True Democrat., 1863-04-29
CHinnings and Comments.

is but mperfecty understood by those distant from the army lines. In Missouri, we learn that wo- men and children were murdered in cold blood within the past month. Our friends in northwes-. Arkansas are murdered on suspcion' 'Dbbed till they have nothing left and the surviving women and children treated with every indignity It has been said that this was done by the tories of the first Arkansasre regiment, and not sanctioned by the federal commander. We present copy of let J ter which we find in the Richmond Dispatch, which shows that they not only sanctioned, but ordered these murders. The Dispatch says:
 We gave several days ago some deeply interest ing statements of the outrages'ot the enemy m Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi In addition to these statements we have certified copies of two original letters from Gen. Heron, the Yankee commander at Prairie Grove, Ark, to Capt. NJ. D. Hart, an Arkansas" jayhawker," directing him to take no prisoners and to burn town. The fol lowing is the first letter:
 HEADQUARTERS 2D AND 3D DIVISION,
 Army of the Frontier, Dec. IT, 1862.
 Captain have sent Lieut. Wilhite, and 75 men on to White river to help you clear that sec ton of Ingraham's band You and he will join forces and work together Don't take any ofthem prisoners? They have fired on my mail carriers at Midtown, ard when up there you had better burn that place. If you can get lngraham alive send him to me. Respectfully,
 F. J. HEBRON,
 Brig.dier General commanding. Captain Hall.
 The second letter is three days later, and directs Hart, if possible, to completely destroy" the "bands infestipg that country.'' :" Don't show any mercy to bushwhackers,' says he These les crs directly from an official source in Arkan sas. The originals were found on Captain Hart s person when captured-and he was forthwith ha' iE- cd by his captors.
 pay If y,artia of ty or forty who have returned to Fayetteyi .laden with booty and bragging that each man hs killed [" d-d secesh." These men, when tal .cn priso- ners are sent here, treated well and par ,led. while they acknowledge no paroles and ta ke no priso- ners.
 The alien laH, passed by the la t Legislature of Texas. deprves all such as take the alien oath to avoid a participation in the war, of the right to take hold property, to vote at any election, to serve jures, to exercise arfy of the rights of citizens.
 And a righteous law f. is. We need such law, requiring all voters to register their names fifteen days before an election, and all who come to any county to fl. affidavit stating their na- tivity, residence at the commencement of the war and such other matters as may be prescribed by law If they are citizen and enjoy the privileges let them show 1t, a.d if one swear falsely, prose cute him. U.,,ess we do this, at the close of the var, the South will be overrun by Yankees who vii claim to hail from Maryland, Kentucky, or other border States.
 - Hsrper's Weekly fer February 23th, has an editorial headed Copperheadism,' from which the following is an extract:
 "We shall not waste time in arguing with the copperheads Men who are capable Of ustlfying the rebels and espousing their cause when the blood of some member of almost every Northern family redden5 Southern soil, and the bones of Northern soldiers are worn as ornaments by South ern women, are not likely 10 be convinced by ar gument, or to be previous to ing short of 8 bayonet thurst.
 Smart as the Yankees are, there are thousands who believe that women use the skulls of fed eral soldiers for spitsoons and have necklaces of the smaller bones, which they What orna- ment there can be in the bones of dead Yankee, we cannot conceive, but such stuff is greadily swallowed by the people of the North. - General Burnside considers the surrender of Mount Sterling, Ky, to have been cowardy act; he has issued the following order: HEADQUARTERS, DEPr. OF THE OHo,t CINCINNATI, March 27, 1863. General O ders No. 50.
 Captain w. $. Radcliffe, company B, 18th Kentucky cavalry, for the dsgraceful surrender of Mount Sterling is, subject to the approval of the President dshonorably dismissed from the militia ry service of tho United States:
 The manner in which his command was paroed being entirely irregular and in direct violation of General Orders No. 49, from the war department, no duplicates beng exchanged, and other requisites being wanting, the parole is declared void and the nt apfl fha ppo nIa1 " a these headquarters for duty. The railroad com pany will furnish transportation. By order of Major General Burnside LEWIS RICHMOND, A. A. G.
 Oficial w. F. ANDERSON, A. A. G. ! While we faithfully observe and regard paroles, no sooner is federal prisoner released on parole than the commanders effect to find some informai ty in the granting of 1t and restore the man to ranks. In view of this, prisoners ought to be we'll examined, and if retaken before being changed ought to be shot at once. If this isdone the fault of their deaths will lie at the doors of their superiors.
 The St. Louis Republican says: General Price may have been appointed to the command of the rebel department west of the Mississippi. But what is the value of such command to him, and what danger does 1t threaten to Missouri Not much that we can see. as at present advised. The best information attainabe reports that department almost literally without force. The Richmond Whig confesses that the armies of Hindman and Holmes h. we dwindled from 5000 to mere br gade. From another rebel source we learn that ".Price's veterans" are wanted east of the Mis- sssippi, and cannot be counted for any aid west of that river. The probabilities seem to be that what Price has most to fear is, that if he comes into Arkansas he will not be able to maintain him. self even there. Of course, all needtul pre- para l tons have been made, and precautions taken against any supposabe advance of any supposable army under Price or any other rebel leader to- wards our southern frontier Taking, then, every thlng into consideration. we reason for any special alarm about invasion this season, nor any encouragement which the remnant of secess- ionists left in this State can take to themselves from any prospects of Price coming. As to Gen. Price going into Missouri, that is only question of time Whether he will start soon with the " mere brigade' wait until sum- mer, we do not know. But ho will 80 to Missouri and his headquarters will be, some day, in St. Louis. The Republican may set that down as decided upon. When Gen. Price does go, we hope to see him adopt the federal policy, and drive every unionist and tory before him. Do as But Ter did:-let them take fifty pounds of baggage to each adult and then get up and dust. Let him