True Democrat., 1863-05-27
ITEMS.

- Samuel B. Churchill, of Mo-, a brother of Gen. Churchill, has been tried at St. Louis, found guilty of sympathiZng with the South, and is to be sent into Dixie.
 - The Ilth federal army corps that ran so fast in the late battle, and to which running Hooker ascribes his defeat, Sige's, composed of Sgels dutchmen.
 - Lincoln has made another back down to England in the case of the Peterhoh The mails were delivered to the English consul unopened.
 - We have before us the proceedings of the trial in court martial, of Valandingham. The witnesses against him were army officers, and V. asked them what they were doing there in citizens dress. After a good deal of squirming they ad mitted they were sent there to spy and report.
 - Our neighbor of the Gazette will resume the publication of his paper in the course of week or This item of news will be received with satisfaction by the numerous readers of that paper
 - The men and officers of the command of the late Major Hall $. Mcdonnell, have subscribed a large sum and ordered handsome monument to be placed over his grave.
 - Major Haynes, formerly chief of the clo- thing bureau here, has gone to Shreveport. to take charge of the bureau there. The court of enquiry asked for by him, acquitted him.
 - BatSon w. Cox and Thomas Fiddler, two respectable citizens of Johnson county, late ly murdered by jayhawkers. The citizens of that county went in pursuit of the nurderers
 - We are in receipt of great number of communications, some of which we would have printed if we had room. ''X,'' is too long, and it's publication would do good. z Recruit" does not give his name. The lines of ' Virginia" are good but not good as she can write. With full sized paper we could make room for many of the articles sent to us but as it is we cannot pub- fish them.
 - Another lot of federal prisoners arrived on Got, in ol,o ooFr r ington, Mo. They were captured on the Bayou Macon in fight there week so ago. Among them is Lt Col. Tennison, and several of his Kan sas jayhawkers, belonging to that thief regiment the lst Kansas reebooters-commanded by Geo. w. Deitzler, the prince of jayhawk ers-the Hay nau of the federal army, and more recently known as the Mississippi cotton thief" This is the regiment that captured Capt. Winsor, together with Capt. Barnett and Lieut.. Carroll Woods, and retained them in miserable and cruel imprson- ment for fifteen months, in dungeons and in irons, but from which they have just been released. Hay ing been exchanged these gentlemen have returned to duty in the Confederate army from captivity leading their captives.' We are told of the kind treatment of Capt. w to Col. Tennison, on their way here, but how little deserving it. The jay hawkers will be properly attended to by the authorities here.
 - The Military Board of Texas has doneaa great work. It built vessels, bought arms, estab- lished workshops and armories, and took a broad view of the wants of the people. Lately, it an nounced that it had large lot of cotton cards for distribution; over 100 pairs to each county. It has but few employees we are told and none under the conscript age It did not suffer itself to be made a mere auditing board with sets of useless officers to certify, to examine and pay claims at enormous expense to the State, where such officers were al- ready provided by law.
 - The Galveston News gives the planters of eastern Louisiana Jews blessing The News shows that instead of burning their cotton, they hauled it back, and large quantities fell into the hands of the federals. The planters called on Banks and wanted to know if he intended to pay them for their property, whereto Banks replied that rebels hooe 70 property. Perhaps the fact of the cotton being there was one of the principal reasons for Banks invading that country.
 m The northern papers copy, or pretend to copy, full and circumstantial accounts from Eng land of the action of the British authorities in re- gard to the ships said to be building for the Con- federacy. The ship yards were guarded, the ship builders required to enter into heavy bonds not to furnish these vessels directly or indirectly to or for the Confederate government any agent thereof If it be true as represented, the British government has done this knowing that Lincoln has millions of dollars worth of arms and muni- tions of war leaving Liverpool every week, and that thousands of Irishmen are brought over to |