Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-10-10
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But none by bullet or Dy enOt Fell half so low as Winfield Scott. Is By the middle of the present month Lincoln will have III vessels, of all classes on the south ern coast, carrying, in all, l,236 guns.
 The Sage of Monticello, published in Drew county says that in one neighborhood in Colum bia county, thirty-two twin children have been born since anuary, of which thirtyone are boys As a specimen of the cowardly and atrocious system of warfare practised by the Lincohtes, Lieutenant Governor Montague of Va, states that his plantation and the plantations ot otherS on the Rappahhanock, were visited by the ofil cers and crew of the Monticello and robbed everything portable. The Lieut.. Governor los his slaves and the Yankees then offered re ward of three thousand dollars for his head, anC caused this to be circulated among the nsgroe on the adjoining plantations in the hope to in cite them to commit assassination.
 Prof. Kinds, the distinguished English as tronomist, demonstrates in recent publication that, on the 3Oth of June the earth passed through the tail of the comet at distance o perhaps two-thirds of its length from the nu cleus. An unusual and peculiar illumination of the northern sky was observed Ill Englant and America on the night of the 3Oth of June which goes far to sustain the Professors asser sion. This knocks into pie the vulgar fear ant belief that contact with comet would destro, the earth or produce extraordinary sickness | It proves that the cometic tail IS composed gases far more tenuous than cur atmosphere.
 We are told that Judge Ringo has tenderee the appointment of Receiver for the Easter district of Arkansas, under the sequestratioi act of Congress, to Luke E. Barber, the gent' manly and efficient clerk of the supreme .cour Should Mir. Barber accept he willsbrng to tn position, business habits, energy and unim' peachable integrity
 There are two thousand tanneries in the Con federate States. See census returns. The northern papers are urging the necesslt, of drafting soldiers for Lincoln's army. The all falsely state that the Confederate States have resorted to drafting long ago. They forgot t state that this drafting was to see who should stay at home, and the unfortunates gave hors or a sum or money ID Do dIOWcu tO cACuADS' places with an accepted volunteer.
 Louisiana will furnish 100000 hogsheads sugar this year.
 The cost of maintaining the Yankee prisoners at Richmond is $l25 day for the single artcl' of bread.
 The public debt of Kentucky is $4,73l,24
 The fall term of the U. s. circuit court New York commences soon, at which twenty of the privateers of the Savannah, Sumter ano Jeff Davis, are to be tried for piracy.
 The respective brothers.in-law of Abraham Lincoln and John C. Fremont, are now in Vir- ginia fighting for freedom.
 The Memphis Bulletin has been sold to and merged in the Avalanche.
 Gen. R. c. Gatlin, who was made prisoner at the brilliant and sanguinary capture of the bar racks at Fort Smith, now has command of the entire Confederate forces in North Carolina.
 The late election in Texas resulted in the chice of F. R. Lubbock, for Governor; John M. Crockett, Lieutenant Governor and Stephen Crosby Commissioner of the General Land Of fee. All these gentlemen were original seces sionists and noted for their devotion to the cause
 227 clerks, suspected of disloyality, have bee, dismissed from the departments at Washington City.
 There was sale of coffee, at auction, at Charleston, on the l6th ult.; 10000 bags La guayra coffee, of mixed quality sold for an aver age price of ? cts pound.
 1 s;r Liverpool papers. It states that on the reopen ing of the port of Charleston, three steam ships will be despatched for that port taking freigh and passengers. This is followed by the usua reference to apply to the agents. It seems t. look to speedy re-opening of the ports, an, taken in connection with the decline in the price of cotton, is somewhat significant.
 Mrs. L. Virginia Smith, it is said, intends tc deliver lectures and poems, written by herself, in the principal cities of the South. She will bt accompanied and assisted by Mrs. Pennoyer, former lessee of the theatre in this city.
 The Yankee General Lyon, whom Nemesis overlook at the battle of Oak Hills, has lief by will all his property, valued at $30,OOO, to the rump government. This has caused quite splutter among his Connecticut relatives. IL them it would have been considerable fortune while Bomba Lincoln would spend it in less than an hour
 Notwithstanding Secretary Cameron gavt notice that he would not resort to drafting but would rely upon the love of the Union and all that sort of humbug, yet New Jersey has re sorted to draft. Meanwhile they are offering heavy bounties, in some cases as high as a hundred dollars to persons to enlist
 There are 100000 bushels of salt at Corpus 1 Christi, Texas, made there during the last few l months.
 They are about to establish a glass factory at Charleston, sc
 The prisoners sent to New Orleans from Richmond were escorted to the prison by com pany of free negroes. It was capital idea to put negroes to guard the abolitioaists. It is said the Yankees strongly objected to thei, escort.
 A. T. Stewart, the New York dry goods man who ostentatiously published that he would give Lincoln million of dollars to carry op the war of subjugation, has good debts due him in the Southern States of over million of dollars. As these will be conGscated