New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-07
MINOR ITEMS.

FEELING m ARKAssAS.-The Special Message Of
Gov. Rector 10 the House of Representatives recon-
nepds that the State Of Arkanrs prohibit heinroduc
ton Of slaves within her borders from her North
en sisters. A similar Recommendation u also made
BY the Governor Of Mississippi
The L,hie Rock Gazette attests:
BY letters and other means ~ information, we
certain that large majority Of the people, Of all for
party associations, are in iayor of making all
honorable efforts 10 preserve the Union. IL is true
that there have been demonstrations which would
seem TO indicate that the sentiment OF the State Is not
unanimous for the Union but they reflect only small
fraction Of the public and from perlhai Of their reso
utions, have been impressed with the conviction
that they not all the pure emanaon Of people
ho thought they had been outraged, but rather thai
they had beon concocted by certain politicians at the
capital and sent 10 the counties for the purpose OF
being Endorsed and passed by packed caucuses, instead
of the MASSES OF the people.
The Hon. g. Is. Fall, the Mississippi Commissioner
to Arkansas was in Little Rock on the 10Th inst.
We learn from the Arkansas papers that Camden
has a company of MiHute-Men numbering $50 strong,
including many of its most influential citizens. A
company has also been organized at Washington.
Lively DoIsGs IN MIssIssIPPI-At jackson, q
white man. named Robert Tapley, who has lived in
that section for the pas, ten years. If he was not born
there was implicated by several negroes, who were
arrested, on charge Of burning houses, and he was
taken into custody. mob tried to take him from the
officers but their efforts unsuccessful, and the
prisoner was lodged in the calaboose. During the
following night the calaboose was broken open by
some persops from the outside and Tspley removed.
He has since been heard Of ard the conclusion Is
that be was taken out and hung, and his body
eecreted.
CONTINENTS TO SENATOR JoHSsos.--TNe Mem
zadis Araianehe says that candy johnson was burnt
In effgy ut Nashville, hung at Grand Junction, the
defunct body shipped North after being shot, drawn
and quartefed, and viii be hung at jackson to-
morrow"
SLAVERY IN KAssAs.--A case came up before Judge
Petit, Yesterday in the District Court for the Terri
tory which involved the consiutonaly Of the Anti
Slavery bill parsed by the Legislature last Winter. A
negro woman named Fanny, claimed BY Horace
Haley as slave, left bis custody some time ago, and
went to live at the house Of +. X. Foard Haley pe-
titioned TO recover possession Of the property aud
Foard demurred on the ground that Fanny VIA not q
slave az stated In the petition. The case was argued
by Lecompte, Matthias, and Burns for the plaintiff
and j. c. Douglas, esq, for the defendant. Judge
Petit oyenruled the demurrer and decided that the
Law PROHIBITING Slavery in Kansas was not constitu.
tiOnal. llseayenworth Times, Jan. l.
FrDELrrr OF Grs. HARsEr.-7Ss 81. Louis Dem-
oraf says; II may be well to state that aen. Harvey
il decided Union man. and win never eight under any
flag but the Stars and Stripes, which DO Will uphold