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

withstanding the fall of Atlanta. (says the Columb
Carolinian) we can find subject for congratulate,
elsewhere. Let any one review the campaign o
last spring and summer. and it will be found tina
we have regained territory than during any
preceding year of the1Rar, In the Trans Mississ
ippi Department. the Federals have been driven in
to their strongholds at little Rock. Helena and PIN
Bluff; and by this time they are probably retreat
ing from there to intercept Price, who according
the latest accounts, was marching towards Nilsson
Texas is cleared Louisiana ditto. with the
ception of New Orleans and the banks of the Miss
ssppi River; while the State of Mississippi is like
wise nearly free from their presence save along the
banks of the river and one or two points along the
Northern border, which still subject to occasion
al raids. The remark applies to Alabama
! Mobile being the only point threatened. Few ol
Yankees in Florida' unless it be on the coast
and along the Atlantic border of Georgia and South
Carolina. the enemy's operations are confined ex-
/, clusivey tn boats. In North Carolina, we hold
more than did at the beginning OF the year. In
Virginia. we confront the Federais the banks OF
the Potomac and the DEMONSTRATING regained all
the country North of the Rapidan and Rappahan-
mock. Wherever their iron -clads have given them
advantage they have taken and held it; but their
land forces have already failed. They possess
only the territory occupied by the armies Of Gen.
Grant and it is doubtful whether Sheridan is South
of the Potomac. Southern Kentucky and East
Tennessee are again occupied by Confederate
troops and are the theatre of successful operations
though yet on a small scale. Even in Georgia
Sherman has penetrated only straight line,
which is already broken and insecure. He has
done, by overpowering numbers what any Confed-
crate army might do under similar circumstances,
in an invasion of the North and just failed in
Maryland and Pennsy lvania. we believe, Sher-
man is destined to fail in his present attempt. Be-
fore the next sixty days have passed. we predict
that Sherman will evacuate Atlanta and be on his
way back towards the Tennessee. Already Gen.
Hood officially reports him to be retreating to At
lanta. These are encouraging facts. and indicate
that the enemy are, this year, making progress
in their magnificent plan for subjugating the South.
EY" correspondent of the North Carolina Pres
byterian says that the sick and wounded soldiers
pass through North Carolina uncared for and unat-
tended to, while i'll South Carolina it is very differ
ent the soldiers wants being abundantly supplied.
We surprised that the Editor of the Presbyte-
rian should allow such glaring error in regard
to North Carolina to appear in his columns.
He certainly knew better, might have known bet
ter if he had read the newspapers published on the
line of Railroad from Weldon to Charlotte. We
have passed over the Road from Raleigh to Char
lotte several times recently. and every time found
the wants of sick and wounded soldiers abundnntly
supplied at all the prominent stations on the Road
The people at Hilsboro. Greensboro aud Salisbury
particularly, have been kind and attentive to SOL
diers. AT Charlotte we know that much has been
done relieve the necessities of brave soldiers
The citizens of the town and county have contribu
ted food and money for this purpose in abundance
and the ladies and the Mayor have been attentive in
distributing it.
We cannot speak so confidently to what has
been done the Road from Wilmington to Weldon,
but say, from observation. that at Whining
ton we found the ladies attentive to wounded SOL
diers and ready to supply their wants.
After much has been done by people, it is
provoking to in print such articles the
ferred to in the Presbyterian. No doubt the peo-
pie of South Carolina have done their share of the
work well, but North Carolina has done as much as
any other State in the Confederacy in the way or
attention to sick and wounded soldiers.
~ The following resolution was passed unani-
mously by the Stockholders of the Western'N. c.