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14. Jl, H. JOHNSON, Editor. LITTLE DECEMBER 31, 1882 MT We are authorized to announce A. SMITH, as a candidate for re-election to the office of City Recorder at the ensuing January election.

nr wc are authorized to announce HENRY as a candidate for re-election to the ofhak of City Constable at the ensuing January election. Shixpi.asters.—After the first day ol Janua ry, we shall decline to receive all shinplasters except those issued by the Washington Exchange Company; M. Son and Carey, of Clarksville; and those by W. B. ait, C.

C. Dan ley, and WT. F. Pope, of this city- We dislike to make distinctions, but there are hundreds of shinplasters issued or pretended to be issued by men of straw; others by irresponsible parties to say nothing of counterfeits. Wre have half a bushel of trash and have suffered Our only remedy is to refuse to receive others I than those named above.

Texas State treasury warrants will be received. Our terms for BCriptien are in even sums, and persons wishing to subscribe can send Confederate, or State money. is a report lu re that Van Dorn, or a pirt of his forces, had attacked Holly Springs, taken 1,500 prisoners, burnt the stores, and tore up the railroad. He 9taid ten hours end ret.red. We give the report, but have no means of ascertaining how far it is true.

C3T We see, by northern papers, that the im mouse steamer City of formerly owned by the abolitionist, W. J. Kjuntz, of Pittsburg, has become the property of Capt. Oby Robirds, of St. Louis.

O' Persons desiring to change their papers from one postoffice to another, must always state the office to which their paper ha3 been sent, or their requests cannot be attended to. fJF" A lad about 15 or 16 years eld, who can read and write, and is not afraid of work, wanted at this office to learn the printing business. We have been favored with St. Louis dates up to the 12th inst. There is nothing new in them, except that the battle at Prairie Grove is magnified into a federal victory.

Blunt says that Hindman had 28,000 men, which is just about three times his real force. At the close of the battle, on the night of the 7th, our men bad no food and some of them had not eaten for 48 hours. They had to march 20 miles to meet the train to get something to eat. Had it not been for this, Hindman could have followed up his victory. Fanir the going to press, we endeavored to ascertain the truth in regard to the taking of Van Buren, by the enemy.

We fear it is true, and that a regiment or two, which were on the Van Buren side of the river, were compelled to retreat. There are a dozen rumors. We have hopes that the capture of the steamboats is untrue, because the telegraph operators sent dispatches early on yesterday morning, that the enemy were then advancing and they would have to leave. Ii this was the case, the boats had time to get out of way. We arc indebted to Dr.

Keller for the following statement of casualties at the battle of Piairie Grove: Number of men killed on the field at Prairie Grove, on the 7th December, 87. Number wounded and in hospitals 386. Died sin'-e from wounds 62. About 2d were so slightly wounded that they ere not prevented from performing ordinary duty, and never reported themselves at hospitals. Federal dead, as counted by Dr.

Keller, on the truing alter the bittle in going over the battle field, number over live hundred. Their wounded in and around their hospital and those left on the fie! wid it fall short of 2,000, of that number it can be safely estimited from the character of wounds, that at least one fourth will die. A Generous Offer Dudley Adams, living ten miles below this city, on the north side of the river, authorized us to say that he will be one of 59 persons, or any less number, who will give 590 bushels of corn to the absent needy families. This is a liberal offer, and every planter on the Aikans is river should unite with Mr. Adams, and if he give 500 bushels, give us much as he can.

'I he families must be fed, and it is the planters duty to do it, as far as they are able. Let it be done without delay. Let no man shirk The Knowledge of our an article in the St. Louis Republican, of' the 9th inst. in relation to Gen.

Curtis, we learn that, in the early part of October, it was in contemplation to attack Little Rock, but that Gen. Steele was ordered to Pilot Knob, to repel a supposed invasion of Mo. The Republican gives these figures: About the time of Gen. withdrawal, Gen. Holmes was at Little Rock with about two thousand men and Daniels' and Woodruffs hatte' ties.

Gen. Hindman was at Austin, twenty-five miles north, with five thousand men and one flattery. Geu. Roane was at Pine Bluff, fifty miles southeast of Little Rock, with five thousand men, including two regiments of conscripts, one of which was unarmed, and one battery. Gen.

McRae was at Arkansas Post, thirty miles from the mouth of the Arkansas river. Gen. Rains was at Cross Hollows with four or five tliou-and men, mo-tly conscripts. There were also small forces at Crvs tal Hill, twenty miles above Little Rock, and Arkaddphia, one hundred miles southwest of that plfee. There were about two thousand at Batesville, ouly fifteen hundred of whom were effective, and altogether there were not more than six thouaaud, hardly more than one half of whom were effective, that could be all considered in a threatening attitude towards southeast Missouri.

The abolitionists are arresting the of Kentucky and Tennessee, and sending them South to be exchanged for soldiers. It may become necessary to arrest Uuiouiats to make a setoff. Dacotah, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevadait and Washington territories are to be ma le states, so that two-thirds of the states may vote for proposed amendments to the defunct constitution. -Andy Johnson c'uims yet to be the civil governor of IVnnes-ee, and Gen. Hulburt military governor.

Campbe 1 is distrusted. form of a bond een fixed up at which is to lie presented to everybodv in Tetiue--ee. Those who rcluei to tigu will be The Battle of Prairie Grove. The battle ground was near a church called Uncle Buck's having been built by or for the Rev. Andy Buctianan, on the road lrom Fayetteville to Cane Hill.

At day break on the 7th, Marmrduke or Parsons, drove in the pickets of the enemy towards Cane Hill, and the com mand of Cols. Shelby and Macdonald captured 250 abolitionists and 30 wagons. Blunt succeeded in escaping and forming a junction with Herron, who was coming to his relief, at a point ten miles from Fayetteville. The main body of the army were moved eastward to meet the reinforcements com ing to Blunt. At about one they came in sight, near the church and were opened upon by Capt.

battery. The battle then commenced in earnest. Gen. infantry, Gen. brigade and that of Gen.

McRea, all fought like heroes. The latter was borne back once by overwhelming numbers, but returned to the charge until the enemy fell back. His command suffered terribly. It was a fiercely fought and bloody battles Gen. Hindman had near ten thousand men and the enemy eighteen thousand.

hen night fell, four thousand dead and wounded men lay on the bloody field. Among our loses are Maj. Chew and Cols. Young, Chappell and Steen. The battle died away as the darkness deepened, and the baffled enemy withdrew three iuile3 where they camped for the night, during which Generals ndtnan and Blunt had a conference, anil latter was given time to bury his dead and take care of his wounde 1.

Many of our men ha 1 not tasted food for three days; the trahis were behind and it was impos-ible to them up in time to relieve the hunger of the men, alter burying the dead and taking care of his wounded, Gen. Hindman was compelled to take his men to the wagons and procure them something to eat. It was a fierce conflict and has added another to the assertion that Arkansas is a hard road lor a federal army to travel in. The enemy had not advanced up to the 18th though their pickets were this side of the mountain. We learn from the Fort Smith Bulletin that such of our wounded men as fell into the hands of the enemv were treated with kindness.

The prisoners taken bv Gen. Hindman have been paroled and sent back. Col. Pleasants, who was severely wounded in the battle, is said to have died. He was a fine officer and his death is a great loss.

I he abolitionists acknowledge a loss in killed and wounded of 905. If admit that number, we may saf'elv put their loss at two or three thousand. (COMMUNICATED.) Mr. Phax and Mr. riggers continue their Conversation.

Mr. Phax. It is admitted, even by the speculators and extortioners, that unless this rapacious spirit is checked, our cause will be ruined. VV hang, without remorse, an abolition spy; we shoot, without compunction, an ai med enetm; yet these men, no more inju are perm tted to go seo free. There is a point beyond In man endurance, and we are ta-t hastening to that point.

The speculators and extortioners do not see it, but the point is becoming visible. In several citits the wagons of farmers who have asked extortion ate prices, or refused to receive anything but gold and have been surrounded by women and the contents distributed. In a town in Alabama, one of these extortioners was foun hanging on a tree. In other phices their horses have been cut loose, the linchpins taken from the wagons, or the latter broken to pieces. P.

Such things must not be permitted here. No violations of law will cure an evil. F. They order these things better in France. An extortioner there would be imprisoned, and his property confiscated.

Even speculators dare not touch the necessaries of life to any extent. In the first place, they dread the popular fury, the next place, the government steps in to defend its people. P. Our counties and the state tve made liberal appropriations to the poor, and these ought to afford relief. F.

The relief afforded is very small, and the manner of relief is playing into the hands of specu lators. The act of the legislature is entitled an act for the relief of indigent families of it should have been called au act for the benefit of speculators anu P. The legislature had the matter before them and certainly were liberal in appropriating largely over a mill on of dollars. F. Their liberality ami good intentions are not disputed.

Their great error consisted in giving paper to a people ho asked lor bread. The eouti trv is full of is no need or dearth of that. It is not money that the people want; it is food, raiment, or the means to make these. These things are scarce and high priced. One of the causes of the high prices is the superabundance of money.

Instead of taking steps to obtain food and clothing, the legislature throws over a million of dollars more of money in circulation, and, of course prices go up still higher. The act gives five dollars a month to each family, which amount in some counties where there is no corn, would not find a large family in corn meal. P. I know something of this money relief. I will take the example of one county.

Over a year ago a county lev ed a tax for the special purpose of relief. It was suggested, and urged that the county should buy up such things as would be needed, and distribute them Then, shoes might have been contracted rat two or three dollars a pair; clothing might have been obtained at onefourth of the present prices breadstuff might have been procured in quantities, and a depot of goods and provisions established. 'This mid have enabled the county court to suit its gifts to the wants of the applicant, and, at the same time, would havekeptdown prices. Do you think they would do it? Not a bit of it. This plan would have required some trouble, an 1 would have been relief.

On the mtrary, they required the applicant to aopear before the court, and make a statement. Here a modes', woman was asked searching questions; looked upon as a beggar; treat-d to a sight of magisterial dignity; and pla-ed on the county record as a pauper, with an allowance. Of course, many a poor woman could not leave her children an-) walk to town, while others, with honest pride, indignantly refu-cd to come and submit to the formula ot being declare a pauper in due form of law. bold and core less came forward, got their scrip, went -wn town and got some ribbons or When a de-erv ing woman got a piece of county scrip, and presented it to a shopkeeper, though he knew it would eventually be redeemed with gold, she was told it was worth forty on the dollar, and might be able to purchase a pair ol little shoes, or some trifle, and go home relieved. Rah! an energetic man, with half the money, could have done ten times more good, and afforded substantial relief to thedeeervin F.

Why was not this cour-c P. Because it would have deprived the court of so much importance in dispensing money. It saved trouble to issue scrip, and impressed the recipients of the county ith a faint idea of the grandeur and awful importance, as well of the wisdom and charity of that august tribuual. the county court. F.

There is a provision in the general relief law that a county court may use the money to buy necessaries, and distribute them, instead ot five dollars to each iambv. P. us hope that the courts wi-l do this. In coun it-M where com is scarce, il they would send off, get a boat load of coin, have it ground, and then -apply each family with enough meal to last during the that step would Ik one. Cotton cards are to be had.

Speculators can get salt and cards If a county would get as many of these as possible and distribute them, anotheqpoint would be gained. Have a depot or place where provisions could be obtained. It would not-t ike long, great amount of money, to place the people beyond the reach of starvation. Then go to work to get shoes and cloth; gather old non to have it ready to mend plows; furnish wood to those living in towns. They could do it, and make the money as far.

Give a hundred men five dollars each to buy provlsiu'us, and another man five hundred dollars, and the one man will be able to buy twice as much as the hundred- Speculator get cloth, domestic, cotton cards and salt. They can get thete things, and sell them at outrageous profits. So could a county, or any set of men, to distribute to the needy, and sell at fair prices. F. $1,900,000 is a vast amount of money, and it surely must do a great deal of good to distribute it among the needy.

P. Yes. It would be difficult to give away that much money without doing some good, but if you could trace this money up, you will find it going straight into the pockets of speculators, i he legislature, at its late session, were informed that certain counties, up the river, were destitute of breadstuff-. They passed an act, at onpe, appro priating appointing an agent to buy corn, put it on boats, take it up the river, give it to the needy, and se'l it to those able to pay. The money arising from the sales is to be reinvested in corn, and more taken up, until the wants of the people are supplied.

Now, this was sensible. I lie people asked for bread, and got it. The country was relieved, and the remedy directly applied. I hat act will do more good, with one-twentieth of the money, than doling out a million in five dollar mites, unless the county courts take steps to purchase supplies. F.

We have spent an hour in talking over what are not measures of relief. VVe met to suggest remedies for existing evils. P. True. 1 have a plan, but, as it is too late, must defer a detail of it until our next interview.

The have papers from Richmond, and other cities east of the Mississippi, only late as the 16th inst. The telegraph gives dates a few days later, but has nothing dt finite. There is a rumor in town to day, that Bragg or Jonnston, had had a battle with Rosenerans, and that the latter was This is the more readily believed, because it was reported, a week ago, that Rosettcrans had made a forward movement. In Missis-ippi, the Confederate forces retreated from Abbeville, but turned on their pursuers at Cofleeville, and drove them in turn. This was on the 7th.

About the 14th, the abolitionists, in heavy force, occupied Grenada, and had driven in the pickets of the Con arntv. There may have been a heavy battle in Mississippi i re this, the policy may be to draw the enemy further down in the State before giving a decisive battle. iresides is on the other side of (be Rappahannock. II- sav- he had to recross the river ii'niii military necessity. Gen.

Lee gives the lo-s in his army at 17Ltd, and estimates that of enemy at 1 1 he 1 noutie addit up to amount to 30.000. 1 he enemy' were very active bid iw Richmond. I he attack on the Weldon and Wilmington railroad was below Goldsboro in N. 0.. and may presage the fall of Wilmington, but not of Weldon.

In Arkansas, the news is not so The telegraph from Ciarhsvillie says that the Ben Coursin passed Spacdra Monday night, and said that the abolitionists had taken an BurVi and captured four Xotrebe, Little Rock, Arkansaw and Violett. It is said that the eneinv were within a few march of Van Buren, before the fact of coining was known. The captain of one boat succeeded in setting fire to it. We hope this is exaggerated, though there seems to be no doubt, but that the enemy have Van Buren. To-morrow begins the new year.

During the summer, the northern presses admitted that iftliev did not the before the first of January, the rebellion would crush hem. The rebellion is not cru-hed but is more vigorous tb.in ever. Burnside is repulsed on the Rappahannock, Foster is su-c-s-fully resided in N. C-, Rosenerans has had divisi ms cut to pieces, and if not whipped, is beseiged at Xashvi le. The expedition into Mississippi advances a- recedes and evidently dreads the The enemy are discouraged, their troops are de moralized, and their generals are between two fires.

Let us be of good cheer, and in goo-1 time, God will give us the victory. Daring Exploits of Capt. Johnson's Spy the following icport, it will be seen that tins gadant company are still annoying the enemy and decreasing bis numbers: Camp near St. Charles, Dec. 16, 1862.

Lieut. Li ut. James returned to ramp last night with a squad of thirty men. He brought, in twenty-four whom he captured on the 14th inst. at sun rise, two and a hall tniles from Helena, on the St Francis toad and one mbe from the c.irnp.

They wer picket guard, and were a'l taken without firing a gun. lie brought in their twemy-foui ami saddls, and a number of breach loading sabres and holster pistols. One of the prisoners is a lieutenant. On the 12th N.B. Dowell, lstsergcant, and Henry George, a private, whose names are, I consider.

entitled 11 be placed with honor before the country, on account of their skill and daring, a foraging tatty of met. with 160 wagons, whieli came out on the Hickory Ridge road, 10 mill's fro Helena. They killed two dead and wounded three others severe y. The enemy returned to lie in a in great haste with only 35 of his wagons loaded with forage. Capt.

ALF. JOHNSON, Coin'd" Texas Spy imp. To I.ieut. Gen. IIoi.mf.s, Trues- Department.

AMT nkar St. Ciiarlks, Deo. 24tll, 1862. Central: hi the 18th instant I ordered 3d Sanders Husbands on a scout towards Helena, with six men, and on the 19th, as joined by three of Capt. Corley's men, and attacked a party of 22 killing five, wounding the and captuiing one ot theSth Kansas regiment, who I have paroled and seat to Helena under a (lag of truce with the twenty-four captured by Lieut- Jameson on the 21th inst.

Husbands reports heavy shipments of troops from Helena, on the 20th and 21st forty transports heavily laden started down the on the 21st, and from observation and reliable information, thinks four thousand will cover their number at Helena at this time, and on the 21st discovering a party of twenty-seven and securing the co-operation of ten of Capt. CorleyV command, making the little force sixteen strong (one man being sent in with the prisoner captured on the 19th,) they gave them eighteen dead on the ground, severely wounding two, the horses falling into their hands being wounded were left as worthless. So brilliant an affair, I think, deserves the personal mention of every man engaged. Saunders Husbands 3d 8. Ellis, T.

J. Allen, J. T. Garrett, A- S. mkI P.

Capt- I men is mentioned br'rxriiig very galleiiily, and from my long intimacy with Husbands and the men under his command, I can safely siy this is by no means a varnished report, hut a plain statement of facts as they occurred, and the killing and wounding of thirty in the two engagements against such odds without the slightest loss, is truly miraculous. With much respect, your very A. JOHNSON, Capt. Texas Spy Company. Lieut.

Gen. T. H. Hoi.mes, Littte Head Quarters, Camp Roane, Dec. Mr Editor.

As your paper has a larger circulation in Texas than any other, I will he obliged if you will permit me to tender the ladies of Texas the heart felt gratitude, the best wishes of the regiment and officers, for the promptness and liberality with which they have furnished us with good warm clothing, not a thing but was sent us almost in abundance. Who could not bear toils, trouble and death itself for the protection of such ladies. Again we tender them our thanks and best wishes, hoping a speedy and honorable peace will restore us to our families, and we can only say, we will try, to do our duty as Texians. We have been under the immediate command of Maj. Gen.

Hindman for some months, and cm cheerfully say to our friends at home, the better we have known him the better we have loved himHe has energy coupled with capacity that fully qualifies him for a leader. All have unlimited confidence in him as a man and a general, he won me on sight. So I am, (as well as this brigade,) a Hindman man, he sees things clearly and quickly, and acts promptly. Wa will go with him to if he calls for, Very respectfully yours, etc. A.

M. ALEXANDER, Col. Texas Regt. ITEMS. Among the many attempted substitutes for cot ton, in England, the most singular is horse radish.

The radish is subjected to a chemical process, and a pulp made. -We have heretofore asserted, and reassert it, that Sigel is the best a that the abolitionists have. Some of scouts came upon his army at Manassas, hereupon Sigel-pulled up stakes, and he and every man that lights mit ran till they reached Washington. It was the quickest and most successful retreat he has yet made. Great man, that Sigel.

new Confederate steamer said to be afloat is the The name to be given her is The Retribut notes of the banks of Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina are only per cent, discount in New York. Kentucky. A number of Kentuckians went to Lincoln to try to induce him to mouify his einanci) ation proclamation. He told them he would die first; that he intended to drive all rtbel sympathizers from the state, and destroy slavery thei ein. democratic Congressmen elefct from Ohio have demanded a release ol all political from that state.

-Valiandingham made a speech in Indiana in which he viefie i Lincoln and denounced the a 1i ministration as more despotic than the government i of Austria. In his speech he said that the initials in the 'inc of S. Chase, Line secretary ol I treasury, stood lor Plaster Chase. Goo 1 for V. Confederate bills of 1,2, 5, 10 and 20 dollars, engraved by Koatinge and R-H, of S.

have been issued. They are said to be equal to any bank bill, and the machine work is so perfect that counterfeiters will find it almost impossible to counterfeit them. -One of the ten men murdered by McNeil, in Missouri, was a young man who offered and was accepted as a substitute for a married man ith seven children, who had been selected as one of the victims. for diptheria; Rub the throat with Kreosene or coal oil. Keep it wet, and if the cloth is warm, so much the better.

the whole time of the recent great industrial exhibition in England, not a diunken was to be seen, and all the robberies cummuted Would not amount to two hundred and fifty dollars. may be a majority of emancipationists in the legis ature, but this, by no means, indicates the sentiment ol the state. The elections were controlled by the military, and when ajnau was suspected of being a patriot, lie was forced to swear to support Lincoln, oi his vote rejected. beat thing ng keen, true and emphatic, is the following from the Chattanooga Rebel: We have heard of a good many substitutes for coffee, and copperas, ar.d such like, tint the best substitute, for a man who wants to be considered a southern.soldier but does not want be hun ian oiiice in the department day light on the morning of the 11th the residence of George Purvis, at Mourpe, was discovered to he ou lire. The family slept in the upper story, and four of Mr.

children and a servant girl were burned to death. In his efforts to save his children, Mr. Purvis was so badly burned that he died in a few hours. Ifcl'ore tie fire had burnt out, the residence of Dr. Debits was found to be on fire, and was consumed.

-We notice in ma.iy of our exchanges, accounts of fire, ihe origin oi which is not known. If it shall uppe ir that these are thedoings ol abolition emissaries, the first one who is caught, should be bound hand and foot and thrown in a fire. -Tue Louisville Journal oi inov. a list of the Confederate soldiers who died in the hospital at Ilariodsburg, and were burie 1 give tin- names of the Arkansians and Texans: M. V.

Bnigh, of the Ark J-'. Cline, N. N. A. M.

Kirk, co. 5th Stephen De-shay, and J. L. Stuart, oo. 13, 13th Ark.

Lt. Col. the Texas Rangers. regret to learn that Judge Joseph J. Green, of Iiuren, met with an accident i-inii1 ir 1 that suffered by tpt Danley.

The arm lias been amputated, and the tort Smith Bulletin tvs it is probable bis leg will have to be also. -The Kentuckians are in tribulation concerning the neg thieves. Hie Illinois an 1 other regiments steal and retain negroes, stop sales by sheriffs, and, in Louisville, their proceedings were so outrageous tl.at the mayor was coustr-uncd to issue a proclamation. -Hie Chattanooga Rebel is the spiciest, wittiest paper in the South. It is edited with ability.

Send a dollar lor the Daily for a month. -During the past few weeks our city has been overrun with officers. Before the news of the late battles came, w-e wore certain they had been fought, for the best sign in the world of a battle in progress or impending is to see the city full of officers. Bragg issued an order at Murfreesboro to tbe effect that the pay of all officers absent without leave shall be suspended. If Gen.

Holmes will issue a similar order, it may do good. -The stamp act is creating quite a stir at the North. Take one instance of its working: A tax is placed upon all articles manufactured. Dressmakers are sworn every month as to the value of the materials they work. A lady took an old cloak to have it repaired, and tbe dressmaker was compelled to set a value on it, and, in addition to the cost of repairinfe, made out a bill lor the tax on the old cloak.

So boots that are mended. Everything is taxed. All documents are stamped. Notes of i hand, marriage licenses, deeds, mortgages, re- cost ten ccfcts. Lincolndom is growing 1 unruly under this, but they have just begun to go to school.

-The southern states are passing registrylaws. The legislature of our state neglected to do this. Unless it is done, we will be overrun by Yankees at the close of the war, who will hail from Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee or Missouri. The usual form of these registry laws is that no person shall be entitled to vote at any election, unless he has his name registered as a citizen at least fifteen days before an election, or was in the military service of the Confederacy. Persons coming into a county are required to file an affidavit of their and residence at the time of the adoption of the constitution of the Confederate States.

It has also the advantage of being a register from which the available military force of a county can be always ascertained. Unless this is done, there will be no safety in elections hereafter. -It was reported that heavy defalcations had been discovered at Richmond. Toe foundation of the report is found in the action of the treasury department, which required certain officers to settle by a certain day, and if they failed to do so, they were held as defaulters. Some of the officials could not get their accounts made out ir.

time, and came under the rule, but have, siuce, made settlements. -Certain proceedings in the Georgia legislature, brought to light a scheme of the abolition enemy on the coast, that may be practised elsewhere, and against which the southern people -should be on their guard. It appears the abolitionists on St. Island had a number of Stolen negroes, and after keeping them for several months, sent them, or offered to send them, back to their owners. The negroes were known to be hard and the owners refused to receive them or to permit them to mix with the other negroes on the coast.

They were then offered to the Confederate military authorities, who declined to receive them. There is good proof that these negroes have been drilled, and instructed to return and poison the minds of the slaves; tell them of proclamation, and head an insurrection. The abolitionists were to find them the weapons wherewith to murder their masters and mistresses, and then point to it as an evidence of the desire of the negro (or freedom. Returned negroes, in every locality, should he strictly watched, and upon proof of their being parties to such a diabolical plot, should be hung at once. -The whole voting strength of Missouri is At the late election only 80,000 votes were cast.

Of these were spurious. Deducting those absent in the armies, and it is certain that 0 1,000 voters refused to take the oath in order to vote. Missouri will come out right yet. Tne city council of Charleston has established a wood yard from which the poor ars furnished gratis, and those citiz' ns aide to pay, can buy it at eight dollars a cord. Other city corporations are doing the same tiling.

Little Rock is very liberal, the common council saying if others v. ill gi ve the they will distribute if. In some cities they have depots of corn, tier, and such things as can be procured, so that the families of soldiers car. be supplied. A few hundre 1 dollars, finis expended, would be of great benefit.

Our absent sohiurs, when told that the corpot of Littie Rock refused to establish a wood yard', and thus keep down the price of wood, may ask why it was not done. -In Georgia, the legislature ordered the seizure of all goods held'by their owners at prices more than 75 per cent, above cost and carriage. In Augusta, Columbus, ai.d other places, the state agents made heavy haul -In our neighboring city of Tine Bluff, the histrionic society give public notice that they are prepaid to furnish the families of absent soldiers with meal and fire wood. This is a noble act, and the gentleman composing the society should have their names written in letters of gold. At all events, they will be written on the grateful of women and children.

In this respect, Pi'ne Bluff is far ahead of Little Rock. -At the utle of the Rappahannock, on the 13th, Gens. Maxey Gregg, of S. R. Cobb, of and Hood of Texas, were killed.

Three braver, better, tiuer men never died for liberty. Among the fcderals, Gen. Bayard was killed, and Vinton, Kimball, Gibbons, Caldwell and Meagher, wounded. rhe following northern dispatch may be a mere guess or Hovev, smarting under his defeat by ihe women of Mississippi, may have intended to Come up White river, to steal and murder, by way of revenge. The dispatch reads as follows: A dispatch from Cairo, Nov.

26th, says Gen. expedition, consisting of about seven transports, carrying about ten thousand men, which lef Helena some days since, returned on Friday, and proceeded to the mouth of White river, but owing to its lowness could go no further. Itsdestination is to have been Little 11 ITT At the second battle of Manassas a round shot away the fleshy portion of a rear, inducing in ugly but not dangerous wound. 'I'iic poor wretch crawled to a tree near the road, and mn on nis breast, any other posture being out of ip'ertion. The day al ter the battle, a- the Irish Battalion from Richmond was passing this Yankee, he twisted his head around and said, in a piteous, drawling tone, Mv friends, will you be kind enough to give me a drink of water out ot one of our A private, pulling his short pipe from his mouth, replied, Divil a drap of wather will 1 givewz.

It stayed at home had i lint) ot wather and a sate to set down on -The particulars of the battle at liartsville, stamp it as one of the brilliant exp oils of the war. Morgan had not a man over men. With these, he killed and woun led 30b, and took 2,100 prisoners. ie prisoners he took largely exceeded his hole force. 2th of tn th, at Tiuticll -''Ilill, William II.

a. Little Arkansas, and 1 member ot Co. A (ith sa- regiment. comrades in arms de the a'1 re soldier, a warm heat ted friend, and attac omplish gentleman. beeeavod family have their siueerest svmpathv in tills calamitous Shi Ibyeittc lit tii Ur, 1 Dec.

24, at the resilience of her son. Geo. A. Wort hen, in this eitv, Mrs. Ann A.

Woktiifn, late of Cynti iana, in the bftii ,) -g age. INDEXED Ukadquart' Tuans-Mieewirn DmJ l.ittU Ji Dec. 9th, b'iJ. General Orders 45. I.

(it r. ral Order 41, current series, is hereby revoked, anl the followiug Genera! Order substituted therefor: Tor the purpose of carrying into one -t the onscript Act. ns pussol at lust session ot the federate Conga--, the following regulations are lopte 1 for the Trans Department: 1. Col. BKNJ F.

DANL1A is hereby ap- i pointed if rmri hot the District of Arkansas, which is hereby sub-divided into lour divisions. 2. Maj. JOHN IIOKNER. is appointed enrolling officer of Division number one, composed of the counties of Marion.

Izard, Independence, Jackson, Woodruff, Poinsett. Mississippi. Greene, Randolph, Lawrence, Fulton. Crittenden. Craighead, Cross, bt.

Francis, Phillips, Monroe and White, lie will establish a Camp of Instruction at Jacksonport. 3. Maj. JAMES II. SPARKS, is appointed enrolling officer of Division number two, composed of tho counties of Sebastian, Scott, Yell, Perry, Conway, Van BureD, Pope, Johnson, Franklin, Crawford, Washington, Madison, Newton, Searcy, CurroH and JJenton.

lie will establish a Camp of Instructional Durdanelle. 4. Maj. JOHN McNALLY, is appointed enrolling officer of Division number three, composed ot the counties of Arkansas, Desha, Chicot, Drew, Ashley, Jefferson, Prairie, Pulaski und Saline. He will establish a Camp of Instruction at Pine Bluff.

5. Maj. JAMES T. ELLIOTT, is appointed enrolling officer of Division composed of the counties of Ouachita, Union, Calhoun, Lradlcv, Dallas, Hot Spring, Clark, Pike, Savier, Ilempatead, Colombia, Lafayette, Folk oral Montgomery, lie i will establish a of Instruction at Camden, fi. The several Camps of Instruction ill bo under the charge and direction of the several division officers, who will appoint otic enrolling offi- cer in each of the counties ot their div ii-imis.

7. There shall be assigned to each division, three surgeons, who will constitute a board of examination for said division; and one or more of hom may act at any place of rendezvous therein. They will be stationed severally as follows: 1st Smithville, Lawrence county; Mt. Olive. Izard county, and Searcy, White county.

Ark. 2d Jasper, Newton county; Ft. Smith, Sebastian county, and Clinto.i, Van liurcu county, Arkansas. 8d Little Hock. Pulaskicountv; Hamburg.

Ashley county, and South Bend, Arkansas county. Arkansas. 4th Washington, Hempstead county; Prin.etjn, Dallas county, and Murfreesboro, Pike county, Arkansas. S. the county enrolling officer will cause to he enrolled all white male noons, between eighteen and forty yeurs of age.

liable to perform military duty, whom he may lind'in his county: and will cause to be entered upon a roll propand that purpose, their names, ages, tinut i enrollment, place of tintivitv. and date of their leaving their homes for the Camp of Instruction. An Twill also note opposite the name of each one found not subject to military duty, the cause thereof; and forward duplicate rolls to his division enrolling officer, otic of which will forwarded by the division enrolling officer, to the commandant of 9. The county enrolling officers will notify the examining board, or any one of them, of the place of rendezvous fixed by them for the conscripts of their several counties, and the examining board of Burgeons, or any them, will, by publication in some newspuper in their division, or by notice posted up in the county, give ton days notice of the time when they will "attend sui 1 rendezvous, and will then and there examine said const ripts; and such persons as shall bo found incapable of bearing arms, on account of mental or physical incapacity, by such examining surgeon, shall be by him reported to the board of examination, who shall determine the questions of exemptions, and grant certificates thereof; said certificates specifying whether the incapacity is temporary or permanent; and if permanent, the party shall be exempt from future examination, unless specially ordered by the board. In eases where the is temporary, or where an enrolled person cannot attend the place of rendezvous on account of sickness, and shall send to the examining surgeon a certificate specifying the cause of absence, and its probable durati from some respectable physician, resident in the county in which the rendezvous is situated, the examining hoard or surgeon shall send such certificates to the ommondant of the camp of instruction of his division, and if the person mentioned therein shall not report himself for examination, at the said camp, within a reasonable period, or send to.

the commandant of the camp a ro nevval of the certificate showing liis continued disability, he shall bo deemed absent without i.eav*. II. The bodily capacity shall be that establish by General Order 5S, Adjutant and office, as modified, viz: 1. Blindness, excessive deafness and permanent lameness, or great deformity are obvious reasons for exemption. a.

Confirmed consumption. largo incurable ulcers, and chronic contagious diseases of the skin, are causes for exemption. 4. A certificate of disability of a conscript, given by a private physician, will not be considered, unless adi Javit is ma le that the conscript confined to bed. or that his health and life won! 1 bo endangered by removal to the of rendezvous.

III. After such cXainiRati sliuli he had by the board of examiners, the county err Ling otS-vr will complete the roll by discharging ail fund ly, physically or mentally tc 1 mi.iuiry duty by Ihe examing BoaRl, and nil may be entitled to be discharged exempt fr oti-e- cau-i's; and will o.iu-- the men enrolled to be nt place, thence to be forward to tiie Camp of In-unction of their proper divi.i and nd.with tiie duplicate roils, to the cointnui: oitlcer. IV. icati'ms for exemption must mad to the eoutrv enrolling oflivew. who will act thereon, and the same, with their lech-ti endorsed thereon, to the emit aundant of conscripts.

V. 1 ion at1 si 1 tl rice the di charge of any or in service pri- to the 11th day Oat. i i the f.ct i.at a person uti i I om service for physical disability, or cause, of itself, fxempt from enrollment cxcejv. in cases of foreigners not mi, ii ,1 and -su pers who have 1 V'i h.wR and regulations, appii to DKsrmins. led: applied as fail to repair to the pia us enrollment, or who shall -r errol-nant.

VII. At each eamn of Insirn lion there will be B'ationed an i tliccr i the ouartermaster. Subsistence and Medical Dcpaitment, who will be under, and recei" r- orders frmn tiie commander of the Camp. VIII. he compy enrol mg will make timely requisitions on the commanders of the camp of instruction, for transport-lion and subsidence for their men fiom the county rendezvous to the camp of instruction.

IX. The commanders of the Distiictsof Louisiana and Texas, will conform as nearly as practicable to this order, and prepare the necessary regulations to carry the same into effect in their several districts. By command of Major Holuks.j S. s. aNDKRSON, Aes't.

General. AUCTION. LBS. MISSOURI OLD LEAF will sell at Warehouse No. 8, Main street, on WEDNESDAV, 31st at 3 5,000 lbs.

old Missouri leaf Tobacco, in lilids. boxes, a superior article, in lots to suit purchasers. Also, Furniture, Dry Goods, Hardware, Fancy Articles, tot enumerated. Additional Sales solicited. E.

Vv STURMAN, Dee 81 It Auctioneer. A NEGRO MAN, 47 years old, a No. 1 farmer, for sale. Enquire at.this office. Dec 31 3t STATE OF ARKANSAS, County of Prairie.

In the Prairie Circuit Court, on the chancery side thereof, in vacation. the 21th day of December, 1862. Phillip L. Anthony, Complainant. vs.

Supplemental bill. Jane C. Anthony, Mary S. Anthony, William D. Anthony, William A.

Anthony, Defendants. day comes sni.i complainant, and files 1 herein his supplemental Will against said defendants, stating therein that one oi' said defendants, to-wit: William A. Anthony, is a non-resident of the State of Arkansas, and it appearing that the object of said bill is for the recovery of ceituin slaves in said bill mentioned and described is ordered that said defendant William A Anthony be notified of 'he pendency of this suit, by pubii -uriou of a crpt of this order in a and published in this State; not it ting said defendant, that js he appear au-i answer or demur to arid mental bill on or Lieiore the third day ot the neat term of this court, at a court to be louden at the court house in the town 15 own-ville. in the sod county of out first Monday alter the fourth Monday in March, all the alieg iiautl charges set forth in bill of mplaint will tken eonles-ed a a dr a dtngly.aud Mid dice ed by wee-klv iBee-rti in s-i I li u- to be at least van; la U-itr oCsaid March ter of th ntt. M.

Clerk. true cony rws I. Auesi: Wx. COODMM. Clerk.

31, tie worn' C. 'sum II t-Jlowins' puK llM IstarMtiuaif i2i CMD of r. Adjutant inspector Gen! flM.KV. Oi and pll. U.slli-t of Arkansas.

As-UTsivt on Is- re- tea Omci, hicJtm November 1 I No. Mi. Coalman ints oi Couseripts will Iks -wing Order i. at n-ist a tiui'-s. In a suflicicut 11 Ihs Confederacy, lo ilk r- 'iiug every art the c.amiry: I Alt I t-ulU-U man, art.

at. tr.cn ir tram ary oilier cans- than actual dkabi-iv. duly ifW-in lira from from .1 parti.i.-it commanders, Mill return to their is without II offlocn failing to comply with the provisions of ihe ton going paragraph, within a reason hie length of time, in case f. xee-'d twenfy tints after pub i of this Order, shall dropped from the rul of the a.my disgrace, will bs turn'slod to ComavindxnT Conscripts foreurniiuiont in tbe ranks. III.

All enlisted m-n who slmil fail to comply with provisions of i of this 'lid. r. within a reasonable length of time, -ball be considered deserters, aud tr ated a cordingly; their names be furnish'd to tiie (joummnd anr oi C.wsvripts in their State, 'or pubiica'iou, or such other action aa may be deemed m.s-t efficacious. IV. In order to inauro tbe Hi ient co- or all concern'd.

to carry this older into immediate, fifect.depnrtm; ut commanders are directed to require from the couira nndiug officer of each separate command, in their departments, a prompt report of tbe Dann-s all nitnissiorii'd rsand enlisted nieu now abseut fr. their commands. Uhese reports must state ill each case tire eau-e of abseuci; and any regiment battalion or compai c. ho shall neg lent to furnish such a report, or who shall knowingly be guilty of coucealing any case of unauthorised absence, snail, on conviction thereof, be summarily dismissed. V.

Under the provisions of the 2.1 clause of paragraph II of General Orders No 82, commissioned officers and privates who are incapableof bearing arms in consequence of wounds received in batte, but who are otherwise fi1 tor required, if not otherwise assigued. to J.t, Coninianilant of Conscripts in ibeir raspeett will, if they are of lhis lull powers to call npon the nearest milltary authoriiy for such assistance as may be necessary Officers of the Department charged with payment of troops, are hereby directed not to pay any somSonsd efficer, ofleer dr private wtirv not furnish Hntifaetary evid'-iice th it ho n. to the penalties deserihed In tho "nler Any (lishursing ofnc who shall make pnynient in violation of tins Order, shall be liaole on his bond lor tho am. unt of such p.lvmout. By order.

COOPER, Adjutant and ct General. Oa7eite, Washington Camden II. raid, Pine Btnff True Southron. Fort smith Bulletin, wilt please pule the above order 7 times and forward account to tlui office. B.

F. DVNLKY. Cob Pee 31. 18(52 7t and mi'dt 0 OF ARKANSAS I Oot-NlI OF PlKKr. os' lu the pen Circuit Court, at the September term thereof, a.

pi. 1802. iS. Stoll, vi Debt by Attachment. Joliu J.

Defend mt 4T this day coulee plaintiff, by attorney, and it appi anug from the i ol the sheriff ori the i it, that gain defendant cannot bo served with process, it is there thro oidernl ilnil ut be made uoufyii said detendant that said plaintiff has iostkutid suil in this emit list him in an action of debt by iiHuchmcnl lot sum ol hundred and ninety live dollars and iw euty nis, geih -r Willi juiciest theroOU itoiu the iotii day ot Aptil, ol ton percent amiuin, aud that uuiesi defendant shall appear by hiiiis. li ol Attorney, ou or before tho third day ol tho next term ol this court, to be held at the town of Perry vide, iu sail county ot Perry, ou tli first Monday ot March. I HU ami plead or otherwise answ. to piaiutitCs action, judgment will be enter'd against him and his estate sold to satisfy the same. And it is further ordered, that a copy ot this order he published tor two weeks successively in some n- wspapor printed in this State, tiie last insertion to beat least lour weeks previous to tho next term of tins Court.

A true copy from the record Attest: T. E. HOLMES, Clerk. Dec 34, 1S62 2w it of adv. $10.

STATE OF ARKANSAS, County of Rope. Id Circuit Court, on tho Chancery side thereof, Sept, terra, lc62. Jacob C. Brewton, vs. Bill for Divorce.

Mary Brewton. this day comes said complainant, try Sliapnrd, his solicitor, and tiles his bill herein, the object and prayer of which is to obtain dissolution of tho bonds of matrimony existing between complainant and defendant, and it appearing to the court that said defendant is a non-resident of tiie State of Arkansas; it therefore ordered by tho court, that notice bo given tho said defendant of the pendency of this suit by publication as tho law directs, in tho True Democrat, a newspaper printed in tho city of Little Rock, Arkansas, notifying and requiring said defendant to be an 1 appear before the judge of tho said circuit court, in chancery sitting, ut a court to bo held on the fourth Monday of March next, at tho court house in and for said county of Pope, Arkansas, then and there to plead, answer or demur to said bill, and iu default said bill will bo taken as confessed. A true copy. Attest: ANDREW J. BAVLISS, Clerk.

Dec. 81,1882. 2w Cost of adv. $10 STATE OF ARKANSAS, County of Pope. In the Circuit Court of Pope county aforesaid, at 'the September term, 1862, and the first day of said term, to-wit: Monday, 22d 1862.

N. C. Unllett, vs. Petition in Debt. D.

B. Fisher. OW atthis day comes the plaintiff in the forei ing cause, and it spearing to the the curt tli.it the defendant not been served with process and cannot be foun 1 in Pope ornu it la-re fore ordered In the court, that I). 15. Fi-h-r, ilc'eiidaii'.

in c.oi.'C. be notified by puliii ai oi tliat tiie 0. Uuliett. has ciminieticud against him all notion by p-titimi in debt for til-: roco' crv of th Mini ot live liun lro 1 and nine twenty vents: due on i Du dated New leans. January thirty days alter ihrtv.

payable to said plairitilf. and that, an attachment has been I (trains: tiie ot him, die sai D. B. Fisher, an that unless the said defendant, be an i ipjsatr before the cir. nit court for Pope county, iti the of Arkansas by himself or attorney, on or before the third day of the next term of said court, tw be begun and held at the courthouse in Dover, in said county, on the fourth Monday in 1566, judgment will be entered against him and estate sold satisfy the same.

It is further ordered by the court, that order lie published in the True Democrat, a weekly newspaper published in the city of Littlo Rock, in tiie State of Arkansas, according to law. A true Copy. ANDREW J. BAYI.TSS, Clerk. Dec.

81, 1S02. '2w Cost of adv. STATE OF County of Poff. In the Circuit Court of Pope county afiresaid. at the September term.

1362. ail I the day of said term, to-wit: Monday, the 22d Sept. Is62. William Smith, J'luintif, Win. A.

Burk head and j-Petition for Debt. Wm. A. Barker, garni- slice. VTOW tills day comes the said plaintiff in this 1 cause, and it appearing to trie satisfaction of the court that William A.

Burkheud, one of tiie defendu ts in this not been served with process and cannot be found in Pune county; it is therefore ordered by the court, that the defendant, William A. Burkhead, be notified by publication that William Smith has commenced an action in the circuit court of said county of Pope, against him by petition and summons for the recovery of the sum of nine hundred and sixty five dollars anil -cents, due on a promissory note dated November 10th, 1380, and duo on or before the first day of August, ls61, payable to said plaintiff, and that attachment has issued against the estate of him, the said William A. Burkhead, ai that unless said defendant be and before the judge of this court by himself oratt on or before the third day of the next term hereof, at a court to bo held at tiie court house in and for the said Pope county, Arkansas, on the fourth Monday of March next, judgment will bo entered against him and his estate sold to satisfy the same. It is further ordered-by the court, that this order be in the True Democrat, a weekly newspaper published in the city of Little Rock, in the State of Arkansas, according to law. A true copy.

Attest: ANDREW J. BAYL1SS, Clerk. Dec. 31. 1362.

2w Cost of adv. rpilE LINE BACKED STEER taken up by Thos. Ambrose, in Lefevre township, Pulaski county, we consider worth Twenty-five Dollars. It is marked by a crop and split in the left ami split in the light ear. Doc.

23d, 1362. TRUMAN WARNER. JOHN McGILL, tw T. ROWLAND. j'U all ru WHOM IT MAY 1 Take notice that tho undersigned holds a lien on acres the iands advertis'd for -ale hy JOHN AV.

MORELAND. situate in Muumelle tow nsliip, foi the pay nietit of the purchase tuetwjj and interest, amounting to altuiit JOHN 811ANHEKGER, By Jordan, i tle Rook. Pe-. t) Tit TO is hereby given that letters teatamentary were granted by lie lift of Pulaski oil lit "ti the 'JAthday it A. D.

1st.1, to the undersigned, up he estate of Samuel II. deceas'd: ah having aim- against said is H'e. hereby requires! rxliPit t.c same n. rho olid fsigu si. rl nil hei tl it hill I i' I slid let cr-.

they rose 'e 1 rr many t' in tin ui-d it laiai. ii nf1 it -i wi i.in two tears If.ort tho mi I' .1" narn-U and 1 id- lioiu nM U-iM 6: liom -aj tav. FLIZAnr.ni IIMM) Eitcutr.S ttui is'a'c ot ii. il. iupatead.

P. Jordan, Att'y. Little Bock, Dec. 26th, 186 A 1 icrsoiP' indebted to th' above estate will pbu-e rail' n'he underrignt ut his office in the city ot i.itt' k'sk. pay otf and discharge iluir iiuuirtedm-ss or kvuto the Hinouut bv note and ved seeniity.

JORDAN. lbs- St for Mrs. Hempstead. Some time in the mouth ot April lust, P. Record, A ot the 14th 1 ex is i uvulrv, and at ting at the time tor Cot.

1 Ii xus i uvalry. gave me two i-ertitied m. nuts, thice hiiudrwiandsotenty-fivc $37') 1 1 urs, bi-'iiT lor and one mule; tho other for ten dollars, being 2) bushe of corn. Said me.auits were mailed to mo in a letter from camp iKit, Arkansas, directed tome at Decatur, Wise county Texas, some time in August lust, but hy some mischance miscarried and Lave never come to blind. All disbursit quarter masters are hereby warned against paying said accounts, as the same have never been transferred by me.

Any information concerning them will be thankfully received, and the purty liberally rewarded. GKO. B. PICK I Lt-Col. loth Texas Cavalry Reg t.

Dee. 31,1862. Maj. J. II.

Chi mp. A. 0- Fokt HENRY GARRETT, deserter from Company Regiment, will probably attempt to pass our lines in yenr section. Please notify all our pickets so that lie mav bo apprehended. feet 7 inches high, weighs 140 or 150 pounds, dark hair curls; 17 or 18 years old, small nose turned up, scaron his shin two inches long, had on drub liat, overshirt, brown casinet coat, much worn, new boots.

Rode off a gray stallion with black sjnits on him, branded on left shouldor, carries his tail on one side, tumor close to the root of his tail, 7 years old, hands high. Horse was stolen from J. II. Baker, Regimeut. AV.

SADBURY, Capt. Co. C. 150 reward will be paid for delivery of the horse to Regiment, company, or at Texas. Dec 81 6t Election for Directors of the Littlo Rock Gas Company for the ensuing year, will be held at tho office on Monday, 5th January next, at 10 a.m.

JC. L. slaughter, Dec 81 It Superintendent..