Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-16


 to report himself for duty at once. The court of inquiry ignored the charges against him as | soon as they were received. Recent develop | ments disclose embez1lements in the county 1 collectors office to the amount ot $50 ,000.- 1 These frauds have been committed by ;. D. l Axtall. chief clerk, and extended back through a series of years.
 PnILADELrHIA, Jan. 3-Captain Alfred Ba con was not killed at Paducah, as previously 1 reported, but in 6 skirnish between the federal 1 and confederate pckets, near Calhoun, Mclean | county A guard composed of men from the 3d Kentucky cavalry regiment was attacked by large force of rebels. Five of our men, in l cludIng Capt Bacon were killed and twenty taken prisoners by the rebels. 3000 men of Buffers division embarked to~day and will sail l tomorrow.
 ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2.-Dispatehes received at headquarters announce the capture of the no~ torious JeT. Owens Col. Jones and fifty bridge burning gang, near Martinsburg, Adrienne coun- ty by Gen. Schofeld, commander of the State militia Various bands of guerrilas along the North Missouri railroad have been pretty tho~ roughly scattered.
 MEMPHIS, Jan. lO.-Generals Pillow resg nation, 1t is reported, will not be accepted by President Davis. Rumors rife that he will soon receive q major>genarars commission. Gen eral Lee has prohibited all newspaper cores pondence from the camps on the southern coast. Northern papers mention the arrival at New York of l00OG stand of arms.
 MEMPHIS. Jan. 1l-A special dispatch to the Appeal, from Columbus the 10th, says northern papers of the 7th have been received there. dispatch from Halifax, dated the 9th inst, nOunces the arrival of the steamship Bohemian at that point with later advices from Europe, which say that cotton has advanced half penny-no provisions or breadstuffs are being exposed to market. Anson Burlingame, the Massachusetts abolition minister to China, had arrived at Canton. Great excitement prevailed at Lisbon, Spain, in consequence of the mys terious di5interment of the Kings body, the cause of which has not been explained.
 The Orleans Princes in America have been ordered home in consequence of foreign com plications with the t. S., which is quite signif cant France sends endorsements to the squad ron recently dispatched to Mexico by Span.- Great Britain demands indemnity from that government fer certain outstandng financial claims She also sends squadron of obser- vation to the American coast, probably to look after the blockade.
 The steamer Vanderbilt arrived at New York on the 9th inst, from Port Royal, carrying, as she alleged, $500 bags of cotton, which was unginned and probably impressed.
 Adgices from central Kentucky, state that the pontoon bridges recently built by Gen. Buell. over Green river, have been swept away by high water. Commodore Graham, command lng Cairo, has been charged with fraud in contract to furnish the army with bread. He has in consequence been superseded by Capt. k0antz. The barracks of the l7th Illinois re- giment were burned at Cairo on the 9th inst.- The pistols, sabres, arms and clothing of one entire company were entirely consumed in the conaagration. Twelve federal gunboats and B mortar boats have arrived at Cairo with large reinforcement .! troops. The crews of these boats have been assigned to service, and mus tered into the immense army, of which 1t is the evident purpose of making an early advance in some direction. Adyioes from taducah as late as the 9th inst. are received, and say that pilots have been impressed into service in the con- tempIatad movement of the federal fotiIa up the tennessee river. All quiet here. RICHMOND, Jan. 9.-The proceedings of Con- gress are unimportant 50 far as known. There vas heavy firing l2st. nigh. at Ac4aia Creek The Yankee vessels engaged our batteries-no- body hurt on our side. Nothing is showu of the damage to the tederals. The Green Briar raid is co needed to have been made by Yan- hee plunderlng party who took eff horsos, oat- tie and other property. The Yankees, 1t Is be HeVed, have escaped to Onl0.
 The Lynchburg Republican has intelligence from Winchester that there has been some little skirnishing with only few casualties. The coniederates have burnt the bridge over Capon river and destroyed dam No. 6, on the Chese> peake canal, and bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad They then returned in the di- rection of Winchester, The confederates lost on this expedition about 10. On Monday about II miles below Romsey, the contederates in small force were attacked by 4000 Iankees.- We lost , or killed, few prisoners, two can- non and 3 baggage wagons. The enemy de stroyed the property of several southerners in that region. We captured in one of our expe- ditions, two cannon and three or four thousand dollars worth of clothing and military stores.- Among others, Capt. Alexander qf an Arkan- sas regiment in letter from Camp Alleghany, dated the 9th, says no attack has been made on that camp or at Monterey. The enemy, after the defeat at Huntersvllle, double quicked away. NORFOLK, Jan. ll.-Eacharie, of New or> leans has been..released by the Yankee govern ment, and has arrived. Passengers report three gunboats and three large transports, with four thousand troops arrived to~day at Fortress Monroe from Annapolis. There is much ac- tivty at Monroe. The Day Book has Herald of the 9th. In the federal House of Repre- SentatiF6, Il CSib ili,te6 NaS iCrHeu IO report bill for'raising four hundred millions by direct taxation. There is an upward movement in gold-exchange ll5. The Herald says Wall street has coRspired to defeat the plans of the government, and that the treasury will be with out a cent in another week. The Philadelphia banks refuse treasusy notes, aud the public be- gin to cry, down with the banks! and calls are made for national currency. The steamer Canada reached Halifax on the 8th January, with more troops and artillery and nine hun dred tons of munitions. The Hibernia is 10 follow her up with more troops. The London Times stands aghast in contemplation of the tremendous and magnificent vegetation of the Yankee debt. Prussia has addressed her min ister at Washington, condemning the arrest of Mason and SlGell.
 WAsHINGroN, Jan. 8.--Great activity at head quarters. General Seige, of Missouri, has ten- dered his resignation,
 RICHMoNr, Jan. 9.-Northern papers of the Eth, report the French frigate Oatina in Hamp ton Roads, and an English frigate at Annopo 1 lis. A resolution has been adopted in the fede ral Senate authorizing an exchange of prisoners from the privateer Jeff. Davis for federal pris- oners, The Bohemia has arrived at New York with Liverpool dates to the 27th. Cotton is ad l vancing-stock in port 57,000 bales. Two l French fleets, one for Mexico and the other for 1 America, were about sailing from Liverpooll? 1 It was reported that English frigates cruising off Gibraltar are searching federal privateers, i Tue officers of the French irigate Catina which