True Democrat., 1863-02-25

groes, and declaring that Illinois Will resist the payment of any money so appropriated. - Civil war has begun in Indiana. A. squad of soldiers was sent to Waverly, Morgan county, to arrest some deserters. The citizens armed themselves and drove off the squad. A ! larger force was sent when a fight ensued. Nine | citizens and two deserters were made prisoners. | A larger force will be sent back and a bigger | fight is expected.
 | - Federal officers say there are 10000 ! sick federals near Vicksburg. - 6,527 bales of cotton were shipped from | Cairo during the month of January. - Gen. E. Kirby Smith, has been trans | ferred either to Fredericksburg or North Caro- | lima.
 - On Friday, the 30th ut., there was battle on the Blackwater in Virginia. The fed eral force, 10000 strong, was commanded by Corcoran, the Confederate force, about half that number, by Pryor. The enemy were succes. l fully resisted and acknowledge loss of 500. | Pryor's loss was forty, of whom six were kill ed.
 - Confederate bonds were taken up in Texas at the rate of million dollars week.
 ~ The Missouri Legislature were still bal. rlotting for senators. It is supposed that Phelps and Henderson will be elected.
 - The gunboat Glide took fire at the levee at Cairo, on the 7th, and was utterly destroy | ed. There was negro woman on board, who jumped ashore, and took to the woods, shouting | to the crowd that she had had enough of the North. The loss of the Glide and her stores is estimated at $60,OO0
 - Wilson of Massachusetts said in Lin -coln's Senate that he had numerous apphoa- l tons from officers, desiring commands in the negro regiments and brigades to be raised. He said that the whole force could be officered by white men. Why not let the negroes have l their own officers? The darkies should now volunteer to officer the white regiments. l - In all probability, ere this, the attack has been made on Charleston. The federal pa pers say that they had o0,0O0 men ready to at- sent. They had twentyanine iron clad vessels. 1 part of these were to attack the forts and while engaged with them, another part of the fleet was to advance on the city. The world has never seen such fighting as has been, or | will be made at the defence of Charleston.
 - The federas after taking the Post Of Arkansas, abandoned it in hurry. One of the cannon they threw in the well;- another they tumbed in the mud. They buried their dead in the rife pits and threw so little dirt over them that heads, arms and feet protruded.- After their departure. the citizens carried dirt and covered their remains.
 - On the morning of the 3rd, the Queen of the West captured the steamer A. w. Ba- ker loaded with sugar and molasses, having thirty Confederate officers on board, nine of whom escaped. She then captured the Moro, with l8O,000 lbs of fresh pork on board. On the same day she took the Berwick Bay with 100 bales of cotton, and 200 barrels of four. I The object in capturing these boats was said to be to use them as transports to carry federal | troops across the river below Vickshurg.
 - The Vicksburg Whig of the 7th, says that the Peninsula opposite VicSsburg, was rap idly being submerged.
 - Deserters from Baton Rouge were daily arriving at Port Hudson. One regiment was confined in the penitentiary for mutiny.
 Brigham Young issued a message whicf was suppressed by the Lincoln govern nent.- Whats the matter?
 - The report was current in Baton Rouge and believed. so deserters say, that early sin l February the Alabama, (290) and the Florida, l (Ovietol had joined, met the great Yankee | war steamer Brooklyn and after a severe fight sunk her.
 - The militia of Missouri have been or dered to deliver up their arms, aud forward them to St. Louis.
 - The great body of the negroes of the South are loyal and true. If the dissatisfied ones could be sent North for a year 80, ant test Yankee phianthrophy, they would gladl, come home and stay there. The ma ajority o those now at the North were forced away, anc nine-tenths would gladly return. The follow ing letter shows how Texas servants feel abou this war.
 AUSTIN TEXAS, January ,, l8t3. DR. J. BORING,
 Surgeon Tcras Hospital. at Little Roch DEAR SIR:
 Herewith send you $70 for the benefit O the Texas hospital at Little Rock. It comes t' me from two negro men, of Bell county Texas Dan, whose master Capt $. G. Davidson, was killed early in this war; al Matt, whose owner, Dr. James c. Robinson, was severel. wounded at Cornth.
 These faithful servants of truly patriotic tami lies, gavea Christmas dinner to their colore' brethern This money is the proceed thereof and they desire to send 1t to you for the benefit of sick Texans, of whose chivalry Da, and Matt are pround; while they detest the ruthless infdels who are ravaging portions our country.
 Your friend,
 JNO. HENRY BROWN. Clothing Agent, c. S.-A. HTThe following was sent to us for publication