The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-06-10

so notorious is this, that on the occasion of "a flag
presentation" by them to Yankee regiment, a
Federal officer contcmpuously remarked, II can
tell trash when | see it"
License has been refused to all merchants
except upon taking the oath Of allegiance to Lin
coin and Pierpont. 10 consequence of this the
stores of the Nirginians are closed or have gone
! into other hands s-Richmond Enquirer.
! Is THERE AN ORGANIZED COMpANY.-There
have been several robheries of smoke houses &C.,
committed in this town within the last two or
! three months under circumstances peculiar as
to arrest the serious attention of those interested
in the security of property i'll this Town. Some
five or six smoke houses have been entered in the
night time, and from to two hundred and fifty
pounds of Bacon carried off. In nearly every
case false keys to open and close the doors seem
| to have been used. These depredatiOns have been
managed with such consummate skill as to make
the impression that there is an organized band Of
robbers in and about this town.-tSuliSJury
! Udtchmdn.
| The contents of smoke houses are in demand
these times, and it would be we'll to watch them
K@l~ The Newbern Progress, published by some
| of Liucoln's hrcngs since the land pirate, Burn
side, has held possession of that place, quotes
with great JOY and approval article from the
Raleigh Standard Of pril 18th, against the Con-
scription Act. The Standard is not the only
paper in the State which is giving 'aid and comfort
| to the enemy by denouucing the Conscription
Act and vllifying President Davis and his Cabinet.
! Under the specious plea of zeal for the peoples
riyhts they doing their utmost to cnslave and
degrade the ''dear people, whom they profess to
love so much. 'State Rights will be easily adjust
ed when establish the right to have States"
writes gallant army officer. All the hullabaloo
raised over the Conscripton act interfering with
State Rights, is the merest clap trap of political
demagOgues, used for the purpose Of fomcnting
strife and division at home. Let the people watch
the men who thus attempting to produce strife
and discord. They enemies to the Southern
cause, whatever their professions may be-
| AhcriHe Ners.
! THE SURPRISE OF nUNTs svILLE.-The Knox
vile Register gives the following interesting and
instructive statement, the authority Of respecta-
bic citizens who have lately escaped from Hunts
Vile:
The question has been often asked, why the
people Of Huntsville were surprised by Mitchell,
and why the freight and passenger trains aud ff
teen locomotives were permitted to fall into the
enemys han DIS Our informant ex plains the mys-
terry. So many false reports of the approach of
the enemy had reached the city, that the truth
was not generally credited. The telegraph opera
tor in the town Office, named La,comb, is full
| bloodcd 1ankee-and the superintendent Of that
division Of the Railroad, named Hopper, is a
Pennsylvanian had control Of the telegraph Office
at the Depot and, no doubt, congrcgatcd the extra
! locomotives and there and permitted the
others to come, on purpose to be captured. Hop
per was last heard of at Cincinnati, ana Larcomb
is said to be installed in his place as supcrinten
dent.
! With very few exceptions, the citizens, male
and female, said to stand aloof from the inva
ders hold no Intercourse with them, and TO extend
! to them not the civiiity of bow; and they
yearn for the day when they can be delivered from
the tender mcrces Of their Northern brethren"
who have no desire to injurc them and are so
dig ent i'll their efforts to concatc their love and
restore them to the Federal / Unon :.
Coon FOR THEM.--The Athens (Tenn.) Post
says, we have accounts of the dcplorable condition
Of the Fast Tennessee rene gadcs now in Kentucky.
+ They are not allowed to enter the Federal army
unless for three years, and such Of them refuse
are not permitted to return. but put to labor on
the roads half fed, under strict military guard
! If we ever wished-the poor deluded and deceived
creatures harm, the desire would be fully gratifed
with the punishment they now receiving at
! the hands Of their Federal taskmasters. A man
recently returned from the Kentucky border,
whittier he had been to reclaim a son, reports
many of the renegades nearly naked, and that
they breathe terrible threats Of vengeance against
/ the men who deceived and betrayed them into
tn cir present miserable condition, should they ever
: succeed in getting back TO East Tennessee.
"What has been your busiuess?" said Judge
! TO Drlsoner at the bar