The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-04-19
YANKEE OUTRAGES.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Enquirer.
CHURcHvIEw, MIDDLEsEx Co., Va, !

CHURcHvIEw, MIDDLEsEx Co., Va,
April 6, 1864.
We would beg the brief indulgence Of your COL
umns, hoping ther h-e direct the attention of ear
authorities to certsxes iacts which most assaredy
demand notice - fsses-so longer an uncertainty
but most shameful b. be y, more than confirmed
ten thousand fold, by black.zsrocites which would
mar the pages of Plutos Internal register: that
are dealing with an enemy utterly lost to all the
ennobling and high toned qualities of the hunaE
character. The history of no race of beings known
to the world, from the most ancient to the present
t day, is SO deeply sold to "meanness, mendacity
and crime" as that of the despicabe foe with whom
We are contendng. The late negro foray into the
lower portion of this county was distinguished for
the most brutal and outrageous proceedings known
to ancient modern warfare. Savages OF the most
abandoned and degraded complexion have never
yet condescended to practice such inhuman treat
ment upon the weak and unprotected, as that
which followed in the wake of these demons. II
is horrid even to contemplate-a brigade of igno-
rant and debased negroes, fired by the noxlous pol
son poured into their by purjured comman-
ders, turned loose upon neighborhood OF help
less non-cembatants! The Imagination dims and
the head reels when the actual facts introduce
ed. Permitted to roam through the country at
will, they marched from house to house, plumber
ing and destroying everything which came within
their grasp. Table ware of every description, fur
nture Of every quality and cast, were dashed pro-
miscuously from the doors and windows of the
dwellings Of the owners, and destroyed. Ladies
private apartments we're forcibly entered; mothers
wardrobes broken open ransacked and the contents
torn into shreds-such were not appropriated
to their own persons-and given to the winds.
Houses were defaced in every conceivable manner,
aud then reduced to smoking ruins. Horses and
mules carried of, the implements of husbandry de-
stroyed, and provisions of every kind devoured or
wasted. Negroes either entced or forced
away. Numbers of wealthy farmers were left with
only few children and aged, .broken-down men
aud women. The most unheard Of abuse and in
dignity were heaped upon the persons of the
fortunate inhabitants Two aged and respectable
ladies knocked down and badly injured;
for refusing to hold horse while Of the de-
mons piundered her house, the other because she
did not prepare meal, which they had ordered,
with sufficient dispatch to suit their beastly appe
tites. But not yet satisfied, the chambers of fair
young maidens, in the bloom of youth and beauty,
are entered by the subjects of base and sensual
passion, and indgn,ies committed which too
foul and degrading to record. In the full knowl
edge of these astounding facts, will our Govern
ment sit with folded hands, and make no attempt
at retaliation? feel we'll assured that each SOL
dier in the Confederate army will know very we'll
what disposal to make of these contrabond enemies
when they meet them-and may God speed the day
when We shall meet them, and give them taste
Of Lees veterans. A. j. f..
WHEAT PROsPECT IN THE SOUTH.-Havibg
just returned from trip through South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama, it affords pleasure to report
that the wheat crOp in all these States is very