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Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
The Call for 300, GOO Troons

The Washington correspondent of the St.. Louis Republican, writing under date of the 3d of July, gives some particulars in regard to the call of 30O,O0O additional troops. It seems there was much doubt as to the hearty response it would meet with, and old Fuss and Feathers was accordingly consulted. 1t seems also that the call was determined upon before the battles at Richm ond:
 THE CALL FOR THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE
 TROOPS.
 The government determined upon the neces- shy of ealing for 100000 more troops more than three weeks ago, but certain circumstances prevented practical action in the measure until now. The President, among other things, sought the opinion ot Gen. ccolt, as to whether the loyal States could stand the pressure without resorting to drafting or eonscription, and, it is understood, received favorable reply: but time must prove yEether our present immense army can be increased one-half by the volunteer sys~ tenn alone. The necessity of the situation was communicated to the governors weeks ago, and the published correspondence between them and the President, Hwhich speaks for itself,n was the result. To have suddenly called for this great number of additional troops without something to show that they were ready to re~ spond, would have startled the country. and pro- duced bad effect ia the foreign market. !
 This is rich-the foreign market is evidently in precarious condition The following from the same writer probably accounts for the de> termination to cali out 300, ,o00 more troops England and France are growing restve and are to be ntimidated:
 FOREIGN INTERVENTION Notwithstanding Secretary Stewards assur- ances that the foreign sky is not threatening. it is insisted here in high cDiciat circles that an informal notice has been given by England and France of an intention to intervene by me- diaton. The late news from Europe is unsat- isfactory, and the military situation in Virginia conspires with it to raise fear that interven ton cannot much longer be delayed. The feel ing in all circles is that the next few months are pregnant with mighty events, and that we must ..prepare to maintain our integrity against the world in arms. It is thought the call for three hundred thousand additional troops is made as much with view to possible foreign complications as to the immediate exigences of the war.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
The Strasburghians and the Invaders Yan,.ee --Jaclxson's Army.

The Shenandoah Valley correspondent of the New Yo,k Times, says:
 don't think the people of this section regard us favorably The Strasburghians Giared at Us rom their windows, and seemed to wonder how the devil we got there again so soon, and nowhere along our line of march have they greeted us with triumphant arches and blazoned banners, nor can blame them for the feeling. At every step we % we make some gentleman his o.n groom, some
 lady her own maid of all work. It is much as though the Irish Serfs iii Fifth Avenue were to be suddenly emancipated, and the ladies, who now do nothing more laborious than presiding It dinner parties, brought down to the unpleasant necessity of washing the dishes whenever they gave dinner
 Presently our artillery was brought up. howitzers and Parrot guns, and put into battery Justice compels me to say, that wider firing could not have been done by the unpracticed natives of the Chnchi Islands. who don't know cannon from a pic trough Not of our shells fell any where in the vicinity of the rebels, though the dis tance was but lttle a mile, and not more than half of them exploded. Had been ill supreme command, I think I'd have ordered two or three orderly sergeants of cavalry to charge the pieces d. ,i sabre the gunners.
 ,vsspte everything, think as yet we have only ono, VI. tered Jackson's lear guard; and brave, sl;lltn and e,eicent rear guard 1t is. 1 tell, you centler ,en of the North. must recognize fighting essence in the men W. 'th whom we now fighting. They hay risen in ny G 'smat,onto day more than ever before deemed possible lhey nave rereateu without lea ving thing behine them as last as tey choose to; now, on their own gr'nhd, ana m 'heif own fashion. they propose to give battle; when We meet them, we've got to meet them us tAe DUCK tas' did, epared to fight, and prefeTllS ah non orable death to a towards life lam rapldiy max ing up my mind that no small proportion or our men intend to ne soldiers without actu'uy expos ing their lives tos the precarous chances ol ~'
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
France and England may yet find cause to rue

France and England may yet find cause to rue 1t. even if ministers do not.
 You can well conceive that the blockade af- lords most effective encouragement to home man. ufactures in the South. The energies of the people have, by it, been diverted into new chan nels of industry, and manufactu, ing establsh- ments are rapidly springing up on all hands.
 So that when France and England decided to respect Lincoln paper blockade, they unwit~ tingIy. perhaps, csled influences into play which are rapidly converting us into manufacturing as well as an agricultural people. The opera tives in your workshops may yet have cause to lament policy which cannot fail to call into existence many rival establishments to your own, and which would not have found existence but for the course which the two governments thought proper to pursue.
 As for the preservation, restoration or recon struction of the Union, it is simply an impossi- bility. Laying aside all questions of military power and prowess between the contending par ties. the mere hatred of one for the other, and which is obvious to every intelligent being who has attentively observed the events of the con- test as they have developed themselves, IS enough to destroy all hopes for any such Union.
 Harmony between the States, good will among the people are essential to any suSh reconStruc- ton Or preservation, and you see enough even from your distant stand point to satisfy you that ,ce are tico people, and that so long as favor ite doctrine holds good-viz: that every right ful government rests on the consent of the gov erned, no power on earth can unite us again Or make us one.
 But enough of this.
 Let me thank you for remembering me with your wind charts of the eastern coasts of South America. 1 had, as you know. watched their progress in your hands with lively and active interest, aHd had waited the publication with anxious solicitude. Imagine my disappoint- ment at their loss. Nothing from you save the letter to which this is an answer has reached me since left Washington.
 I am rather proud of the abusive attacks which you tell me have been heaped upon me in the North. You generously denounce them, but draw consolation fl n them, for 1t shows that l am of some importance still in the eyes af the Yankees. They have offered reward for my head, and classed me among the chief rebels in the cause of civil liberty; and so they have hon. ored me with place among the great rebels, of whom our Washington was first, foremost, the greatest and the best. What he fought for, for that contend.
 Adeu, my friend, and let me hear from you, and believe me yours, most truly,
 VIE DE CHABANNE, Admiral French Navy,
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
Public Notice.

Public notice is hereby given, that certain goods captured from the enemy recently, and exposed tor sale at public outcry, Tn this city, in conformity with law, and army regulations, and in obedience to orders of Maj Gen. Hndman, will be resold by Mir. R. l.. Duff, Cat the store of $. II. Tucker x Co., who has been appointed military store keeper for that purpose.
 The auction sale above referred to was annulled by Maj Gen. Hindman in consequence of the ex- travagant prices offered by the wealthy, to the ex cluson of the poor, from all benefit in the sale. Mir. Duff will sell tkese goods at the invoccd prices, to the wives and families of soldiers, and make reasonable deductions n cases of Restitution.
 B. F. DANLEY, Col.
 and Provost Marshal GeI.'l. OFrcE PRovosT MARSHAL GEN'I,
 LHte Rock, July q, 1862.
 July 24 3t Gazette copy.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06

teers from Pennsylvania Mayor Henry presided forty three thousand dollars was subscribed towards raising ten regiments in the city, by 36 persons several subscribing two and three thousand dollars aniece and none less than one thousand. A grand war mass meeting will be held in Independence Sauare on Saturday afternoon. The common council will act this evening on the proposed bounty appropriation.
 WASHINGTON, July 24.-The National Intel Iigencer demands that Gen. Haleck shall have en- tire control of the military movements, if he is ex pected to succeed.
 CHICAGO, July 24.-The city was considerably excited last night in consequence ofthe reported es cape of number of prisoners from Camp Douglass, but as near IS can be ascertained only four got away, one of whom was captured this morning.
 Sr LOUIS, July 24.-The Union Merchants Ex- change at an enthusiastic meeting held to-day, unanimously adopted a stirring and patriotic ad dress to the people of Missouri; unfalterng and unconditional fidelity to the union, was the senti ment, and liberal aid to the volunteer fund was pledged several thousand dollars were immediate ly contributed to Col. Clinton E. Fisk, secretary of the exchange, to aid him in putting q regiment in the field forthwith.
 4 lot of the same kind of 'varnish'' follows, which we omit.
 Gentleman just arrived from Chicot county to day (Aug. 4, ? ?. m.,) brings the following news. which reached them from Vicksburg:
 The federals with yellow fever are dying by the hundreds at Vicksburg. Gen. Stonewall Jackson is in Maryland with 7O,000 men.
 Morgan at Georgetown, Ky. Morgan had a hard fight at Lexington, whipping the federals bad ly. Buell. whipped at Chattanooga. Our pickets in six miles of Memphis.
 Steamer Sallie Wood taken by Capt. Geo. Blackburn, just above Columbia, Chicot county 45 prisoners taken, 10 negroes, U. $. mail.
 The Arkansas was lying under the batteries with out steam Two federal gunboats attempted to seize her and tow her off-both of them were sunk. Tntal loss of federal boats by the Arkansas is !.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06

FRoM kENTu,cKY.-A private letter was res ceived here on Sunday, by gentleman, from a friend, who resides short distance from Louis- vile, gixing some exciting information in regard to the feeling of the people of the blue grass re- zion, toward their Lincoln rulers
 He states that when the news of the arriva! Of Col. John Morgan and his command, at Cave City, reached Elizabethtown, a regiment of Federals who had been stationed at that place. became panic,stricken and broke in a double quick towards Louisville, leaving their tents and camp equippage behind. They were pursued by the citizens of that place, and persons from the neighborhood, and large number otthem were killed and wounded.
 As soon as the wires flashed the news to Louisville the citizens rose upon their rulers and avowed their determination 10 throw off the thradom that oppressed them and take the management of their municipal affairs in their own hands for the future. The commandant of the post immediately sent for three regiments from Indiana. Their arrival at Louisville served only to add aditi0nal fuel 10 the flame they were senttor to smother. Several more regiments were sent for from the ajacent States, and only after the city had been garrisoned by over ten thou. sand Federal troops was the rebellion subdued. fthe citizens could procure arms sufficient for the occasion, the emeute would have resulted differently --Nemphis Appeal.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
Army Supplies.
OFFICE or CH7EF CoMlnssARY, TRANS Ni-
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OFfICE or ClITEF CoNGiSsAR7, TRANS Ni~-
 Little Rdck, -ifk, Jul Al GSEALED PROPOSALS will be re,~. tS the delivery of I5,oC0 bu-ht'. 2j,0Ou bushels of Dried Apples this District. Ike prop0stis mn or before the 18th day of Auf,G cred we'll packed in barrels 18th day of gctober next less quantity than i.tG places 0t delivery will Arkadelpha and " asbiu. distinctly the price Der bust. and must be signed by the pai posais must ba directed to l. Depart tnent and must be endvi in. Dried Peaches," "Proposgis ples'
 Bond and security will be required the contract. JOHN C. PAL
 Major and Ciel Gazette, Little Rock: Bulletin, Fort S.nith. al.1 Washington. Ark, copy |. q. aud send bill to July Id
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06

The Richmond Whig observes that during the first disastrous year of the war of the first American revolution, arms were scarce: and 10, res were plenty in the State of New York. The patriot convention voted a draft ofthe militia, and olderetd that"every man who shall not have arms shall bring with him shovel spade, pickaxe or cythe, strengthened and fixed upon |. pole" They further resolved, unanimously, that when. ever the militia ot a county should be ordered to march ea D'asse they should disarm and bring with them the 'disahected male inhabitants, be- tween sixteen and ftty-tivo years of age" who shall serve as :" fatigue men to the regiments
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
Wool Carding and Loom Making.

THNHE undersigned prepared Card Wool his place IA the Arkansas river thirty miles below Pine Buff Persons sending Wool required to have t Thoroughly washed.
 Al LlrS and lard substances must be carefully picked out.
 Wool should be grcased home makes it gum, hard to card, and maps
 One pound of Lard Oil should be sent with every eight pounds Ui Wool to De carded.
 Terms vf Carding-One fourth of the Wool. also manufacturing Looms with l. Flying Shuttles which good hand Forty Yards of plain cloth per day. They substantially and neatly made of Sea soned Ask we'll ironed and will last life time. Price Fifty Dollars.
 desire purchase several Spinning Jrnneys and will pay high price then Persons having old auy parts thereof not use, will ad by writing m, from several old sufficient material might De pro- cured to make effective Address
 EDW. c. MORTON. Juiy3 6w Cummins ?. o. ArkaBsas county, Ark.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
STATE OF ARKANSAS, ..o -,...

In the Pulaski Probate Court, July term, 1862. h the of the estate of Paul B. Starbuck. decd. hN hs day Mary SaThuck, adminstratrix ef said Sv tate fled in her petition verified by aiidavs of ofdsncreed persons, praying for order authorizing to sell the SE of Sec. H. T. N R. F w. said county for the payment o debts and likewise for the of ssi 
 Whereupon it ordered by the court. that admins tatrx have leave make such application, next October of this and copy of this order notifying all persons interested in said such appli- cation, be pubh for four ks successvey in the True Democrat newspaper published in said county. that the matter of said application ie continued next term A true copy from the record July 18th, 1862.
 WN. B. PAISLEY, Clerk. July 24 1862. 1t
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
JailerIS NOtiCe-

EwF AS committed to the jail of Scarcy coUuty, Ara. ss kansas the 3Dth day ot June lS62, two ne "a gro men, who call their BEN and JOHN. BtneE is ahou feet inches high, o very black color, sup--- posed tO be thirty years old, has small the right hand says it done by knfe talks broken and says he raised Baton Rouge Ta and belongs by tic of Thomas Powell who lives in Rusk or Luskey county, Texas.
 Juhn is about feet ST. inches high very black color supposed De abont j0 oid belongs to John Gaines, who lives in the county and State The saLl slaves hereby notified tu come f ward prove property, pay charges and take then. awaN otherwise they will he dealt with the law directs
 TII0S. NJ. ALEXANDER, Sheriff
 Ny WM. M laYo, DeIty Shern and Jaer. July 2L l362 6nI Cost of adv. $9 ger week.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
From the Nashville Dispatch. q nIt.

There seems to be great doubtas to the effec- tive strength of our volunteer army. The pay rolls show 100000 men; the war department can't find more than 60O,O00; and Senator Will son chairman of the military committee, be> lieves we have not 10 exceed 1000. Where are the other 100000 or 00,000? It was sug> gested in the House the other day that fraudu~ lent pay-rolls have been forwarded to the de> partment. Here is good subject for an inves- tigating committee. We believe in Senator Wilson's figures, and they seem to be based upon an estimate like this
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
Total. 300 00

Now, from the above there should be deduct, ed ten to fifteen per cent. for soldiers in the hospitals, at home, on furlough, and discharg- ed for physical incapability, leaving a total of 430,OO0 men capable of doing duty. The exact number If the exact truth was known, may not exceed 100000 efficient men. Scores of reg> ments that marched from 1000 strong, can muster now only 300 to 300 men, and few regi- ments number more than TOO or 800 rank and file. The rebels have suffered the same de, gree of shrinkage, and perhaps worse.
 The number of soldiers at home on furlough. with sick certificates, is much greater than is generally supposed, and we doubt whether the war department is aware of how many thousand there are of sach. A majority of surgeons find 1t far easier to give certificates to two or three hundred allng men in a regiment, on which they can obtain leave of absence, than to attend to them in their camp hospital; and it is butnatur- al that those who thus get home should he in no special hurry to get well enough to return, as their pay runs on while absent just the same as when present with their regiment. The order issued last winter to stop recruiting to Al up emaciated regiments was an unwise one, and has lately been revoked IT. Chicaqo Tribune.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06

OFFICE GRIEF CoNMIssARY TRANS -MI,sISsspI DISTRICT
 Littlo Rock, July 2S 1862.
 ,>,.ty of g'ri tipe Peaches, for he of tho S NY qua 'b, purchased. delivery to the Post Cm,. IA army wi' sosS or at Crystal Iill The highest msaafy al LtHe ai. will be paid.
 market price, per lla.. ,r,m r0eutv to Five Unrd,j Proposals for furnishing %s lxrd at ,it,i Sa busleis 4alis are lh'iteI |" surh other place "a Crys,ai ii'ii' h'itoh anu het AIott, q. PALMER Juiy 30 Major and Ch., Gazette copy. A NURSE wanted for s sick lady. Enquire of | !.. . "A NEWTON, Adiutant Generals Office. July 3J
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
The Result.

The Mississippian publishes the following plli- frcnmoxD, July 9-We have whipped the enemy in every engagement-drove them to their euuboats on James rivor-have them hemmed in took 30, 900 stand of arms, eighty pieces of can non great quantities of supplies, and six thousand prisoners, nclnding Generals Mccall add Key holds. Heavy loss on both sides. My regiment suffered severely-l30 killed and wounded. am badly wounded iu the left hand We took splen' did battery of eight peices. All quiet to day.
 w E. STARKE.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06

There has been serious quarrel at Baton Rougue between an Iowa and Massachusetts regiment. They fell out about the negroes, the one charging the other with fighting forhegroes and the other fighting for plunder. Picayune Butler went up to stop t, and upon his return to New Orleans the quarrel broke out arresh. Gen. shipley has gone up to eif ke can quiet matters
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06

sfSy~ The effect of the news hereabouts' says tue Charleston Mercury, is already petcept'bie' Cotton is looking up, and we hear of large amount of Confederate bonds having just chang ed hands at par and interest. We shall ne ;t little curious to learn the condition of wall street to-day. and at what figure gold is quotes in northern cities.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
For r,isht Artillery Service

Ot I-guL AItIIIeTy oeIVlCe. yrNI!E undersigned n authorized by Ma-Jen Hindmsn X raise Volunteer Artillery Company for Confederate service for years ar the war
 want ab!o bodied without reg,aFl age Person. liable ,o fife CuuscIpt Act have opportunity of volunteering.
 IT k desirable to have this call responded to with prompt- ness. Aul,ly tu L. ". BROWN, Capt. Artillery,
 ar st J. J. Me Amout's Drug Store. Little Rock. July r, lo62 4i-
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06
Committed

,Evo the iail of Montgomery county, ArkanSas or H tha 't,h inst. . a black boy. calls hirnsef J prFSiEy ,sd about 2 years. about feet, B 'h bieh. Also bv, who calls himself REU 4kA laito. copper color, aged about 2S years abon, high-hoth heavy t and st1Ht. oaia o'N' tO one John Manuen, n Ballard eohhty' \ taken from Kentucky to IeNtS about 'r. the parties that had them alrtu heN time iI May last and were TSlng Kentucky when taken up.
 The owners of said negr0esai ?, ward and prove property and pat dealt with according io law.
 W c. St&F
 July 90, 1862 6m Cost of
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06

HE ACES or ANIMALS.-A bear rarely ex ceodS twenty years; a dog lives twenty years; d wolf twenty fox fourteen or sixteen Lions are long lived -Pompey lived to the age of seventy. The average of cats is fourteen wears: 8 squirrel and hare seven or eight years; rab. bits seven. Elephants have been known to live to the great age of four hundred years. When Alexander the Great had conquered one Porus. King of India, he took great elephant which had fought very valiantly for the king, named him Ajax, and dedicated him to the sun, and let him go with this inscription "Alexander, the son of Jupiter has dedicated Ajax to the sum This elephant was found three hundred and fiity-tour years after. Pigs have been known to live to the age of thirty years the rhinoceros to twenty 4 horse has been known to live to the age of sixtytwo, but averages twenty-five to t9rty. Camcs sometimes live to the age of ore Hundred. Staes are long lived. Sheep seldom exceed the age of ten. Cows live about fifteen years: Cuvier considers il probable that whales sometimes i've to the age of one thousand. The dolphin and porpose at- tain the age of thirty. An eagle died at Vienna at the age of one hundred and four wears. Ra- vens have frequently reached the age of one hundred. Swans have been known to live three hundred and sixty years Nr. Mallerton has the skeleton of q swan that attained the age oi' two hundred and ninety years. Pelicans are long lived. X tortoise has been known 10 live to the age Of one hundred and seven.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06

In addition to the above, there are two Aiabam ma regiments, two Virginia one North Carolina, and one South Carolina, which were in the battles. Of which we have seen no report. Our loss in these hattles will not, therefore, fall far short of 6,G00 in killed, wounded and missing, while that of the enemy, according to their own showing, cannot be less than 10000.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-06

IS A letter found on the battle Held of the Seven Pines, from wife to her husband in the federal army, says-Throw away your arms and home, for She people here say there is no use in fighting the rebels any longer.-Pe'ersbwg Er- press.