger trans
j. /. LATHAM, Agent OF
TRANSFORMATIONS Orange and Alex i. Il. Il.
FOR THE NORTH, WEsT, and NORTHWEST
lAs = il -; -: s. -:
NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY
,STEKER 4 Il Il i y & Il II l. NT
CHANGE OF HOURS.
OK AND AFTER MAY eth, 1869, trains viii
~ leave Calvert Station:
The Mail Train daily except Sundays Mt $40
A. NJ. for Elluira, Buffalo, Niagara rails ana all
parts of Western New York, and taIaoa Also.
Tor Pi,tsburg, Chicago, C!eyeland CINCINNATI, ~.
Louis and al parts of the West Northwest ana
Southwest. For Enmtsburg, Lancaster, Lohdn-
on, Reading and roitsviic and OwtngS Mills
Rcsterstown. Manchester, Md, an" W cSinin&'@F'
and for Chalnbec>burg and Carlisle, Pa, tna Tor
Hurerstown, Maryland.
The Express Train daily At $50 /. NJ. for Eui-
falo and the North, and Canada, amc Tor Ptta3urg
and all parts Of the West and Northwest ana
Southwest.
Travellers can 20 by either Of these trains to
Detroit and Chicuguy:a Niagara rails Ut The same
cost "a by any other route.
4 new route tu New Work i now open by t"iS
road via Harrisburg, Reading, Alleni""n, Ea"io"
and Jersey City, with cnir one change of Cars.
over first class roads. Take the $50 y H. tram
through by daylight. 1t A. !ow iaro rs ly ANY
ohrr route.
Travellers from Washington and the S"nta by
the {. ~ A. NJ and $50 ?. NJ. trains make c9n"er-
tons with the trans over this road
Buy tickets ou!y u Baltimore
For Tickets ana information. Apply the IlrArt
Office Calvert Station y. Il. Garner ot Calvert and
Franklin streets. baltimore.
JAS. c. CLARKE, Superintendent.
.!UHN I. kt&AEi.
Assistant Superintendent.
J. II. WARNER, Ticket Agent.
Baltimore. j. 1T
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FIRE DEraErMENT---'ihe Fire Department
assembled 1T the hail Of the Sam Fare Cou-
pany OF y Wednesday, evening last, but being
without quorum. transacted no business.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-10-12

ELEcrIoN-At the last meeting of the
Young Catholics Friend Society OF this city,
Steohrn Woois was chosen President rice
Richard l.. Carue .jr, resigned
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2t4- A CARD TO YOUNG LADIES AN,c
GENTLEM EN.--The subscriber will send [tree cf
chnrgcJ 10 all who desire it, the Recipe and crec-
tions tor making Il simple Vegetable Balm, that
will, in from two to eight days, remove Pmples,
Blotchcs. Tar, F,.chic~ Sallowness, and all impu-
rites and roughne-s OF the Skin, leaving the same
as Nature intended it should be--'ott cf'ar,
smooti, and bt""fJ". Those desiring the Recipe,
with full Instructions and advice, will please call
Oh or address with return postage.l
JAS. Z. MARSHALL.
Practical CHEMIST.
No. 37 City Building, \. York.
Il.
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-ur@ea WASHINGTON, ALEAANOkl
-szoSi.-ys5sAND RGETUW \ STEA.


This f4yorite steamer COLUMBIA, capt Jane:
HARPER has recently bccu put in complete ordcr
hlgin, bad added u her former accommodations
& spacious saloon and fourteen comfortable state
rooms with entire new bedding and other furni'
turs AMI will until tho ed september next, leave
E4!timore EVERY SATURDAY AfIEkNooN
at SIX instead Of four oclock--thnS atfordlng pas
:engyrs ana shippers two hours more III Baltimore
and arriving 1t Point Lookout and kinsalc n
more conveaicnt hours ia the morning. Return
ing the Columbia will leave Hiley'S wharf, Nash
iogton, EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, n
s;T and Alexandria at seven o'clock. calling a.
all the usual Stoppns places. going aud returning
to land and receive passengers and freight.
Since the COLUMBIA has been enlarged, II
rarely haypen. that she canno: take considerable
additions to her usual freight. Shippers there
fore having large lots Of snnno, pig iron. and oth
ertrsiyht. can have them carried by special aSreo-
ment on terms mutually advantageous, on apph'
cation to the following agents.
CHAS. WOKTHINGTON, Baltimore.
WHEAT / BROTHER, Aexandria
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r-as CHANGE OF RUNNING OF
- STEAMER GIPSEl.-on and after
Monday, I1tu instant, the Steamc: GlPSEA Will
run regularly, every day, between Pennington ana
Alexandria, for passengers and freight, leaving
Farmin gton nj 81 o'clock, 4. M.--retnrnlnS, leave
Alexandria ut :, ?. NJ.
Terms Of passage from Farminston to AleXan-
dri1 and back, 25 cents for each passenger. Chil-
Ir,n uAdcr - wears. half price.
lS-dtf ALFRED ". GARDNER L CO.
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INVITE CITIZENS AND STNANEtk5 -
| call NV MAxuFAcroEr, No. IL! i>lH| STREET.
BETWEEN WAsulSGroS A>o -. 7>AFH a,',,, 'i.,1%,
aud examine my i@rse an" ha'So'' ">~'i' a
of SADDLEKl GOODS as 1t" not ''''t.'o ~
surpassed in my line .! business ~ any our %'.
have on hand, "nI a@i dalIy W''''''''' ~, =:
6ue aud superior al assortment ~ '"'' 'o -
any OF the N't'h.', J.. I..mI il any ether
as great " - !lArEEsS .: ali kinds. trol.
noaSs no.. ,,, nn;)t work DOWN 10 the ivay, cat, aod
plough Harness; TX NA> u ''r'! N''' ,.t;,.,
issa 5ss1N; '1a 'S. SS""s: S%so DS:>s ysa2 ~: % %
brla!eS' MnT'''s'i'G va r.nry Ro!s Driving Gloves
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VOL. LXl.
,.xansria Gazette and Virginia Advertiser,
PUBLISHED DAILY BY
rpGAR SN0WDEN & SONS,
!, r,,n, Dollars per annum, payable half yearly.

.,avapdria Gazette and Virginia Advertiser,
h'0> FOX TIE COUNrRr)
Is PUBLISHED, REGULARLY. on
rrrsD4YS. THURSDAYS, AND SATURDAYS,
,Fiys Dollars per annum, payable in advance.
~ Observation-Disclosures not exceeding one
lbH" inserted three times for On9 Dollar. AdTcrtisc
- ,,t,uurd after three times iur 30 cents Square
, " ,,.u INSERTION INSIDE, or - cents OUTSIDE.
,,,au.nt, by the year prices 10 be agreed upoti,
H t.r,ntc to the usual amount OF space they may
"t"t:r 4pvErrlsENESrS charged for extra.
Advertising ly III" year not TO advertise articles not
Flui in hrr re- ular husincS 10 insert IN their
Iy-rt,,4nrut- any otIl.r aalites than their own.
p,gr,iGs aad OBITUARY NorcEs exceeding n'e i'heS viii
- ,,,,r,.l for ~ advertisements.
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,!IfTAKY GOODS. Hats. PiunvS. Epaulet..
y. swords. Belts, S:.sh~s, Buttons. ana Should
rr euap,, Virginia Regulation. am m1noine-
rnr1a and using as good trimmings A. are made.
n,+g RICHARDS, ilu hinsstreet-
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Nh. s. phyH 3,
n.-r1N rIINCTEN

UlVIU 7 HN".I-N'
4TTOHNEi } i + ! u,
WILL i.racr!cc in ;hc several Courts in the
W District Of Columbia, and III the ''re":t
Court e! Alexandria.
UrgicE. NJ. 81 ;.o:!iSia"a arou"c, near ;"c ti!y
Hall. Washington city.
Hu~ipE>cs.. Alcyar'Ira. Va. oct I'll
c.. C. BRADLEY.
CABINET. CIiA!N 4 SOFA MAN fACTt hER.
Cos.n.c ..j King d .tJred SIS, Al"r""fr'"' '".
giAS constantly on hand. anu oilers I" the pub
] lie. AN excellent assortment II Cabinet W are,
sofas. and Chairs q: every variety. ani on the low
est terms which, inr durability aud finish. cannot
he s,,..f,,>..5 NH :-iy
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WASHINGTON K co.

WASHINGTON < CO,
Grocery, Liq9or. and Commission Merchants,
80. II. i'Hl0N >IREEr,
ALENAND DkIA, ' A.
feh 81
,.,,.- vr,.y,r >unrT IONS PERRY.
,,N00T i PERRY. dealers IN l. [ VI i l. X,
= NAILS. LIME, CEME%T. and tAhtlNED
PLASTER. No. 10. >orrH U>loS STREET, ALIEN
AypnlA, Va. ap -
THOMAS PERRY,
Commission Nerchart. No. ;, >ruth WhaEyes,
ALEXANDRIA. VA.
fci lo-Iv
JOHN MARSHALL.
TTDRNEY i r II W,--Ajsraadri", VA
r.sy- Office IN ROYAL street, istesy occupied by
. !, z arusrt. ny p27-n
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OTICE.-The undersigned have TINS diy
" formed copartnership under the style OF
PERRY BROTHERS, and have taken the store
No. A. King street, where they will keep gene
roI assortment OF TIN, JAPANED and HOUSE
furnishing WAKE, UMBRELLAS, WHIPS,
CANES, BRUSHES, COMBS, &c. To which
they invite the attention OF the trade.
WILLIAM PERRY.
ous 15-tf JOSEPH PERRY.
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nIlNDOW GLASS.-l70 boxes French WIZ
w dow Glass, assorted sizes-gsnerally large
just received and for saleby
aug 90 r. n MILLER. SON & CO.
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I EWIS PORTABLE GAS LIGHT, for City
| 1 and Country, patented February y, 1885,
g. ,aIa b., PERRY BROS,
s.nl7 A King -strc-t.
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cUPER PHOSPHATE OF LIME.-C. B. De
- BuRG's No. | AMMoSIATED SUPER PHos-
pHArl or LIME. in store and FOR sale by
sep THOMAS PERRY.
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~ VESSELS WANTED FOR
SSss.A NEW YORK,
BOSTON
COH,SSET NARROWS,
NORWICH,
And yther ports, to load with Cos! ~ current
rate. Of freight. 3. NJ. FRANKS,
10 TT Upper Coal Wharf, North at Caaat.
FsIIM0THT SEED.-Prme article, Tor sale oy
Il sep2s MEADE MARIE.
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IANDIES, CAKES, and CONFECTlONER.
I of all kinds constantly on hand, and slso
m,Ie to order, at c. SCHAFER'S,
sep l3--ti No. 3, North Fairfax strcet.
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CHANGE OF URS.

ur~~r The Steamer JAMES GUY, leaves
- Washington ovory TT ESDAt anu
FRIDAY, at Il o'clock. \. NJ, ani AeNandria Al
81 .'cock, l. NJ. for Curriolnan, ani the inter'ne,
date landings ON her return trips. she w'i
leave Uorriomun every Wednesday anu Saturday.
a. / v'clvck A. VI.
LJCIEN 5. PAGE, Proprietor.
N,rulxl.L Bor>u, Agent, Alexandra.
my TT
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l.>a. FOR PHILADELPHIA AND NEW
rr1z-sssrs sYORk-llANDS LINE.-Thc regular
pacao, steamer }. JEROME, Capt. Jerome VIII
leave on Saturday 18th inst. Apply to o>-
WM. II. FuWLE i son,
.tu5, No. ( South Wharves.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-21
WHISKY

IN barrels and half barrels on consign \ ment at cost and charges for the cash by
 March IA BRUGMAN co.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-21
Inauguration of Mills Statute of Wash
 ington-E Eloquent Speech of Hon. MT Rncnok

The oration of the Hon. Mr. Bocock, of Virginia, at the inauguration of Mills statute of Washington, was very eloquent effort The closing paragraphs are as fol- lows:
 Upon this representative and similtude of the great and honored dead, which we this day put before the world, the winds shall blow, the rains shall fall and the storms shall beat, but it shall stand unhurt amid them all. So it shall be with the fame of him whose image it is. The breath of unfriendly criticism shall blow upon 1t; the storms of that broken moral or social change may break upon it; but it shall stand firmly fixed in the hearts and memories of every true, and honest, and liberty loving man who inhabits our land or cherishes our institutions.
 The inhabitants ofthis city, as they behold this statute, day after day will look upon it as the palladium oftheir priveliges and the silent guardian for their prosperity. And the thousands and tens of thousands that from every nation, kingdom and tongue yearly go forth to glze upon and admire the wonders of the earth, when they shall pause with reverential awe as they gaze upon this similitude of the mighty Wash lngton.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-21

ST. LoUIs, March 1.-The legislature of New Mexico has passed resolution ask ing Congress to grant them semi weekly mail running through in ten days.
 A resolution has passed the House of the Missouri legislature instructing the committee on internal improvements to report a bill to complete the Pacific Rail. rord to Kansas city; to sell the highest bidder the North Missouri, Iron mountain and Cairo and Fulton roads, the State bidding to the full amount of her loans to said roads. In the event of the State be- coming the purchaser. the roads to be or ganized under one name; a directory to be chosen by the State and the above roads to be speedily connected by rail.
 In the event of the Cairo and Fulton company not being willing to let the road go to sale, the north Missouri and Iron Mountain roads to be connected under one organization, and to be extended to the Mississippi river below ice making point
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-21
From the Helena Shield. Misunderstanding Developments.

A dispach in the New Orleans papers published few days since, to the effect that ANDREW J. RODGERS, late of Helena, had been arrested in Georgia for kidnap- ping free negroes with the intention of en- slaving them, was read in this city few days since, with some astonishment. Not that the people of Helena had (of late) any great faith in Mir. Rodgers, but they were astounded to learn that his villainous dis position aspired so high, or rather at his ability to play the finished scoundrel But so it seems. The following is the brief his tory of the case, so far as our information extends:
 Rodgers left here last summer rather un- tremendously, owing debts to the amount of over sl,000. His wife, who came with him here, young and handsome woman, soon followed. It was the general impres- slon here that he was gone ''for good," that his creditors and other parties here who had bcfriended him, were '.sold" very cheapiy. Things remained thus until about the first of December, when, one cold, snowy, eheerless morning, the afore. said Andrew J. turned up,-having landed from decending steamer, bringing with him his family and ''servants,' with, as the story was circulated, an abundance of "tin" to satisfy clamorous creditors. He very soon purchased, at an enormous price, piece of town property--a house and lot and not having brought all his funds along-for fear, probably, of making a run that might prove too heavy on the Georgia banks-gave a mortgage upon a mulatto woman to raise funds to make the first payment
 Everything worked pretty we'll, upon Me surface, for short time, but the afore- said ANDREW having made rather more noise about an attempt. as he said, of some 'lntermeddler with the institution of slave ry,' trying to ''deprive him of his prop erty," than was necessary, 1t was serious ly believed that he himself might be watch ed with perfect safety. Suspicion grew apace, of our citizens to whom he was indebted called upon him for some se- curity. He gave bill of sale, or perhaps a deed of trust, on likely mulatto fellow In few days he again left for Georgia. The next news from him was through the New Orleans press that he was arrested as above, and by gentleman who came hith- CT a day or two since, for the mulatto wo- man whom he mortgaged, and who is free, we learn that RODGERS is in jail in Macon, with fair prospect of long term of years in the penitentiary.
 His family left for Georgia day two since
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-21

TIE SPEAKERS ELEcTIoN.-The Wash ington correspondent of the Tuscumbia Democrat, has the following remarks on the vote for Speaker ofthe House: Y Every democrat in the house-Mr. Me Clernand of course excepted, who voted for General Houston-whether from the North, the South, the East or the West, with the exception of Messrs. Moore, Curry, Clopton and Pugh of Alabama, and Messrs. Mcqueen, Miles, Bonham, Boyce and Keitt of $. C., voted for MT. McCler- nand, who is lifelong democrat, who indorses the constitutionality of the fugu- tive slave law, and the repeal of the Mis- souri restriction; who has fought and Is fighting the spread of abolitionism, who is one of the fourteen northern democrats who voted against the Wilmot proviso, and who would, were slave of mine or any other southerner, to escape to Illinois, not only council to return to their home, but aid by his personal exertions, to effect a religious observance of the constitution and the laws.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-21
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RENTS IN NEW YoRK.-Genin, the fla nous natter, has failed, and the cause is attributed to his fancy for marble store rooms and high rents. He paid SlS,600 year for two rooms Even Genin's hats could not stand that pressure. There is a block of stores erecting opposite the Met ropolitan Hotel-the rooms being barely twenty feet wide by one hundred deep, for which s12,000 rent for each is asked. W
 A New York paper says that Broadway landlords are the most interruptions set of harpies in the world, and that they will break any firm in New York, if said firms are absurd enough to stick to Broadway.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-21

ANOTHER MURDER IN ARKANsAs-A contractor on the levee at Columbia, Ar kansas, whose name we could not ascer- tain, was killed short time since by one of the worlmen employed by him. It seems two of the.laborers got into difficult ty, and the gentleman interfered and en- deavored to put stopt to it, when one of the parties turned on him, drew knife and stabbed him, from which he died.
 His body was brought to this city on board the steamer M'GilI, on Saturday night last. We were unable to ascertain whether he was resident of this city or not-Memphis Enquirer.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-21
For the True Democrat St. Louis and Cincinnati.

lhese two cites are now rivals for the Arkansas river trade, and without under- taking to dictate to merchants or others where they should buy or sell. Iwould like. through the columns of the True Demo- crat, to direct the attention of all to one thing which l think should be taken into consideration by every one who trades in either place. Let us know who we are buv- ing of. Is he a conservative man, or is he Fremont or Frank Blare man? If he was supporter of either of those worthies let his goods rot on his hands, or let him 4 sell them to his brother traitors. It is sometimes told us that we ought to buy in St. Louis because 1t Is in slave State. but my reply to all such Is that St. Louis is worse abolitionized than Cincinnati. No; let us buy where we can do best, but never buy of an anti-slavery man. There is cer- tainly no need of it, for there are honest men in every city, if we will take little pains to find them out.
 Just here l would like to ask if many ot those St. Louis merchants who are striv- ing to secure Arkansas river trade are in- imlcal to one of her institutions. Who is
 'to''' ~A' Il Hlcy, lIlo StONe manufacturer. Is he not black republican and brother to the present black republican do-nothing mayor of St. Louis? Are not one half the merchants there whose drummers are swarming up and down the river in the same list.
 Let us make the same inquiries in regard to Cincinnati and New York merchants, and never patronize our worst enemies.- You, Mir. Editor, have opportunities and facilities for finding out these matters, and I think it is your duty to publish the name of every miscreant who denounces us and our institutions at home, and then comes to us with a deceitful grin on his face to cheat us with his wares. 1 say cheat, because I do not think any abolitionist honest there fore we should beware of him and his mer- chandlSe. c. E. T.
 Pope county, Narch 2d 1860.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-21

NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTs.- Wosh- ,ngton, Feb. 24.-The post-office commit tee of the House of Representatives will report bill authorizing the postmaster general to advertise for proposals to carry the entire overland mail to San Francisco; the letter mail to go through in twenty days with a semi-weekly service, and the news paper mail in thirty days, with weekly service. The contracts are to run three years from the first of July next. Bids will be received for the carrying of the en- tire mail by the water route, either from New York or New Orleans, semi weekly Bids for more or less frequent service will also be received.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-21
The Slave Trade.

NEW YORK, Feb. l6.-A Havana cores pondent reports that two steamers, the Mar quis de Ia Habana and the Democrata, were about to sail for Congo-river. They belong to Marby, Bustamenta < Co.,, and have been fitted up openly and without m olestation from the authorities. If they succeed, the number of steam slavers will be increased forthwith. Besides these there are some four or five Spanish and American vessels being got ready for the same destination.