True Democrat., 1863-05-20
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 Tie elections in Rhode Island and Connecticut have resutei in giving Lnco n clear working majority i'll his next Congress- - Capt Freeman, who commanded battery under Van Dorn, was taken prisoner and sent to the relr. The enemy cred him to take com mand of his battery and turn 1t against his friends and upon his refusal, sh t him. 1 - The Baltimore Sun says that Col. Zarvona has been exchanged. Doubtful.
 - On the 18th of April, a Union meeting was called at Brown county, Indiana. Captain Cumming made speech, threatening to arrest and kill every who did'not endorse all Lincoln's acts, and who resisted the capture of deserters. Lewis Prasser, leading man, state senator and prominent democrat, said that he would not endorse Lincoln. sergeant named Daniel, stepped up to arrest him, when Fraser shot him through the heart Cumming then shot Fraser, the ball break ing his leg. Others commenced firing, and the meeting adjourned itself. Prasser was taken home and 900 men guarded him from arrest. Prominent democrats went to Brown county to counsel sub- mission. The democrats were all armed. On the 1 same day, at public meeting in Danyille- there was regular fight and one abolitionist was Killed l and eix uou,,aod- Gop. C~,riugtoa sent fifteen soldiers Ora ford county, Illinois, to de- serters. They returned, saying they were resisted and fired upon. There were 5OO ButternuGs at camp at Cartersburg. Indiana, and Darlington had sent force to conquer them. w egive these facts signs of the times, but whether the spirit of re- sisance will spread or be crushed at once, time will determine
 - There was a riot in Cincinnati on the 18th April, in which number of negroes were beaten and one killed. 4 party of Germans met some negroes on the sidewalk. The latter pushed the Germans off the sidewalk and fight ensued which spread into riot
 - Andy Johnson has been authorized to raise 25, ,OOO men for special service East Tennessee.
 - Blunt, at Fort Scott, intimates that he has sent force to Park Hill in the Cherokee Nation, and will soon send more, negro regiments and all, to the Arkansas river,
 - The following named prisoners, taken in Louisiana and Mississippi arrived at St. Louis on the 2Oth April: It. Col Robert Taylor, and Lieut.. James P. Hoey, of the l7tE Ark. Stewart DeIton, Henry H. EIland and ". R. Tungate, of the 2d Ark. George ". Hall of the - Texas.
 - Mrs. Jeff Thompson and Mrs Calhoun, were arrested at St. Louis, with Mir. Paul Bentley. It appears that they were ordered to the South and sent to Helena. When they arrived at Helena, Gen. Prentiss professed to recognize Benty as a man whom he (Prentiss) had seen shoot an aboli- tionist at Atlanta, Ga, last summer So Bentley will ba hung, and the women sent into Arkansas. |4 The steamer Majestic was destroyed by fire, on the night of the 9th, near Hickman, Ky. She had on board ,4OO tons of cOmmis ary stores and l5O horses. The boat is sad to have been set on fire. The loss is immense in federal stores and the boat was new
 - We are glad to learn that Major Hugh G. Wilson, who was wounded in the attack upon Fay- etteville, and left in the hands of the enemy is in fair way of recovery, and is, probably, ere thts, at home, in Johnson county
 - The wheat crop is made. What little rust there is, is the leaf. The yield and breadth of land are greater than Tn any previous year. We hope that sheat will be lost for want of hands to gather it, but that every owner of hands will see that the families of soldiers have their crops secured
 - The production of wheat in Arkansas, in the year 1860, was A,000 bushels If it be true, as asserted, that four or five times more has been raised this year than in any previous one, the total number of bushels will exceed million.
 - Brig. Gen. Donelson, nephew of Andrew Jackson, died at Knoxville, on the 10th of April
 - The Mississppian says that project is on foot to start paper mill at Pine Huff in this state and another in Texas.
 - The miserable and atrocious scoundrel Tur- chin, has been made a brigadier general and as- signed to duty under Rosecrans. - The MissOurians did some desperate fight ing at Grand Gulf, on the first of May In the battle Col. Wm. Wade, of St. Louis, command
 ing the Virginia battery, was killed. This battery was brought from Richmond, by Wade, and man. ned by Missourians. After the fall of the colonel and capture of the battery, the Missouriars swore to retake it, and they did, driving thrice their num- bers before them for mile. But their loss was great.
 | - The Mississirpian gives the location of some points around Vicksburg, to enable it's read CTS to understand the situation. Synder's Bluff is on the Yazoo rver thirteen miles, by land, north east of Vicksburg. Chickasaw Bayou is but seven miles from the city, on the road to Synder's Buff This is the point where Sherman drove his men into the slaughter pen. Warrenton is on the river, eleven miles below Vicksburg. Grand Gulf is p miles below Warrenton at the mouth of Big Black river. Bayou Pierre is ten miles below Grand | Gulf.
 - Heron and his army reached Rolla on the 18th ut. He says there was nothing to eat be- tween Fayetteville and that point, and he fell back for supplies.
 - Five telegraph operators were arrested in Virginia, who had a wire crossing the Rappahan- nook and extending to the federal camp.
 - sure remedy for the hog cholera is to 1 feed the swine on raw turni ps
 - Burn corncobs, take the ashes put them in a bottle, pour on water and cork tight In few days you have ,an excellent substitute for soda. | - The Senate has confirmed as full generals, ranking lieutenant generals, Samuel Cooper, Ro- bert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston and c. T. Beau regard; major-g generals, Jubal A. Early and Isaac Trimble; brigadier generals, William Smith and Camillus Polignac.