[LITTLE ROCK]
ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT
1861
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS DAILY TRUE DEMOCRAT, March 9,
1861--first
1861 issue on reel.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS DAILY TRUE DEMOCRAT, March 9, 1861, p. 2, c. 4
Gaiety Theatre.
Thursday, March 7th, 1861,
And during the Week,
Wolfstenberger's Panorama,
The Mirror of the World!
Painted on Two Miles of
Canvas!
Price of admission as before.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS DAILY TRUE DEMOCRAT, March 9, 1861,
p. 2, c. 3
A New
England woman declares in print that "Fanny Fern" has done more to
injure her sex and make men disrespect them than any female writer since the
world began.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS DAILY TRUE DEMOCRAT, March 9, 1861, p. 2, c. 4
Buy Your Beef at Home!
Just received and for sale on consignment for Cash, 60 barrels choice
Arkansas Corned Beef, guaranteed to be superior to Beef from the North.
Prepared by R. L. Armistead, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Geo. S. Morrison.
March 8.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS DAILY TRUE DEMOCRAT, March 9, 1861, p. 3, c. 1
Painting
Mr. J. Bedenbecker respectfully informs the citizens of Little Rock and
vicinity, that he is now prepared to do any kind of House, Sign and Fresco
Painting, Gilding, Glazing, Graining, etc., etc.
Silk
and Satin Flags and Banners painted in the best style; Stained, Enameled, Cut
and Block Glass for Churches, Side and Sky Lights made to order.
Churches,
Halls, Parlors, etc., Frescoed in a superior style. All orders from distance will receive prompt attention.
Shop,
corner of Markham and Rock streets, Little Rock, Ark.
Feb. 7, 1861. 3m
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS DAILY TRUE DEMOCRAT, March 12, 1861, p. 3, c. 3
Important from Texas.
We extract from a private letter, just received from Brazos San Diego,
Texas, the following extract. The
writer is a member of a military company, recently organized at Galveston, for
the purpose of assisting in the capture of the forts now occupied by the federal
troops in that State. He says:
"We arrived here on the 20th inst., Col. Ford being
commander-in-chief of our company. He
is better known in the State as 'Old Rip,' and is said always to be in a bad
humor unless he is engaged in a fight. He
had scarcely gotten more than half way from the steamer to the barracks, before
he ordered the American flag to be pulled down and the lone star, to be raised
in its place. But after some time
parlying [sic] he was persuaded by his brother officers to show the enemy a
little more respect, and he accordingly gave them an hour to breathe.
The United States flag was then struck in silence, no one seeming to
exult over it. But when the lone
star went up, a long deafening shout came up from Ford and his four hundred and
fifty rangers.
"We
have taken about fifty pieces of artillery, and will go over to the Rio Grande
to-morrow for the purpose of attacking the fort at Brownsville.
They are aware of our intentions, and are said to be busy in making
preparation to give us a 'warm reception.'
They have one hundred and forty field pieces and about three hundred and
fifty soldiers, their position behind the fort giving them greatly the
advantage. We received a dispatch
this evening, informing us that they intended to resist to the death.
"Our
men are nearly all armed with a Minnie rifle, a six-shooter, and a cutlass.
You may look for interesting news by the next steamer."
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS DAILY TRUE DEMOCRAT, March 12, 1861,
p. 3, c. 4
We
copy from the South Western Democrat resolutions passed by the general council
of the Choctaw Nation. We are glad
to see our neighbors taking such a bold and manly position, and think that some
of our own people might learn a lesson from them.
The message of James Hudson, the principal chief, is an able paper, and
we regret that we have not space to republish it. It takes the position boldly and unequivocally that in the
event of a dissolution of the Union the Choctaw Nation will go with the southern
States.—Read the resolutions below.
From the South Western Democrat.
Resolutions.
Expressing the feelings and sentiments of the General
Council of the Choctaw Nation, in reference to the political disagreement
existing between the northern and southern States of the American Union.
Resolved
by the General Council of the Choctaw Nation, assembled, That we view with
deep regret and great solicitude, the present unhappy political disagreement
between the northern and southern States of the American Union, tending to a
permanent dissolution of the government, and the disturbance of the various
important relations existing with that government, by treaty, stipulations and
international laws, protending [portending?] much injury to the Choctaw
government and people.
Resolved,
further, that we express the earnest desire and ready hope entertained by
the entire Choctaw people, that any and all political disturbances agitating and
dividing the people of the various States may be honorably and speedily
adjusted; and the example and the blessing, and fostering care of the general
government, and the many and friendly social ties existing with their people,
continue for the enlightenment in moral and good government; and prosperity in
the material concerns of life, to our whole population.
Resolved,
further, That in the event of a permanent dissolution of the American Union
takes place, our many relations with the general government must cease, and we
shall be left to follow the natural affections, education, institutions, and
interest of our people, which indissolubly bind us in every way to the destiny
of our neighbors, and brethren of the southern states; upon whom we are
confident we can rely for the preservation of our rights, of liberty and
property, continuance of friendship, general counsel and fraternal support.
Resolved,
further, That we desire to assure our immediate neighbors, the people of
Arkansas and Texas, of our determination to observe amicable relations in every
way so long existing between us, and the firm reliance we have, that amid any
disturbance with other States, the rights and feelings so sacred to us will
remain respected by them, and be protected from the encroachment of others.
Resolved,
further, That his excellency, the principal chief, be requested to enclose,
with an appropriate communication from himself, a copy of these resolutions to
the Governors of the southern States, with the request that they be laid before
the State convention of each State, as many as have assembled at the date of
their reception; and that in such as have not, they be published in the
newspapers of the State.
Further
enacted, That these resolutions take effect, and be in force from and after
their passage.
Approved
Feb. 7th, 1861.
Issues skip from March 16, 1861 to April 11, 1861, and
revert back to ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 11, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
Fashionable Dancing.
We are requested to say that Prof. De Gray Bennit, the celebrated Ballet
Master has returned to our City from his professional visit to Fort Smith, Van
Buren, etc., and intends making Little Rock his permanent residence.
This gentleman is universally acknowledged to be one of the most
accomplished teachers in the south. The
development of the form, grace, ease of carriage and elegant deportment
constitute his style of teaching, and as an artist, we hope he may be well
patronized. He also gives
instructions in the small sword exercise, and the divisions of the cavalry sabre.
A rare chance for our military companies and those who are fond of the
terpsichorean art.
Little
Rock, April 10th, 1861.
W.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 11, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
Millinery, Millinery
Ladies if you want a handsome Bonnet, call on Mrs. Jones'—She has just
received a beautiful lot of Crape, Hair and Straw Bonnets, which she will sell
to suit the times.
April 11, 1861.
Hats, Hats.
Ladies', Misses' and Children's Hats, the most fashionable—also,
Infant's Hats, and Caps of the latest importation, for sale cheap for cash.
April
11.
Mrs. Jones.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 11, 1861, p. 3, c. 1
Free Barbecue in Lefevre Township.
The citizens of Lefevre township, Pulaski county, having determined to
give a barbecue and raise a secession flag, met at Mound church on the 29th
March, to make necessary arrangements.
The
meeting was well attended. D. M.
Thomson, esq., was chosen president, and Maj. W.W. Morrow, acted as secretary.
A
committee were appointed to arrange and procure all necessaries.
Committee
of Arrangements.—J. D. Amos, Leon Lefevre, S. S. Smith, A. L. Lefevre, sr.,
[illegible] L. Thomson, Jesse Hill, J. Deihl, T. J. Churchill, W. F. Ford, and
Wm. Faulkner.
Committee
to Procure a Pole, etc.—Jos. Adams, W. A. Martin, J. A. Wright, W. B. Lefevre,
Robt. Owens, and B. F. Vaughn.
Committee
to Invite Orators.—D. M. Thomson, Jas. Harper, and W. W. Morrow.
Saturday,
the 27th day of April, was chosen for the barbecue, on which occasion
a secession pole will be raised, upon which the ladies will hoist a blue flag.
There will be several orations on the present impending questions, and
also a good band of music will be in attendance.
A large and sumptuous dinner will be given, and a sufficiency of good
water.
A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
D. M. Thomson, Pres't.
W. W.
Morrow, Sec'y.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 11, 1861, p. 3, c. 7
To the Ladies of Little Rock.
A Lady of several years experience in the most fashionable establishments
of Paris and New Orleans, will teach the art of CUTTING DRESSES and all kinds of
patterns. Full pattern furnished to
each. Apply soon at the boarding
house of Mr. Dyer.
April 4, '61.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 11, 1861, p. 3, c. 8
Direct
Importation.
J. Levois & Co.
Canal Street, corner of Bourbon,
New Orleans.
Our stock of Spring Goods is ready for examination, and comprises a complete assortment of choice styles of Seasonable Goods, to be sold at
Very Low Prices!
Good Grenadine Barege, at 15c a yard.
Brocade English Barege, at 25c a yard.
Organdy Style Barege, from 50c a yard.
Emb'd Canvas Barege, from 60c a yard.
Plaid Silk Grenadine, 50c.
"
" Gause, 75c.
Pekin and Figured Hernani.
Embroidered Black Tissue.
Brocaded and Printed Grenadine.
Cambric Lace and Shawls.
Real Lace Reversibles.
"
Points.
Spanish Lace Doubles.
Muslin Shawls and Mantillas.
Muslin Zouaves and Turcos.
Plain and Plaid Nansook.
Plain
and Plaid Cambrics.
Plain and Plaid Jaconets.
Fancy Lace Muslin and Tartare Muslins.
Emb'd Swiss, for Morning Robes.
Spring Percales, 12½ c.
French Jaconet, New Style, 25c.
French Organdies, Rich, 40c.
Linen Department.
Printed Linen Cambrics, new designs.
Printed Linen Regattas.
Linen Shirting, Colden [sic?] Flax.
Linen Sheeting, French and Scotch.
Real Toile de Coutrai.
French Table Sets.
French Table Damask.
Scotch Diapers and Towels.
Bird's Eye Diaper, Linen Lawns, etc.
French and English Hosiery.
All descriptions and sizes, for Ladies and Children.
Filet Mits and Gloves.
New Style Fans.
Parasols.
Valencienne, Application and Point Laces.
Rich Embroideries.
Mourning Collars and Sleeves.
Parlor Suits.
Morning Robes and Camisolles.
Marseilles Suits.
Embroidered Skirts.
Infant Robes, etc.
Children's Costumes.
Rich Lace and Muslin Curtains.
Muslin and Lace Bars.
Marseilles Quilts, Counterpanes,
etc.
French Perfumery, etc.
We
will take particular pains to fill all orders from the country.
April 4, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 18, 1861, p. 1,
c. 4
For the True Democrat.
Parody on the
"Union Song."
Air: Dixie Land.
Written for Miss A. R_____.
by Mrs. E_____, of Little Rock.
In the southern part of this great nation,
We
feed on nothing but sensation,
Get
away, away, away, away—
We want to save this great communion,
By
discussions and disunion.
Away,
away, away, away.
Chorus—
There's
nothing like disunion, hurrah, hurrah!
With colors blue—for they are true,
Oh!
girls do ask for something new,
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah for disunion,
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah for disunion.
I'll tell you what that brave old band,
Who
"fought and bled" for this great land,
Would
do, would do, would do, would do,
Could they look down from their high station,
They'd
bless the southern confederation—
And
say, and say, and say, and say—
Chorus—
There's
nothing like disunion, do pray, do pray,
Have colors blue—for they are true.
Oh!
girls do ask for something new,
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah for disunion,
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah for disunion.
If South Carolina, wink her eye,
And
call on us to bleed and die,
Let's
go, let's go, let's go, let's go,
She's done the very thing she ought to,
She's
a brave and valiant daughter,
Get
Away, away, away, away.
Chorus—
Now girls we know, we are in the right,
We'll
work in the cause with main and might,
Get
away, away, away, away,
And if the boys on the fence are astride,
We'll
help them down on our side,
Away,
away, away, away.
Chorus—
For Abraham Lincoln's a great old scamp,
He's
doing his best the South to cramp,
Get
away, away, away, away,
But on our side, we've law and right,
And
for it now, we'll surely fight,
Get
away, away, away, away.
Chorus—
But boys who love to hear it thunder,
Quickly
fire and tear asunder,
Ain't
astray, astray, astray, astray,
Girls make a vow that any in the land,
Shall
share your heart, that ask you hand,
Right
away, away, away, away.
Chorus—
There's
nothing like disunion, hurrah, hurrah,
With colors blue—for they are true.
Oh!
girls do ask for something new,
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah for disunion,
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah for disunion.
April 2d, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 25, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
The
ladies of Little Rock and vicinity would earnestly tender their services to the
troops of the Southern Confederacy in the present crisis, which has come upon
our beloved country. And in any way
they can contribute by their efforts to forward or aid in this great cause of
our life and liberty they will esteem it their highest privilege and honor.
And after the example of the mothers of the revolution, when they have
armed their sons, husbands and brothers to the defense of their homes and
firesides, they would gladly give [illegible] means and efforts, and most of
all, their earnest prayers for the success of our holy cause.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 25, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
The
ladies we understand have taken up the cause in earnest. They were up till on o'clock Tuesday night making uniforms
for the Prairie company, who came in about twelve o'clock on Monday, on their
way to Fort Smith. Fifty jackets
had to be bought, cut and made; and though they were not finished in time, as
they had left at eleven, yet they were sent up on the first boat.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 25, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
We
have been requested by the president of the meeting recently held in Lefevre
township in this county to state, that the meeting to raise a secession pole on
the 27th inst., and the barbecue intended to come off on that day,
have been postponed.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 25, 1861, p. 2, c. 3
Clark County.
We have been permitted to publish the following letter from a gentleman
in Clark county to a citizen o this place:
Arkadelphia, April 20, 1861.
I have
this moment participated in raising the first flag that I ever did in my life,
except that of the old thirteen stars; but this time I participated with as good
a grace as ever I done anything in my life, and I am proud to say to you that I
do not believe there is more than three men that now say they are for union.
So when I tell you that one of the largest secession flags is now
floating from the Bell pole, you will scarcely believe me, but nevertheless it
is true. We had speeches from
Messrs. Flannagin, Beard, Witherspoon, Dr. Huey of Camden, Parson Garrett, Col.
Bozeman, etc. There is petitions
unanimously signed to send to the president of the convention to call it at the
earliest day possible. This is the
first time I ever saw the people of Arkadelphia a unit in my life on any
subject.
Yours in haste,
Old Nick.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 25, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
Deposition of Sam Houston.
The circumstances attending the deposition of Sam Houston as Governor of
Texas, were quite dramatic, and in some respects ludicrous and comical.
The convention of Texas, called by the loud voice of the people against
the denunciations and opposition of Gov. Houston, having passed the act of
secession, and accepted and ratified the constitution of the Confederate States,
prescribed a form of oath to be taken by all the State officers.
This oath included a renunciation of all allegiances to all foreign
powers, and especially to the government of the United States, and a declaration
of fidelity to the constitution of the Confederate States.
When the oath was proposed to Governor Houston, he peremptorily refused
to take it; whereupon the convention declared the office of Governor vacant, and
Lieutenant Governor Clark, under the constitution, having taken the prescribed
oath, succeeded to the office. Governor
Clark was not slow in entering upon the gubernatorial functions, and proceeding
to the Governor's office, assumed the chair and entered upon the duties of the
office.—By and by, the deposed Governor came hobbling to his office—old
Sam's San Jacinto wound having broken out afresh as it always does on occasions
of political trial. Perceiving
Governor Clark occupying the chair, Old Sam addressed him:
"Well,
Governor Clark," giving great emphasis to the title; "you are
an early riser."
"Yes,
General," replied the Governor, with a great stress upon the
military title of his predecessor. "I
am illustrating the old maxim, 'the early bird gathers the worm.'"
"Well,
Governor Clark, I hope you will find it an easier seat than I have found
it."
"I'll
try to make it so, General, by conforming to the clearly expressed will of the
people of Texas."
The
Governor having brought a large lunch basket with him, proceeded to put up
numerous little articles of private property, and to stow them away very
carefully.—Catching his foot in a hole in the carpet and stumbling, the
General suggested to Gov. Clark that the new government ought to afford a new
carpet for the Governor's office, whereupon the Governor remarked that the
executive of Texas could get along very well without a carpet.
Approaching
the washstand, the General called the attention of Gov. Clark to two pieces of
soap—one, the castile soap, was his own private property; and the other, a
perfumed article, was the property of the State, and added, "Governor your
hands will require the very frequent use of this article;" whereupon Gov.
Clark, pointing to the washbowl, which was full of very black and dirty water,
remarked: "General, I suppose
that is the bowl in which you washed your hands before leaving the office."
Having
gathered up all his duds, old Sam made a little farewell speech, very much in
the style of Cardinal Woolsey declaring his conviction that, as in the past the
time would soon come when Texas would call him from his retirement, and he hoped
Gov. Clark would be able to give as good an account of his stewardship as he
could now render. Halting at the
door, the General made a profound bow, and with an air of elaborate dignity,
"Good-day, Governor Clark." "Good-day,
General Houston," was the Governor's response. And thus the "Hero of Sam [sic] Jacinto" concluded
his political career!—N. O. Delta.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 25, 1861, p. 3, c. 5
From Johnson
County.
Tremendous Excitement—Large and
Enthusiastic Meeting.
On Saturday the 13th of April at the battalion muster, on the
parade ground, near the residence of Maj. James B. Wilson, on Horse Head
Creek—besides the Battalion who had assembled for the purpose of military
drill there was an immense concourse of ladies and gentlemen present to hear of,
and learn the stirring events that are fast transpiring around us.
At 10
o'clock the crowd that had assembled learned that the flag of the Confederated
States, with a full band of music was near by coming from Clarksville.
The gallant Maj. A. C. Jacobs of the 10th regiment, within ten
minutes had 800 men mounted to go out and meet and salute the white man's flag.
In full gallop, at a half mile they met the band and flag, and the echoes
of their cheerings was heard bounding from hill side to the mountain top, that
swelled and gladdened the heart of the patriot to see the flag of the
Confederated States high up floating in the clear sun light of heaven as it came
over the crest of the hill, and the full band playing the Southern Marseilles,
and three hundred stout hearts as a guard of honor erecting the emblem of
southern liberty to the parade ground. The
infantry was formed and presented arms with open columns for the flag and escort
to pass through. After
countermarching, and the line of horsemen formed, Maj. Jacobs ordered three
cheers for President Davis and the Confederate States, which was done with most
hearty good will by the whole mass present, both mounted men and infantry, and
the ladies, God bless them, by the waiving of handkerchiefs and tossing
to the gallant knights of chivalry and valor, their lovely boquets [sic], as
tokens of their heartfelt approbation.
After
the drill of the battalion was concluded, the procession was formed—the
southern flag—band of music—secession delegates—Judge Batson and Judge
Floyd; col. L. Robinson, Representative; then the column of ladies, citizens and
strangers, all marched in procession to the battalion which was formed in hollow
square around the seats for the ladies who received the whole column with
present arms, after being seated, the meeting was called to order by Col. L.
Robinson, and the object explained in a brief manner by him. . . .
Bozarias.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 25, 1861, p. 3, c. 7
From Johnson County.
Clarksville, Ark., April 20, 1861.
Messrs.
Editors: This has been a glorious
day for Johnson county. By
appointment the people from the country flocked into town in large numbers; the
ladies were all out, the business houses were closed; in short, every body and
his family were out to see the presentating [sic] of a large and handsome
southern flag by Miss Sallie Robinson, who represented the ladies, to Dr. J. P
Mitchell, the representative of the people of Johnson county. After the presentation of the flag of the Confederate States
of America was hoisted to the masthead of a pole one hundred and two feet high,
and was greeted with the enthusiastic cheers of the people—the salutes of the
military and the firing of anvil artillery.—Patriotic speeches were delivered
by our legislators, Ward, Robinson and Cravens, and by our delegates, Batson and
Floyd, amidst the waving of handkerchiefs and hats, three hearty huzzas were
given for the Southern Confederacy. Soon
afterwards dispatches were received announcing that Virginia had seceded, and
that Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri had emphatically
refused to furnish a single man, or any number of men, to fight under the black
flag of abolitionism. I never have
seen people so deeply excited—cheers loud and long rent the air, the artillery
was again brought out and round after round was fired until the sky was almost
darkened with the smoke.—One more star was added to the flag and it was again
sent home, where it waves over people who are determined to "do or
die." . . .
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 25, 1861, p. 3, c. 7
Public Meeting in Pope County.
Norristown, Ark., April 16, 1861.
The
citizens of this and surrounding vicinity on hearing of the commencement of the
contemplated and attempted reinforcement of Fort Sumter, and at the same time of
its bombardment and fall into the hands of the Confederate States, met in mass
meeting to give vent and expression to their feelings, which was done in the
following manner: First, the
erection of a pole with a large flag of the Confederate States floating proudly
to the breeze. This was done in the
public square amidst the roar of platoons and thunders of applause.
This being done, a large company of ladies and gentlemen repairing to a
suitable house decorated for the occasion by mottoes and emblems indicative of
our feelings and sympathies for the southern confederacy. . . .
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, April 25, 1861, p. 3, c. 8
Melodeons.
Prince's Improved Patent Melodeons:
another shipment of these beautiful instruments just received, unrivaled
in tone, finish and durability. I
have in hand four, four and a half, and five octaves.
Five octaves with double setts of reeds. For an accompanyment [sic] to the voice they are the best
instruments now in use.
The
Organ Melodeon for choirs and churches, has two banks of keys, five setts of
reeds, eight stops, and one and a half octaves in the foot pedal bass.
They will be furnished to churches at the factory prices.
Call
at the book store and look at those I have on hand.
Jno. E. Reardon.
April
18, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 2, 1861, p. 2, c.
1—Image of First National Flag of the CSA
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 2, 1861, p. 2, c. 4
For the True Democrat.
Dardanelle, April 19, 1861.
Messrs. Johnson & Yerkes:
I am
truly gratified to know, and from the signs of the times I can confidently say,
Yell county, is now aroused to a sense of her duty, and will be all right
upon the all important question of secession when she has a chance to cast her
vote. . .
This
morning we reared a pole, towering 110 feet, and from its lofty summit stretches
out our southern flag, the star of Arkansas in the distance, like the swift
comet, seeking to form one of those brilliant seven that are shedding light upon
the independent pathway of our Confederacy.
There were a great many people present from all parts of this (Pope and
Perry,) the scene made an impression upon my mind never to be forgotten.
As the flag was making its way swiftly aloft, ladies and gentlemen were
thronging the side-walks, and amid the roar of the anvils, (not cannon,)
and the enthusiastic tune of Dixey, played by the band of the Show-boat,
Wave, Col. Lemoyne appeared upon the stand prepared for him, and in his usual
manner, when appearing before an audience, seemed to take a survey of the entire
crowd, and at the close of Dixey, addressed the ladies, complimenting
their sex for the interest they always take in all important matters,
illustrated by the effect that music and woman had upon the soldier. He then turned to the men and addressed them as the
descendants of the revolutionary patriots, supporters, protectors and guardians
of women an children, pictured to them the present state o things, compared it
to the revolutionary crisis. . . .
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 2, 1861, p. 2, c.
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From
the Fort Smith Times and Herald, April 21.
Arrival of
Volunteers for the Capture
of Fort Smith. Midnight Abandon-
ment of the Post by the Federal
Troops.
Last night, about 12 o'clock, the steamers "Tahlequah" and
"Frederick Notrebe" arrived almost simultaneously at our wharf, having
on board, as we subsequently learned, 235 men, composed of the volunteer
companies of Little Rock and Pulaski county, in this State; having come for the
purpose of reducing, under the State authority, the federal post at this place.
The expedition ordered by Governor Rector, who was represented in it by
his Adjutant General, Edmund Burgevin, was under the immediate command of Col.
Solon Borland, Aid-de-damp of the Governor, and consisted of five
companies, three from the city of Little Rock, and two from vicinity. They were all well armed, drilled and uniformed, and
consisted of the flower of the chivalry of that portion of the State.
Their disappointment upon learning, when they reached the place of
disembarkation, that the enemy had ingloriously fled, was not disguised, and
was, doubtless, as we can well imagine, deep and sincere.
Yes, the bird had flown.
About
one hour before the arrival of the little fleet at this port, the brave federal
captain, who had so often vaunted here of his ability to cope with ten thousand
assailants, suddenly, in the dead hour of the night, quietly and precipitately,
gathered up his plunder, consisting of a train of 23 wagons, and about 160
horses and mules, and crossing the Poteau, and succeeded effectually, without
having aroused any suspicion of his purpose, here, in placing himself safe
beyond the reach of his brave pursuers. The
citizens of Fort Smith were no less chagrined than the volunteers, at this
unexpected flight. It is thought
that the departure took place after the arrival of the expedition at Van Buren,
and before its arrival here, news of which arrival at Van Buren, although we
learn it was quiet and thought to be unknown, must have been communicated from
Van Buren by telegraph.
The
buildings of the Fort remain uninjured. About
one o'clock, the officers of the expedition took formal possession of the fort
and such stores as were left by the federal authorities.
Upon the order of the Adjutant General, Capt. Montgomery, Q. M., Major
Gatlin, and a Sergeant, all of the United States army, were seized as prisoners
of war by Col. Borland, and released on parole.
The
fruits of the expedition, compose of 6000 bushels of corn, 500 tons of hay, 100
mules, a number of wagons, a large quantity of quarter master's stores,
possession of the buildings of the fort, which are very fine—constituting a
property worth about three hundred thousand dollars.
The
volunteers were eager to pursue, but inasmuch as they were on foot, while the
enemy were well mounted on the finest of horses, pursuit was decided to be
impracticable. The volunteers spent
the night in removing their ordinance, etc., to the fort, and will be formally
lodged there to-day. Among the
volunteers, besides the many gentlemen of high position unknown to us, we
observed as privates in the ranks, Wm. R. Miller, Auditor of State; John M.
Harrell, Solicitor General; Col. R. H. Johnson and J. T. Trigg, esq.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 9, 1861, p. 2, c.
1
Neat
and Appropriate.—We have received, from a young lady in Burrowsville, Searcy
county, a tasteful presentation in the shape of a rosette.
It is so simple and pretty that we will endeavor to describe it.
A grain of corn is fastened, by means of a hole drilled through it, to a
floss of cotton, spread so as to form a circle; this is also attached to a light
blue circle, and the whole to a deep blue, of the usual size of a rosette.
By using a grain of red corn, we have the colors of the Confederacy flag;
red, white and blue, while the corn and cotton are emblematical of the
Confederacy. The design and
execution are both excellent.—The present was sent with a patriotic note from
the true hearted donor. In the
revolution of '61 as in '76, the women are on the side of truth and liberty and,
if need be, will show themselves to be heroines as did their foremothers.
God bless them and the Southern Confederacy.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 9, 1861, p. 2, c.
3
The
ladies of Little Rock have been busy the past week making uniforms and equipping
the volunteers. Like the heroines
of the Revolution they are infused with a generous ardor for the cause of truth
and freedom, and their God speed! to the gallant fellows who are leaving their
homes, their mothers, their sweethearts will go with them like the protecting
wing of a good angel, and linger with them in the severest trials of war.
All honor to the fair women of Arkansas, and success to the brave fellows
who are to represent us on the pages of history.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 9, 1861, p. 2, c.
1
For
Envelopes, Etc.—The Confederate Flag, in superb style, three different
designs, got up by Hutton & Freligh. See
their advertisement.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 9, 1861, p. 2, c.
1
Rev.
E. L. Compere, just from North Folk, says it was currently reported there on
Tuesday last, that the U. S. troops were leaving Fort Washita; and that they
were burning what stores they could not carry with them, and intended to blow up
the fortifications. Also, that they
intended destroying Forts Arbuckle and Cobb, and then leaving for Fort
Leavenworth.—Fort Smith Times, May 3d.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 9, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
Tracy &
Coomber,
House, Sign & Ornamental
Painters.
All kinds of Wood, Marble and Stone imitated.
Plain and Fancy Enameled Painting of the latest and most approved style
and finish. Paper Hanging done in
the Parishian [sic?] style, and a new style of work, very beautiful, called
SCAGLIOLIA. If work is not done
satisfactorily we feel responsible.
Shop
on Main street, opposite McAlmont's drug store.
May 9,
1861.
F. & C.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 9, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
Envelopes!
Envelopes!
Confederate States
Flag Envelopes,
Hutton & Freligh's,
Late
W. M. Hutton & Co.
Southern Publishing House,
All Kinds of Job Printing,
Corner Second and Adams,
Memphis.
Something New,
Good,
Neat and
Really Handsome,
No mere straight lines, like a straight jacket on
an Envelope, but
A Beautiful Flag
Gracefully Flowing to the Breeze,
With room on the upper right hand corner, not
only for a stamp, but
A Nice Card,
For Merchants and Others.
Every Merchant should order one or two thousand; Hotel Keepers twice as many; Steamboatmen a bushel of them; Banks and Railroads as many as they please, and, as
Everybody Will
Want Them,
We shall fill orders on the principle of
"First Come, First Served."
Prices:
Confederate Flag Envelopes, without Card, per 1,000
$10 00
Confederate Flag Envelopes, with Card, per 1,000
12 00
Also,
Confederate Flag Letter Heads, per quire
75 cts.
"
" Note Heads,
"
50 "
In quantities less than 1,000, 25 per cent additional.
Regular discount to the trade.
Orders accompanied by the Cash promptly attended to.
These Envelopes
are Printed Only at the
Great Southern Publishing and Job Printing
Establishment of
Hutton & Freligh.
Second Street, near corner of Adams, adjoining
Cavalry Church, Memphis, Tenn., where
better work is done in the
Job Printing Line
Than Elsewhere in the South.
Also—Flag Badges on White Silk beautifully colored.
May 9, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 9, 1861, p. 3, c.
3
"Knights
of the Golden Circle."—We clip the following from the Louisville
Courier, of the 24th inst., to which we invite the attention of
members of the order in this city. We
are informed by a gentleman, formerly a chief commander in West Tennessee, that
the order numbers about six hundred in this city. Why do they not rally and give some public expression of
their sympathy for their gallant brothers of Baltimore, who first met and
repulsed the enemies of our common interests, so soon as they placed their feet
upon southern soil. History will
place them side by side with the heroes of Lexington and Bunker Hill.
We would be glad to hear from some of the members here.
Attention, K. G.
C.
Montgomery, Ala., April 17, 1861.
In view of the threatened invasion of Texas by Lincoln's abolition horde,
and in further view of the fact that the Confederate States of America has so
many points exposed to attack from the enemy, that its army as at present
organized, may be inadequate to ample protection; I therefore order the Captains
of each Castle of K's G. C's. within the State of Texas, to meet me at the city
of Galveston, on the 1st day of May, A. D. 1861, with a complete
muster roll of companies. Each
Castle will hold itself in readiness for immediate orders.
It is desired that as many of the field officers as can do so, will also
be in Galveston at the time appointed.
Geo. W. Chilton.
Marshal of Texas Division K's G. C.
The
K's G. C's in Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Florida, will pay
attention. Maryland has her hands
full. Let no member of the Order
now flinch.
Geo. Bickley, K. G. C.
President Am. Legion.
All
Companies of the K's G. C's in the State of Arkansas will hold themselves in
readiness for further orders.
By
order of
Major Augustus Larrantree,
Commanding Ark. Battalion.
Arkansas
papers please copy.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 16, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
The Women of '61.
It requires great occasions to exhibit the spirit of a people. A long career of peace and prosperity develops idleness and
luxury, ambition and avarice, and all the selfish and least praiseworthy of
human passions, but in times that try men's souls, like those in which we live,
the true esprit of a nation is manifested. The gallant sons of the South, the chivalry, the young and
the brave are panting for the conflict and the glory of war, but for
disinterested patriotism and loyal devotion their country give us the women
of 61. The chronicler of the
present time will devote his brightest pages to tell the story of their
patriotism and devotion. The pen of
the novelist dipped in the tints of the rainbow, will illustrate in thrilling
romance their self-sacrificing spirit, and place them in the niche of fame's
proud temple by the side of the heroines of the revolution.
Whenever the bumper goes round, and the red whine sparkles in the foaming
chalice, the toast which will oftenest call up hallowed associations will be the
Women of '61.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 16, 1861, p. 2, c. 8
New Goods!
New Goods!
Muslins, Shawl Barege,
Lawns, Poplins,
English Barege, Organdies,
Parasols, Sun Umbrellas,
Hosiery, Linens,
Silks, Swisses,
And the most complete assortment of
Goods for Ladies Wear, in Little
Rock. All New and just received,
call on
L. Hineman.
Ready made
Clothing,
A large supply, and selling very low for Cash.
Small profits for ready money is our motto, call on
L.
Hineman.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 16, 1861, p. 3, c. 8
Texas.
The following is a copy of a letter to the editors from a gentleman in
Clarksville, Texas, in relation to volunteers that have gone from the adjoining
counties, in pursuit of the United States troops that had been stationed at Fort
Washita, in the Indian country:
Clarksville, Texas,
}
May 6, 1861 }
*
*
*
From 1000 to 1200 men have left this and two or three counties above,
yesterday and to-day, for Fort Washita. Since
they left we have been informed by express the U. S. troops, 700, have left that
post, and were marching for Fort Arbuckle, where they expected to meet
reinforcements; and where our troops with 1000 Choctaws intend to make them
measure swords or surrender unconditionally.
In haste, yours,
D. K. J.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 23, 1861, p. 2,
c. 3
The
ladies with patriotic ardor are still struggling to sustain "The National
Washington Monument Society." They
have now in contemplation an appeal to the contending hosts of both
nationalities who are gathering on the banks of the Potomac.
Boxes will be placed in suitable places where persons disposed to
contribute to this object may drop their penny in memory of the father of his
country.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 23, 1861, p. 3, c. 6
Presentation of a
Banner to the Crit-
tenden Rangers.
Great Demonstration at Hopefield, Ark.
Miss Mollie Merriweather appropriately discharged the duty of making the
presentation in the following eloquent speech:
Lieutenant
Rodgers: With pride and pleasure I
present this banner to your gallant company—the Crittenden Rangers—those
brave spirits who have so promptly volunteered to aid the South in defending her
honor and rights. Our countrymen
need no Maid of Orleans to arouse or lead them to battle. Thousands of brave and true hearts are ready to fact the
foe—ready for victory or death.
May
the zeal and patriotism of Captain Redman and his brave Rangers be emulated by
many others in our State.
This
banner is the assurance that you have our smiles and best wishes, and should the
conflict come, our prayers. On its
blue fields are seven glorious States of the southern confederation.
Our own State, Arkansas, may not yet claim a place among them; but with
the bright hope that she will ere long unite her destiny with theirs, I have
left a space and intrust [sic] this star to your keeping.
Will not each one pledge himself by every endeavor to place her among her
sister States?
It has
been said of us that Crittenden is the only Union county on the river.
Soldiers, shall this be said after the 3d of August?
Will brave men quietly submit to black republican rule?
Shall our glorious South be made a second St. Domingo?
Forbid it, soldiers! Forbid
it, Heaven!
"Take thy banner—may it wave
Proudly o'er the free and brave;
Guard it—'till our homes are free;
Guard it—God will prosper thee."
Lieutenant
Rogers acknowledged the reception in the following terms:
Fair
Lady: permit me, in behalf of the
Crittenden Rangers, to offer you our heartfelt thanks for this beautiful
banner—beautiful indeed to us because wrought by the hands of one of
Crittenden's fairest daughters; beautiful and sacred, too, because it is the
banner of a people who know no superiors and acknowledge no government save that
which gives to each and all its citizens justice and equality, that justice and
that equality, which our fathers in days that are passed fought to long and so
gallantly to maintain; and as they did maintain them through scenes the most
trying that were ever heaped upon an oppressed people so will we, their
descendants, defend this flag against all of its enemies whether from
across the deep, and urged on by the daring ambition of crowned heads, or hurled
upon us, by the fanatical spirit of our brethren of the North—brethren,
indeed, they are in name and blood, but strangers in feeling and enemies at
heart. This banner, which your
devotion to the principles of right, has induced you to tender us, and the
unfurling of whose bright folds and glittering stars cause so many hearts to
leap with emotions of happiness and pride, is doubtlessly destined to be borne
amid scenes of a far different character; it is not meet, then, for us to
express in unmeaning words or highflown compliments the chivalrous and daring
manner in which we will ever remember her at whose hands we have received
it—but 'tis on the battle field that our deep and unyielding devotion to our
principles and our flag must be shown. Yes,
'tis there that you must learn how dearly we prize your gift and how true we
have been to the trust confided to us.
Comrades,
behold the gift of a lovely and patriotic maiden—the star circled banner.
But seven stars compose the circle, and yet there is a space for the
eighth. What one is this that still
wanders in the outer darkness of black republican iniquity?
It is the representation of Arkansas that thus hesitates to join its
glorious sisters? Unfortunately it
is so but happy for us and our people, the dark cloud which has for a while
dimmed our luster is fast passing away, and soon we will see her occupy the
vacant space in the bright circle, shining with a brilliancy second to none. Then let us, conscious of the rectitude of our position,
unfurl to the breeze our glorious banner, and swear to defend it, come weal,
come woe! Allow me to say, in
conclusion, to her who gave it, long will you live in the hearts of us all; your
gift we will defend till life's pulse be still, and if in death we must behold
it, the last whispered prayer of the dying soldier will be for its preservation,
and for the happiness of her whose fair fingers made it.
To
Ensign: Take it sir, and defend it;
never allow it to be polluted by an enemy's touch so long as you have strength
to raise an arm to strike in its defense.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 23, 1861, p. 3,
c. 7
From the Appeal.
Arkansas Troops—Gen. Dandridge McRae.
Yesterday an event occurred at Camp Rector full of sadness. While the troops were arrayed for the purpose of receiving
the banner presented by Miss Rozell, General McRae announced his retirement from
the regiment. . . .
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 30, 1861, p. 1,
c. 7
Are
the Cairoites aware that we have a company of Arkansas bear hunters awaiting
their appearance, every man of which has killed his bear! The special duty allotted to this company is to scalp the
officers of the Sucker army. Proud
of their past achievements, they disdain any inferior game.—Avalanche.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 30, 1861, p. 1,
c. 7
Old
Abe was hanged in effigy in Vicksburg, Miss., the other night.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 30, 1861, p. 1,
c. 6
Advice
to Volunteers—How to Prepare for the Campaign.—A writer, who signs himself
"An Old Sodlier," gives the following advice to young soldiers:
1.
Remember, that in a campaign more men die from sickness than by the
bullet.
2.
Line your blanket with one thickness of brown drilling.
This adds but four ounces in weight, and doubles the warmth.
3.
Buy a small india-rubber blanket—only $1 50—to lay on the ground or
to throw over your shoulders when on guard duty during a rain storm.
4.
The best military hat in use is the light colored soft felt, the crown
being sufficiently high to allow space for air over the brain.
You can fasten it up as a continental in fair weather, or turn it down
when it is wet or very sunny.
5.
Let your beard grow, so as to protect the throat and lungs.
6.
Keep your entire person clean. This
prevents fever and bowel complaints in warm climates.
Wash your body each day, if possible.
Avoid strong coffee and oily meat. Gen.
Scott said that the too free use of these, together with neglect in keeping the
skin clean, cost many a soldier his life in Mexico.
7.
A sudden check of perspiration by chilly or night air often causes fever
and death. When thus exposed do not
forget your blanket.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 30, 1861, p. 2,
c. 8
The
brave ladies of Carroll county, Kentucky, the residence of Gen. W. O. Butler,
petitioned the legislature to furnish them with arms to defend the men and
children, who were afraid to defend themselves.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 30, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
Pulaski Artillery.
On Thursday evening last, the Pulaski Artillery, commanded by Capt. Wm.
E. Woodruff, jr., left on the Tahlequah for their destination on the western
frontier. We understand they will
be posted at Fort Wayne in Benton county, which is very near the State line.
This company is composed of the best material of Little Rock and
vicinity. On their departure they
were presented with a beautiful banner by Miss Juliet Langtree, in behalf of
herself and other young ladies, which was received by Lieut. James W. Finley of
the company. On presenting the banner Miss Langtree said:
"You
are about to leave your firesides, your friends and your homes, to do battle in
your country's cause. The peril of
war is upon us, and you are about to meet it.
The highest attribute of man is courage to defend the right.
Your cause is right—it is just; and may the 'God of battles' be with
you.
You
see that on this flag the 'stars and stripes' are less than on the old one, yet
it is the flag now waving over our southern homes—emblematic of southern
rights and defended by southern chivalry. Will
you surrender it? Will you not
rather die under its folds?
Remember
also, that while you are gone, you will not be forgotten.
Many a mother's and many a sister's heart will yearn after you while you
are toiling in the arduous campaign. In
the heat of day or the darkness of night, those you leave behind you will drop a
tear for the soldier, and offer up a prayer for his safety.
Take
then this flag and let your determination be like that of the Spartan mother's
advice when she presented her son with his shield: "Come home with it or come home on it."
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 30, 1861, p. 3,
c. 8
Danville, May 11, 1861.
Sir:--We
had a great day in Danville last Saturday—raised secession flag—raised a
volunteer company—elected C. L. Lawrence, captain; John Barksdale, 1st
lieutenant. Miss Huckaby presented
the "Yell Blues" a neat flag and made them a nice talk; Lieut. John
Barksdale received it with a complimentary speech. Yell is top side up, except Dr. C. and Dr. N.
We have a good and efficient home guard, T. W. Pounds head it.
Our mails from the Rock come semi-occasionally and will finally stop I
believe. Crops fine and health
good.
Fraternally
yours,
W. R. K.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 30, 1861, p. 3,
c. 8
From the Avalanche, May 16.
Farewell
to the Union.—The following letter, full of humor, by a friend of ours will
explain itself:
Little Rock, Ark., May 7, 1861.
Dear
Uncle Sam: It has devolved on me to
inform you of the loss [of] your big daughter, Arkansas. Her spirit took its flight yesterday; May 6th
instant, at 3 o'clock P.M. It left
its old and shattered tenement in which it was inclosed only to join her
departed sisters in a new and better land from which no true southerner ever
will return. We had her decently
interred. Her whereabouts can be
designated by the flag of the Southern Confederacy waving at her head, and a
prolific cotton plant at her feet. I
understand three more of your daughters are very ill—Missouri, Kentucky and
Maryland. The most skillful
physicians say they are laboring under a disease from which they never will
recover.
My
love to Aunt Jerusha, and tell her not to take on too much, for the gals are
happy now.
Your nephew, that was,
Red Shoulders
P.
S.—Tell your agent, Uncle Abe, I want him to split fifty thousand rails out of
his best timber, to build a partition fence to keep his stock from grazing on
the resting place of your departed daughters.
Our boys will be there with a skillful engineer (Uncle Jeff) to strike
the line and build the fence.
Yours, etc.,
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, June 6, 1861, p. 2, c. 3
Flag Presentation.
On Thursday last the ladies of Little Rock, represented by Miss Mattie
Faulkner, presented a beautiful flag to the cavalry regiment commanded by Col.
Thos. J. Churchill. The flag was
received on behalf of the volunteers, by Lieut-Colonel Matlock of the Jackson
county company.
The
Colonel made a very happy and appropriate impromptu address.
The
following is the address of Miss Faulkner:
Col. Churchill, Gentlemen, gallant volunteers, all hail!
and God bless you!
The
ladies of Little Rock, sympathising most heartily to your country's call, come
to hallow your paternal companionship and generous rivalry in deeds of valor and
patriotic devotion with woman's gratitude, prayers and benediction!
If
ever, in a righteous cause, men may draw the sword and with a good conscience,
fearlessly appeal to the final arbitrament of Almighty God—ever just and
wrong-avenging—that cause is ours and ye its brave defenders!
The
people of the Confederate States in repelling an unprovoked, inhuman, fiendish
invasion, are, at the same time, fighting the battle of humanity and justice,
and constitutional liberty. Well
may they esteem it a proud distinction from an overruling providence; and go
into the perilous conflict courageously, hopefully, and with a holy joy!
The
day, the hour for deeds of valor and self-sacrifice is come!
The lightning flashes of the daily telegram reveal beneath the sulphurous
cloud of water, the indignant sons of old Virginia, supported by their brethren
of the other Confederate States, rushing to the fore-front of the battle.—Soon
and signally will they avenge the pollution of her sacred soil.
Every insulting Ellsworth shall meet an avenging Jackson. He shall never cross the threshold of the cherished home of
Washington!
Ours,
too, is a frontier State; and while the gallant Fagan, with his worthy
associates, is upholding the home of Arkansas at a distant point, yours is the
still more responsible trust of protecting from base and ruthless marauders the
holy homes of mothers and sisters, of wives and children.
That
you may be ever reminded of these objects of your reverence and affection; and
of their gratitude and admiration, their unceasing prayers and benedictions, we
have made you this banner, and it is with pride and pleasure that I now commit
it, on their behalf, into your faithful keeping.
[Flag is Presented.]
Let it be borne aloft into the thickest of the fight—up to the highest
eminence of honor. Let the sight of
it animate and encourage you; nerving you in the hour of trial to the utmost
pitch of fortitude and courage!
Your
country calls you:
"On
ye brave
"Who rush to glory or the grave!
Wave, Churchill, this proud banner wave,
And charge with southern chivalry.
"Strike! till the last
armed foe expires;
Strike! for your altars and your fires;
Strike! for the green graves of your sires;
God and our southern home!"
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 30, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
Those
of our people who are compelled to stay at home and look after their crops and
other business should organize themselves into guerilla bands.
An invading army cannot stand a guerilla warfare.
Let us prepare to attack them from every hillside and mountain fastness;
from every thicket and hiding place, and we can decimate the greatest army the
enemy can march against us.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, May 30, 1861, p. 3, c. 1
From Conway County.
Lewisburg, May 25, 1861.
Messrs.
Editors: Our old and esteemed
fellow citizen, the Hon. Geo. W. Lemoyne, of Dardanelle, addressed the Conway
Mounted Rifles today at the Masonic Hall. A
large assembly of ladies and gentlemen were present. His effort was enthusiastic, eloquent and intensely
southern—few dry lids were to be found in the assembly.
The women of '61 in Lewisburg and vicinity have been at work night and
day making up the uniforms for the volunteers.
Three cheers for the ladies—always true, always patriotic.
At the conclusion of the address, the "soldier's response to
Dixie," by Lemoyne was sung with telling effect.
The Conway Rifles camped Monday at Lewisburg, and will be in readiness to
join Col. Churchill on his way to Ft. Smith.
May the God of battles prosper them.
W. L. M.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, June 13, 1861, p. 1, c. 2-3
Soldiers'
Health—Interesting Suggestions
and Recommendations.
The following article, on "Soldiers' Health," is
from Hall's New York Journal of Health. It contains much valuable information for both soldiers and
civilians:
1.
In an ordinary campaign sickness disables or destroys three times as many
as the sword.
2.
On a march, from April to November, the entire clothing should be a
colored flannel shirt, with a loosely-buttoned collar, cotton drawers, woolen
pantaloons, shoes and stockings, and a light colored felt hat, with broad brim
to protect the eyes and face from the glare of the sun and from the rain, and a
substantial but not heavy coat when off duty.
3.
Sun-stroke is most effectually prevented by wearing a silk handkerchief
in the crown of the hat.
4.
Colored blankets are best, and if lined with brown drilling the warmth
and durability are doubled, while the protection against dampness from lying on
the ground is almost complete.
5.
Never lie or sit down on the grass or bare earth for a moment, rather use
your hat--a handkerchief, even, is a great protection.
The warmer you are the greater need for this protection, as a damp vapor
is immediately generated, to be absorbed by the clothing, and to cool you off
too rapidly.
6.
While marching, or on other duty, the more thirsty you are the more
essential is it to safety of life itself, to rinse out the mouth two or three
times, and then take a swallow of water at a time, with short intervals.
A brave French general, on a forced march, fell dead on the instant, by
drinking largely of cold water, when snow was on the ground.
7.
Abundant sleep is essential to bodily efficiency, and to that alertness
of mind, which is all important to an engagement; and few things more certainly
and more effectually prevent sound sleep than eating heartily after sun-down,
especially after a heavy march or desperate battle.
8.
Nothing is more certain to secure endurance and capability of
long-continued effort, than the avoidance of everything as a drink except cold
water, NOT excluding coffee at breakfast. Drink
as little as possible of even cold water.
9.
After any sort of exhausting effort, a cup of coffee, hot or cold, is an
admirable sustainer of the strength, until nature begins to recover herself.
10.
Never eat heartily just before a great undertaking; because the nervous
power is irresistibly drawn to the stomach to manage the food eaten, thus
drawing off that supply which the brain and muscles so much need.
11.
If persons will drink brandy, it is incomparably safer to do so after
an effort than before; for it can give only a transient strength, lasting but a
few minutes; but as it can never be known how long any given effort is to be
kept in continuance, and if longer than the few minutes, the body becomes more
feeble than it would have been without the stimulus, it is clear that its use before
an effort is always hazardous, and is always unwise.
12.
Never go to sleep, especially after a great effort, even in hot weather,
without some covering over you.
13.
Under all circumstances, rather than lie down on the ground, lie in the
hollow of two logs placed together, or across several smaller pieces of wood,
laid side by side; or sit on your hat, leaning against a tree.
A nap of ten or fifteen minutes in that position will refresh you more
than an hour on the bare earth; with the additional advantage of perfect safety.
14.
A cut is less dangerous than a bullet wound, and heals more
rapidly.
15.
If from any wound the blood spurts out in jets, instead of a steady
stream, you will die in a few minutes, unless it is remedied; because an artery
has been divided, and that takes the blood direct from the fountain of life.
To stop this instantly, tie a handkerchief or other cloth very loosely
BETWEEN the wound and the heart; put a stick, bayonet, or ramrod between
the skin and the handkerchief, and twist it around until the bleeding ceases,
and keep it thus till the surgeon arrives.
16.
If the blood flows in a slow, regular stream, a vein has been pierced,
and the handkerchief must be on the other side of the wound from the heart; that
is, below the wound.
17.
A bullet through the abdomen (belly or stomach) is more certainly fatal
than if aimed at the head or heart; for in the latter cases the ball is often
glanced off by the bone, or follows around it under the skin; but when it enters
the stomach or bowels, from any direction, death is inevitable under all
conceivable circumstances, but in scarcely ever instantaneous.
Generally the person lives a day or two with perfect clearness of
intellect, often not suffering greatly. The
practical bearing of this statement in reference to the great future is clear.
18.
Let the whole beard grow, but no longer than some three inches.
This strengthens and thickens its growth, and thus makes a more perfect
protection for the lungs against dust, and of the throat against winds and cold
in winter, while in summer a great perspiration of the skin is induced, with the
increase of evaporation; hence, greater coolness of the parts on the outside,
while the throat is less feverish, thirsty and dry.
19.
Avoid fats and fat meat in summer and in all warm days.
20.
Whenever possible take a plunge into any lake or running stream every
morning as soon as you get up; if none at hand, endeavor to wash the body all
over as soon as you leave your bed, for personal cleanliness acts like a charm
against all diseases, always either warding them off altogether or greatly
mitigating their severity and shortening their duration.
21.
Keep the hair of the head closely cut, say within an inch and a half of
the scalp in every part, repeated on the first of each month, and wash the whole
scalp plentifully in cold water every morning.
22.
Wear woolen stockings and moderately loose shoes, keeping the toe and
finger nails always cut close.
23.
It is more important to wash the feet well every night than to wash the
face and hands of mornings, because it aids in keeping the skin and nails soft,
and to prevent chaffings, blisters, and corns, all of which greatly interfere
with a soldier's duty.
24.
The most universally safe position after all stunnings, hurts and wounds,
is that of being placed on the back, the head being elevated three or four
inches only, aiding more than any one thing else can do, to equalize and restore
the proper circulation of the blood.
25.
The more weary you are after a march or other work, the more easily will
you take cold, if you remain still after it is over, unless, the moment you
cease motion, you throw a coat or blanket over your shoulders.
This precaution should be taken in the warmest weather, especially if
there is even a slight air stirring.
26.
The greatest physical kindness you can show a severely wounded comrade is
first to place him on his back, and then run with all your might for some water
to drink; not a second ought to be lost. If
no vessel is at hand, take your hat; if no hat, off with your shirt, wring it
out once, tie the arms in a knot, as also the lower end, thus making a bag, open
at the neck only. A fleet person
can convey a bucketful half a mile in this way.
I've seen a dying man clutch at a single drop of water from the fingers'
end, with the voraciousness of a famished tiger.
27.
If wet to the skin by rain or by swimming rivers, keep in motion until
the clothes are dried, no harm will result.
28.
Whenever it is possible, do, by all means when you have to use water for
cooking or drinking from ponds or sluggish streams, boil it well, and when cool,
shake it, or stir it, so that the oxygen of the air shall get to it, which
greatly improves it for drinking. This
boiling arrests the process of fermentation which arises from the presence of
organic and inorganic impurities, thus tending to prevent cholera and all bowel
diseases. If there is no time for
boiling, at least strain it through a cloth, even if you have to use a shirt or
trouser leg.
29.
Twelve men are hit in battle dressed in red where there are only five
dressed in a bluish gray--a difference of more than two to one; green, seven;
brown, six.
30.
Water can be made almost ice cool in the hottest weather by closely
enveloping a filled canteen, or other vessel, with woolen cloth, kept
plentifully wetted and exposed.
31.
While on a march lie down the moment you halt for a rest.
Every minute spent in that position refreshes more than five minutes
standing or loitering about.
32.
A daily evacuation of the bowels is indispensable to bodily health, vigor
and endurance; this is promoted in many cases by stirring a teaspoonful of corn
(indian) meal in a glass of water, and drinking it on rising in the morning.
33.
Loose bowels, namely, acting more than once a day, with a feeling of
debility afterwards, is the first step towards cholera.
The best remedy is instant and perfect quietude of body, eating nothing
but boiled rice, with or without boiled milk; in more decided cases a woolen
flannel, with two thicknesses in front, should be bound tightly around the
abdomen, especially if marching is a necessity.
34.
To "have been to the wars" is a life-long honor, increasing
with advancing years, while to have died in defence [sic] of your country will
be the boast and the glory of your children's children.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, June 13, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
Fast
Day.—In compliance with the proclamation of President Davis, there will be
religious services in all the churches to-day (Thursday,) at 10½ or 11 o'clock.
Every business house, and every grocery in the place have agreed to close
up and suspend business for the day. It
will be one of the most quiet days Little Rock has witnessed for many a year.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, June 13, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
Pensacola,
which has loomed into importance in consequence of the proximity of the
contending hosts in its vicinity, is one of the most ancient towns on the
continent. Its inhabitants are
Dagoes, Americans and Spaniards of pure Castillian blood. The Spanish ladies are remarkable for their grace and beauty.
They are mostly tall and slender, and of perfect symmetry.—Their
complexion is fair, with hair of glossy blackness; their eyes large, black and
lustrous, full of vigor and fire; they dress mostly in black and with most
exquisite taste.—They congregate in large numbers every evening at the plaza,
to see the soldiers drill.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, June 13, 1861, p. 2,
c. 4
The
Arkansas Baptist has been suspended for want of payment on the part of its
subscribers. This is a disgrace to
the denomination and we hope they will soon pay up, and thus enable Elder Watson
to resume the publication of his paper.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, June 27, 1861, p. 2,
c. 8
Summary: Address by Mrs. Mary E.
Barr to the Saline Tornadoe [sic] Volunteers, June 15, 1861—no flag
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, June 27, 1861, p. 3,
c. 6
Little Rock, June 12th, 1861.
Editors True Democrat—
I
trust that you will allow me a small space in your very popular journal, to pay
tribute to the fair ones of Little Rock. Being a Tennessean, I trust I can appreciate real personal
merit and worth wherever I may find it. I
would just say to my Tennessee friends that Arkansas (and especially Little
Rock) is the place to get a wife.
Last
evening before the proud monarch of the universe was paying his last to
departing day, and while his brilliant smiles were casting a mellow light over
fair creation, the writer happened to wend his way down Main street as far as
the Theatre Hall, was invited by a kind friend up to where the ladies
were making uniforms for the volunteers.—There the matron and the maid
were busily engaged plying the needles and sewing machines for those who have
left their happy homes and scenes of pleasant associations to battle for their
country's cause.
Be all
praise to the mothers and daughters of Little Rock, of "noble
sires," in their present enterprise. There was a feeling that prevailed through the whole hall,
that we seldom witness at times like these—all seemed to pass off 'merry as a
marriage bell." There were a
throng of ladies, whose beauty, industry and high moral and social qualities,
that will challenge the world for a parallel. As I gazed upon that inspiring and enchanting scene, it did
make me feel as though I had passed from life to try the realities
of a fairer dream. A pleasant smile
seemed to play upon the countenance of all—every face appeared to be the
exponent of amiability and nobleness of soul.
"Young America," full of hope and promise, contributed much to
that gay assembly of fair matrons and lovely damsels.
Not a discontented spirit was there to mar the peaceful flow of
congenial hearts, in the replete merriment of the occasion.
But oh! I heard words like
these, as they escaped from the lips of mothers and sister:
My son and brother, go forth and defend your country.
Go, and may the God of battles guard you in the coming strife,
whilst you are struggling for the country that we love more than
life.
Go, and for our homes and freedom,
Bravely battle with the foe,
Nor for world's would we detain them;
With our hearts we bid you go.
If in
beholding this scene is not sufficient to inspire patriotism in the breast of
every one of Arkansas' proud sons to fight for his country, they must be like
the people in the days of Noah, "have ate and are drunken all the day long
and know not the enemy is invading our sacred soil."
The
ladies of Little Rock are among the prettiest and most accomplished that I have
ever had the pleasure of seeing. They
want no man for a husband that is not willing to enlist in the defence of his
country.
It is
very doubtful if I am permitted to visit that hall often, that it will be with
great reluctance that I go to the wars, for I think I can easily become
reconciled to my fate, (if it were to spend the remainder of my days in Little
Rock)—
For in glancing around my raptured eye
Upon such lovely forms as theirs,
I can but wish—must I sigh,
For names that will thrill through other days.
Oh! shall I climb so
high—who knows?
As to clasp hands with like those,
I'd think and feel myself the happiest man,
That ever lived or died in "Dixie's Land."
Very respectfully,
J.
D. P.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, June 27, 1861, p. 3, c. 6-7
Address to the Ashley Volunteers.
'Tis with a mingled feeling of pleasure and regret that I address this
brilliant array of Ashley's gallant sons. A
feeling of joy and pride awakes in our hearts a just appreciation of the bravery
and nobleness, by which you have been actuated in enrolling your names as
candidates for the battle field, since you march thither, to defend the sunny
South against the oppression and fanaticism of the North.
But a feeling of sadness pervades the soul, because many of our highly
esteemed friends will soon cease to gladden our little town with their
presence—the community will miss you—in vain will the mother watch for the
return of her darling boy—the wife shed tears for her absent husband—and the
sister sigh for the companionship of her brother; for you will be gone from our
midst.
Ashley
volunteers, what has prompted you to forego life's sweetest pleasures?
What has induced you to exchange the consecrated fireside, around which
the brightest associations cluster—for the field of battle, where you will
encounter so many hardships, and perchance, yield your lives in the struggle?
Duty calls, freedom leads the way, and patriotism, that same great
passion which fired the bosom of your ancient prototypes lures you on!
The
proclamation of war has startled the nation, and 'tis now time for every old man
to think profoundly—for every young man to act with a determined and patriotic
spirit! We sincerely hope that the
South holds not, in all her broad domain, a man who would have the face to live
in a country, "enjoy its immunities and privileges," and then refuse
to fight its battles. Notwithstanding
the discouragements interwoven with the contemplation of your undertaking, and
the great perils that must attend its completion—heed not the voice that would
charm you from it; but go forth in defence of your liberty!
The eye will soon learn to kindle at the sight of Lincoln's deluded
minions, and the heart will bound with delight, as the roar of the cannon and
the sound of the drum fall upon your ear.
The
presence of the ladies plainly indicate that woman is not indifferent to the
glorious cause in which you are determined to engage—although she does not
brave the cannon's deadly fire, and win the laurels of the conqueror.
No! She is proud to
know that there are hearts in the land patriotic enough to embark in it,
and heroic enough to face its mighty terrors without fainting.
Many such prayers as mingled with our infant liberties, will ascend in
your behalf, from the anxious, though hopeful hearts of faithful
mothers, devoted wives and affectionate sisters.
Their pure and sympathetic spirits will follow you to the field where the
battle is wildly raging; and what can better arm the heart to endure, and cause
it to be cheerful in the midst of danger and death!
Captain
Manning, in behalf of the ladies of Hamburg, I present to you and your gallant
company, this silken flag. 'Tis a
token of the confidence, with which we contemplate your energy and lofty
patriotism. Long may it wave!
Shield it from the accursed hand of tyranny, until the ruthless weapon of
the enemy shall sever the arm which bears it, from the body!
Though some may fall in the contest, the South must finally conquer; for
right and justice will prevail. Remember
that your liberty, your prosperity, "your social relations, your future
glory," and even your existence as a free and independent race are
endangered:
"God and our rights, it was their cry,
When your fathers of old went forth to die;
They conquered in death, and so shall we,
Men of the South, ne'er bend the knee!"
Stand
by that flag; 'tis the flag of the Confederate States of America!
May it bear the glad tidings of triumph and liberty, when it floats over
the nation in war! Then, when peace again sheds o'er our country her genial
dews—when you shall have returned as conquerors—the friends whom you now
leave in sadness, will greet you with tears of delight; your State will encircle
you with her praise—her sons will bring their tribute of honor—her daughters
will meet you with smiles of approval—and you will be hailed as energetic and
patriotic men! Your deeds will
remain as bright as "the stars in the dark vaulted heavens at night,"
and when the dust falls on your shroud, you will have living monuments in
grateful hearts that will not crumble to decay.
Annie E. Watson.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, June 27, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
From Scott County.
Boonville, Ark., June 3, 1861.
Editors True Democrat—
Sirs:
I think it nothing but right that I should publish in the columns of your
very estimable paper, a short synopsis of the proceedings of to-day at this
place. Mr. Wm. Gipson, (a high
minded gentleman and one that has a patriotic spirit in him as large as the
Rocky Mountains,) mustered sixty-four of Scott country's patriotic sons into
service; he intends taking them to the frontier to guard and protect our
firesides and families. This
beautiful body of soldiers were presented with a handsome flag by one of our
county's fairest daughters, Miss Kate Scott, who made a very animating
speech in behalf of our Southern Confederacy.
She bade our young men fight with a patriotic zeal—for their freedom
was depending upon this campaign, and then handed the flag to the 3d
lieutenant—a brave and patriotic man, and one that will hold it in the air as
long as the battle lasts, or as long as he keeps alive.)
The company then marched up through the streets that the inhabitants
might see what a brave and chivalrous company were going to march in defense of
their homes and firesides. . . .
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, June 27, 1861, p. 2,
c. 7
Gun-shot
wounds are not painful immediately, but become so by inflammation.
Their treatment is first to avoid a collapse, and this is to be done by
encouraging language, and if necessary, a little stimulant, administered with
care, as it may increase the inflammation.
The next thing is to stop the bleeding, by the application of pressure;
the next, to find out if any bone is broken and, if so, to steady it and place
it in a natural and comfortable position. After
this, a cold water dressing may be applied, though many surgeons are in favor of
a warm water fomentation, but we think their practice untenable, for cold water
removed inflammation by evaporation, and warm water may impart heat, instead of
removing it. In the case of a
slight injury, cold water dressings and rest of the muscles will complete the
case. For desperate wounds, the
subsequent treatment requires the skill of a Larrey or Abernethy.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 4, 1861, p. 1, c. 6
A Song for the
Arkansaw Boys.
By Lillian Montecalm.
On! on, in
haste brave volunteers!
And
fearless take your stand
Within the rear, and 'till you die
Fight
for the South'rn Land.
The stars and stripes still wave aloft
O'er
heads of warriors brave,
An emblem of the love they bear
The
land they'd die to save.
Jeff. Davis stands to give commands,
Win
ne'er expiring breath—
Delights to see the flashing sword,
Nor
fears the monster death.
Oh, God in mercy help the South,
And
give to her her rights,
To whip old Abe, the north'rn king,
And
hellish Lincolnites,
Who thought to bring 'neath their control,
Our
glorious southern band,
To subjugate or starve us out,
And
desecrate our land;
And hear him noble boys, nor bear
While
health your lives illume,
His threaten'd, old inebriate,
To rob
our father's tomb.
Then Davis on with musket, sword,
Until
the day you've won,
And honor, fame shall crown they name,
A
second Washington.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 4, 1861, p. 1,
c. 8
Molly
Pitchers in the South.—The N. Y. Day Book has seen a letter from a young lady
in that city, in which she says, "Be sure that there are many thousands of
Molly Pitchers in the South, who, if circumstances require, will be found on the
tented field defending our altars and our homes."
This allusion to Molly Pitcher brings to mind one of the most heroic
incidents connected with the history of our revolutionary war with Great
Britain.—The celebrated Molly Pitcher distinguished herself at the battle of
Monmoth, of which Headley, in his "Life of Washington," gives the
following account:
It was
during this part of the battle, (when Gen. Lee was struggling nobly against the
overwhelming numbers that pressed on him,) that an Irishman, while serving his
gun, was shot down. His wife, named
Molly, only twenty-two years of age, employed herself, while he loaded and fired
his piece, in bringing water from a spring near by.
While returning with a supply she saw him fall, and heard the officer in
command order the gun to be taken to the rear.
She immediately ran forward, seized the rammer, declaring that she would
avenge his death. She fought with
her piece like a hero to the last. The
next morning Greene, who had been struck with her bravery, presented her to
Washington, who immediately promoted her to a sergeant, and afterwards put her
name on the half-pay list for life. Previous
to this, she fired the last gun when the Americans were driven from Fort
Montgomery. At the close of the
revolution, Molly Pitcher took up her residence at Carlisle, where she was known
as Molly McCauley. She lived to an
advanced age, much respected by all, and was buried with military honors.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 4, 1861, p. 1,
c. 7
Summary: An Act of the General
Council of the Choctaw Nation, declaring itself free and independent,
unconditionally.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 4, 1861, p. 1,
c. 6
Summary: Message of the Principal
Chief of the Choctaw Nation.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 4, 1861, p. 2,
c. 3
The
Ladies of Little Rock.—When the tocsin of war was sounded throughout the land
none were more prompt to respond to their country's call than Arkansians, and
none in the State more prompt than the citizens of Little Rock and Pulaski
county. Pulaski county has
furnished and sent to the seat of war eight full companies, and the ladies of
Little Rock have worked night and day for months making uniforms, not only for
the soldiers of their own county, but for soldiers from all portions of the
State.
It is
not our purpose to speak in praise of one section of our State over another—we
believe all are alike devoted in this struggle for liberty and sanctity of our
hearthstones—but since an unjust and malicious report has been circulated to
the prejudice of the Little Rock ladies, it becomes us not only to correct it,
but to accord to the ladies their full merit.
It has been reported of them that they were paid for their work out of
the State treasury.—The report is false, and the originator of it a malicious
slanderers. What the ladies did,
and they did much, as thousands of soldiers will attest, was a free-will
offering to the State and its gallant defenders.—They labored night and
day—spent their time and their money—in equipping the many soldiers that
passed through our city on their way to the war, but they neither charged or
received one cent of remuneration for any service.
The report to the contrary was a cruel slander, and should be accordingly
denounced.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 4, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
Our
paper.—Newspapers, as well as other institutions, North and South, are
constantly succumbing to the storm, but the True Democrat still weathers it
bravely and securely. No matter at
what sacrifice to ourselves pecuniarily, we intend the True Democrat shall live
and issue regularly during the war; but while we so intend it is our purpose to
furnish it to no one who will not contribute his mite, at least to the amount of
his subscription. We may have to
decrease the size of our paper—we expect to be compelled to do so—but as our
advertising will be small during the prevalence of the war—we shall always be
enabled to furnish as much reading matter as we do with our present proportions.
Since
the commencement of the troubles between the North and the South, the increase
of our subscription list, with the subscription price always in advance, has
been unprecedented. In
north-eastern Texas alone we have received over two or three hundred subscribers
within the last six or eight weeks.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 4, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
Searcy Girls.
Many are the vicissitudes connected with the life of a soldier; but
occasionally in the midnight of his misfortunes, a ray from the sun of pleasure
illumes and cheers his heart—a ray, bright and brilliant from this sun shot
athwart my pathway at the hospitable little village of Searcy.
It was caused by the school girls of said village, and I have no language
adequate to express my heart-felt thanks to Miss E., who, in behalf of the
school, presented me with a beautiful flag with the very appropriate
inscription: "No Backing
Out." Glorious motto; and I
can safely say that it expresses the sentiments of every member of the
"Yellow Jacket Company," (of which I am a member.) Fair Flowers of Searcy, I in behalf of the Yellow Jackets,
thank you for the flag, and will pray even amid the din of battle, that each of
your path-ways through life may be strewn with flowers culled from the sweet
fields of unbroken peace and love, and when length of days shall have made you
tired of earth, may you find a sweet resting place in the Paradise of God.
S. M. Black.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 4, 1861, p. 1,
c. 5
Summary: Article on John Ross and
the Cherokee Nation.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 4, 1861, p. 3, c. 3
Hempstead County Davis Blues.
Resolved, That we tender a grateful acknowledgement of our
gratitude to our fellow citizens of Nashville and vicinity, for the well
provided barbecue they gave us on the occasions of our departure.
Resolved,
That we will cherish an unfading regard and warm esteem for the gentle ladies,
mothers and daughters, for the assiduity with which they labored to clothe the
Davis Blues with uniforms and other articles of clothing, thus setting a
praiseworthy example to succeeding generations, as did the mothers and daughters
of the old revolutionary age.
Resolved,
That the patriotic banner, with its inspiring inscription, "our rights or
death," given us by the hands of lovely beauty, will be cherished, and
under its stars and bars and colors we will meet our country's foes and by the
grace of God conquer or die.
Resolved,
That we tender our thanks to Hon. C. B. Mitchel for his appropriate and eloquent
address on the above occasion and that we solicit its publication.
Resolved,
That an acknowledgment of our thanks are due and are hereby publicly tendered to
many of the citizens of Pike, Hot Spring, and Saline counties, who appreciating
our motives, offered without money or price whatever was necessary for the
comfort of man or beast.
Resolved,
That we unanimously tender our thanks to Dr. J. H. Delaney for the careful,
diligent and successful treatment he has generously given the sick of our
company.
Resolved,
That we return our thanks to the wagoners for the kind and self-sacrificing
spirit they have manifested in bringing us to this place without cost.
Resolved,
That the above resolutions be published in the Little Rock and Washington
papers.
Joseph Neal, Capt.
D. M.
Cochran, Sec'y.
Arsenal
Grounds, Little Rock, June 26, '61.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 4, 1861, p. 3, c. 3
A Word to Mothers.
Consider it your religious duty to take outdoor exercise, without fail
each day. Sweeping and trotting
around the house will not take its place; the exhilaration of the open air and
change of scene are absolutely necessary. O,
I know all about "Lucy's gown that is not finished;" and "Tommy's
jacket," and even his coat, his buttonless coat thrown in your lap, as if
to add the last ounce to the camel's back; still I say up and out!
Is it not more important that your children in their tender years should
not be left motherless? and that they should not be born to that feeble constitution
of body which blight every blessing?
Let
buttons and strings to; you will take hold of them with more vigor and patience
when you return, bright and refreshed; and if every stitch is not finished at
just such a moment, (and it is discouraging not to be able to sympathize with
your labor, even with your best efforts,) still remember that 'she who hath done
what she could" is entitled to no mean praise. Your husband is undoubtedly the "best of men,"
though there are malicious people who might answer that that was not saying much
for him! Still he would never, to
the end of time, dream what you were dying of.
So except [sic] my advice and take the matter in hand yourself.—Fanny
Fern.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 4, 1861, p. 3, c. 8
Carroll County, Ark.
Capt. Smith—'Tis with feelings deep and thrilling that I come to-day to
present to you and your valiant company, a band of Arkansas' bravest best, the
flag (made by Miss Baily and myself) of the Southern Confederacy:
"The flag of the South, aye fling its folds
Upon the kindred breeze,
Emblem of dread to tyrant holds
Of freedom on the seas;
Forever may its stars and stripes,
In cloudless glory wave,
Red, white and blue, eternal types
Of nations true and brave."
Although
Arkansas has lacked the agility of some of her southern sisters in defying the
norther foe, she is none the less true to our fair land.
Not until "forbearance ceased to be a virtue," did she, proud,
liberty loving Arkansas, too true to herself to think of submission—too
loyal to crouch to oppression, rise in all her majesty and strength, sever
the chain which bound her to the tyrant's sway, and clamor for admission in the
Southern Confederacy. Gladly,
gladly, methinks did they welcome the "Young Cotton State" with her
noble and fearless heart, as another bright gem in the southern galaxy.
What, though the demagogues and fanatics of the North, exultingly and
unfeelingly talk of our subjugation—of conquering a people who never
knew subjection, (but who do know how to "die in duty's line,") to
us 'tis but as "sounding brass and tinkling cymbal."
Have they forgotten the brilliant display of southern valor and courage
on the gory battle fields of Buena Vista, Monterey and others? Or think they southern chivalry tarnished by the lapse of
years? If so, I fancy their spirits
will cower, when like Assyria's guilty monarch they read the "hand
writing on the wall"—valor, purity and truth; and while they read will
believe, and while believing, "fear and tremble."
Should the proud bird of liberty ere cease to nestle amid our hills that
lift their blue ridges up to the "storm king's home," or cease to flap
triumphantly its broad wings o'er our lovely valleys, smiling in perpetual
beauty? 'Twill be after the
graceful folds of this beautiful banner have mingled with the dust.
I feel assured that when it waves no longer in proud defiance, the last
of this gallant number shall have fallen, nobly fallen, on the "bosom of
our Sunny South."
"If there is on this earthly sphere,
A boon, an offering heaven bolds dear,
'Tis the last libation liberty draws
From the heart that bleeds and dies in her cause."
Strong
are the ties which bind you to home and friends—dear are the associations
which cluster around you, and those associations how intricably they are woven
with every fibre of your souls, then fain would you linger, but your country
calls and you go to "fight till the last armed foe expires."
Go, and on this banner which I now present you may victory perch e're you
return—take for your motto: "Aut
vincere aut mori." May the
"God of the South" protect you, and may you all live to see the dark
clouds of the present disappear and that bow of golden promise which rose upon
our revolutionary sires, once more span the Heavens.
May you live, not only to enjoy the blessings of a prosperous
Confederacy, but may wreaths, immortal wreaths, be woven with Fame's bright
garlands "to tell the world your worth."
Joe Wright.
Capt. Smith's Response.
Miss Wright—Permit me in behalf of the company that I represent and
myself, to receive at your hands this banner—this patriotic testimonial of the
generous impulses that prompted the heart and hands that gave beauty and grace
to the folds of this emblem of our glorious country.
Whenever and wherever the interest of my country shall demand me and my
men, there shall its beautiful folds wave in testimony of the patriotism of her
who gave it and of the loyalty of the fair daughters of Arkansas.
And as you, Miss Wright, said in your address to me and my brave
volunteers, Arkansas, though among the last to give up the (once glorious)
Union, is none the less true to the Confederate States.
And allow me further, in behalf of the brave and noble sons of our
"young cotton State," to assure you that not until the last man of
this company is writing in the dust from the stroke of our enemy, shall this
emblem of your respect for me and my brave fellows be trailed to the ground.
Accept the gratitude of this company for this token of respect and
esteem, and when the toils of war shall have ended, may we be permitted to enjoy
a peaceful and happy country, one thoroughly purged of abolitionism and
tyranny. May we be allowed not only
to return to a happy country, but may we return to you this beautiful banner
without a single taint of a dishonorable act.
John Smith.
Searcy
Eagle copy.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July11, 1861, p. 1, c. 4
Presentation of a
Flag to Hot Springs
Rifle Company.
By Miss Ann Bennet, on behalf of the Ladies of
Ouachita and surrounding townships.
Messrs. Editors—Saturday, June 22d, was one of the days long to be
remembered in the traditionary [sic] legends of our hitherto quiet ridge, viz:
Dividing Ridge.
Some
time since, it was supposed that the ladies here would present a flag to our
volunteers, on the above day. At an
early hour a large number of our citizens were collected at the Primitive
Baptist Church, (Macedonia) around which an extensive arbor was erected for the
ladies.
The
volunteers being formed into line, the fair oratoress advanced, bearing the flag
of the Confederate States, and on behalf of the ladies, who surrounded her,
delivered one of those soul stirring and animating addresses, which reminded us
of the female courage of our revolutionary times, and like the men of that time,
we determined in our souls, and with our fair oratoress, that with our
honor, and our last droop [sic] of blood, we would defend that flag, as the
ensign of our liberty and our rights. I have rarely, indeed, never have I seen more enthusiasm
displayed by our citizens; nor do I wonder at it, every thing around tended to
that result. The yound lady who
addressed us, is one of those captivating angels of earth—her beautifully
proportioned figure, a charming and bewitching face and highly cultivated
mind—her voice and style of delivery, soft, easy and impressive.
The
address of Miss Bennet was responded to on behalf of the volunteers, by our own
gifted orator, Col. Gantt. After
complimenting the fair one who preceded him, he addressed the crowd of beauty
and fashion, which surrounded her, assuring them on the part of the volunteers,
that their lives and their honor were freely pledged to protect their sex from
violence and suffering, as well as to defend their country's rights—that every
volunteer was a cavalier in that particular; at this stage of his remarks, he
was interrupted by a shower of boquettes [sic] from the ladies, to which he
replied in those touching, softening expressions, so peculiar to himself, and so
sensitively felt by the female heart.
Our
talented orator next entered on the absorbing subject of the day, viz:
our present difficulties as a nation.
He ranged over volume after volume of the histories of nations, which had
risen, fallen and passed away; traced the basis on which society was formed,
applying his views and arguments with a master mind.
He traced the construction of our once happy government, as to its
compacts, social and political, and the inroads made by a corrupt class of
politicians, up to the present time. His
metaphors, his train of reasoning and argument were so eloquent and convincing,
and so powerful was the effect upon those present that few of either sex could
refrain from shedding tears.
Messrs.
Editors, Col. Gantt is a young man, you doubtless know him better than I do; a
few of our gamblers in politics may try to crush his rising greatness, but we,
the people, who alone make great men greater, will yet place him where his
talents, as an orator and a statesman, will be a blessing to the nation.
Often during his discourse did I wish that old Abe Lincoln and Seward
were present, that they might be convinced and return to their corrupt
coadjutors, to inform them that the eloquent Gantt was our orator, that his
convincing eloquence was too clear and powerful to withstand any longer.
They would also see in the determined countenance of her brave
volunteers, that they are men determined to do battle to the death for the cause
of our country, and that nothing short of victory can satisfy them.
They
could tell the old warrior, Gen. Scott, sir, they are just such brave fellows as
fought under you at Chepultapec, and under Taylor at Buena Vista.
During the proceedings, at proper intervals, volleys were fired by the
volunteers by platoons, and our anvil artillery made the hills and valleys
resound with its thunder.
K.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July11, 1861, p. 2, c. 2
Dixie.
The Mobile Register demurs to the correctness of the N. O. Delta's
statement, attributing a northern or Manhattan origin to this stirring national
air. Every body who has lived among
southern negroes has long heard the air in their corn songs and boat songs.
As long ago as N. T. Willis made a tour South, his ear caught its rich
melody poured forth from the lips of a sturdy gang of boat hands, to the words
of
"Oh dont you see the Emperor coming,
Oh ho! Oh ho!"
The slight difference of metre needs no explanation to those familiar with the
manner in which negroes manage their melodies.
Now this same tune, familiar to negro boat hands from New Orleans to
Pittsburg, has been adopted as a vehicle for their expression of preference for
the South over the North, and they take no little pleasure in sassing
"Ohio niggers" and white men too, with invidious comparisons between
the two. Pet names have always
existed and always will, and we might naturally suppose that as the Virginian
spoke of old "Shortgrass" and the North Carolinian of "Old
Rip," the southern negroes would pick up or adopt some name for the region
which they love, the Mecca to which their longing eyes turn when misfortune or
error has given them to the shivering hard hearted North.
We have it on satisfactory authority that this country has long been
called by them in this fashion "Dixie" or "Dixon's land" as
the short for Mason and Dixon's land. What
Mason and Dixon's line may be they dont know, but they have always heard it
associated with the South.
This
we believe is the origin of Dixie.—The rapidity with which it took when heard
in its present form throughout the South is remarkable. It had come home to live.
The melody had been wandering about in the northern land, seen how things
were tending, and that that was not its place, so turned southward and as it
passed upon the breeze, whispered in every southern ear and every southern heart
that in less than a year we should have ourselves to ourselves, our own songs,
our own flag, our own home; every thing our own, in which no Samaritan should
henceforth claim part or parcel, name or kindred.
It was the harbinger of the good time coming.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 11, 1861, p. 2,
c. 3
We are
indebted to Mr. J. D. Butler for some envelops and note paper with the
confederate flag and the picture of President Davis, handsomely printed on them.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July11, 1861, p. 3,
c. 6
The
Heroines.—The two loyal women who at the peril of their lives from hired
enemies and home traitors, escaped from the black republicans at Grafton, to cry
to our troops at Phillippi: "To
your arms, O! Israel! the enemy are
upon you!" are now at the Virginia Hotel, in Stanton, refugees from their
homes. Had the commanders at
Phillippi been made of such stuff as these fair ones are, the surprise and
stampede which took place, and which nothing but fighting to the death on the
part of the retreating troops can atone for, never would have
happened.—Staunton (Va.) Vindicator.
The
Richmond Dispatch, of the 17th instant, announces the arrival of
these heroic ladies in that city. They
had an interview with Governor Letcher, who requested them to make the executive
mansion their home during their stay in the city.
A
letter received in this city also alludes to these heroines, and we have been
kindly permitted to publish the subjoined extract on the subject.
The spirit of 76 is till alive, and the mothers and daughters of the
South are as true, as patriotic, and as brave to-day as their ancestors were in
the "times which tried men's souls."
Who
can doubt the result of this contest, when the women are emulating the men in
deeds of daring and in devotion to their Southern homes? All honor to the daughters of Virginia—the heroines of
Phillippi.
But to
the extract:
"Staunton, Va., June 14, 1861.
"There
are many beautiful young ladies here, who add much to our pleasure—among them
are two young heroines, who arrived day before yesterday.
They resided in the north-western part of the State.
Nearly all the inhabitants were our enemies, and when the hirelings of
Lincoln invaded the State, not a man who saw them moved to arrest their
progress. These two young ladies, knowing that our soldiers at
Phillippi were in danger, mounted their horses and alone in a heavy rain, rode
forty-two miles to warn our soldiers of their approach.
They then rode to this place, (Staunton), riding on horseback a distance
of one hundred and fifty-two miles, and then gave their horses to two soldiers
who were going to fight the enemy. The
black republicans have offered a reward of twenty-two thousand dollars for these
two rebel ladies. A party was given
them last night, and the officers of our regiment invited; we went and had a
delightful time. The young ladies
were there and the officers of our regiment promised that they would defend the
two young heroines, and elect them daughters of the regiment.
I was surprised to find them well educated ladies—and not, as we
supposed, plain country girls."
The
names of these ladies are: Miss
Mollie McLeod and Miss Abbie Kerr.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 18, 1861, p. 1,
c. 5
Ultimathule, Ark., July 3d, 1861.
Messrs.
Editors: The Sevier County Star
company, after several ineffectual efforts to get into service, left this place
on yesterday for Fort Smith. . . . They are armed with the Minnie Muskets that
were sent to this county in accordance with an act of the last
legislature—they are a most excellent weapon, and are in the hands of good and
true men; and should an opportunity present itself, you will hear a good report
from these boys. . . . The company is uniformed with a light blue suit, and when
on parade or the battle field will compare favorably with any in the State.
Annexed
you will find a list of the officers and privates of the "Star
Company."
Camillus.
John G. McKean,
Captain,
John P. Stroud, 1st Lieutenant,
James H. Hopson, 2d "
Felix McKean, 3d
"
. . . . .
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 18, 1861, p. 1, c. 8
Military Barbacue [sic] & Flag Presentation.
Messrs. Editors True Democrat:--Knowing that you are ever fond of hearing
of the patriotism of your country, send
you for publication an account of the militia barbacue [sic] of Gray township.
The
barbacue [sic] to the militia of Gray township came off on the 6th
inst., at the residence of Dr. Craft. This
was a brilliant affair. There were
quite a number of persons present, not only from the adjoining townships, but
from the adjoining counties.
The
patriotic mothers and daughters who had come forth to lend their smiles and
their approbations composed about one-third of the assembled multitude.
Capt.
Bennett's company of militia was called on parade at ten o'clock; and after a
short time spent in drilling, were discharged, when the Home Guard of Gray
township was paraded, and after a very short exercise, were marched in single
file, encircling the stand, where they received in silence a beautiful flag of
the Southern confederacy, also encircled by eleven of old Gray's fair daughters
representing the eleven southern States in the following order:
Miss
S. E. Ferguson, represented South Carolina.
" Frances
Malone, "
Georgia.
" Henrietta
Nicholas "
Alabama.
" Laura
Ferguson, "
Florida.
" Panina
Maggart, "
Texas.
" Cloe
Beall,
"
Arkansas.
" M.
C. Thrailkill,
"
Mississippi.
" Mary
Martin,
"
Virginia,
" S. Dodson,
"
Tennessee,
" H. Killingsworth,
"
Louisiana.
Miss
Cloe Beall was next introduced as the representative of the State of Arkansas,
who in an appropriate manner, and in the name of Gray township, presented to the
Guards of said township, a beautiful flag.
Miss Beall said—
We
give this to you, untouched but by the delicate fingers of your mothers, your
wives, and your sisters—unfurled but by the gentle zephyrs of your own sunny
clime. We give it to you with
confidence, for we know, that its ample folds will ever shadow as true hearts as
ever throbbed in the breast of mortals," etc. etc.
It was
a well timed and appropriate address for the occasion. At the close of the address she presented the flag to Mr.
James M. Stovall, who received it in behalf of the Gray Township Guards.
Mr. Stovall delivered quite an interesting address.
After returning his thanks to the fair daughters of Gray township for
their patriotism, he spoke fluently and eloquently on the present crisis of our
country, briefly stating the causes and reasons, justifying the southern States
in "withdrawing themselves from a compact wholly disregarded, wherein
corruption and fraud reigned triumphant over reason, truth and justice."
He closed with an appeal to the young men, which was beautiful and
eloquent; giving undoubted testimony that true patriotic blood flowed in his own
veins.
Col.
T. F. Murff being called on, addressed the audience in a few brief remarks.
Dinner
was then announced as being ready; the ladies were first marched to the table,
followed by the gentlemen, where was found a neat barbacued [sic] dinner,
together with various kinds of vegetables, etc.
I say
in honor to old Gray, that this affair was one hardly to be surpassed.
I had
forgotten to say that Capt. Geal's [?] company of cavalry were present.
The exercises ended in peace and quietude.
Yours
truly,
One Present.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 18, 1861, p. 3,
c. 7
In
publishing the following, the request of committees for the publication of the
addresses is omitted, as containing no general interest:
Flag Presentation
at Sulphur Rock,
Independence County.
My Gallant Countrymen—
With
deep and soul-felt pride I behold the brave and self-sacrificing spirit
displayed by you who are among the first to march from our beloved home to the
battle field, in defence of southern independence.
In behalf of the ladies of Sulphur rock, I present to you this proudly
waving banner of our southern land. Will
it not return to us with a halo of liberty gleaming from its sacred folds, to
float once more proudly and unmolested in the balmy breezes of the south,
bearing the history of many a gallant deed of those who fight beneath it?
Hope whispers, it will.
I
believe this flag waves over not a timid heart, and that ere it goes down on the
field of battle to trail in the dust, the last of the brave "Pike
Guards" will rest in death from the fierce struggle for liberty.
The cause of justice and truth is ours, and the great Ruler of events
will exert his omnipotent arm in our defense if we will but trust him.
We cheerfully yield up our patriotic brothers and sons to stand by the
side of others of the south, to fight bravely for the homes and liberties of our
native land. To offer up so
precious a sacrifice upon our country's altar, is a privilege rather than a
bereavement; and instead of repining and lamenting your absence, or deploring
the hardships of your campaign, we will rather rejoice that the fire of liberty
burns brightly in your bosoms, that you are willing to sacrifice your lives for
your country's welfare and glory. We
feel assured that you will not for one moment be known to quail or falter; that
you will ever be the same bold and unflinching heroes.
Hard, indeed, will it be to nerve the heart for the last farewell, to
obey duty's stern decree; gladly would we linger near you forever; but this
cannot be. Go, then, bravely in
discharge of your duty to your country, wives, mothers, and sisters, and when in
battle's trying hour, remember that there are loving friends daily offering up
prayers for your safety and success.
May
the God of love be with you, to protect you from danger, to nerve your gallant
heart for the stern conflict, and crown your efforts with liberty and peace,
while loving and anxious friends await to welcome your joyous and happy return.
Response of Capt. John H. Dye [?—tear and smudge]
Miss Mollie T. Jernigan, and Ladies of Sulphur Rock and Vicinity—Permit
me, in behalf of the "Pike Guards, to acknowledge the receipt of your
beautiful, and by us, long-to-be-remembered banner—and whilst it has never
been my happy lot to witness the presentation, much less acknowledge the
reception of one, yet the assemblage of the intelligent and vast audience
convinces me that they too, as well as myself, feel that this is no ordinary
occasion. This universal out-turn
of feeble matrons and aged sires, leaning upon their staffs, associated with and
surrounded, as they are, by all the youth and beauty of the land, and in whose
every countenance was depicted an intense anxiety to hear your feeling charge
and eloquent address to us, in behalf of an injured and outraged people, has
conjointly, I must confess, overwhelmed me with emotions, both of feeling and
duty, which the language of this feeble heart and faltering tongue is inadequate
to express. And in attempting a
feeble response, my mind is necessarily driven back to the early history of our
country; to the scenes and incidents with which, perhaps, many of this audience
are more familiar than myself. . . .
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 25, 1861, p. 1, c. 5
An Arkansas Farewell.
"Persimmons, jr." in the Spirit of the Times, gives an account
of the parting of Old Ben Winnie, of Arkansas, with his son Joe, who was leaving
home for business in Texas. The old
man was accustomed to deal in eucherism, and his discourse is enlivened by
similies [sic] that the smoking car passengers on some of our longest local
railway trains will understand. Thus
the story runs.
In
course of time Uncle Winnie's eldest son, a boy of some eighteen years of age,
was most unexpectedly invited to what was then the new country of Texas.
A distant relative, who desired an assistant, offered great inducement,
and Winnie, jr., a chip of the old block, and a real honor to Arkansas, made his
preparation for the first time to leave home.
His mother treated the thing a good deal as mothers do, and filled up the
time before his departure with crying, packing up a trunk, and making "cake
fixins."
Old
Winnie took a most grasping and philosophical view of the matter.
He remarked that life was a pack of cards, and that your success depended
upon how they were dealt out. He
said he knew fellows who never could get above a four spot, and never enough of
them to make more than a pair. He'd
knowed others, again, who always had their hand full of queens and aces; and
even if the deal runs low, they would get two pairs, or three duces, and war
even better in this case than picters. In
short, Uncle Winnie said some men had luck; play as they would, they could not
in fact, help winning, whether they sot down with green ones or took a shy at
the tiger.
At
last the "boy" was about to take his departure; his mother gave him
her last kiss, and her most fervent blessing, and Uncle Winnie accompanied him
to the wagon that was to take him to the steamboat landing. The moment of leaving came; he had held up wonderfully all
through the preliminaries, but now his heart was too full, and he broke out as
follows:
"Bob
you are about to leave home for strange parts.
You're going to throw me out of the game and go it alone.
The odds is agin you, Bob; but remember always that industry and
perseverance are the winning cards; they are the 'bowers.'
"Book
learning and all that sort of thing will do to fill up with, like small trumps,
but you must have the bowers to back 'em, else they aint worth shucks.
If luck runs agin you pretty strong, don't cave in and look like a sick
chicken on a rainy day, but hold your head up and make 'em believe you're flush
of trumps; then they wont play so hard agin you.
"I've
lived and traveled around some,
Bob, and I've found out that as soon as folks thought you held a weak hand,
they'd buck agin you strong. So
when you're sorter weak, keep on a bold front, but play cautious; be satisfied
with a pint. Many's the hand I've
seen euchered 'cause they played for too much.
"Keep
your eyes well skinned, Bob; don't let 'em 'nig on you; recollect the game lays
as much with the head as with the hands. Be
temperate—never get drunk, for then, no matter how good your hand, you won't
know how to play it—both bowers and the ace won't save you, for there's sartin
to be a 'misdeal,' or something wrong. And another thing, Bob," (this was spoken in a low tone,
and in Bob's ear,) "don't go too much on the women; queens is kinder poor
cards; the more you have of 'em the worse for you; you might have three, and
nary trump. I don't say discard 'em
all; if you get hold of one that's a trump, its all good, and thar's sartin to
be one out of the four.
"And
above all, Bob, be honest; never take a man's trick wot don't belong to you; nor
'slip cards' nor 'nig,' for then you can't look your man in the face; and when
that's the case there's no fun in the game; 'its a regular cut throat.'
So now, Bob, farewell; remember what I tell you, and you'll be sure to
win, and if you don't, serves you right to get skunked!"
Old
Winnie's feelings now overcame him, and, with tears in his eyes he concluded:
"Good-bye
agin, Bob, and god bless you! Be a
man, and do honor to your native State, and never be so mean as to run for the
legislature, or try to get into Congress; to do either is worse than keeping a
sweat-cloth at a mule race, or thimble-rigger at a negro camp-meeting."
Here
the old man fell upon Bob's neck, and the two wept together and parted.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 25, 1861, p. 1,
c. 6
For the True Democrat.
Calhoun Bear Hunters.
Just stand aside ye Lincoln men,
With
abolition airs—
Amid your ranks of "upper ten,"
Make
room for Calhoun Bears;
We joined not in the great eclat,
Inauguration
day,
But offer now the shaggy paw,
In
friendship or the fray.
But offer now the shaggy paw,
In friendship or in fray.
We're used to reptiles of the swamp—
We've
hunting shirts and knife;
Can teach you all a waltzing jump,
The
heel and toe for life;
His excellence, the negroe's [sic] friend,
We'll
honor with a ball—
On diplomatic errand send,
To
Nickdom's sultry hall.
On diplomatic errand send,
To Nickdom's sultry hall.
We've heart aslant of Daniel Boone,
With
dog and rifle true;
We play his dirge in backwood's tune,
Upon
the yauger too;
So stand aside ye Lincoln men,
With
abolition airs,
And 'mid your ranks of "upper ten,"
Make
room for Calhoun Bears.
And 'mid your ranks of "upper ten,"
Make room for Calhoun Bears.
G. Zelotes Adams.
The Hut, Arkansas.
For the True Democrat.
The Moro Greys.
(Sung to the Air of Ossian's Serenade.)
Sons of the South, go boldly forth,
The
God of Battles be your shield!
Show lank marauders of the North,
The
Southron's prowess in the field;
As beats the rock the ocean's wave,
Back
to the ever murm'ring deep,
Drive superstition's frenzied slave,
From
soil where our forefathers sleep!
Chorus--
To arms! the battle call
rends the sky,
The lid must close to many an eye;
But the life beyond all rapture will be,
To those who die for liberty!
Our homes endeared by many a tie,
The
legacy of honest toil—
Bright as the azure arching sky,
That
bends above our cherished soil,
To souls that dare and hands that do,
Look
fondly now for sheltering ward—
Defend them from the ingrate foe,
From
harm each anxious inmate guard.
Chorus--
Our trust in dangers stormy hour,
Centers
in blood sprung from our own,
Who doubts our right may brook our power,
We
yield, but yield to death alone;
Sons of our balmy southern skyes, [sic]
Gird
on the patriot's glorious mail,
And where the bullet swiftest flies,
Our
new Confederation, hail!
Chorus—
G.
Zelotes Adams.
The Hut, Arkansas.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 25, 1861, p. 2, c, 3
An Appeal to the Women of Arkansas.
It has been wisely suggested by a contemporary that the patriotic women
of the country should knit socks for the volunteers.
In
addition to this we beg leave to call the attention of the true hearted women of
the country to some other points.
There
will be, if the war continues, a scarcity of blankets, woolen cloth, flannel,
etc. These our soldiers will need.
As regards blankets, each family can spare some.
Those who stay at home can use counterpanes and comforts.
The latter are easily and cheaply made, are warm and will supply the
places of blankets in the house.—Let the ladies, or to use a better and nobler
word, the women, set about making comforters for their beds, and be enabled to
send blankets to the army. Except
in cases of sickness, the use of blankets in the houses can be dispensed with.
There
are a great many sheep in almost every county in the State. Every pound of wool should be saved, spinning wheels and
looms brought into use and the wool made into yarn and cloth.
We will need every hard that can be woven.
Jeans and linsey will be the fashion for years to come.
Which county in the State can turn out the most homespun cloth and socks?
Pulaski county will do her share.
Our
volunteers will need woolen under garments.
So these are warm and thick, they will not care about their
fineness.—Our State is to clothe the troops transferred to the Confederate
service. Those who have relatives
in the army can prepare these and by tying them up in neat bundles, with plain
directions have them forwarded to their son, husband or brother.
A central point in each county can be designated as a place of deposit
for this clothing, and the proper State authority will take steps to have them
conveyed to their destination.
We beg
our brethren of the press to call the attention of their readers to this.
Let us go back to the good old times when the hard and horny hand was the
only badge or sign of true nobility; when we wore clothes of our own manufacture
and were a happier people. Set your
carding machines, the spinning wheels and looms at work.
No matter if the piano is closed and dancing lessons neglected. There is brave music in the hum of the spinning wheel and the
clicking of the loom. And the
exercise in performing these labors brings roses to the cheeks and light to the
eyes of our maidens.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 25, 1861, p. 2,
c. 5
Confederate
Loan.—We see from the subscription list that Mrs. Elizabeth R. Wright, of this
city, has subscribed the liberal amount of four hundred bales of cotton to the
confederate loan. Mrs. Wright
represents one of Arkansas' oldest and noblest families; one that has ever stood
high among the honored and cherished of the State, and its old honor and renown
will surely gather a yet a fairer lustre from the unselfish devotion of its
patriotic daughter.
Thus
it is with the glorious women of the South.
Fearlessly, gloriously they have offered themselves to their country.
The laughing maiden, the busy mother and the mourning widow have vied in
their efforts to advance our cause. Day
by day, and night by night, they have toiled at the work until an army of
heroes, clothed by beauty, grace and worth, stand forth, as did Achilles on the
Trojan plain, invincible. And
throughout our land the spirit of the Switzer's wife is heard crying—
"We xhall not be opprest,
No we
must rise upon our own southern sod,
And
man must arm and woman call on God."
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 25, 1861, p. 2,
c. 5
Quitman, Arkansas.
Mr.
Editor—On Tuesday, the 9th inst., the people of Quitman and
vicinity made a dinner in honor of the Quitman Rifle Company, commanded by Capt.
A. R. Witt, consisting of 95 men, 11 of which are from Conway county.
On the
occasion Miss Rachel P. Billings presented the company a flag, with a very
patriotic address, which was received by the captain, who made a very
appropriate response. After which
we had the pleasure of listening to the patriotic strains of eloquence,
delivered by Rev. P. W. Stark. On
the day following the company took up their line of march for Fayetteville.
A Citizen.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 25, 1861, p. 2,
c. 5
From
the Choctaw Nation.—The National Register, a spirited paper published at Boggy
Depot and ably edited by J. H. Smith, says the crops in that section are
abundant. Wheat, rye, oats, barly
[sic], are all fine and gave a handsome yield, and corn was never more
promising. We clip the following
from that paper:
"A
company of 80 or 100 men was organized here yesterday, consisting mostly of
Choctaws; they paraded in our streets and then proceeded to the election of
officers. A flag is being presented
to them, as we go to press; they will march for the scene of action to-day, if
our information is correct. They
are a fine looking set of men, and if old Lincoln would have seen them, marched
up in front, singing an Indian war-song, he would have trembled in his boots.
We
learn that the following named gentlemen have been selected:
Captain,
E. Dwight.
1st
Lieutenant, E. Fulsom.
2d
" B.
Simonds."
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 25, 1861, p. 2, c. 6
From our own
Correspondent.
From the Seat of War in Virginia.
Richmond, July 9th, 1861.
Notwithstanding
the oppressively warm weather, the city of Richmond presents a stirring and
lively appearance. There is great
activity in the various departments of the newly formed government, particularly
those of the war and navy, and their subordinate branches, the quartermaster's
and commissary's departments. There
are several large encampments in the purlieus of the city, where fresh troops
are drilled and made acquainted with the rotine [sic] of a soldier's life.
The drill masters of the raw recruits are generally the cadets of the
State Military Academy at Lexington, who, I understand, receive $30 a month for
their services. Some of these
cadets are mere boys, yet their education admirably fits them for the office of
instructors of tactics. Recently a
company of about 100 stalwart mountaineers passed my window under charge of a
lad of about fourteen years old—there were some in the ranks old enough to be
his grand-father, and yet the men obeyed him and seemed to improve vastly under
his instruction. He was tied to a
sword almost as long as himself, and with a penny-trumpet voice gave out the
word of command with all the stern dignity of a veteran.
That boy is the son of a lieutenant of the Public Guard, and has a fine
company of juveniles under his command, whom he calls the Junior Home Guard, for
the protection of the city. He will
be a general some of these days. . . .
Quod.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 25, 1861, p. 3, c. 6
A Word or Two About Dixie.
Mr. Editor: A dispute has
arisen as to whether the song of "Dixie" be of northern or southern
origin. Dixie's land, it has been
asserted, was in the North; on Manhattan Island, Long Island or New Jersey.
This is probably true, and as the slaves were removed and carried South,
they naturally pined for their old home. In
much the same way originated the song of "Carry me back to old
Virginia."
Some
fifteen or eighteen years ago, I remember a favorite game or play of the boys in
Virginia.—It was called "Dixie's land." A piece of ground, a square or circle, was marked out and
Dixie took his stand in the middle. Each
boy was required to get upon this square or circle and stand there, while he
said:
"I'm on Dixie's land,
And Dixie aint at home;
Dixie's men have ran away,
And Dixie's wife is gone."
If Dixie succeeded in touching him, he became one of Dixie's men and helped to
catch others, till all were caught and the play ended.
The
negroes had frequent references to Dixie and Dixie land in their songs at that
period as negroes here from Virginia or Tennessee have to those States.
All
this would seem to show, that the song is of southern origin; a rude ditty
chanted by exiles, that has gradually assumed its present shape.
F. F. V.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 25, 1861, p. 3, c. 6
From Independence County.
Sulphur Rock, Ark., June 28, 1861.
. . . And what I say of ourselves would be but a just tribute to the whole
county. It would do you good to see
our home guard drilling—our oldest citizens who have fought in other
wars—donned now with their striped breeches and cockade hats, marching with
the same enthusiasm and alacrity of their youthful companions, some of whom are
not one-fifth their age. These
venerable and venerated patriots can many of them rake a deer down at speed, at
a hundred and fifty yards distance, with their double barrel guns—whilst their
twelve year old companions can at an off-hand shot burst a squirrel's eye when
in the top of our tallest timber. With
the certainty of encountering over and over again, at least ten thousand such
troops, well mounted for every fifty miles of our country invaded, what sized
army would it require to successfully march through our country with such a
force in a guerilla warfare? If
such an army as Napoleon's host in Russia, and who were soldiers, is not large
enough—their fate should furnish them warning.
Well I
started out to tell you some thing about the Pike Guards—but not expecting a
better opportunity though I would stop and praise ourselves a little, and in my
haste forgot to tell you to put your finger down when I said the Pike Guards
were not then fully organized, and I will now say that these other circumstances
narrated rather augmented than abated the efforts to organize that company.
Preparations having been made for purchase of goods for uniform,
equippage, etc., the patriotic ladies (God bless them) by appointment met at the
church house at this place, and with their sewing machines and their little
fingers made up nearly all their uniforms, what was not finished they took home
and finished and brought back to this place on the 13th, the day of
rendezvous, when each soldier donned himself in soldier's clothes, and formed
into line and marched to the church house, where they in company with us all,
listened to Rev. J. Williams, who preached one of the most feeling, though war
like discourses I have ever heard—text the 20 verse, 2d chapter of Joel—and
handled it, in my judgment, in an able and masterly style.
After which the company was again formed into line and marched to the
grove at the spring, where the ladies had spread an abundance of the
substantials and delicacies of life for supper (with enough left for breakfast
and to last them to Smithville) which they had cooked and brought with them,
taking supper themselves with the volunteers.
And according to previous appointment, again met next morning (as did
almost every body else) to witness the presentation of a beautiful flag,
prepared by the same lovely hands which had done so much for them heretofore.
The
flag was presented by Miss Mollie T. Jernagan, in a feeling and eloquent
address, and I hope you will let your readers judge of its merits, (as I am told
a copy has been solicited for publication) but this much I will say, for your
readers may not know that she delivered it in fine style. Its reception was acknowledged by their youthful Captain,
(John H. Dye,) in a somewhat lengthy, though feeling and appropriate address.
After which Rev. Mr. Hickson made a few feeling and appropriate remarks,
offered a prayer in their behalf, presented each one with a copy of the New
Testament and bid them good bye and God [fold in paper] . . .
Independence.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 25, 1861, p. 3, c. 8 [most of right side of paper folded or torn]
From Independence County.
. . . Lieut. Moore—On behalf of Miss Charlotte Wakefield,
of this immediate vicinity, I present you this day, this beautiful flag, which
is not only emblematical of that national flag which now waves proudly
over the Southern Confederacy, but also, a fit emblem of our country's rights
and our country's cause. Should you
be called suddenly from your peaceful firesides to the tented field to drive
back the northern invaders, I trust that you will bear this beautiful
flag at the head of your company—that it may be to you and them a pillar of
cloud by day to shield and protect you and a pillar of fire by night, to lead
you on to victory and conquest, and to final success. . . .
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 25, 1861, p. 3,
c. 8 [most of right side of paper
folded and torn]
Summary: An Appeal to the Ladies of
Arkansas. Seems to be for blankets
and socks.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 1, 1861, p. 1, c. 2
Presentation
Address of the Flag to the
Moro Grays, Calhoun County, Ark.
By Miss Lucy Lorraine Adams.
Officers and privates of the Moro Greys—
I
appear before you as the representative of the ladies of Moro township, as the
bestower of a gift wrought by their own fair hands, as the reflex of hearts
beating hopefully, prayerfully, tearfully in your behalf; hopefully, as they
have unwavering confidence in the integrity of the cause in which you have thus
voluntarily enlisted; prayerfully, as they believe in God, and that He is the
disposer of all human events and protects in the hollow of an omnipotent hand, the
children of the brave; tearfully, as the taper of joy will flicker but
fitfully in the hearts if the night-lamps of their hopes should go out on the
field of battle—if the eyes that beam so brightly to-day should never throw
their softened radiance again on scenes made lovely by their luster!
Thus honored with this pleasing, yet painful position, I congratulate you
for the invincible spirit that animates your daring souls, that prompts the
mighty purpose to make our land,
The home of the good, the brave, the wise,
Where all may climb fame's dizzy steep;
Or where, like magic, the valley lies,
Life's humbler sheaves, contented heap!
Through
the broken arches of our once glorious Union, methinks, from the spirit
land, there comes the voice of Vernon's slumbering hero, rallying its
dismembered dust, to lead with Davis, his chosen South again to victory!
The chambers of Heaven that rolled back through their resounding mansions
the glad tidings of 76, still reverberate with peans [sic] of glory to
his undying name, and resound with pleas to the ear of the God of battles, to
prosper our efforts against a fratricidal foe—to bow the knee of oppression in
the dust at our feet, and compel the Goliath of the North to fold the menacing
arm of power in inglorious defeat!
Our
country calls! A sacrifice is
demanded.—Like the Patriarch of old, the ready South, strong in faith, binds
her beloved Isaac on the altar, but, may the uplifted sword of war reek with the
blood of different victims!
[Fold
in paper takes out several letters in each following line]
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 1, 1861, p. 1, c. 1
Western Dixie.
By Mrs. Virginia Smith.
Come along boys, we'll off to the wars,
Never mind the times, we'll all march cheerily,
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie—
We'll talk about the girls, 'round the bright camp fire,
Heave a little sigh—and then sing merrily,
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie.
Chorus.
We're
bound to fight for Dixie,
Yo ho—Yo ho—
Then
should Hurrah for Dixie boys,
The
'federate States forever,
Hurrah—Hurrah—
We'll
conquer now, or never.
The Cairo boys talk might fine,
About where they'd sup, and where they'd dine,
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie!
And they swelled like toads as the snake draws nigh,
And talked very loud, about the fourth o' July,
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie.
Chorus.
But they'll soon find out, when we get up our steam,
We're awful heavy boys and a whole hitched team,
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho--in Dixie!
For we're all bound to fight, and we know what 'tis,
The South are in, and her "dander's riz,"
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie!
Chorus.
Hurrah for the boys from Arkansas,
They'll bring Montgomery and Lane to taw,
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie!
They'll show them what we rebels do,
They'll make the trip, right through and through,
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie!
Chorus.
A battle fought—a battle won—
McCulloch's work has now begun;
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie!
And Woodruff's gallant little band,
Was just time, to take a hand,
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie!
Chorus.
Missouri feels in further danger,
She will be freed, by the rebel "Ranger!"
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie!
Our troops will rise, like the swelling tide—
And sweep her borders far and wide,
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie!
Chorus.
Whose been here since I've been gone,
A Lincoln spy with whiskers on,
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie!
If he knows what's best he'd better slope,
Or we'll teach him to [fold in paper] cotton rope,
Yo
ho—Yo ho—Yo ho—in Dixie!
Chorus.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 1, 1861, p. 1, c. 3
Speech of Miss Elizabeth Higginbotham.
Officers and Privates of the Jackson Minute Men:
I am
selected by the ladies of this vicinity to express to you their sympathy with
the cause to which you have so gallantly offered your services.
Now is
the day, now is the hour, spoken by the clock of Time, for the South to speed
onward as swiftly as an eagle, in the path which her energies, interest and
safety demands. Now is the hour of
her greatest peril. The mistaken
idea of the proud enemies of our land and institutions cannot be corrected,
except by meeting their invading hosts on the battle field. A band of noble hearted men are marshalled to conquer them or
to fall. Go, assist these defenders
of our cause. Let the retreat never
be beaten. Though our numbers be
inferior, let every freeman be a host—let him feel as if on his sole arm
depended victory.
We
believe you have girded on the sword in defence of our homes. Heaven is smiling on the men who are prompted by such motives
as yours to take the sword. Providence
will overrule all circumstances that those who shield us from the violation of
our most sacred interests, may attain their object. March on then, and may the star of Freedom lead you to the
place where our fond hope shall be realized.
Onward! to the place where
our new born Confederacy is to be acknowledged as a power before the nations of
the earth! Hasten to the place
where patriots inaugurate peace on a firmer foundation than it has existed
between the North and South heretofore.
Gallant
Ensign, if you are worthy of the honor of bearing this flag which I present, as
you stand beneath its folds you will remember the people of eleven States are
anxious for the honor of it. Remember
that our hands have made it, and we would not have it dishonored.
I know that each heart and hand will feel pledged to bring it unsullied
from the field. With anxiety my
vision follows it to the scenes of death and danger to which you are hastening.
Shall a mercenary enemy claim it as a trophy?
Shall it trail in the dust? We
trust it will not. We believe that
every form will first be bleeding beneath its folds. We imagine it floating aloft as you cry victory, the strain
rolled back, and reechoed with rapture, and our bosoms stirred with gratitude
that you are successful. What a
glorious future is opening to the South! How
many glorious deeds and great sacrifices are to be recorded of southern patriots
of the revolution of 1861? How many
sons of Washington who were worthy of their great sire, will have their names
annexed to the scroll of history for the instruction and love of the men of the
distant future. Though your
perishing ranks be heaped together like weeds, look proudly to heaven from that
death bed, if untainted by cowardice, your face is to the foe.
Our spirits shall bend over you as mourners, and exult that you were
true. In your fall we are lost, but
you will conquer. In your breast
dwells a fire that shall consume your enemies, fed by remembrance of injuries,
love of country and desire of independence.
On this day, the glorious fourth of July, the tree of freedom sent out
new roots. Let that glorious tree
be expanded by a new growth upward. In
your victory we live. Then shall
the heavens be bright about us, and the arches of the [fold] of God resound with
anthems of praise to [fold] God of [fold]
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 1, 1861, p. 1,
c. 8
Mr.
Editor: I have been permitted to
see and copy the constitution of
the gallant and glorious company of the "Stay at Home Guards."
It is not entirely original, being copied, in part, from one of a like
organization in Texas. After you shall have read the constitution I think you will
let us put your name down for one scholar.
H. A.
Constitution
of the Stay at Home Guards.—Adopted July 4, 1861.—Motto:
Euge! which, being translated, meaneth O.K.
Art. 1. This company shall bear the name of the "Stay at Home
Guards."
Art. 2. The number of the Stay at Home Guards shall be from ten or
less, to five hundred, or more.
Art. 3. The entire company shall consist of officers—each member
being entitled to select his own office.
Art. 4. This company shall repudiate all military rules and usages.
Every member shall arm himself in his own way, for active service, and
hold himself in readiness to do as he pleases at an hour's notice from his
commander.
Art. 5. The Stay at Home Guards shall be commanded by each member in
rotation, but it is left entirely at the option of members to obey the orders of
the acting commander or not as they may please.
Art. 6. The Guards will parade semi-occasionally, or oftener,
provided they have nothing else to do.
Art. 7. Each member of the Stay at Home Guards shall, while in actual
service, draw the following daily rations:
One bottle of claret, one bottle of champagne, three fingers of cognac,
six fingers of bourbon, one dozen segars, one broiled chicken, one boiled
turkey, oysters in season, and one basket full of knicknacks, assorted.
Art. 8. When on marching orders, each member of the guards shall be
allowed one boot boy, one barber, one laundress, one carriage with two horses,
one set of fishing tackle, one pack of dogs, (at option,) two double-barrel shot
guns, one portable two story dwelling house, one library of select novels, one
dozen selected periodicals, one traveling billiard table, a backgammon board and
three decks or packs of cards.
Art. 9. Members are expressly forbidden to perform any duty contrary
to their wishes, and any order which shall be given by an acting officer without
its having previously been discussed by the entire corps, in debating society
assembled, shall subject the officer giving it to be fined as much as he is
willing to pay.
Art. 10. Members who have musical instruments are required to bring
them into the field, but no two members shall play at the same time unless they
please to do so.
Art. 11. The active duty especially assigned to this corps by their
own direction shall be to treat and retreat.
Art. 12. Absent members shall be considered as present at every drill
or roll call, and respected accordingly.
[Articles 13-17
torn, folded, and nearly entirely illegible]
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 1, 1861, p. 1,
c. 8
Bayonet
on Double Barrel Shot Gun.—Our friend, Mr. Geo. S. King, has shown us a
bayonet attached to a double barrel shot gun, which seems to us to supply a
deficiency which has heretofore existed in the common shot gun as a weapon for
warfare. That bayonet is so fixed
as to be secure when used, and interferes in no way in drawing the ramrod.
We understand that he has two other modes of attaching the bayonet to the
gun, but as he intends applying for a patent for each of them, we will not
attempt a description, but merely remark that the bayonet with the whole
attachment, is made of the best cast steel.—Tallahassee Floridian.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 1, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
Wool
and Spinning Wheels for Sale.—We call the attention of the ladies to the
advertisement, of [illegible] H. Field, jr., proposing to sell at cost, his
current supply of wool and spinning wheels, to those who will manufacture the
wool into socks for the use of the Arkansas volunteers.
The spinning wheels are of Arkansas manufacture.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 1, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
Extract
of a letter to the editor, from a Gentleman at Fort Smith, under date of 22d
July, 1861. . . .
Many
Texians are passing this place in squads of five, ten, twenty, as high as
forty—all foot lose [sic], and well mounted; and equipped as only Texians can
equip. They dress in good order,
and will do good service. . .
Truly yours, A. J. M.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 1, 1861, p. 2,
c. 6
At the
female college in Troy, Alabama, the young ladies held a meeting, whereat they
resolved to dispense with the use of jewelry, costly apparel, coffee, tea,
confectionaries, etc., until the independence of our country is acknowledged.
Here is another of their resolutions:
"That
we earnestly recommend the young gentlemen of our village and vicinity (the
older ones we will not presume to advise)—to appropriate the money they are in
the habit of spending for tobacco, cigars, lemonade, and other beverages,
to the same worthy object."
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 1, 1861, p. 2,
c. 6
Among
the many manufactories being established at the South, we notice that one of oil
cloth has been established at Atlanta, Georgia.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 1, 1861, p. 1, c. 7
The Very Latest.
I Hane [sic] just received and have now in store, from Saline county,
Ark., ½ doz. Spinning Wheels—also about 100 lbs. Arkansas Wool, which I will
sell at cost to all ladies who wish to knit Socks for the Volunteers.
Just
received per steamer Lelia, a lot of Salt, both coarse and fine, which I will
swell at the lowest figures for cash.
I have
also on hand, Sugar, Molasses, Meal, Flour and Bacon, besides a large assortment
of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes.
Now is
the time to get the worth of your money.
Aug.
1, 1961 [sic]
W. H. Field, Jr.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 8, 1861, p. 2,
c. 2
Rags.—All
rags, cotton, flax, hemp, etc., are worth three cents a pound.
Save them all. A miserable Hessian speculator was through this country last
spring, swindling people by buying up rags at half a cent a pound, with false
weights at that. They are worth
from three to four cents a pound. Paper
mills, other than those we have, will be started at the South, and we will need
all the rags and refuse cotton. Save
all these.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 8, 1861, p. 2, c. 3
Development of the
Resources of
Arkansas.
There are three or four cotton factories in this State, but we do not
know of the number of spindles driven, or their capacity for turning out thread
and cloth. If not now in operation,
we hope to hear soon that they are under full headway.
If they would be profitable at any time, it will be now and during the
continuance of the war. We will be
glad to receive information concerning this and other branches of industry in
this State.
As a
great deal of coal was floated down the Mississippi river, which is now closed
above, and none can be brought up to New Orleans and other points, it appears to
us that the coal beds of Arkansas can now be profitably worked.
Those on the Ouachita river will, probably, be managed by a company from
New Orleans. There is excellent
coal up the Arkansas and plenty of it; that at Spadra being on the bank of the
river and easily obtained.
Salt
will become scarce and valuable unless we avail ourselves of the many salt
springs in our State. Some of these
salines are worked now. Others give
a strong brine which would yield sufficient salt to pay for the erection of
pumps, boilers, etc. And it should
be remembered that the invariable rule is "the deeper the well, the
stronger the brine."
Every
man who has a good tannery now, has a little fortune. We are afraid that there will be a great scarcity of leather
and shoes next winter, unless more tanneries are established and better care
taken by our farmers of the hides or skins of animals. We must economize in this respect, not only from patriotism,
but from necessity. We have within
ourselves a full supply for all our wants, and only need a development of our
resources to make us independent. Let
any man count up the amount paid by Arkansas to the North, in a year for the
single articles of boots and shoes. At
three dollars to each person, it would largely exceed a million of dollars.
Now is
the time to set about these things, and by cold weather we can be prepared to
supply those wants heretofore supplied by importations.
We urge upon the farmers to be careful of the furs and skins of all wild
and tame animals, and have them properly tanned.
Let none be thrown away or nailed to barn doors and suffered to dry up
and become worthless. A large
tannery has been, or will be, established in the eastern part of the State.
There is room for such a one in the west, as large numbers of hides can
be procured from our Indian neighbors.
As
regards salines and coal beds, those desiring information on that point will
find it in the reports of the geological survey.
The second report, though printed and delivered, has not been
distributed, but, no doubt, any gentleman seeking information of that kind, can
procure one by applying to the Governor, or Secretary of State.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 8, 1861, p. 2,
c. 3
A
Chance for the Girls—Gold Medals for the Most Industrious.—The press of this
State has been urging upon the women the importance and necessity of making
jeans and linseys. In a
conversation with Gen. Wm. E. Ashley, president of the state agricultural
society, he gave us permission to say that he will give a large gold medal, with
suitable inscriptions, to a lady, married or single, who shall weave the most
woolen cloth, quantity and quality both being considered, during the three
months of September, October and November.
The cloth will bring a full price and the fair worker will get the medal
as an award and reward for industry.—Other gentlemen tell us that the next
most industrious shall also have a gold medal.
In determining this, the number of yards woven, will be considered in
connection with the fineness of the cloth, and it will be left to competent
persons at the place where the cloth is sent to be examined or sold, to decide. Our Washington county friends, and other places where they
have agricultural societies, may also take the matter in hand and award premiums
to the most industrious. As for the
gold medals offered above, we pledge ourselves they shall be forthcoming.
Start fair young ladies and see who can win in this race.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 15, 1861, p.
1, c. 6
The
female prisoner brought to this city [Richmond] Wednesday, proves to be a Mrs.
Curtis, of Rochester, N.Y., sister of a member of the Rochester regiment.
She is quite young, but by no means prepossessing.
The sleeves of her dress are ornamented with yellow tape chevrons, and
the jockey hat which she wears is tucked up on one side with a brass bugle,
indicating military associations; She
is quite talkative, and does not disguise her animosity against the South.
Lodgings have been provided for her in a private house.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 15, 1861, p.
1, c. 8
The
whole country has been, for years, flooded with spurious jewelry.
A number of persons sent their jewelry to the mint to have it converted
into coin of the Confederacy. But,
the most of it was found to be useless for that purpose, containing only from 8
to 40 per cent. of gold.
In
Richmond, the young ladies who had received gold and silver medals, at the
annual awards of female academies, sent them to the treasury as a donation.
Mr. Memminger, the secretary, returned them with his thanks and
compliments to the patriotism of the fair donors, and says that our finances are
not reduced so low as to require such sacrifices.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 15, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
Our own
Correspondent.
From the Seat of War in Virginia.
Richmond, Aug. 5th, 1861.
. . . All of the enemy's wounded, and many of the desperate cases of our own
regiments are sent to a fine building in the subburbs [sic] of the city known as
the New Alms House. Others are in
various hospitals, or scattered among private families—these latter fare well,
and have every attention that humanity can give and every luxury or delicacy
that the market can afford.
My
visits to the Alms House hospital have been painfully interesting.
The sufferers of the enemy are as well, if not better, attended to as
those of our own army. Females are very conspicuous in their attentions—the
Sisters of Charity are administering to the comforts of the poor fellows; they
do not ask if they are Protestant or Catholic, they attend alike to every one.
The ladies of all denominations send in little delicacies which the
invalid craves, and many a dim eye casts a look of gratitude upon the fair face
that looks down anxiously upon him and the soft lips that breath forth words of
kindness. The wounded of the New
York Fire Zouaves are the hardest to deal with—the hardened wretches seem to
know no promptings of gratitude; they receive the proffered gift of kindness
with a hyena grin, and utter everlasting curses on the "rebels" who
are endeavoring to preserve their lives. A
halter should be suspended over the pallet of every one of these miserable dogs. On the other hand, there are many of the Yankees who express
their gratitude in the warmest eloquence of the heart; they say they did not
expect such treatment from an enemy—that if they lived to return home
they would tell quite a different story from that which had been told them.
Thus it is—our humanity may cause the southern patriot to frown, but it
is heaping coals of fire on the enemy—each of these deluded people when they
return home, will become a witness against the bloody policy of Lincoln.
A fine
looking fellow, a lieutenant in a Michigan regiment, who had had his arm
shattered in the battle of Manassas, was compelled to undergo the pains of
amputation. He bore it manfully,
and has since died. I sat by him as
he was about breathing his last, and with a feeble voice he said "Sir, I
thank you heartily for your kindness—I will bless the good people of Richmond.
I was in error, they told me that I was going to defend the City of
Washington and the Stars and Stripes; but they said nothing about the invasion
of the good old State of Virginia. I
have a young wife and a child—when I am dead, cut off a lock of my hair and
send it to her—write, for I cannot, and tell her that as a dying man I repent
ever taking up arms against the South."
He gave me the address of his wife, and I did as he requested.
A
beautiful little girl with golden locks and smiling features frequently visits
this hospital with her guitar. She
tell the invalids that she thinks music is better than physic, and
while the poor maimed soldier tosses about on his mattress, she sits by him and
sings little ballads, accompanying herself on the instrument.
Some times the soldiers join in with her and the touching song of "Seanette
and Jeanot" is prettily executed. Often
some of the soldiers take the instrument and make an accompaniment to
"Dixie" and "Carry me back to Old Virginia."
One of
the wounded expressed a wish to have a book to read in the hearing of a little
negro girl. The child went
immediately to her mistress, and asked her if she might have an old book that
was lying on the floor in the garret; the lady said she might have it.
The little darkie took the book to the soldier, who, on opening it, found
it to be a spelling book!
Benevolent
ladies are coming from the South to offer their services as nurses, bringing
with them dainties and luxuries of every character which can soothe and relieve
the suffering soldier, and they are watching by his bedside like ministering
angels. . . .
Quod.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 22, 1861, p. 1, c. 7
From Izard County.
Mount Olive, July 27, 1861.
Editor True Democrat:--
Sir:
I am writing to let you, and through you, the people know what old Izard
has done, and is doing in these war times.
Although she sent a Union delegate to the convention, she has now a
regiment of troops ready to be mustered into service; and the Rev. John L.
McCarver is now gone to Gen. Ben McCulloch to report the same.
On the
4th of July, in Blue Mountain township, we had a barbecue, and Capt.
T. W. Edmonson and Capt. Wm. M. Aikin, both had independent cavalry companies.
After mustering, they urged the men to form infantry companies, which
they did by electing W. L. Lindsey captain; and after the organization of the
company they were presented with a flag by Mrs. Aikin, who delivered an eloquent
speech. The flag was received in
behalf of the company by Rev. E. Mayfield, who responded in touching and
heart-stirring language. Then
commenced the canvass for the regiment in earnest.
All kinds of opposition was thrown in the way, but we now have six
companies in Izard county, and one from Fulton . . .
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 22, 1861, p. 1, c. 6
Address of Mrs. W.
M. Aikin to the
Izard Volunteers.
It gives me much pleasure to address the gallant volunteers of our State
and county, our noble defenders of southern rights and independence; and I am
proud of the occasion which justifies me to do so.
A second time you have been called upon to test your courage and valor,
and thank God in either case you have not been found wanting.—Truly our sunny
South ought to be proud of her sons, when she knows how eagerly they have
responded to their country's call, how promptly they have gone to the battle
field to avenge our wrongs and to drive the invaders from our homes and
firesides. All honor to the brave
and true.
I take
pleasure in presenting this flag to your gallant company; well knowing I could
commit it to no better hands. Eleven
stars now deck its blue field, and I feel assured at least, and hope I can soon
place the other three there. How
happy I will be to do so you all well know.
When you look upon its waving folds, think, is it not an emblem of
liberty of freedom? Yes my friends
the liberty our noble forefathers shed their best blood for, that they might
transmit it to their children.
"Oh liberty can man resign thee,
Once having felt thy generous flame;
Can dungeons bolts or bars confine thee,
Or whips thy noble spirit tame?"
Men of
'61, will you not emulate those heroes of '76?
Will you not not [sic] prove that the same generous blood flows through
your veins, the same heroic fire animated your hearts and nerves your arms?
I feel assured you will. Liberty
is dear as ever; and it now remains with you to decider our future fate.
Oh, what a responsibility—what a privilige [sic].
Yet it is a glorious one, and the God of battles who has mysteriously
protected us so far will, I trust, not desert us now.
Then when you unfurl this banner in the battle field, let it ever be
"a beacon light to glory, and a guide to victory."
Mothers,
though it may be hard to part with your sons, do not dissuade them from going to
battle; rather be proud that you have sons to offer.—I have a little son whom
I dearly love, yet, oh it would wring my heart, should he grow up and then prove
to be a coward or a traitor to his country.—A brave man is ever entitled to
woman's respect and admiration; but a coward—forbid it heaven that such
should ever disgrace the soil of Arkansas.
Wives our men were never more entitled to respect than they are now, and
should they return victorious from the battle field, our hearts will throb with
pride and pleasure, we will welcome our heroes home, and know that we have men
who have truly proved that they are both able and willing to defend us when
danger is near. sisters your
influence is greater over your brother than you may imagine; then never be the
ones to discourage them, bid them go and prove themselves worthy of the name of
men. Let us tell them that though
the bitter tears may flow, we will bless them, and prayers warm from loving
hearts will ascend to the Most High for their safety and welfare. Then brave volunteers, go forth, let not those ruthless and
insolent minions of the North pollute our sacred soil, step by step drive them
back, and let them feel that they have men, iron hearted men, and not pet
lambs to deal with.
"Then take our flag, let it stream on the air,
Tho' our fathers are cold in their graves,
They had hands that could strike, they had hearts that could dare;
And their sons were not born to be slaves.
Up, up with our banners where 'er it may call,
Our millions shall rally around,
A nation of freemen that moment shall fall,
When its stars shall be trailed on the ground."
Volunteers,
your cause is a noble one, it is just and holy, may success crown your efforts,
and may God bless you.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 22, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
Our saltpeter caves in the White river valley are being worked by a
Tennessee company. The Memphis
Appeal notices the arrival of two casks in that city.
Our Military Board had its attention called to these caves long ago, but
did nothing.—There were too many offices to be created, too many hungry mouths
to feed, to attend to such small matters.
The Memphis Appeal suggests that weekly entertainments should be
established in that city, musical, dramatic or other kind, the proceeds of which
should be devoted to assisting the families of soldiers or for other benevolent
purposes. Something of the kind is
on foot, we are told, in this city. By
this means a handsome fund might be raised and placed in the hands of proper
persons.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 22, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
Clothing for the Soldiers.
We direct attention to the circular letter of the military board, in
regard to this subject. We have
repeatedly directed the attention of our readers to the necessity of making some
effort among the people to supply our soldiers with clothing.
We are glad to see that the board has determined to avail themselves of
the domestic resources of the country. Our
soldiers must be clothed, let the cost be what it may.
We are satisfied that it cannot be secured in the usual markets of the
country. The secretary of war, we
understand, has addressed a circular letter to the executives of the various
states, in which he urges the impossibility of securing clothing in the usual
markets, and suggests some such plan as that adopted by the board.
The people, we are satisfied, will respond to the call upon their
liberality and patriotism in a proper spirit.
It only needs that their efforts should be directed in a systematic
channel, to make them efficient and valuable.
It addresses itself particularly and especially to the ladies. It relates to a department with which they are familiar, and
their active and systematic aid in this matter, will do much to relieve the
wants of their brothers, their husbands and their fathers.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 22, 1861, p. 1, c.6
Clothing for the
Soldiers—Circular
Letter from the
Military Board.
Office Military Board,
}
Little Rock, August 20, 1861.
}
A large number of our fellow-citizens having gone forth to the field of
battle for the defense of their country, and being destitute of those articles
of clothing made indispensable by the rigors of the approaching winter, it is
necessary that some effort should be made to supply these articles and to
provide for their comfort. The
enemy trusts to the depression of trade and the blockade of our ports to prevent
sufficient supplies from reaching our army, and the Military Board deems it
their duty to appeal to the patriotism of the country to aid them in their
winter preparations. None will be
forgetful of the wants of their friends and kindred in the army. For the purpose of systematizing this appeal to the country,
the Military Board has appointed the county judge, the county clerk, the
sheriff, or in his absence the deputy sheriff of each county, a central
committee for the purpose of collecting such clothing as may be procured in the
county. This committee again (two
being a quorum) shall invite the ladies of each township in the county to form
soldiers aid societies and shall assist in their organization. The animating patriotism of the ladies is especially invoked
in furtherance of this effort to supply the volunteers with clothing.
The ladies of this State have already done much, and their efforts are
held in the highest appreciation. Similar
appeals to the one we make have been made to the patriotism and devotion of the
ladies in other States, and they have been nobly responded to.
We feel assured that the ladies of Arkansas are not deficient in
patriotism; that they will not lag behind their sisters in other States, but
will act in concert with the State authorities in providing for our citizens
soldiers who have gone forth to defend them.
We have no misgivings or doubts as to the result of this appeal. The patriotism of the people is equal to any emergency or any
occasion, and it is only necessary that it be systematized and directed in such
channels as to render it available and useful.
For this purpose the central committee already indicated, will establish
clothing depots at such point in their respective counties as they may deem the
most advisable. At this place they
will receipt for everything in the clothing line suitable for the army that may
be placed there, which they will
place in the care of safe and reliable persons.
And the Military Board will pay in Arkansas or Confederate Bonds, for all
goods of the description herein indicated that the patriotism of the country may
place at their disposal. That price
will be paid which is reasonable in the county where the articles are purchased.
As fast as the garments accumulate the central committee will report them
to the Military Board so that the immediate and pressing wants of the soldiers
may be relieved at as early a period as practicable.
Blankets are greatly needed and are indispensable to the comfort of our
soldiers. In many instances
domestic blankets may be manufactured. In
others they may be supplied by a division of the articles of that kind which
families have provided for themselves. There
is scarcely a house in the State in which there is not an excess of
bed-clothing. It is not making too
great a call on the patriotism of the county, at a time like this, to ask that
the soldiers be supplied from this surplus and abundance.
Where blankets cannot be supplied comforts may be substituted; but
brankets [sic] are much preferred. All
the other articles of soldiers clothing such as woolen uniforms, flannel shirts,
drawers, socks, etc., are equally needed. Whenever
shoes can be supplied they will also be received and paid for in the manner and
in the currency already indicated.
The central committee will keep a book in which they will register the
names of those who furnish clothing—the number and character of the goods and
the price to be paid for them. In
order to facilitate and systematize this, blank forms will be sent with this
circular letter to the various central committees.
The individuals comprising the central committee have already been
selected by the people for responsible positions; this selection will be a
sufficient guarantee that their exertion will be active and that they will place
the goods at the different depots for clothing in the care of gentlemen
responsible in character and in property. Thus
the people will entertain no doubt that the goods delivered will reach the
destination for which they were intended.
The rapid approach of winter renders it necessary that our efforts should
be prompt and energetic, and our inability to procure clothing in the usual
market, leaves us no other course but to appeal to the patriotism and domestic
resources of the country. Our
soldiers are already in need of clothing. They
will need them still more as the winter approaches.
Is it right that they should be permitted to suffer while fighting our
battles for us? We feel confident
that the people will not permit this.
H. M. Rector,
Benj. C. Totten,
Aug. 22, 1861.
Military Board.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 22, 1861, p. 2, c. 6
St. Mary's
Academy.
Little Rock,
Arkansas.
(Under Charge of
the Sisters of Mercy.)
This Institution is beautifully situated on the square at the corner of
Louisiana and Elizabeth streets. The
buildings are spacious, and the grounds extensive.
The course of studies embraces the English, French and Italian languages;
History, Geography, Philosophy, including Astronomy and the use of the Globes;
Arithmetic, Algebra, Botany, Vocal and instrumental Music, Drawing and Painting,
and all kinds of useful and ornamental Needlework. . .
Besides the Uniform, which will consist of brown Merino for winter, and
pink Gingham for summer, together with black silk aprons, each young lady will
require eight changes of linen. . . .
Mother Superior,
Convent of Mercy,
Little Rock, Ark.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 29, 1861, p.
1, c. 7
War Coffee.—A very good coffee can be made, by costing only12½ cents,
by mixing one spoonful of coffee with one spoonful of toasted corn meal; boil
well and clear in the usual way. I
have used it for two weeks, and several friends visiting my house say they could
not discover anything peculiar n the taste of my coffee, but pronounced it very
good. Try it, and see if we can't
get along comfortably, even while our ports are blockaded by the would-be king.
I can assure you it is very pleasant, though not strong enough to make us
drunk.—Exchange.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 29, 1861, p.
2, c. 1
The Messrs. Dyers have left at our office a specimen of bar soap which
they are now manufacturing at this place. It
is good soap, equal to the imported article we used to get from Cincinnati.
We learn they are also making candles.—Success attend them say we.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 29, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
Clothing for the Soldiers Again.
We again direct attention to the effort to supply our brave volunteers
with the clothing necessary for the winter.
The change of the weather and the time of the year admonish us that
winter will soon be upon us and that we must be active and vigilant to meet the
necessities of our winter preparations. The
general and universal suspension of trade and commerce render it impossible to
procure clothing in the ordinary markets of the country. We must rely upon the patriotism and liberality of the
people to supply such comforts as will be necessary to keep our brave and
patriotic little army in the field, during the coming winter months.
It is a high necessity that addresses itself to every citizen who feels
an interest in the cause in which we are all alike embarked.
Then let the different agents of the State in the various counties
proceed at once to the establishment of depots of clothing, and the procurement
of subscriptions to it. Let the
blankets and all supplies needed for clothing, or for shelter and comfort be
forwarded immediately. At home, if
need be, we can dispense with blankets, and substitute comforts, quilts and
other coverlets. In the camp and in
the field nothing will supply the place of the blanket.
Let our lady friends also bring up the thick winter flannels in
comfortable styles and let them not waste time in fancy uniforms and other
knicknacks. The women of the
revolution were ready and willing to sacrifice a window curtain, a table cover,
or a Jupan [jupon?] of the finest and costliest texture for the use of a
patriotic soldier.—when William Washington asked for an ensign, a noble matron
ripped the rich damask from one of her finest chairs, and gave the red ensign
which floated at Cowpen and Eutaw, and which still waves over arms and hearts as
stout as those of '76. The women of
the South have preserved and emulated and imitated the spirit of '76, even more
generally and effectually than the men. The
soldiers of the South need supplies of clothing for bed and body.
We feel assured that they will get it if the ladies of the South can
supply.
Never was there a period or a cause which more imperatively called for
self-sacrificing devotion upon the part of all classes, than the present.
The success of our cause requires that all should sacrifice something of
personal ease and comfort. We are
engaged in a struggle which will try the virtue, the patriotism and endurance of
every one. It will require all our
energies and all our resources to keep our soldiers clothed and fed. Let the sacrifice be what it may, there must be no
uncertainty about this. Indeed,
liberality to our soldiers has become a great necessity to every property holder
in the Confederacy. Let no more men
think of making money until every battle field is whitened with the bones of our
sensual, depraved and brutal invaders. Every
though about gain and self must now yield to the necessities of our brave
soldiery. If through our neglect
and indifference our armies become disorganized, then will lands, slaves, mules,
horses, cattle, bonds and stocks become worthless except to the rapacious Yankee
invaders. Every feeling of
patriotism and every consideration, alike, requires us to devote money,
labor—indeed, every thing—to the comfort of our soldiers.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 29, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
Arms Wanted.
The undersigned, having been appointed Agent by the Confederate States
for the purchase of Arms, is desirous of purchasing all the good Guns in the
country.
He will not only purchase "regulation arms," such as Muskets
and Rifles, both Flint and Percussion made for the army, but also Double
Barrelled Shot Guns and Country Rifles, Percussion Locks.
Every man who has a Gun of the above description, can sell it for Cash by
making application to the undersigned.
Apply at the Arsenal.
John A. Jordan,
Little Rock, Aug. 29, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, August 29, 1861, p.
3, c. 1-3
Summary: Capt.
Pike's Mission to the Indians.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 5, 1861, p. 1, c. 6
Address of Miss
Frank J. Pack,
Delivered in
presenting a flag to the "Saline Rifle
Rangers," at
Benton, Ark., July 11th, 1861.
Captain Henderson and Company,
Soldiers, defenders of your country's liberties.
The ladies of Benton, appreciating the gallant motives that actuate you
in preparing to fight the battles of your country, have contributed their small
mite, by preparing for and presenting you with a flag, the flag of our
Southern Confederacy.
You are now called upon to assist in repelling the advances of the
abolitionists on our won soil. We
feel assured that you will nobly and bravely do your duty, and that in
responding to your country's call, you feel that
"No fetters, no tyrants, your souls shall enslave,
While the ocean shall roll, or the harvest shall wave."
We wish you to preserve it unsullied, never permit it to be trampled
upon, or trailed in the dust, by Northern abolitionists or those of whatever
name that would ruthlessly destroy your homes, devastate your fields and
gardens, as they say, "exterminate us from the face of God's bright and
beautiful earth."
When this flag is unfurled to the breeze and waves above y our heads, may
each breath of Heaven remind you of those near and dear ties, that are common to
all human beings, your wives, mothers, children, sisters and friends.
There are none in your company I trust who have not some such ties
existing, and may the remembrance of those dear ties serve to nerve your arms to
do their utmost in the day and hour of need.
We trust in your patriotism, we feel convinced the love of your country
is too deeply imbued in each and every heart that may have to do battle beneath
the folds of this flag of our Southern Confederacy, ever to do aught that may
reflect upon the honor of our cause. We
expect you to fight for our rights as southrons, we feel convinced that ours is
the right cause; we are not the aggressors, we only wish to defend the rights
and liberties our maker has given us and we trust in
God, the giver of all good, that he will defend the right.
Let each heart throb with such sentiments as those the poet has so nobly
expressed.
"No fearing, no doubting, our soldier shall know,
When here stands his country and yonder his foe;
One look at the bright sun, one prayer to the sky,
One glance where our banner floats gloriously on high,
Then on as the young lion bounds on his prey;
Let the sword flash on high, fling the scabbard away;
Roll on, like the thunder bolt over the plain,
We come back in glory, or come not again."
We now commit this flag to your care and you to the care and protection
of Almighty God; our hearts beat simultaneous in the hope that you may prove
victorious and that ere long we may hear the welcome tidings that we have gained
the victory and that soon you may be permitted to return to your homes and
firesides and to gladden the hearts of the ladies of Benton.
The flag was received by Capt. M. J. Henderson, in a brief but
appropriate and patriotic speech, when the "Rangers" took up the line
of march for Missouri.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 5, 1861, p.
1, c. 7
Rosette Guarded by a Poignard.—Some excitement was created in
Baltimore, on Saturday afternoon, by the appearance of a well dressed lady
wearing a secession rosette, with the handle of a peral [pearl?] mounted
poignard peeping from beneath her vestment.
Soldiers have lately snatched rebel emblems from the breasts of rebel
ladies [as] they walked the streets, but this lady seemed prepared and
determined to defend herself.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 5, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
Extract of a Letter from Capt. Galloway.
Camp at Pond Springs, Mo.,
}
August 21st, 1861.
}
We are getting along tolerably; our men are suffering for want of tents,
blankets and clothing; we are also running short of provisions,
have only flour, beef and bacon; no sugar or coffee.
This state of things cannot last long—if we cannot get provisions here,
we will have to move into Arkansas.
I told Lieut. King to see Vaughan, Ashley, Keatts and others, and try and
get them to send us 80 or 100 suits of clothes.
Try and do all you can for us. If
there is any probability of getting them, have the blouse or sack coat made of
some gray color—could get along without the pants if we can't get them.
I must close, nothing more at present.
M. G. G.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 5, 1861, p.
2, c. 6
The undersigned, appointed by the Military Board, as a central committee
for the county of Pulaski, for the purpose of procuring clothing for the
soldiers, would state that they are ready to receive as donations or to purchase
and receipt for any articles suitable for that purpose. The room over the store of Mr. Jacob Hawkins, has been
tendered to the committee, as a place for deposit; and any article, such as
blankets, woolen socks, shirts or drawers, woolen cloths, suitable for making
soldiers' clothing and shoes will be received and receipted for by the
committee.
The committee wish to be advised by the people of the different townships
in regard to the expediency of appointing places of deposit in their townships
and also what points will be most convenient for that purpose.
M. H. Eastman,
Thos. Fletcher,
W. B. Easley.
Little Rock, Aug. 30, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 12, 1861,
p. 1, c. 7
A Female Spy.—The correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, writing
from Western Virginia, says a female spy has been discovered in the first
Kentucky regiment. She is from
Georgia, and enlisted at Cincinnati. She
was detected by writing information in regard to the movements of our troops to
the enemy. She is a member of the
Knights of the Golden Circle; says she knows the punishment of a spy is death,
and is ready for the fate. She is
to be sent to Columbus.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 12, 1861,
p. 2, c. 1
Mr. James D. Butler has laid upon our table a package of letter envelops
with the Confederate flag neatly printed in colors.
He informs us that he intends keeping all sizes constantly on hand for
sale.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 12, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
To the Ladies of Jefferson County.
the undersigned committee, having been appointed by the Military Board
for the purpose of obtaining winter clothing for our soldiers, now in service,
will enter immediately upon the discharge of their duties, and as soon as
material can be obtained will make a call upon the ladies of each township for
the purpose of organizing societies to aid in the manufacturing garments for
those in the service of their country. Due
notice of the time and place will be given by hand-bills, and one or more of the
committee will endeavor, under their instructions, to be present to assist in
the organization, and to give such information as may be necessary for the
expeditious accomplishment of the object in view.
We know the ladies of Jefferson—first to offer upon the shrine of
liberty their patriotic devotion, and to encourage the brave soldier as he
marches beneath the folds of freedom's flag, against an infatuated and insulting
foe, who would "wipe us from the face of the earth"—who would
ruthlessly destroy our homes—enslave and make us the associates of the
negro—will come forward with that interest that has ever characterized the
true, noble and generous daughters of our own dear South, and cheerfully bestow
the labor of their hands and the sympathy of true and generous hearts in aiding
to comfort and warm the brave men who are now fighting our battles, and must
soon, very soon, need clothing to protect them from the chilly blasts of
a more northern clime.
Remember, ladies, that this is not all—the poor soldier far away from
home, weary by fatigue, famished by hunger, exhausted by the duties of the
field, or, perhaps, bleeding upon the battle ground, feels half his trouble gone
to know that he is not forgotten at home, and that those he leaves have not been
unmindful of his necessities, but have been prompt in adding to comfort and
relieving his wants.
The ladies of Vaugine township are earnestly requested to meet at the
court house in this city on Saturday, the 13th inst., at 10 o'clock,
A.M., for the purpose of organizing under the direction of the Military Board.
Z. Wells, Judge,
J. DeBaun, Clerk,
A. F. Kendall, Sheriff,
Central Committee.
Pine Bluff, Sept. 3, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 12, 1861,
p. 2, c. 3
We invite attention to the following card from Mr. Dunn, agent of the
Confederate States, for the purchase of domestic arms.
It cannot fail to meet with a practical response from every one capable
of doing so. Every southerner who
is not directly or personally engaged in fighting for his country, owes to that
country every other service it is in his power to render in the shape of money,
arms and every material of war.—Numerous experiments attest the correctness of
Mr. Dunn's opinion of the double-barel [sic] shot gun and domestic rifle with
the Minie ball for war purposes. All
along the Virginia border the efficiency of these weapons have been shown in
numerous skirmishes, and with results to show that in southern hands there is no
arm more reliable for making or resisting an assault.
Gen. Polk, we believe, was the first general officer to appreciate the
value of these weapons. He set on foot an extended system of agencies throughout his
department for collecting these weapons. The
secretary of war has now set on foot a general system for the same
purpose.—The approbation of the military authorities of the Confederate
government should give general confidence in their efficiency.
"Having been appointed by the secretary of war agent to collect,
receive and purchase small arms for the Confederate States I deem it necessary
and expedient to make known the fact as generally as possible, the better to
secure co-operation in a work which needs to be done quickly.
Citizens and patriots! Your
government asks for the many thousands of tried guns that lie unused
in your houses. Recent experiments
have proven that any one of your fine double-barreled shot guns, with the
improved Minie ball, is more than a match for the much talked of Minie musket.
Then bring them forth, and place them upon the altar of your country's
liberty, that they may be at once consecrated to the noble work of christian
defense. If objection be made to
sending away your guns, and it be urged that you may need them at home, the
reply is, that the surest way to prevent the necessity of using them at home is
to place them in the hands of the thousands of brave men who are now chafing
with anxious desire to stand as a wall of fire between you and the invading foe.
If this answer be deemed inconclusive, then the reflection that those
high in authority—those in whose judgment we have confidence, and who, it is
but fair to presume, know well our necessities both at home and on our
borders—have after mature deliberation inaugurated this movement, should be a
sufficient guarantee for the wisdom, utility and patriotism of the service you
are called on to perform. Then, as
you desire a short war, a speedy peace, and an acknowledgment of our
independence honorable to ourselves, place your weapons at the disposal of your
government. As you desire to strike
terror to the hearts of those now plotting our subjugation and destruction, let
it be known that the trusty rifle, and the death dealing shot gun which you have
hitherto so highly prized, are to take part in the next conflict, rendering, if
possible, our victory more complete, than was their defeat and rout on the
plains of Manassas. My instructions
contemplate that I shall send forth into our more populous regions, assistant
agents, charged with the duty of collecting and forwarding to proper points all
the weapons thus obtained. it may
be well here to state that any one who wishes to do so, even though he be not
visited by an agent, can greatly facilitate this work by sending any guns he has
or can command to my address, care of Robert Pilkin, North Camp street, New
Orleans.
Ballard S. Dunn,
Agent
for collecting, receiving and purchasing
small arms for the Confederate States.
New
Orleans, Aug. 12, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 12, 1861, p. 2, c. 5
Clothing for the Army.
Col. Solon Borland arrived on Sunday last, and is now in the city, to
superintend and facilitate the supply of clothing for that portion of our army
under Gen. Hardee's command. He has
conferred with the Military Board, and with Dr. Jordan, the agent for the
Confederate States, and is co-operating with them in the important work of
protecting our soldiers against the inclement weather of the fall and winter now
rapidly approaching. He is ready to
confer with those of our citizens who desire to contribute to this necessary
work, and give all desirable information and assistance, in the way of making
the joint labors of all available for the greatest good.
Col. Borland will, within the next day or so, address the people in this
city, and at other places in the surrounding country, on this subject; of which
notice will be given, as to particular time and place. In the meantime he may be seen and consulted at his residence
on Rock street, or at the counting room of S. H. Tucker & Co.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 12, 1861,
p. 2, c. 5
Lewisburg, Sept. 3, 1861.
Messrs. R. S. Yerkes & Co.—
Gentlemen: I thought you
might like to know what we were doing up here about clothing our volunteers. We got word about the 20th ult., of our troops,
under Col. Churchill of your city, getting their clothing and tents burnt,
during the battle of Oak Hills, in Missouri, and in about 10 days the citizens
of Cadron and Welborn townships have bought and made up some 300 garments, and
on yesterday we started two 2 horse and one 4 horse wagon with them to the
volunteers in Missouri. Messrs. R.
W. Benedict, A. J. White, A. J. Lucas, Dr. T. W. Shore, Rev. J. Hargis Hogans
and many others of Cadron township, contributed liberally towards clothing our
unfortunate volunteers. The
citizens of this place and Welborn township, done nobly towards rendering our
brave volunteers both contented and comfortable.
Up here we are all for prosecution of the war to the bitter end.
Crops good—health fine.
Your friend,
A. Gordon.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 12, 1861,
p. 2, c. 6
Mr. Editor—The officers and privates of Camden Knights Company B.,
desire to express through the medium of your paper, their heartfelt thanks to
the ladies of Little Rock, for the numberless acts of kindness of which they
have been the recipients during their stay in this city.
Their messes have been supplied daily and bountifully with the luxuries
of the gardens; fair hands have prepared them a uniform for the campaign, upon
which they are now about to enter, and their camp has often been graced with the
presence of those whose cheering smile and encouraging words go so far towards
mitigating and relieving the asperities of a soldier's life.
If any incentives were required (other than those presented by the holy
cause in which we fight,) to nerve our arms in the coming struggle, it would
surely be found in the thought that we are the guardians and defenders of the
homes of those who have so generously and patriotically contributed their
exertions to promote our comfort and ease; next to those who mourn our absence
around our own hearthstones, thoughts of them shall furnish our most cherished
recollections in the bivouac, our noblest stimulant to action, when the cloud of
battle gathers around us; and may that God whose blessings are promised to the
beautiful and good of earth, grant to the noble ladies of Little Rock, a higher
and worthier reward than this, our poor tribute of thanks.
John L. Logan, Captain.
W. A. Thomas, 1st Lieut.
F. T. Scott, 2d
"
J. K. Whitfield, 3d "
and eighty-six privates.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 12, 1861,
p. 2, c. 6
For the Soldiers.—We publish the following schedule of such articles of
clothing as our soldiers are bound to have for the winter:
One good country jeans coat or jacket.
Two pairs of pants, same material.
Two good cotton shirts, heavy.
Two "
linsey "
"
Two pairs of good linsey drawers, (or other heavy goods.)
Two pairs of good woolen socks.
One pair of first rate shoes.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 12, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
A New Work.
Uniform and Dress
of the Army of the
Confederate
States.
A Limited Edition. Only
1,000 copies of this work, the authorized standard, will shortly be issued.
The distinctions between the various grades are shown by the plates, of
which there will be fifteen, and consisting of all the different departments of
the service, and comprising about fifty figures.
This edition will be plain black, and will be followed by another edition
in full colors—a magnificent work. It
will contain plates, and also full directions for the guidance of tailors.
Liberal terms will be extended to booksellers.
Apply to
Col. Blanton Duncan,
Sept 12, 1861
Richmond, Virginia.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 12, 1861,
p. 2, c. 7
Office Military Board, Sept. 11, 1861.
The Central Clothing Committees in the various counties are informed that
it is of the highest importance that such Clothing as they have procured be sent
as early as possible to the army. Hence
they will send such as have accumulated on their hands with the least possible
delay. Individuals may designate
for what particular company their clothing is intended, and the Central
Committees will have them put up in separate boxes and labeled so as to reach
the desired destination. They will
be sent to the headquarters of Gen. Hardee, and on their arrival at Pocahontas
or Pittman's Ferry, will be delivered to John H. Imboden, Quartermaster for the
2d Division, or directly to the Quartermaster of the Confederate States, who
will distribute them in accordance with the design of those who have contributed
them. In every instance boxes will
be labeled for the particular company for which they are designed and directed
either to the State or Confederate Quartermaster.
Receipts will be given for them by either of those individuals, and
transmitted to the Military Board.
The Military Board takes this opportunity of expressing its thanks to the
country for the very general and patriotic response that has been made to its
call, and in order to relieve the immediate and pressing wants of the soldiers
would again impress upon the Central Committees the necessity of immediately
sending such articles as they have on hand to the army. Where it is convenient let them be sent to the river for
shipment. Where it is not, let them
be sent by wagon. Their
transportation will be paid on proper certification at this office.
H. M. Rector, Governor
and Ex-officio President Military Board.
Attest:
D. W. Davis, Secretary Military Board.
Sept 12, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 12, 1861,
p. 3, c. 4
From the Van Buren Press.
Camp—Crawford Artillery.
Camp Frank Rector, Aug. 28, 1861.
Friend Dunham: We arrived at
this place, about seven miles below Bentonville, on Sunday, and are here
awaiting the arrival of Paymaster Duval and our discharges to be off for
"Home, Sweet Home." . . .
Many of the soldiers and officers are entirely destitute of clothing,
hundreds being barefoot and clothes so torn and tattered as to scarcely cover
their nakedness. These brave and
patriotic men are perfectly content, if necessary, to go home without a cent of
pay, but they will not be trifled with by the officers placed over them by that
universally obnoxious Military Board. Brigadier
General Napoleon Bonaparte Burrow made a narrow escape at our camp near
Springfield, and a few days longer only will be necessary to place Paymaster
General Ben. T. Duval in a delicate and precarious situation.
Col. Thos. C. Hindman will address us in a day or two upon the importance
of remaining in the service, and allowing ourselves to be transferred, like so
much live stock, to the service of the Confederate States.
He will be very eloquent, no doubt, and appeal to every sentiment and
feeling of our natures, but we all understand the nature of the case very well,
and instead of getting a regiment, as he expects, to go away from our western
frontier, and join Hardee's force at Pittman's Ford, he will do well if he gets
a full company out of the four regiments. We
intend going home, just now, and in the course of a month or two the most of us,
no doubt, will be ready and anxious to go out again. . . .
Yours, in a hurry,
Private.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 12, 1861,
p. 4, c. 1
For the True Democrat.
An Acrostic.
Dear to my heart always is my native land,
I love it more and more as older I grow,
Xerxes ne'er was prouder of his gallant band,
I deem, than I am of my native land now,
Earth has none lovelier nor purer I know.
Life itself is not so sweet nor dear to me
As thy honor'd name full blown with liberty;--
Never as slaves to the North thy sons will be,
Dear land of my heart thou wilt ever be free.
Osage Dreamer.
Norristown, Pope Co., Ark., Aug. 14, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 19, 1861,
p. 1, c. 4
The "Camden Knights," Company B, Capt. Logan, reached Memphis
last Monday as a part of Col. Smith's 11th regiment of Arkansas
volunteers, and are now encamped near the Fair Grounds.
They are represented to be one of the best drilled companies that has yet
been raised in the State, and are armed in excellent style for a fight with the
Hessians—each one having a minnie musket, a navy repeater, and a ponderous
"toothpick," which they have learned to use in a very expert manner.
The company is the thirteenth one that has been furnished to the
Confederate service by Washita county, which has a voting population of eighteen
hundred.—Memphis Appeal, Sept. 7.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 19, 1861,
p. 1, c. 7
Darkies Shooting Abolitionists.—The war has dispelled one delusion of
the abolitionists. The negroes
regard them as enemies instead of friends.
No insurrection has occurred in the South—no important stampede of
slaves has evinced their desire for freedom.
On the contrary, they have jeered at and insulted our troops, have
readily enlisted in the rebel army, and on Sunday, at Manassas, shot down our
men with as much alacrity as if abolition had never existed. These are creatures for whose sake Lovejoy, Chandler and
Pomeroy are agitating the nation, and to whom they would unconstitutionally
extend the privilege of freemen and equality.—Northern Exchange.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 19, 1861, p. 1, c. 7
The Preacher's Regiment.—A regiment of Arkansas troops, from the
southern part of the State, says the Helena Shield, passed up last Sunday, en
route for the seat of war, that should properly be styled the Preachers'
Regiment.—The colonel, Bradley, from Pine Bluff, is a Methodist minister, and
besides him there are no less than eight preachers in the regiment—one of whom
is over seventy years of age!
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 19, 1861,
p. 2, c. 1
Socks.—We learn from Union county that Mrs. Nettie Hearin has already
furnished 20 pairs of socks for the soldiers with her own fingers, and expects
to knit at least 50 pair during the next six months.
If other ladies do half as well our soldiers will not lack for socks.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 19, 1861, p. 2, c. 2
The Salt Springs of Arkansas.
Salt springs are to be found in the counties of Van Buren, Pope,
Franklin, Crawford, Hot Spring, Dallas and Sevier.
We are led to call attention to them now, because there is every
probability that this necessary article will become scarce and high priced,
unless the people of the South take immediate steps to furnish themselves. . . .
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 19, 1861,
p. 2, c. 4
The Richmond Dispatch says that 5,000 pairs of shoes have been received
there, the upper parts of which are made of superior canvas, so prepared as to
be impervious to water. "Necessity
is the monther [sic] of invention."
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 19, 1861,
p. 2, c. 4
They have a free market at New Orleans—free for the families of those
who have volunteered in the war. Contrast
it with the miserable soup houses of the North, where the starving wives and
children of their soldiers draw an allowance of thin soup made of dead horses
and a modicum of stale bread.
"The Free Market—The free market was opened yesterday, and 1160
families of volunteers derived from it their provisions for the three following
days. The managers had not an easy
task; for they had to distribute in the course of the morning 30 barrels of
meal, 10 of rice, 10 of sugar, 1 of peas, 9 of beef, 3 of beans, and 5 of
molasses; 30 hams, 21 sacks of sweet potatoes, 10 barrels of onions, 5 of dried
apples and peaches, and 5 of flour baked into bread, besides a great variety of
vegetables.—N. O. Picayune.
There may be a great deal of wickedness in the Crescent city, but such
things as these go far to redeem it. We
doubt much if any city, in either confederacy can show greater or nobler
charities. Their hospitals, free
markets, asylums and relief associations are all on a large scale, denoting a
big hearted, generous people.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 19, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
To the people of
Ashley, Desha, Drew,
Dallas, Hot Spring
and Union counties,
Arkansas.
Pursuant to an order addressed to the commanders of regiments and
battalions composing the army of the north west in Virginia, by the General
commanding that division, to select each a suitable officer to return to the
places in which the men composing their regiments were enrolled, to receive and
convey to them such clothing and other articles as may be required during the
winter, and may be furnished by their families, neighbors and friends, I have
detailed Lieutenant J. M. D. Sturges for that purpose.
Under the army regulations of the Confederate States, the government pays
each soldier forty-two dollars per annum in lieu of clothes which are to be
supplied by the soldiers themselves.
Justly appreciating the patriotism and devotedness of the people of
Arkansas, which seems only to increase with the new demands their country is
compelled to make upon them, I deem it only necessary to tell them that the
soldiers under my command are operating in the mountains of Virginia, where more
and warmer clothing is necessary to their comfort and health, than any where
else in the Confederate States, to insure a liberal supply of flannel shirts,
drawers, yarn socks, heavy pants, a warm coat for each, and two pairs of heavy
shoes. I would suggest that the
counties of Union, Ashley, Drew and Desha, make Monticello their depot, and the
citizens of Hot Spring and Dallas forward the articles for the soldiers from
those counties to the quarter master of the Confederate States at Memphis, there
to await the order of Lieut. Sturges. Each
parcel should be marked with the name of the person for whom it is designed, and
each box addressed to the Captain of the company for whom it contains clothing,
to my care. After the goods are
delivered into the possession of Lieut. Sturges, he is on no account to become
separated from them until they reach their destination.
A. Rust, Colonel
Com'd'g 3d Ark. Reg.
Brigade Headqu'rs, North-west, Va.
September, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 19, 1861, p. 3, c. 6-7
Clothing for the
Soldiers.
To the People of
Arkansas.
Heretofore, whenever I have had occasion to address you, it has been as a
politician, discussing questions arising from differences of opinion upon the
policy of our civil government—questions of a character making such
differences allowable, and admitting of delay in their settlement.
But the times have changed; and I—nay, all of us—have changed with
them. Our country is involved in
war. I am a politician no
longer—have not been since the war begun, and shall never be again; for should
I survive the contest, which I do not expect, I shall, at least, be too old for
the wearing toils of political life, (of which I have long since had sufficient,
if not satisfactory experience)—even if "the fiery ordeal" we will
all have passed, shall not (as I trust it will) have purified my patriotism
enough to forbid my giving up, again, to party, what belongs to our country.
I appear before you, now, in another character, and for a widely
different purpose, I come as a soldier, and as the representative of
soldiers—of that band of devoted volunteers—your own sons, brothers, friends
and relations, who have left all the comforts and endearments of home, to stand,
as they are now standing, on your northern line, to defend and protect your
state from invasion by a cruel and implacable enemy, who, but for this defence,
would, even now, be polluting your soil with the tread of mercenary legions, and
desecrating your firesides, and domestic altars, with fire and slaughter.
I come to ask your co-operation and assistance in the work of making good
this, your own defence. Not that
you, yourselves, should take up arms, and enter the service; but that you will
contribute what you can easily and without inconvenience, spare from your
supplies, means and appliances, in the way of clothing, to protect and defend
your own volunteers—not against the arms of the enemy, but against the
inclement weather of autumn, already upon us, and the cold of winter, now
rapidly approaching—which defence and protection against the elements, are
indispensable to enable us to make good your defence against the enemy; for we
are made of flesh, and blood, and nerves, like yourselves (a little ruder and
sterner it may be;) and while we shrink from no required exposure, and complain
of no necessary hardships, we are so far human as to need some seasonable
clothing, to shield us from the winds and rains through the day, and something
to cover us when we lie down upon the cold wet ground at night—if we are to
preserve our health, and keep in a condition to perform our duties with effect. Let it be remembered that these volunteers entered the
service and left home, early in the summer, and with only summer clothes—in
many instances with only a single suit. This
was under the promise that the government would, in due time, furnish an
abundant supply of suitable and seasonable clothing. This promise has failed.
Not an article of clothing has been furnished by the government (either
state or confederate,) and not a dollar of pay or commutation has been given to
the soldier, wherewith to furnish himself, while his duty to defend and protect
you in the safety and comfort of your homes and firesides—keeps him where
nothing of the kind is to be had. We
do not complain of this, nor blame the government.
Doubtless, the reasons for this failure are good ones, and blame justly
attaches to no one. But the facts
remain—the soldiers are without clothing, or the means or opportunity for
obtaining it—they are in a climate several degrees farther north than they
have been accustomed to—a large portion of them (nearly one-half) have been
prostrated and are still feeble from the effects of fever, measles, and other
debilitating diseases—and will perish if exposed, without the protection of
clothing and blankets, to the bad weather of fall and winter.
These are not questions for the politician, allowing of differences of
opinion, and admitting of delay in their settlement.
They are stern and solemn facts, which challenge the assent of all, and
demand immediate attention. They
make up business which must be done at once, for every citizen who cherishes the
sentiment of patriotism or humanity, or has a due regard for his own interest.
Who will disregard—who will neglect it?
I am here, by order of Gen. Hardee, to aid, as far as may be in my power,
in giving effect to the efforts which, I know are already on foot, and, I doubt
not, will be actively continued, for the accomplishment of the object I have set
forth. The following is his letter
of instructions, under which I am acting:
Head Quarters Upper Dist. Ark.,
}
Pitman's Ferry, Sept. 3, 1861.
}
Colonel—You will proceed to Little Rock, and concert with the military
board of Arkansas, measures necessary to secure clothing for the troops under my
command. The men are destitute of
everything; shoes, hats, shirts, socks, drawers, pantaloons and coats. Unless clothing is obtained, it will be impossible to make a
campaign this winter. But,
independent of this consideration, it is due to the gallant men who have
volunteered in the service of their country, that they should be supplied with
clothing to protect them, from the inclemency of the weather, and the rigors of
winter.
The patriotic citizens of Arkansas, I feel well assured, will respond
promptly to the call made on them by the military board.
But it is necessary that they should be made acquainted with the actual
condition of the troops, and it is for this purpose that you have been selected
to go to Little Rock. The people
who are appealed to should be informed that their aid is invoked as the only
means, within their reach, by which the troops can be supplied.
By an agreement made with me by the military board, the State of Arkansas
agreed to furnish the troops of that State with clothing, and the State was to
receive from the Confederate States, the commutation allowed in lien thereof.
The military board, I am credibly informed, took proper measures to
procure clothing beyond the limits of the State, but failed.
The failure was beyond their control; it was not their fault; they did
all within their power. The only
thing now left is to aid the military board in getting the clothing within the
State. Accordingly, officers have
been sent by me to the different counties from which troops have been raised, to
inform the people of our wants, and to urge their co-operation and assistance.
It is presumed that each family in the State has something to spare which
it can give without inconvenience. The
smallest offering will be acceptable; a pair of socks, a shirt, a
blanket—every thing and any thing which would keep the soldier warm, and
contribute to his health and comfort.
Very respectfully, your ob't
serv't,
W. J. Hardee,
Brigadier General Commanding.
To Col. Colon Borland,
1st Regiment Arkansas Cavalry.
That the people throughout the State will promptly and cheerfully respond
to this appeal, I cannot and do not entertain a doubt; nor do I deem it
necessary to add anything further than the following brief suggestions, of a
practical character, to enable those who desire to contribute, to do so with the
greatest facility and usefulness.
If practicable, each soldier should have two good substantial suits of
winter clothing—less than this will not enable him to keep clean as well as
comfortable—more would encumber him on the march. In addition, he should have a good overcoat, and at least one
good blanket! The shirt and drawers
may be of soft cotton; but all the other articles (of clothing, socks, and
undershirts) should be of wool. Shoes,
coming well up round the ancles [sic], are better than boots.
Two good pair are needed. Let
all the articles be well made.—The soldier has a poor chance to mend rips and
rents.
Where a lot of clothing for the whole, or a part of a company, shall be
contributed in any neighborhood from which the road to Pocahontas or Pittman's
ferry, goes by a route nearer than by Little Rock, let it be picked up, properly
marked, forwarded at once, to either of the former places, and delivered to the
quartermaster, who will properly receipt for, and distribute it.
All that is sent by way of Little Rock, should be in charge of the
military board who will duly forward it.
I have one suggestion to make here, which, it seems to me, appeals with
peculiar force, not only to the humanity, but to the sense of justice of every
citizen. It is in reference to
those individual volunteers (and I know there are several) in the several
companies, who left no relations behind them.
Let not those men be neglected. It
is natural, that in making our contributions, we should all think first of our
relations in the army, and provide first for them.
Shall those who have no relations, and are yet defending our homes, which
are not their own, go uncared for? Justice,
humanity, decency, forbid it! Let a
supply of clothing be sent to all. Let
not the mortification that he is forgotten and neglected be the portion of any
one in our ranks. Let not the
disgrace fall upon our State, that those who had least of their own to fight
for, and were the least selfish in volunteering, and were yet among the first to
volunteer have no place in our remembrance, and receive no portion of the
comforts we prepare for our defenders.
In order that I may be kept informed of the progress of the work I am
here to superintend, and know when it is accomplished, the company officers who
have been sent into the several counties, in aid of the same, will report to me
as speedily as practicable, at this place, the success which has attended their
efforts.
Solon Borland, Colonel
1st Reg. Ark. Vols. in Conf. Ser.
Little Rock, Sept. 14, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861,
p. 1, c. 6
The New York Tribune says "the rebel women of Baltimore are said to
be very busy in making clothing and knitting socks for Jeff Davis'
soldiery." This is a good omen
for Baltimore, for whenever the "crinoline" begins to secede, the men
will follow as certainly as night follows day.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861,
p. 2, c. 1
The ladies still use the Theatre hall for manufacturing clothing for the
soldiers. They are making up large
quantities daily, and seem never to tire in so good a work.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861,
p. 2, c. 1
Clothing for Our
Soldiers.—We call attention to the card of Maj. Geo.
W. Clark, quartermaster, at Fort Smith, Ark., published in today's paper, asking
the assistance of the citizens of Arkansas to aid him in supplying sufficient
comfortable clothing for the approaching winter, belonging to the command of
Gen. McCulloch.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861,
p. 2, c. 2
Columbia Pippins.—Mr. N. F. Trotter, a farmer of this county, who
resides on Bayou Metre, about 15 miles east of this city, presented us with a
dozen of this excellent variety of apple. One
of them weighed half a pound and measured 14 inches in circumference.
We noticed in the Helena Shield an article on the fruit grown in that
section of country, in which the editor truly says, that ours is one of the best
fruit countries in the world. We
have heretofore, received from Mr. Moss, who resides in the southern part of the
State, specimens of as fine and large apples as it was ever our good fortune to
eat. In the north-west—in the
counties of Benton and Washington particularly, as fine apples are grown as are
to be found in the world. Peaches,
plums, pears, apricots, figs, grapes, quinces; indeed all the different
varieties of fruits grow finely in our State.
As regards peaches, our farmers have been attentive to the selection of
the best kinds, but are improving in this respect.
Orchards are the most profitable part of a farm, and we are told that our
farmers, all over the State, are setting out orchards of apple, pear and other
trees.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861,
p. 2, c. 3
Gen. Dix, the military dictator of Baltimore, prohibits the wearing of
secession colors, the singing of songs and the sale of the likenesses of Davis,
Beauregard, Johnston, Lee and other leaders in the Confederacy. In pursuance of this order merchants are ordered to remove
goods from their windows or show cases in which the colors of red, white and
blue were shown. Barber's poles
were taken down, and other things of like contemptible nature done by these
brave policemen. The following
extract from a Baltimore paper goes ahead of any thing we have read yet.
Think of arresting children and taking them to the station house!
It was bad enough to arrest and imprison women, but making prisoners of
little ones is a piece of tyranny yet unmatched:
"Some excitement was caused on one of the streets of Baltimore on
last Saturday, by a policeman attempting to remove a cravat of obnoxious colors
from the person of a young man named Jas. Carey, who successfully resisted him.
The same evening two little daughters of Charles H. Myers, esq.,
merchant, were arrested on the street near their father's door, and carried to
the station-house, because some portion of their dress bore the combination of
the prohibited colors."
The following is from the Van Buren Press:
"We understand that there is a large quantity of wool in the
country, and the cotton spinning factory, in this city, is now engaged to its
fullest capacity, in turning out a superior article of cotton yarn. In view of these facts then, there need be no want of good
material for clothing, if the people will only set about manufacturing it.
Let it be done. 'It were well done, it were done quickly.'"
What is the capacity of the factory, Mr. Dunham?
Can it be altered so as to card wool?
Are there any looms connected with it?
There is, if we mistake not, another cotton factory in the north west.
The Press, being near that point, we are sure would confer a favor on its
readers by informing them what the other factory is doing.
The development of our resources is an important object just now, and we
are anxious to show our sister states that Arkansas is not as far behind them
and they may have been led to suppose. A
word in our ear Mr. Dunham? The
quotation in your paragraph above is not from Shakspeare [sic].
If Kennard, of the Batesville Balance, sees it, he will illustrate the
action that takes place when a duck sees a June bug.
We are so taken with the idea of the free market in New Orleans that we
give another extract in relation to it, taken from the Crescent of that city.
Just think of the salmon, smoked tongues and other delicacies!
"Yesterday the free market was again open, and 1,292 families
received supplies Everything was
conducted with the usual order and good management.
The following is a list of the leading articles given out; it will be
seen that there was enough to stock several ordinary grocery stores; 36 brls.
meal, 8 brls. rice, 7 brls. sugar, 2 sacks Irish potatoes, 25 brls. sweet
potatoes, 7 brls. onions, 4 brls. green corn, 5 brls. okra, 50 cabbages, 60
pumpkins, 4½ brls. molasses, 6 brls. mess pork, 4 beeves, 10 boxes codfish, 5
kits salmon, 4 doz. smoked tongues, 5 kits tongues and sounds, 1 brl. mackerel,
1,370 loaves bread, together with large quantities of soap, salt, vinegar, etc.
We have been requested to ask the benefactors of the market a continuance
of their liberal favors. Tuesday
next will be market day again."
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861,
p. 2, c. 4
Mr. Caruthers, the superintendent of the Texas penitentiary, says that
institution can turn out one thousand yards of goods suited for winter clothing,
every week day. Fortunately they
have a great many sheep in Texas and wool is plenty.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861,
p. 2, c. 4
Some of the military companies raised during the present war have assumed
queer names.—We have "avengers," "invincibles," "fencibles,"
and "rangers," without number. In
our State we have, or had, a company of "yellow jackets," another of
"hornets" and one called the "sassafras invincibles."
In Texas they have one called "the Yankee hunters."
In Alabama one is styled "the rosin heels."
Wild cats, tigers, rattlesnakes, and bears, have furnished names for
other companies.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861,
p. 2, c. 4
Housewives should save all the quills from their geese.
Steel pens are getting scarce and we may have to resort to the quill pen.
Our country friends should gather broom straws or sedge.
We will have to use home made brooms hereafter.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861,
p. 2, c. 5
Relief of the Families of Volunteers.—We respectfully suggest to the
county court of Pulaski county, the propriety, if not the necessity, of levying
a tax, under the provisions of the ordinance, of the convention of May 11th
and 30th; and to issue county scrip, based upon and anticipating the
tax. The families of volunteers
must not be permitted to suffer or want. If
the matter is left to voluntary contributions, a few will do it all, while the
niggardly will stand aloof. It is a
melancholy truth that we have wealthy men in our county who have done nothing,
or next to nothing, for the great southern cause. Perhaps one has given a horse, another a gun, or some such
small matter, and taken good care to let everybody know of their liberality!
they are able to give thousands, and if they had any patriotism, would
give it. We can reach these men by
a tax, and in no other way. For this reason it has been strongly urged that such a tax
should be levied. We submit the
matter to the county court.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861,
p. 2, c. 6
Call From the Ladies.—We are requested to say that all the ladies in
the city and vicinity, are earnestly invited to meet at the Theatre Hall, this
morning (Thursday) at 9 o'clock, for the purpose of organizing a society to
facilitate the good work in which they are now engaged, that of making up
clothing for the volunteers.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861,
p. 2, c. 6
Wanted.—A few dozen empty Pickle Jars.
Want them washed clean with the corkes [sic].
For 1 gallon jars per doz. with corks $1 60, without $1 00
For ¾
"
" "
"
" "
1 25, "
75
For ½
"
" "
"
" "
1 00, "
60
J. F. James,
At Confectionary, Theatre building, Main st., Little Rock.
Sept. 26, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861, p. 3, c. 1
To the Merchants of Arkansas.
We call attention to the subjoined call of Maj. Clark for clothing, and material. Those who have articles of this kind for sale would do well to inform Maj. Clark of the number and their prices. Our troops must be supplied, and those having these things for sale must furnish them.
Clothing for our Soldiers.
A. Q. M's Office, Fort Smith, Ark.,
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September 12th, 1861.
}
It will require the combined efforts of all patriotic citizens in aid of
the quarter master's department, to supply sufficient comfortable clothing to
our gallant troops during the coming winter.
With the view of furnishing the troops on the Arkansas frontier, the
merchants of the States are requested to inform this office, at an early day, of
the quality, quantity and prices of such articles as they can supply as follows:
Woolen Socks,
Cotton Socks,
Flannel Shirts,
Hickory Shirts,
Woolen Drawers,
Linsey Drawers,
Canton Flannel do
Woolen Pants or Jackets,
Jeans Pants,
Linsey Pants,
Jeans Coats,
Woolen Coats,
Overcoats,
Satinet Coats,
Coarse Cloth, Satinet, Linsey Coats,
Blanket Coats,
Boots, Shoes,
Jeans, Blankets,
Wool Hats, Caps.
Contributions of any of the above named articles from our
liberal citizens will be received in the general stock of clothing for the army,
or forwarded to particular individuals. The
citizens of every town and village can appoint a receiver, who will receive,
pack, mark and forward to this office their contributions.
Geo. W. Clark,
Major A. Q. M.
N. B.—None others than those who are patriotic enough to receive the
money of their government, need respond to the above.
G. W. C.
N. B.—All liberal and patriotic editors are requested to give the above
a few insertions in their papers; and to call attention editorially.
Sept. 26, '61.
G. W. C.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861, p. 3, c. 3
Military Ball.
You are respectfully solicited to attend a MILITARY BALL, to be given at the Neosho Herald Office, on to-morrow evening, Tuesday, 3d September, at 7 o'clock, p. m.
Managers:
Col. T. J. Churchill,
M.
O. Roberts,
Lieut. Col. C.
H. Matlock,
T. B. Oliver,
Capt. G. S. Laswell,
Capt.
Reynolds,
Adgt. J. W. Butler,
Lieut. W. Ware,
J. E. Alexander,
Josh.
Roberts,
H. C. Armstrong,
N.
J. Price,
W. P. Byers,
Capt. W. E. Gibbs,
T. J. Owen.
Floor Managers:
A. W. Jones,
Lieut. W. P. Campbell,
Capt. H. G. Wilson,
G. K. Whitcomb,
Dr. Wm. M. Lawrence,
Capt. M. G. Galloway.
Professors Adams and Joblin will be in attendance with their brass and
string band to add to the festivities of the evening.
Programme for the
Evening.
Grand Overture by
the Band.
1. Cotillion,
3. Quadrille,
2. Lancers,
4. Totten's Lament.
Fancy Dance.
1. Seigel's
Quick Step,
3. Quadrille,
2. Cotillion,
4. Waltz.
Fancy Dance.
1. Soloman's
Retreat,
3.
Quadrille,
2. Cotillion,
4. Waltz.
Battle of Oak Hill
Set-too.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861, p. 3, c. 5
Clothing for the
Soldiers of the Hot Spring
Rifle Company
"E." 12th Regiment Ar-
kansas Volunteers.
It is earnestly requested by the captains, lieutenants and privates of
said county, that all who can do so should, at the earliest possible day, make
up something like the following for their friends and relatives:
Two pair of pants, of heavy brown or gray mixed jeans, lined if though
proper, with domestic. One
roundabout or jacket of the same material, lined throughout, with side and vest
pockets, it should be long enough to come some four inches below the waistband
of the pants and large enough to be worn over the vest or outside shirt. One heavy vest of jeans, linsey or kersey, one overshirt of
woolen or mixed goods; one or two pair of drawers, as the case may require, two
pair of socks, one good blanket is advisable, one overcoat or a loose sack coat,
or a hunting shirt with a belt.
E. C. Jones, Capt.,
of Hot Spring Rifle Co., "E." 12th A. R. V.
P. S.—These goods can all be boxed up together with each man's name
upon his goods and forwarded. The
proper information will be given in due time how and where they will be
forwarded to.
E. C. J.
The Preacher's Regiment.—A regiment of troops, from the southern part
of the State, passed up last Sunday, en route for the seat of war, that should
properly be styled the Preacher's regiment.
The colonel Bradley, from Pine Bluff, is a Methodist minister, and
besides him there are no less than eight preachers in the regiment—one of whom
is over seventy years of age!—Helena Shield.
Oh no, Mr. Shield, Col. Bradley's regiment is not entitled to the name of
"the Preacher's regiment." Col.
McCarver's regiment, now organizing at this place has forty-two preachers in it
now, and will have over fifty when organized.
Hence we claim the title for Col. McCarver.—Pocohontas Herald.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 3, 1861, p.
1, c. 1-6
Summary: Lead
Mines of Arkansas: Extracts of the
Reports of the Geological Reconnoissance [sic] of Arkansas, made by Prof. D. D.
Owen.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 3, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
A Card.
The undersigned takes this method of returning his thanks to the ladies
and gentlemen of Little Rock and vicinity, who have so generously contributed
clothing for his company.
He also takes great pleasure in thus publicly acknowledging his gratitude
to the patriotic ladies of Little Rock, who compose the "Soldier's Aid
Society," for the promptness and energy with which they have made up the
various articles of clothing for his company.
B. F. Danley, Capt.,
Com'dg. Co. Mt'd Volunteers.
Gazette please copy.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 3, 1861, p. 2, c. 2
"Music! Music!"
We seldom open one of our exchanges without finding a notice or
advertisement of a concert, tableaux vivants, or exhibition of some kind,
the proceeds of which is to be applied for the benefit of soldiers, or their
families. The ladies of Little Rock
who are busily making clothes for the volunteers need some money to purchase
materials. Some of the families of
the volunteers will need aid this fall or winter, and a fund should be provided
to relieve their wants when they arise. We
have in this city musical amateurs of acknowledged ability, both male and
female. It would be very easy to
get up a concert or musical exhibition. Our
young ladies could get up a series of tableaux that would draw full houses.
The evenings are growing long and we need recreation of some kind.
Our contemporary of the Gazette is a bachelor, with the run of the
musical circles and is the very person to take the matter in hand and get up a
concert. When he does, we suggest
to him that the simplest music will be the best, and the performers need not
take the trouble to learn or to perfect themselves in difficult pieces.
Tableaux, of a dramatic exhibition; recitations or a musical
entertainment, would be well received and patronised.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 3, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
A Simple Salve for Soldiers' Feet in Marching.—The Scientific American
has received the following receipt for making an excellent composition for
anointing the feet of soldiers during long marching:
Take equal parts of gum camphor, olive oil and pure beeswax, and mix them
together warm until they are united and become a salve.
At night wash the feet well, dry them and apply the salve, and put on
clean stockings and sleep with them on. Next
day the feet will be in excellent trim for marching.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 3, 1861, p.
2, c. 4
Edmund Hays, Esq., of Magnolia, Columbia county, Ark., arrived here on
Monday last with a large lot of ready made clothing for the volunteers from that
county, in Gen. Hardee's command. The
energy and self-sacrificing devotion and patriotism manifested by the ladies of
Columbia county, and indeed all over the Confederacy in making up clothing, is
worthy of all praise and commendation. Their
great zeal for the success of the South is unlimited and the urgent necessity
for the clothing to be hastened on to the quarters of the army under Gen. Hardee,
caused many to labor night and day to accomplish the object in due time.
We also learn from Mr. Hays, that two companies recently organized in
Columbia county, for the war, are en route for the head quarters of Gen.
Hardee, via Memphis, Tenn.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 3, 1861, p.
2, c. 4
A writer in the Texas State Gazette gives us some interesting wool
statistics. There are half a
million of sheep in Texas. Of these
300,000 are Mexican coarse wooled sheep, which at one and a half pounds to the
fleece, will yield 450,000 pounds; 200,000 are Merino sheep, which at three
pounds to the fleece, will yield 600,000 pounds, making a total of 1,050,000
pounds of wool. In the Southern
States, the annual product of wool is less than 12,000,000 pounds, which is less
than one-half of that supplied by the State of New York.
According to the estimate of staticians [sic], it requires six pounds of
wool to each person. The
Confederate States require 60,000,000 of pounds, and scarcely produce one-fifth
that amount.
During the past two or three years, we have repeatedly urged urged [sic?]
upon the farmers of Arkansas the importance of raising sheep.
We may estimate the sheep in Arkansas at 150,000, which, at an average of
two pounds to the fleece, would give 300,000 pounds of wool.
The population of Arkansas requires, for blankets, clothing, etc., two
and a half millions of pounds of wool annually.—If the blockade is ever
broken, one of the leading imports will be wool and woolen goods.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 3, 1861, p.
2, c. 4
George Makepeace has established a manufactory of sewing cotton, at Cedar
Falls, Randolph county, N. C.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 3, 1861, p.
3, c. 2
Soldiers Aid Society.—The patriotic Ladies of Little Rock have this
week organized a society, to be known as the soldiers aid society, the object of
which is to provide clothing for our army.
The following officers were elected:
Mrs. E. H. English, President; Mrs. C. Langtree, Superintendent of the
work; Miss E. Field, Secretary; Mrs. F. E. Ashley, Treasurer. More than forty ladies have already signed the constitution
and became members of the society. It
is hoped that many others will enlist in the good work.—Gazette.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 3, 1861, p. 3, c. 4
Soldiers' Clothing.
I am authorized to receive any clothing which may be contributed to Capt.
J. B. Johnson's company, of Little Rock. They
will be deposited at the True Democrat office, and sent on to the company at an
early day. The clothing furnished
them by the Confederacy were of poor material, and they need warm clothing, and
are unable to purchase them.
Henry C. Ashley.
October 3, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 3, 1861, p.
3, c. 5
Editor True Democrat:
Sir—Permit me through the columns of your worthy paper to express the
sincere thanks of Capt. N. C. Gould's company of (Texas) Red river dragoons, to
the citizens of western Arkansas, for their generous hospitality shown us in
passing through their respective counties, in providing both men and horses with
victuals and provender, free of charge. And
also, to R. M. Jones, of the Choctaw Nation, for supplying us bountifully one
night.
The citizens of Sevier, Pike, Clark, Saline and Hot Spring counties, are
decidedly the most patriotic that we have had the honor of meeting with.
Success to the worthy patriots of south-western Arkansas.
May a long life and a happy one be their reward.
Respectfully yours, etc.,
L. L. Bailey, 2nd
Junior Lt. R. R. D.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 10, 1861, p.
1, c. 7
For the True Democrat.
A Southern Song.
Air—"Dixie."
A Call for
Volunteers.
By an Arkansian.
Ye brave sons of the South arise!
Sever awhile the dearest ties!
Away, away, away to the frontier!
Think not upon the smile of love
While you your pride of country prove,
Away, away, away out on the frontier,
Don't you want to be a soldier?
To fight, to fight?
Don't you want to be a soldier
To fight like a faithful knight.
Away, away, away out on the frontier!
Away, away, away out on the frontier!
Ye patriots who will not swerve,
Come, haste for we will need your nerve,
Away, away, away out on the frontier.
True men are wanted who will fight
The northern forces in their might.
Away, away, etc.
Don't you want to be a soldier, etc.
Forget your ease and travel on
Where our brave soldiers now are gone,
Away, away, etc.
Fill up the places of the lost
But lately fallen at their post.
Away, away, etc.
Don't you want to be a soldier, etc.
Spare all the boys you can mother—
Sister, send your darling brother!
Away, away, etc.
Make haste and speak the farewell word,
And bid them always trust the Lord.
Away, away, etc.
Don't you want to be a soldier, etc.
Oh! shall we raise our voice
in vain,
And shall the northern tyrant reign,
Away, away, etc.
Will his vile hordes pollute our land
And march along in triumph grand.
Away, away, etc.
Don't you want to be a soldier, etc.
O, will we our loved ones expose
To the rude touch of northern foes?
Away, away, away to the frontier!
Shall our homes be desecrated
By those we have justly hated?
Away, away, away to the frontier!
Don't you want to be a soldier, etc.
No! we'll rally 'neath our
banners,
Teach the scoundrels better manners,
Away, away, away out on the frontier.
Shoulder our arms and march along,
Singing gaily some Dixie song.
Away, away, etc.
Yes, yes we will be soldiers,
To fight, to fight,
Yes, yes we will be soldiers, etc.
We will conquer old Lincoln yet,
And scatter wide his cabinet,
Away, away, away to the frontier!
His government is all a sham,
And all his host the Lord will damn,
Away, away, away to the frontier!
Yes, yes we will be soldiers,
To fight, to fight,
Yes, yes we will be soldiers,
And fight, fight with all our might.
Away, away, away out on the frontier,
Away, away, away out on the frontier.
Osage Dreamer.
Norristown, Ark., Sept. 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 10, 1861, p.
2, c. 1
Socks, Clothing, etc.—In the course of a business letter received from
a friend in Union county, he stated, as an evidence of what the noble women of
that county were doing, that Mrs. Nettie Hearin had knitted a certain number of
socks and would knit more for our soldiers.
This we made public in a paragraph, but it is due to the lady to say that
our information was received from a gentleman not at all connected with her, and
given as an item of news. There are
many who
"Do good by stealth,
And blush to find it fame."
All over the State the patriotic women are at work, and besides the lady
above referred to, others in Union county, and all the counties in the
south-west are working freely for the good cause.
The call for clothing has met a noble response, and the amount is so
large that great difficulty is experienced in procuring means for its
transportation. Let them not weary
in well doing, for a use will be found for all they can furnish.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 10, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
The Concert.—A number of the patriotic ladies and gentlemen of this
city got up a concert and a number of tableaux, for the benefit of the Soldiers'
Aid Society. On Tuesday night the
theatre was rammed, jammed and crammed with a large and delighted audience.
The music, rather too artistic for the general earl, was said, by judges,
to be very fine. The charade and tableaux were well selected, well represented
and were received with shouts of applause.
The attitudes, poses and making up were all good.
The ladies and gentlemen who got up this affair deserve credit and
thanks, and we hope they will give us others and the proper time.
We must not close our notice without referring to the first appearance,
as a public speaker, of the gentleman who was most prominent in making up the
concert. His speech though short
was pithy and pointed.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 10, 1861, p.
2, c. 6
A Female Warrior.—The Memphis Avalanche of September 12, says:
One of the Louisiana companies in the battler of Manassas lost its
captain. The company then
unanimously elected the wife of the deceased to fill his place, and the lady, in
uniform, passed through the city yesterday, on her way to assume command of her
company.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 10, 1861, p. 3, c. 2
Nashville, Hempstead Co., Ark.,
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Sept. 18th, 1861.
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Editor True Democrat—Is it not strange the surgeons in our army permit
so many valuable lives lost from the effects of measels [sic], when a little
whisky toddy would lessen the mortality at least one-half or three-fourths.
All that is required is to keep the patient's blood warm with the toddy
throughout the disease.
As Lincoln has proclaimed medicines contraband of war, permit [me] to say
to those whom it may concern, that vervinex is a very good substitute for
quinine, which may be found at the road sides in the unplowed field and in open
waste lands. A strong decoction
should be used—it is very bitter.
*
*
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 10, 1861, p. 3, c. 3
Capital Guards.
The following preamble and resolutions were presented and adopted by the
officers and soldiers of the Capital Guards, 1st company, 6th
regiment Arkansas volunteers, at a meeting held on the company parade ground at
"tattoo," on the evening of the 12th Sept., 1861, to-wit:
Whereas, The Capital Guards, company "A," 6th
regiment Arkansas volunteers, having just received through the liberality of the
citizens of Little Rock and entire suit of uniform clothes and other articles of
good material, neat and appropriate in style, and altogether such as will be
quite useful and sufficient for our comfort during the coming winter—be it
Resolved, That these citizens have placed the Capital Guards under
renewed and lasting obligations to them by this crowning act of favor and
forethought of our coming wants—that the company has not been made to feel
that "friends in need are friends in deed," but that they are doubly
our friends who will not allow us to entertain even an apprehension of need or
want.
Resolved, That such acts of liberality and such ready care of the
soldiers of the Confederate States by her citizens, nerve the arms of the young
republic, and in this her first necessity freely supply the place of a treasury
at home and credit abroad.
Resolved, That the numerous former acts of kindness from the citizens of
Little Rock towards the Capital Guards have been of so munificent a nature that
they cannot receive this too liberal aid as a mere gratuity, but while they
thank them for a favor so timely conceived and freely given, they will hold it a
privilege and claim it right to reimburse them for the outlay for this uniform
at their earliest opportunity.
Resolved, That we are profoundly grateful to the ladies of Little Rock
for making the uniforms and the many other useful and tasty garments which the
hand of affection or friendship have provided until all have been supplied.
Resolved, That the untiring exertions and ceaseless toil of the ladies of
Little Rock to prepare comfortable and appropriate clothes for the thousands of
soldiers who have rendezvoused there during the last five months, have no
parallel, as we believe, in the Confederate States, and that the noble
characteristics of self-forgetting devotion to the welfare of our army and the
success of our cause so universally exhibited by the ladies of the Confederate
States has been shown by the ladies of Little Rock in so intense a manner as to
excite our warmest admiration for them and a burning emulation to deeds of
virtue and of valor that on our return, when
"Wild war's deathly blast has blown,
And gentle peace returning,"
we may in some degree meet the smiles and approbation which
the fair delight to bestow upon the brave.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by each officer
and member of the company, and that copies be forwarded to Gen. Wm. E. Ashley
and S. H. Tucker, esq., with the request that they communicate the same to the
ladies and others of our friends who have placed us under obligations.
[list of members, including brass band]
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 10, 1861, p.
3, c. 4
Extract of a letter from Texas, dated
Denton, Sept. 19, 1861.
All the news we get here is from the Democrat.
We Texans think very hard of old Abe for not sending some of his troops
to Texas that we might get some of the spoils to present to the Southern
Confederacy, and especially we want some of the Dutch, for we are of opinion
that persons who tamely submit to old Abe's usurpations would make a good
substitute for negroes in cotton and wheat fields. Our wheat houses are full to overflowing, and our prairies
are dotted with fat beeves, muttons and horses, and confederate state paper can
buy any thing that is for sale in this country, indeed, every person wants stock
in our government.
Yours, etc., J. B. F.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p. 1, c. 5
The Diet of our Army.
A correspondent of a Southern paper makes the following suggestions as to
the diet of our army.
It is a well known fact that health depends greatly upon diet, and every
undertaking of life upon health. We
should, therefore, make every effort possible to supply our soldiers with that
diet which is most wholesome and most conducive of strength and energy. In the fact of this plain duty, however, with all of our
burning patriotism, with all of our love for those who are fighting our battles,
with all of our hopes and anticipations of success, against an enemy who would
enslave us, we are furnishing our soldiers with a diet which has proven more
destructive to their ranks than the sword of the enemy.
Our Southern men have been in the habit of eating Indian corn bread with
a large proportion of vegetables; but when they enter the army they are confined
almost entirely to superfine flour bread and meat.
So great and so sudden a change in diet cannot be made, even at home,
under the most favorable circumstances, without serious injury to health.
What then must be the consequences where the circumstances are so
unfavorable as in the army?
But the nature of this diet is exceptionable.
It is too concentrated for the human digestive powers.
It lies heavy upon the stomach, clogs the bowels, produces constipation,
assersive [sic?] thirst and inward fevers.
Indeed, it would be impossible to select a diet more aggravating to the
fevers which always accompany camp-life, and which are the soldier's worst
enemy. It is high time that we were
asking ourselves the question, can we not furnish our soldiers a more wholesome
diet?
Our first attention should be directed to bread, the staff of life.
Good bread is essential to good health.
The flour furnished our soldiers is objectionable in several respects.
1st. It is ground
so fine that much of its nutriment is destroyed.
2d. It is entirely separated
from the bran, and when baked, becomes compact, tough and difficult of
digestion, and invariably produces dyspepsia and constipation.
3. It makes a more costly
bread than any other.
Now, if, instead of converting our wheat into superfine flour, we grind
it into meal just as we do Indian corn, it will make a bread in every respect
superior to the fine flour bread. It
is sweeter, lighter, more nutritive, and preferable without grease, as a
seasoning. The bran it contains
aids digestion, cleans and invigorates the digestive system, and supplies, to
some extent, the place of vegetables. It
is well known as a cure for dyspepsia, and should be better known as a general
preserver of health. For humanity's
sake it should take the place of the bread now furnished our soldiers.
Will not some of our leading men consider the matter?
Every other subject which relates to our welfare is continually before
the people.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p.
1, c. 6
Recipes for the Times.—To Make Coffee.—Take tan bark, three parts;
three old cigar stumps and a quart of water, mix well, and boil fifteen minutes
in a dirty coffee pot, and the best judges cannot tell it from the finest Mocha.
To Make Tea.—Take of dried dog-fennel leaves, three tablespoonfuls, a
small scrap of sole-leather and five drops of paregoric, boil twenty minutes,
and an excellent imitation of imperial green will be produced, for which flavor
and effects upon the nervous system, far surpasses the original article.
To Make Chocolate.—Take thirteen ounces of old gourds ground to fine
powder; add one ounce of sealing wax and ten grains of Spanish brown; boil with
clear water, or if milk is preferred, add to the water a cupfull of calcined
magnesia, and boil until the proper consistency is obtained.
This will be found to be superior in many respects, to the best Nicaragua
chocolate, and is best when taken hot.
To Make Lager Beer.—Take ten pounds of freshly dried cockroaches, six
pounds of stale cheese, a pair of old boots, mix well with Mississippi water, in
a barrel which is well perfumed with decayed onions, and leave it four days to
work. Then draw off and bottle for
use, being particular not to wash the bottles, as nothing spoils beer so quick
as clean bottles. The beverage is
especially recommended to students of German.
To Make Whisky.—Take oil of vitriol one quart, strychnine one gallon,
and spirits of turpentine twenty-four gallons.
Mix with rain water, and allow it to settle for three days, and then it
will be ready for use. This article
adds greatly to the combativeness of the drinker, and can be given with
advantage to qualmish militia men who can't exactly make up their minds to go to
war; but who boast loud of an intention of doing so.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p.
1, c. 7
Genealogy of Political Parties.—The "Vox Populi," published
at Fulton, Missouri, gives the following genealogical facts relative to the
origin of political parties of the day:
Once upon a time the devil watched the Almighty making men. He saw him go to a pelucid streamlet that danced gracefully
over the pebbles, and get from its channel pure and unadulterated clay as his
material; and as he formed them one after another, and stood them up, and "brethed
[sic] into their nostrils the breath of life," he looked approvingly upon
each and pronounced him very "good."
At this the devil's heart swelled with anger, and envy, and malice; and
he determined to do something by way of set-off.
So he went to a damp, miasmic morass, and scooped up from the bottom of a
stagnant, slimy, green scummed, wiggle-tailed, lizzardly pool, and from this
material he turned off a black republican.
As he contemplated this creation of his "prentice hand," there
was a mixture of gratification and disappointment visible in his countenance, as
though it was very evident the first greatly predominated.
At length looking around him, he soliloquised:
"There are a great many scraps left, and I will make another; I
think I can do better than that!" So
he sets himself industriously to work, and soon got up an abolitionist.
"This suits me better," said he, as with sheet-iron
handkerchief he wiped great drops of perspiration from his brazen forehead,
"but it does not yet come up to my ideal.
I perceive there still remains some leavings—fag ends and borings—and
as the charm is in the third trial, I will test it."
So saying, he began to pick up the scraps.
He then set to work on his job, and after much splicing and trimming, he
stood the thing up.
The black republican and abolitionist, who had been standing quietly by
watching the movements of their father with much interest no sooner saw the
third figure standing erect than their mean natures began to develop.
They went up to it. The
black republican pushed it with rude violence; the abolitionist pulled its nose,
the one tripped at his heels, the other spat in its face; the one called it a
coward, and the other, more emboldened than ever, planted his foot with such
violence about the termination of his coat tail that it landed him full ten feet
upon his face.
To all this the thing had made no resistance, nor manifested the least
resentment, although a number the Almighty had created shouted to it to knock
its persecutors "into the middle of next week;" but it held up its
hands imploringly, and hung its head in the most abject and servile manner, so
that the men went off in disgust. But
the devil, who had stood by all the while, his iron sides almost bursting with
laughter, now fairly shrieked with delight, sprang seventy five feet into the
air, turned thirty-five well defined summersaults, and alighting by its side,
raised both hands, and brining them forcibly down upon his shoulders,
shouted—"It is enough, I dub thee a submissionist." Whereupon the creature raised its head, looked tremblingly
around, partly arose, and in a stooping posture sneaked off.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p.
1, c. 7
Sunflower Oil.—It is stated that Sunflower oil is adapted to all the
purposes of olive oil, and that it can be used in various ways—on the
table—to prevent rust on steel and iron, etc., at least equal to the best
olive oil—in some cases preferable. It
is said that from "fifty to seventy-five bushels of the seed may be raised
per acre," and a gallon of oil can be made from the bushel."
Here is an extensive field open for enterprise; fifty to seventy-five
dollars per acre is quite a promising business.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p.
2, c. 3
The following is an extract received from a friend in Montgomery county.
*
*
*
"Here among the hills, in the far western portion of the State, our
women are emulating the spirit of their mothers in the revolutionary war.
Seeing the many calls in your paper for clothing for our volunteers, the
ladies went to work carding, spinning, weaving and knitting, and about the
middle of September, sent a lot of clothing, socks, etc., to the Montgomery
Hunters, commanded by Capt. Simpson and attached to Col. McNair's regiment.
This lot of clothing was principally of home manufacture, and valued here
at from eight hundred to a thousand dollars.
Another lot is now ready to be forwarded.
E. W. Amerson."
Well done for Montgomery. If
other counties would do as well in proportion to population and wealth, the
clothes furnished would exceed a million of dollars in value.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p.
2, c. 4
An exchange says:
"The rage in Paris is for golden collars, in form and size like the
present tiny appendages to a lady's toilet of linen or needle work.
They are only about $250 each."
The latest fashion here is for homespun dresses and thick soled shoes.
And the result is that our women were never so beautiful or so healthy.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p.
2, c. 4
Coffee.—This luxury—esteemed the greater from its present
scarcity—is retailing at 38 to 40 cents per pound for Rio, in this city; Java
has about 'gin out.' Rye and Barley are being adopted as a substitute, in many
families; and sweet potatoes, beets and ground peas are also brought into
requisition. All these, people say, make a very palatable drink; and we
have no doubt if we try, we can bring ourselves to believe that each and all
make a beverage equal to the best Java or Mocha.—Augusta Chronicle.
We have tried these substitutes, but the best we ever found was acorns.
These, hulled, dried, roasted and ground, not only taste like coffee but
have the same qualities or medicinal effects.
Unless well dried, you can detect a sort of soft, unripe flavor, but,
properly prepared they are an excellent substitute for coffee.
Let some of our friends try it and give us the results of their
experiment. We once know a wealthy
man, an epicure to boot, who preferred his acorn coffee to the finest Java or
Mocha.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p.
2. c. 4
Van Buren Steam Cotton Mill.—The Van Buren Press gives us the following
information, for which we take off our hat to Mr. Durham and make him a low bow:
"In answer to the queries of the Little Rock True Democrat, with the
assistance of Mr. Morris we can give the desired information. The Van Buren Mill is now in full operation, and is composed
as follows:
Two sets of wool cards—which can card 300 lbs.
1808 spindles—which enables them to turn out 500 lbs. of cotton yarn,
per day. [blank] of wool per day.
They have no looms, except for making seamless sacks.
They are also grinding wheat and corn—grinding from 100 to 150 bushels
per day.
They run an engine of 160 horse power.
From which power a saw mill is run, when they have nothing else to do.
This factory is, we believe, the only one in the State that is making
cotton yarn—the factory at Cane Hill is not running.
The Van Buren Mill is working full time, and will be able to supply the
demand, at least for this State, with cotton yarn.
Planters having cotton to spin and wool to card, will find this Mill just
the place to have it worked up in the best manner.
Let us encourage home manufacture, and demonstrate to a certainty, that
we can live and prosper without the aid of northern fanatics. ["]
Good for Van Buren! We were
under the impression that there was another factory in the southern portion of
the State. At all events we are
glad to find that the Van Buren mill is at work and that our good housewives can
get a supply of "spun truck" at home.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p. 2, c. 7
The Concert.
On Tuesday night the ladies and gentlemen of this city gave another
concert and a number of tableaux, at the theatre hall.
Though the night was cloudy and threatened rain, the hall was filled to
overflowing. The songs were well
received and some of them with a degree of enthusiasm not often manifested on
such occasions. The life pictures
were well selected and carried out. Every
body was pleased and united in giving praise to the patriotic performers for
their tasteful and handsome entertainment.
One of the features of the evening was the reception of a valuable
picture, in embroidery, from the Sisters of Mercy, to be sold and the proceeds
applied to aid the brave volunteers.
The selection of songs and music was better than in the first concert, as
the songs were simple, more generally understood and appreciated, and there was
a greater variety of tableaux.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p. 3, c. 4
Patriotic Ladies.
When the aged matron, who has passed her three score years, takes hold of
the disstaff [sic] and makes clothes and jeans for the soldiers, Abraham Lincoln
may never expect to subdue the South. Here
the ladies of South Arkansas are at work—some knitting socks and making jeans,
and 150 have joined into a society, the Soldier's Aid Society, in Camden; that
the sons and brothers of our county may never want for warm clothing or
blankets. We will send them our
blankets most willingly—we can make plenty of comforts for our homes.
I know of an aged matron that works ten hands and spun 30 yards of thread
for her weavers, with her own hands, and as long as there is a call for cloth
she will continue to make it. Another
one that always bartered wool for socks has been knitting all the fall, and can
knit a sock in a day, and will continue to knit all winter.
My dearest aim is to work for our rights and freedom, and our sons and
brethren can fight the battles, and we will work at home to preserve our young
sons, that there may be new armies to fill the place, when those that are active
now have passed away. I have three
young boys coming on for their country's service.
E.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p.
3, c. 5
Summary: Clothing
Contributed by the Citizens of Little Rock and Pulaski county, to the soldiers
in Col. Churchill's Regiment, and left at the store of Jacob Hawkins, and turned
over by him to Lieut. G. W. King. [list]
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 24, 1861, p.
1, c. 7
Sagable—Portable Food for Scouts.—The old historians and travelers,
and Indian fighters, tell us of an admirable and easy portable food, which the
Red men always carried with them in their pouches when on their hunting and war
parties. It was a combination of
Indian meal and brown sugar, three parts of the former to one of the latter,
browned together over the fire. This
food in small quantities, not only sufficed to arrest hunger, but to allay
thirst. This is the famous sagamite
of the Red men. A few pounds in
one's haversack would occupy but little space, and serve for several days.
Let our boys, here and there, try the preparation in camp, and learn the
uses of the article before going on a march.
Their friends might prepare a supply of it in the cities, and forward to
the camp; and if, upon experiment, it shall prove palatable, it may be prepared
in any quantities. In the siege of
Charleston, in 1780, the people lived wholly on rice and sugar for some
weeks.—Charleston Mercury.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 24, 1861, p.
2, c. 1
Notice.—The sick soldiers at the Little Rock Arsenal are in need of
some old domestic, linen and flannel cloths for the dressing of blisters and
other purposes. Some kind lady or
ladies who have the goodness to furnish those articles, and the heartfelt thanks
of the sick and their medical superintendents will reward the kind service.
C. V. Meador,
Inspecting Surgeon.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 24, 1861, p.
2, c. 3
To one who has not attempted the calculation, the value of the voluntary
contributions to the army, made by the patriotic women of Arkansas, would almost
exceed belief. In a late number of
the Chicot Press is a list of one lot sent to the Chicot Rangers.
The list is half a column long. It
enumerates blankets, overcoats, coats, pants, drawers, shirts and various other
articles. The whole value must be several thousand dollars.
Going home one evening last week, we met five wagons heavily laden with
clothing for the volunteers. These
were from the southern part of the State. Every
county has contributed more or less and each has nobly done its duty.
The value of the articles sent from Pulaski county has been estimated at
$18,000. The goods already sent
could not be bought with a quarter of a million of dollars.—Here and
elsewhere, the patriotic women have taken the blankets from their beds and sent
them to the soldiers. In Johnson
county, the merchants offered premiums to the young ladies who made the best or
most jeans, and other woolen goods, and the result was that large quantities of
excellent goods were brought in, made up and sent to the soldiery.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 24, 1861, p.
2, c. 4
A Mr. Dance of Texas has made quinine from a tree common to our southern
forests. The Houston Telegraph
thinks it is from the prickly ash.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 24, 1861, p.
2, c. 4
Broad-swords are made at several factories in the South, whereat certain
editors are congratulating their readers. Last
summer a company was here from South Arkansas, all armed with homemade swords.
They were made from scythes or bars of steel; were strong, well tempered,
and serviceably mounted. Writing of
this, we are reminded of a request made to us, to advise all farmers and
housekeepers who have old rasps and files about the house, to gather them up and
take them to the blacksmiths to be made into "tooth picks."
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 24, 1861, p. 2, c. 6
A Remedy for Measles.
Mr. Editor—As the above disease is now prevailing among our troops
generally, you are at liberty, if you think proper, to insert the following
remedy, which I can assure my brother practitioners they will find highly
efficacious in the speedy and successful management of the measles at home or in
the tented field. Any thing for the
benefit of our gallant soldier boys. Our
usual formula is one drachm of carbonate of ammonia (solid hartshorn) added to
an ounce and a half of camphor water. Give
a teaspoonfull three or four times a day, varying the dose according to age and
other circumstances. it should be
given early, if possible, before the eruption appears.
G. D. Hodge, M. D.
Holly Springs, Ark., Oct. 15, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 24, 1861, p. 2, c. 6
A Card.
Feeling the deepest sense of obligation to Mr. J. F. James for his many
and repeated kindnesses, and particularly for the use of the Theatre Hall as a
sewing room for the past six months, it is by the "Soldiers' Aid
Society" unanimously
Resolved, That the thanks of each and every member of this society is
most heartily tendered to Mr. James for the patriotism he has displayed in
furnishing the hall without any pay or reward, save the pleasure it has afforded
him to aid the cause of southern independence, and contribute to the comfort of
the ladies while making clothing for its brave defenders.
Oct. 21, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 24, 1861, p.
3, c. 4
Summary: Clothing
Contributed by the Citizens of Little Rock and Pulaski county, to the soldiers
in Col's Churchill and Borland's Regiments, and left at the store of Jacob
Hawkins, and turned over by him to Lieut. G. w. King and Capt. B. F. Danley.
[list]
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 24, 1861, p. 3, c. 4
Letter from Capt. Holmes.
Camp Hardee, Pitman's Ferry,
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October 14th, 1861.
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Men and Women of Dallas County—
If anything could add to the pleasure and satisfaction of this hour, it
would be to know that you were gazing upon the scene that greets my eyes.
It would need no words of grateful and heartfelt acknowledgment from me
for your prompt, energetic and efficient aid in behalf of the gallant and brave
boys of my command, could you see them as I do, now neatly and
comfortably clad; behold their smiling, happy faces; and hear them greet each
other with the oft-repeated, "God bless the good people of Dallas
county." But I have just
returned from a visit among you and my heart tells me that I must thank you.
No one knows better than myself how much you have labored, nor how
willingly and cheerfully you have given your money to aid in clothing these
honorable, noble hearted, yet half naked soldiers.
To this end, I have seen the mothers and daughters of Dallas, bending
over their work, day after day, night after night; yes, week after week. I have seen mothers strip the soft, warm blankets from their
beds and with their blessings send them as covering to their absent soldier
husbands and sons. 'Tis true the
beauties of the "elder time" gave their jewels and miserable gewgaws
to grace the bloody triumphs of a Ceazar and to sustain the mighty government of
imperial Rome. 'Tis true the
mothers of old Sparta reared their sons only for the battle fields of their
native land and those of her enemies. But
you wives, mothers and daughters of Dallas have done more. Your own fair hands spun, wove and made the garments which
now protect the forms of this "my little band of braves," who
as certainly as that the sun will rise to-morrow, will not disgrace you by dying
(if die they must) with their backs to the foe. Whatever of labor and suffering, of duty and danger the dark
and mysterious future holds for us, shall be met and endured as becometh the
husbands and sons of so generous and noble a people. With such as you to care for and love us, it is
impossible for us either to falter or fail.
No! the South will yet be
free. Free from the disgraceful
legislation of northern fanatical demagogues; free from the insulting tread of
northern hireling soldiery; free from the attempted rule of Mr. Lincoln
and all his miserable cormorant crew. The
soldiers still ask your united prayers to the "God of battles."
If the South can have this, her triumph is certain.
She cannot fail! Fail, did I
say? No! rather would
the prairie flower fail the spring; rather the thunderbolt fail the storm.
And now with my parting hand in yours, let me only add, a God bless you
one and all.
From yours most truly,
Wm. T. M. Holmes,
Company A, Col. Borland's Rg't of Mt. Vol.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 24, 1861, p.
3, c. 5
Summary: A
List of Articles left at the Store of Lt. Fulton for Gen. Hardee's Division.
[list]; also a letter from S. H. Hempstead donating complete outfits for
twelve—woolen pea jackets, lined; woolen pantaloons; woolen net shirts; woolen
socks; woolen blankets.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 31, 1861, p.
2, c. 4
The Arkansas penitentiary has been made a useful institution during the
present war.—Among the articles turned out during the summer were wagons,
harness, tents, cartridge boxes, belts, knapsacks, camp chests, stools and cots,
caissons, etc. Besides these a
large lot of army clothing were made up and a great many shoes for soldiers.
Mr. Ward, the energetic contractor, tells us that by spring he will have
turned out 10,000 pairs of boots and shoes for the soldiers.
These were sold to the State at cash prices and payment taken in war
bonds. A great deal of difficulty
has been experienced in getting a supply of leather.
The most of our readers are aware that the penitentiary was leased for a
term of years, with a view to the introduction of machinery to spin and weave
cotton goods. For this purpose an
appropriation was made for the erection of buildings for the factory and
additional cells for the prisoners. But
the breaking out the war checked this enterprise and the contractor has wisely
set the convicts to work making such things as were needed by the troops. There are about 120 convicts in the prison now.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 7, 1861, p. 1, c. 2
Exiles.
Col. R. H. Johnson—
Sir: There is quite a large
number of persons who have come, and are coming, to this State from Virginia,
Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri, who claim to be exiles and driven from their
homes. In some cases, a poor man,
with a large family, is seen seeking a new home.
His family must be supported and it may be necessary for him to stay and
procure them the means of support. But
there are others, men without families, or those having relatives in the State
with whom their families reside, who come here and sit down in inglorious ease
while their State is overrun by the hirelings of Lincoln. They call themselves exiles, but of all white livered
cowards, they bear the palm. These
fellows turn their backs upon their own State, leaving the brave men and
patriotic women to defend it—they skulk from danger and like cravens as they
are attempt to magnify the dangers from which they ran.
They sit here and see Arkansas going to Virginia, Kentucky or Missouri,
to drive the invaders back, and yet, profess to be intensely patriotic.
Shame upon such libels upon humanity.
If they have not the spunk to fight, let them go back and act as cooks,
teamsters or in some situation where there is but little danger.
If there is a despisable object it is the coward who has deserted his
country in the hour of her peril and greatest need.
What is worse about these fellows, is the fact, that they put on immense
airs, and some of them are hardly upon our soil before they are seeking offices.
The Executive who appoints such a man to office, or the elector who votes
for one, deserves to be executed. It
requires very little to make us believe that such paltroons [sic] would seek
safety in Lincoln's camp, if Arkansas or Texas had not been open to them.
Let us mark these fellows, and if they will not go and fight for their
homes and native land, let us show our appreciation of their conduct by holding
them in deserved scorn and detestation.
Yours truly,
P.R.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 7, 1861, p.
3, c. 4
Summary: Talk
made by General Chilly McIntosh, war captain of the Creek Nation, to the
Comanches, Wichitas and other tribes at the Wichita Agency near Fort Cobb,
August 8, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 7, 1861, p.
3, c. 4
Summary: Clothing
for Capt. J. B. Johnson's Co. [list]
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 14, 1861, p.
1, c. 5
Fort Smith, Nov. 1st, 1861.
Messrs. Johnson & Yerkes—
Gentlemen—Having left Gen. McCulloch's headquarters on Monday, 28th
ult., I send you all the information in regard to their movement that I could
obtain in the short time I remained in that section. . . .
I met many families on the road getting out of Missouri—there was some
sickness among them. Many old
people, women and children, without any preparation for a journey, had hurried
off from their homes in fear of their lives from the attacks of the jayhawkers.
The Missourians are greatly exasperated, and declare they will drive the
last union man from the State. . . .
Yours truly,
Gilbert
Knapp.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 14, 1861, p. 1, c. 5
Fun in the Army.
The Fairfax correspondent of the Charleston Courier, writing on the 11th
inst., says:
Speaking of bourbon, it is positively distressing to one with a
sympathizing nature, to see the straits to which the soldiers are occasionally
reduced by the want of their accustomed stimuli.
Liquor of any kind is a rarity, and the more difficult it is to obtain,
the greater is its abuse. Speculators
among the soldiers are selling rifled stuff, which is a cross between sheet
lighting [lightning?] and North Carolina turpentine, at three dollars a quart,
while the provost marshal has confiscated a lot which, at auction, would not
bring fifteen cents a gallon. Now
and then some sharp captain, while foraging, secures enough to last himself and
comrades one drink around, but this is the exception and not the rule. Even private packages are not exempt from examination, and
the presence of half a dozen straws from the crevice of a box is evidence on
which an official wedge or axe is brought into requisition to discover the
liquid iniquity. Smuggling is,
therefore, again coming into vogue. Several
days ago, a terrible rumpus was created in one of the camps, by the development
of twenty or thirty men so intoxicated as to be unable to engage in the evening
drill. An examination was at once
set on foot to ascertain where the liquor had been obtained, but without
success. The next day another party
was also drunk, and for nearly a week the occurrence was repeated in spite of
the utmost vigilance. Finally, one
of the delinquents, a royally happy Irishman, was brought to headquarters, where
the perplexed officers were holding a consultation over the strange proceedings.
"The top of the mornin' to
yez, gintlemen."
"Silence!" thundered the Colonel—"You're drunk,
sir."
"Dhrunk, is it sure; begorra its only delighted that I am to receive
a letter from my swateheart."
"Tell me where you got your liquor, instantly, sir."
"Whisky dy'e mane, Kern'l—I hav'nt had a smill of the craythur for
the last six wakes."
At this juncture one of the officers called attention to a little stream
that was trinkling down the Paddy's ear.
"What's that?" demanded the Colonel.
Mike slipped his hand up to the delinquent auricular, and drawing his
finger across his mouth to taste the drop he now felt, while expression of comic
guiltiness took possession of his face, as if he had discovered something wrong,
and he replied:
"By the powers, Kern'l but it is a warrum day.
I belave I'm prespiring."
"Take off your cap, sir."
"That I will, sur, to any gintleman like yer honor."
Mike's head was as wet as a soaked dish rag; and it was now observed that
his cap, usually so pliable, was stiff and unruly with some suspicious contents.
"Hand it to me, sir."
"Indade, Kern'l but its nothing but me handkerchief."
He had to pass it over, however, and much to the mortification of Pat,
the officers drew forth an object which at first sight puzzled the credulity of
every person present, and which would be an equal puzzle to your best guess.
It was about eighteen inches of the entrails of an ox, dried and prepared
for this novel use, filled with a pint or two of "torch-light
procession," and tied at both ends. Unfortunately
for Mike, one of these had become loose, and his extraordinary
"perspiration" led to the long sought discovery.
The "milk in the cocoanut" of the regiment being thus accounted
for, the delinquent was dismissed for extra duty, and to give the colonel and
his brother inquisitors an opportunity let out the broad "guffaws"
which had been accumulating during the strange examination.
Others of these intestinal arrangements were subsequently found, and I
need not add that no further trouble has been experienced there from
surreptitious drinks.
Not long ago we had a greased pig race; the porker to be the prize of any
man who caught him by his slippery caudla, but unfortunately the
appendage came off and the game was "blocked."
Then there are sack races, blindfolded attempts to stick a hot poker at a
certain target, with any quantity of immense practical jokes.
You see, therefore, that our men will not all die from inanition.
Fun, life and jollity are written in every camp, and no one could pass by
at certain hours, when the mercury of happiness is at fever heat, without
feeling satisfied of the supreme content of the army.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 14, 1861, p.
2, c. 1
Our terms hereafter will be, in advance, as follows:
Two dollars per annum in specie, or
Two dollars and fifty cents in paper money.
We are forced to this by the great enhancement in the price of printing
paper and the great depreciation in the value of all kinds of paper money.
It is a necessity with us to keep up our paper.
Our receipts from job work and advertising having long since almost
entirely ceased—we have to rely solely upon the subscriptions to the paper to
keep it agoing. The public
printing, owing to the reduction in prices made at the last session of the
General Assembly, the great increase in the cost of paper and labor, and the
depreciated currency we receive from the treasury, has become an expense to us
instead of a profit.
Under these circumstances we are compelled, when our subscribers pay us
in paper money, to demand two dollars and fifty cents as the price of our paper.
Our club rates will be suspended until after the war.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 14, 1861, p.
2, c. 1
Mr. J. F. James has left the theatre building and located on the west
side of Main in the store house formerly occupied by Maj. A. J. Hutt, where he
has fitted up a very neat establishment.
With commendable liberality, he still proffers the use of the upper room
to the ladies' soldiers' aid society.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 14, 1861, p.
2, c. 2-4
Summary: Gen.
Pike's Mission to the Indians—Its Complete Success.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 14, 1861, p.
2, c. 4
We clip the following from a Richmond paper.
It may be of service to troops in this quarter.
Important to Soldiers.—On the Potomac our troops are already preparing
to defend themselves against the cold. A
member of Gen. Holmes command, writes:
"Our company has dug pits under its tents to a depth varying from 2
to 4 feet, according to the nature of the soil.
In the red clay of the backs of the pits, a small fireplace is excavated,
from which a sloaping [sic] tunnel is worked to the top of the ground, in the
rear of the tents. On the upper
aperture thus made, a diminutive chimney of brick or clay and sticks is erected;
and so we are entrenched against the winter terrors of the North and East.
A very little fire suffices for comfort.
Gen. Holmes suggested this plan, which he once tried on the Rocky
Mountains with complete success."
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 14, 1861, p.
2, c. 6
There are a quarter of a million of Catholics in the Confederate States,
and about eleven times that number in the United States.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 14, 1861, p.
2, c. 6
W. A. Howard, of San Antonio, Texas, has contracted to deliver 20,000
beeves at New Iberia, La., for the government.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 14, 1861, p.
2, c. 7
The citizens of the valley of the Brazos, Texas, from Waco to the mouth,
have presented the government, as a free gift, 250,000 bushels of corn.
Judge Hastings, of Lavacca, Texas, lately made a run of 4,597 at
billiards.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 21, 1861, p.
2, c. 3
For the True Democrat.
Letter from Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 15th, 1861.
. . . Memphis, I am told, has forty-eight full companies in
the Confederate army. The city
resembles a military camp. Armed
men are seen every where parading the streets, marching to the sound of drum and
fife. Every second man you meet is
in uniform. Several houses are
manufacturing cannon, others are making cannon balls and shells; hundreds of
persons are engaged in making tents, swords, drums, knives and clothing for the
soldiers. No where upon the face of
the green earth have the ladies been more patriotic than in Memphis.—They
established the Southern Mothers Home for sick soldiers, and as many as four
hundred sick men have been quartered there at one time.
I have been through it frequently and conversed with its inmates, and it
is universally conceded that every thing is done within the bounds of
possibility, to restore the sick soldier to the to his wonted health.
I have heard no complaints of inattention.
Ladies of the first standing, who, at their own splendid homes, need
perform no menial tasks, do not hesitate with their own fair hands, to wash the
feet of the sick soldier. No wonder
that the southern soldiery are invincible; God and the ladies all on their side.
Many of those who were wounded in the late battle near Columbus, are now
here in the new Overton Hotel, which has been fitted up especially for their
accommodation. Money has been
freely contributed, servants have been sent in, beds furnished, as well as every
other needed article of furniture, suitable food and medical attendance, and all
else has been done which can contribute to the comfort or recovery of our brave
wounded men.
The war excitement has a great influence upon trade, religion, schools,
literature and every other department in civilized life.
There are 21 public schools in this city, but as a general thing, they
are poorly attended, and as poorly managed.
The citizens pay thousands every year as a school tax, but no city in
America has poorer schools. Only
one session a day is held, and that continues only four or five hours.
The teachers are chosen upon the principle of favoritism, and not because
they are qualified. I have been creditably informed that only two out of the
twenty-one, make any pretensions to a knowledge of English Grammar.
Have you seen the Southern Monthly?
The third number has been issued, and I hope that it will be sustained.
It is, as a matter of course, not so profusely illustrated with costly
engravings as Harper's Monthly or Frank Leslie, but it is a southern enterprise,
at a time when there is no other of the kind.
The articles already published are altogether respectable, and there
seems to be no lack of talent in the Southern Confederacy.—Hundreds and
thousands have hitherto been paid yearly to the North for their magazines; let
us now have magazines of our own, and no longer depend upon others; this we can
effect, if our people will but take the right view of the subject.
The editor told me to-day, that already your State was affording material
aid in his enterprise. I know it is
characteristic of Arkansas, and I doubt not that when the Southern Monthly
became known to your people, they will prefer it to the gilded but trashy
publications of the North.
S.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 21, 1861, p. 2, c. 4
Complimentary.
At a meeting of the Little Rock Grays, the following resolutions were
unanimously passed, 8th November, 1861.
Resolved, 1st, That we acknowledge our sincere gratitude to
the noble and patriotic ladies of Little Rock for their liberal contribution of
clothing to the company.
Resolved, 2d, That knowing their former exertions in behalf of the
southern soldiers, and the difficulty at this late day to procure materials, we
appreciate more fully their generous gift.
Resolved, 3d, That in defence of a country boasting of such women, and in
defence of women whose self sacrificing acts shed a luster upon the early pages
of the South, we feel that every hardship is a holy duty, and every suffering is
an offering to them and the country.
Resolved, 4th, That independence, when our arms have achieved
it on bloody fields, will be still dearer to us when reflect, in after years,
upon the heroic sacrifices of our patriotic women.
Resolved, 5th, That to Mrs. Matilda Johnson, Mrs. R. H.
Johnson, Mrs. J. B. Johnson, Mrs. T. J. Churchill, Mrs. I. A. Jordan, Mrs. J. D.
Adams, Mrs. Thos. R. Welch, Mrs. Gov. Fulton, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Maria Stevenson,
Mrs. G. D. Sizer, Mrs. Adamson, Mrs. Bertrand, we tender our special thanks.
Resolved, 6th, That the Ladies Soldier's Aid Society of Little
Rock, is entitled to our lasting gratitude, and for remembering us among the
many thousands whom they have clothed, we tender them especially our thanks.
Resolved, 7th, That in honor of the ladies of Little Rock, we
now adopt the name of the "Little Rock Grays," and pledge ourselves to
maintain its honor on every battle field we may tread.
Resolved 8th, That we tender our thanks to Mrs. M. F. Trapnall
for the beautiful banner presented to us before leaving Little Rock last June,
and as upon its silken folds is embroidered the "crown of victory," so
that emblem we have chosen to follow and entered the service of our country,
never to return until victory crowns our arms.
Resolved 9th, That to the Sisters of Mercy, of Little Rock,
for the interest shown us in embroidering our flag, and the zeal they have
displayed in the holy cause for which we battle, have our humble but sincere
thanks.
Resolved, 10th, That to Henry C. Ashley and Richard H.
Johnson, we also acknowledge a debt of obligation which we can never repay, save
that we offer our lives for that glorious independence for which they have so
assiduously labored, and to achieve which they have so generously contributed.
Resolved, 11th, That for the honor of our city, as well as
country, we enlisted for the whole war, and that in the night alarms, when the
"long roll" summon us in storm, in dark and rain, to form and await
the enemy; our wearied and benumbed limbs are strengthened and our hearts are
cheered by the reflection that we are battling for the rights of those who have
been so kind and thoughtful of us.
Resolved, 12th, That our thanks are due to Wm. R. Miller,
Kinnear & Hughes, J. W. Woodward, and other kind friends who have aided us.
Resolved, 13th, That we tender our thanks to Jas. B. Moore,
esq., for bringing our clothing to us, and shall ever remember, with gratitude,
his efforts in behalf of the "Little Rock Grays."
Resolved, 14th, That the city papers be requested to insert
the above resolutions.
1st Lieut. Franklin,
Com'dng Little Rock Grays,
1st Ark's Battalion, Chairman,
2nd Lieut. Geo. Moore,
Acting as Secretary.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 21, 1861, p.
2, c. 4
At a parade of the "Dallas Rifles," in their company grounds,
on the evening of the 28th inst. the following proceedings were had:
Capt. F. J. Cameron called the company to order when Lieut. M. M. Duffie
offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted.
Whereas, Through the agency of our fellow countryman, Hon. Jo. Gray, and
the exertions of our friends of Dallas county, the "Dallas Rifles," 6th
regiment Arkansas volunteers, have been supplied with clothing for the winter,
be it
Resolved, That the "Dallas Rifles" return their profound thanks
to their friends, and the ladies especially, for their personal efforts in
behalf of the company, that such citizens do as noble a part in their country's
defence as they who go to battle, and with such friends the soldier will not
falter in the discharge of the most arduous duties, for he knows that there are
those at home who not only watch with anxiety their condition but will also
greet their return with the dawn of peace, ready to twine the laurel of honor
upon the victor's brow, for the Arkansas boys will return victors or return
not at all.
Resolved, That the untiring efforts of the ladies in behalf of the
"Dallas Rifles," prove
that they like the mothers of the first revolution, are fired with a truly
Spartan zeal, and that they kindle a like ardor in the breast of every soldier
who wears a garment from the fair hands who plied the shuttle or the needle in
its construction.
Resolved, That the "Dallas Rifles" assure their fair friends,
no garment sent shall cover a coward's heart, but hearts willing to brave the
dangers of "flood and field," to be worthy of the mothers, the sisters
and friends left behind them.
Resolved, That the proceedings be published in the "Arkansas True
Democrat."
Thos. A. Wiley, O. S.
Cave City, Ky., October 28th, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 21, 1861, p.
2, c. 5
They have thirty factories in the State of Georgia, engaged in making
cotton and woollen goods, besides several smaller factories that only spin yarn.
The following is a statement of the works of the factories for one week:
202,000 yards of shirtings; 271,500 yards of osnaburgs, stripes, drills
and denims; 54,000 yards of kerseys and linseys and 22,900 yards of jeans and
cassimeres.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 21, 1861, p. 3, c. 5
Barbacue [sic] and Flag Presentation.
On the 18th of October, 1861, at the residence of Eylas Beals,
there was a grand barbacue [sic] given to Capt. Murff's company.
At the same time, the company was presented with a beautiful flag by Mrs.
J. R. R. Adams. Mrs. Adams said in
a plain, easy and graceful manner:
Captain Murff—
In respect to you and your gallant soldiers, and in behalf of the married
ladies here assembled, I present to you this silken flag.
It is emblematic of that flag which is now struggling so hard to wave in
freedom over our shores. You will
perceive upon it inscribed the words, "Conquer we must, In God is our
trust." We have placed these
simple, but beautiful words there, hoping that they may remind you, when you re
far away, of the great necessity of placing all your trust on Him who knoweth
all things, and who doeth all things well.
His ever watchful eye will beam with love upon you; he will be your
solace and hope in the hour of need; your light and comfort in the dark night of
trouble. That God who has promised
mercy to the shorn lamb will never forsake you if you will love him, obey him,
and reverence his holy name. Ask of
him, then, to smile upon you in this most glorious undertaking; place yourselves
under his heavenly protection, and then, valiant warriors, rally forth in the
defence of your country, your homes and your firesides, and say with confidence,
and with cheerful hearts,
"Oh, conquer we must, for our cause is just;
See, there is our motto, in God is our trust."
This was the chosen motto of your honored, illustrious Washington.
Under it he led forth the gallant heroes of the revolution; under it your
forefathers fought and died, and thereby purchased for us those blessings, of
liberty, freedom and peace, which once were ours, and which shall be ours again.
You are now about to leave your friends, your homes and your loved ones
here, for the tented field, to battle in your country's cause; and I sincerely
trust that this flag may be a pillar of light by day to shield and protect you,
and as a pillar of fire by night to lead you on to victory and success.
Think not that you will be forgotten by those you are leaving behind.
Oh, no, brave soldiers, our thoughts will follow after you, and, in
spirit, we will wander with you far over the beautiful hills and pleasant
valleys of our own dear sunny South, and we will bless our weary soldiers; and
from our hearts will ascend to heaven a silent and a fervent prayer that the God
of battles will be with you; that he will shield and comfort you, and return you
all again, crowned with honors, to the homes and friends from which you are now
parting.
Then take this flag, and have it carried in triumph until peace shall be
restored to our beloved country, and until our independence shall be recognized
by all the great nations of the earth.
(Advancing and placing the staff in Captain Murff's hand, continued,)
Our fingers have made for brothers and sons,
I give it to you now in trust,
That you never will leave it while sabres and guns
Can save it from trailing in dust.
Bright banner of beauty in glory unfurl,
On continent, ocean and sea,
To nations and kingdoms throughout the wide world;
Go, flag of the brave and the free.
May laurel on laurel around thee entwine,
And still they dominion be peace,
Whilst the stars in thy circle forever shall shine,
And God's blessings on thee increase.
Capt. Murff's Reply.
Mrs. Adams:
In accepting at your hands, in behalf of the "Bayou Metre
Hornets," this beautiful banner, wrought by the fair hands of a lady of
this vicinity, I feel my utter inability to respond in that strain of fervid
eloquence which swells up from my heart, but fails to find utterance from my
lips. From every point the invader
is assailing us; the roll of the drum is now a familiar sound, and wakes the
echoes in places forever strange to it before; the earth is trembling beneath
the tramp of marching squadrons; the roar of the cannon; the crash of the
musketry, the groans of the wounded and dying are familiar sounds. We may be conquered but never subdued; this beautiful banner
shall wave over us while one arm has strength to strike a foe; though smoke and
dust and blood may stain it, but dishonor shall never tarnish it.
Accept, then, fair lady, our thanks for this high testimonial of your
estimation of our company, and receive from me, in behalf of the company, this
pledge, that till the last arm has fallen nerveless, and the last heart has
ceased to beat, will it become a trophy to our enemies.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 21, 1861, p.
3, c. 6
Holly Springs, Dallas Co., Ark.,
}
October 28th, 1861.
}
Editor True Democrat:
In order that the devotion of the citizens of Holly Springs and vicinity
to the cause of liberty and right, may be more generally known, and particularly
of the ladies, I send you a list of clothing, with the request that you give it
a place in your paper. All the
clothing described has been presented without charge, and has been forwarded to
Capt. E. P. Chandler's company, 12th Arkansas regiment, and consists
of the following articles, viz: 8
overcoats, 66 jean coats, 86 pairs jeans pants, 35 pairs linsey drawers, 44
pairs cotton drawers, 42 jeans vests, 12 knit shirts, 56 linsey and flannel
shirts, 59 hickory shirts, 34 home knit comforts for the neck, 159 pairs socks,
42 pairs gloves, knit by the ladies, 44 blankets, mostly home made, and 12
coverlets.
Almost all of the above articles have been spun, wove and made by the
fair hands of the wives, mothers, sisters and sweethearts of those who have
enlisted in said company. Can a
people so united and devoted ever be conquered?
Never, while the God of justice continues to rule among the inhabitants
of the earth.
Yours, etc.,
Thomas
Peterson.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 5, 1861, p.
2, c. 1
Concert.—The patriotic young ladies of this city will give a concert
and series of tableaux on Friday night, at the Theatre Hall, the proceeds to be
applied for the benefit of sick and wounded Arkansas soldiers now at Memphis. The complete success of the former concerts is a guarantee
that this will be an elegant and pleasing entertainment. Of course everybody will go.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 5, 1861, p.
2, c. 1
Persons of color will give a ball at the Theatre Hall on Tuesday evening
next, for the benefit of the sick and disabled soldiers of Arkansas in Memphis.
The managers most respectfully solicit the company of Abraham Lincoln and
his Cabinet, and hope that President Davis will grant them a passport.
P.
S.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 5, 1861, p.
2, c. 4
The free market in New Orleans is a glorious institution. Notwithstanding the stringent times, the whole souled
planters, farmers and others donate liberally, and a late number of the Delta
thus shows how they distribute the produce:
["] The Free Market.—Yesterday the number of families supplied was
1775; and the following was the distribution:
1740 loaves of bread, 128 bushels meal, 12 bbls. rice, 8 bbls. molasses,
8 beeves, 18 kits mackerel, 5 kits salmon, 9 kits herrings, tongues and sounds,
72 sacks potatoes, 6 sacks turnips, 435 cabbages, 660 bunches greens, 300
bunches leeks, 390 bunches turnips, 600 pounds dried fruit, 9 bbls. pod peas,
430 pumpkins.["]
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 5, 1861, p.
2, c. 4
The following from the Memphis Avalance [sic], is a record of one of many
instances in which negroes have fought the invaders.
Many a Hessian has been made to bite the dust and sent to his long home
by bullets from the guns of faithful slaves:
["] In the recent battle of Belmont, lieutenant Shelton, of the 13th
Arkansas regiment, had his servant Jack in the fight. Both Jack and his master were wounded, but not till they had
made most heroic efforts to drive back the insolent invaders.
Finally, after Jack had fired at the enemy twenty-seven times, he
fell seriously wounded in the arm. Jacks'
son was upon the field, and loaded the rifle for his father, who shot at the
enemy three times after he was upon the ground.
Jack's son hid behind a tree, and when the enemy retreated, they took him
to Cairo and refused to let him return. Jack
was taken from the field in great pain, and brought to the Overton Hospital,
where he bore his sufferings with great fortitude till death relieved him of his
pains yesterday. His example may
throw a flood of light upon the fancied philanthropy of abolitionism.
Jack was a brave and obedient servant, and deserves all praise for his
heroic conduct upon the bloody field of Belmont.["]
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 5, 1861, p.
2, c. 5
The Sherman (Texas) Patriot, has the following paragraph:
["]The emigration from Missouri this fall seems to be quite brisk,
bringing their negroes and every other species of property they could escape
with, while a goodly number are returning north, they say to Arkansas, but we
suppose to Kansas or Illinois. We
think there are more who would do well to take the same track.["]
We hope those returning emigrants will "push along, keep
moving."
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 5, 1861, p.
2, c. 5
The Texas camp at Dumfries, Virginia, is called Camp Wigfall, and the
flag is made of the bridal dress of Mrs. Wigfall.
The folds are of purple and white. The
ensign is the "lone star" of white silk on a blue ground.
It was made and presented to the regiment by the wife of their gallant
colonel and it would require ten thousand Lincolnites to take it, and not then
while a single Texan survived.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 5, 1861, p.
2, c. 6
They have a manufactory of writing ink in Georgia.
Our forests abound with nut galls, and it would pay to gather them and
make our own ink. Many of the fancy
inks now used are composed of acids and minerals that in time corrode the paper
or else fade out. The inks having a
vegetable base are much more permanent.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 12, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
The Pulaski Fire Company give their annual ball at the Anthony House, on
the night of Thursday, December 26th.
The proceeds of the ball will be appropriated to the families of the
volunteers in the army, from this city. The
young men will all attend and many whose dancing days are o'er will drop in to
view the bright scene, and to contribute the price of a ticket to such a worthy
purpose. Pleasure and patriotism
combined will draw a large assemblage and a pleasant time is in store for those
who like to "trip it on the light fantastic toe," or who are fond of a
brilliant crowd of the young, gay and beautiful.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 12, 1861, p.
2, c. 3
The Concert on Friday night was a complete success.
The house was filled to overflowing and the affair passed off creditably.
The tableaux, except that of "Columbus and the egg" were well
selected and represented. The fair
performers acquitted themselves gracefully and charmingly.
One of the pleasing features of the evening was the appearance of that
master of the violin, Professor Arlow Farmin, who executed some beautiful pieces
upon that instrument with a grace and precision that won him deserved applause.
The ladies and gentlemen concerned in this exhibition will receive the
thanks and prayers of many a brave soldier for their exertions in his behalf.
They deserve all praise.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 12, 1861, p.
2, c. 6
We see in several exchanges allusions to the war flag of the Southern
Confederacy, which is now waving over the camps on the Potomac, but no
description of it. The reason for
its use is that the "stars and bars" so nearly resemble the
"stars and stripes," that it is difficult to distinguish them.
We gather from an incidental allusion to it in the correspondence of the
Richmond Dispatch that the emblem is the Southern cross.
We suppose it is a number of white stars arranged in the form of a cross,
on a solid ground.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 12, 1861, p.
2, c. 6
The devil is getting in the women. Two
of them lately fought a duel at New Orleans with bowie knives.
At Petersburg, Va., last week, a Mrs. Hymandinger thrashed a man and
concluded the performance by choking him and kicking him down stairs.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 12, 1861, p. 2, c. 6
Firemen's Ball,
Thursday, December
26, 1861.
Annual Ball of
Pulaski Fire Company, at the
Anthony House.
The Pulaski Fire Company will give a BALL for the benefit of the families of absent volunteers of this city. Gentlemen's Tickets $3 00.
Committee of Arrangement:
R. C. Bragg,
H. C. Ashley,
F. S. Williams,
R. W. Stevenson,
C. E. Button, J.
A. Henry,
I. Huyck,
J. Marshall,
S. F. Dolley.
Dec. 12th, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 12, 1861, p.
3, c. 6
Summary: The
Confederate Navy—list of privateers by name with class, commander, guns, tons;
list of steamers with tons; list of transports; officers in the Confederate
navy; marine officers.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 19, 1861, p.
3, c. 7
The Greensboro (N. C.) Patriot, says that Misses Catherine and Julia
Bunker, daughters of the Siamese twins, have knit six pairs of socks for the
soldiers. These, we suppose, were
Chang's daughters. Eng's wife, Mrs.
Adelaide Bunker, and daughters, also contributed seven pairs of socks.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 19, 1861, p.
4, c. 4
Mrs. Lucetta Walker, of Columbus, in Hempstead county, a lady of
venerable age, and distinguished, it is said, for her generosity, has donated
the goods and made with her own hands for soldiers from that county 110
garments, and knit 46 pairs of socks within the last five months.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 26, 1861, p.
1, c. 3
A preacher presented a revolver to a soldier before his departure to the
seat of war with the following injunction:
If you get in a tight place and have to use it, ask God's blessings if
you have time, but be sure and not let your enemy get the start of you. You can say amen after you shoot.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 26, 1861, p.
1, c. 4
A cotton mill has been established at Jefferson, La., running 2,000
spindles, and capable of turning out 10,000 pounds of cotton yard and 1,200
pounds of cotton cordage, each week.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 26, 1861, p.
1, c. 4
C. E. Tobey, of Norristown, Pope county, Ark., writes to a friend in this
city, that he is putting up a spinning factory, and by the first of March will
have 288 spindles running. Success
to him. The Van Buren factory has
1,808 spindles running, and can turn out 500 pounds of cotton yarn a day.
It has, also, two sets of wool cards in operation.
The cotton mill in Washington county, we are told, is idle at present.
There is a large factory in Pike county, but we are not advised what it
is doing now.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 26, 1861, p.
2, c. 2
We have been shown a splendid six-shooter, manufactured in toto by
Mr. H. H. Carter, of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, which will send a shot to the
distance of a quarter of a mile. It
is an excellent pistol and the finish compares favorably with any work of the
kind we ever saw.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 26, 1861, p. 2, c. 5
A New Flag.
It appears to be admitted that the present flag of the Confederacy has
failed, in some respects, to answer the purpose.
It is not distinct enough and is a half imitation of the old stars and
stripes.
The Confederate generals in Virginia, have invented a battle flag which,
it was intimated, might become the flag of the Confederacy. It is a number of stars in the shape of a cross, intended to
represent the southern constellation of that name. A writer in the Richmond Dispatch shows that the southern
cross is not to be seen in our sky, and it is, therefore, inappropriate.
It would do very well for a transequatorial nation, but not for ours.
Besides, the writer may have added, that it resembles the coat of arms of
Switzerland, which is a cross in the centre.
The writer in the dispatch, in a fine piece of word painting, gives us
another flag. A description of it
will be found in another place, the prominent feature of which is a sun in the
center, on a bar or band of blue, on each side of which there is a stripe of
white and the upper left hand and lower right hand corners are formed of a
triangle of red. The Richmond
Examiner disposes of this by showing that the blue bend or bar is a bar
sinister. This, in heraldry, denotes bastardy, and something not
honestly or directly obtained. We
might treat these old heraldic devices and symbols with disdain, but we are to
make a flag not only for ourselves, but to be seen in foreign countries where
these things are noted, respected and commented upon.
The Examiner proposes the old flag of France, the fleur de lis or
lillies of the Bourbons. But
objections will be made to this, not the least being that it was the symbol of a
race of tyrants, and its want of originality.
In the getting up of a flag we must aim at originality. The old stars and stripes was almost a literal copy of the
flag of one of the South American States. We
want it distinct, emblematical and expressive.
So far, none of those proposed seems to meet with general favor.—The
"sun flag" of the Richmond Dispatch fills the requirements in several
respects, but there are objections even to that.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 26, 1861, p.
2, c. 5
In the legislature of Tennessee, upon the consideration of bill No. 94;
to protect the property of femes covert:
Mr. Fleming offered the following amendment to the bill:
Be it further enacted, That in all popular elections in this State, every
unmarried woman, being the owner of taxable property, shall be entitled to vote
as male citizens are now authorized by law to vote; and every married woman,
having separate property, whose husband may be insolvent, shall, in like manner,
be entitled to vote, and the husband of such woman is hereby disfranchised.
Mr. Rankin offered the following amendment to the amendment:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That all
women, of whatever age, rank, profession, or degree, whether virgin, maid, or
widow, that shall, from and after the passage of this act, impose upon, seduce,
or betray into marriage any male subject in the Confederate States of America,
and particularly in the State of Tennessee, by the means of scents, paints,
cosmetics, washes, artificial teeth, false hair, Spanish wool, iron stays,
high-heeled shoes, or bolstered hips, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction, shall be fined in the sum of $100, and imprisoned at the discretion
of the court trying the cause.
On motion of Mr. Speaker Keeble, (Mr. Estes in the chair,) the amendments
were laid upon the table.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 26, 1861, p.
2, c. 5
The following from the Napoleon Planter, is worth trying:
Napoleon Planter: I send you
what my neighbors are using as a substitute for quinine in common cases of chill
and fever.
Take a pint of cotton seed and pound them well, then add a pint and a
half of water and simmer down to one pint.
All speak well of it and use nothing else now.
Dose—A wine glass full every two hours.
Auburn, Ark., Nov. 23, 1861.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 26, 1861, p.
2, c. 5-6
A writer in the Richmond Dispatch, favors the adoption of a new flag.
After showing that the present one is a failure, that the southern cross
has no significance, and that the sun is a proper emblem, he proposes a flag
which he describes thus:
The flag we propose would consist of three belts and two triangular
spaces. First, a broad blue belt,
passing diagonally from the lower corner of the flag, next the staff, to the
upper corner, farthest from the staff. On
each side of the blue belt a narrower belt of white.
The remaining triangular spaces red, viz: the corner next the staff above, and the corner most remote
from it below. The disposition of
the tri-colored belts is both unique and beautiful. In the centre of the broad blue belt, (which represents the
zodiac, or track of the sun in the heavens,) we would represent the sun in his
ascending pathway. This is the
appropriate symbol of our country. We
dwell in the land of the sun. No
other natural feature is so prominent. The
sun is dear to us, at home and abroad. At
home we enjoy and rejoice in it.—Abroad, in more inhospitable climes, we pine
and long for it. The name by which
we most love to call our country is the "Sunny South."
It is the predominance of sunshine here which forms the most striking
feature to strangers who visit us. Let
us then—not in arrogance, as the symbol of affected superiority over
others—nor as the token of any political creed or institution—but in
grateful acknowledgment and appreciation of this prime blessing of Providence,
adopt the "Flag of the Sun" as the symbol of our land—as that which
at home and abroad recalls its dearest features—makes us love and
cherish—willing to foster, defend, and if need be, fight for it.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 26, 1861, p.
2, c. 6
In Claiborne parish, La., they are manufacturing corn-shellers, wheat
fans, spinning wheels, looms, and other useful articles.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 26, 1861, p.
3, c. 3
Rio coffee is selling in Baltimore at 16½ cents wholesale. Rye(o) coffee, a superior quality, is selling in Little Rock
at from 3 to 4 cents per pound. Who
cares for the blockade!