True Democrat., 1863-04-29
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- John Bell, of Tennessee, resides at Rome Georgia.
 - Greenbacks are in such bad order in Ken lucky that country merchants are closing their stores.
 - One-thir of the women of England never marry. Three millions of females there, depend upon their own exertions for support
 - The Memphis Argus asserts, that there over three hundred transports engaged in the movement against Vicksburg.
 - The federals have VOW ed death to every partisan they can catch. correspondent of one of the Chicago papers, after writing of the partsans firing into their boats on their negro and cotton stealing expeditions. adds: If ever we are for tunate enough to catch of these guerrilas, too severe punishment cannot be inflicted. This barbarous mode of warfare should never be tolera ted in civilized country" This fellow seems to think it great pity that the enemy cannot be permitted to go about stealing, murdering and devastating the country, with impunity, and to stop such proceedings is barbarty. The true policy is to kill them in mass and in detail, at night and in the day, sailing, riding, walking or standing, till the last foot ceases to pollute the soil
 On the 3lst inst, the Confederate Senate passed bill authorizing newspapers to be sent to the army free of postage.
 - During the latter part of March, Capt T s. Finne, chief of the Nitre Bureau, in East Ten nessee, shipped 52,674 pounds of nitre from that point.
 - Col Borum (1) of Ark, and Lieut.. Mur. ray, of the 18th Ark, escaped from the prison, Camp Chase, in Ohio and arrived at Sem tobia Miss, on the 7th inst. Gen. Darnall of Tenn. escaped at the same time.
 - The court of inquiry requested by Major General Lowell, to investigate the defence of New Orleans is in session at Jackson, Miss. The court is composed of enerals Hindman, Gardner and Drayton. Major Page is judge advocate.
 - When an estray copy of one of the nor thern magazines reaches city, it is amusing to see the eagerness of the feminines to get sight the fashions in it. We would try to condense an article for their benefit, if the terms were not understandable. From the engraving we see that there has been great change in the fashion of hoops. Instead of the rotund appearance, and the circle continuing in width, to the waist, it seems that there is wide hoop at the bottom of the dress and these decrease in size upwards, so that a fashionable woman of the present season looks, for all the world, like an old fashioned churn, or these penny wooden dolls, broad at the base and without feet. Black, brown, violet colored and iron gray are the snodish coIors. The flowers or spots are small. Stripes very narrow Sleeves are made small and open. Deep linen cuffs, fas- tened with three buttons, either gold or precious stones, are fashionable. In the richer materials, the sleeves are left open to the ebows and accom- panied by other ones, trimmed with white lace falling through the opening. Velvet Zouaves are worn with white muslin dresses, and velvet vestes. We read of one ball dress made of tulle bouillon- nes, over which were sprinkled large gold stars. n front of the body silver star.
 - In the notice last week, of the death of Hall s. Mcconnell, the year of his birth was put, 1863. It should have been, 1892.
 - MT. David Taylor, of Rocky Comfort, Se- vier county, writes to concerning the crops in that section of country. On Red River in circle of sixty miles in diamater, he says, fruit will be medium. Az to wheat, the yield bids