The Russellville Democrat., 1877-12-13

- He lFauc heVieW ana News IS new paper published at the Capi tol by Geo. Russ Brown. The first number has reached us dated Sun day Dec. 9th, 1877, and is quite a respectable looking paper. We wish you great success, Brown.
 The Lewisburg State misunder- stands us when it supposes we are opposed to river towns putting in a light draught boat. We have not the slightest objection. We merely expressed our belief that as an in- vestment it would not pay its own CTS. No doubt it would be a good thing for the planters and the towns on the river, and if they want it, let them go in.
 About as cheeky a thing as we have seen for a long time is the proposition we have received from the St. Louis Journal of Agriculture and Farmer, to publish a lenghthy prospectus and a lorgwinded notice in consideration of which we are graciously offered the Journal of A. and F. as an exchange, The price of their paper is $l.25 and ours sl.5O per year, and yet we are asked to give about twelve or fifteen dol lars in advertising to secure an ex- change. No, thank you, Mir. J. of A. and F. not any of that if you please '!
 Too MUCH INTEREsT.-Six per cent. is by far too high rate of in terest for Arkansas to pay on her in debtedness, and should there be any compromise with our creditors re- sulting in refunding of the present outstanding bonds, the rate of inter- est should be cut down about one third. Four per cent. is enough, and for the state to attempt to pay more is folly. Four per cent, sure pay, is as much as most any investment of capital pays now or has paid for sew eral years past, and great deal more than many investments yield. The United States government has found four per cent. Joan to be popular The State of Arkansas pays her own citizens no interest on her scrip. Why should we under take to pay foreign bondholders such high rate as 6 per cent?
 The Gazette tow.line IS now reaching out after that noble army of patriots among the newspaper men of Arkansas who declared, two months ago, that every dollar of the just debt of the State must be paid.
 That tow-line is too short and too rotten to be of any account in the hopeless work of fastening an inde- pendent country press on to your little scheme. The Gazette tired it's tow-line once before and not only showed it's weakness, but also wit messed its own influence with the people far out-done by the country press which differed with it in the last Congressional contest in the Third District.
 We have just completed 5000 circulars for the Jackson county I'm migration Aid Association, under the supervision of it's President, R. R. Gaskill. It is an ably written docu- ment, and will do this county and State generally an immense amount of good toward bringing immigra- tion amongst us. Persons having acqualntances who contemplate seeking new homes should not fail sending them one of these valuable circulars, which can be procured by calling on Mir. Gaskill or at this of fiec.---Newport News.
 The Immigration Society of Jack son county has acted wisely in bringing into use the aid of the printing press ill it's effort for immigration. To advertise, is in this age of the world, absolutely indispensable to the success of any enterprise. It costs but a trlfling sum: to get 5000 or 10000 circulars printed, and the good they will ac- complish cannot be foretold. Is 1t not about time our Couty Immigra- tion Society should bestir itself and do something. To have society in NAME ONLY is not worth copper, and thus far our county society has been but little more. Cannot the of ficcrs of our society do something to make the organization more efficient and useful? We do not believe there has ever been any membership fees collected, and thus far there has ney. CT been a dollar in the treasury to do anything with. This won't do.