The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-05-26
For the Western Democrat.
MEETING IN LINCOLN COUNTY.

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LIscoLNTos, May 8, 1868.
Alta meeting of the citizens OF Lincoln county,
held pursuant to previous notice, A. Costner was
called to the Chair, and j. Ramseur appointed
Secretary.
Col j. F. Hoke explained tho object Of the
meeting, whereupon the following preamble and
! resolutions introduced by DR.. c. l.. Hunter were
adopted:
Whereas information has reached us through
the Presidents Proclamation that our noble Army
Of the Rappahannock and elsewhere is subsisting
on half rations in consequence of scarcity Of
provisious and, Whereas it is our bounden duty to
assist the General Government to the extent OF
our ability in relieving the urgent wants of our
brave soldiers who are exposing their lives and
enduring innumerable hardships and priyations for
1. ALL that we hold most sacred and dear, and are
confronting powerful aud vandal foe now hoping
to starve us into lection and bring us beneath
the sable banners Of negro tyrannica rule
Therefore
appointed by the Chairman for. the town of Lincoln
$Tton and Sub Committees of three for each Captains
District, whose duty it shall be to visit every farmer
of the county and all others blessed with abundance
with as little delay possible and ascertain what
amount of corn. -four, meat and other supplies each
| one can spare for the proper subsistence of the
noble defenders of our soil, and report to the Cen
! trail Committee.
its Chairman, publish Immediately what prices they
are willing to pay for corn -four, bacon, &C., and
designate at what places these articles may be de-
livered, to be thence forwarded to the Assistant
Commissary in Charlotte.
The Chairman then appointed the Committees, viz:
| Central Committee-V A McBce, P Sheriff.,
| r H Alternately. Cobb C Henderson.
Capt Rhodes Compnny-Joseph Stamoy, John
| Wood. Henry Rhodes
Capt Beam,s-F Beam, G " Hull. Thos spratt.
Capt. Fite's--L H Torrance. Jonas Carpenter.
j Hill.
Capt. sa~seur's-Max warliok' c Motz'
Quickle.
Capt. Seagle's-A Costner, NJ Finger, j Ram
seur.
Capt BeaFs--F NJ Reinhardt, David summerow.
Henry Dellinger.
Capt Laney's-A Laney, NJ Smith, James
Capt Wilkinson's-J W Lowe. Henry Asbury,
w w Munday..
Capt McIntosh's-C L Hunter, R E Burch, DR.
VIM Mclean.
Resolved That the proceedings be published in
tho Western Democrat, and other papers in Char
lotte be requested to copy.
j. RAMSEOR, Sec. A. COSTNER, Oh n
CoUNTERFEIT "GREENBAcKs."- 1T is a fact
notorious and undisgused that the Yankee Gov
ernment has wicked at the spurious issues of
Confederate money put forth at TIE North and
circulated in the South. Becoming adopts in the
art of counterfeiting, and finding it more prohta-
BILE, the counterfeiters have turned their atten-
ton to the Yankee "greenbacks," ard have pro-
duced dangerous imitation of them Some OF
this bogus money was found on the persons Of the
Yankee prisoners taken at Charlottesville, and
we are glad to learn that certain spectators in
the trash, who bought it up with view to the
premium, have been done for considerable sums
BRITISH OpINIeN.--Beverly Tucker, Esq, has
arrived in Richmond directly from England, that
is, directly BY way of the Bermudas, whence he
ran the blockade in Confederate steamer. He
reports unfavorably as to the temper OF the Eng
lish Government upon the matter of recognition,
but says that the sympathies of all classes Of the
English people are more ardently with the South
than ever They do not pretend TO disguise their
personal dislike of the Yankees, who are every
where snubbed and treated with contempt. This
strong public sentiment must ere long make itself
felt In Parliament; should anything bring about
new general election, an overwhelming majority of
the friends of the Confederacy would be returned
to the House of CommoDs
Gov. Shorter Of Alabama, has demanded the
delivery to him of all citizens or residents of
Alabama captured with Yankee raiders in any
Southern State Let other Governors follow the
example II will be worse than mockery to allow
scb raereanta and ants the usual exchauoe