Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-12-05
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 The New York Herald says that the cotton l and rice to be obtained in South Carolina will pay the expenses of the great naval expedition. Taking sea island cotton at sixty cents, and up- land at twenty cents and rice at it's present mar ket value, and the total value of these crops in the whole State of South Carolina, would not reach twenty millions of dollars. 1fthey were to get every bale of cotton and every cask of rice it would not more than pay expenses. They may have stolen in bales and in fields $25,000 worth. They will not get enough to pay for keeping their troops there, while the negroes they stole gather the crops.
 There is some dissatisfaction in Gen. Hind have resigned. The difficulty appears to have grown out of the appointment by Gen. Hardee, of Lieut. Col Marmaiuke, of Missouri, colonel of the legion. We see in the Pine Bluff News and Tru- Southern protest, signed by twenty four officers of the second regiment, against the appointment of Marmaduke, and asking that Lieut. Col. Bocage or Major Scaife should be appointed
 We since learn that the matter has been set teld by the appointment of Marnaduhe as colo nel of the legion, and Scate as colonel of the I'd regiment.
 For two months past, the weather has been singulary warm and dry. We are now in the l month of December, and the cold has not been severe enough to form ice except two nights, when it was said, thin ice was seen on thetollow- ing mornings. During the past month there were several days when fires were put out, win | dows opened and coats thrown off. There never was season in the memories of planters, 50 | favorable to picking cotton. No rains to beat it down and render 1t trashy or stop the | hands from picking and not sufficient cold to interfere with plantation labor. The conse quence Is that the cotton crop. an average one at least, has been gathered, so far, in good oraer and planters are we'll up with their picking.- We hope that the time is near at hand when 1t may be exchanged for British gold or merchant l disc, but if not, the planters will store 1t. As for Bomba Lincoln getting 1t, there need be no fears. The planters, to a man, are resolved to bura the last fake, rather than it shall fall into 1 the hands of the Yankees.
 The legislatures of several of the Southern States have changed the names of counties and | cities. Our State has several counties and inn portant towns bearing the names of abolitionists | Il. | <, be changed to McCulloch county and Van Bu. ren to Davis. The towns of Buchanan, Win. field and Van Barren might fad more patriotic names.
 Friction matches are now being made in Gal, weston, Texas.
 | It was reported and believed that Brigham Young had seeded, but the report did the Nor mons too much credit How cordially Young hated the old union is known by the fact that he was removed from the governorship and an army sent to Utah to control him. But the ramp government suits him exactly and he gives in his adhesion with energy. Indeed, Llncoln- dom would not be complete in it's fanatlcism without the sensual Thugs of Utah.
 A late number of the New York Herald states the metropolitan district of New York contains one million and two hundred thousand souls.- Of these, l44,936, are paupers-besides thou sands of others, supported by priva te charity, and 50,95S are convicted criminals These are ten times as many paupers as are in the South ern Confederacy and five times as many crim inals. According to their own statistics if We estimate those supported by private charity, at one-half of those supported at public institu. tions, we find that one out of every six Is a pau per. and of the remainder, one out of every six teen is a convicted criminal. We should take into account that thousands of the roughs' are in the army,as the jails and prisons were emptied of those willing to enlist and formed into Will sons regiment and Sckle's brigade
 The Texas camp at Dumfries, Virginia, is called Camp Wigfal, and the flag is made of the bridal dress of Mrs. Wigfall. The folds are o purple and white. The ensign is the Hone starn of white silk on a blue ground. It was made and presented to the regiment by the wife of their gallant colonel and it would require ten thousand Lincolnites to take it. and not then while single Texan survived.
 In the Mississippi legislature they had or have a bill to provide for the compensation of mem bers and officers of that body The speaker oi the House and president of the Senate are, each, to receive six dollars day and the mem