The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-03-15
THE ENEMY's LATEST SCHEMES.

foreign enllStments; his negro regiments; his ne
gro Instructions; his divers proclamations of am
nesty ETC., and, above ALL in his battles with our
troops in the field, has introduced new piece Of
strategy in the war. 1t is FAMINE. The mills
the corn cribs the barns, and the substance and
support of the people to be destroyed to starve
them into submission to their Yankee masters The
teams and the labor of the country are to be car
ried off, aud the agricultural implements are to be
burned that there shall be no more seeding and
harvesting.
! A fitting counterpart to these designs of the In
! fernal Government at Washington was the plan to
massacre the officers of Government here and to
sack and destroy this city, developed in the
Dahlgren papers. Had the purposes of the inva-
ders been known to our people no prisoners would
1 have been taken, and that they were not hung up
instantly all that were in hands, upon read
! ing what those purposes, were, is an example OF
forbearance of a community under the EXTREMIST
provocation that has hardly precedent; What
ever is done about this raid and its participants In
our hands, it would be madness to suppose any tu-
ture expedition OF the sort towards this city comes
with any other purpose than that which lured on
the band of cut-throats under Fitzpatrick and Dahl
gren. Of course every man can answer and right
ly, what should be our policy and duty when such
! another occasion arises.
But the orders enjoined the whole route
those of barbarty which are intended to starVe
the people. Not only all the mills were to be
burned but everything that could be OF service to
the rebels ordered to be destroyed. The acts
of these raiders and their orders only 10 con-
formity with the deeds Of all the invaders in every
part of the country, especially in the last year Of
tue war. There is no way to meet this kind OF
warfare but by the most summary punishment OF
every caught in the act of its prosecution
Every commander uLder whose authority such
deeds committed should be put to death I'M
mediately he is, caught and his criminalty clearly
established. This may check the outrages and
compel the enemy to respect the rules OF modern
warfare. On the other hand it may inaugurate
system of bloody retaliation. Well, let it come!
The enemy has brought on the stage the gaunt
and hideous figure Of FAMINE, and the DeaM's
Head will be an appropriate attendant of her
ghasty procession.-Richnoond Dispatch.
MORE OF BUFFERS BRUTAL1TlEs.-W learn
from late Northern papers that Geo NJ. Ban ST..
and VIM. II. H. Hodges have been sent to hard
labor at Hatteras Mr. Balm is an old and respec-
table citizen of Portsmouth, and held the position
of Cashier Of the Portsmouth Savings Fund Soce-
ty, and Mr. Hodges, most estimable gentleman
of the town. delicate in health, and d cripple
is Cashier of the Merchants and Mechanics Saw
ings Bank. The offence charged against them is,
that they sent the funds of their respective banks
to Richmond and refused to divulge by whose
authority it was done. In consideration of Mr.
Bans calling, he being local Methodist preach
er, he is sentenced simply to hard labor, but Mr.
Hodges is to be fed on bread and water and to
wear chain six feet long with a twenty four
pound ball attached. The Rev j. H. Wngfeld,
Jr, Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Ports
mouth, because he is avowed secessi onist has
been put to labor on the public streets for three
months, with ball and chain to his leg.
How long will our government permit these out
RACES to be perpetrated on our people with impun-
ty? 1t is time that change should be made in
our treatment Of the Yankee prisoners in our
hands. The President should forthwith select sac
of the highest officers in our possession and put
them to doing scavepger duty about the city Of
Richmond until these gentlemen released from
the degradation which has been imposed upon
them We do hope that some speedy action may
be bad, SO that the brutes may know what to ex
pect when they again venture to visit such indig-
mites upon our best citizens.-Petcrs6urg Eapress
BRITISH NEUTRALIrY.-A good deal of sur
prise and indignation felt the conduct of the
British government in selling the Confederate
steamer Tuscaloosa at Cape Town. and protesting
to hold her till claimed by her legal owners
ing the yankees; and also at the decision Of
Court at St. Johns, N. b. that the captors of the
yankee steamer chesapeake are guilty of piracy
and should be delivered up to the yankee author
tiles. The Tuscaloosa captured by the Ala
bama aud fitted out as Confederate cruzer by
Capt. Senmes, who placed Confederate officer in
command of her. Having put into Cape Town for
repairs or supplies, she is seized by the British.
The chesapeake is believed to have been ii law
full prize of Confederate officers and men. And
the idea of their surrender to the yankees, prob
ably for trial and execution, has, we are glad to
hear, promptly aroused our government We
learn from the Richmond Wing that "a distin-
guished legal gentleman is now on his way to New
Brunswick, sent BY cur authorities to investigate
the acts Of the Chesapeake business and institute
such proceedings or make such demand as he may
think right. We observe, aso from an ADVERTISE
ment in some Of the city papers, that es
have been taken for the condemnation, in the Eas
tern District of Virginia by law, of the captured
steamer as prize OF war. These measures fall
very far short of the redress We should seek if we
were differently situated. As it is, we must look
to the future for an opportunity to settle of this
with other scores"
The English seem to be thoroughly bullied by
Lincoln.-Fnyetteolf Observer.
1t is said that Lord Russell has been bribed
by Yankee gold as his great grandfather was by
French gold
Rdtions for Officers IN the Army and Nuvy.-I
The bill passed by both Houses of Congress, and
approved by the President, provides that all COM
nissioned officers of the army and navy, whilst on
duty in the field, or ahoat shall be entitled to one
ration in kind, the allowed to privates
Commissioned officers Of the army are allowed to
purchase clothing, cloth for clothing at Govern