The North-Carolina standard., 1847-03-10
va. VOLUME XIII.-NyMBEk 644o ghI
TIE s PER ANNU M
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(cess gave pertnissonJ man 10 lenyca and that
/ the Company, had pl. MI Of good pF6Eisioas and
fihesbest~ barracks the cizens;eoud afford, This
II us givenrunder the 2 hands and seots of some
4 itwcDty priyatts' This certificate MAS intanded
for a different anarksE than alto which it has
been brought, and pEoyes precisely what Captain
Long afterwards says is moi thecase, namely thai
the f1fn were compelled either TO sLaTSe or leaEer
( Bat word regards the cerlifcates 4 geryl
much doubt whether very many Of them ,1gl nn5
derstaod when they signed s-a. least sete laE Of
them demanded that their names should be erased.
i from it, so far as the first part is concerned and
q understand that Capt Long told them he had,
j .Roby and Charles Reich And there are seven,
7 others ofthem that Capt Long influenced to enter
i the regular service; these are Sanh Smith, Jo-
/ seph Nc Read, James Glover, Wm. .JsJ0Rese SAM.
uel Moore, and Clark TiPpet; and so1ic ted, J. am
informed, every man there present 10 enter The
regular service J. So much for this cerliicate
and no one permiaed to leave. IL, 3. sd .n6..sd
In speaking of my much respected friend, Capt.,
1 Burke, do it with none other than thes kindest
/ feelings aud believe thai Captain B. didnoihsi
ing in This Inttter, buewhat tvas his duty to do.,
! On returning 10 Salisbury, was informed BY
several gentlemen ofthe highest responsibility that
| Capt: Long had written. while at Charlotte l0j
some of his friends in Salisbury for advice as To-
the manner for him to get oul Of the sscrapen,
know not the general answer, but heard a para
graph read from letter to the Captain that con-!
! WINGED me what the advice of some was. AT any
frate, it is said that Captain Long wrote TO Captain
Burke to come TO Charlotte, for he (Capt b. j
could get number of recruits. Accordingly
when Capt B. arrived, what does Capt l. do but
leaves the Captains Office" and runs down To-
camp and solicited all his rnen present to- enlist l.
Yes, and he (Capt L. having took, prior toihis;
the oath of Office s.a la.& $50 lrsT. -
The Captain futher says '.Iheld nYg men Go.i
gether IN Cha rlotte tauenty days, Gisqfeeted SICK
mutineering lie pledges of The Gorernmeat nn-.
1edeemed held together By no other, pOwer on
earth SAGE onty the confidence repOSed gE ME
(Caph Long,) and by :rAich I feel highly AOmorst
ed and ,gratifed." Good heavens! This out.
Herods Herodl This in my deliberate opinion,
is-lhe very reverse Of what is true. The entire,
loss of con6d' nee in Capt. Long by The men is
certainly of thc princpal causes of the brenks
ing up Of the Company. And how.hez can now,.
in the face Of day, make the foregoing sdcclarat
! tion when. facts stand up in such bbld;auay,
cannot conceive. 1t is the general opinion fothcrs
had been in command, the Company would have
held on, Notwithstanding allIhc grievances under
! which they labonred. !.e.2 sEr,,s Il r. g-,-
! The Captain assigns the want Of supplies oEIs,
of the grand reasons for theemcn's leaving--that
they must either staIve Or leave. Now ayhat are
the facts At'the time Of the mcHs ieaving therS
was plonly;of provisions on hand to lasl sevcrnk
days. In fact it supported those Who did hot
leave some time. Over and above this there wsas
1925 ahIl due. company A. that was not drawn,
J which would have suppouedth the company at icast
fortnight; and further. tthe State was undouble(b
ly bound for The support of the company ~ But
yet further. One of the weallhicst mcrchnDts in
the place informed me and said it publicly that
whatever sthe, company needed until they were
mustered into service, they should have it. And
not this only, butif our friends lat home weilM
have known We were hungry, thc;last dollar they
had would have been shared with US. Look for in,
stance at the citizens Of Davidson. In a few hours
aficr they were informed that their brothers were
shiverng with cold in the barracks Of ChErEottS,
they had about S5 70 zach man raiscd and sent on
to relieve The suff"ring. Then could we have sup
posed ha. our friends would have let US starye 4
No. Davidsoascounty herself would have raised
monry enough to have supported the company a
fortnight before she would have seen the company
buchrrcd up as it has been; and have no doubt
but that Rowan would have done The same-heneE
this plea is nothing but rotten humbug -;
| will now tauch the money matters, and sde
how things stand in regard to this Subject -
Capt. Lnng says that $40 wns all the money
he drew for company A. Is. this true, or is il
false ?. shall be able TO prove the negative. II
is not true. .a
Lit us ts the fact. Gov. Graham made .Mrs
VIM. Johnson Of Charlotte, Paymasier for that
Gedtzvous to dsburse the States bounty tothe vol
untecrs and directed him to pay TO each non.conT
missoncd officer and priYalc $40 each, 10 the
Lieutcnents Sl5seach, and tostbe Captain $20
Well 1.-The report eor rather certificate OF Captain
Long, shows th~t there were II men signed the re-
ceipts; IN This is included the sergeants and corpo-
rails, non-commissioned officers y Forsthcse he
drew Slo each, making iheS7l o which he sets,
forth as the whole amount drawn, and out Of
(which all the expenses Of the company we're paid,
even Capt Long bliss at the taverns, and when
the men come to receyethrir money they received
but So instead OF sf0 But there happened TO be
Captain and three Li,nrnans to. company A.,
and for those he drew as (oowss -
For the Captain, ...-s @ 20.
For Ilieutrnants 8 Is each, : 4st g- a.
For II men and uon-com officers Il s. It'd "a
Making total Of s.s f3-1a.r5 6775Ra.
ilsieadaof $40, adifTerence Of bnt S65. A pretty
close calculation indeed in sum Of essthan SSG6,
or Capt: Long did not miss The truth more IhaaF
one tenth ofihe whole sum. - -. - 80
Yes. and this is not all but look at il 10 another
light What kind Of justiceis tito eompctthe nIcA
and non commissioned officers to have TO pay 7al
the expenses Of the company and exempt the COM,
missoncd officers from paying any at all--yefJtos
take 81 out Of the private1s Sl0 to4pay expenses.
even the support Of line commissioned officers ~
themselves, leaving them but barelysS to each,
man, and at the same time paying the commission
ed oficrfs their entire amounts, viz :: The Cap
tain his $40 and the sLieIncnants their SIS caeh2
This is Capt Lungs arrangement Of money mat.
tcrs, as even hs-own certificate gofs to nfove ygs
a.