The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-04-12


north side of the river from Bridgeport to Need
Creek, and allow 40 one to cross. Their scouts
come as low down as Capertop's Ferry.
Out OF forty four Yankee regiments furloughed
to recruit, not 5000 men were obtained, and
100000 of the furloughed Yankees deserted to
the gold mines of Idaho.
A DIFFIcULrY.-There would seem to be some
Disagreement between General Morgan and the
Departments at Richmond, and, as is usually the
case, the public sympathies with the dashing
partizan, aud against what has been called routine
and red tape Of course papers like the Rich
mond Examiner seize upon this occasion to
find fault with and abuse the Departments.
The disagreement seems to arise out of the fact
that General Morgan insists upon an Independent
command and that Independent commands OPP
posed to the policy of the President and the War
Department. 1t is no doubt thought at Richmond
that this year is to be of concentrated move
ments and decisive strategy, aud that every corps
must be under general rules and plans of the ar
my. Raids and dashes, however glorious and gal
LIANT, will not pay for the absence of any important
force at the proper place and at che decisive mo-
ment. We do not think there is any difficulty
about assigning General Morgan to a command be-
fitting his rank and services, in giving him
adequate force, but there is about giving him
independent command, -in other words rowing
cOuimioSlou.- pttWtHJ tOH ezra H0t.
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A MUN1FIcENT DEMONSTRATION. E. NJ.
Bruce, one of the Confederate Congressman from
Kentucky, proposes to pay the tuition and person
al expenses of every soldier OF his own State who
has lost leg arm, or been otherwise dis
49, !.zynl fed service during the He feels
that she can effect no greater good to his fellow
citizens" he Observes THAN by contributing to
put him in condition to his livelihood when
he left to his crippled resources; and he earnestly
advises any and every one suited to the terms pro-
posed to select some college, academy or school
and enter it Immediately All bills properly certi-
fed will be paid on being forwarded to Richmond.
RICHMOND, April THE flag of truce steam
er New York arrived at.City Point this afternoon,
having four officers and nineteen ladies aboard al
SO. fifteen tons freight for Yankee prisoners. The
officers are Colonel Fry, Capt. Buckner, and
Lieut. Breckenridge. Nothing said in the des-
patch of the number of privates returned
THE LATE BATTLE IN FLoRIDA.-A CORES
pondent of the Savannah News, describing the
battle field of Oustee, reports that the eneny's
dead, instead of promised farms, received only
small and rather crowded tenements, with fifteen
or twenty joint owners, white and black-the for
mer often occupying the ground floor, or tier
Such was the with the redoubtable Col Erie
bic, of a negro regiment, in whose pocket was
found letter from his wife: Query, white or
black p asking him to "confscate" for her "a nice
side-saddle when he reached Tallahassee"
Some Of the daguerreotypes taken from negro
knapsacks were of finely dressed white females
showing that the new Yankee theory Of 'miscegc
nation is in practice. There were also found
very many s'cat7o' -nine-tails," such were used
in the navy formerly.
The wounded negroes were all very humble
the slaves detected in the extreme. The Northern
negroes at first spoke to their equals, but soon
found it would not do. Said one OF a group to a
Confederate soldier standing by, II say, my friend
lust let me put my around your neck, and
raise me up little" Confederate soldier-"Don't
call me your friend, d-n you. I'd just as soon
blow your brains out as not, aud | wouldn't touch
YOU wiz ten-foot poe.'