Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-06-17
Yankee Foragers.

tIhely advice about guarding against and repelling
Yankee foraging parties and we think it would con-
duce to public security to take it into due considera
ton. Some Of our up country villages especially
those situated near the Virginia border, should at
once look to it. Let them organize at least half
dozen scouts. that could bs ordered out at a mo-
ment's notice, "to mark what course they took"
and report probable numbers, &C. Have our villages
the requisite amount of powder for home guard in
anemergency? mot it should be procured and kept
in safe place till needed. Our people may expect
Yankee cavalry to make forays during the war, and
we should be prepared for them.
1--WE taught the Yankees these cavalry tricks
Morgan, Ashby, Stuart, Forrest Wheeler and Mos
by were teaching them Tor more than year before
they ventured to profit by their teachings. Now
We d. Certain it is, that recent cavalry exploits
have generally been Yankee successes, while all, or
nearly all, Confederate efforts at raids and dashes
have been foiled. If we permit the Yankees to get
the better Of US in horsemanship we are done for.
Citizens must no longer rely on the army for pro.
lection against Yankee raids. They must initiate
the bold Georgians, who held Strait at bay until
Forrest got in his and bagged every Of the
raiders. A hundred men, armed with double barrel
shot guns, loaded with buekshot. can do deal Of
harm to q party of Yankee cavalry. People who
know the country ought to be'abe to take the raid.
ers at a disadvantage Officers disabled from active
service but who have learned to be cool under fire.
ought to take command of ogganized companies of
citizens Boys of twelve or fourteen, accustomed
toshooting squirrels, can worry squad of Yankees
amazingly Duck guns are fine for shooting Yam
KEGS in locks. A few trees cut down here and
there, and judicous fire or two at certain points
will be of service: A number of small mines, con-
tanning couple Of pounds or so of POWDER with
trains laid under ground in tubes of reed or elder
to keep them from getting wet, will come in very
prettily at times. These mines should beaaid Sc.
cretly. Negroes should be watched, especially at
night The vigilance of the whites should never
be relaxed until it is known that the raids now con-
templated by the Yankees have been abandoned,
and that cannot be ke known, We take it. until the
war Is over.
We entreat TIE people in town and country to
make ready, keep ready, and suffer 20 assurances
from any quarter to lul. ttem to sleep and throw
them off their guard Gen. Randolph has oeen
charged with the organization of the citizen de-
tenders of Richmond. We could wish to hear more
of this slacrity. The sloth of Richmond should
not be initiated in other cities or in the country
Before the summer is ended it is certain that yam.
kee raiders will make the most adroit well-planned
and desperate attempts to destroy the james River
and Kanawha Canal, the High Bridge, near Farm
ville the lines Of the Danville Sou:hside and Vr-
ginia and Tennessee railroads. An attempt will be
made to rush regiment OF more through Virginia
in two directions by way Of Farmville, DAN
vile and Clarksville to Weldon or to Raleigh, and
thence to Fosters forces below Kinston; and sec.
ond, by way Of WytheviIle and the Salt Works to
Abingdon, and thence to the forces that Burnside
iathTowing into East Tennessee Ofshoots- from
these raids will scour the country right and left,
stealing negroes, horses, provisions forage, and
burning stores wherever they can be found The
main security against these raids must be the indi-
vidua determination and more particularly thepre-
paration and vigilance Of private citizens The
whole State Of Virgini. shoad be thoroughly pat:
rolled and picketed. A. system Of Signals should
be adopted to spprise the people whea the raiders
sse coming, in what direction and in what numbers.
These signals should be guarded as jealously as
those in the army" e-.s5- -
GEN. BREcxiNKDsE's DTBIoN-A correspondent
Of the Chattanooga Rsbeh writing from Bragg's