Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-10-10

Confederate governments, and all persons en- gagged in the manufacture of articles for military purposes.
 A powder manufacturing company has been chartered by the legislature of North Corolina, to be located at Charlotte, and another near Raleigh.
 There are three or four powder manufactures in the Confederate States, and as many mere being established. One of these IS to be loca' ed near Batesvlle, Arkansas.
 Iron cotton ties are now manufactured at Shelby Ala. A very excellent tie was invented oy a citizen of this county. and the'r manu'ac' .ure now would be profitable.
 Col. Can't published card in the Mempnis Avalanche addressed to the voters ot the second congressional district of Arkansas, wherein he declines to ran for Congress in that district oe' eving it to be his duty to retain his present position in the military service of the Couiede' 'acy.
 The Irishman Thomas Francis Meagher, liter fighting against the Union in Ireland IS ,ow fighting for far more detestihls Union ln America. Meagher is g hambug and not a rue representative of Ireland. He was ban. shed to Australia and succeeded in effecting lis escape by violating his parole ot honor. John Mitchell is worth dozen of such adven- Gurers.
 Everybody has read of Billy Mulligan, the New York rowdy. He figured, if we mistake lot, at San Francisco, and was banished by the 'gilance committee. He is we'll acquainted with all the jails and prisons of New York 1; vas sent to Sing Sing for an attempt to mur- ter, and from that nursery of Lincoinism was transferred to the Federal army. The notorious owdy Bill Mulligan and Col. Mulligan, whom 'rice took prisoner at Lexington, are the same. lincoln has pretty set of officers Mulligan, he rowdy; Sickles, the cuckoled, aud Ned suntlne, olias Judson. the outlaw, are all fit ,adeas of the Federal troops. When man .t the North succeeds in rendering himself in- famous Lincoln at once promotes him.
 Elections are to be held in November in New York, Ohio and Iowa. Peace candidates are in he field, but they dare not speak their thoughts, .nd if there was the faintest hope of the cleo ion of any of them, he would forthwith be trrested. Elections are mere farce at the North and they might as we'll burn their ballot boxes.
 The six New England States with popula- ion of 3,l30,O00 whites, have only seventeen egiments and four battalions in the war. Ar ,ansas, with voting population of 6O,OO0, las, or soon will have, 30,O0O men-in the field.
 Cotton sells at P cents pound, and wheat 2 cents bushel in New York. pound of atton is, therefore, worth bushel of wheat in 1otham.
 At Cincinnati lot of paper belonging to the louisville Courier office was seized and held.
 They have small gunpowder manufactory a East Tennessee.
 The pay of Rufus Andrews, surveyor of the 'ort of New York, in consequence of the great number of confScations this year, will be little short of million of dollars.
 The negroes stolen by Picayune Butler are ordered to be sent to Washington. Some are put on board the ships as cooks and servants. Those sent to Washington are to be put at vork-the men on the entrenchm ents, and the women in kitchens and at wash tubs. The poor iarkies will think, if they dare not sing, "oh arry me back to old Virginny."
 The cotton crop is estimated at 3,sO0,OO0 ,ales.
 A month or two ago every days telegraph 'ruoght us accounts of fires at the North. Now he fires are at the South. Memphis, Charles on, Mobile and New Orleans have suffered in his respect. Where fires are the work of an in- endiary and he is discovered, the punishment 'hould be death by burning. A swift and terri lie retribution should be measured out to Lin. olnites who come south to burn our dwellings r to incite negroes to rob and murder.