Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-09-26
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xxGmO. Major Sturgis, formerly in command of the barracks at Fort Smith, has been made briga- dier-general by Lincoln.
 The Fort Smith Times says that the following message was sent by the renegade Phelps, of Mo-, to John Ross, Principal Chief of the Chero- kee Nation:
 "Tell Mir. Ross to remain frm Twill see that the annuity is sent to him soon as the communi- cation is opened, which will be very soon." It appears from this that Phelps is in the con- fdence of the Lincoln government. He is shrewd, unprincipled man, and as the Times justly says, has done more than any man in Mis- souri to sell his State to the black republican tyrant.
 Gen. Beauregard is Catholic. Gen. Johnston, who has taken command of the army of the West, is a Kentuckian by birth, but citizen of Texas, of which State, when the Lone Star Republic, he was secretary of war.
 MT. Caruthers, the superintendent of the Texas penitentiary says that institution can turn out one thousand yards of goods suited ! for winter clothing, every week day. Fortunate ly they have a great many sheep in Texas and wool is plenty.
 The Mississippi river pilots had an associa 1 ton at St. Louis, and large fund for the SUD- port of the widows and children of such pilots as left destitute families Fremont has stolen | $40,000 of this because it was contributed by rebels or those pilots who are on boats in the
 waters of the seeded States
 | Some of the military companies raised during
 the present war have assumed queer names.-
 We have avengers" " invincibles," !" fenci- bles" and "rangers," without number. In our State we have, or had, company of "yellow jackets" another of " hornets and one called the "sassafras invincibles." In Texas they have one called the Yankee hunters" In
 Alabama one is styled the rosin hees." Wild cats, tigers, rattlesnakes and bears, have fur nished names for other companies.
 A correspondent of the Lynchburg Republi- can says that he visited the graves of some Yan- kees killed in battle and buried by troops. | On board at the head of one of the graves he ] found the following distich by way of epitaph: "The Yankees came in serried bands | To take possession of our lands, But this very small, contracted spot, | Shows all the lands these Yankees got.''
 The outspoken and patriotic Louisville Cou-
 rier has been suppressed. The Yoeman and other independent papers in Kentucky will go by the board in a short time: | Major Alexander, aid to Col. Thomas, lately escaped from the Bastile Fort McHenry. | Housewives should save all the quls from their geese. Steel pens are getting scarce and we may have to resort to the quill pen. By the 10th day of October the British go- vernment will have force of 22,OO0 regulars in Canada So says the London Globe. Enlisting at the North is such dull busi- ness that volunteers are offered a bounty of from S25 to $lOO. Hundreds upon hundreds of our volunteers have spent over hundred dollars each in arming and equipping themselves for the war.
 The negroes in Louisiana, Mississippi and the Carolinas have fine times hunting alligators.- The skins of these amphibia make the best leather in the world. It is soft, tmpervious to water and never wears out.
 Gu rcountry friends should gather broom straws or sedge. We will have to use home made brooms hereafter.
 A large fleet has set sail from New York to some unknown point on the Confederate coast. | They have gun boats, transports and small steamers in proportion. To give some idea of the magnitude of this armada, it is known that 25, 900 troops accompany it. We believe it's destination is Galveston, but of course this is a mere ..coniecture of ours. It may be intended to attack Mobile and New Orleans, and to occu- py the lakes in the rear of the latter city. After balloting for several days the North Carolina legislature elected George Davis and William J. Dortch, Senators from that State in the Confederate Congress.
 The sequestration act of the Confederate Congress is an important one in several respects. In Arkansas at least million dollars worth of property will come within the scope of the act. City property, lands, and some personal proper ty will be coniscated. It is made the duty of every citizen to give information to the proper OmC6f, or all ldnuoJ Soodo, A'Sh'o "hu VicullS owned by an alien enemy, that may come to their knowledge. All attorneys, agents part ners, trustees, or other persons controlling or having charge of such property are liable to fine and imprisonment for failing to inform the receiver of the property in their charge or un- der their control, and to render an account thereof Mr. Woodruff, of this city, has the largest land agency of any person in this State. It has been estimated that he controls or has charge of at least half million dollars worth of property wned by parties resident in the north ern States. Of course all this will be seques. trated The act will play hob with the patent medicine men of the North. In every county there are large quantities of these medicines left to be sold on commission, all of which will be se- questrated. The druggists and merchants should be prepared to account for these and for such