Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-10-31
Yankee Lies.

z The Art of Lying,' but she lived ana died half century too soon. She knew nothing ot the subject upon which she attempted to write. It is likely she had read the Arabian Knights, Gulliver's Travels and other works of fiction, but these were mere sportive plays of fancy, com pared with the downright point blank and con atruth lies of the present generation ot Tan kees. Munchausen lied amusiDgly; Mrs. Trol- lop, spefully, and others from motives of policy. But the Yankees are mendacious from hatred of truth. They are snuous because they abhor a straight line. They lie from love ot lying; systematically, by rule, and yet without mca' sure.
 We have read fables and romances; bank statements and congressional reports; political campaign documents and few biographies; but never have we seen read or dreamed of such point blank lies, such downrigh falsehoods, such unblushing unveracity and audaclous mendacity as is exhibited at the North Not only in the newspapers, but the officers of the government, civil and military, seem to have an ambition to out-lie each other. Some ot them are so gross and palpable as to make us wonder. One of their genealS writes an officlal report of battle wherein he states that the to- tai number of killed in a certain battle was 454, while the same paper in which the report was first published, gives list of l700 names of persons killed, and these did not include but a third of the regiments in the action. While the ,,EEao dead bodies passed his window.
 The New York Times taxes the crcdualty of its readers to wonderful extent. The . rela- ble gentleman" being "payed out" they now ret their information from deserter. Each paper has its deserter who is responsible for the stories. We giyea sample of one of the Times deSerters:
 "One young man from Baltimore, in one of the Maryland regiments, at Bull Run, as the Union'itaS burst into view, threw down his muSket, declaring that he could not fire upon the emblem ot that na tionaity which has afforded him much liberty and happiness. Beauregard hearing of the clrcun stance ordered him to be shot, which order my ln- tormant saw carried into execution the following morning.
 "Another instance of the heartlessness of Beaure- gard was mentioned, where q wealthy, respected and intelligent farmer sought an interview with that general and endeavored, by representing the misery and bankruptcy which must betali the south in the prosecution Of the war, to interest hm 10 recommend some peaceful overtureS to their gov ernment. The general ind gnanty ordered him under arrest, and the following day he was shot, his family turned from their home. and his property seized and contiscated to the Southern C0nteae- racy.
 1.-The Lousianian is strongly impressed that rebellion is imminent among several ot the South ern and both of the Maryland regiments, Tn conse quence of the gross misrepre sentatonS Dy when they were induced enlist. and the total disregard of their comforts and indifference to their wants This dis affection, he says, Is not blinded to the eyes of their leaders, and Beauregard, Tn parlicu' lar, is often encountered in their night watches, with folded arms, and wan and hollow cheeks and sunken eyes, silently walking to and fro before hls quarters, in an abstraction ot portentouS mean ing. He wears not that cheerful klndilnS glance that he did previous to the battle of Bull Run, and daily, as the soldiers become more and more camorous in regard to the fluff lment ot plomises made to them, the pride of his countenance seems to diminish
 ..The Louisianian, who appears to be very intel ligent, says we need to expect no more fighting from the Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana boys like that at Bull Run They have reflected much since that bloody fight and were it left to the sol
 
 union or secession, three -lourths would huzza for the stars and Stripes"
 That is a specimen. They lie aboutthe num- Der of the troops they have before battle, and afterwards lie about the number they had in 1t. It is believed at the North, and even in Europe, that at the battle of Oak Hills, Lyon had but 1000 and McCulloch 10000 men! They can ,i,o ,.IJ I T 1a.o ncI 10 do it on paper. When soundly thrashed at Santa Rosa, they claim a great victory. On the North Carolina coast our troops drove otf a Massachusetts regiment, taking a great num- Der of prisoners. A federal vessel, the Susque- hanna. came to their relief, and sent shot and shell among our troops, but nobody was hurt. Not ore of our men was killed or wounded. The Yankee lieutenant in command of the yes sel, wrote out his report. It is astounding. He declared that he killed untold numbers and ac- tually ceased from motives of humanity. The rebels fell like blades of grass before the scythe. The dead covered the ground. Worse than all, he sunk several vessels, and in one of them were seven hundred souls who were all drowned. All this is signed officially and published, while the lieutenant Is made hero.
 The northern papers are filled with lies of our army and people. In one paper now before us, in one column the editor asserts that two-thirds of the people of the South are for tue Union, and in the next column declares that the whole South, even to the women and children, are all rebels. If we treat their prisoners kindly and release them, they go home with lying stories of our nhumanity. Indeed, it would be dange- rous to tell the truth If the devil is the father of lies, he has more and blacker brats at the North than he ever had before in the same compass of earth.
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