The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-09-13


week, and have not been able to give that as muc
attention usual. Hereafter full sheet will be is
sued as heretofore. When 'go soldiering' aga
will endeavor to make arrangements to pubiis'
the Democrat during absence
THE CONDITION OF AFFAIRs.-The Richmond
Enquirer. speaking of the possession of Atlanta by
the enemy, says:
..Atanta has fallen. The long expected catastro
he has at last come upon us. but fortunately with
the loss of men material. After the occupa
tion of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad by the
enemy, the close proximity of the Atlanta and Ma
con road rendered the holding of Atlanta only a
question of very few days. As General Hood was
unable to dislOdge the enemy from those railroads.
Atlanta was longer Of arg use. and he has vaca
ted it. and it is occupied By the enemy. At
Ianta the junction of the Western railroads
with the Augusta read and hence a place of very
great Importance to U.S. its loss is. therefore, very
serious inconrenicnce. but it is only inconven-
iDncc it is "f vital Importance, and its loss is
of moral than of physical consequence Our
connection by Macon through Columbus and Ope-
leka with Montgomery Is still intact and when it is
RENE fnbrred that the West Point railroad cnnnec-
ted at Ogeeika with the same connections that are
still preserved TO it will be that the loss of
Atlanta has 40 vital consequences to our Western
communications attached to it. But Atlanta has
lrnne. Neither Cen Johnston Gen. Hood was
able to defeat the enemy, and the place has fallen
because there nras not men cn0pgh 10 property de-
fSnG H. he armies IN the neQ are by some means
deprived of the men that ri ghfuy and properly be-
long them under the conscrpt law, and until this
fatal defect is cured. and every man of conscript
age sent to the army. the country must expect de-
f"ats and disasters. If the loss of Atlanta shall
open the eyes of the people, and arouse the energy
# the Conscript Bureau and destroy the shameful
system of fav0ritism which now, under tt disguise
"f details, not only prevents men from going to the
army, but actually enters the ranks and takes men
"ut and details them under the '.justce, equity and
necessity plea, the loss will eventually prove our
great gain.
Gen. Hood has taken his stand on the Macon
road, and, though manmuvred out of Atlanta he had
sustained i'll the evacuation loss of men, while he
has inflicted very great loss upon the enemy. He
evacuated the city because it had served his pur-
pose, in fact accomplished its mission and could be
dispensed with. His position the Macon road,
with army intact communications secured. presents
again defiant front to the advance of the enemy,
and increases difficulties that already embarass
the movements of Sherman Atlanta has fallen
but the Army of Tennessee has suffered no defeat
The work of the enemy must begin again. The
campaign, when successful. has to open afresh
tmt the army of Gen Hood is destroyed Gen
Sherman's campaign has not concluded. Our peo-
pie must rouse themselves up to the work aIIe W.
and with strong hearts and arms. bend every energy
t" the strengthening of their armips.''
THE HOME GUARD TRooPs.--Aftpr a thorough
scout in Union COUNTY fer drscrters the ODD Bat
tHlion lit Col +. II. Bren) returned to this place
the latter part "f last week. Eight nine deserters
caught and : many surrendered De-
tachment~ Of the Battalion visited Ansou, Stanly
and CnbarrI-. and capnrcd one deserter in each of
these counties. There were not near as many de
scrters in Union county as had been reported. and
think the county is clear of them. Apart
from the work of arrestng and driving in lpserters
think much good has been accomplished i'll the
way of drilling and disciplinpg the Home Guard,
aud making it familiar with field service. that in
of invasion these troops will better understand
= their duties.
We deem it unnecessary to undertake to give any
extended account of the operations of the Battalion
We did not go with it for the purpose of gathering
matter for newspaper, and therefore did not
charge memory with occurrences and incidents
that might be amusing if not interesting.
1t is due to the good citizens of Union county to
say that they did everything in their power facili-
tate the operations Of the troops, wherever oppor-
tunity offered. Moses Cuthbcrtson, Henry Long
and Henry Bnucom particularly kind and lib
eral TO the The detachment with which
operated the last day of the expedition is in
rrbtcd to J. NJ. w. Flow of this county for re-
tre>hmcntS for man and horse.
The Rev. Mr. Fox of the Lutheran Church,
preached excellent sermon before the Bat
alion Will" it encamped near Mr. Henry
and men appreciated the reverend gentlenan's at
tentIons.
The officers and men of the Battalion performed
their duties WELL promptly and cheerfully. The
Surgeon. Dr.. }. b. Alexander, was attentive TO the
health of the men. but fortunately, were so
seriously afflicted to be unable to consume their
r@''ons' While encamped at Morgan's Mills, few
cases of chiilS occurred, which made medicine
known as qninine and whjakcy rather popular and
by no means hard To take
In q few weeks tha Battalion will again assemble
for further work.
The onion county Battalion, under Maj j. B.
ASAcrait' operated entirely in Stanly county, but
with what success are at present uninformed.
DAVIDSON CCLLEGE.-It will be seen by adyer-
fsemeht III another column. that.the exercises of
this institution will De resumed on the Sd of Octo
her. The College is pleasantly situated in healthy
region. a The Faculty is composed Of oent,oren
"mnently qualified to train young men for fo+,ra
usefulness The President. Rev. J. r kirLo.
rick, regard a man peculiarly suited 70 tho
business of managing College. He is talented
high-toned, christian gentleman.
For the Wesfern Democrat
CAMP lsT n. G. CAVALRY, August ilth, 1864.
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