The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-11-03

bryce OF tnls place to the o9th Regiment cavalry
He was wounded in the late fights in Virginia He
was gallant soldier and good officer.
Every denomination of the Yankee postal curren-
cy is counterfeted, and the Louisville Democrat
says there parties in Louisville who have been
manufacturing it for six months. All the currency
now in circulation is to be called in and new kind
is to- be issued to take its place. We understand
that it is being cancelled at the rate of $4,000
per day.
The Yankee authorities encouraged and allowed
their people to counterfeit Confederate money. and
now the scoundrels are tampering with their own
currency. 1t takes Yankee to cheat Yankee.
Honesty is at a low ebb in Yankee land:
pg~The following late orders issued from
the War Department at Richmond:
Recruiting officers and Others are forbidden to
grant permits to conscrjpts and deserters, allowing
them to visit their homes, to remain there for
any purpose. The notice already given conscripts
deemed sufficient, and deserters are not entitled
to indulgence.
All parties who have received exemption papers
for disability other than those granted for perna-
nent and decided disability, must be re-examined,
and the law, which, there is reason to believe is
too often evaded be in these and in all cases strict
ly enforced.
Officers and soldiers in the general service can
not be transferred to local companies and applica-
tons, therefore, will not be entertained.
EXPRESS COMPANIES.-A-b bill has passed the
Virginia House of Delegates, and is now pending
in the Senate, "decarlng certain railroad compa-
MES the only responsible carriers on their roads,
and regulating charges for express services there
on" AS this bill is explained to us, says the Sen
tinel, the effect Of it would be to abolish all Ex-
press Companies. That would be exactly right.
HOTELS CLosING-We learn the hotel at
Company Shops has closed. Many weary trav-'
eer will thank the fates for this, for now he will
retain his money and his hunger will go unappeased,
while before he parted from his money and still
went hungry.
The eating house at Durham's still Hccs, fur
nishes passable breakfast at So.
When this war is over and the final winding up
comes, the hotel keepers will call for hills and
mountains to hide their hideous deformity for
verify they have been among the worst spectators
we have had. May the Lord have mercy on
their souls-Raleigh Progress
CAPTURE OF "A YANKEE STEAMER.--We
have news from an unexpected quarter Of brilliant
little affair. On the 10th Oct. company of
partisan rangers, under the command of Major
Edgar Burroughs, attacked the steamer j. B.
White on the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal,
captured and burnt her, together with dredging
machine and two lighters, which she was towing.
This steamer is the vessel which run out
from Norfolk to Fortress Monroe last year by j.
Byers, the Pilot, who gave information to the
Federals that the evacuation of the city was going
on She was on her way to great Shoals, and was
captured at place called Bethelgar The crew
and passengers were taken off into swamp near
by and paroed. The steamer was valued at
$4,000. Major Burroughs also attacked the mail
steamer Fawn on the canal; but though heavy
fire was poured into her, she got by.-Richntond
Dispatch.
THE WARFARE OF THE ENEMY.-The
waged by the enemy in the distant and remote
parts of the Confederacy-as on the Western
border-is assuming barbarity and atrocity
revolving to humanity. For instance, Kansas
City (Missouri) paper speaking of the policy of
Gen. Ewing (the Yankee general in command of
that Department. towards the secessionsts Of that
country, says: "Gcn. Ewings policy toward
these wretches from the start, before we'll as
since the Lawrence massacre, has been simple
notwithstanding less. His orders have
been to take no prisoners from them, and the
orders have been strictly obeyed."
Again, the ST. Louis Democrat an Abolition
sheet, says, in referring to the troubles on the
Missouri border:
"The Seventh Missouri State militia are burning
all the houses of rebel sympathsers all along the
border. A fearful state Of things exists in all
the border counties, and general devastation is
observable"
The other day We published an extract from a
speech delivered by Yankee Kansas colonel
named Jcnison. This rufian declared that he
would hang every man without "protection pap
ers" He said that "the whole duty" of his
regiment (the Efficiently would be 'to kill rebels"
and closed with the following atrocious boast:
ave carry the flag, kill with the sabre and hang
with the gallows."
These are the kind of villains that will rnle US if
fail to gain independence.
THE FIRST KIss-Some people describe in
elegant verse the sensations produced by the first
kiss they received, but SUIT Lovengood describes
his affair in the following plain style: 'She put
wun arm round my neck and luther wun whar the
curcnsle goes round boss, tuck the Inturn on
me with her left foot, aud gin a kiss. Says
she, 'Sutty, my love, I've got sumthin' for you-a
new sensation and l believed it, for l began to
feel it already. My toes felt like as eff Winners
war nibblin' at 'em-a cold streak run up and
down my back, like lizard with q turkey hen ar
ter hiur in settin' time, and my stummick was hot
and dissatisfied iker'
ILLINOIS CAN'T RAISE CorToN.-The Leaven-
worth (Kansas) Times says the Illinois farmers
went extensively into cotton planting this year.
Many thousand acres were planted, and many in
sisted that this year would demonstrate the practi
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