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THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
AFFAIRS IN ARKANSAS.
From the Grenada Appeal, Sept. 23.
A gentleman from west of the river, who arrived in this city last evening, has placed in our hands copies of fine Bluff and Little Rock papers as late as the 12th and also favors us with some interesting and [?] verbal intelligence. A fine army for operations in the Trans-Mississippi Department has been organized by the Generals who have been intrusted with the work, and the my [?] have already been made to feel its [?], in the vicinity of Helena, and the power of our friends to protect the State from predatory excursion is so manifest that of the late the enemy has remained unusually [?]. In the north-western part of the State there have also been some movements. On the 24th of August, COFFEE and TRACEY reached Bentonville, in the north-western corner of this State, with about 2,500 men. They gave the Federals a fight at Lone Jack in Missouri, and captured two pieces of the battery formerly commanded by Captain, now Brig.-Gen. TOTTON.
Under the new Constitutional a general State election will take place in October, and under a recent decision of the Supreme Court all the offices, Confederate, State, and County, will have to be filled. The canvass is already occupying public attention, and we observe that candidates are becoming plenty. There appears, to be no feeling personal or otherwise, in the campaign, except in the contest for Governor. Gov. RECTOR in a lengthy circular, has announced himself for reelection, and Col. HARRIS FLANNIGAN, of Clark County, and Mr. JOHN S.H. RAINEY, are also candidates. Col. F. appears to be the favorite of those who oppose Gov. RECTOR.
The True Democrat publishes a semi-official statement of the financial condition of the State as follows:
Amount in the Treasury Dec. 12, 1860....…..$55,000.52
Amount received since......................……...$595,132.25
Amount of War Bonds issued...................$1,447,626.60
Amount of Treasury Warrants.....................$719,288.10
Total.........................................................$3,263,437.46
There is yet in the Treasury...........................$66,698.50
Amount spent in 21 months.....................$3,231,738.96
The attempt of the Lincoln Government to foist upon the State a Provisional Government, in the persons, of PHILIPS and his attaches, is treated with great ridicule. The rule of the elique, it is predicted, will never be attempted, much less exercised.
Capt. JOHN. D. ADAMS, formerly commandant of the post of Memphis, has been transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department.
Two members of the Military Board of Arkansas are to be elected, at the general election in October next.
Of crops in the State we only find the following notice in the Pine Bluff True Southron:
Crops. -- The weather has been very dry for some time -- only one shower in about two months. The hill country is very much parched, and if we are correctly informed, many will have to depend on the corn crop of the river valley, for bread. The valley of the Arkansas River has yielded a large crop, and the army as well as the people must draw subsistence from it. We trust, and believe, that our military authorities are alive to this important fact, and will not allow the Yankees ever to take possession of this section of country, which would be a misfortune almost irretrievable.