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Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-05-16

 them, their ardor for their country has not been dampened or their determination to serve during the war in the least shaken
 The Gazette, forgetful of country and devoid of patriotism. 'grinnng horribly a ghastly smile" thus proceeds with its eff fort to stir up strife and engender bitter feelings:
 "Ther: is an application in the result of this election which eught not to be forgotten. It is-
 That our citizen soldiery are intelligent as well as patriotic, and if they know the men, will choose the best and most competent to command them independent of extrapeous influences. There is also moral in the result not to be for gotten by politicians in future, which i.-
 To succeed in obtaining prominent positions among our citizen sodiery, it is necessary to join the ranks as common soldier, take the chances of having merit discovered therc and of being elected by those who know and appreciate, and who elevate men because they think them deserv- 1 ing"
 When any one reads the above and learns that, though Flournoy and Johnson were defeated, Maj. J. B. Thompson was elect. ed, they would like to know what becomes of the Gazette's ''opplicotion" and 'moral." :" Mr. Thompson assumed as much as Flour noy or Johnson, and he was not soldier in the ranks either Why was he not de- feated too? The answer is plain. Flour noy and Johnson were both Secessionists, they had sinned against the Union feeling of Little Rock, while Maj. Thompson was a Union man and voted the submission ticket in February last Hence there was no bitterness against him. His election was suffered without opposition, while every species of electioneering was resorted to against the others because they had pre- naaturely loved the South more than they loved the Union.
 Against the gentlemen who were elected we have not word to say. Though we deeply regretted that they should accept the positions to which they were elected, under the circumstances, we know nothing of them, than that they are brave men and will do their duty. They simply differed with us as to what was becoming them, nothing more. We wish them and every officer and private in the regiment the ut most success, and chance to do their country service and make for themselves a name.
 The only error that Col. Flournoy com mitted in raising his regiment, (we call 1t his regiment because he raised it and in justice it was his) was in appointing Little Rock as the place of rendezvous. Had he appointed Pine Bluff, Napoleon or Helena, the position he sought would never have been questioned, But here under the shad- dow of the Gazette, and in the Union atmosphere that surrounds it, the spirit of q brave man, devoted to the Southern Con- federacy, must expect to be made to feel and to suffer.
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TuLIp LODGE, No. 25,

Dallas co. Ark.. May, lSOi. WHEREAS, It has pleased the Great Ruler of the Universe to call our beloved and worthy brother, l;EoRcE WILSON, from the Masonic Temple below to one not made with hands, eternal in the heavens Therefore,
 Resolr.d, That in the death of our brother the Lodge has lost a worthy working member. The craft useful co-laborer the church (Presby teran) a pious, ievout elder the community generous upright citizen, the poor charitable friend, his servants a good master, and his wife and children kind afiectionate and beloved husband and parent To them would say, weep not afflicted widow and orphans, for you have many Masonic friends watching over your interest with willing hearts and ready hands. to contribute to your hap piness and administer to your wants. Let your stay and trust be, that God, on whom your husband and father relied, and your reunion above will be joy ous and everlasting.
 Resolped, That wear the usual badge of mourning for our deceased brother, thirty days. Resoired, That the secretary be instructed to furnish our sister Wilson, with copy of these resolutions.
 Adopted at our communication, May 3d 1861. By order of the Lodge.
 NAT. G. SMITH,
 WM. A. LEE, Committee.
 WM. l.. PATTILLO.
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THE WAR.

There can be no doubt but tha: 1t IS the fixed intention of Lincoln and his cabinet to prosecute the WAT against the South to bloody termination. The two controlling motives which actuate the people Of the northern States are fanatcsm and love of plunder. The puritanical element ot the North is deeply imbued with fanatlcISm and psuedo-philanthropy. The military element, that portion which volunteers so readily, is the hirelng classes, composed oi the debris of all nations, which for the per diem and the love of plunder are anxious to invade the fair fields of the sunny oouth' It is this latter feeling with which we have to contend and yet we do not fear It. Base slaves of selfish passions ! we will spun them from our soil as Greece swept away the hosts of NerXes. We of the South are fighting for great principles, for the right of governing ourselves for iree' dom and our own fresides. In such con- test who fears the results?
 But it becomes us to look at iacts' ana to form our judgment in view of the sober realities that we see around us. It IS evl- dent from the three years enllstmehls oi Lincoln that he means war. The \. lork Herald says:
 (. The policy of the government is plainly inti- ,,,,tad in its instructions to our ministers aDroau' MT. Seward has sent letter to our ne" hliiiis Car of Paris, W. L. Dayton. directing him empha- ticouv to declare to the French government that .ta;s rot now, nor has there been, nor wlll there ,'" any or the least idea existing in this govern 1't of suffering dissolution of the union to ,,Iace in any way whatever; and that no mem t or the administration entertains any other opl- ;on tban that th,re shdA be b4t one gorrnnienf lH ,r;s c,nufru. We give Mr. Stewards letter in ,,,or r.'S column. Its sentiments forcible and decisive"
 Ii is believed by Mr. Lincoln and his ..binst that the South is incapable of car ,-;no on protracted war The northern
 ,e.s are filled with threats to burn our ,.ees and destroy our property. They .a oloating over the prospective destruc' N .,r homes. the dissertation of our
 .,bs ..d the murder of children and
 oe5 women. instructions and John exn "a is are their pet ideas'and the loren
 ts incendiary is the weapon with when sv expect to conquer us. Any one who
 j. the N V Tribune or Herald will see
 clsnas now delusive are northern Ideas r.,uthefn strength and southern resources
 oe.,,le m the world were ever so capa- -. If great military enterprises as the peo- ,o M If the Sonth. What is deemed our
 a,nass Ts the mai, source ofour strength,
 tafo,s the war has be,n prosecuted two years, t will be seen that we a.e ho' 0n'y oooa at charge, but capable of endatlng sll the trials of protracted war.
 nss- TAe Albany Atlas denounces Linz
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The Arkansas Regiment.

We had hoped that in the crisis now upon us every thing like personal and par tv feeling would be buried, at least for the present, and that the country and its un- happy condition would alone occupy the thoughts of our citizens. In this however we have been mistaken. The evil genius of the Gazette, breeding ever over its own selfish schemes, and unmindful of the wei fare of the State, takes the occasion of the defeat of two gentlemen who asplred to the command of the regiment that recently left for Virginia to vent his spleen against them, and to get up glorification over their defeat. How patriotic such conduct as this is, in times like these, when all i should be harmony and union, we leave 1t to the public to judge.
 The Gazette says:
 From the time that this regiment was spoken of certain gentlemen made themselves very con- spcuous in urging their claims and asserting their riphts to ts principal oflces-not questioning their election nor dreaming of sharing the labors and lot of the regiment unless they led it--hence military caps of all patterns, and hats With waving feathers were worr jauntingly on brows heretofore only sraced by the civic wreath Politicians con ned the military, commands, and regiments were snokon of suthoritavely as if commissions had al- ready been issued to those who assumed to claim them. The right of the regiment to choose it's oun officers seemed to have been ignored"
 The facts are these: At the request of President Davis, Col. Thompson B. Flour nov. in connection with James B. John son and J. B. Thompson, raised a regiment in this State for the Confederate States and caused it to rendezvous at this place. They did this at much labor and some cx- nense to themselves, and they were candi- dates for the positions respectively of Colo nel Lieutenant Colonel, and Major of the regiment.
 Each company when it left home came at the call of those three gentlemen and expected to follow them as their officers to the field. There was no feeling of discon- tent among the men, or of disinclinatlon to serve under Col. Flournoy. Had there been any such a feeling, those indulging 1t wonld never have turned out at Col. Flour noy's call,
 But after the men began to assemble at this place, and as company after company came in, they were met and their minds poisoned against Col. Flournoy and Mr. Jas. B. Johnson. They were represented as men arrogantly assuming to themselves a command to which they had no title, and the meanest and lowest of efforts were made to undermine them. Compames were even met on their way here miles out of town 10 prejudice them against these gentlemen and get them to vote for others,
 Others were elected, and both Col Flournoy and Mr. Johnson submitted with out murmur or complaint, rehecting as they did that they had done their duty and had been alone instrumental in sending to tbe war the first regiment of volunteers from Arkansas. Though their labors were not acknowledged or appreciated, and others, with no more merit than they themselves possessed, were exalted above
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-05-16
Taxati0n in Arkansas.

We have been told, at every election held in the State of Arkansas during the last ten years. by demagogues and small politicians, that the taxes in Arkansas were enormous, and the '' dear people" of whom these fellows have recurring biennial fondness, were ground down to the earth by an enormous burden. We have re- peatedly stated and do so again, that taxa tion in the State of Arkansas is less than in any. State except, perhaps, Texas and one or two of the northern States, whose terri tory does not exceed that of one of our l counties. To arrive at the true result, 1t will not do to take the rate of taxation, for several reasons. Among these, may be mentioned the fact that i'll some States there are objects or subjects of taxation that are not in other States In some the rate Is greater or less on certain species of proper ty, and in others there is a specific tax laid on each separate species. of property Again, in many of the States they have different kinds of taxes, such as poorrates, school, sinking fund, canal and other taxes. The only fair and correct way is to ascer- tain the cost of administering the govern ment, or amount raised by taxation and the amount paid by each person, or dollars worth of property.
 Let us see what the taxes are and have been in Arkansas For the past eight or ten years the general expenses of the State have not exceeded sixtv-hve thousand dol lars year. This has been equivalent to less than forty cents to each white inhabi- tant. The taxable property of the State is, in round numbers, one hundred and forty millions of dollars, and the net revenue arising therefrom is two hundred and ten thousand dollars. The. white population of this State is three hundred and twenty five thousand. The tax, then, is less than sixty-five cents 10 each white person. Tax ing the tax-books for 1860, we find that the average value of lands in this State, including the buildings and all improve ments thereon, was five dollars and thirty two cents an acre. The tax thereon is less than one cent an acre, or, in other words is only eighty-nine cents on hundred acres
 From the tax books we make the follow ing table:
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European powers as national Ii Int else they would not have sought its abretion by conventional arrangement or esty stipulation. The point of these resolons was not intended to determine with ilo- sophie accuracy, the point of diffeen be- tween state and federal authority E ley 1 are intended to assert national riphnd | to declare that the exercise of thar Int, | shall not subject southern citizens the hazards and incidents of piracy. Wekw | what has been done. The two gover nnts are at open and declared war. Our goyn- ment has issued letters of marque and prisal, and has proceeded to the fittinglt of privateers. Mr. Lincoln declares purpose of his government to treat sou- ern citizens who may participate iIlt' mode of warfare as pirates. The res sor tions intend to assert the nationality oft right exercised by the government at Mon gomery, and to denounce Mr. Lincoln proposition as violation of civilized wal fare which ought to incur retaliation. s] is simply a proposition as to whether " will stand by our friends or abandon then
 MT. Desha opposed the resolution. H recognized the system of privateering an regarding 1t as our most efficient defence time of war. But the adoption of the re solutions of the gentleman from Prairi would inaugurate system of land pirac and would provoke retaliation at the hand of northern marauders.
 Mr. Stillwell moved a division of til question and the preamble and first resolt tion were put upon passage.
 Mir. Kennard moved to strike from til preamble the expression Gin accordanC with the well-known and universally rt cognized principles of international law. He proposed this amendment not becau' he was opposed to privateering, but becau, it involved q proposition which he did nc conceive to be historically correct. It not true that privateering is universal recognized" The leading powers of E' rope are opposed to it, and had sought il abrogation.
 Mr. Patterson, of Jackson, moved to la the amendment on the table. The motto prevailed The vote was then taken C the preamble and fist resolution. with tl following result-ayes 51, noes 6.
 On motion of Mir. Patterson, of .)acl son, the 2d resolution was laid over unt Friday.
 A communication was received fro Gen. Thos. H. Bradley, announcing his r signation of his seat in the convention as delegate from Crittenden county. A ne election was ordered to be held.
 Mr. Stillwell presented an ordinance r quiring the Governor to return arms certain volunteer companies in PulasI county. Lost.
 The convention then adjourned until o'clock tomorrow.
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Cor. s. l.. GRrFFIrH.-This gentleman requested us to say that he never was an applicant for the Indian Superintendency frontier, that he to Lincoln to have him appointed. He immediate
 y sent his appointment with his refusal to accept Col Griffith requestel to say this to the public through our paper, and We do so with pleasure,
 We clip the above from the Ft. Smith Parallel, and we are glad of the opportu- nifty to do Col. Griffith justice. He is a gentleman we personally esteem, and we have said harsh things of hiu@. La..nss we believed they were true. We have conversed with him, and are satisfied. lie is true and loyal citizen of the Conteder- ate States, and, in recalling all we have said of him, we wish to add our best wishes for lis future success and happiness.
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kts- We insert with pleasure the an

6es~ We insert with pleasure the an nouncement of Hon. GEo. C. WATKINS for seat in the State Convention, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A. II. Garland, Esq. Judge WATKINS is well qualified for the position to which he aspires, and will ably represent Pulaski in the Convention. We hope he will be elected without opposition.
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At Roche X Parish's old
N OTI c E .

IT HAVE the entire stock of BEEBE & | PARISH, latterly w. N. PARISH, together with al of the notes and accounts, therefore all persons owing either one or the other, will come forward and settle immediately, as must settle up the old books.
 As for inc ooods. call and examine, they will be sold cheap for cash, and on no other terms.
 Mavl6 ROSWELL F.. BEEBE.
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statement is received with astOnishment


 There is another fact that should not be lost sight of. While other States levy taxes for school or internal improvement purposes, in addition to the revenue raised for general purposes, Arkansas actually distributes greater amount than she re ceiyes Thus, while the several counties pay tax of two hundred thousand dol lars into the State treasury for revenue purposes. they draw from it double that sum for the use of schools and purposes of internal improvements. Thus, in reality, the people of the State of Arkansas receive more from the State than they pay to her.
 It was our intention to contrast the rate of taxation here and elsewhere, but have not time or space this week.
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CoMMrssIoNERs TO THIN CONFEDERATE /SrATgs.--Ihe following were elected last Friday by the convention as commissioners to the Congress of the Confederate States: ROBERT w. JOHNSON.
 H. F. THOMPSON.
 A. H. GARLAND.
 w. w. WATKINS.
 ALBERT RUsT.
 The commissioners left for Montgomery on last Monday and we doubt not will be admitted to their seats before the end of the week.
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Gg- We have on hand the proceedings of a large number of mass meetings-all urging the separation of the State from the abolition government, which having been accomplished we do not see the necessity now of their publication.
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Rp1c.n,ER GESERALs.-Th convention, last week, elected two Brigadier Generals to take command of the troops of the State General Bradley for the eastern and Lieut.. Pierce for the western division Lieut.. Pierce has repaired to Ft. Smith to assume the command of the troops now stationed there under Gen. N. B. Burow, Gen. Bradley has left for Hopefeld to as sume command of the troops at that point.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That lN COKE WIrrEN, ALLEN C. TIAYwIck VII LIAM R. VAUGHAN, who respectively reside in P"- laski county, Arkansas, have formed limited ntes of Arkansas, for erecting a Steam Saw Mill and managing and carrying on the same. and saving and selling lumber at said Mill, and doing such other business as generally appertans to the propretors of Saw Mills. In which part ncrship ali the parties interested are the said Coke Written and Allen C. Traywick, who are the gen oral n,rtnars and the said William R. Vaughan. who Is tft specri4 nartner; that the said Vaughan has contributed eighteen hundleol dollars (SloOo CO., as capital towards the common stock, am tnds- the said partnership commenced on the l4th day of May, 1861, and is to end on l4th day of May. 1862. COKE WIIIEN,
 ALLEN c. TRAYW1Ch.
 WILLIAM R. VAUGHAN.
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Notice is Hereby Given,

THAT l have this day sold out my en- | ire stock of Goods to MT. k. F.. BEEBE, hoiauthorzed to collect all notes and accounts dua and also those that are due the late firm of BEEpl& PARISH, and he will also pay all the debts again said firm of Beebe Parish and " \. Parislthat are contracted in New Orleans, La
 u.,16 w. N. PARISH.
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No,ioe to mv Customers.
Il. fo .oll;rr Goods is CHEA P

NIA rule for selling Goods is CHEAP M Str Cash Some Goods I will sell at cost and thqest at a very small per cent for Cash' therefor do not ask for credit, as l will not do credit bsiness with any one. lwant those indebI' ed to cone forward and settle
 K. F. BEEBE,
 At Beebe X Parish's old stand. IF Cuntry Produce bartcred for, but otherwAe the morv must come, or the goods will stay in tho ator May l6
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privateering and Retaliation.

The resolutions in regard to privateering introduced into the convention by Judge Totton of Prairie, and passed by that body on Monday, will attract very general atten- ton. They endorse the action of the go- vernment at Montgomery in issuing letters of marque and reprisal, and recommend retaliation if Lincoln should execute his threat to treat southern mon engaged in privateering as pirates, and hold them amenable to the laws of the United States for the prevention and punishment of piracy.
 The employment of privateers is one of the legitimate and we'll recognized means by which nations engaged in war, provide for their own defense by assailing the com merce of the enemy. It is one of the re- cognized modes of lawful warfare, as per feet as the employment of volunteers or the use of armies of any sort to obtain advan- tages by land. Every departure from rules of regular warfare, in respect of privateers employed in support of the independence of the Confederate States, is an offence against the rules of civilized war. which is not more excusable than similar offences per petrated against soldiers and officers in the army. Retaliation would necessarily fol- lew in either case The Lincoln govern ment distinctly threatens President Davis with the fate of a pirate for issuing these commissions It decrees that the lawfully authorized naval service of the Confederate States, shall be excluded from the privileges of lawful eombatents, and that its sailors shall be strung up as pirates. It decrees that none of tke humanities of war are to be observed with the people of the Confed- crate States, but that they are, in all their departments, territories and persons to be hunted as outlaws and treated as pirates and traitors.
 The government of the United States is bound by its uniform declarations and practice to regard privateering as legti mate mode of warfare, and Lincoln $ threat to treat privateersmen as pirates, proceeds from his silly infatuaton in attempting to ignore the existence of the Confederate States He sees before him solid con- federacy of the people of ten States. com bined with a unanimity far surpassing that which united our fathers in the war of in dependence, having stable government, formed in the midst of perfect good order, and conducted with uniform regularity; commanding an efficient army, and ready to change defensive into an offensive war. His profound policy is to get rid of these great facts by seeming not to know them. and by pretending that in the southern confederacy, comprehonding millions of united and determined freemcn, lie sees only combination of disorderly individuals. Carrying out his theory, that true states. manship consists in the wilful ignorance of material facts, he maintains that being se- ditious citizens of the federal government, we are incapable of waging legitimate war against the powers at Washington, and that those who fight on the land are trait OTIS. and those who fight on the oceaS.s ,,;u.unu1 fl. are
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TELEGRAPH FROM PINE BLUFF
 TO NAPOLEON.
 sO0 pNr.E0 w Nmryn

THE undersigned wish to contract for u 2.5o0 poles delivered on the Stage Route be- tween Pine Bluff and Napoleon. The poles to be 9 feet long, not less than 10 inches at the butt, nor leas than inches at the top; of Cypress, Sas safras, Mulberry, Locust or Oak timber sound and straight, and delivered at once, ut distance of 22O feet apart Proposals in writing will be re- ceived up to June 2d, for the whole any portion of them. Address
 SNOW & KETCHUM,
 Pine Bluff. Dina RluE Mnv lG. lS6l. Qt
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ss } 3 s 5 : 5 THE TRUE DEMOCRAT,
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Although the convention convass is over, we still propose to furnish the paper three months for 50 cents, or longer at the same rate The intense excitement prevailing all sections, will make the paper exceeding ly interesting and important The money must always accompany orders for the paner