The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-05-19

y r TRoops.-The large number of North
clpians killed and wounded in the late battles
sround Fredericksburg shows that they were where
.Lo font ragged hardest and where the balls fell
.r;ckest 1t is the opinion of some OF our officers
chm, fuIly one-third of the loss fell ON the N e..
D;onts The field officers of several of our
poaiments were all either killed or wounded, and
came were even left without Captain to command
,bcm but those Regiments fought on until the day
wa. won commanded by a Lieutenant or non-com-
,nissioned officer The loss of officers does not stop
te privates from fighting, for we have been told of
instances where the privates pressed forward into
thc fight without a single commissioned officer to
command them. They have the cause at heart
and are anxious and willing to strike heavy and
courageous blows to sustain it.
After the death of Maj. Rowe, the 18th Regiment
was put under the command of 1t. Col. r. ID.
Johnston of the Odd who led it through the battles
o. Sunday and Monday. Capt. VIM Ii. Johnston,
who commanded a company from Lincoln county
in the 23d Regiment, led his through the whole
fight, although he had the use of but one arm, the
right arm having been paralyzed by wound re-
ceivrd in the battle of Seven Pines. Private Abram
A Gabriel of Capt Johnstons company, captured
Yankee Brig General aud a Lieutenant Private
WIN Savage of the 10Th Regt, ''captured alone one
yankee Colonel, Captain, Lieutenants and III
enlisted men" All honor to the noble privates of
armies.
After all the field officers disabled, the 9TH
Regiment WAS led through the fight by Capt James
Harris of Cubarrus county, and the 33d Regiment
by Capt J II Saunders.
The Surgeon General of North Carolina, DIR.
Edward Warren. writes from Richmond, under
date of the 9th, follows:
"Our wounded arriving in large numbers from
the of the late terrific but most glorious
battle AS usual North Carolina bore the brunt of
the fight and suffered terrhy-pourng out her
best blood and winning imp@rishable laurels. am
now engaged in preparing an accurate list of the
killed and wounded from State. which shall be
published within few days. Please the
friends Of our noble and mutilacd soldiers that
everything shall be done for their comfort and
Relief
f7- Read the excellent Proclamation of Gov.
Vance in regard to desertors from the Army and
those who harbor deserters. If the last L.gisa
turr had passed the law which Gov. Vance repeat
eddy urged and recommended, the cause would have
been greatly benefited and authorities saved
much trouble. Those who have denounced the
Conscrpt law and seized every opportunity to pro-
it unconstitutional, have done a vast amount
of harm, and led many to suppose they doing
right in refusing to obey it and opposing it's
ton.
SHILhY AND Broad RIVER RAILRoAD.-A charter
granted by the last Legislature of North Carolina
for n Railroad from Shelby, n. c., point
in South Carolina. A meeting of the stockholders
held at !he Magnetic Iron Works, S. c., the
4sth ult., and organized the company by eecng the
following Board of Directors: A r. Honesty, W J. T..
Miller, D. Fronebarger, G. s. Cameron, A. NJ. Latham
T D. Wagner, B. D. Hasell, At a meeting of the Di-
nil lv
elected President.
The Shelby Eagle says: "The location will soon be
completed, when the company will be prepared let
contracts, with the view Of pushing the work to an
early completion"
SIZES AND ToRIEs.-It s reduced to n
certainty that the late raid in Mississippi was
guided by tories 1t is said by the Jackson papers
that there emissaries in that city to give
the Federals informaton-indee these spies are
said to be in every part of the ate.-Charleston
Courier
Yes, and if of these tories and spies is arrest
ed and sent to prison, there is class of men in the
South who ready to get up great howl about
personal liberty freedom, &C.. and the Confederate
authorities denounced tyrants. There are
spies and tories in this State, well as elsewhere
but arrest of them and send him to the Salisbury
prison and some friend of the tory enemy of the
Confrderacv will sue out n hubeas corpus for the
purpose of releasing the prisoner; and in some in
stances this has been done where the prisoner did
not request it. We have been Informed of one cas- e
of this kind. man arrested in the eastern
part OF the State on the charge of dsloyalty; he
proclaimed himself Union man and denounced
I'll" C"ntcdoracy, even after he was arrested. But
Notwithstanding this, procured habeas
corpus writ from Judge Pearson and took the tory
out OF prison and started with him 60 the Judges
residence to have the matter tried. After getting
some distance from Salisbury the fellow wanted to
know where they were carrying him: and when in
formed of the object of the proceedings, he refused
to 6" on saying that he had requested nothing of
the kind-that he was opposed to the Confederate
Government and friend of the ..Union: and asked
n" favors of our authorities, &c. OF course the
prisoner was then marched back to Salisbury and
again placed in prison. and his s,ci friends received
n" thanks for their trouble.
lh"r" are some men in the South who are tories
at h""rt' and while they may escape confinement
~ prison and never be arraigned as traitors, they
VIII DC remembered as enemies to the southern
"i>e oy The present and future generation.
'i''ts'ts NOT ALLOwABIE-Gen Sherman
carrieo an army of l4incolnites info ,bo wst Cor
'"' purpose "f numbering our peorle and stoal;,o
anu destroying their property Hnt ~ go, :.
h""nccd that one of the Confrdor,. -,
femoert"'i recently sent Sherman
flowers. Ii