The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1861-08-13
NORTHERN ITEMS.

NORTHERN ITEMS.
TALL STEALING SoMEwHERE.-The n. Y.
Herald has the following very significant en-
quiries: How is it that the war to suppress rebel
lion has already cost between $l50,000,00O and
500, 100000. when the whole Crmean war cost
England scarcely so much? Who is accountable
for the prodigious OUTLAWS that have been made,
with such comparatively small results? MIR Van
Wyck's committee cannot proceed too vigorously
with its labors.
THE WAR TO BE PUSHED oN.-From the
Washn cto II correspondence ofthe Baltimore Sun
We copy the following:
Gen. Mcclellan has been assured, it is said, of
being promptly provided with means not only to
delend this city but to be able to resume the of
fensivc movement commenced on the 18th ult.
1t is intended to create an army and give it that
unity which it has heretofore lacked 4 few
months may be required for this purpose.
The President, it is believed, will insist upon
an advance to Richmond, when preparations shall
justify Gen Banks is also expected to act on
the offensive, without much further delay
Another letter says:
The Government is undoubtedly making great
effort to concentrate at and near this point vast
body of troops, and a large quantity of ordnance
and war like materials of all kinds. There is an
evident determination to push the into the
interior of Virginia, and especially in the eastern
part of the State.
Great inducements are to be offered for the en-
listmcnt of men in the army of half a million.
Besides hundred dollars at the end of the three
years, it is now seriously contemplated to offer
bounty lands and allotmens of land in the fertile
territory that may be permanently held by the
United States. The offer will be tempting to the
unemployed in this country and abroad.
DEsERTIoN OF THE WATERING PLAcEs.-Jef
Davis has played havoc with the fashionable wa
terng places. Poverty and destltution are de-
scrbcd as reigning there supreme At Sharon
which was last year SO crowded that numbers could
not get accommodation, there not many Wis
itors as would pay tn servants wages Even the
old equity and rheumatic haLitues, who have never
before been known to miss season, are absent.
Newport, Saratoga, Cape May and Nahant, pre-
sent the same vacuOus and drcary aspect. The
huge barracks of hotels which fashionable caprice
has helped to build up, are full only of the
echoes made by a few unemployed walters. 1t
has been stated that the cottages at Newport are
almost all occupied; but the fact Of their ben: so
does not help the hotels. They are occupied by
families who either own them, that find an
economy in hiring them for the season, thus re-
ducing the expense Of their costly town establish
ments.
Notwithstanding the efforts made by the hotel
propretors to put the best face on things, it is
evident that there will be grand smash up this
season at what are called the first class watering
places. The expenses Of the large hotels are
frightfui, and one season like the present is suh
cient to absorb all the profit of past years. Be-
tween the periodical recurrence of commercial
panics, and the distress caused by the war, this
class Of property will soon cease to have any
value.
NILLAINIEs COMMITTED AT HAMPTON.-The
Fortress Monroe correspondent Of the New York
Herald, thus describes the villanes committed at
Hampton, Va, by the Yankee army on its evac-
uatiun:
The exodus Of negroes from Hampton con-
tinued all day, and from the appearance that that
unfortunate village presents very little of value
has been left there by these sable itinerants
and by the soldiers, who have, | regret to say.
committed not few excuses and acts of violence.
They have wantonly destroyed many articles of
no earthly use to them, and taken off many others
that they have found in the deserted houses, that
can be of no service to them. This spirit Of mis-
chief that sometimes sezes upon men, is
something that | cannot account for; and one can
not but feel Indignant and outraged when he wit
nesses the ruin that marks the presence of some
men. These outrages call for some more stringent
regulations upon the part of the authorities here
if we do not wish to be truly characterized as
robbers and vandals. [ hope | may never witness
other such scenes as it has been my lot to to-
day. Hampton village is now lerfect picture of
desolatiOn. Even the negroes that in degree
enlivened it, when we first occupied it, fed
inside our lines, and there is not living thing to
be seen in all its highways and byways.