Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-06-12
Yankee Foragers.

The Richmond IVhig gives some wholesome and
timely advice about guarding against and repellng
Yankee foraging parties, and we think it would con-
duce to public security to take it into due consdera
ton. Some of our up country villages, especially
those situated the Virginia border, should at
once look to it Let them organize at least q half
dozen scouts that could be 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
an emergency? Ifnot itshould 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 a year before
they Ventured to profit by their teachings. Now
they seem to know more about the business than
we do. Certain it is, that recent cavalry exploits
have generally been Yankee successes while all or
nearly ALL Confederate efforts st raids and dashes
have been foiled. If we permit the Yankees to get
the better of US in horsemanship, 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 rear and baggcd every of the
raiders. A hundred men, armed with double-barrel
shot guns, loaded with buckshot, can do deal of
harm to a party of Yankee cavalry. People who
know the country ought to be able to take the raid
ers at disadvantage. Officers disabled from active
service, but who have learned to be cool under fire.
ought to take command of organized companies Of
citizens. Boys of twelve or fourteen, accustomed
to shooting squirrels, can worry squad Of Yankees
amazingly. Duck guns are fine for shooting YAM
KEGS 10 tiocks, A few trees cut down here and
there and udiclous fire or two at certain points,
will be of service A number Of small mines con-
tanning q couple of pounds or so Of powder, with
trains laid under ground in tubes Of reed elder
to keep them from getting wet, will come in very
prettily at times. These mines should be laid 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 Ike known, we take it. until the
war is over.
We entreat the people in town and country to
make ready, keep ready, and suffer assurances
from any quarter to lull them to sleep and throw
them of 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 alacrity 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 we'll planned
and desperate attempts to destroy the James River
and Kanswha Canal the High Bridge, near Farm
vile, the lines of the Danville, Sou:hsde and Vir-
gina and Tennessee railroads An attempt will be
made to rush regiment or more through Virginia
in two directions-frst by way Of Farmvlle, Dan
vile aah GAINESVILLE to Weldon or to Raleigh, and
thence to Fosters forces below Kinsion; and Sec
ond, by way of Wytheville and the Salt Works to
Abingdon, and thence to the forces thas Burnside
is throwing into East Tennessee. OtfshOots from
these raids will scour the country righs and left
stealing negroes, horses, provisions, GOrage, and
burning stores wherever they can be found. The
main security against these raids must be the indi-
vidual determination and more particularly the pre-
paration and vigilance of private citizens. The
whole State of Virginia should be thoroughly pat.
rolled and pieketed. A system of signals should
be adopted toapprisO the people when tho raiders
are coming in what direction and in what numbers.
These signals should be guarded as jealously as
those in the army"