True Democrat., 1862-12-10
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cd senator from Georgia.
 - Thc great international exhibition at London has proved failruc. The building will be sold to pay the contractors.
 - The editor of the Selma, Ala, Reporter. has broken out in fresh place and turned poet. Here is his last poem.
 The rooster is q useful fowl,
 He crows at tho break of day
 He gallantly cs :orts the hens.
 And cacle6 wien they lay.
 - We are in receipt of co.a,.aaicaLion from Mr D. Woodruff; Of Waco, Texas, in re- !ation 10 submarine batteries, which We would give entire if wo had room. Nr. ". suggests that batteries bc placed in our rivers to be e&- plodsd by means of wires leading ftoln 3 gal vanic battery. He says that 9 mer. battery or torpe1o, on the soft bottom Of rive, might ex- pIode aud do . boat no damaee, and suggests that Q mortar De cast and placed on the bed Of he river, in which the powder in . canister should he placed and nine inch Js,ll put on top of the canister. Go carry or this plan the great difficulty would be to procure the wire. l. would require several miles Of wire and tLi8 wire n.u t De covered (insuIated) 30 as rot 10 come in contact with the water CT ground.- His w;to caanot te procmoj. The ea'vonic battery cau be had and the llatna with which 10 connect the two w,res. This plan of subma- rne batteries is one well known 10 scientific men. and lecturers On magnetism often illustrate their d;scourses by exa biting m experiment of tic kind Our engineers certainly know oi this plan. anl We suppose the reason why 1t has not been tried heretofore is the mpoasi5ility of procuring suitable wire. The t5rpcdoes, of which there wa8 So much talk year ago. were made 50 as 10 Dc exploded by the beat running against them, CT 2 log connected wi.h them and were lot to be fired y electricity Some plan .aieb, bc devised y which boats might De blown up in our shallow streams, by anchoring . tor pado md fastening rope to 1t that the boat would touch in passing and cause the torpedo to explode. We arc glad to see our corre8pon- dent a&tating lhe subject and hope scientific men will devise something practicable.
 --- Mr. J. C. c. Moss is informed that VIC will publish the information ho desires as soon as we can procure t.
 - We stated last week that Gen. Edwin Price, son of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, in ad dtioe to resicuiug his commission in the Con- lederate army, had taken inc oath ofallesiance to Iincon. This is denied and the Grenada Appeal says that Ao is in. prison at &. Louis, under an indictment for high treason.
 - The publishers of newspapers in the United States are generally advancing their prices from five to twenty-five per cent.
 It wa8 General Preston Smith, and not T.. Kirby 5 Smith, tLat was sick at Chattanooga.
 - Judge Barnayo of New York city, issued Q writ of haboas corpus for a soldier in Col. Reed 5 regiment, of the Corcoran legion. Reed refused 10 deliver the man. Barnave issued m order for the arrest Of Reed, and has called up- on thc militia of New York city, to help lis sheriff enforce it.
 - The abolit;oni-t3 are burning all the corn, fodder and forage within three or four miles of the Mississippi river, and such of its tributaries as their boats arc able 10 asocnd.- They ayow their intention to staryc the people of the South into submission. One planter tells us that thcy destroyed G000 bushels of corn, all he had. They drive off cattle, and even shoot down thc milch cows. This fondish scheme cuts two ways. It deprves the army of getting corn from the river bottom lands where 1t is plentiful and leaves the people destitute, so they wjIl be compelled to send to the North>wes and open trade with Illinois and other States.
 - The abolition army, as 1t pcnotrates in the South, not oaly destroys provisions but warns the farmers and planters to plant cotton and not corn, or only sufficient to furnish bread for the family for next year.
 Capt Fred. Humphreys, formerly mill tary storekeeper at the arsenal in this city, Is now in charge of inc ordnance department at Columbus, Geo. He is doing finely and bears the reputation of being an excellent officer. lie is among the best officers in the service, and deserves to be at least Brigadier. May his shadow never grow less.
 -- We gre indebted to Capt. MuFil, ol this county for bundle ocato papers. Tie captain is on q visit home and is in fine health We nerlectcd to acknowledge the receipt of like ia~ vors from others, but will try not to be so remiss in future.
 Among the members Of tho legislature ately in session, was our old friend John h. Lafferty, of Van Buren county. Although seV'