True Democrat., 1862-12-24
ITEM 5

- McClerard's grand Mississippi army is in teree divisions. Sumner commands the sht wing; Wallace the center. and Granger tie left wing.
 - The Irish papers assert that Lincoln has numerous enisting officers in Ireland Two hun dred dollars and the passage to America is paid as bounty. If England does not stop this, she will find these men returning some fine day. When Inc North finds siio s,.bdun the South. these troops of hers will look elsewhere for employment
 - Billy Wilson and his band of thieves have been ordered to New Orleans.
 -- Col. A. R. Johnson, of Burnett county. Texas, lately operating in Kentucky, is ! dashng partisan leader. He started in Kentucky with company, and came out with over & fsli regiment, having enlisted over thousand. During the time he captured ,220 prisoners, l0 towns steam boats, and destroyed U 5. property to the value of two millions of dollars.
 - The headquarters of len. Ntgrulor arc at Houston, Texas,
 - The South may learn less }n from the northern cities. Not only have the municipal thorites sustained the Lincoln goverament by giv- ing large bountes to volunteers, but in every city they provided for the families of absent soldiers. Boston appropriated half million and o,her cities in proportion. The result is that troops were raised and remain satisfied ill the service.
 That c0nsumate scroundrel and black guard, Prentis5, is now in command Ut Memphis.
 The French armies are conquering in Mexico. 4 Mexican division, commanded br Cen Ortega, vas whipped at fcohlo, and the French are narchingo on the capital. Tho later arc in possession of Tanpico.
 - Andy Johnson has left Nashville to take his seat in Lincons Congress. The renegade Wn H. Polk, is now military governor of Ten nessee.
 -- Charles A. Dana, one of ne editors og tic New ! ogk Tribrne is Lncoln's assistant secreta- " of war
 - Tie elections in Delaware were Terfoc farce. The polls were surrounded hy soldiers ,anI democrats driven of. The democrats clrried thc State by small majority, though several Pennsy- vana regiments voted, and one half inc cons rva- tive5 were driven from the polls. The object was to create the impression that border State s;,s- taned Lincoln.
 m The army co.raspon lent of tho New or,l Tribune is Thompson, alias c. Philander Doe sticks. After Mcclellan was removed, several o his stuff found Thompson in camp, and pumme,cl Lim till he VAS half dead I's led 10 the arres' of officers
 - Cor. Pickcas, in his annual message, re comments that the constitution of that State Be s1 amGgdsa ss to qQaaas the right of suffrage to alien persons who were citizens of the Conleleracy at the Gloptioa of the constitution or born in t43 Conleder2cy since then. - The Iesslatur. Of N ew Jersey stands; con- s.rvatyc G5, abolition p. James D. Wall, who wls arrested and ser. to Fort Lafayctte, will be elected |. :. Senator.
 A- Medary's plpar, the Crisis, of Coiuu5a Ohio, say5 that Curtis hes made 570,0JJ by colt lu specalatioas in Arkansas.
 - We regret to have to record the death ol Mrs Mary Cunningham, wife Of the Treasurer ot Arkansas. She was an estimable lady, and we sympathize with her bcreavel husband. - John Fraser < Co.,, of Charleston. give $5Gd a week to the free market at Charleston. F. L. Kerrson give $5JO month; Ben. MorIecai, alihc sum; E. Lepelte x C5 $l00 week, and other citizens other liberal sums. Cannot we have free market here? Even if it supplied families with wood and meal only, it would d. gool and those who originated and sustained it would De honolel during their lives and rewarded after death. Has all charity died out and is there no unselishness in these coyetous srasping tines
 - Qnantrel, the famous partisan leader in Missouri, is yet harra5sng the aboHtionsts. Ac- cording to the federal papers, they whip him every ,r-71 h,t hn do,n+ o.,v ,rh;,,ol
 - Negroes are hired in Ohio tt two doll2rs . month.
 - Arsenic has been found to be certain cure for hydropnobia.