Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-09-10
Clippings and Comments.

| Tho following is worth making note of: l "A dispatch at Chicago, from Col. Turchn an nounces that he was found guilty by the court mar | al and dismissed from the service. This was re- ccivod by his wife. Simultaneously she received | from Washington his commission brigadier gene ra The latter, 1t is believed, will in effect quash the tormer."
 Turchn tried for permitting and assenting to lis soldiers sackng . Confederate town. The most horrid scenes were enacted in open day. Shrieking females seized in the street. and men, who tried to aid them, were murdered on the spot. court martial finds him guilty and Lincoln rewards him by making him brigadcr general.
 The Confederate Congress met on the 18th. The following are part of the proceedings on the 20th
 In the House, a resolution of thanks to Col Nor gan and his command, for distinguished services rcn dered, was adopted.
 Resolutions to abolish the office of tho secretary the navy, and declaring the brute Butler enemy tosthe human race were submitted and referred to the appropriate committees"
 The Ouachita Conference Journal, published at the home of Col. Fanagn, copies portion of an article from the Gazette of this city, recommending Col F. for the office of governor, and says:
 < We have to add that Col. Flanagin is as greatly esteemed in private life herc at home IS he valued abroad for his public services. We do not hesitate to say that his recommendation by the citizens of Little Rock and other places to the post of gover- nor, is highly gratifying to the citizens of Arkadel- phia and Clark county"
 We find the following item in the Journal If Col. Bruce can make matches he can also make q fortune. They are worth cent piece in some To- calities:
 MArouEs.-Col. Bruce. of this place, has presen- ted us with parcel of friction matches of his own manufacture. The Colonel is chemist enough we believe to make bis own phosphorus--so we, are to have home match factory.
 The following clip is from the Mississppian. Itis no doubt true, it is Yankee all oyer but the boot is too small unless the girls very handsome:
 MORE LAUGHING AT A FUNERAL.-ln one of the recent numbers of Harper's Weekly, one of the hu- morous cuts is a New York father promenadng his daughters with placards on their backs offering them and sl ,oo0 to officers enlistng thirty men.
 The Confederates have another ram at Savannah. Tho steamer Fingal has been transformed into an iron clnd and is thus deicrbed in the New York Her ald
 e The armament of the Fingal is follows: two one hundred pound ried guns four fifty pound rifed cuns: six ten inch columhiads; two twenty-four nounders for grape and canister-n all, fourteen heavy pieces. In shape she is similar to the Merr from the latter, however. in her draft of water which is much less than that of her ilfaed predecessor She is heavily nrmored, and her port holes are protected by heavy wrought iron lids so arranged as to close at the recol of every gun She has massive beak at either end, and IS moreover provided with scalding apparatus, with which to re- bel any attempt to board her Her commander is J. Pembroke Jones, formerly of the United States navy"