True Democrat., 1862-12-31

is taxed. All documents are stamped. Notes of hand, marriage licenses, deeds, mortgages, re- cepts-all cost ten cents. Lincolndom is growing unruly under this, but they have just begun to go to school.
 TT southern states are passing registry laws. The legislature of our state neglected to do this. Unless it is done, we will be overrun by Yankees at the close of the war, who will hail from Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee or Missouri. The usual form of these registry laws is that no person shall be entitled to vote at any election unless he has his name registered as citizen at least fifteen days before election, or was in the military service of the Confederacy. Persons coming into county are required to file an aflida- vt of their birth place and residence at tie time of the adoption of the constitution of the Confede rate States. It has also the advantage of being register from which the available military force of a county can be always ascertained. Unless this is done. there will be safety in elections here. after.
 It was reported tha. heavy defacations had been discovered at Richmond. The foundation of the report is found in the action of the treasury department, which required certain officers to settle by certain day, and if they failed to do so, they were held as detaulters. Some of the officials could not get their accounts made out iE time, and came under the rule, but have, since, made settle ments
 - Certain proceedings in the Georgia legisla- ture, brought to light scheme of the abolition enemy on the coast, that may be practised else where, and against which the southern people should be on their guard. It appears the aboli- tionists on St. Simons Island had number of stolen negroes, and after keeping them for several months, sent them, offered to send them, back to their owners. The negroes were known to be "hard cases," and the owners refused to receive them or to permit them to mix with the other groes on the coast. They then offered to the Confederate military authorities, who declined to receive them. There is good proof that these negroes have been drilled and instructed to return and poison the minds of the slaves; tell them of Lincon's proclamation, and head an insurrection The abotionists were to find them the weapons wherewith to murder their masters and mistresses and then point to 1t evidence of the desire of the negro for freedom. Returned negroes, in every locality, should be strictly watched, and upon proof of their being parties to such diabo.ical plot, should be hung at once.
 - whole voting strength of Missouri is lS0 0J0 At the late election only 00,000 votes were cast Of these l0,a00 were spurious. De- .ducng those absent in the armies, and it is ccr- tain that 9J,O00 refused to take the oath in order to vote. Missouri will come out right yet.
 The city council of Charleston has established wood yard from which the poor furnished gratis, and those citizens able to pay, cun buy 1t at eight dollars cord. Other city corporations are doing the thing. Little Rock is very liberal, the common council saying if others will give the wood, they will distribute it. In some cites they have depots of corn, ice, and such things as can be procured, that the families of soldiers can be supplied. 4 few hundred dollars, thus expended, would be of great benefit. Our absent soldiers, when told that the corporation of Little Rock re. fused to establish wood yard, aud thus keep down the price of wood, may ask why it not done.
 -- Ii Georgia, the legislature ordered the sci zure oI all goods held by their owners at prices more than 75 per cent. above cost and carriage. In Augusta, Columbus, and other places, the state agents made heavy hauls.
 - ln our neighb0rnG city of Pine Biuf the hstronic society give public notice that they are prepared to furnish the families of absent sol ders with meal and fire wood This is a noble act, and the gentleman composing the society should have their names written in letters of gold At all events they will be written on the grateful hearts of women and children. In this respect Pine Bluff is far ahead of Little Rock.
 " At the battle of the Rappahannock, on the 18th, Gems. MaKey Gregg, of $. C.; T. R. R Cobb, of Geo., and Hood of Texas, were killed Three braver, better. tIuer men never died for liberty. Among the federals, Gen. Bayard was killed and Vinton, Kimbal, Gibbons, Caldwell and Meagher, wounded.
 - The following northern dispatch may be a guess, or Hoyey, smarting under his defeat by the women oi Mississippi, may have intended to come up White river, to steal and marder, by way of revenge The dispatch reads as follows:
 "A A dispatch from Cairo, Nov. 26h says Gen. Hovey's expedition, consisting of about seven transports, carrying about ten thousand men, which . left Helena some days since, returned on Friday, and proceeded to the mouth of White river, but owing to it's lowness could go no further. Its des tination is said to have been Little Rock"