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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14

The CONFEDERATE PRISONERS TAKEN AT
SHARPsBURG.-Therew were AS sick Confederate
soldiers left in the hospital at Frederick, Nd, be-
fore the fight of Sharpsburg, and these were "cap-
TIRED at charge Of bayonets by the Yankees
They were then huddled together in the German
reformed Church, with five crackers day for
ratlons, though the ladies of Frederick gave them
what they could spare to eat. They were then,
with prisoners, making a total of 400, marched
SIX miles; to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
many OF them falling the way from Illness and
sent to Baltimore, the only interruption on the
UP oelnS an attempt on the part of sentinel to
KIN one OF the prisoners who got off the to
drink creek
In Baltimore they were placed in a prison
crowded to sufocaton. The people of Baltimore,
upon hearing Of their arrival, carried them buck
cts OF coffee and all sorts of eatables. The next
day they were marched out 10 charge of a Dutch
Captain, who, after parading them through the
principal Streets put them board the steamer
City OF Norwich, and they soon with the
exception of six who died on the way) within the
walls OF Fort Delaware, made famous by the suf-
terlngs of our soldiers there One of our men was
stripped and whipped by Sergeant, who accused
him OF stealing. There We're 2,100 prisoners
there; of this number 1856 took the oath of allegi-
ance, and 46 died. Of those who took the oath
1872 were Irish, and the balance from different
States. One from North Carolina and two
from Petersburg, Va. Out of the 200 there
were 800 sick, and not 200 of them will be fit
fol- service under a month
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14
FLAX SEED.

THE AYR OIL COMPANY will pay the highest price
for Flax Seed, in any quantity. Apply at L. Nye
Hutchinson Il Co.'s Drug Store.
October a. 1862 I'm
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14

The STATE COSvEsTIoN.-The Hon. W. \. Edwards
President of the n C. State Convention, publishes
letter stating that he has been requested TO re-aSssh
BILE the State Convention. The President very proper
ly considers that there is necessity for doing Se'
and offers several reasons why that body shonld not
again assemble. The following is one of the closing
paragraphs of the letter of Mr. Edwards:
For these reasons am constrained to decline
compliance with the solicitations made to me. y
were clearly satisfied that pubc opinion demanded
another session of the Convention, might yIeld my
own nlictions and act accordingly; but from Tue
best information have been able to obtain, puDic
opinion neither demands nor would approve 1t. II Is
proner to that the memorials are signed only ny
eleven persons and that but few others have intlmated
to me- by letter otherwise, desire that the Con-
vention should be recalled.
At the last session of the Convention resolution
was passed declaring that if the Convention was not
called together by the LIST of November it should pe
considered as finally dissolved. Therefore, rs the
President refuses issue call, the Convention OF
North Carolina is dead.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14
NOTICE..

All persons are forbidden to hunt game Of sny kiai
my land after this date. Hthey do will enforce
the Law. II. D. WILLIAMS.
Oct. 6, 1862. q
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14

PUBLIC TAxEs.-We learn from Mr.. Comp
troer Brogden that the taxes paid in this year by
the Sherifs of the Counties which have made re-
turns, amount to s680,8O8 o.. The amount paid
last year was $685., 149 Al
The following Countless more or less occupied
By the enemy, have made no returns; Beaufort,
brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven,
Currituck, Gates Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyr
rell, and Washington. These Counties paid last
year $40 ,925 60-Raleigh Standard.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14

The Educatona Convention of North Carolina meets
in Lincolnron Tuesday evening the I4th. We hope
those who feel interest in the cause will endcavor
10 he present.
We learn that the Lincolnton train will be detained
here until the arrival of the train from Raleigh on
Tuesday morning, convey delegates direct to
Liucolnton.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14
NOTICE.

anl;cation will be made to the next Legislature of
North Carolina for important amendments TO the Town
Charter of Charlotte. MANY CITIZENS.
October IA, 1862 4t-pd
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14
WANTED TO HIRE,

FIVE HANDS to work on the Statesvilie ReilrosA,
s.d TEN for the c. g. O. Railroad for three osisG
or longer "S1 JohhSlD S
Sept i6 lsc. - Pregiosst
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14

W%There was quite brilliant little affair on
the Blackwater River, in Southampton county,
Va, on the morning Of the Sd inst, between Col
Marshall, who commanded the Confcderates, and
the Yankee gunboats. Three gunboats opened
the attack by discharges Of shot and she'll They
we're replied to with effect by Graham's battery.
Our sharp shooters, commanded by Col. Ferrebee,
and who were concealed along the bank, also
fired upon the crews with such success that not
man could show himself After suffering heavy
loss, the gunboats fell down the river
On the afternoon of the same day, the enemy s
forces at Suffolk renewed the attack on Col
Marshall, but were repulsed by Graham's artillery
and Wright's rocket battery.
MILITARY ExEcUTIoN.-On Saturday, 4th, a
solemn tragedy was enacted at Camp Lee, Central
Fair Grounds near Richmond. Patrick Mellow
an, of Company l, 18th Virginia Regiment, and
John Kelleher Company I, same regiment, were
shot for desertion. After the shooting, Owen Nc
CURE, Company y, 1st Virginia Regiment, was
tied to tree, by his hands and feet and received
fifty lashes on his bare back, we'll laid on by a
stout dragon, who used stout leather strap. His
offence desertion.
\ FEARFUL DEATH-Edward II. Tibbetts, a
Maine sailor on board the United States gunboa t
Kearsage, met with fearful death at AIgesiras
Roads, on the 18th ultimo. He attacked by
a shark while in bathing, and although the poor
fellow fought the monster bravely, before boat
could reach the spot the shark secured his prize
by grasping him by the left side, crushing in his
ribs, and bearing him to the bottom 1t was a
horrld sight-a hundred and fifty of Tibbett's
shipmates looking at him within ten yards, but
unable to render him any assistance.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14

RICHMOND, VA, Uct0ber 3.
To the Quarcrmasters of the Confederate States:
importation for the remains of deceased officers
and soldiers, and the escorts, ut the expense of the
Government, is hereby prohibited.
A c. MYERS. @ Gen.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14

NEGRO Row AT NAsHVILLE.--The Yankee
soldiers beating the negrocs.-The theatre at
Nashville, Tennessee, two weeks since, was the
scence of the ''irrepre3sible conflict" between the
Federal soldiers and the negroes. The building
was crowded, and number Of the 10th Ohio reg
iment occupied the negro gallery. The Nashville
Dispatch says:
Before the first act was over, that part of the
house also became crowded, and at the fall of the
curtain some OF the negroes left their seats and
were passing through the crowd, when some SOL
diers seized them and knocked them down. In
ten minutes every negro had been badly beaten
and elected from the house, some of them being
thrown entirely down the stairs, from the top to
the bottom. AS the last disappeared, quiet
was again restored. No alarm was visible in the
lower part of the house, and when the band had
finished their performances the curtain rose and
the play proceeded without interruption.
Leaving the theatre, several members of the
10th repaired to Smoky Row, where they soon
came in contact with the Provost guard After
considerable disturbance with them, they commit
ted several depredaions on houses in the GIL
borhood, which were finally brought to a close by
a volley from the guard, severely wounding one
of the disturbers in the leg and enabling the
guard to arrest others.
On Sunday morning, the soldiers resumed their
attacks upon the negroes-this time displaying
their pugnaclous propensltles especially against
those negroes dressed in Federal uniform. On the
square, Deputy Marshal Steele probably saved the
life of negro by advising him to take off his
coat, when the soldiers around tore it to atoms,
having previously knocked the negro down sew
eral times to make him take off his clothes. On
Deadrck street, they caught another negro IN
uniform and literally stripped it off, leaving him
to escape well covered with bruises and only
partially covered with rags. Another negro IN
uniform was caught on Gray street At their
request, he very wisely took off his military coat,
when the soldiers tore it in shreds and threw it
on the street Two or three other cases occurred
during the afternoon, but no material damage was
done
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14

TROUBLESOME PEoPLE.--There is set ofmen in the
Confederacy who satisfied with anything that
is done by the Government Generally these very
the first to favor dissolution Of the
old Union and advocated it years ago. They were not
satisfied until the commenced, and they are
not satisfied with its management by the Presi
dent and the army officers Before the acar, they did
the quar- elIing and fnssng but they have done
of the fighting since it commenced. This class
of men abused the authorities because army did
not enter Maryland, and suppose they will now
abuse them because the army did go.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14

CeSFEDERATE CoNGREss.-In the Senate, on the 9th,
a bill passed 20 pay officers of the Confederate
Navy who arrested and imprisoned by the Lincoln
Government for resgning their COMMISSIONS in the
United States service
In the House, bill passed TO provide compcnsa-
ton for collecting the tax Elias c. Boudinot,
delegate elect from the Cherokee Nation admitted
to all the privileges of Territorial Representative
A bill reported by the Committee of Ways and
Means and passed. the first section provides that all
Treasury notes issued after the first December next
shall be made payable only in bonds bearing interest
at six per per annum; but in all other respects
similar to the bonds bearing eight per cent. The
second provides that the Secretary of the Treasury
shall have authority, by public notice., to require
holders of Treasury notes to fund the same in eight per
cent bonds within four months from the date of such
notice; and all which shall not be presented for
funding shall thereafter be entitled be funded only
in six per bonds. The House also passed bill
empowering the President to suspend the writ Of
ha6eds corpus whenever in his judgment the public
safety may require it, such suspension to apply only
to made by the authorities Of the Confederate
Government or for offences against the
bill increasing the pay Of non-commissioned Off
GERS and privates 81 per month passed. This
will make the pay of privates SIS per month.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14

EGs5-We find the following notice in the Richmond
Enquirer:
" 0c;n
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, n. O.,

Oct. G, 1862.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-21
GENERAL REGULATIONS.

No deduction viii be made for absence or with
drawal, unlces oCCasioncd hy illness or dismissal
Pupils Wall be charged from the date on which they
enter.
Hoarlers must be provided with six changes Of
clothing suitable for the season, SIX table. nak ms
napkn-ring, glass tumber, silver table aud tea sloon
knife and fork and all necessary articles for The toilet
Tue UNTEORg is--Maznrine blue dress for winter
blue gingham for summer; dresses for every day
goods of Clark color three oOlOred undcr-sklrts
two sun honnets. Hats, the style of the season.
The Academy will not incur Che expense of furnish
ing articles Of clothing or pocket money.
Pupils Will not be allowed 70 spend pocket money
at their own discretion. such moneys must be dc.
posted with the Superior Of the Academy
To prevent improper correspondence, all letters re.
ccivcd and sent subject 10 the pcrusal Of the Sd
prrort though In case Is such Correglundence lu.
hihted as re- cards parents or guardians
PGpils, whose parents or guardians reside 10 Nash
Vile or vicinity, will visit their bones bat three
times during the scholastic year.
To prevent loss of time and interruption Of the OK
erciscs Of the School, visitors will be received only On
saturdays nom TO -, AM, and from 10 q, Il NJ
Parents or guardians wishing place their children
or wards IN the Institution, will be received on any
day except Sunday.
For further particulars application may be made
u the Mother superior Of the Academy, or to the RI
Rev. JAMES WHELAR
All business letters 90 be addressed 70 the Mother
Superior, -. Cecilias Academy, Mount Vernon near
Nashville, Tenn. aug20 In,
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-21
inter Regrets.

Among the correspondence recently
found on board Of captured Rebel YES
SCI was letter from a prominent citizen
Of Southern State TO his wife who is So
iourning At distance from hume. The
writer ofthe letter had Just returned
from visit Of a week or two at Rich
mond, and was writing his wife what he
saw there. The bitterness with which
he condemns the rebellion and bewails
the misery and desolatiOn Of his once
happy and prosperous section of the
Union is poured out with all the fervor
Of sincerity, and We doubt not that he ex-
presses the feeling and hopes Of thou
sands Of others who, like him, dare not
speak openly The letter is dated the
Both ultimO. He says:
"This aocursed attempt Of one section
TO set up an Independent government
must sooner or later, taiI and fail igno-
naiaoUsly. ] am bound in duty TO share in
the burdens, aud to do what may 10 nj :
leyiate the suffering which The attempt
has brought upon those among whom I
was born, but will take no Office in it.
the highest would be no inducement-
nor will share in the terrible response
bility. No words can depict the horrors
which / witnessed both at Richmond and
upon my journey there and back. The
deaths then occurring at Richmond were
fully equal to one hundred and fifty a
day. More than seventeen thousand
sick and wounded are now in the Rich
!. mond hospitals The recent seeming
success Of our arms will only serve 10 &C,
celerate the downfall of our short-liveC
Conrederacy"
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-21

The real weakness Of the rebellion in
this State is apparent from the greediness
with which the starving Secessiouists
snap at every crumb of comfort that
drops from the Union table. The burn
ing of railroad bridge, OF the capture Of
a squad Of pickets throws them into con-
WILSON'S Of delight, and gives them food
for weeks talk. All these little mis-
haps are unpleasant il is true, and we
are heartily ashamed that they should
ever occur, but it will soon be found that
they will retard the operations Of The
Government hardly one moment We
will soon have one million of men in the
Geld, or ready TO take it at a moments
notice Every State will soon send out
an army of its own TO the rebellious dis
tricts, which will sweep rebellion and
rebels Into nothing. The prospects Of
the Government were never 50 cheering
as at present Enlistments progress rap
Idly, public credit is excellent and the
people are more united and enthusiastic
than ever. To resist the nation then is
utterly idle. The rebellion has not now
the faintest shadow Of hope; il must cover
and be crushed out beneath the awful
might OF an indignant people rising in
their majesty TO scourgo treason, and
save their government Let us all then
be hopeful, resoluto and bold
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-21
TINS SISTERS OF rHE ORDER

OF n. DOMINIC, VOL known m A4A
this ami adjoining States As oxpcr.cn ViT1 =
ccl and compcicnt directors Of Female ~
Education. respectfully inform The ciu o.
Eeus Of Nashville, AMI the public Ia general. that
spacious building, recently erected, enables them 10
receive q large number Of pupils
The Academy Is about a mile from the city, and
is situated in one Of the mos, beautiful aud healthy
locations in its vicinity
The ladies Of this Instltutou, beps especially de-
voted to the Eiucaton Of the young Of their own sex
viii leave nothing uudope to lmpart to the pupils con-
ndcd 10 ther care thorough Education I'D tho high.
cot sense Of the word.
The religion profssed by the ladies o. the lnstitu
ton the Catholic, ana they viii impart special re-
hgions instruction % pupils protesting that fl,h,
Pupils cfeyery religious denomination will be al.
mitted, and mo undue influence will be used 10 bias
the religious pr iciplss ofthe young ladies; nor VIII
any Of them be permitted 10 embrace the Catholic
faith without the verbal written consent orparcnts
o. guardians. Unonaity aud good order, however
require the attendance Of an IT morning and evening
prayers, and at the religions exercises on sunday.
The course Of study O. divided into four depart
mcnts, each department haviug les own distinct
course Of Studies assigned e.
The Acade mic Year will consist Of two Sessions
| the first commencing on tho FIRST Monday Of Seplcm
| Der, The second on the first Monday of February
The Academic Year viii close with public dIstribu
| ton ofpremiums aud honurs about the goth Of Jun,
| of each year
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-21

New GUN BoAT.-A correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial gives the fol-
lowing description of the new ram and
gunboat E4sport: She is 26O feet long,
Al feet beam, and So feet hold She
has boilers 32 feet long, 40 inches in
diameter, with 2 engines 20 inch cylin-
ders, g feet stroke, working a wheel 28
feet diameter and II foot length Of buck
ct. Her hull on the sides is 8 feet thick,
plated with "a inch iron, feet under
water Her classmates are made of gum
timber inches thick, and plated on the
sides with - iron. On the forward and
aft classmates the iron is - inches thick.
Her spar deck or upper deck is made Of
heavy oak carlin and plated with - inch
iron. Her beilers are entirely under the
decks and casemated all around. On the
front Of the casemate of the boilers the
iron is - inches thick. Her warehouses
are well protected by angular trunks
plated above the shaft.
She has on her bow a mass Of wrought
iron, called a ram, weighing 500 pounds,
and looks strong enough to knock any
thing aaoat to pieces. Her battery con-
sists of - long 80 Founders, - 50-poun-
der Dahlgren, and - 3i.pounder Parrott
guns aft, besides on her bow is to so a
90 FOUNDER pivot gun.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-21

Never was a cause so completely self
convicted and stultiied as that Of seces-
sion, which attempts TO destroy a gov
eminent which il admits to be faultless,
and fights for rights which no one as
sailed. .
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-21

The rebels in Tennessee tel us that
the Administration is making war
against slavery, and the commissioners
they sent to Europe TO beg for recogni-
ton declare most soIomnly that it is
not, AZ home they declare that Mr.
LINCOLN is an abolitionist, while abroad,
they swear that he is warm pro-slave-
ry man.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-21
Situation Wanted.

A SITUATION IL An ACADEMY OR COUN-
"A try school, a. Teacher Of the English branches
desired by lady BOO Kentucky, who would like 70
como South
Address Box 40 Louisville, Ky, or M d. NJ"
Nashville, Tenn
hs-A satisfactory letter from Rev. J. j. BuLLocR,
Lexington, Ky. aupl7-2Fu
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-21

The Louisville Journal remarks that
the great sexsngular plan Of campaign
announced on behalf of the rebels does
not seem TO awaken much apprehension
in the North, though, as our readers will
remember one of the angles was partic-
ularly directed to the invasion of that
region. A distinguished Northern CO.
temporary is even so cool as to treat the
gigantic plan facetiously. 1--WE rather
like this, he says, having copied the
plan at length. at is bold and dashing.
1t has the true Cambysean ring and
rythmus We don't wish TO carp; but
it occurs to us to ask whether Messrs.
DAVIS & Co, are not undertaking rather
heavy summers job? Wouldn't it be
quite as well to divide the programme
into two parts2 Wouldn't it be safer as
well as more discreet'to defey at least some
small portion of these Herculean labors
until the dog days are over? Excessive
oxertiOn with the thermometer al ninety
is not only difficult but hazardous.
" For our own part we are not sure
an invasion of our territory by The rebels
would moi be about the very best thing
that could happen 10 the Union cause.
We are not sure we couldn't afford 70 nav
them something handsome for hurting a
few thousand of their forces upon us. as
it were, unawares. We want something
like this to wake us up to a realizing
sense of our peril. We need some pow
erGul stimulant--sOme stimulant that
shall so madden us that we will forget
self in the country. The tempep Of the
people is admirable; but the desperate
character Of the situation" needs TO be
brought home to our d" business and bos-
oms' with still greater emphasis.
can invasion of the North is favorite
hobby with the rebel leaders. They may
contemplate something of the kind on a
small scale; but they will attempt nc
such scheme of colossal folly as that in
dictated above They may harrass our
borders but they will pause long before
sending an army into our midst They
know that such an army would be ineyi-
tably doomed that it would meet ter.
rible fire in front and still more terribl,
fire in the rear. They know that they
would but precipitate the ruin that hang,
suspended, like the sword of Damocles
over the neck Of the bogus Conlederacy.
II seems very plain that these Northern
people " don't scare worth a damn"
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-21

Tur DIFFERENT PLANs.--Captain Dag-
idson, of the rebel steamer Toazer, es-
caped with his men in small boats on
the approach of the United States steam
or Mustang. In his report, he makes the
following remark Had the officer Of
tbe enemy's steamer been cool enough TO
order a fire Of small arms on our boats,
not man would have escaped, as they
were only a hundred and fifty yards
from them" There are two things in
this little sentence worth noting. One is
the rebel plan OF lighting, never to lose
am opportunity of killing a Federal sol
der. The other is the Union plan of
fighting TO use such opportunities Of kill
ing rebels as hlue as possible
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-21
PROCLAMATION
A NDREW JOHN SON,

10 al pho shaH see hess PrestAis- Gresaag 4.
WHEHEAs, o has been mlle known b. noe thai
W ac'riain THOMAS PARtsu, charged with having
committed foul and atrucious murder on che ed
day Of Daogmber 1901 upon tha body OF Jtnrs Coon
MY late ~ cur County of davidson, has lel lrum
justice and Dr. u0w runninr al large
AuNt therefore l. AspaEw Juuss0H, Gurpuur AZ
'iuraatlt BY virtue uf tl' power and authority n mr
vested d. hereby onor reward of Two uukbRrD
AND tifrT bullAuf, tQ any person or persons who
may upprohund tho said fhou9a Pa5sl auI deliver
him Go ihs sheriff or Iailor ~ our County af DAVID
la in order that Justice, in that behalf may b. hsi
and executed
- ln ie5.lmony whereof have hereuBto eet
n lmy hand aud caused che grs1t ,sal IN alIf
rl=i' 70 Boo ahArd az Aatlyllla, Doe I5ih dHy
~ Of August. lsE2
10y tlg Governor. ANDNrW tluheoN
EpuAEn II tAsr Secretary Of state.
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