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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-29

4" Senator Mason who vas under
arrest AT Chambersburg, Pa. has been
released. ...
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-29
The PHILADELPHIA Bulletin. a nan

ps1- The PhiIadeIphla Bulletin, paper
that is strongly in favor of sabjugating
the South. says:
eve have no idea that hundred
Thousand men can Gght out this battle.
We had better make up our minds to
raise, frs, as last, about million. /"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-29
Union Men Driven from nissouri.

Unlon Men Driven from Missouri.
LEAvENwoRTH. Wednesday, May %.
Intelligence from various sources shows
that number of Uuionists have been
driven from the border counties of Mis-.
souri, who have taken refuge in south
eastern Kansas.
Three regiments Of United States vol.
uuteers are being formed in this city and
Lawrence. ~ @
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-29

sW- The Congress of the Southern
Coafederaoy adjourned on the 2lst, to
meet at Richmond on July 20th.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-29

~ A dispatch to the Richmond
Enquirer, dated May 2lst, says that there
were great rejoicings there over the unan-
imous vote for secession.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-29

D Secretary Cameron has declined to
accept the four Maryland regiments c6fer-
ed by Governor Hicks, simply for the de.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-29

aes. Senator Foot, of Vermont has
rendered the Government ten regiments OF
Green Mountain Boys
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-29

~ We publish on our outside the
opinions of the English press In regard
to our present difficulties.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-29

ai4SP SPR1sqeH ssysr 10 every Union man
dsleBaysK any ysfsllow, because you are for
Jour countsy's Gag, calls you an Adolf
tiepjsf tell him he is liar. Il be re-
s rease th4 offence, knock him down, That's
1he highsr lsw-thes Tom Hyer lpx.''
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-29

eW There are to be sixty thousand
men stationed along the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi. 1 o
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-29

&c s-a2 General orders have been issued to
- -all the regiments encamped outside the
eityQf Wasbington, to the effect that the
ssSspid firing Of three guns and the ringing
II o. bellsstn The, night, will be signal for
ssheif fimme6fate march 20 the city. This
:. sIgns win only Be given ID case Of an
ssA ApRrehepded attack d ass::.. & sss.sds
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-05-29
The War Begun in Eastern
Virginia.
ALEXANDRIA TAKENi

Advance of the Government Troops.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

TIE DIGNITY OF MANHooD.-The Lcgis- latme of North Carolina-the good old North State'-in the act of calling a Conyen- tion of the people, dccrees as follows:
 " No ordinance of said convention, dis solving the connection of the State of North Carolina with the Federal Government, or connecting 1t with auy other, shall have any force or validity mHH 4 hoH hore Jcrn Sub- n,jtted to, oud rotTcd Ly, C mgordY of die quoijfed cotcrS of he State for members of the General Assembly, to whom it shall be submitted for their approval or rejection
 How such a calm and deliberate course of proceeding contrasts with the prccipitate action of some of our other Southern Legislr7 lures, It is the dignity of matured manhood in iuxta-position with the impctuous rashness of nasty and passionate boy. North Caro- lina-God bless her .-apprcciatcs the value of the Union, and would wish to preserve it. The others, to which We have referred, hate the Union, and would wish to destroy it. Mc-noble old patriotic Commonwealth .- has given long years of toll and expended blood and treasure to build it up Thcy have receiQd 1t as a legacy, that, with the reckless sclfwill and self-indulgencc of the Prodgal Son, they seem eager to dissipatc and destroy. Which example will the PEOPLE of the South follow ?-whose counsels will they give heed to, the Stages and Patriots of North Carolina, or the disunlonists and reyolutionists of Ala bama and Florida?
 P,1lot;o
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Telewranh R.ennrfs.

We sec that the press all over the country are uttering complaints, loud and deep, at the telegraphic reports received by them. One day we are told that the city of New York intends to secede from the Statc,-that Senator of the United States meets another in the streets of Washington, and without ceremony shoots him like dog-that SCoTr with the whole power of the Government, has gone to Charleston, to lay 1t waste with fire and sword, and many others equally impro5a- ble. X day or two after comes a contradic- tion of these reports. which leaves the pujlicas much mystifed as before. Now, who is re- sponsible fer all these Jha,dcrs, and what are they made for Is it not plain that the lines are in the hands of the politicians, who are making use of them for political ends Did such errors occur in the reports six months ago? Suppose youwere to telegraph to New Orleans to learn the state of the market there, or anywhere else on private business, do you think you would get an incorrect answer? No, for that would avail nothing. The only relia- ble accounts of the state of affairs in other sec tions of the country is through the press No dependence can be placed on the telegraph while in the hands of the ambitious dema- gogues, who would rejoice over the destruc- ton of this our common country
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The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad.

We learn with pleasure that the Legislature has passed bill authorizing loan of $l00,- 900 to the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad Company, to aid the Company in completing the road This sum is appropriated out of the fund donated by Congress to aid improve ments in this State, and is to be secured by the bonds of the Company payable to the State ten years from date, bearing interest at eight per cent, and also by mortgage on the Road We have no doubt but that the Road will be rapidly hastoned to completion, and in running order by this time next year. By such acts as this the people of our State may hope to prosper, rather than by wasting their resources in the horrors of civil war.
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TIE Wilmington (North Carolina) Herald, in commenting on the South Carolina seces- sion, says;
 The only hope for our salvation as a great and powerful nation rests, under divine Provi- dence, with the conservative people of the remaining states If they are true to them selves and to posterity; if they appreciate the priceless blessings which they enjoy-peace, prosperity, liberty power-they will yet res cue their country from the extremity of peril by which 1t is threatened. We have not yet been satisfied that they will not; we have not yet abandoned all hope; we shall still cling fondy, even if desperately, to the Union :; we will not give up the ship, the noble ship which has borne us so bravely through all the storms of our history, until the last plank is swept from under our feet. But if disruption is inevitable, if we must discover the bonds by which our fathers bound us, we will not celebrate onr parting with music and banners, and all the vain rejoicing of a holiday sport. We will part from our northern countrymen as a man parts from the bosom friend who has betrayed him-with indignation softened by grief at the necessity which compels the separation.
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The State Convention.

We learn from Little Rock that the bill for the eIectionof members to a State Conyen- tion, after having passed the House, was killed in the Senate Report says that one of the Senators made telling speech in opposi- tion to the bill, appealing to their patriotism, and demanding of them how they could so perjure themselves, after having sworn to sup port the Constitution of the United States, as vote for call to destroy it.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

PROPOSITION TO MAKE TWO STATES OUT OF VIRGINIA.-The people of the eastern and western portions of Virginia are almost is different in their ideas as natives of South Carolina and New England. Several propo- sitons have recently been talked over to divide the State It is understood that . new movement has been set on foot in the northwestern part of that State, for the pur- pose of calling a convention of the people 10 take into consideration the expediency of separating from Virginia in case of her with drawing from the Union to join in the form ation of Southern Contederacy. The lead CTS in this revolutionary scheme contemplate the erection of new State, embracing that portion of Virginia lying west of the Blue Ridge, and destined to include as many coun- ties east of said line, along the upper Po- tomac gear it, as may be induced by identity of interest, to cooperate in the project. Considerations of an economical character, determined partly by the arrangements of the present constitution of Virginia, (deemed by many in the western part of the State to be unequal in respect to the rates and objects of taxation,) are represented to be at the bottom of the popular movement, which awaits only the opportunity and protext to assumed formidable proportions
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

TIE PRESENT AND THE FUTUEE.-Ihc Louisville Journal, in an article on the new year. lt the close of it has the following:
 " But beyond and behind the clouds we can detect g little patch of clear sky, from whence we may, by the blessings of Provi- dcnce, in time see the glorious beams of pa cifcation shining; but at present the eXpecta- ton is as faint as the echo of a whisper The intelligence of the people, if they will take these matters out of the hands of the polti- clans, will bring peace and rcposc to the coun- try. To the people of the Union Is sacred, the Constitution, the ark of our fathers cove nant, and the Federal Government a glorious creation of the wisdom of our early patriots and sages but factionists are impcriIling the Union, fools and traitors are laying polluted hands on the ark, while imbeciIity and cow ardice in the Executive chair are bringing the government into contempt and endanger- ing its existence. When will the people know their power and exercise it? When will they be prepared, in their might and ma jesty, to rebuke these schemes, crush the trai- tors, and denounce the extremists and faction ists The Union of the People for the sake of the Union a stirring up of all the foun- tains of original power, thorough purifca- ton of the government from those who coun- sel anarchy and rebellion, are imperatively demanded. Let these be accomplished, and fron out the darkness and conyulsion and storm the morning will come breaking in eff fulgent beams; a newborn year of jubilee will be commenced, and then we can greet our friends and our now estranged brothers with the good and kind and loving words of old, |" A Happy New Year'
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

MAKING FOREIGN GOLD CoINs A LEGAL TENDER.-We learn from the New York papers that some of the bankers of that city have made application to the Treasury De partment at Washington and also to Mcsrs. Hunter of the Senate, and Sherman of the House, to obtain the re-enactment of the act of 1843, (since repealed making sovereigns, doubloons and Napoleons, a legal tender, so that the imports of gold can be used at once on their arrival in this country. The value of the sovereigns under the old act was about S4 IT, it is proposed to make them current at rate less the seignorage of half of one per cent. for coinage, so that there would be no loss to the Treasury if they were left on the hands of the government. The parties applied to are said to have forwarded favorable response; and it is presumed that bill will be introduced through the respective Con- gressional committees to carry out the object
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

The following are the propositions adopted by the Committee on the part of the South ern and Northern border States. Senator Crittenden presided as chairman of the Con- mittee:
 The repeal of all Personal Liberty Bills.
 The Fugitive Slave Law to be so amended as toprevent kidnapping, and cqualize the fees of the United States Commissioners.
 Prohibiting Congress from interfering with slavery In the States where it now exists, in Southern dockyards and arsenals, or in the District of Columbia, without the consent of the inhabitants of the District and Maryland or without compensation.
 Congress shall not interfere with the inter- nal State slave trade; the African slave trade to be perpetuaily abolished the dividing line of 36o 3V to be run through the territory, dividing it into slave and free.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

The Tennessee Legislature assembled on the 7th. Governor Harris Message fully re- viewed the grievances of the South He recommended that the question Of Conven- tion or no Convention will be left to the poo- pie, delegates to be elected at the same time. and assemble if the Convention is voted for.
 He says: " If there be remedy for present evils it exists only in Constitutional amend ments, which, if refused, Tennessee should maintain her equality in the Union or inde- pendencc out of it." He recommended the reorganization of the militia and purchase of arms. He makes no recommendation in regard to the penalties attached to spsuended banks, leaving the subject entirely to the dis cretion os the Legislature.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11
A BILL has passed our State Leoislature

A BILL has passed our State Legislature forbidding free negroes to remain in the State under the penalty of being sold into slavery. This is as it should be, for they are a pest and constant source of trouble to cur citizens. Under this law the free negro is allowed to choose a master, without his having to pay one-half his value into the Treasury, but 1t places the free negro on the same footing with other slaves. This act goes into effect at once.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

ARREST OF AN ALLEGED MURDERER Officer NJ. Pecora, says Saturdays New Or leans Picayune, arrested yesterday afternoon, on the steamboat landing, man who is sup posed to be Leo Lena the alleged murderer of policeman Laferandrie, but who gave his name as Salvador Griolo. If not the real murderer, the prisoner is at least identified as one of the party that Laferandrie tried to arrest. He had just landed in skiff with two other men when officer Pecora came upon him another policeman who wore a crescent was coming along the wharf and was seen by one of the men, who made a sign to the pris- oner to hide himself, at which he darted among the steamboats, but Pecora gave him chase and caught him. He denies everything and blubbered good deal when locked up,
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

SAN FRANCISCO periodical literature com prises nine English, two French, one Spanish, and four German dailies; of weeklies there are eighteen English, three French, and one Italian; of these seven are religious newspa- pers; there are seven monthlies, one medi- cal, and one religious magazine.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

7 SINKING or THE STEAMER FRONTIER CIrY.-The Memphis Argus of the 8th says: Advices received this morning by Captain Larry Harmstad state that the Arkansas river packet Frontier City. sunk in the Arkansas river, sixty miles above Napoleon, Arkansas, at Smiths cutoff, last Friday night. The boat is said to be total loss, although we presume a greater portion of the freight was saved. The passengers and crew all reached the shore in safety. The From tier City was owned by Capt. sam Houston and C.. s. Morrison, and valued at about thirteen thousand dollars, on which there vas an insurance in Pittsburg of five thousand dollars. We have been furnished with no additional particulars.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

MEMPHIS AND LIyERPooL.-A large amount of cotton has been shipped this sea- son direct from Memphis to Liverpool. quan- tity certainly not less than six thousand bales has been thus forwarded; and we thing that next season will see still greater quantity leave our bluff for the granite docks on the MerSey, without paying toll to middlemen. as shlpS do at Elsnore. Argus.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

Cons,able's Office, Des Arc, JanaaFt ist. 1861.


FOR THE TOWN OF DIES At oTowing of  eshayet
  which Icanle
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TIE Mississippi has an average fall of four inches to the mile. At Memphis, when the river Is five feet above low water mark. the current IS three miles per hour.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

THE Editor of this paper has been unavoid- ably detained in Memphis on business, and will not be back before the first of next week. We are are alone again this week, so We hope our readers will be indulgent.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

The Londonderry Qreland) Sentinel of the 23d ult., says that it is an agreeable fact that at the present moment the United States Minister and his wife, MT. and Mrs. Dallas, are guests of her majesty, at Windsor Castle.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

rJyHE SECOND SESSION OF THE ABOVE
 ! Academy will open Monday, the 4th day of February next. The Principal hatcrs himself that, having an experience of many years in the profession of teaching, he will be enabled to give satisfaction to the patrons of his school The Academy is located in healthy region of coun- try, remote from all those localities of Dissipation and vice, so destructive 10 the morals of youth, and in the midst of community, combining all those virtues that compose good neighborhood. No pains will be spared by the teachers to advance the pupils entrusted to their charge. Special attention will be directed to have them thoroughly to understand the elementary principles of all the branches of Science taught in the school No pupil need apply for reception who is unwilling 10 De either governed or instructed. Pupils will be charged from the time of entrance. No deduc ton will be made except in case of proractcd illness
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

He who gives pleasure meets with it; kindss ness is the bonds of friendship, and the book of love; he who sows not, reaps not
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GENERAL LAND AGENCY,
Des Arc, Arkansas.
UHE UNDERSIGNED HAVING HAD AN EX-

YTVHE UNDERSIGNED HAVING HAD AN EX-
 pcrience of more than fifteen years in Arkan- sas land affairs and large portion of the time an active Land Agent, has kept pace with the landed interest of the State of Arkansas as well as the General Government, is prepared to give immedi- ate attention to all paying busnessein his line. Office for the present, in the store-housc, next door to Mcssrs. Hayley Erwin's Store, Des Are, Arkansas.
 nov 30-tf JOHN II. QClSENBERRG.
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TUITION PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS.

Elementary Branches, Sl0 % Higher English Branches, 15 % Languages and Higher Mathematics, 70 %
 Board can be obtained at from Eight to Ten Dollars per month.
 Oakland Grove, Prairie Co.,, Ark. iy II '6l-4t
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11
NoRFOLE, January 1.

The sloop-of-war Brooklyn is coaIins for cruise. It is rumored that her destination is Charleston. A report was circulated yester- day that four companies of troops from For trcss Monroe had been ordered to Charleston, and caused great excitement.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

IALLANAasLL, T LA., JdINlTy ,. A large number of delegates to the State Convention have arrived. It is quite proba- ble that Judge McGhee, of Madison, will be elected President of the Convention Reso- lutions declaring the right and determination of Florida to scccdo will be passed Judge Mcintosh, of the United States Court, has presided.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11


 of Land Tow Sc therenw will he a O Monday in pai1b for enunlcn hand office s day. January
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HELENA. ARK Jan

HELENA, ARK, January f. The Helena Shield printing office was set on fire this morning at , o'clock. The loss, which is very small, is fully covered by insu- rance. The fire is supposed to be the work of an inccndiary
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

i detachment of volunteers has taken pos session of fort Pulaski by order of Governor Brown The Governor ordered the revenue cutter to be released to the Government.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

The United States Arsenal Was taken at daylight this morning, by detachment of troops from this city. It is rumorcd that Fort Morgan was taken last night The Arsenal contains six stands of arms, fifteen hundred barrels of powder three hundred thousand rounds of musket cartridges and other munitions of war
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

NIAELLo ION, JNuUIIJ n A telegraphic dispatch from Savannah, says: " The Georgia militia have taken pos session of the forts and the revenue cutter St. Louis
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

The Pony Express, from San Francisco, with California adyices to the 22d ult., ar lived here to-day. Business at San Fran cisco was inactive. Raw Sugars were in i'm proved demand; refined Sugar is quoted at He There was considerable excitement manifested in regard to the secession move ment, but vast majority of the people are against an Independent Western Republic
 An attempt has been made to burn Eictos ia
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-26
The Cash system.

After mature deliberatiOn the Publishers of
this paper have determined to adopt the
CASH System. They have been led to this
step by the heavy losses experienced from
debts scattered throughout the State. which
they have been unable to collect, the neces-
sity which compels them to pay cash for la
Dor in the printing office, for paper and other
supplies, and the general ad option of the sys-
TEN on the part of leading houses in all
branches of trade and industry. The cash
system, necessary to protect US. will also be
beneficial to punctual subscribers, inasmuch
as it will rid US of the expense entailed by
non-paying subscribers, and enable US to re-
duce the price of our weekly paper From
this date, therefore, we shall enter the name
of no person on our books as a subscriber,
unless he pays for bis paper in advance. And
on the LIST day of July next, we shall erase
from our subscription lists every name not
paid in advance. Our weekly paper will be
tro dollars per annum. Those who have al
ready paid in advance beyond the LIST day of
July, 1861, will be allowed the benefit of this
reduction from that date.
~ We shall keep this notice standing IN our
columns until the LIST of July. and, on that day,
erase eugy delinquent from our Iist.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-26
State Bonds.

Under the provisions Of the act of the Gen.
ersl Assembly at the late call session, provi-
ding for the military defence of the State,
bonds of the State have been prepared, and
are ready for sale at par. These bonds are of
different denominations, and, as is known,
draw eight per cent. interest, to be paid semi
annually. Ample provision is made to insure
not only the payment of the interest, but of
the bonds themselves by the time of their
maturity. Such an Investment need not be
urged upon those who may have spare CAPT
tai. And when it is remembered that the
means to be raised are intended to pay the
soldier and maintain the defence and honor
of the State, In the great struggle which is
now opening. the appeal now made is to the
patriotism of the people, as well as to a pru-
dent sense of private interest. 1t is to be
hoped that there will be no delay in furnish
ing the State the funds necessary to the vital
cause In which We are engaged
By order Of the Military Board.