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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-03-10

DEATH BY DRowNING.-We regret to learn
that one day last week, Mr. James Neeley, of
Rowan county, in attempting to cross the South
Yadkin River, was drowned. The mother and
sister of the unfortunate young man, we learn,
were standing upon the shore and witnessed the
sad catastrophe without being able to render any
assistance to the son and brother. Mr. Neeley had
rendered gallant service in the present war, been
severely wounded, and was to have been united in
marriage to young lady of Iredell this week, had
he esurvived.-.StatesUille Erpress
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-03-10
" "ANTED

At tie Medical I~reyi"g Department in
ChurlOhe
4 large number eff BOTTLES and WALLS for which
the highest cash price will be paid,
JAS. T. JOHNSON
Surgeon and Medical Purveyor
January 81, lSC3
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-03-10

The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company,
TONTINUES to take risks against loss by fire. on
a. Houses, Goods, Produce, &c, nj usual rates.
Presidrnt-M. B. TAYLOR
TIcc PrcsiGcnt-C. ONERMAN,
4UOrncy-JOS H. WILSON,
Sec'y f. TcaS'r-E. NYE HUTCHINSON.
IRECTORS:
A. G.. STEELE. WM. J. YATES,
JNO. l.. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON
N. B. TAYLOR, f. SCARF,
CHAS. OVERMAN.
Erecu;ire Comminee-F Scarr Jno. L. Brown VIM
J. Yates.
April 10, 1892.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-03-10
LIEUT.-COL's.
Ham A Brown,

Ham A Brown,
WmR Cox,
s. d. Thurston,
David NJ Garter.
Robert f Webb,
Junius L Hill,
Geo Williamson,
Jas B Gordon,
S d Poole,
VIM j Martin,
IhOS ID Jones,
Thomas Ruhn,
VIM MacRae,
VIM A Stowe,
/ John G Lamb,
Forney George,
w G Robinson,
VIM I'll Toon,
b Y Graves
Robert II Gray,
r ID Johnston,
John l. Harris,
S c Bryson,
J s Kendall,
r w Singeltary.
W j Montgomry
Jas M Lowry,
james T Kell,
f R Lilies,
w t Williams,
obt V Cowan,
J l. Mcdowell
John G Jones,
detached
G n HickcrsOn,
r f Armfeld,
II Fl Davidson,
detached
detached
J ohm f Brown,
w m. e Lewis,
T l. Hargrove,
Andrew J Boyd,
VIM A Jenkins
G H Faribault,
S H Walkup,
/ John A Fleming
Geo. Wortham,
iGpOrpc Sloan .
Marcus A Parks.
~ T Morehead,
TX NJ Murchison.
Alb S Galloway,
IG G Luke,
II G Jones, ,Jr..
VIM w Profit,
+ Cantweli
VIM III Deaver.
VIM S Devanc,
- CLAYTON.
s B Evans,
James A Keith,
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-03-10
CoPartnersh1p.
EHEE4s4EE s. OATES

Have this day associated with them IN the Merca lie
and Commission business, LEWIS ". SANDERS
The style of the frr will hereafter be
WILLIAMS, OATES & CO.
NoTltE.-All persons indebted 10 the late firm Of
N!'H!mS x Gates will please call and settle up, as
We wish to close our ola anSineSs
WILLIAMS 4 OATES
Dee o 1862 IF
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-03-10

In addition the above there four Battaions and
font unattached companies of North Carolina troops
in srrvicr-'nough TO organize six more Regiments,
which would make seventy North Carolina Regiments
service.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-03-10
DIR. J. NJ. MILLER,

Charlotte, N. c.,
Has resumed the Practice of Medicine and can he
f'Hnd o his O.hce in the building to Kcrr's hotel
or n his residence
Feb. -, 1862.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-03-10
CORN WANTED.

The Subscribers wish to purchase CORN. Apply a
their Livery Stables
BROWN WADSWORTH. '
Charlotte, Nov II, 1862 If
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Jan 20, 1868
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11
Negro TO Fight Negro.

JEFF. Davis, so it seems, and as was
expected, learns from Abraham Lincoln,
as Abraham Lincoln learns from him,
his last lesson taught, the employment Of
negroes, half million Of whom JEFF.
Davis now threatens to bring into the
field-we presume because the whites
have given out.
Upon the whole, in this negro fight, we
think the rebel JEFF. will have the advan.
tage over our President, with his negroes.
In the first place, JEFF. Davis has the
most negroes, ten to our one, and in the
second place, he knows best how to han
die them-as home master knows more
Of negro nature than master sent from
abroad. But between the two kings, alas
for the poor negro.
Now that this is to become real live
negro war, 1t is pity that the whites on
both Sides North and South-could not
step out, and leave the battles to the ne.
groes, with the original Abolitionists and
Secessionists from the North and South
to officer them. If that could only be
done there would be jubilee among the
whites everywhere, while the question of
slavery would be settled, as all humani,
tartan questions ganerally are, by the
determination of the negro on both sides
the one by the other. What was the
fate of the poor Indian once in America
would thus become the fate of the negro.
N Y cypress.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11
Farmers. No Wonder!

Subscriptions to the Five.Twenties
for the week amount to $5,O82,25O. A
great maDy orders from Europe might
be filed if the bonds could be delivered
at once. Every effort is being made by
the Treasury Department to print and
issue the bonds so as to keep up with
the demand.-Ohio Statesman.
No wonder-because, by the act of
Congress, the holders of these Five.
Twenty Bonds pay no taxes on them
Let US illustrate it. Mr.. W. is worth
ten thousand dollars, made out of rotten
Government contracts. He invests these
$4,000 in Five Twenties." The peo.
pie pp:sy him 6 per cent. interest; semi
annually, upon his investment Now
this man goes "Scott-free" Of taxation on
his $4,000, while o farmer owniuga ten
thousand dollar farm is taxed on his
farm, his horses, cows, sheep, ploughs-
everything. Yes, the poor man is taxed
on his old horse and COW, to educate this
bondholderS children; to keep up smooth
roads for his carriage, &C., &c. No won.
Ger Europe wants U. S. Bonds. The
whole thing is quite European.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11

A soldier belonging to the - Regt.,
who desires, in publishing extracts from
his letter, that his name should be with
held, writes to a friend in this place as
follows:
my Democratic faith is tenfold
stronger than ever. Had l a thousand
votes to cast, they would most assuredly
be that kind. But cannot vote for
Vallandigham without breaking my
word, as promised my fellows soldiers,
previous to receiving those papers, that
l would not But the loss of my vote
will, no doubt, be the gain of ten Others
| will not vote for Brough. 1 will suf.
fer my right arm to come off irst, having
been abused, slandered, and even called
"d-d seceSh" by his friends here.
am troublesome to my Republican
friends here. l tell them we are fight
ing for freedom of speech and liberty of
the press, as well as the restoration of
the Union. They have said we shall
not have it. For this l expect to live
and die, nevertheless. l am one among
the last that will falter In the discharge
Of duty, as far as the common interests
Of our country are concerned.
Democrats, as q general thing, will
stand up square here more so than
expected. So | say, 60 your whole
length. \ X We cannot read good
Democratic letters aloud without being
insulted.
l will close by saying, Hurrah for De-
mocracy and Vullandigham forever"
The request of the soldier to suppress
his name shows plainly that spirit o.
oppression is abroad among the "powerl
that u" in the army.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11
The RadicaIRebeI,iOn.

AS the Southern Secessioni rebel
ed against the continuance of the old
Union under the old Constitution, so do
the Northern radicals rebel against the
restoration of the old Union under the
old Constitution. That which the ma.
tion has expended thousands of millions
of treasure and sacrificed hundreds Of
thousands of precious lives to maintain
and establish and make the rebels sub.
nit to- snot good enough for the North.
ern radicals--they must have something
better than such old fogies as Washing.
ton, Madison, Jefferson and their com.
patriots could contrive and put in opera.
tion.
The Northern radicals, though not
as yet in arms, still in heart and purpose,
and in political action, secret and open,
are as much in rebellion againt the u
nion and Constitution, as there existed
when the war broke out, as are the
Southern rebels themselves. The chief
difference between them is merely one of
time-the rebels having in open and
armed opposition to the Union and Con.
stitution, got little the start of the rad.
icals, though both have had common
purpose since the beginning of the war.
No man of sense supposes that class
Of men who had for years denounced the
Constitution az covenant with death
and league with hell" became of a
sudden, from the mere fac: that the re.
bells had fred upon Fort Sumter. ardent
admirers of the Constitution aud so de-
voted to the Union as to be ready to
sacrifice life in its defense. On the con.
trary. as their subsequent actions have
proved, they retained all their former
hatred and determined hostility to the
Constitution and tie Union existing un
der it. In this hatred and hostility
they have not been u whit behind the
rebels. though the latter have been open
and the former secret enemie5.
The true test Of q secession rebel is
this-that he is opposed TO the restora.
tion Of the Union, er the readmission Of
So.called seeded States into the Union
on the same footing as they stood be.
fore the act of secession took place. -
The true test Of radical rebel is tho
same Neither will consent to such
restoration or readmiSsion, and while
fghting each other about negro slaves,
are in fact each others allies in a com.
mon cause against genuine Union men,
North and South, Ohio Statesman.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11
UNICATI0Ns.
For the Ohio Democrat.
whittier are We Tendingl


whittier are We Tendingl
Nix. EDIToR:-For two years and more
q civil war, in magnitude unparalleled,
has been waging in the western world
"the gem Of the ocean" the bloody scene
of its countless cruelties. Social ties
have been sundered, and the number
that have given up their lives in the
noontide Of enjoyment may be reckoned
by tens Of thousands. Mothers have
doDned the habiliments Of woe, and the
ear that listens may hear at the close
of each sanguinary contest, the cry Of
the orphan. Such as prosper by the
war have nothing to say but that 1t
must be vigorously prosecuted! Con.
tractors have become the censors Of
speech, and the man who says that the
olive branch is equal to the sword, is
"copperhead," "butternut," or If you
please, a "traitor!" People are begin.
ming to mistrust their Oldest associates,
and next.door neighbors are regarded
as deserving Of the gibbet-aud all Of
this for opinions sake, Little do some
men dream how soon the volcano upon
which they are treading, may open to
engulf them in general destruction.
This war must close sooner or later,
and many that banquet now upon the
misfortunes Of the people, will reap their
reward in the walks Of private life,
What do these vigorous" fighting men
Cd meanH What have most Of them
done for the country which they profess
to love so well, except to bask in the
sunshine of political favor2
Now and then a man summons cour.
age enough to carry q splendid sword,
and, instead Of q knapsack, q pair of
brazen shoulderstraps; for, when he
chances to fall, he knows that amid the
pomp and circumstance of gilded pride,
his remains will find their way TO a
resting place, over which, in marble, his
eulogium shall rise.
1t is quite different, however, with the
private soldier. Many a time have |
witnessed his burial in the very blanket
that he carried while living, for q wind.
ing sheet when dead and metkoprh.:
as we covered hin ~ ~, i now many hearts
muSt be breaking now.
1t matters not who Is elected Governor
of Ohio, or of any other State, the po-
tent force of public opinion, and moth
ing less, will restore the Union. The
people are sovereign, and woe be to
him who stands in the way of an hon
orable peace Let such as prefer a
monarchical deSpotism to the Union as
it was, take up their abiding place in
some corner Of the world, where men
have not yet tasted Of the sweets of
freedom; for here, the people are capa-
BILE of caring for themselves.
The tendency of public opinion is to
peace, and another year will fnd the
North and South united, not through
the disturbing influence of restless agi
tators, but the ballot
Executing freeman's will,
As Lightning does the will of God"
JOHN R. PEPPER,
Co. "a" S3rd Reg't o. Il.
New PHILADELPHIA, Sept 8.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11
Latest War News.

The latest news from Charleston
comes by the despatch steamer Oleander
to Fortress Monroe, with dates to the
4th inst. General Gilmore dug out
and captured seventy five men from
their rife pits in front of Fort Wagner
OIL the LIST. Deserters to our lines rep.
resent that the people Of Charleston are
anxious to surrender the city; but Beau
regard is determined to devote it to
destruction. 1t has been ascertained
that the first shell fred from the marsh
battery entered bouse occupied by q
number of officers, killing several and
destroying the house, Some of the
shells went to the farthest extremity of
the city, aud destroyed large cotton
warehouse and other buildings. 1t is
stated that there are but twenty Eve men
in Sumter, and that it will be blown up
as soon as an attempt is made to take
possession.
The intelligence from the army Of
Gen. Meade is not indicative Of any i'm.
mediate movement. Information comes
from deserters that General Lees army
is scattered over wide extent of country
from the Blue Ridge to the mouth Of the
Rappahannock. Between this and the
Rapidan rivers only few pickets are
posted. 1t is pretty well ascerlained
that no important force of Lees army
has crossed the Rappahannock.
A despatch received at Cincinnati
yesterday says that General Burnside
had entered and taken possession Of
Knoxville on Thursday. If this state.
ment be true it is most important, and
settles the question with the rebels in
Eastern Tennessee. The news may be
premature; but the investment Of Knox.
vile was so represented at last accounts
that Its occupation by our troops might
| have taken place at any moment.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11

az We are permitted to make the
following extract from letter written
hU "-:-a'H i" the h2d Ohio. to bis
y " r.I'~sN
friends at home;
"As to opinion, l feel that l have as
good right to my opinion as A. Lin
coin, Gen. Burnside, or Davy Tod. l
an as good Union man as either of
them. l have come out and risked my
life for the Government. That is more
than some of them have done. My life
is as sweet to me as theirs to them -
They are really no better on that point
than myself. If they have freedom of
speech, claim the same They are
sworn to support the Constitution, and
so am |. am but private soldier,
yet, thank God, l have tongue and the
right reason of mind, and with his per-
nit, shall use them as seems best to me.
God says, Fear not they that kill the
body, bnt rather fear them that have the
power 10 cast the soul into hell" Iwant
to keep on the right side of Him that
has power to do whatsoever he will,
They may perSecute me here, and even
kill the body, but it is beneath their
power to hurt the soul. There is place
beyond the earth where Abraham Lin.
coin is not, nor will not be, President
where General Burnside is not General,
nor Tod Governor. Military law is a
stranger there
"There is lot of Vallandigham men
in my company, and our captain is fine
man; but he is not Val. man. He has
fat office, you see, that's all. am
called "Val." here, and l have heard
others swear that they would vote for
Val, if they (the officers) would cut
their hands off. Some letters are sent
here, hurrabing for the Union, right or
wrong, and urging soldiers to vote for
Brough, and asking the evidence in black
and white, of their willingness. But l
can tell you they will never get it. Val
is gaining ground here daily. should
like to come home and see if you are all
doing your duty. Vote for VaIlandig,
ham, Liberty, and Peace Democrats,
if you ever did your duty, do it now,
Let us have peace. Will you call me q
traitor for saying peace? Fathers and
mothers, don't you want peace? Wives,
don't you want peaceY Brothers and
sisters, don't you want peace? Do you
want to see your friends of the army be
fore we are all cut off? If So, vote for
Vallandigham and Peace.
"a VALLANDIaHAM MAN"
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11

No allowance to be made for more thanr
SIX in any one family.
The families of soldiers who have died or
been disabled in the service, IRE entitled to
relief, under the law, as we'll as those who
are now in the field. ...-. .... M.
A soldiers family means "a wifs, depen-
dent minor child or children, and dependent
parent or parents"
On :ha 7!h day Of October aforesaid, the
Trustees of the different Townships will pre-.
sent their several accounts for relief thus,
furnished, to the Commissioners, at the Audi
tors office, for settlement and pay.
In consequence of the return of many Of the
nine months men from the army, and the
change in the number of fam lies to be reiev.
Cd, the undersigned have not the correct data
upvn which to distribute the relief fund in
moaey to the Townships, but after the seventh
of October they wiz be enabled to do so, the
estimates to be based upHp the settlements
then made.
Township Treasurers, who may dcHre 70
do So, can avoid the necessity of coming iHHr
the relief fund due their respective Town
ships, by sending written order With the
Trustees to draw it for them.
JACOB H0UK,
SAML. SCHWEITZER,
]. G. ZUTAVERN,
Commissioners.
September II. 1863. 2w.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11
when CLEMENT L. VALLANDIaHAM is
Governor, such tyranny will cease to
exist Just
"Stand the storm-lt wont be long"
For the hhin nemonrni


Mr.. EDITOR: / am no Democrat and
don't believe ! ever will be one. l in
tend to vote the Republican State tick.
ct. But now give our Republican
candidates for District aud County Off
ces notice, that unless they come out
over their signatures in the county pa.
pers between this and the election, and
pledge themselves to refund twenty FIVE
per cent of their salaries into the Coun.
ty Treasury for the relief of the families
Of our brave soldiers, l will not vote for
one of them. Your convention did
right in pledging your candidates to re.
fund and I'll vote for them, unless ours
come out and take the pledge. l don't
blame the Republican party, but l do
blame the Demagogues and Candidates
that Strangled the Retrenchmeut reso.
luton in our Convention. They won't
make anything by their meannesS.
A WAR REPUBLICAN.
BOLIVAR, Sept. s, 1868.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11
Sale OF Tom b Stones in New Or
leans.

The New Orleans Era, the organ of
the military department, reports the sale
of q lot Of tomb stones, monuments, &C., ,
belonging to Mr.. Barrett, on Camp
street, which had been seized as the pro-
perty of "a disloyal citizen" and confs.
Gated. We should think the business
had got down to low. water mark"
when its clutches faSten upon grave.
stones.
A writer remarks that "proper notice
will be given when the sele takes place
in the graveyard" Neal Dow, we be-
lieve, has not been charged with any
heavier thefts than pianos, plates, and
ladies' dreSses-but perhaps there were
no grave yards on the line of his march
es.-New Hauen Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11
LEGAL NOTICE.

CARAH HARPER is hereby notified that on
y the llth day Of September, A. D. 1858,
Michael Harper filed his petition in the Court
of Common Pleas Of Tusoarawas County, Ohio,
charging the said Sarah Harper with adultery,
and asking that he may be divorced from tho
said Sarah Harper; which petition will stand
for hearing at the next term Of said Court
MICHAEL HARPER,
by J. & A. W. Patrick, his Att'ys.
Sept, II, 1868, CIV,
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11
Breaking out in a
Fresh SPOT.

With The spectacle before It Of Irish
and German Catholics pouring out their
bleod like water, in defence of our Gov
ernment, the New York Independent
(Beecher's paper) is out in acolumn ar
ticle denouncing Catholics, charging
them with want of patriotism, and in
solently assigning reasons for their
APATHY" during the war.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11

HORRIBLE OUTRAGE BY NEGROES. "A
most horrible outrage was perpetrated
on Sunday evening last by three negroes,
upon the person of Miss Hattie John.
son, at Cambridge City, in Wayne coun'
ty, the hot>bed of Abolitionism in this
State. Miss Johnson belongs to one Of
the oldest and most respectable families
in that county. On the evening named,
as she was returning home from church
in company with her cousin, q lad Of
eighteen years Of age, she was attacked
by three negroes-Wm. Freeman, WIN,
Culver and John Douglas--who convey.
ed her to an unfrequented place, and
there violated her person. Her cousin
did all in his power to prevent the out
rage, but was knocked insensible by one
Of the black scoundrels. The negroes
we're arrested the next day and had a
hearing. Freeman and Culver were Sent
to Jail. Douglas gave bail in $4,000.
The greatest excitement prevailed in
Ca%SSIiuge City in consequence of this
outrage, and the citizens were prevent.
ed, with great difficulty, from indicting
summary punishment upon the scoun,
drelS. 1t is high time the free negroes
were taught lesson in decency thai
tn y will ever remember. -NeW Albanl
Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11
AbOlitiOnisnl.

"The town of Potsdam, St Lawrence
county, N. Y, at their recent election,
chose FIVE Republican trustees, one of
whom is full blooded negro"
This paragraph, which went the
rounds last year. is entitled to make
the circuit again, The negro was not
only run and elected as Republican
last year, but re. elected by the same
party this year. The vote Of Potsdam
(Which was named from the Pots that
damned the Kettles for not being black
enough) stands about 900 Abolition,
lists to 200 Democrats. Potsdam is the
place, says the Advance, where lanterns
are used in the day time. albany ar.
gus.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-11
For the Democrat
VaIlandigham All the Go.
W n " 1NL1 ODA1VA4
BOLIVAR, Sept, s, 1868.
CAMP LICKING. Licking Co., O.,

OAMP 1IIUhINUI IIChIUB OU'I O.J [
September 7th, 1853. !
MR. EDIToR:-We are at Camp Lick
ing, one mile west Of Newark. All of
the Tuscarawas boys are in good spirits,
and enjoying themselves. We have a
very nice situation.
As regards the political sentiments Of
the citizen soldiers of Camp Licking, we
are proud and happy to say that two.
thirds, if not more, of the whole camp
are VallandighammerS, whilst Brough,
the Abolition candidate for Governor,
scarcely ever gets cheer
TUSCARAWAS.