The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-11
General News Items,
ARKANSAS INTELLIGENCE

ARKANSAS INTELLIGENCE.
The Legislature met at Little Rock on Mon.
Col. Drew's regiment of Cherokaes passed
through the Creek agency. on the sith inst :,
en- route to Gen. McCulioch's camp.
The Fort Smith Ismes learns from DR..
Evans Surgeon to Colonel DreW's Cherokee
regiment, who arrived from Port Gibson
that the Indian regiments have all been or
dered TO Kansas. The Opotheyoholo affair is
all expired.
has ordered that all troops south of Boston
Mountain, en- route for his command enc I'M D
At some point on the Arkansas river below
Van Buren,, where they can go into coInforta-
BILE winter quarters. Under no circum-
stances will he receive more noun ted 1.en-
Maj. Clarke had been directed TO carry out
these orders.
The Times makes note of the following:
'In the company from Polk county, COM
manded by Capt Jas. Is. Williams, which
was mustered in at this place on la st Satur-
day, is a deaf and dumb man named James
Kuykendar, who would not remain, put in
sisted upon going. He SAYS he can, and is evi.
deptly determined to fight. He still hangs
on to thecompany, refusing to return home -
The Little Rock State Journal, of Oct. 2s,
states that the Episcopal Convention had
just adjourned in that city. debate was
had on a proposition to change the name to
that of the Reformed Catholic Church, -
which was voted down by two to one, and
the name OF the Episcopal Church of the
Confederate States adopted.
The troops at the Little Rock Arseu al h sd
been ordered to march to Pocahoutas.
Msjo General James Yell, having recov-
cred from his illness, had arrived at Little
Rock.
The Pocahon tas Herald, of the 18th, con tains
the following:
Curing <fray.-A difficulty occurred be-
tween Mr.. Thomas, of the Comm issary De-
partment here, ard DIR. Magic, surgeon of
the Hospital, On yesterday morning, in which
MIR. Thomas was stabbed in the arm by Ma
gle. Thomas being unarmed, other parties
interfered and separated them. The affair
grew out Of a letter signed "Dackwocdsman, -
in last weeks paper, in which Thomas, who
was the author, accused Maggie of making
Interpretations in regard to our army,
etc.
Maj. Shall has called out the militia Ct
Randolph, Greene, Lawrence, Jackson, hide
psndence, and lizard counties.
The Camden Herald. of the 25th, says:
The body Of the late Col. Richard Lyon
corted to his late residence by the committee
appointed for that purpose, and a very large
concourse of our citizens, headed by our mill
tary band with m q fled drums. The re.nains
came In charge of Lieut.. A. J. Griggs, and
after n delay OF s. few moments proceeded on
to FL Dorado. the former residence of Col.
Lyon, tor inIerment In the family burying
ground.
The Van buren, Press has the following In =
teresting Information respecting the Steam
cotton mill now in full operation in that
place: The mill has two sets Of wool cards,
which can card 800 pounds per day; 1905 spin
dies, which can turn out 500 pounds of cotton
yarn per day. They have no Icons except
for making seamless sacks. They are also
grinding from loo TO I5o bushels Of corn and
wheat per day.
The Ouachita Journal, of the 3lst ult has
the following:
Latest Ne,es from Gen. McCaliochs Camp. Mr..
James Shaddock, who left Gen McUullOch's
camp on the 10Th inst, says he has no dou BIT
but that the battle has been fought Gen.
Price has been falling back from Lexington,
and has formed junction with McCulioch,
aud both were falling back to Bentonville,
Ark. Fremont Is said to have forty or fifty
thousand men. McCRlioch has seven or eight
thousand, and Gen. Price twelve thousand
effective warriors.
Mr.. Shaddock thinks they fought on Satur-
day last, having heard news to this effect on
Sunday evening last. Several Of our young
men Immediately prepared themselves. and
left this morning {s)th inst. for the scene OF
action, ana others are preparing to leave TO-
morrow morning.
An APPEAL IN BEaALF or xissorxi.
DIR. Joseph N. Mcdowell. Surgeon General
OF Missouri, publishes the following card In
the New Orleans papers 70 the citizens Of
that place:
For the fr.t Tune In my life ! hare come 70
h now battling Tor her vsry existence unaid-
cd. except BY Hen McOnlloch. Her soldiers
are badly armed, and suffering for clothing
70 pFots0t them from tho weather. IL you
parted with the richest 0sats u yonv nsw
Union, And exlh1ee your own frontier. Moun.
tains Of iron are hers, and mines Of lad ard
copper, the richest IN ths world, with sod
- aTabls - any ~ earth; sad VITA Ass vii