Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-30

Dy tue peOple or the COHIeuSrdcJ' II u ouNou tute could be found, it would save us seven mil lions of dollars a year.
 The failures at the north, during the past year, numbered six thousand, and the amount of the indebtedness was a hundred and eighty millions of dollars.
 Our friend aud former associate editor oi this paper, E. c. Boudinot has risen to quite Q dignifed station. In late number of the Fay ettevle Arkansian, we see proclamation signed by e E. c. Boudinot, Mayor" We had not heard from "his honor for some time, and his silence is now accounted for. Being the chief magistrate of city, the cares and duties of his high position demand all his time and attention. We do not believe that his new dig nity has made him too proud to speak to com mon folks Any success with which he meets, or honors given to him, will be deserved, for Boudy is clever fellow and deserves success.
 One of the briefest, most comprehensive and sarcastic replies on record, is that of the Lon- don Times to Theodore s. Fay, who wrote q long letter in vindication of Lincoln and Lin- colnism. Theodore severely denounced slavery as the cause of all our woes, " the sum of all villainies' and disgrace to the United States The Times dismissed that portion of his argu- ment by telling him that the North ought to be glad to get rid of this great evil, and not at .4 l,, 4bo fn,p
 Ex-President Tyler was born in l790, in Charles county, Virginia, graduated at William and Mary college, and immediately after leay- ing college was elected to the legislature ot Virginia, at the age oi twenty>one. In 1926, he was elected governor of Virginia, but before serving out his term, was elected to the U. s. Senate. He quarrsled with Gen. Jackson and resigned his senatorial seat. He held no other important office until elected VicesPresident in ls4O, but kept himself before the people by taking an active part with his pen in all the discussions of the day. He succeeded Gen. Harrison as President, and fell out with the whig party which had elected h:I.. He retired to private life, from which he emerged in the beginning of the present troubles, when he was elected to the Virginia Conventloa and the Peace Congress-, Upon his return from Wash ington, he espoused the cause of the South, and was instrumental in the secession of Virginia. He was, at the time of his death, member elect to the permanent Congress of the Confederacy We do not think that full justice has ever been done to his abilities as a reasoner and power as writer's Many of the anonymous articles in De Bows Review that commanded the atten~ ton of the country, were from his pen. As a political essayist, he had few superiors in the country. If rot brilliant or startling, his in. tellect was comprehensive, his judgment eleva- ted and cool, and his patriotism unquestionable.
 The Memphis Argus says that immense quan- titles of cotton seeds.are daily arriving at Mem phis, to be converted into oil. The oil IS used for lubricating purposes and the oil cake, after being pressed, IS used for fuel.
 Among the many proposed expedients to raise the wind in Lincolndom, is one to tax each tel> | egraphic message five cents. The Philadelphia Press says this will produce revenue of five millions of dollars. They also propose stamp duty or tax on each sheet of letter, news, ol book paper. Under stamp act, no note, bond deed or legal instrument, will be of value, unless written on stamped paper,