The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-03-07

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CIR Western YRmotrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
CHARLOTTE ds S. G. RAILRoAD.-We are re-
quested to state that the regular day schedule will
be run on this Road from and after this date to
Chester and back and that all officers, agents and
employees with their hands, are ordered to return
to their respective duties far down as Blackstocks.
EF Six men (members of the Foreign Battalion,
or galvanized yankees") were shot near this town
their command has been encamped in this vicinity,
were caught below here, and brought back and ex-
ecuted-four Wednesday and two Sunday.
o. We learn that several horses have been
stolen in this town and county within the last 12
days. Orders have been sent out to shoot any one
seizing horses who has not the proper authority to
impress. We think it probable that many of those
who profess to have authority to take horses and
mules are nothing but rogues
Sas- Gen. Jos. Z. Johnston assumed supreme
command of the Army of Tennessee, (Which has
been encamped in this neighborhood for several
days and issued the following order:
Headquarters, Charlotte, N. g.,
February Is, 1865.
General Orders No. /.
In obedience to the orders of the General-in-
Chief, the undersigned assumes command of the
Army of Tennessee and all troops in the Depart
nent of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. He
takes this position with strong hope, because he
will have in council and in field thead of the high
talents and skill of the distinguished General whom
he succeeds.
He exhorts all absent soldiers of the Army of
Tennessee to rejoin their Regiments and again
confront the enemy they often encountered in
Northern Georgia. and always with honor He
assures his comrades of that Army who are still
with their colors, that the confidence in their dis
cipline and valor which he has publicly expressed
is undminished. j. E. JOHNSTON,
General.
WHAT INJURIES THE CONFEDERATE CAUSE.
ing truthful remarks, and we hope they will meet
the eye of some officer who has the power and dis
position to reform the abuses alluded to:
"Beyond question, much, very much, has hap
pened to cross, annoy, harass and disgust the pub
lic Officers of the Government are to be found
in every department who have shamed the uniform
they wore and the country they represented. Cor
ruption--marked, unmitiea corruption--has
stalked through the land, and penetrated more or
less the various departments of the government.
Commencing with the conscription for the army,
where the Highest incentives we're upon officers to
act justly, fairly, faithfully and honestly, Senaor
Sparrow says there has been the grossest corrup-
tion Many who ought to have been in the field
have purchased exemptions with money. So of
Medical Boards 1t is ascertained that thousands
of able bodied have been kept out of the SER
vice by them. So of Quartermasters, Commits
saries and Impressing Agents Many of them
made themselves Infamous and the cause odious by
fragrant corruption and bad practices, by which
the people have been oppressed and wronged and
the country injured and outraged. Again: even
among these officers who have not been corrupt,
there have been in MANY instances loose and dis
orderly habits, offensive ostentation, supercilious
demonstrations of power favoritism and partiality.
Again: men, after obtaining posts of care, in many
instances have become lukewarm, Indifferent, and
in some cases hostile to the cause; and have will
fully contributed TO its -hindrance. Again: as a
result of our want of experience in the study of
war, vast number of useless and unnecessary Off
GERS have been thrust upon the public, causing Of
fence by their very number, and by the seeming
idleness which their want of occupation created
Again: much in the system of provost marshals,
guards passports, &c, have been inconvenicnt, op-
rressive and distasteful.
All these evils ought to be uproo,ed. These
enemies-base. villainous enemies-who violate
the sacred trust of Office to the corrupt aggrandize
ment of SELF should be brought to punishment, and
all men who are assigned duties to perform, wheth
er as officers or prvates, should constantly bear in
mind that according as he conducts himself we'll
or bad, be promotes or binders the cause of his
country"
Unless there is speedy reform We would not be
surprised to see growing feeling to stop the war
on almost any terms.
HUMBUGGERY-Gov. Brown, in his late mes
sage to the Georgia Legislature, talks about Geor
gia having been abandoned to her fate by .he Con-
federate authorities. 1t looks like the people at
home in Georgia are to blame, and rot the Con-
federate authorities. IF they had turned out and
met Sherman and blockaded his road he could not /
have marched through the State triumphantly. |
There is great deal of humbuggery about Gov. |
has done much to demoralize the peo- |
pie of bis State. The Georgia soldiers have fought
yallautly in this war, but the people at home ap-
Da,r baua Loot he sririt of resistance he /