Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-03-20

i Capt. Thomas Clay, who was taken prisoner at Fort Donelson with Gen. Buckner, is the son of Col Henry Clay, ir., who was killed at Buena Vista and grandson of Henry Clay, the great statesman.
 Jessie, the decidedly better half of Fremont is very sick at Washington.
 1 The assay office at Dahlonega, Ga, is in opera tion The assayer gives notice that the value oT each piece of gold will be stamped on it. ~ l A resolution instructing the committee on mli- tary affairs in Congress to enquire into the expes dency of increasing the pay of non commissioned officers and privates, was adopted @ The Nashville, Capt Pegram, which lately ar rived at Beaufort, did not bring any arms, but brought several millions of dollars worth of post office stamps, bank note papers and dies for coin ing money.
 The defeat, by oyerpowering numbers, at Roanoke Island and other reverses have caused many of the volunteers to re-enlist. The dis asters in Tennessee have awakened our people and caused thousands to rush to the field. 50 it may be yet that out the nettle, danger we shall pluck the flower safety.
 The Yankee forces in Florida are making de- monstratons and will probably attempt to get possession of the Florida railroad. pheir gen, eral plan is to get possession of our roads and prevent communication. If they do this, they drive us to a guerilla war; and we shall have a repetition ofthe scenes in Spain when the French possessed that country.
 Tho regular army of the United States has tweniy.one regiments. There are orer 600 vol unteer regiments.
 The Yankees say they have Fort PulaslI n. vested and can take 1t whenever they choase.- There will be hard fighting there and at Sayan- nah.
 The. New York Herald details ;he federal force in Kentucky and Tennessee at l35.0oo men.
 The great " Sawyer gun at Newport News burst few days ago, killing three and wound. ing five Yankee gunners.
 The telegraph tells us that the federal5 have battery below New Madrid. The object of tLis and the danger in 1t can be illustrated by res membering that the shape of the river above and below Island No. 10, may be roughly repre- sented by the letter N, though instead of acute angles the river curves At the upper left hand corner of the Y, New Madrid is situated. Down near tie lower right hand corner is tlra Island. The latter is above New Madrid, following the course of the river, but sonth and east of it, Now if they get below New Madrid an i can get battery across the river they can play on the Island and going up so as to De opposite New Madrid cau command the river at twe points.
 Major General Bragg has declsree martial law in Memphis.
 Brownlow has been sent to Nashville to hob nob with Andy Johnson,
 Gen. Beauregard's illness was 3 sore throat. He has nearly, if not quite, recovered from his indspostion, is in good spirits and tull of ep- ergy.
 Several gunboat- are reahy for launching at Pensacola.
 It is reported that Gen. SiegeI has made his last retreat and gone to place from wL ence there is no retreatng.
 In three or four of the States of the Conlodeso acy the making of pihes has been gone il to with spirit. They can be made of steel ar mounted on an asben staff, eight feet long, for five dollars each
 Gen. Tilghman has been sent 10 the peniten- tiary at Alton, Illinois. That is the way the Yankees treat prisoners of war.
 Island No. 10, in the Mississippi river, is ls5 miles above Memphis, llj above Fort Pillow and jl below Columbus. IL Is above New Mad rid yet such is the torturous course of the river that it is almost southeast of the latter place.
 The message of Gov. Harris, of Tennessee, i4 published in the Memphis papers, lis short, firm and patriotic.
 h. D' hChis7lch mas Deeu dppontcu trohoSt Marshal of Memphis. The spectators and tories were very busy, for weeks, hiding cotton, sugar and tobacco, waiting for a chance to deliver it to their northern friends and were chuckling over their cunning. On the 10th inst, the Marshal is sued an order that all sugar, molasscs ani cotton in the city, except such as was needed for family supplies, should be removed to such point as the Provost Mar7hfl should designate and if the eyn- CTS failed to do it, it would be done at their cost The next thing will be to find that wh ich is secre- ted, and these are all bulky articles, it will be an easy matter to find them. Spectators, like other dogs, have had their day, and we hope no mercy will be shown to them hereafter.
 The New York Tribune says that Lincoln has appointed s. A. Allen an agent to accompany the federal forces into Tennessee to take charge of the cotton the Yankees steal or trade for. They will get some at Nashville and may dicker for little on the rivers, but we are woefully mistaken if they have not got now nearly all they can get during the war.
 The population of Nashville is over 2J 900; 20, GOO whites; 2,800 slaves and 100 free negroes. The population of the suburbs is about ,000, mak ing total of 3l ,0JD. The manufactures of the city during the past year reached three or four millions of dollars.
 We have hnted that certain militia officers,