True Democrat., 1863-02-04

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 "The secretary of war has dropped five officers belonging to the 57th North Carolina regiment for prolonged and unnecessary absence from ousy' and they are ordered to report as conscrip~'
 - Military courts have been established TOT each division or department of the-army. mere are some ten or Q dozen in all. We give tne one for this department, but think it likely lrussen' not Justin Polk, is meant:
 "6. Lieutenant General T. H. Holmes Corps: Justin Polk, Missouri. Presiding Judge; 0eo' N' Watkins, Arkansas; Major w. P. Townsend, Ssn Texas Vols, Texae; Lionel L. Levy, of Louisiana Judge Advocate"
 As much as has been said of Butler the Beast, we doubt very much if the federal generel k. Il. Mlrov, now in Western Virginia, is not. as f'r as his ability goes, as great fend as Butler k"p'ne' sacyiIege arson, ani wanton destruction marx this wretch's course. He has had old men beaten hung and shot unolYendny citizens, and committed all the crimes in the calendar. He is covered with blood from head to foot. Of course. such triple scsundrel is strong aboltionist He stole great many negroes who were lazy and did not Ike to work for their new masters, and whom the soldiers had to drive to their work These negroes also vsi- ted farms and stole everything they could lay their hands on, and when caught they were whipped o' driven of by tue f.rmer. Milroy becomes excited and issues an order full of abolition sympathy. and closes it with these worlds
 "It is therefore ordered, and hereby made the duty of every officer and soldier of this command to nnediateLy shoot doun every soldier other per son who may be found causelessly abusing, beat ing otherwise maltreating any of the negro o' mulatto servants or drivers in and about this com mand.
 By order of Brig Gen. R. II. Milroy.
 HENRY c. FLEsHER,
 Capt. and A. A. A. G."
 - Tennessee paper says:
 "In Middle Tennessee pork was purchased fOl the government at cts; beef at cts; corn al 65 cts; wheat at 9l 4D; flour at $l %, and bacon 20 cts" @
 That was in State overrun by the enemy, and where the people are accused of disloyalty. But among our wealthy patriots these figures would be scorned. These intensely southern men, some oi them with surplus of 10 900 bushels of corn, pre- fer to hold it up in the hope to make the soldiers wife or widow pay four or five dollars bushel.- As you get into a country where there is most wealth and the produce in the hands of few the higher are the prices. A contemporary says:
 "He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him; but blessings shall be upon the head ol him that selleth it'' We hope the holders of corn and other provisions will SO act that our land will be vocal with blessings instead of curses upon their heads. Curses, sanctioned by the Bible and in. voked by a whole people, and in such time as this-they would outweigh a mistone.
 - \ steamboat, on a stealing expedition, was captured near the town of Commerce, Mo, by par md ahnli paper tells us how they got revenge. It says:
 "In the morning the town was burned. and all plantations for five miles around. Ten prisoners were taken. Among them Mrs. Hayden"
 Exactly. They waited till the enemy left and then destroyed the property of unorending citi- sens. They spread ruin and devastation around and took ten prisoners, '"among them Mrs. Hay den." How brave! How chivalrous! They skulked fight and after ths enemy had gone, took ten prisoners, "among them Mrs. Hayden' The Yankee historian fails to record what else these warriors did. Doubles. they m ,ie faces at child Ten and shook their fists in tho direction of the foo. And 30 thousand lussy warriors marched in with unresisting prisoners and "among them Mrs. Hayden '"
 "The N. Y. Times says that parties in the North are eagerly purchasing Confederate bonds at fifty cents on the dollar, and that private paper of wealthy southerners sells readily at par
 Spectators here are decryins Confederate mo. ney when it sells openly in Memphis at fifty cents. It is worth more in Europe than greenbacks. The difference between the two in New York, is only l cents. Indeed, 80 highly do they value Confederate money that even at Memphis they are arresting and imprisoning men for passing counterfeit Confede rate money. They dcnonncing the attempts to counterfeit it and publishing elaborate descriptions of spurious notes. majority of the busirea sn on .t the North tnis day rather receive Con federate than U. s. paper.