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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-12-23
SUCH PEOPLE CANNOT BE CON
QUERED

Col Imboden, giving an account of his expedition
IN Western Virginia, relates the following:
"On the 9th instant, 1 halted near sunset. bv f.
log cabin, in one of the widest gorges on the
dry fork Of Cheat River. An aged mother and
several daug hters were the only members of the
family at home. The father has been in Camp
Chase over year on charge Of being a rebel,
and sn only son is soldier in one of my eompanies
asked for corn to feed over 800 horses. The
old lady said they only had little, raised bv
herself and daughters, but that was welcome to
take 1t II l needed it took half she had and
paid her for it, when she seemed to doubt the
proprety of receiving money from o Southern
soldier, she thought it duty to give us what
We wanted Her sons company was not along
and she did not him. The eldest daughter
said, Colonel, tell brother we are ali we'll and
doing well. We expect our papa will soon be
released from Camp Chase and come home. Tell
him to be contented in the army, and write to US
If he can. Ii we had known that you were coming
we would have had his winter clothing ready to
send to him, but We will have no other chance
when you leave Tell him we girls made enough
corn to do us, and have got plenty of meat We
have caught five large Bears in pen and have
salted them down for winter.-The Yankee Sheriff
came along with five soldiers to collect the taxes
and wanted to take the mare, but We had sold the
bear skins for money enough to pay him. and l
hope it is the last time we will ever have to paw
Yankee taxes" On my honor, as a gentleman,
this incident is literally true and detailed exactly
as it occurred. thought as l rode away into the
wilderness that the stripping soldier, but II years
of age whose home had ust left, would hereafter
IN the eyes of just and impartial posterity have
q prouder claim to honor than the Of any
heartless speculator, though he inherited millions
of fathers ill-goten gains"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-12-23

Our MILITARY ORGANIzATIoN.-It is to be
regretted that any obstacles should be interposed in
any portion of the Confederacy to the execution Of
the conscription law. Whatever constitutional
objections may be urged against that measure
should be deferred to the e1igency Of the occasion
in the patriotic and gallant spirit which has
animated the Governor of Virginia. State which
has borne without murmur every demand of
every kind that has been made upon her resources,
her vaor and her fortitude. The crisis is upon US
now in its full strength, and it behooves US to put
forth all our energies. The gale is at its height,
and if We expect to weather it, every man should
be at his post. States or communities which hold
back their men at such moment more danger
ous enemies than the Yankees. No alternative il
left but conscription or subjugation, and we trust
the Government will see that the law is every
where executed with thoroughness uniformity and
impartiality.
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NEW HiXUFACTUEITG COMPANY.
sTEyEN~, sCnUrT 81 MCLEAN,

We arc now manufacturing. by power, all
kinds al Grustcsa>. Tables chairs. Washsauds, and
everything alperilaing to the Furniture and Cabinet
Business.
We also making a very pretty, durable and
superior Wood "au,cru. 10 which invite the special
attention Of officers and soldiers.
Orders from the trade and public generally e.
sprcttuliy solicited. confident in ability
please tie tst.Iious. Orders promptly Sled
J. II. STEVENS
W. H. SCNUTT,
Charlotte WOW l. 1859 4 J. \. MCLEAN.
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Deserter Arrested,

On the 18th of November, who calls himself
WILLIAM HINSON, and representing himself as q de-
serer from the 44th Georgia Regiment-Col. LuuP.in
taken up in CASTOR county, y. c., and lodged IN
MeckenburC Jail. He was riding large gray mare,
about years old, foretop Slight trimmed and 6ue
spot on the wether. He acknowledges having stolen
said mare from gentleman living between Winchester
and Saunton Va. TIE undersigned has the mare IN
possession awaiting the call of the owner who can
ha by proving property and paying charges
live in Lincoln county miles below Beatties Ford
JOHN DAVIS.
Nov 25, 1882 2m-pd
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-12-23
Prospectus Of the
DAILY STATE JOURNAL,

On aud after the LIST day of November the State
Journal viii be Published Daily. Tri-weckIy nnd
WccAly The Daily Ntsle Journal will contan all he
received up the latest hour before mailing and
will consist Of editions daily. The Morning Ed-
WI! contain the by the evening mails, and
all tclcGrNphic news mp to 10 O'Clock the previous
night and viii be supplied city subscribers and sent
BY the morning mails North and East; the Evening
EIitiou wii he printed 3 o'clock p. m. aud will
contain the additional news by telegraph up to :
o'clock P N, and viii 6e subscribers by the
trus west and by the Fayetteville mail. Thus sub
S,rin-r, matter in what direction they may live,
vii Iavc Ir news up to the departure OF the mails
Agvs EeueutS have been made to procure tclcgrahic
from ali parts . the Couc,cracy expressly for
ii" STATE Journal. General news by mail viii be
promptly published. The Markets Will he fully re-
ported Reliable Correspondents viii be secured in
the Army and elsewhere. The Leg s!aiive Proceed
iu~s Nah hc reported daily by competent Reporters
The State journal will bc essentially newspaper.
TsRue; For the Da',y-I2 months, ST; 8 months
81 5o. mor'hs. e; month, 81 For the Tri-N eek
Iyl2 months, Si: months, s. 30; months, 81 80.
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Der. E.. ~. ANDKEEyS,

T.,
Would form III" pUu -encrallv and the citizens of
Neck, :..-- particularly. ;.at he mas resumed the
r..;.,e Of DENTISTRY AMI may he found at his old
stand. 7. T. -epiI,i set Artificial Teeth Gold,
Silver T.c:.~i-c, the IheoplaStic process, as
patients may desire and I'LL Teeth with Gold, Tin,
ANA gam o- 0s Artificial
lie Is also prepared perform any operation belong
ing Dentistry ar nee; say that he viii he pleas
q - wait 1pnn any OF his old friends friends
you may take rhaj for granted
February : ISEI
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-12-23

NER1TED PRoMoTIoS.-ColoneiJ John Fl. Nor
gan, whose exploits have gained him SO much
weu-deseryed fame, has been appointed by the
President Brigadier General in the Confederate
Army.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-12-23

TIE AYR OIL COMPANY viii pay the highest price
for Flax Seed, in ANY quantity. Apply 1t E. Hye
Hu,chjson < Co.'S Drug Store.
October {. 1852 I'm
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cop Paf6nSESh1P.
WILLIAMS & OATES

Have this day associated with them in the Mercantile
and Commission business. LEWIS ". SANDERS,
The style of the firm will hereafter be
WILLIAMS, OATES / co.
NOTICE-An persons indebted to the late firm OF
Williams Oates will please call and settle up as
We wish to close our old business.
WILLIAMS & OATES.
Dec O. 1852 If
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iupartiality.

AN UNHEARD OF MoNsTER.-Tho order Of
the Yankee General Milroy, in Western Virginia,
making sentinels Of the whole population, to give
him notice of the approach Of Confederate forces,
under pain of death and house burning, transccnds
in atrocity all the cruel acts that the annals Of
military despotsm record. We trust that our
commanders n that section will skin this human
hyena and roast him alive if he carry into execu.
ton one single dcvlmcst of the kind he threatens.
Just as as he does it, hang the first ten Yam.
KEGS that fall into our hands for every citizen he
shoots, and burn ten more for every household he
applies the torch to. There is no way of dealing
with such devils in human shape but to cossign
them to the flames they kindle for others. We
invoke our military leaders, they value the lives
and happiness of our people, 20 retaliate hun
hell-hound, Milroy may com nt.-Richmond Ds.
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TznMs:-Scverty-fve dollars required m advance ;
the balance at the end OF the session No dedut.--.
for absence unless in cases of serious Illness
The Town of Lincolntou has long been provcriia'
for il. hcaIthiness. 1t hgs daily Railroad commun c.
with Charlotte, from which il is only two hou.s
distant For the ueGt of pupils from sickly sections
our long vacation is in the winter.
Our building will accommodate about sixty boarding
pupils. Tie boarding department IS under the imme-
date charge of the Principal and his wife, who with
the other teachers, habituaIy al the same
table, and lodge under the roof with the girls
The fact that we have scmi-annual classes enables
to enforce higher standard OF scholarship than Is
usual in the hest trutiOns conducted the cfdlna
r. annual plan Diplomas of Graduation viii be given
TO those who complete our College Course
Thankful for the liberal patronage given while at
High Point, appeal with confidence to the public
a continuance of the Same in and superior
location.
For additional information address the Principal.
Nov. IL, 1862. If
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-12-23
OBJECT OF NORTHERN POLITICS.

1t is a common thing for the uninformed,
inobservant or short-sightcd to mistake the means
for the end And there is no better illustration
OF this fact than the error of supposng emancipa'
ton to have been the object sought by the radical
statesmen of the North. The leading aud control
ling spirits of the Free Soil or Black Republican
Party, from its origin to this day, have been John
Quincy Adams and William II. Seward. These
men have used the Slavery Question with an
ulterior design. The agitation of the question of
the domestic institutions of the South was adopted
the best means Of arraying the Northern people
an sectional Anti-Southern party for the purpose
Of attaining supremacy Of the North over the
South in the Union, and Of thus making the
Southern section tributary to the pecunlary inter-
ests Of the Northern people in their manufactures
and trade, to their Importance amongst the
family of nations, aud to the am bition Of their
public men. The mastery Of the South was the
end sought, so that with Northern Presidents,
controlling Northern majorities III the two Houses
Of Congress- and on the Supreme Court Bench, the
South could be managed by "tarlfs," "navi igation
laws, ''intcrnal improvements" to the inestimabe
benefit of all classes at the North, public men in
cluded. At the same time, they calculated that
the South could be held in check and kept in a
position of colonial subserviency by apprehensions
Of the programme conceived by the fanatical ele-
ment and the terrors that might thus be let loose
upon the Southern communities.
This was the policy and craftsmanship Of the
Black Republican party. To understand our posi-
tiop and guard against dangers in the future, it is
necessary toat we should not attribute too much
of the hostile career Of the United States against
the Confederate States to fanatcism. This ele-
ment h as been used, and for purpose. The
qualification ofsectiona rapacity and ambition was,
and is the great uterior object oe the sectional an
ti-Southern party 1t is this test, not the slavery
question, which the Northern people cannot stand
They now unite in the effort to c0erce back into
the Union - Charleston Mercury.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-12-23

ns7~ Last Summer indeed We may 90 farther,
and say ever since the difficulties of the country
commenced, we made, and have been making,
and continue to make, ardent effort to obliterate
party lines. \ number of persons took advantage
of this disposition our part and the part Of
those with whom we acted. While we
deprecated party, they organized faction. While
We tried to promote harmony, they cherished
rancour The result is before US The clique to
which we have allnded, have under the name
Of conservatives" seized the helm of power and
are pursuing course that would have shamed
Frank Granger himself. or any other official
decapitator, and which, in times like these, while
we have an enemy in our front, in our rear and
on opr hanks. can only be characterized dis
graceful and butcher-Iike. Those people are
marking all men that did not bow to the dictatlon
of Jonathan Worth, W. Y. Holden, ct III genus
onene. Thank the Lord the world has not yet
come to an end ncr has the earth stopped revolving
Another such snap-judgment viii not be so easy
TAKEN Wilmington JournaL
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-12-23

The CHATHAM RAILROAD CoMPANY-Ws
are gratifed to learn, from the President Of this
Company, that Messrs. /. N. Clegg Il Co. have
contracted to grade the middle division Of the
Railroad to Lockvie, on Deep River, two miles
above Haywood. We understand that the firm
consists Of enterprising and substantial men, who
will prosecute their undertaking with activity and
energy. They are to finish their division by the
lst January, 1864.
The valuable products of the coal basin of Chat
ham and Moore can be transported on the Deep
River to Lockvie, whence they will find their way
along the line of the Chatham Railroad to the N.
9. Railroad The Directors of the Chatham Rail-
road intend however, soon as sufficient stock il
subscribed, to extend their lne from Carey to Rsl-
egh aud from Lockville TO the Coafelds.
We wish this Road complete success The
valuable depOstes of coal and iron necessary to
carry on the workshops Of the Government and
the Railroads The coal is essentialto the COM
fort of thousands, who, on account of the Difficult
ties Of Railroad transportation, deprived Of
their usual winter supplies of wood.-RaI. Stand.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-12-23

DIRECT TRADE-Hon. T. Butler King, who
has visited Europe to secure the establishment Of
lines of steamers from European ports to the ports
of Georgia, has made report ofthe results Of his
mission to the Legislature Of Georgia. His efforts
were first directed to Belgium in the hope of farm-
ing contract with the Belgian American Com
pany" In this he failed. The Belgians are more
manufacturing than commercial people, aud
the above company seemed averse to enter into
any engagements regards the management Of
steamships. Mr.. King then directed his attention
to France, in addressing memorial to the French
Minister of Commerce. He succeeded in indue-
ing the French Government to change the law
granting a subsidy for Northern line to New
York, and substituting Savannah for New York,
and extending Southern line from Bordeaux to
the West Indies, to the same port. This was ac-
complished after great labor by Mr. King. Mr..
Kings next step was to form contract with DIR.
Frederick Sabel, of Liverpool for lire Of steam
ers from that port to Savannah on the payment Of
subsidy Of one hundred thousand dollars az soon
after peace as possible, which he was suthOrissd to
DO BY the lava Of Georga.
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CSeksN NNNNTEIEs.

The Subscribers wish to purchase CORN. Apply At
their Livery Stables.
BROWN WADSWORTH.
Charlotte, Nov II, 1892 If
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IRON FOR SALE.

nave on H'nd. at my Furnace in Lincoln ,oyr,,
6 n,,~' east 9t LincoInton, about 10000 fBS of
"hotDhI i"oN-tyre plow moulds, bars &c
am prepared to cast machine irors nf ~ -,
holowware, salt pans, &c. Orders solicited
FaSu, J. ". DERR
July - iN'- om-PH, Spring Hill Forr.
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Lincolnton Female Seminary,
LINCOLNTON, n. c.

s. LANDER, y. NJ, Principal.
Miss VI. J. TUCKER Mrf. c. RosEMAK MISS A: n
HAGEH Mrs. ii. J. LAsGpoN, Mrs. L. A LANDER
Assistants.
The Spring Session. 1863 will begin on Monday
FebrsAry End, and close Friday the 18th OF june
CHARGES PER SESSION.
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NOTICE,
DIR. !. N. MILLER,
Charlotte, n. c.,

Has resumed the Practice Of Medicine, ard be
found MS Office in Brawleys Building Immediately
over Drucker and Heibruns Store his residence.
Feb. 25. 1862.
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Charlotte. yov 4. 1859 # J. \. McI
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-04-23
TIE War NEWS,
THE BATTLE OF PITTsBURG
Another Stirring Account

The special correspondent of the New
York Tribune furnishes the following
stirring account Of the great battle at
pi;tsburgh Landing:
BEGINNING OF rua BATTLE.
SUNDAY morning, early, a few stragglers
in the woods away from our foremost 20.
sition saw rebel providers suspiciously
thick among the trees, and closer than
they had ever before approached. Ger.
Prcntiss, commanding division on the
lett wing, Immediately sent out, two com.
panics Of the Twenty-frth Missouri caval.
ry. Hardly had these gone three hum
dred yards when they met Lody of the
enemy an exchange Of shots took place,
and Immediately, from every quarter,
swarmcd forth dense columns Of men.
The woods were thronged with them
ore shout, caught up 10y thousands far
ther back, and they rushed toward our
camp. The cavalry fled quickly, but the
alarm had reached the troops. The long
roll beat to arms-eyery tent poured forth
its inmates, and while yet forming in
line, there came one solitary report of a
rife, then a storm Of musketry poured
upon the ranks, and the enemy-a wide,
dark mass Of rihemen-pressed steadily
forward. With theT!ver for a base, our
camps formed half circle, and on the
left wing, General Prentiss' position, the
foe fell first. Scarcely formed in ranks,
attacked by overwhelming numbers, the
troops returned n volley that for a mo.
ment staggered the enemy's advance, anG
and sent hund:els to the ground Rein
forcements poured from the woods. A
solitary cannon in ambush sent charge
Of canister among the little struggling
body Of Union troops, and with a crash
ike thunder, heavy guns and musketry
opened from every side.
OBSTINATE COURAGE.
During o period OF four hours on the
FIRST day, the deadly strife continued, the
enemy displaying a degree Of obstinate
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FLOWERS,
important Information !
LOuden'S Indian ExpectOranr

VHIS REMEDY is offered 70 tho community
| with the confidence We feel in an article
which rcldom fails to realize the happioSt effects
that car be desired. So wide IS IT,, acid Of ii
usefulness, and so numerous the cases ofits cures
that almost every section Of The country sbound'
with persons publicly known, Wy. have been res
tored Ivy its use. Here is ono use Of
0NISHING G URF
/ TINS MAY CERTIFY, That my sc1 aF OK iot
! twelve months, under O. L. t2s- care AN tne
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ed by the Doctor failed to give RELIEF t''e up
all hopes of biz rccoveryi go dtd 40 tAyslclain'
At this stage prevailed upon him TO U! oouIs .lr
of LOUDON 4 CO.'S. INDIAN EAPECIOKANI
and the result was most happy, as the use o.
three bottles effected a pcrrau-n nt cure, IND he "
now honrty boy, JAMES LAYTON
Derry Township Indiana Co., Pa.
No Family should be without 1t 'ul h0o
who have used it, never will. keep Of LOt
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sale. Call and 500 tha list
A. 3. SHAW, sha1- 1-y...s
&7a For sale by other NJ aa~ts IN ylcafn''a
county April :, 'ti.-Cn'
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SCHOOL TEACHERS OF CLEARFIELp

NNHVUL IENN HElI'N UT ULEANF IhLU
- COUNTY Tho County Superintendent on
templates opening an Institute for the improve
ment Of teachers in the best methods of giving
instruction in the branches of learning taught in
our common schools.
II thirty teachers signify,by letter or otherwise
on or before the 10th II May next, their willing
ness to attend the said Institute, then the SAINT
will be opened in Curwensville on the I'd Ct june
following, and continue eight weeks. To dofray
expenses zach teacher will be charged four del
lars in advance for the term.
March IS, 90, u JESSE BRO0MALL,
County Supt
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To Collectors Of Taxes.

SPECIAL NOTICE is hereby given to all Col
~ lectors of County and State taxes for IS6I
and previous years, that executions will issue
on the Second day of June, 1862 for all balances
of County Tax then remaining unpaid upon their
respective duplicates. The Collectors for 1862
viii take notice that this rule will be enforced in
the future, and they will be impurtialy required
to settlo up their duplicates within the year.
BY order Of the Board,
WM. S. BRADLEY, Crk.
Commissioners Office, April l6, 1862.
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IARRIED--On the 10th instant, by Amos
IIilc, ESQ, Mr. Robert II. Owens to Miss Sarah
Jane Moore, both of Ferguson township.
On the / 9TH inst, by Rev J. NJ, Galloway, at the
house Of Mr.. VIM. Morgan, Mr.. James II. Nor.
gan, Of Gulich township, to Mrs, Sarah Dunlap
of Pike township
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ehola nbe. amidhhofm ofbblt and on,
rouiaprl ihp nrn. tnl b.futol ih0m That
H ihut hrld uHi WiU ihe u.fi morning
Nurli nUh hit lbouanHs, would have
crnaal lhe Htpf ils hirr i.maIN ni.
dol courage lo mhny Nmyc huil Nud
ptfpuWh iu mBuy il,d Wm. ul our
ranks fought with o. dospp enul uiiuu.
iLIetlHt Elill. they could hUi1.y cope
with tho ovprpuVeting luIDu ul the rebels,
until rol Webster chief OF iyu Grauls
snH. planted several batteries and brought
them to- boar directly upon the cuumy's
lipht. and about the same time the gun
boats Lexington and Taylor, so near were
the coutcndtug armies to the bank, open.
pd heavy hrV upon the advancing rebels,
The foe cndeavorod hcrocally locudurG
this terrible double ire but lhoir columns
had not the fortiluic 90 stand and be NOV.
ed down by hundreds. Bcuurcgard and
Johnston attempted to hold them to their
position, and they exposed themselves
most rcCklessly TO prevent them from
falling back but to 10 purpose, Every
di5churge of the batteries, every roar OF
death from the gunboaLs. sent the rebel
regiments rcoling to the grave, and in less
NAlbll llAAl lll llVsl NlNl R'A RtfNN 'NfN ~
leaving US in possession of all the ground
We had occupied IN the morning.
TUE SECOND DAYS FIGHTING.
During the night Gen. Nelson's dlyis
ion Of Buolls army reached the battle
field, and early IN the morning tho Gu
gagement was renewed Nelson occupy
ing the left and Gen. Wallace tho right
opened upon the enemy with heavy fire,
and caused them to fall buck. For sever
al hours the victory seemed to be ours /;
but about lOl the rcbels, who must have
, cen reinforced, made series Of gallant
charges, aud caused our troops TO retire
for a quarter of mile, pouring most fear
/ ful vOleys or musketry into our ranks,
, Again the prospect looked dark, and
, thousands Of hearts felt alarmed, not for
. themselves, but for the fortunes Of the
. Creat battle on which so much depended.
| No pen can describe the scene the de-,
. liborate adyance-th5 close holding Of the
. ground the conteStlng oil every inch
e the fearful slaughter-the brave determi-
q nation--the surging of the dense masses
/ of men-the shouts, cheers, groans, the
. pluuging Of wounded and frightened hor-
I ses - the sinking down Of whole ran ks OF
e men at a volley How madly it ragged
y Through the forenoon ebbed and flowed
the tide OF victory. The success of the
previous day had flushed the enemy with
hope, TO be thwarted now-to see vic.
t tory slip through his fingers at last, was
; not to be thought Of, Again and again
S the rebels dashed up to our lines. Again
- and again they we're driven back, tollOwe
:. by our forces, who were dri zen in eturn.