Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-02-28

made on them by the officers of the law, in assist. ing them and preventing mobs from hanging peo- pie in our midst. They marched down in front oi the St. Charles, and after performing sundry egolu tons in military tactics to the intense edihcaton of number of admifing embryo men of both colors done the same as certain general reriewn ed in Irish song, "Who marched up a hill, and then marched down again." The Belle Point guards then made their appearances description of them it is impossible to give near as can come it is to liken them to bogshead sitting on a two legged stool with something sticking out of the toplike stove pipe for a hat, and piece of red calico tied around the center for abelt. They are cblled the bulwarks of the frontier from the immensSsize of the abdominal part of their anatomy. After performing several evoutions they marched offy ythe crowd then adjourned until two o'clock, which was the hour appointed for the speaking.
 At about two o'clock the crowd began to pa{her and soon it sweled up to about five hundrd a great number of ladies being present the gal les of the hotel and surrounding buildings bg crowded with them, in the meantime 1agA i'd been procured and one was spread out on tn h. iery of the hotel, and one upon Duval & gs building opposite. A rope was extended fro he hotel over to Casper & Reitzets store and ag hoisted upon it; shortly after it was hosted ar briated DutchmaR appeared with roll of cdeon cloth under his arm, which upon critical exsh- nation was ascertained to be a representati6 of the American eagle amidst a lot of old condelfR ed ordnance, drawn by some amateur. Some indiJ1iu- al in the crowd proposed hoisting it along si6 of the flag, when inquisitive urchin asked the ise- briate Teuton if the aforesaid bird was buzzsrd at which he became wrathy and proposed to fight any man in the crowd who was for secession-- Upon the eagle being hoisted one old codser in the crowd whose eyes first saw the light of daySn a cline where the thermometer often gets below zero, became so excited and to manifest his ex- treme loyalty to the Union and the South rushed into the tobacco store the corner and frantcally yelled for ten cents worth of old Virginia fine cut. The brass band then struck up a tune at the con eiusion of which some asthmatic individual in the crowd proposed three cheers for the Union, which was vociferousy responded to by some fifty CT sixty types of men of smaller growth, the said being men of several hues and shades, good many of them being types of " the human form divine, D put up in ebony casing for protection from tropi. cal sun.
 At half past two the Belle Point Guards apptr ed coming down the hill on Ozark street, follo led by couple of strong minded gals, one bearir a flag made of red white and blue calico, with Hhe back grounds, with thirteen stars, underneathYin large letters union" they were followed by 15 or 20 little misses in diminties, and about forty little ragged urchins of the masculine gender The Ft. Smith Rifles appeared at the lower end of the street, marching up towards the hotel, the young ladies and children after arriving at the hotel se- ceded from the procession, the two companies of soldiers then went through with several difficult man@uvres, such as getting ndiscriminatey mixed up, and causing their officers to use good deal of profanity in the presence of ladies' finally after se- paratng both companies they fell into ranks and grounded their arms the band then played Yankee Doodle and several other airs, after which the " ex lion. Y. H. Wolfe announced to the crowd that the speakers would now address them; upon which couple of Rev. Galvanised Hudibrastic. union screeching, anti-convention preachers were seen elbowing their way through the crowd, each trying to get to the dry goods box the corner to speak first, but the Rev. MT. Reynan being imbued with deal more of that spirit which belongs to the true church militant distanced his competitor and secured the stand after making few remarks he yielded up to the Rev. E. M. Northum who spoke for about half an hour. The great forte of the speeches were principally euoges upon the late black republican triumph in our country, in the election of John Brown sympathiser over good and true southern men; after which the band play ed couple of airs more, and the military compa- hies fired salutes the crowd then dispersed; every southerner being completely disgusted with the mis- erable farce enacted under cover of celebrating the birth day of great father; the black republican element in the city being ashamed to show their true colors and come out boldly and say that they would have glori6cation in honor of their triumph in Sebastian county. The black cohorts even car ried their impudencc so far as to have meetipr after dark for the purpose of condeming the gover nor Tor taking possession of the arsenal, and pas sing resolutions condemning the gallant sons of the South who are now in possession of the arsenal as q awless mob; meeting where the majority were Yankees and controlled by the officers at this fort, who had their companies present to vote for and carry all resolutions and give them forth to the world as the voice of southern people. Gen. May CTS attempted to speak, but they would not let him. Finally the meeting was broken up by the citizens without accomplishing their netarious design of putting another libel upon the South
 Though beaten in this county, 1 think there are more true and patriotic southern men in our State who will be able to counterbalance our defeat, and when the southern contcderacy is formed it will be
 Like an eagle, whose young gaze
 Feeds on the noontide beam, whose golden plume Floats moveless on the storm, and in the blaze Of sun rise gleams, when earth is wrapt in gloom; An epitaph of glory for the tomb
 Of murdered Europe may it's fame be made, lireat people, As the sands shalt thou become; Thy growth will be swift as morn, when nj gh must
 fade,
 The mnltitudinous earth shall sleep beneath thy
 shade. J. T. H.