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Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-11-24
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P 4- $ DIED OF HIS WouNps,---Dr, Stone, for fnerly of Harper's Ferry, vs., who fought duel last spring with Gov. Bliss, of Jcf- ferson Territory, and was wounded, died on the Eth instant at Denevcr city. The Journal says:
 q For the last seven months he has snfs fsred from wounds inflicted upon his per. son while engaged in duel with Gov. Bliss; the latter was the challenged party, and he chose as the weapons muskets. The Doc tor fell at the first fire; the ball from the gun of his opponent entered his left thigh, penetrated the bladder and passed through the body--a wound that at last has proven mortal. No one can imagine the suffering the Doctor has endured the last seve months. Few men possess the constifl tion to enable them to survive the wou, so long,. The Doctor took offense at someV thing said at supper party last March. immediately sent challenge, which was accepted, and the parties soon after met in the deadly encounter.''
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UNITED STATES SENAroR.--A former editor, while conducting this paper, ex-i pressed some time ago a preference for the election of Judge Fletcher to fill that va cancy, and in accordance with that, placed his name before the people, through it's colums. Whatever wo may think ot tho prematureness of such a proceeding, wo shall not at this late period, make any change in the matter. For this we have various reasons. Judge Fletcher is gen. tleman--par excellence---of the highest order of talent, his information, political and general, is excelled by few; ready de- bator, and good writer, in addition to pos sessing those invaluable qualities, coolness and self-possession in the most trying emergencies, render him peculiarly we'll fitted to fill the high station in which we wish to see him placed. We know that he is the choice of the people of Jefferson and Desha, and have no boubt, that when the subject is brought up for action by the legislature, his strength will be found to be at least equal to any of his competitors; as it Is we believe him--from all that we can learn--to be the most popular man in tho State, and justly so.-Nopoleon Planter..
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Cur fie9sn' State Policy and Where we Stand

we are one of those who have never ad yocateu 'qy States indorsing the bonds of banking Monopolies, or corporations of any oo'O'.puen; not even the bonds of rail 'oao oVI'pSou'es, ,i cues, or for their encoiiragment, unless 'no oAte is out of debt and has a surplus resel,e s in her treasury. We have always 'qsaaed individual enterprise as the mos, ,, th phloper and prudent plan for de- at least :1 uhal she gets out of debt and be, ss, ,1 eon1es %psndent. Itis notright to reels- .essly .ban sntisse tS the burthen of peoples s tax muau nn ,,as sasy are already complaining of oelng ORplisSsed' Palesd' In this connection, we cnnnot Do, eslp G l1 but regard the policy of our presenat ptaa in ,msrnor' m,r' and as defended and ad- Richard nd, Il f., Johnson, as the most wise. pr"
 dent slaat ana lSaslOle sS which conld possibly be at pfesg"t @ tSa S%aOpted by this state to relieve we. we DslP nnsir the Ias white basis sytem. is not only l' unI", So sa, out actually impracticablo.w eering hobOya clap.trapp pUpalarslfftIon with Sh n
 rn rr'i inst poiey vat every one knows that it is mo nc jIs' lS, Itats to have the southern portion o1 ,i 'ns ,i"rsnne eSentllbuting as it Were don of reprssentalioaaa aa' IS ac oiding to the basis mort tbern poition towards schooling the
 ' when al the samp fin,o ;t
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-11-24

NEW CoUNTERFEIrs. .--The following are new counterfets: Tens and twenties on the Bank of Ashland, Ky; threes on the Southern Bank of Kentucy; twenties on the Citizens Bank of New Orleans; ones and tens on the State Bank of Ohio; fives on the Southern Bank of St. Louis; tens on the Merchants' Bank of St. Louis; threes on the Kokoma Bank, Wisconsin. The following are frauds: Twos on the Far mer's and Merchants Bank of Ashland. Iowa; ones, fves and tens on the City Bank of Trenton. N. J.; bills of various de. nominations on the New England Bank of Fairmont, Me, and on the Manufacturers' Bank of Hartford.
 STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS IN THE C.rY.-A lame attempt at an ovation was yesterday made by the friends of the "Little Giant" on the occasion of his arrival in our midst. lie was very coldly received by our citi- zens, hardly a bakers dozen turning out to do him reverence. Alas, poor Yorickl N o. Courier
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From the New Haven Journal Oct. l2. Horrible Tragedy in Connecticut.

A horrible double murder was perpetrat- ed on Monday evening, in Bridgewater, Litchfield county. A man by the name of David Villets, natter by trade, while in fit of passion or temporary insanity, mur- dered his two daughters, aged eleven and fifteen years, and then attempted to put an
 Is s55af oy '; ysars o aes si. iaaesf has st: ways lived in Bridgeport, and has always been considered a steady, temperate man.
 The circumstances connected with the heart-sickening affair are about as follows: Villets, occupied with his wife, a small shanty house in the town, and his two daughters by his first wife lived with them. Nothing was known of the matter till the following morning, when, says the Bridge port Standard, he rapped on the window and attracted the attention of a person who was passing. Of course there was great gathering at the place, and physician was sent for. Villets' throat was sewed up, and he was able to tell what he had done, but was not disposed to say much, remarking that he supposed he would be examined, etc. His manner was perfectly rational.- If insane at the time of committing the murders, he had apparently rccoye1ed.- 1t Is stated that several of his connections by the mothers side have been deranged X few months since he was in the em- ployment of Messrs. Sangford, at Bridge water but left them or was discharged.- lie had been at work in Brooklyn and other | places, but had not been able to obtain a permanent situation. Last eek he return cd home, and it is said, proposed to give up housekeeping-his wife to go home to her connexions in Massachusetts, and his daughters, he said, he would place with the Shakers.
 His wife (not the mother of his girls) ) left on Monday, and he, it is said, attend ed her to the cars. Nothing unusual ap- teared In his manner, and it was noticed hat his daughters went some distance to meet him on his return. t7's ,e
 1t IS thought that he may have had some difficulty with his wife, but this seems to be mere conjecture. His first wife died years since. He has been reputed to be a man of sober habits. It is supposed that being in needy circumstances. he had be. come deiected and probably deraaged-z The victims were found as if sleela
 They probably died without stugg
 first blows-which were inflicted N
 hammer-having destroyed all cons
 ness. asss
 It is thought that Villets will recovd
 He is now confined in Litchfeld coui
 iai.
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 AN ABOLITION HowL-MEEriNs OF THE ANTI-SLAvERY SocIEFy.-The Pennsylva. ma abolition convention held a meetino last week at kennett Square, small vii. lage twenty-two miles fvpm Philadelpbia. The resolutions and proceedings were of the usual incorporate character. Wash. lngton and Jefferson were denounced as thieves and slave drivers by a negro orator. who finally became so violent in his denun. citations that he was silenced by misses from the audience. During the proceedings n Brother Crozier, in the course of his re- marks, said that his anti slavery principles were fully established, as he had eaten and slept with negroes, and if such condescen- sion on the part of white man was not q test, he did not know what was. This riled Brother Purvis, the negro who had reviled Washington and Jefferson, and that ger. sonagc proceeded to reply at length to his erring white brother He didn't think Crozier's test any test at all; associating with negroes had nothing to do with the question, Indeed, if there was any condo scension, it was on the part of the "nigger." Brother Crozier was completely taken aback by this overwhelming argument and alterward kept his mouth closed. Some old snaggle,toothed woman offered a series of John Brownish resolutions, which welc of course unanimously adopted, when the ~ annual howl for 1860 subsided
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$50 RzyvAreD
FSO <@sSvzAHsA s.syf'--S-.->< DANAWAY from the subscriber,s.

RANAWAY from the subscriber ss< IN plantation, l5 miles below Little Rock R Arkansas, on Saturday, 2lst inst, a negro .A man named JACK or JACKSON. Said negro is of dark copper color, 20 or 9 years old, about feet, For inches high, weighs l55 or 60 lbs, and IS stout and well built. He rode away light brown lilly years old, with blaze face, and Mexis can brand on the left hip or thigh-had on light cassimere cross-barred sack coat and black ool hat, asot took with him pair of coarse white blank cts, pair of fair leather saddle-bags and a fiddle will most. likely go to the Cherokee Nation, where understand he has mother living, a few miles west of Fayetteville. The above reward will be given for his apprehension and delivery to me at this place, or $25 will be paid if he is con- fined in any jail in the State where can get him. J. w. McCONAUGHEY
 Iittte R0ck Ark Julv 05 lS60
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n range 4.

5ays sS, of range 5. s-<ss tz{ End office at FAYETTEVILLE, commencing on Thursday, the 2oth day of December next, for the disposal of the public lands heretofore unofered situated within the following townships, viz: North of the base line and ,cest of the ftth principai meridian. Township l9, of range 20. 5.,tlf. ts Township IT, of range 2l @s
 At the land office at CLARKsvILLE, commencing on Monday, the l7th day of December next fer the disposal of the pubcl lands heretofore unoeretl situated within the following townships, viz: North ot the base line and icsst of the fh principal meridian. fr Fractional townships and 3, of range B. At tine and office at WASHINGTON, commencing the disposal Of the public lands heretofore unocrel situated within the following townships, viz: South cf the base line and mest of the fth principal mtridian. The iractions south of the old boundary line of township 20, of ranges 2, 9, g, 24, :5 and 26
 At the land office at CHAMPAGxoLLE, commenc ing on Monday, the i7th day of December next, TOT lhe dsposa oi the public lands heretofore un offered situated within the following township an,l parts ot townships, viz:
 Souh cf he base line aud ,-es' of ae th Dri0einol meridian.
 Township l9, of range 6.
 Township l9, of range '. Township l9, of range s.
 Township 10, of range 9.
 Township 20, of range IS.
 The parts south of the old boundary line. of township 20, of ranges l9 and 20.
 Land appropriated by law for the use of schools, military, and other purposes, together with the swamp and overtlowed," will be excluded from the sales.
 The offering of the above lands will be commence ed on the days appointed, and will proceed in the order in which they advertised until the whole shall have been offered and the sales closed; but no sale shall be kept open longer than two weeks, and no private entry of any of the lands will be ad mitted until after the expiration of the two weots
 Given under my hand, at the city of Washing ton, this llth day of September, Anno Dom;ni one thousand eight hundred and sixty By the President: ~ | Jos. S. WILSON,
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July 9, 1860. If
NOTICE.

pANAWAY from the subscriber, sx
 le living at Mason's. Mills, Plum Bayou P xHS O., Ark, negro man named REM US--s.id .N boy is about 30 years old, feet, 10 or II inches high, black color, upper front teeth decayed, slen der built, will weigh about l60 lbs. and had the hair on the right side of his head cut shorter than the left, and rather quick spoken, but can easily be detected by questioning, and will probably give some one else as his owner Said boy rode off when he left small sorrel horse, little white in his forehead and or 3 white feet and about 9 years old. liberal reward will be given for the apprehension of said negro or horse so that can get them. c. M. SUMMERS.
 July 9, 1860. If
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The London " Morning Chronicle" q journal which is in close affiliation with the British and foreign ant-slavery so. clety' of Exeter Hall contains the follow ing narn graph, ,-5,,...s..
 There IS no safety for European mon archal governments, if the progressive spirit of the democracy of the United States is allowed to succeed Elect Lincoln, and the first blow to the separation of the United States is effected"
 This is European sentiment. It was the sentiment which consummated the abolition of African slavery in the British possess ions. lnjustifying the indemnity of f2O.- O00,000 (Sl0O, ,000) given to the planters, Sir Robert Peel asserted that the money had been we'll expended, if for nothing else, for the influence that the measure would exercise in abolishing sla. very in the United States, and consequently division of that mighty Union of the western hemisphere which, if let alone, was to ultimately cast into perpetual shade that realm which was so extended that there was no setting sun for it's flag.
 If Lincoln's election is realized and a separation effected, Exeter Hall will then let the South repose in security. The gov ernment of Great Britain will noursh her Constitutions as essential to the well being of the British, and form, if it be desired, a treaty offensive and defensive with her.
 If the North will be content with noth- ing less than separation, let it come, and let the line of partition be drawn. South ern property may slightly depreciate at first, but it will speedily recover and steadily increase in value ever after; while northern property will fall at once to low point of depression, and, perhaps, there remain for ages.
 The notion that either England. or France, or Germany, or Belgium, can get along prosperously a day, without the pro duets of southern fields, as cultivated with slave labor is too preposterous to be en- tertainod bya rational mind. That labor IS essential to the material, and indeed political, existence of each as pap is to the
 Even if that which is regarded as the greatest of nalional calamities shall trans Plre--a division of the Union-there will be nothing inthe occurrence, which ought to %, cause a southern heart to despair = slouds will be removed, instead of created. rom thsH HIigon of the slavehoding States. l,,e1,, -..''il ha va the consolation to know tAey part with political partners who hnVe aot sufficient integrity to observe the oo's",ohsofa solemn covenant of part. nefs "ho ,ave no more devotion than to n. pc ac'ua.is p ey the Higher Law or Might as h'snt ! '.Slple' The concern as it exists Is no. e'Sa Msputable. It's condition mnsl be oe''cie0a is to be worth preserving
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-11-24

HE ACTION OF SoUTn CARoIINA-7Spr.
 pENDENcE FoREvER.-We have never seen
 more enthusiasm than was creates by the
 action of the legislature on yesterday. On Friday, the Senate, by an almost unani-
 nous vote, appointed the first Monday in January as the day for the election of dele. gates to the State convention. This gave general disappointment. When the bill came to the House, the time was altered to the 9th of December, and tile 17th of De. center as the time for the convention, by unanimous vote. It was then returned to the Senate, and adopted by unanimous vote. The enthusiasm is immense, and no doubt exists now that South Carolina will go out of Union in which she, and the other southern states have been subjected to A sectional domination which depletcs her through it's revenue and commercial system. and which, in total disregard of hel trea- sure expended, her blood split. and her con stitutional rights. now proclaims through the majority of members, that she shall be excluded from the common domain of the federal government. The day of southern independence has dawnel. and yesterdays action will sooner or later secure south ern confederacy. The South alone must govern the South. 'a l
 The passage of bill by unanimous vote of both Houses. is sn unprecedented act in the history of cur State legislature. -,SouM Carolinian. M
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I an antl-slavery platform-electci as the representative of the irrepressible con | tllct' doctrine. Under the circumstances It becomes us as slave holding community to consult together calmly and decide with due deliberation and tirmness on our future programme. for one, am opposed to i'm mediate secession, and would give as an | outline of the policy that in my humble l opinion would be the best for the South in this emergency. First, for the legislature or each southern state to be convened and authorize the election of delegates from each congressional district and the state at large, (say double their present representa- ton Tn congress) to a convention of the whole southern states to be convened at Aemphls, Tennessee, for the purpose of laying down or a~bpting some general plan of action; and would suggest that said convention should adopt, first, the doctrine of non-intcrcourse with the North; second. Y, devise some means for direct trade with Europe; thirdly, give Encouragement and ald to manuiactorles at home; fourthlv proceed to establish armories, etc., in every southern state; filthy, to advise that the southern people fill the offices in the South under Lincoln, but in no event to receive one from the free states.
 It is said by many that we cannot cut off our trade with the North, THiy is aN !gon'mon. By passing stringent laws against those who should violate this doctrine. it can be carried out and enforced, and aI though 1t may be severely felt by the South for few years; yet the disease is a desper ate one and the remedy proportionately se- vere' and painful. By adopting the above plan ot action, we can bring the northern people to their [" right mind" and if they should persevere in their present course, at the end of two or three years the South can be ready for secession or yeyolufion if any should prefer that term.
 But what we most need at this iuncture Is unity on the part of the ,ohole South.- Our interests are identical and our action. should consequently be harmonious.
 These are my views upon the momen- tous issue now presented, scribbled off dur ing leisure moment; it you think them worthy publish them, if not throw them aside. Yours, etc, w
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To Planters, G1st aud .Saw-naU
 OscRers.

TFIE undersigned offers his services as X practical Millwright for putting up and re. pairing Grist, Saw-mills and Cotton Gins Aaving, also, much experience in putting up and running STEAM ESctsEs, GRIsr and SAw-MIIIs. I am ready to engage myself, on reasonable terms with owners of such establishments, for build;no or attending the sauc, and, if desired, to keen m new buildings, will make full plans in dr,u;ao together with an estimate of the expenditures Gentlemen, am stranger here Please .iso me call, and you shall find me ready to .. F,rs THE Music." fA0H
 ngiis9lars enquire at this office, or her Ie,
 ERNST HAPPE,
 Lahe Roes, Arks
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SouFn CAROLINA MoNEY.-Some of our moneyed men are beginning to be ashamed Of the course some of our banks adopted in regard to South Carolina money, and on Saturday the most substantial of these financial cencerns received it on deposit.- We are inclined to believe that the whole excitement was gotten up by Shylocks in order that they might reap,a harvest off IL
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$50 REWARD.

RANAWAY from the subscriber in .s 1t January last, negro named SOLO-R MON-said negro is stout, we'll set, dark com .SA plexion, abont5 feet, inches high and 27 years of age will give $50 for the delivery of the boy to my overseer on my place, l5 miles below Pine Bluif or $25 if lodged in jail that can get him.
 A. J. WITHERS, JR. Iulv Q 1S60 #
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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY \
Boots and Shoes.

 MENS' s. KIP ] W. BOOTS; M s. w Mems Grain Cavelry Boots;
 '' Calf Sewed P. P. Boots
 W. P. Quilted :"
 !" |" Peg P.
 e {" XIV Misses Kid ". Heel Womens Kid Heel Boots; Misses Goat w. Childrens Kid Heel Boots Womens' Kid Ma. heel Boots; Womens' Kid w. Misses Kid P. P. heel Womens' Buff heel !" Goat heel Mems Kip L. and B. Brogans;
 |" Unbound F. F. :" 10 Lasting Oxforls; :" Calf sewed P. P. Shoes; Brogans,
 's Lasting French Ties; Glove Kid Oxfords; { " French Calf P. P. Monroes; Calf unbound Brogans;
 '' L. and B. heel Brogans; '' Silk Gore Congress;
 '' Cloth Gaters ea Boys Shoes assorted. -N Just received direct from New York and will De sold cheaper than usual at the cash store opposite the post office by M. OSBORN. Oct 20, 1860.
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R,l'aacay Negroes.
Jailer's Notice.

W AS committed to the jail of Van sA w Buren county, Arkansas, on the 18th & September, 4. D. 1860, negro man who calls .N his name JAMES WILLIAMS; and says he be- longs to a Mir. John Wilson, of Kinds county, Miss. Said boy is a dark copper color about feet, E inches high, weighs about 125 or 30 pounds, quick spoken. sfs e-s rss The owner of said boy is hereby notified to come forward prove property, pay charges and talk him away, otherwise he will be dealt with accord. ing to law.
 JOHN M. BAILEY, Sheriff
 and Jailer of Van Buren county. Sept. %, 1860. 6m Cost of adv. S26 or Si per week.
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'. rikASoA ts'tie Rock, A,x..
 ligence receiVsd from Baltntries n, ,,5t terrible panic exists in thats 1859 and hs all branches of business, comnilement ,sud CT, m well w, as financial is completely paralyzed. This city is also largely affected by the panic, and real estate has depreciated fifty per cent. within the last two weeks. Mer- L- chants are making no purchases, waiting with breathless anxiety the result of the presidential election. The election of Lin coin will certainly produce revulson, the like of which has never been known in this or any other country, and one for which it a, is more than probable no remedy can be ,: found.-N. r Herald.