Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-09-10


 ged them mile, but finally abandoned them. They retired not in very good order, scattering in every direction. The prisoners taken by the Confederate were paroled
 1 Desertcrs from the federal army gre now branded 1 with the letter D when re- taken.
 l The large number of hangers on, cotton buyers spocuaors thieves and traders that follow the fede- 1 ral armies arc quite nuisance to the commanders Lately they have got to arresting them and pressing them in the servce and the poor wretches have to pay handsome sum to the general to get clear and take out permit to trade. The commanders mako 1 a handsome thing of it. It is dog eat dog.
 Secession sSmpathizcrs abound in Illinois, Several papers have been suppressed by the government, and others destroyed by abolition mobs. Arrests fre- quent In Egypt they arrested the judge, district attorney and many of the members of the bar. Ex- 1 congressman preachers, judges and prominent men fill the jails.
 Gev. Yates, of Illinois, telegraphed to Sccreta y Stanton for arms, tcnts etc., for the volunteers In reply he was informed that everything he asked for would be sent every thing but tents. It is impos- sible to get cotton." This answer shows that the stories of getting vast quantities of cotton in the South all false They have notsuccecded in steal ing enough wherewth to make tents for their army.
 Nearly 5000 applications of wounded men, for pensions, have already been made to the Lincoln government. They will find out that " war, though no luxury, is expensive indulgence and requires money to carry it successfully or even at all.'
 A Yankee correspondent writing from McClellan's army says that the federal soldiers had large quan titles of counterfeit Confederate money, and that it bad policy for the federas to carry it about their persons when going into battle. If taken prisoner, the spurious money is taken from them and destroy cd aud they are kicked and cut1cd.
 The board of trade of Chicago, has raised and equipped regiment, the 72d Illinois. The colonel is F. A. Staring, well known about Little Rock, as engineer on the Memphis and LittlsRock railroad.
 Tho Chicago Times of the 24th ult., announces the arrival of 457 guerrilla prisoners from Missouri and Arkansas. They do not exchange these prisoners.
 The Confederate Congress has declared Kansas to be within the limits of the Confcderacy.
 The federals sent feet up the Yazoo river and stormed battery of five or six guns, guarded by twelve or fifteen hundred militiamen. The 'melish" changed their base and the guns fell into the hands of the enemy.
 letter from gentleman in Washington county states that our troops in the west have excellent health and spirits and arc eager for the fray.
 Andy J. Little writes to HIS from Chattanooga un- der date of July 20, 1862. We give extract from his letter relating to personal matters:
 "Gen. Churchill is here, commanding the 2d divi- sion of which we part. He is well and in fine spirits. Our regiment, formerly Churchps, and now Harper's is acknowledged to be of the finest n the service, although but 595 stong, with colonel to lead them second to nono in the Confederate States army. We are armed with Enfield rifles and have plenty clothes and stores. Mai. II. G. Wilson ar rived yesterday morning, in good health, bringing HIS the first reliable we have received from Ar kansas in long while."
 The federal troops back of Memphis for twenty miles havo committed series of outrages unparal- lelod in history. The scoundrels would ride out with whisky and innamod with drink seized every female they could find. Hundreds of instances of outragcs have occurred. Some few of tho scoundrels were murdered. The whole people are excited. Not q unionst is to be found, and even the cmaea arm cd with knives and hatchets.
 The Confederate Congress met on the 18th ult.- There was a quorum in both houses Resolutions and bills designed to carry out the matters recoIn- mcnded by the President in his message, were intro dueed. Tine message and documents, with the ex- cept;on of the report of the secretary of the navy which contains some matters not to be made gene rally public yet, were ordered to be printed. The federal commander at Lexington, Missouri, when he heard of the taking of Independence andsother towns in Missouri, was woefuly scared.- He blew p all the houses between the town and the river and burnt all the hemp in the country remem- bering how Price advanced once under shelter of hemp bales He also destroyed q largcfactory. Loss half million.
 The federal generals have announced their de- termination to respect no paroles given to Morgan or to partisan leaders. They say that no small force or body of men has the right to exact pa- role. The logic of this is as bad as some of Rec tors. If the force is sufficient to take prisoner, it may hold or release him conditionally Or uncon- ditionally. Col John Morgan has issued an order saying, that if paroles granted by him are not re- spected, he will retalate. He will kill every man he takes tho second time. If this action Of the federal generals is sanctioned, It VIII 'eau to "black Aaa a'' war. There is way to keep the nrisoners from fighting against us for dead men can boar no aruIs. The secret of this course on the mart of the Federals has leaked cut Whole com panies and regiments of federal troops from Ky, Tenn. and the western States suffer themselves to be made prisoners so they can be paroled and return home The Louisville Journal, in an agony of alarm, says that Morgan, Forrest and partlsans take prisoners faster than Lincoln can recruit tneh
 Certain commission merchants oi New Orieahs signed a card recommending the planters to burn their cottd rather than suffer it to fall into the hands of the federals Butler, the Beast, mas as sessed these men to the amount of 900 Confederate money sells for per cent. discount in EpnIand. l5 per cent. at Nassau, and fedora money is refused.
 We confess that we are alarmed at tho growth o' the disease called hernia and more commonly known as "rupture.' A medical friend in the army, in reply to a question as how so many able bodied young men managed to avoid the conscrip- tion, replied shat many of them were ruptured. So if our readers see young fellow lolling about the streets and avoiding military service they may ,. ,,;r, Il ovp certainly as diseased and probably