The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-02-09
WAR ITEMS.

gunboat came up Pagan Greek, and landed force
near Smitbfeld, Va, consisting OF lou infantry,
two pieces of artillery, and 70 cavalry Some
Confederate troops in the nelghborhood rallied,
attacked the enemy and captured the whole party
besides destroying the gunboat. In the fight four
Yankees we're killed and few wounded. No one
hurt on our side. A glorious victory.
FROM THE WEsr.-Late dispatches state that
there are no signs of the enemy in northern Mis-
sissippi or West Tennessee, only at Memphis and
Germantown. 1t is supposed that the yankee
programme is to advance from Vicksburg into
Central Alabama and thereby necessitate the
abandonment of Mobile. Our troops now occupy
Corinth and Jackson, and our cavalry, in strong
force, crossed the Big Black river and had fight
with the enemy's cavalry
. Fiendish Murder IN East Tcnnessee.-We
learn from East Tennessee that Granville Bell.
we'll known citizen of Rhea county, was toully
murdered about the last of November by tory ma
RAIDERS He had crossed the river, it is supposed,
to see his family when captured by the tories, I'M
der the lead Of one Col Cooper. They kept him
confined in a well four five days without food,
and-:hen took him out and shot him. MIR Bell
was employed, We believe, in the Commissary De-
partment Of our Government and one of its
most useful and efficient officers.
THE NORTH CAROLINA FRoNTIER.-The Rich
mond Examiner has learned from a most reliable
source, that a detachment from Massachusetts
negro regiment, under the colonel commanding,
left Norfolk last week for Cur,tuck county, N. T.,
attack and capture if possible of our guer-
rilas of Lieut. Whites command. Failing in this,
they visited second time the house OF Lieut.
White, and, after abusing the family, took his
laughter, an accomplished young lady of seven
teen years. After having her hands tied in front
of her and the rope thrown over her shoulders, she
was driven by big negro, with curses and abuse,
in front of the command, towards Norfolk. When
within FIVE miles of Norfolk they met a regiment
Of New York white infantry, who, with its colonel
at the head knocked over the negro driver and
rescued Miss White from the negro guard, and
sent her to Norfolk in carriage.
The following official dispatch was received at
the War Department in Richmond:
JACKSON, VIA WELDON, n c., !
January 81, 1864
"Genernl S. Cooper Yesterday morning
gagged the enemy with force of two hundred
and mountain rife piece. After fight of two
hours, in which we engaged twelve hundred of the
enemy and three pieces of artillery, the Yankees
we're driven from Windsor, n c., to their boats
We lost six men. The loss of the enemy is not
known. j. R. GRIFFIN, Col Cong.
MAKING SEaEssloN1srs--Yank forage
trains, says the Memphis Appeal, now strip the
country around Chattanooga and Knoxville of
everything eatable. One Of the U'nion lick-the-
rod men. after being stripped Of everything, in
Guiding 1900 pounds of pork, remarked to
Southern man: if this is not enough to make
sorter secesh I don't know what in the 'h-ll
would"
INVASION OF North GEORGIA AND IVES
TERN NORTH CARoLINA-BurJority ofhe In
raders and Io,,'es.-A correspondent of the At
lanta Register writing from Walhalla, South Car
DINA, Jan. 24th, says:
This point is the western terminus of the Col
umbia and Anderson Railroad, and verges upon
the confines of North Georgia ard West North
Carolina.
presume you have heard Of the recent invasion
of Western North Carolina aud u small portion of
Towns county, Ga, by a column Of Yankee caval-
ry 500 in number. They came from East Ten
nessee and entered North Carolina through the
county Of Cherokee. They stopped by the
want Of subsistence for themselves and horses and
the frequent assaults upon them in their forages
by the Carolina Home Guards, and portion of the
Indian forces of Thomass Legion, the n securing
the mountains in quest of bushwhackers. In
their invasion aud retreat, usual they pillaged
Unfortunately, and carried off with them many
negroes, horses, cattle, food and clothing. But
the climax of their atrocities was the capture of
two Confederate soldiers at home upon furloughs,
whom they delivered over to the merciless bush
WDaCkcTS OF W est NORM NdTOllDa ana Last len
nessee, who immediately shot them. The names
of these two soldiers Young Colbert and Da-
wilson.
Our Government ought to retaliate at once by
having shot three Yankee prisoners. These men
were estimabe citizens and valiant soldiers. I
knew them well. Since then the bgshw hack crs of
this county, of Cherokee and rH2ff6n, Ga, have
murdered in the presence of his family, Ii, ut Col
W. C.Walker, of Tnomas's Legion, while a visit
to see his wife.
FREE NEGRoEs.-We see that Mr. Orr, of S.
g., has introduced the following bill in the Senate:
The Congress of the Confederate States of Am
erica do enact, That all male free persons of color
between the ages of eighteen and fifty years are
hereby declared to be in the military service of
the Confederate States for the war and shall be
employed as laborers, nurses, and in such other
employments as the Secretary of War by regula-
tions may prescribe =
LETTER FROM EBRAvE WoMAN.-The Mont
gomery, Ala, papers publish letter from Miss
Emma SAMSON, who SO heroically guided General
Forrest in his memorable capture of Gen Sireight
and his raiders. This letter is in response one
written by Gov. Shorter, when transmitting the
resolutions of the Legislature to Miss SAMSON -
Streiaht and his men were captured 10 Cherokee
equity, Ala, within few miles of Miss Sausom's
honie
GADsDEN, ALA, Dec. 20, 1863.
To His Erceiiency Governor Shorter:
Respected Sir: must acknowledge the receipt