The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-12-20

raid on the town of St. Adams Vermont, the court
deciding that it had no jurisdiction in the case Il
is stated that the yankee counsel who represented
the United States the trial. protested against re
Teasing the Confederates and warned the court OF
the consequences. The Canada Judge said he was
prepared to incur the responsibility.
Ofcourse all yankee dom will give vent to great
Indignation. and swetr bitter things against Canada
and the English gene rally; but it will no doubt all
end in gas, the yankees have about much as
they can do to manage The .'rebels'' at this time
However. the yankee House of Represen tatives has
adopted resolution requesting the President to
give Great Britain notice of the termination of the
Canadian reciprocity treaty.
Between the English and Yankees it is dog eat
dog,"-hard to tell which arc the meanest.
SuERMAN's OEJEcr.--The New York Times,
speaking of Sherman march through Georgia says:
Having gained new base on the Georgia coast
reprovisoncd his trains wed his ammunition and
rested his men, may confidently expect that his
next movement will be northward. He may even
| pass by Savannah and Charleston both, make new
base at Bulls Bay, and secondary base at Branch
ville Is Co. and then easily hold both lines of the
| rebel railroad systematic upper and lower. From
this point he could easily operate towards North
Carolina, sweeping the country before him, until he
had formed new base on the North Carolina coast
and begun his grand final march into Virginia and
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| the rebellion, and Lee would be placed in q
worse position than CORVALLIS at Yorktown.
| One accident, however, might occur. which these
! supposed movements could not prevent. If HGod
should break through into East Tennessee, there
would be new link of communication found be-
tween the and western sections of the Con-
federacy. Lee could be reinforced from the w est,
or he could retreat to the mountains and transfer
the war to Tennessee or Kentucky. We must hope
that Gen. Thomas will put stop to any such con-
centration, and that that important mountain region
will still be held by our forces"
The Times is building air castles. What does it
think the Confederate troops would be doing while
Sherman marching to Branchvile and through
South and North Carolina to the coast We think
Mr. Sherman would find few more obstacles in his
path than he found in Georgia. We much mis-
taken in the character of the people of South and
North Carolina if they allow hostile army to pass
through the centre of their States the Georgans
have done. But if Sherman succeeds in reaching
the Georgia coast, it will be very long time before
he will feel like undertaking another tramp of the
kind. He must first get a new army to start with.
CoNGREss.-We are gratifed to see that Con-
gress has under consideration bill to confiscate
the property of persons who have left the Confed-
eracy to avoid military service.
Mr. Graham has introduced resolution inquiring
into proprlety at Char-
lotte in operation.
The Senate has passed bill to employ all male
free negroes and 10000 slaves in the army. Provi-
sion is made for the exemption from the operation
of the law such localities the Governors of the
different States may designate. The Senate has
also passed bill allowing soldiers in the army to
receive newspapers free of postage. similar bill
passed by the last Congress, but the President
vetoed il on the ground of its unconstitutionaiy.
The resolutions of Mr. Henry. declaring the deter
mination of the Congress and people of the Confed
crate States prosecute the until independence
is achieved, passed by unanimous vote of
the Senate
A law defining and Furnishing conspiracy against
the Confederate States has been passed.
In the House. on Friday last Mr. Turner of n. o.
offered resolution requesting the President, with
the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint
thirteen commissioners, from each State. to
tender to the government of the United States
conference for negotiating honorable peace
Failing in this, to all proper efforts to obtain
immediate exchange of prisoners, and, if possible. to
come to such an understanding with the enemy in
regard to the future conduct of the may tend
in some degree to mitigate its horrors and atrocities
Mr. Barksdale submitted as substitute pream-
be setting forth that the of the United
States having repeatedly refused to listen to propo
sitions of all honorable peace mediation. and hav
war. therefore.
Resolved, That, Notwithstanding our readiness TO
enter upon negotiations for peace whenever the
enemy is inclined, will pursue without falter
ing, the course deliberately chosen for the preserva
ton of our liberties.
Resolved. Plat the prescribed regulations of the
Confederate States for making treaties of peace af
ford ample means for that end, whenever the gov
eminent of the United States evince willingness to
enter upon negotiations for terminating the
After the substitute was read the morning hour
expired, and the House went into committee of the
whole, aud resumed the consideration of the cur
rency bill.
We copy the following from the Wadesboro Ar
gus. We aprrehend no trouble from the source in
dictated, but it would be we'll in these times to be
cautious and allow suspicious characters to mix
with our negro population The negroes are dis
posed to behave themselves unless instigated TO a
different course by mean white men, Any who
is caught tampering with negroes ought to be hung
on the spot
u We have some indefinite information relative
to plot being discovered among the negroes in the
upper edge of Richmond county and in Montgomery,
to the neighhorhood of Troy, having for its object
the numbering of the whites, &C. The plot was dis
covered on the 4th inst. and the rising to
have taken place Christmas eve. large num-
Der of the negroes have been arrested, of whom
are confined in Jail at Rockingham and some at
Troy, Among the ringleaders three guns and lot
of ammunition were found. Several white persons
implicated instgators. but none of them have