True Democrat., 1863-04-29

years put togethrr, Mir. Taylor says: have not seen poor crop. Ofcourse, there are some wet patches; and some bushy fields, the latter being few and confined to new ground. The difficulty will be how to harvest it, as numbers of the small crops belong to volunteers wives. In this vicini ty we will do all we cfil, though cradles and reap ing hooks are scarce and horse power reapers are not here. Corn crops look we'll so far It has been little too wet and corn has been thrown back by the frosts, of which we had four heavy ones. It has come out and will be little lower, but less in the ear, If we have seasonabe mins It will crowd the early and late plantings together and as the wheat harvest will be here in month, should it continue wet the corn will have to be neglected. But we will do our best and may God bless our country and our cause" We hope the people of other sections will do like those of MT. Tayor's, and help every soldiers wife to harvest her wheat and put it up for her.
 - A great deal of barley has been sown in Arkansas this year. IL is useful crop and yields finely. It is crowding oats out of our fields. good deal will be raised in the northwest and ln the Red river country.
 pr. Olds, of Ohio, has had Gov. Tod arrested for Kidnapping him last summer. The governor was taken before one of the judges of the supreme court of the state and gave bail.
 - Quite discrepancy is shown in the report of the number of deserters who returned to their commands in consequence of Lincoln's proclama' ton. One paper put the number at 32,ooo' out dispatch from Washington, of the 2d in.t' says that it is less than thousand
 -. Plant beans apd peas. These are tue cheapest and most nutritious food that can be pro- cured.
 - The postage bill, in the Confederate Con- gress, provides that the postage on newspapers shall be for every paper not weighing over three ounces, one cent, and for every additional ounce' half cent. Exchanges are free.
 - The following papers have been prescribed hy the military authorities at St. Louis: The En- ouirer of Cincinnati The Independent World, Journal of Commerce, Freeman's Journal, Catho- lie Register and Caucasian, of New York The Times, of Chicago, and the Crisis, of Columbus, Ohio.
 - The federal gunboats below Vicksburg, and there are seven eight now, are bockadinS the mouth of Red river, and some of them have yeatured up to attack the Notifications on that stream.
 - The elections for Lincoln's next House of Representatives so far. give the nigger party So and anti -niggers "A There are 24 yet to oo elect ed; Vermont 3, West Virginia 3, California 3, Maryland B. Kentucky 9, Missouri l. IKentucky and Maryland go against Lincoln, he will order elections in Tennessee and other points and send up representatives till he has majority.
 nd Cf N4n1pIhiH captured the steamer Peterhof, on board of which. was an English mail, unopened. Lord Lyons de. mands the mail. Seward ordered it to be given up Welles says that international law and acts of Congress require the mail to be opened by the District Court The court notified the British Consul to attend at the opening but Seward inter posed and prevented it. So the matter stands.
 "A federal gunboat, while attempting to ascend the Amte, on the 7th inst, ran on stump, but before our men could reach her, the crew set fire to her and away.
 - gallant act was performed by five Ten nesseans. They volunteered to go down and de- stroy the steamer Vicksburg, which had broken from her moorings and drifted down to the enemy. They went down, destroyed her and returned in safety to Vicksburg
 - Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, has not gone to Europe. In his paper of the 24th he de fines his position as being utterly opposed to cpation.
 -Ths following Confederate soldiers died in . prison at camp Douglas during the last days of March, viz: J. B. Campbell, of 10th Texas; D. S.. Martin s. G. Ball, P. Mills, c. P, Elliott, Wm. Stuart, 5. Campbell and B. O.. Herrin, of the 18th Texas; Jas. J. Hulesey, D. Grimes, T. w. Leon, J. J. Barrett, J. M. Coe, c. A. Thorn, J. M. Pine ston and s. Dodson, of the l7th Texas; E. F. Cooper, James N. Cross, Wm M. Cox and D. H. Nelson, of the 18th Texas; J. Burden, of the 18th Texas; D. McMillian, R. H. Haley, Jas. Banks, Wm. Nelson, A. J. Hoffman, J. A. Maroon, A. J. Rives and Albert Tyre, of the 18th Ark; Wm. Bocum, of Cox's battalion Wm. C. Fisher, of Dunnington's naval battery; Wm F. Green, of Johnson's spy company
 We learn that Curtis, the chief or head of the cotton card swindlers, met by Mir. s. Will son, the suter of Col. Glenns regiment, some few miles this side of Memphis. Wilson brought him part of the way, but when within twenty miles of Little Rock, Curtis succeeded in effecting his es- cape. We learn further, that Curtis gave up thir- ty-One or two tnOuSanu OOllafS Tn Confederate money and about eighty in gold, which. we sup pose, will be divided among his victims.
 - Hon. Geo. c. Watkins, one of the judges of the military court for Lieut. Gen. Kirby Smiths army corps, has resigned and Hon. D. Walker has been appointed to fill the vacancy. Judge Walker was President of the Covention, and from the se- cession of the State has been steady supporter of the good cause His sons and nephews are in the patriot army, and the Judge shouldered his shot gun and took part in the battle of Oak Hills. The federas have robbed him, stolen the negroes left on his farm in Washington county, carried of his furniture driven off his stock and destroyed good portion of his property. The jndge is a man of principle and frmness, bears his losses composedly and has the firmest confidence in the speedy suc- cess of our cause. We write this, because his fidelity to the South may have been questioned, when we know him to be true, and because though, in years gone by, he has been political opponent, we wish to show that such things are forgotten and we desire to do justice to all co laborers in the good work.
 Nh. Moses Brock, of Brocktown, Pike coun- ty, sends us some counterfeit shnplasters, with request to notice them. They are small, an inch and half by three inches square, printed on Him. whita manor and the nrnted na art raada ac foI