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Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-06-19
For the True Democra Lines on Receiving a Boouet.

A1AS5 On GNSCtiVlHS q 6OlucL. Addressed to Mss Jniid Lo,ory of Hdshaastop Ark.
 BY " I. q. wE4v.R. l thought that the |" bard in my bosom was dead9 Inst the glow Of youths passion was OCT: But your gift has rekinded the mt. that had fled, And my heart has awakened once more. Ay, well may the arm of thasolder be bold To strike flr this fair land of ours, When sweet southern. with hearts never cold Are strewinS his pathway with fJwersi Yes, our path-wav may be thorny bed may be cold And our roof the broad heavens above-- Who murmurs? we fight not for silver or gold But home and tie ones that love. And he, whom you blessed with those beautiful owerq Perfumed with Liberty-Rights, Believes they T charm off the hot ieaden showers, While for you and his country he fights. Oh who would grow weary quail in the fight (Though the list hope of freedom were ned) While woman comes forth like an angel of light. Our war-pat1 with roses to spread Like cheftains of old, we will rush to the field To win the proud spurs of Knight, With lance and with banner with sword and with shield For the SOUTH and her WOMEN to fight! Accept the rough of Tcroai, fair maii May your footsteps be flowers, May the of health from your cheeks never fade And happiness dwell in your bowers. Little Roct May Both, 1862.
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Hcre h Wasnlngtoil tue august ceissof o' @ toe press of the United States holds bis seat. lis mission is to murder truth. Around him are located the branch offices--the New II ork Tier aid, Times aud Tribune, and several other north ern journals-where all accounts of nature requiring censorship are prepared and passed under the eensor's eye and pen. On the eve of the sailing of a steamer from New York or Bos- ton to Europe, great Union success was sure to be announced in the next mornings paper.
 The Herald's first account of the battle of shiloh was teiegraphed through the censor at Washington. though 1t purported to have come by way of Cairo It was intended to 70 oui by the steamer for Europe, to bias American affairs in northern favor. In short, the officer of the censor of the northern press is the overseer ol one great laboratory of lies, and his business k to detect any particles of truth that might creep into the material.
 Several of the reporters Of the press are nov. or were very recently, under arrest in Wash ington, for giving too much latitude to truth in their reports.
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house square to hear read the proclamation an'
 orders of Gen. Hebert
 Remarks were made by Geo. Mason, esq, an,
 Col Cook. The people then adjourned to mak
 ther eparations-m for leaving and other l 10 provide for safety on the island. ! The Provost Marshal made @ candid state
 ment to the people, and assured them that Gal
 weston would not be surrendered, and that oul troops would never retire, except before an over whelming force.
 1 About l o'clock the. bark spread her sails and got under way. In few inmates the rig. glng and yards of the Santee were alive witt men, and her sails loosed. The bark, mean while stood out and then tackled in towards the South Battery. She has since tackled several ! times, and 1t is not certain yet what are her in~ tentons.
 Active preparations are going on for defence against bon bardment, and our officers and men all seem determined that if they can prevent 1t Galveston shall not fall before the force that now threatens its destruction. Since l o'clock, all the drays and other means of transportation in the city have been employed under manage ment of Capt. M. Sellers, in removing such poor families as desire to leave the city with their effects. Many are embracing the opportunity some leave by the cars this evenIng, and others will go by the cars and boats tomorrow. The time has come for charity and christian brother hood 10 engage in its noble work. Let itnot be said that the poor, who have deserted their homes sooner than live under federal rule shall suffer while there is plentyin the land.
 They now leaving with n unanimity which will satisfy lhe world of the determition of Tex ans. History furnishes few such evidences of devotion as will he afforded the iederals should their feet ever tread the streets of this deserted city.
 The bark, no doubt, reconnotered our detenees sufficiently 10 sat sfy her that it not safe for her to attack alsne. When the ball wih open now, none can tel, boys are in fine spirits, and anxious for fight. The officers are at their posts and vigani. The Provost Marsh h4l is busy issuing passes and examining certificates of aliens.
 Cavalry are actively employed driving up stock preparatory to driving it of the island.
 Spectators in provisions finding Major Mas sic in earnest, are shipping their flour, large quantities of which were on hand.
 Rich and poor are all treated alike in respect to transportation and though Capt. Se ers has been much abused for putting the rich mans tray in service alengside of that of the poor dr4yman. and making eaeh serve their turn in moving property, believe all are now tolerably vel satisfied
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fsrecial correspondenee to the N. Y. Hines.

ASpeclal COrfeSpOnQeDco to the N. |. eS.
 LONDON, May 24th. The surrender of New Orleans and the evacuation of Yorktown, have
 fallen upon the British public like two very heavy clsps of thunder. The first event is mystery nc
 one pretends to explain. We wait for further par
 ticuIars. As 1t now appears, it is pregnant with 1 alarm.
 If gunboats can pass shore batteries and harbor
 defenees, what city in the world is safel An iron | clad gun boat could ascend the Thames any day, i and lling iu the pool below London bridge reduce the great metropolis to submission or tu ashesbut 1 the same is true of New Y ork and of every city which lies upon the sea or a navigable river. If the southern ports be opened and the planters will sell their cotton and buy goods, they may do as they please about the restoration of the Union There s sympathy with the South, but it is useless. There is hatred of the North but it determines action. Interest and interest alone, will govern And what is that interest? One-third of the cot ton mills in England are idle, and most another third are working short handed or short time. Short time means two or three days in week. The ln- dia cotton which they are obliged to is so fnll of trash and waste, and short in staple. that the extra time required to work It still further reduces the wages of the operatives. More than hundred thousand people in Lancashire are paupers.
 Three times that number on the verge of starva tion The distress extends to the coliers the shopkeepers and every branch of trade. Some have died of starFaton others too far gone for help. Insanity and horrible murders have begun their work in Manchester. A father driven to de spair killed his three children last week. and then murdered the landlords agent who had stripped him of his household furniture. Meetings of working men begin to be held. 4 meeting of 6DOO at Asbon few days ago, demanded intervention, and this demand will grow louder unless there is prospect of peace and cotton And cotton there must be.
 Every promise Of supply has been deceptive.- Less cotton is on the way from India th n there was year ago. China sends none. The supply from all other sources is but drop n the brcket Day by day the small stock diminishes--tay by day the want, she @cpger, the wide spread misery increases. America feeds an army of more than half million, but England has a still larger army which the has brought into conflict with 6 more terrible foe than the southern Confederacy-hun- ger. England is rich, but she cannot long bear the burdens now thrown upon her England has a wonderful power of aluas giving, but what alms are sufficient for such a calamity Private benevo- lence is oyeriaxed The war in Am,rica is cost ing England more money and mere suffering than many of a war of her own. What can she expect, then, when feeling and interest are alike against ita II 1t does not end in thirty days, here will be measures taken to bring if to T close.
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From the Clslksyille (Texas) Standard Invasion c! Texas.

We have had ere this, perhaps an invasion of the soil of heroic Texas. It warns our blood to think lIett our people will have chance, at home, to show the northern enemy how the men of Texas fight for hberty-how they defend their own land with their own people. The world has never known better work than we shall do in the hoiest of all causes, the defehce of home~-of our wives and children, and social institutions, against aggression. Let them come' the soil will be made cassc--tbe earth can be enriched with their blood. On every field Of contest Texans have been known to honorj bat atshome they will exceed all former efforts; and rear historic monument sacred to patriotism, and dear in all after times, to those who love to read of noble deeds. We welcome the invader? We invite him to fair fields of contest, and am pie supplies of provisions il Ee can take them Let him comei Here are the proceedings after formal demands for surrender made by the cap tain of the Santee and declined by Gen. Hebert
 AFFAIRS IN GALVESTON.
 GALVESTON, May g, p. m.
 In obedience to the call of Major J. C. Mas sic, Provost Marshal, considerable body o citizens assembled this morning at the cour
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[signed]

CONFEDERATE MosEy IN NEW ORLEANS - The NV Orleans True Delta of the 27th ut., states that, since Butler issuel his order tahooing Confederate monev. the Bank of Commerce in that city has heen bnying it up at pretty heavy discount, pay ing s6 in specie or S9 in city notes, for $2o in Con federate currency Parties outside were paying S6 90 and $! in specie, and $lo in city bills Tor S20 Confederate notes.
 The Delta is informed that it was female who first raised the value of Confederate money, by offering $50 bank bill for $lOO Confederate note. Ore gentleman, it is stated, was offered niaetg cents on a dollar for bis Confederate money and declined to sel
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NohcE.

All Merchants wtliI the city of Little Rock and the jurisdiction fhe Provost Marshal, are required to keep open heir stores from half after a. m. to o'clock P. h. of each day, Sunday ex- cepted,
 They are also requifd to sell all ARTICLES OF MERCHANDlH. including all species of Dry Goods, Hardward Cutlery, etc., for ConIede- rate money, for prot not to exceed 9 Der cent. on cost aud carlage.E Chewing and Smoking To bacco included,
 All traders and det ters must be governed strictly by the published prid of Maj -Genl Hindman. Any violation of tese orders will be met with punishment commeaurate with he offence.
 B. F. DAHEY, Gel. Com'dg Post
 and Provost Marshal
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OUR PgosPECrs The news from Virginia Is full of deep and important interest. The ut t.r defeat and rout Of Banks and the bloody defeat of the tederalS near Richmond, are vic tories for which we can easily afford to make a temporary surrender of cities which 1t will cost Lincoin,far more to hold than to take. Our great armies at Cotinth Richmond and Williams burg have been successful, while gunboats have taken cities on our rivers. Meanwhile, hy the blessing Of God. sent down on our armies in answer to fervent prayer put mp in unwavering faith, we shall be able to advance northward and take the fountain heads from which flow those streams of gunb0ats, and so put an end to the war We have lately seen in some papers, con- siderable talk about guerrilla warfare" and airing out the North by pr acted struggle, aud all thati- Of course Vt, would continue 10 fight on, If our great armies were dshanded; that is, the true men Of the South would do so, But then, we do not see either the use, or faith in our cause, which is displayed in such talk. We believe that the proper way Of ending thls war; and teaching ianahcism lesson to last for all time, is.to overthrow the armies of fhe hypo- critical Union, carry tbe war into the country of our ruthless foes. and administer 10 them the chastisement which they have been long needing, to bring them to their senses. Nothing else will do ii: this is plain to common sense. If, then. our cause Is rishteous-and what sdlte and honest man doubts it--the Lord, in whom we trust, will Lare his arm in such signal over throw of the ranks of abohiionism, and it's lying spawn of unionisn that all the earth shali see the triumph of tue Bible and of truth. That Is our creed. a. least aud we put it out now, de caring that we do look for speedy and glar.ou. deliverance. Let the church pray, and our brave yeomanry on to the contest in name oi the Lord and truth Onaclua CoateTeAce Jour RdE
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 Old Ikn! Old Iron!

IL persons havnftl Iron, whether wrought. A are requested to d it in to Foundry at Little Rock The necessities the require all that can be obtained Old poS Iants old chains pec of st ve pate in ouaf t,fies fl on, S up are nreded co"king uens want 10 c kettles t7 make salt we want every thing hat made oi n And we must reIy on lh paot- ism the peopie to Finish the army EVefy pi"ce naS n,nre or less o old iro5upon it. and want it all H not some patriotic inyluils undertake the collection it. In response to tt call of Gen. bells and old brass were poured h the oundriez pf the southern Con eeraey win not like s2e, prompt ready response this call GEO. D ALEXANDER, Capt.
 kd Actg Insp Gen. Trans.Miss Dist. .i,na 12 ifa fl.
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Siie irnc nivclis A VOICE OF THE HEART

Return one little hour, retarn, When mornings rosy light Unseals these half reluctant eyes, From slumbers of the night And let tell thee how in dreams, My cheeks were pressed to thne Till passion crimsons OCT the heart This loving heart of mine Return, one little hour, return. Life has meaning deep, When those we cherish next to Heaven, Can with smile and weep Like angels finger by side As softly glides the day. And scatter flowers of Paradise, Along the ming way r77-y Return, one little hour return,' When twilights woven hue, Seems ia the amber tinted Vest Like Heavens approaching view: When vows, the heart bewilder most And lips sweetest prest-Y And most the spirit pines r6 lean, On some eonsenial breast Return, one little hour return, When every star above A mellow radiance imparts To eyes begemmeI with love; The rusty links of Care's dull chain, With silver@d beauty shine. When fold them. 'neath the stdrs, At some devoted shrine. Return. Fgeyia fl my heart; One i'tte hour return, While Love's Forget-M- Not,' still blooms. In Memory's treasured urn Sweet as The Promise tho Bow, The glory on the flower, The image dawned upon my soul, h manhoods camer hour
 c. zELsTEs ADAMS. The Hut, Calhoun CauHfg. ArE
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Infamous Letter from the Governor of Massachusetta---The Army of Negroes Advocated

"CoMMoxwEALrH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
 EXECUTIVE DEPT, BosroN, May l9, '62. Hon. Edwin NJ. Stanton, Secretary of War;
 SRI have this moment received a telegram in these words, viz;
 The secretary of war desires to know how soon you can raise and organize three or tour more infantry regiments and have them ready to be forwarded here to be armed and equipped? Please answer immediately, and state the num- Der you can raise.
 fSignedl L. THOMAS, Adj't Gen.
 4 call so sudden and unexpected finds me without materials for m intelligent reply. Our voupp men are all ore occupied with other views; still If a real call Tor three reg iments IS made believe we can raise them in forty days. The ar-as and equipments would need to be furnish ed here Our people have peVer marched with ont them They 4. into camf while .ornlin9 into regiments, and are drilled and practlced with arms, and march soldiers. To attempt the other course would be to dampen enthusl' asm. and make the men feel that they were not soldiers bnt mob.
 Again, if our people feel that they are going into the South to help fight rebels, who will klil and destroy them by all means known to savages as well as civilized men; who will drive them by fraudulent flags ftruce and lying pretences' as they did Massachusetts boys at Williamsburg; wlli use their negro slaves against them both as Iabolers and as well as fighting men, while they themselves must never fire at the enemys ma gaxine. think they will feel the draft is heavy on their patriotism; but # the President ~1 sugtain Gen. Hunter, recogn'7e qN We', epei black men, as legaty capabte ot Loyalty, ph'ch hhe Jlacks are mattiayto mamiteyt-aad let then foIt aciih God and hunaan nature on Metr s'dt vthe roads will swarm, if need be, with mul titude whom New England would pour out to obey your cali.
 "Always ready to do my utmost, II remain most respectfully
 "Your obedient servant, rS;gnedl JNo. A. ANDREW"
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How the Women make Powder.

We copy portion Of a letter addressed to Lieut. McClung, al Knoxville, by lady in Sul- hyan county, East Tenn.
 ''I saw some weeks ago in the Register, an article on the making of saltpetre, ahd that the earth under the old houses contained more or less ntre. l also learned that the government WIS in great need of saltpeire, in order to make powder for our brave boys now in the hefd.- Well. sir. felt, though 1 am a woman, that It was my duty to do what could Tor my country; so, having an old house with dry dirt under Ii, l determined to make a trial. l threw out tue ashes in my ash hopper, and had two others built. l then had the d;rt under the house dug up and put into the hoppers. 1 then run water through one of the boppers, and then passed the water through the other two. After which 1 added lev to the water until the curdling ceas- ed. I then boiled it until it was thick, when the pot was set of che fire. In a few hours, the saltpetre had formed into beautiful christals. nopred water three times through each hopper, and then boiled 1t down. The result is just one hundred pounds of beautiful saltpetre, accord> ;ng to my husbands weighing. 1t was very iit tie trouble to me.
 Now, sir, | see you are the agent of the gov ernment.. I want to hand 1t over to you to be made into powder and sent to our army to be used in defending country.
 The Knoxville Register adds that a citizen o Jefferson county, Tenn, made from the dust ath single old house two hundred and eight pounds of saltpetre, which, with the nitre and sulphur added, was converted into two hun dred and fifty pounds oi powder.
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Notice.

To Napoledn B. Mills. Thomas Bailey and John B. Scott of Pulaski county, Ark, and Eli Dart of Perry county, John l. Walden and John Hoffman, of Saline county. you are hereby notified to report yourselves respectively in persor or certificate of surgeons of disability, to head quarters Col. D. w. Carroll's regiment Arkansas volunteers. Gen. Rusts brigade, wthiH thirty days from this date you will be considered as deserters snd dealt with accordinge WILLIAM N. PARISH. Capt.
 Comp. H, IS Regt. Ark. Vols. CoRiSrH, Mss, May P, 1862.
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AN ACT to define and punish sedition, and to prevent the dangers which may arise from per sons disaf cted to the States.
 SEC l. Be uenacied by the Leqislature Of the State ofTeras, That if any person within this State shall maliciously and advisedly discourage the people
 from ensting into the service of this State or Con federate States, or dispose the people to favor the enemy, every such pers n shall be deemed guilty of h; ci, misdemeanor and on conviction thereof, shah be punished by Imprisonment in the peniten- tiary for term not less than or than years at the discretion of the jury.
 ADproyed Jan 18th, 1869.
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CIVILIAN PRESTON.
OBart. rm t.ter '. ;. Ship Hartfori

NiaIt1 I'D l~ttf VI. o. HHIp tIAItTVI|I1
 Died Ma, I9th. 1862 ......Aged 63 years."
 This record s omnous. IL is but the com mencement of the bitter end of those who seek our subjugation tjr their own aggrandizement. The heat Of sRnmar l. upon them; sickness and death is overtaking them in their presumptuous aagressions; and the newly turned earth marks their progress through d land of ireemen. How sad 10 contemplate rhe fate of men so talieu. They seek the bubble fame at our expense; but the delta of the South is their last resting place -NdtcAez Courier.
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| z T R A c T; Gneclal Order No. fl3.
HEAD QUARTERS TRANs-M MISSISSIPPI DIsT.,
 Liltle 2eck, Ark, June 3, 1862 ]


 III. Colonel Ben. F. Danley isassigned to duty as Commander of the Pot at Iittle Rock. and Provost Martial of Pulaski coin'y, throughout which Martial Law is hereby declared. He is charged with the mantanance bf order and dis cipline. the enforcement of ali ,tders from these Ueatouarters, and the sup ressbn of vice, disor dtls and immortality within the limits of his Juris- diction the care and surervisoIot all pub ic pro- perty, not in charge specially ofany other oflcer and, in general, to have full corroi ot all matters rertaning to the post at this pHce, and all police regulations throug bout the colay; and wilt pre- scibe and ii act penalties f'r al offences coming within his jurisdiction. lie will Establish such regu- latons in egald to trade and trafc, and the punish ment For violations orders in pec thereof, as he may deem proper, and will maj reports weekly to these headquarters.
 By command of Maj Gen. IIvnAAN.
 E. C.NEWTON,
 4. fl General.
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army Medi-al Roard.
OFFICE MEDICAL DIRECTOR,
 TRANS AlIsslsslPPi DISTRICT.

OFFICE MEDlCAL DIRECTOR,
 TRANs- MIssIssiPPi DISTRICT. !
 Llais hOck, Ark, June l2, 'C2.\ The Board of Examiners for the Trans AIis,is- sipp District, will convene at this place on Mon day, the 18th inst, to continue in sion until all Med cal Officers not heretofore examined and pas. scd by Confederate Examining Board. and all appl cauts for appointments shall be examined The generals in command of Brigades will at once oruer the actiug Surgeons and Assistant Sur geons to report to Surgeon James M. Keller, Me. dcal Director, at this place for instructions. By order of Maj c en1 Hndman.
 J. NJ KELLER June l2. 2t. Med. Direcf0y
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---~=r. -.-A~%~

TIE BATTLE OF WHLIAMsBURG.-The Yankees have been comueed at last to admit loss Of 1000 killed 25tO wounded and 6U0 prisoners, in the bat tie of Vii iamsbprg. Our loss is not more thln one third IS much. The fact that they still claim it as Il victory, says the Lyncburg Republican, shows to what desperate straits they are driven to keep up the spirit of their people. Lying and con ceaiment are their leading weapons in this war.
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C nI M ! IT n E D

fEN0 jail in Benton, Sa.ne county, Arkansas. the -
 S Duh day of January, 1862. negro who says Se his is SIMON. sbc Ut II years old, b4 high SX geiy black. He had when taken up. pair heavy .A 5rngan shoes kery pants and coat well old black ha tucked up The sides would weigh aboui S175 l and he belongs to William Powell of lka, Alabama
 The hereby notified to forward prove pro pcry and charges he will be dealt with rdng law. TH0S pA( K, sheriff.
 Feb %, 1882. l2n. Cost of adv Sh2 ol $1 rer week
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Sheriff 8 Advertisement.

S0MMTTTED to the jail of Crawford county. Arkansas, S the loth day of April 1882, negro who ,ays his is STEPHEN, about 30 years old feet inches high, weighs about s0 pounds dark copper colorsas ho belongs John Lair who meIly resided at Spring Mo- but recently st Van Burep, Art ansas. The of said negro Is hereby notified to for ward prove property and pay charges or he will be dealt with the law directs
 JAMES NJ. BROWN, JR
 Sheriff If Crawford county Ark May & Isf2. 6m Cost of adv s2 ter week