True Democrat., 1863-04-08
The Situation.

The municipal elections in New York sho" an srqrerate ia favor of the black republicans ana .haro o-e o,her avidapcas of the decline of con- .a~,a.;,, Pon,Iar san+:,,ent there ebbs and flows. Fn. r1,iIo tbe .e,,is,s1t upon the flood tide of
 o,, e,.y,,op, aoates into the office of Governor. .ItI fair to hec,,,ne revolution. It has eboed un- til the black republican policy is douinant- A.,,ar,bc,ess, there afe mary at the North who f,vop the recognition. ot our independence, and zx+n are for peare in any event There are few who yet hope or dreanto. reconstruction. In the northwest the peace men and recofetructionists are as dete:mined a5 eyer Vallandiughrul. made aqpeech in Cincinnati; at which place h2 was pre- scented ri;h 4 string of butteruuta mounted and decorated ith red, white and blus flags. He lias succeeded in getting up call for mass cou}en- ton al Indianapolis in May, Of what Is now called the Buttcrnus.'' So fsr as we have read, the creation of Lincoln into Military Dictator meets with comparatively little opposition. There are growlings and Inutterngsi !" curses not loud but deep" and few clouds which may presage a storm, all of which may be the spasmodic throes of dying liberty. The revolution in Poland amouders and s by no means extinguished = Large meetings were held in England, managed
 
 Jy Exe!er Hall leaders. at whch resOlu ioas were adopted fayoling inc North and abusing slavery h oua Conieleracy we have some Interesting news gleaned during the ? aek. Congress las per fected and passed the cur hey bil protidirg for the funding Of treasury n3tea, the sale of bonds and striking out the legal nder clause from the bjll The armies or tie Potomac aresa;d by some to be mainly withdrawn. ,ile other corespon- dents assert that Hooker intends to try it again, and Lee is waiting for him.
 On the l7th of March there was battle on the upper Rappahannock. in which we lost one of our best artillery officers, --the young. and gallant Major Pelham. The following telegrams are all thc information We have concerning the affair.
 RicHmoND, March l8.--Fhc engagement yes terday, near the Rappahannock, occurred it Jafae- sons Ford, within six uiles of Culpeppor Court house. I The enemy was driven across the river with heavy loss. Cur loss does not exceed 2o0 wounded and captured. The enemy cTidehtiy con tefnYia,ed great ex petitioD.
 RicHaoN3 March l8;--lnqrua'i ion has been re ceN cd herethata skirInisa occurred lesterddy at teruocn at Keuy's Ford, the upper RayPaA~n noek.- Our troops were Gen. fItZhuch Lee snd Pelhanl's horse artillery The enemy, About l2- C41 su0nc unGcr Gen. Stonem-n, eutcstded III crossing at d late hour in the afternoon. Our force did not exceed , ,193.
 We have to iarnent the loss Of Major. Pelham, Of AlaodIna, and Major l'ulIer, of Filsiilia. lLe enemy were badly eripp.e and retulne'l to tlie north hank of the Rapp4hannock, lelyn8 taeir dead men and horses rcWe,i on the r0aI. They also lett hospital. stores ..
 In South Carolina and Georgia no attack had been made up 10 the l9gh-oi March. The nex: spring tide, when the moon tu!led, on the third of April, at which time t supposed the enemy would attack. They let tAe former cgriug tide, on the l9th of N1rch, pass without an attack an would hardly It ano-hcr go br,f We feel pretty confident that tha batsle Of Charleston has been fought. Gen. Johnston vas m Chafiesten, and lief. there on Saturday, sie II h. for Tepues- see.
 Fson, below We learn th}t-there arc three boats above Port Iuason. .--the Essex, Nonongahe'a ard Hartford. These are the nloat ldrnlidable vcsscis in the Mississippi Fleet. slagly, they might be taken by our little fleet IS the Inl4holA w&s, but w5 learn that they kept together ani pl5srd the mouth of Red river few days since going down. We have a small battery at Grand Gulf, and the Monongahas. anu Hartford passed it, ou the nom Ing of the I9.h The M., tdel it alone but WAS rs,,alsel, but soon returned g.,h the Hartford and passed on. We have no.Has later from the 4.-,..--e eea4s tlat i.s-'9 k. :.sn, a.41 tlvr newspapers are conloent 3t s4rce:s.
 In Arkansas We had iumoa of III gdvaHce of the federls on Batesyiile and np White river, which proved to be u1rfoundcd. 4 week or two since the feds sent an expedition Up White river valley and encountered force they little dreamed of The buffalo enats killed ninety of their holses in one night These gnats have been very trouble some and destructive tAa sprHg, 50 much so that hundreds of travellers lost heir .rscs, and wagons lad to be abandoned in tie roats. Bands of jay ba.ker. are br5ughtin every lsg days Four of tLe ms. dcsncrate of them succee3-d in escaping from the military rriscn here and are nov at hrse:- Yhy thcv should escape 1t U 8 mystery for dley are well fed and protected iloul all hrnl. Possi- blv their thirst for blood is so great that they are anxious to 70 out ani slake it until caught aGaia. and put through the same roine. We Inentiol el last week that Confederate soldier named Stew art. had been dragged from his bed and shot by the iwhawkers, in Johnson county. We also learn that they took hi brother few miles and murder ed him, leasing bis body the roadside. The chaplain of the renegade Arkansas federal regi- rncit at Fayettevlle preached sermon short time since to tue people and tAe soldrlerS m which h tod them t q. the time had come for ex'ernna tolt and that every secesh should be killed soon as cauglt, That ainlsble and p.ous divine went on to say that if he could have his ~a,, he would urroo. the chain of the Boston mountains and t,:.a t over into tie Arkansas valley, crushing every man, syonrn and child and burying tl1eu 50 that they could not tbe found until the lasttrumpet
 ,ol, ,,,ftr.a cF tbac ma -,rt fell uFon the willing of the tories and blood stained fenegades who surrounded him and was 1eceit6d with evident satisfaction.
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