Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-10-17
Clippings and Comments.
An exchange says:

An exchange says:
 The rage in Paris is for golden collars, in form and size like the present tiny appendages to ady's toilet Of linen or needle work. They are only about $250 each"
 The latest fashion here is for homespun dresses and thick soed shoes. And the result is that our women were never so beautiful or so healthy.
 In St. Louis pa atriotism is a crime. Not content with making freemen of slaves, Fremont naturally makes slaves of white men. Read this and see how brave men are treated:
 "CoNDEMNED TO HARD LABOR. Ulysses C.. Vandorhof and Isaac Wilcox have been tried by court martial in Saint Louis, on the charge of talk. ing up arms against the United States Government, and found guilty. They were sentenced to hard labor during the and their property conhs- cated."
 CoFFEE-This luxury-esteemed the greater from it's present scarcity-is retailing at 3S to 40 cents per pound for Rio, in this city, Java has about gin out Rye and Barley are being adop- ted as substitute, in many families; and sweet potatoes, beeis and ground peas are also brought into acquisition. All these, people say, make a very palatable drink; and we have no doubt if we try, we can bring ourselves to believe that each and all make beverage equal to the best Java 9r Mocha.-Au9usta Chronicle.' e/
 We have tried these substitutes, but the best we ever found acorns. These, hulled, dried, roas- ted and ground, not only taste like coffee but have the same qualities or medicinal effects. Unless well dried, you can detect sort of soft, unripe favor but, properly prepared they are an excellent substitute for coffee. Let some of our friends try it and give us the results of their experiment. We once knew wealthy man, an epicuIe to boot, who preferred his acorn coffee to the finest Java or Mocha.
 See what John Mitchell says
 THE ToBAcco SUPPLY IN FRANcE.-John Nit chel, in his last letter, dated August 18th, from Paris, to the Charleston Mercury, says:
 "We are not going to do without our tobacco. MT. Seward may count upon that with confidence. Not to speak of the great and royal cotton at all we must positively have the Lynchburg and Rich mond article There is not workman in France who does not smoke his pi pc immediately after his cafe Gu ait Most of the tobacco has been shipped from Norfolk or from Baltimore. It is all imported for account of the government The emperor re- ceves 1t all in public stores what he does to it in process of manufacture is more than can explain, but at any rate he turns it out for sale and con sumption very mean and inferior article. One pound of first class Lynchburg is worth a ton of cdp0rn. Nevertheless, poor as 1t is, we must put it in pipe and smoke it, for there is other, and we can by no means do without it, The French government, indeed, usually keeps in store provis- ion for two or three years ahead, 50 that men are in no immediate danger of having the supply cut off,
 We give another extract from a New Orleans paper, in relation to the free market there:
 "The following is statement furnished by Thos. Murray, esq, president of the market com mittee, setting forth the valuation of donations in supplies from planters and citizens to the free ket from 9th September to lst October, viz Corn meal, S503 75; Irish and sweet potatoes, $l39; sugar. S3G4; molasses. $36l; rice, $463; flour, Sl23; mess beef, Sll5; live cattle, $l70; salmon, s73 50; vegetables, $l26 30; beans, S43 50; pumpkins, Sl72 dried fruits, $l44; soap, S47 50, tongues and sounds, SIS 50; beef tongues, s; cheese, Si0 50; tea, $40; okra, l2 mackere, $l59; corn, $62 8; pilot bread, $37; salt, 45 50; sour crout, S5; l sheep, S6; thyme. $2-total, $ S',26' 9o. The tea mentioned was sent to the sick and wounded soldiers n Virginia.
 Purchased by the committee for the benefit of the market from September 9th to lst inst: l6 live cat tie, 2l5 bushels sweet potatoes, GA bushels onions, tierces rice, 10 barrels and 20 allbarre. mack erel.
 The market is at present in need of four; could not our merchants come to our assistance? The committee acknowledge the receipt of vol untary cash contributions from the opening of the free market, amounting to $3,624 B, of which the market committea have expended for actual sup plies S2,722 5.