True Democrat., 1863-02-25
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- During the month of January, great many southern ladies driven from Baltimore, Washington and other cities, arrived in Rlch> mond. They had to come by way ot Suffolk At that point they found they had to be search~ ed, and the person to examine the'r clothing was vile old hag, who took every opportunity of insulting them. This old vixen IS Mrs. Brown, the wife of old John Brown, who was hung in Virginia. Even in such small matters as the appointment of female inspectors, Lin col..show his malicious meanness.
 - Gen. F. Kirby Smith, hes returned to Richmond. Magruder is doing 80 well in, Tex as, that Smith did not want to interfere with his command ~
 - Rosencrans is a native of Randolph county, Virginia. Buell. was born in Florida. McClellan's father was a Scotchman, and for a long time, professor of surgery in the medical college at Philadelphia. Whether Mcclellan was born in Scotland or in Pennsylvania, we do not know. Tie North has not produced a great general.
 - Paper is very high priced at the North, as cotton and cotton goods are also. High prices are paid for rags and materials out of which to make paper. A patriotic Yankee lately conceived of plan by which oturn many a penny. He formed himself into a committee and opebed offices all over the country, calling upon the charitable. to furnish him with old linen, lint bandages and cloths for the hospit~ als. These he was to send to the different hos~ pftals and battle fields. When he had collect ed several tons he baed them took them to the paper mills at Dalton, Mass, and sold them.
 All the wood yards on the Mississippi river between Memphis and Vicksburg have been destroyed The enemy have to carry coal bar ges with them. The boats often go to the shore and send parties out to cut wood. Our par tsans should watch these wood~chopPers and serve writ of tresspass on them.
 - Liverpool salt sold in Savannah, in January for fifty dollars a sack. It sold in Lynchburg, Va, for twenty cents a pound.
 - The Harriet Lane, captured at Calves ton, is vessel of six hundred tons burthen She mounted eight guns of heavy calibre.
 - w. l.. Yancey's son was not killed at the battle of Murfreesboro.
 - The Florida, formerly the Ovieta, com manded by Capt. Mafit ran in and ont of Mo bile last December. Early in January she over weston and after running fight of half an hour sunk the latter. One icer and five of the crew of the Hatteras were in a boat and escap ed, but the rest are supposed to have gone un der The Hatteras had three riAed guns and four thirty two pounders. The northern paper+ of late date, claim that since then they have sunk the Florida and Lincoln has announced it officially, but no particulars are given, anC we are still in hopes that the Florida and her gallant crew are afoat.
 = The circulation of the Chicago Times has beensuppresscd everywhere within the lnes of the federal army. News agents are pro I hibited from selling it. The New York World will soon share a similar fate.
 - The seats of four of the' congressiena delegation from Missouri to Lincoln Congress will be contested. - Col Cameron, and Capt. M. NJ. Dufie of the 9th Ark, were wounded at Murlreesboro
 - The examing wench at Suffolk, is tn, widow of old John Brown, and at City Point is Mrs. Harlan, the wife of one of Lincoln senators, who does such dirty work for fifty dol lars a month.
 -- Thomas A. Hendricks, has been elect ed senator from Indiana, and W. A. Richard son, from Illinois. Both are anti Lncolnites - The Charleston Courier announces tn, expected arrival, in that city of Co.'s. O. Tard and K. Tawba They will be immediately ta ken in and done for.
 - Mir. w. J. McLaren, of the 22nd Texas writes us the substance of conversation h. had with some deserters from the federal army They tell same story of having their eyes open ed as to the character of the war and the per fidy of Lincoln. The deserters assured Me-. Laren that the reason why the feds left ou river was fear of mutiny among their men,
 - There is something in war, in the feel ings it excites and passions it arouses, favorable to the development of poetic talents. We judg so from the amount of original poetry we ar favored with. We have on hand, some twent or thirty poems, songs and pieces, goot bad and indifferent, some of which. we vii make room for. We have received a sonl F" composed by two southern ladies, " but do no believe it would sound as we'll in print as it would :. be if said or sung by the fair authoresses. |.
 - Correspondents must not be angry a the delay in the appearance, or non~appearanc of their productions. Our limits are smal and very many good articles are uEavoidabl crowded out.
 = Early in February, the committee oi federal relations in the Illinois legislature, re ported preamble and resolutions, similar tt those offered in the Kentucky legislature, whlcl we published week or two since. The pre- amble recites the unconstitutional acts of Lln coln the change in the avowed objects ot th' war; snd the resolutions demand a speedy peace Commissioners are named to confer with othe States a convention called for and an armisic' insisted upon To peevent passage of these resolutions the aboltionists bolted and swear they will not meet and have quorum. Th' democrats, equally firm, say that unless the resolutions are passed the appro priation bil shall not and the wheels of the State govern ment must stop. So the matter stands at the , poso1,,tianc sSpd in the