Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-12-05
Clippings and Comments.

Clippings and Comments. The free market in New Orleans is a glor ons institution. Notwithstanding the stringent times, the whole soued planters, farmers and others donate literally, and late number of the Delta thus shows how they distribute the produce:
 THE FREE MARKEr-Y esterday the number of families supp jed was l775; and the following was the nisiThution:
 TIA, loaves bread. 125 bushels meal, l2 bbls rice. s bbIs. molasses, beeves Is Aits mackerel, ! kits salmon, kits herrings, tongues and sounds 72 ,cks potatoes, sacks turnip-, A35 cabbages. G6O bun .es greens 300 punches Ieeks, }90 punches turaips, 70 pounds dried fruit, bols. pod peas, 430 pumpkins.
 There is a rod in pickle for somebody at Pine Bluff, as will be seen by the following card from Col. Bradley. They have been telling stories on the parson, and he gently hints that he may return some day. We cut the card from the News & Southr on, published at Pine Bluff
 MR. EDITOR: I have often been asked by my friends why l have not written communication fr your paper correcting the c,ld-b'ooded and uil Liinoas slaadCr perpetrated upon my character in ! that community.
 
 | that am i'll the enjo ment of good conscience, and am satisfied that gentleman who is acquaint el with me would credit such for d moment, and those who 90 tondly believe and circulate the same are only heapng up wrath against the dag of retrt- tuti,n shouid Col spore me 70 return to Pine Blu0 IA hint to the wise is enough.'
 Respectfully, JNO. M. BRADLEY. Sometime since we saw in an exchange, an account of balloon being seen in the air Afterwards we saw another, in wpich the edi- tor coniectured that it was some Yankee ero- naut carried out ot his course by adverse eur rents of air. The Knoxville Register of the l0th ut, has the following:
 estcrday afternoon, bal loon was seen nv number of persons; passing over t4 city, ming rom the direction ot little north 0i west ant continuing it's course south of elst.- Some of those who slw it, declare that car was attached t, it containing men, Conjecture was r; c ns to whence this srnge visitant came. We think 1t rrob able tn tt some of old Ahe'S @roniuts have been up reconnOiterng in Kentucky, and strucl a current in the storm of yesterday, which carried them southward. If they land anywhere in Dixie, they viii probably get more information of our strength and resources than they bargalned | for.
 Anent this, we have a story to tell. Three or four weeks ago. several gentlemen were hunt inr in the vicinity of the lead mines near Little Rock. They say three or four bloons, one o' them quite large It was their impression thar one or m jro of them started from some point in Arkansas This impression might have been created by the fact that as the balloons came more fully into view, they appeared to rise i There was something mysterious in the matter, aud it was concluded to say nothing About 1t until further developments. There may have been a general reconnaissance of the South by the [incolni.es. or there may De some local plotting going on.
 We are in hopes that 1t will be so arranged that the confederate tax will be assam.d by the State; if not, the foIio&ing list may be found valuable by the taxpayers;
 PRorEerY SUBJECT TO TAXATION FOR WAR PUR l For general information, we subjoin list of property subject to the war tax:
 Reai estate, including ali lands and estates there in, with ferries, bridges and mines.
 ; ayes of all ages.
 Mcrlh1ndze oi all kind for sale, except the az, ricntura, pI Iolucts of the country. | Bank stock, except such as may be returned by l the bank by its proper officer. ! RuirJad anl other corporate stock, do., do.
 M,ney it interest, inclu ling bills and all notes and securities bearing interest," except confederate ! bonds.
 Cash on hlnd or dep ,sit in bunk or elsewhere.
 Cutie, horses anu mu'e es, raised or held for sale
 Gold watches. gold and silver plate, pianos and 1 pleasure carriages
 The following from the Memphit Ava dance, is recOrl of one of may instances in which negroes have fought the invaders. Many a Hessan has been made to bite the dust and sent to bis long home by bullets from the guns of faithful slaves:
 In the recent battle at Belmont, lieutenant Shel- ton, of the 18th Arkansas regiment, had his ser want Jack in the fl ,ht. Both Jack and his master | were w0undel, but not till they had made most heroic eff rts to drive back the insoent invaders. | Finally, after Jack had fire at the enemy fDenty S 0ea times, he fell seriously wounded in the arm Jacks son was upon the field, and loaded the rifle ' fer his father, who shot at the enemy hree tume | after he was u3on the ground. Jacks son hid be- i hind a tree, and when the enemy retreated, they I took him to Cairo and refused to let him return. l Jack was taken from the field ln great pain, and ! brought to the nyerton Hospital, where he bore his ttrngS Wltn gre u Illi uedIu ed him ot his pains yesterday. His example may throw il ,od of light upon the fancied philan- i thropy of abotionSm. Jack q brave and obe ient servant. anl deserves all praise for his l heroic conduct upon the bloody fled of Belmont.
 We are not fl ghting the Yankees; see what their papers admit:
 GERMANS IN THE ARMY.-The following is given l as Il very ne ,rly corre:t statement of the number ! of Geilnins in the United States army from the | different sections Of the ,untry: q
 New Englan t. 2I0O; New York, l2,O00; New i Jersey 2 iDJ Pennsylvania, l0,0JO; Ohio, $500; | Indian,, 40m; Illinois, 600); Missouri, l3,00); | Minnesota, 300, Wisconsin, 20O0; Michigan, 1000; Iowa, 100; Kansas, 500; California and Oregon, 2O00; Western Virginia, l00J; Maryland and Dis trict of Columbia, 5On; Kentucky. 5oO; Delaware, | lOt-tota, 59 ,4OO -Cncinaati Gazette.
 This is low estimate, for we know that Hi nois and other western States, have furn ished a majority of Germans. Add the regular army, which Is composed chiefly of foreigners, the Irish, English and other foreign regiments, and 1t will be seen that we are fighting a foreign ! foe.