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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-05-20
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BY Joseph Burnet, on the lSt of May, Hagers
Ferry, the Catawba River, five miles below Bcattics
Ford, bright bay MULE either branded collar
MARKED rather bare the back, about 3 hands high
and supposed to be IA years old Said Mule has been
valued at fifty dollars. The is hereby notified
to forward charges, and take charge of his
property, it will he disposed of the law directs.
HELDERNAN,
Lincoln county, May 9Th. 3t-pd Ranger
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80 6h6A0 sHI R0iIES Apply to
Charlotte, April 20, 1862 If
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FROM MISSOURI.

St. Louis correspondent of the Milwaukee
News writes as follows, under date of April 9th:
| have spent good many hours in looking
around this city and chatting with men from ali
parts Of the State and am satisfied that there are
as many Scccssonists here as ever Nine-te nths of
the Americans in this city are Secessionists, and
nothing but the sight of brass buttons and red
tape keeps them down. Our pickets at Ben ton
barracks are fired at nearly every night One of
Col Barstow's men shot in the leg and one of
Colonel Washburn's through the hand, a few
nights since.
1t is amusing to US here who have seen and con-
verscd with hundreds who were in the battle Of
Fittsburg, to read the different accounts of our loss
i'll that engagement. | can see no good reason for
denying the fact that our men fought like so mann
tigers, but or loss was immense. Tie number of
the Federal troops killed and wounded is full
$4,000, besides 5000 or 5000 taken prisoners.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-05-20

THE BATTLE IN THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.
We obtain the following particulars Of this engage
ment from tie Richmond DiSpatch:
From passengers by the Central train yesterday
afternoon We have some further particulars of this
fight Up to Saturday evening, the enemy were
still rctreating, aud Gen. Jackson pursuing them,
but with not much prospect Of coming up with
them. They had taken the Franklin road through
the county Of Pendleson, which is the most direct
route to Cumberland, Md. Prisoners captured
represent that Gen. Fremont was expected to
reinforce Milroy OH the day the fight occurred.
Our loss in the fight was 300 killed and wound
ed, principally in the 18th Georgia regiment,
which suffered severely. We captured in the
gagement about one hundred boxes of fixed am
munition, from 400 to 500 Enfield rifles and
Minnie nuskets, 60 to IS cavalry saddles, and
from 100 to 200 head of cattle These latter
were afterwards claimed by citizens of the county
of Highland, from whom they had been stolen by
the enemy. Citizens of the neighborhood state
that the loss Of the enemy in the fight Of Thursday
was very heavy, and believed to be from POO
to 300.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-05-20

GUERRILLAs AT WoRK.-Our guerrilla bands
in Northwestern Virginia have been doing good
work. They made few days since, descent on
Summervllle, the county seat of Nicholas county,
drove out the Yankees, taking number of prise
ners ard capturing their baggage aud stores
They then surrounded the town of Suttonsvlle
the county seat Of Braxton county. The Yankees
sent out "A flag of truce and surrendered uncondi-
tionally. The guerrillas took l42 prisoners and
ali their stores and baggage.
Our men then followed up and took the enemy S
stronghold on Cheat Mountain. capturing num-
Der OF prisoners, together with all the baggage,
aud put the remainder of the Federal force to
flight These latter were met by MiIroy's Federal
army, who, followed by Jackson, were on their
way to Cheat Mountain, and reported that locality
TO be occupied by ten thousand desperadoes Mil
roy thereupon stopped, and was attacked by
General jackson, who captured all his trains and
artillery and routed his who's force.-Richmond
E.ramtmcr, 18th.
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IMPORTANT FROM Observation-Disclosures
Of tie Nary Yard, Gc.-The Montgomery, Ala
Advertiser, of May II, says:
The Navy Yard and other property at Pensacola
blown up and burned Friday We have been
furnished the following highly interesting des-
patch, received by gentleman in this city, from
entitled to credit:
| left Pensacola at 8 p. NJ. this day There
was not a vessel in the bay. A small unarmed
schooner lay between the Navy Yard and Fort
Pickens. No FederaLforces have landed in Pensa-
cole. Two officers from the schooner and one from
the Harriet Lane came into the city and had a
conversation with the Mayor. These are all that
have landed On invitation of Commod ire Porter,
the Mayor went on board the Harriet Lane In
whether troops would be stationed in Pensacola,
he replied that they had no troops to spare and if
we had any about Pcnsacola he would advise
sending them to Mobile, as they would probably
be wanted very shortly. Porter was off Mobile
fagraton at Pensacola, he came to see what was
the matter.
Bs25~ In noticing the fact that number of Con-
federate soldiers had declined to avail themselves
Of flag of truce to return home it was stated that
member of Lathams North Carolina battery had
absolutely refused to return under any crcumstan-
inducement. The battery in question was
raised in Lynchburg 1t may be proper to remark,
that majority of the 10 traitors who openly
acknowledged their treason to the flag of the Con-
federacy by refusing to be paroled, were Northern
men OF foreigners. This fact stated, the milk in
the cocoanut is readily accounted for.-RtchmonG
Dispatch.
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The YANKEES IN NORTH ALABAMA-We
have confirmation of the news that the Yankees
have been compelled to evacuate Tuscumbia, De-
catur, and Huntsville, Alabama and that, for the
present at least, the invaders are mostly driven
out of Alabama. The Montgomery (Alabana)
Advertiser saws:
The rccapture of these places must give the
Contcderates control of the whole or the greater
portion of the Memphis and Charleston rai|road
and il they are successful in the terrible STRUGGLE
which now arrears imminen: at or near Corintb
they will, doubtless, soon have communication re-
opened. Much, however, depends on the result
OF the great battle, and both sides appear to he
fully aware of this fact. The forces which arc
confronting each other near the site of the battle
crn and Northern armies, and the contest between
them will be bloody and desperate. If the Yam
KEGS are driven back i'll defeat they will receive
blow from which their army Of the West will not
he able to recover during the present camraign;
but it, on the other hand, the Confederates shanld
suffer disaster they will be compelled to retire
still further into the interior to prepare to bake
another stand, and those places out of which the
Yankees have just been driven would probably be
re occupied and held for some time.
The Yankees have conducted matters with
high hand since their advent into North Alabama
They have committed all manner of outrages and
lndignities, aud have made their name terror
and loathing among the helpless, unoffendino
citizens where they have exercised Jurisdiction
" henever they could they have administered the
oath of allegiance to their detested government
but we believe they have found very few who were
weak and foolish enough to take it.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-05-20

ENLISTMENT AT THE NoRTH.-The enlistment
OF citizens at the North has been stopped, and the
emigrant ships which arrive at New York, Phila-
delphia and Boston, supply the food for Confeder-
ate powder and Southern fever. These are the
scum of all the earth, but mostly Germans and
Italians of the lower class. Strong inducements
are held out to them in Europe by agents to i'm
migrate, and as soon as they arrive they are met
clothing and pay, force them into the ranks, which
is in fact the only thing they could do at the
present time. Upon the accomplishment of this,
all the rights of citizenship promised them,
with right and title to the unoccupied land of the
reconquercd South.
The better classes Of the North declare that
enough Of the blood of their kindred has been Shea
and are resolved that Europe shall expend the
balance. As distinguished citizen of New York
city remarked, "Iou may kill thousand Dutch
men, and who cares in New York 1t gives us
more room; but when Virginian falls, sorrow goes
into an hundred households"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-05-20
THE WILLIAMSBURG BATTLE.
From the Richmond Dispatch.

L send you brief history of the engagement
near Williamsburg, viewed by one acquainted
with the occurrence that preceded it, and who
was q. participant in the fight
Our forces commenced the evacuation of the
Yorktown line on the night Of Thursday, May lst,
and the rear division of army left the entreneh-
ments late Saturday night, the Sd instant. On
Sunday morning, the ''grand army of Mcclellan
entered the abandoned ''rebcr Notifications, and
their advance guard rapidly followed, and con-
stantly harassed our on the entire marc from
Yorktown to Williamsburg, distance of some
ten miles
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render the other course at hrst entertained an
alternative, simple folly. Nothing remained In
the jud gment OF the commander but to destroy
her.
At two o'clock on Saturday night, she was run
ashore near Craney Island, and the crew COM
menced debarking in two small boats. AT three
they were all OH land and commenced their march
to Suffolk On leaving they fired the Virginia.
At five she blew up with tremendous explosion
The crew bent their course towards Suffolk TWEEN
ty-two miles distant, which point they reached at
one o'clock OH Sunday aft ernoon. They there
took train for Petersburg, whence some OF them
have arrived in our city
The virginia was provisOned for one month !;
and but for the course induced by the pilots, mi gh
have remained longer afoat, and taken the chances
of escaping or hewing her way through the enemy's
fleet. But the offer to take her up the James if
the drau.ht were reduced to eighteen feet, caused
the virtual di.manthng Of the ship for all purposes
and when it was then declared that the low stage
of the water rendered it impossible to bring her up
with the despatch requisite under the clrcum-
stances, the escape of her crew from the fast
inclosng lines of the enemy, who were already at
Pigs Point, allowed no waste of time in her de-
Observation-Disclosures EnQ"irer.
ADDITIONAL FROM NORFOLK
Through conversations and reliable facts from
unquestionable sources we are additionally advised
in regard to the evacuation and destruction OF the
works at Norfolk, viz: That the Navy-Yard was
successfully fired and destroyed by party of eight
or ten Mary FLANDERS, under command of Lieutenant
Spotswood The dock was blown up by pyrotech-
ncs under direction Of MIR Thompson, also
Mary lander; its gates aud end being effectually
blown out, SO that the damage may be considered
irreparable. Every building and shed in the yard
was totally consumed, except the moulding depart
ment. which unavoidably was left uninjured, owing
to the want of proper combustiblcs. Harng laid
waste everything, ami applied the torch wherever
practicable, the firing party proceeded to st.
Helena, opposite; destroyed or burnt all the quar-
tiers there, and arriving at Portsmouth, fired every
pound Of cotton and tobacco, &c, leaving naught
but ashes in their wake Such was the success of
the party under Lieut.. SpOtswood, that scarcely
anything of value was lett untouched or intact
all was complete wreck and destruction. All
steamers and vessels in both ports were burned and
consumed to ashes, the old United States being
filled with rock and sunk in the harbor After
leaving the latter place, party of Mary anders,
under Lieut. A. p. Butt, burned all the quarters
and Government buildings below Portsmouth and
Suffolk. Thus the enemy, in occupation OF those
places, will fnd nothing but ruins and ashes to
reward their labors .-Richmomd Dispatch.
We suppose the hasty evacuation of Norfolk
caused by the conduct of the Captain Of the
steamboat who deserted and carried important ill.,
formation to the enemy at Fortress Monroe.
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April %, 1862
, 1862-11-23

IS tie magnitude Of their victvry he-
comes apparent to the lea 1crs Of tue DEM
oc7alc party, they arc thrown into unusua.
uerida.icn by Their remembrance OF the
thousand dcluslvt promises inst they havo
made TO tie people. How to reconcile
pledges 10 carry OH the war more cnerget-
ical'y ana to make peace by compromise;
hos hing the rebels who instigated the
rebellion, and hang Ut the same time the
leaders Of the Republican party who have
only been guilty OF ac:iEg OH the offensive
against 1lsse rebels; are questions tha. are
ROW coming home with unexpected force.
In less than a year tine, if the war should
continue so 1eng, no. Democrat could bb
elected constable irbe should t1y. By that
time 1he cxsen. Of thei1 fraud, and lis effect
in encouraging the rebellion, will be seen
, 1862-11-23

q" That the South is exhausted Of its
fighting mtn correspondent Of the Ner
York E'*ni'g Tasf is fully persuaded, aud
gives the following tsct in proof: The county
Of Coosa il 1860 threw over aa,:ae90 votes. It
has sent to the war ever :, 800 soldiers: and
this is lhc case In almost every leighborhoad
The negroes trc very calm in The midst Of the
trEtcss Ct TIC war. In tho yery beginning
they sa15: ''Tkis TaS is going to kill up all
TIE While men in the South, and laave the
l.td TO be Tiled by the negroes" Hc says
TIT. :re ctn1dent steg vii be all free, and
that, ss a people, they are At thiz mouent far
better lifted to tsse carc ct themselves than
the Eoor whites.
, 1862-11-23
Tho Princeton Murder.

P1lNcEToS, v. Nor. is, 1ss3.
Further testimony before tho coroner's
jury Seems to add M alnlosL irresistible
weight to The e7idence against tie aceus,I.
A few email epots upon bis coat, which the
prisoner tried 70 scratch of when they vera
pointed out 70 linn on Saturday, have proved
to hc blood. Dslieate chemical processes have
also shown That the blood upon the shirt
bzsin. "@s -~-'A'-1
Several Witnesses testified positively to his
hastDg been seen in AIr. Rowaasl's shop bal. an
hour hetate the murder, conye1sing with hipa.
asking him questions about his bus.ness nrof,
rs, stc., to which III. H., made no yerr sdis-
tire. ansWer. As the prisoner left the shop
he "2s heard TO say.. Good Eight. Nj. Row
and. don't know that shall ever zee YOU
again." ~S 'oA
Ihe prisoher was then seen close behind
afr. Rovaud, When the latter Vas m h.s
SaI EoInc, bJ, no less tban ave witnes5ss'
seon after two negroes passing the cemetery
hssfd three knocks, as Ii stene sss strucE
| and, Thinking y to be some one dirEinr "a
body, peeped ia at the middle gate. 5ut cop1d I'd
, 1862-11-23

eoeufze 10 authority % The subject Of delivering
~ contIahsnds sara that Of the President Of the
Yea He no doubt eonve.sant Will. th.t proofs.
grrfs On the su6jeet- In conclusion. will say
ilat have had nothing to DO With their coming
inlo the camp, And sh1n have nothtn. to do With
Very respectfully. you. oesa't terxent.
6. Col Commanding 2ad Reg. Wie. Vols.
The next day the General repeated the or
der, and he Colonel repeated Ills reply. The
contrabauds we're not giyen up. 4 eorrespoolida:
ent, referring to the "loyh citizens" men.
tiored in the Generals order, says TINT they
belong to class Of kentuckiaus who "thtnk
more Of negro baby Of ten pounds weight
than Of the whole American Union"
The correspondent oi the Milwaukee !S:,.t-
'iel gives further important and interesting
Developments IN the case, AZ follows:
tAAr NEAR N1cnoLs7111.E. Ex.,l
November II, 1861, !
ME1sns EprroAs since wrote you last,
Gel. Cticy has been indicted on con,pl int Of
Judge Robertson, and 3 warrant Issued for his
arrest, the letters Of finstructionstp the sheriff
or6esir & him to arrest the colonel aud hold
Lin to bail IN the sum Of s., GOO, in dsfaultlng
w1icb, to lodge him in the Lexington jau.
Alto, take the writ oil replevin accompanying
the warrant and serve il on the colonel, aud i
be ,esrscd to dtIiver up the boy, 70 to Gen.
Baird and demand y 1osse coa,i:l!us to 70 and
take lin iozctbiy, which demand the general
would not dare to disohey. These papers
1c1c slown to Gen. Baird last crenina, aud
immediately notified Col Ut1sy Of thu: f1ct
l designed TO leave for Frankfort this NOR.
mig, but remained At the request Of the cello
MI, % sec tbs :Ed Of this matter The camp
this morning Is ali excitement. The guard
have Teen Instructed to admit no citizen un-
les. thsir business is known, and then only
ore at 4 time ] think Ja6ge Robertson Will
have happy time getting bis boy from the
I'D, ar in Grresring the colonel. The boys
cal1ie here 10 nsht, and they will Eot meet .
foe during tleIr whole campaign they will
fight with u bcttcr relish than these Kentucky
Union hypoeri.es. I sec this trouble Il
brought upon Col Ctley by pretended Union
nep, bg Judge Robertson, Chief Justice, WHO
Aeclszes te Is the most loyal man in Ken
tucky, and at the same tine says tie Presi-
dents proclamation Is unconstitutional aud
not binting, and never will, OF ca. bc enforced
in Kentucky. To this policy Gen. Wright,
Geu. Gilmore, aud in TACT all the R-ntueEy
generals, sse ;lr,A!y committed. No uiau who
has rot neen here, aud seen, felt and beard,
has the least idea what Kentucky loralty is.
, 1862-11-23


E;1se the calI was .ssu.sed for niue nae.tl7'
troops, Massachusetts, has recrai!ed nine OF
her cid militia regiments to the naxiuum
number, raised eight new regiments, and Las
three regiments partially fill Quite NM
be7 Of these have left the srate and on satar-
daY !asi there were 9.S175 nen wasilsy march
ing oEaers- Some 100 have get to h.: raised
to I'll the quota, and Gov. Andrew has tele-
grsphed Instructions from The War Depar.-
ment that new DRAFT be ordered, bas volua-
tccring will avoid aaJ necessity for It. a rlan
h.s been devised by which the incomplete
reeineEts Ct infantry, cavalry and batteries OF
artillery will be speedily fil:ed without the
competition and clashing Of interests which
have hitherto psoved nindrance. The State
is to be divided into districts, the numl.. 70
CURED fresn each assigned, aud tie re.i-
ment or ha1tes5 designated for which they s7e
to be 1assed.
, 1862-11-23

sE Governor Hc,brook Of Vermont has
appointed Thursday, December 4th, US the
day fer Thanksgiving In that State. Thfs
alone treaEs tie geacral uniformity OF tie ap-
point,ncnts for Thanksgiving D4y. The 9Th
Of November hsd hesn previously designated
ny the Governors ct the following States
adsiue. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Cou-
uec,icut, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wiscoo-
sin, Minnesota and Missouri. The same day has
alEo been appointed Ia Canada
, 1862-11-23

- On the o7ih Of October seyenty-taree
Union men from Texas sr7iycd at New Or
leans from Matamosns. One Of them
had travelled SEQ miles. They state that
taeussnds are flocsing from all parts of
Texas TO the friendly shores Of Mexico, and
The Hexican towns all along The banks Of the
Ric Gzarde are full Of unien refngees-4iata-
moEss having Goo. They all bring their guns
with them
, 1862-11-23

The traitors Of Gsaena gave this notorious
character @brilliant ovation" thereby
forever disgracing that city. a Nj. Stahl
made the reception speoch, and one Collins
aud Virgiuian by the name Of Brsna,
csvseaed hisn trith a wreath Of .foteers. The
house Of the nototiousM n T. JOINS IN, row
expiating his crimes in Fort Delaware,
was illuminated on the occasion.
, 1862-11-23

ga only black spot, which might have been
the accused beaffng hjA victim. .Hfle? hAI-
1ooed, s'What the al are you dotng there
this time Of night ?'' bu. with Characteristic
One Important item IL lacking In all ~, tes-
tinionY; thst IL, to obtain any traces q the
horse and wagon with which the p7isone: lsit
MiIlstone, from, the time he left, three o'clock
Tlursday afternoon, to tho tlme Of bis re-
turn, two o'clock on the following morning.
Is peculiar. It will be remembered that L,wis,
tho prisoner, showed considerable aequ alnt-
ance with Massachusetts, and professed to be
q native OF Boston also, thas the sn1lnSs
bank pass-book found In his trunk exhibited
a deposit to sse credit Of George ". Ssuons.
The witness has for eome years. been aclasint-
ed With the family In Templeton, Mass, o. TIC
uame Of Simons. The father OF the fatallT,
eight years ago, went to California, takiuE ~lth
hun his sou, George ". Simons, but sooa re-
turned and died at Lis home. His son ramsiued
in California, and nothing far thtr ts known q
him thaA that, three years since, h Was said
to be under sentences there II Was tesstn "a
bore no very creditabls reputation; that the
toEs were duarrelsome; and shat the general
features of the family were not dissth,llsl TO
tnose OF tho prisoner. Compare this Eisu
tho following: Among the many letter. that
the Mayor Of Princeton is constantly Ea:siy-
AAN~
tviday, stating that lnan snsveflnK the de-
scri;Hion to the letter, as published II ths
tribune ot Saturday, had been backward aud
forward III that city. Within the last three
,nontte he has stopped three times at differ
ent hotels in Phil,delph!a, ataying fsE ea5..
biz name cnce LIS 1. ". Leais and twIca t. &.
" Simocs.
Z, Tbs Philadelphia detectives identify the
prisoner se = person With whom they art ae-
fuointed, and who was in thelz custody in
Xis3 last, accused with stealing watch.
The clro1er's jury returned tnets yetds:t at
3 o'tioek this AFTERNOON, aud dsclared their
beiief thst Ja1ues Rcwnsd calae tn his Death
shout ~ o'eleek on 1he evening OF Thurslay,
Nov. ii, ls62, By one blow OF q club in the
hands of a person calling himself Charles
Lewis. The prisoner was raken 70 Trenton p
on Saturday evening, aud committed to j4li,
chained to the tloor Of the strongest CELL
Throughout, he has exhibited the most per
feet nonchaiauce, s.yiuE nothing, And, With
The exception mentioned aoore, giving NJ
tlen OF concern at anything that he SAW or
hea5d. The trial will come OFT in January.
, 1862-11-23

THE NEW LEv1Es.-Thc statisties at the
-Adjutsui Generals Office show that lG7,Oo OF
the troops rrder the last call for sci, 600 are
now in the EGna
TESaRssEx.-CitfzenA Of Tennessee who are
ooH IN Washington aay that should their
State seSd N entire delegation to WasaipE-
ton, Il wilt r1anl.ususly support the Admin
sStrat5pn.
AD1usTED.-Iasuma1y and Moxzn have
4greed upon distribution OF the municipal
eroils. Tsmmany i to have Comptroller and
NczNt Corporation Counsel.