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

ment would place the business in the hands of the
Express Company think the public would not be
so often deprived of mail. judging from the energy
displayed by that Company in transporting the mail
from here to Augusta since the stoppage of Railroad
communication We are one of the few Editors in
the Confederacy who have pulled the Ex-
press company, but it is just to say. from own
knowledge, that the managers of that company have
done everything in their power within the past two
weeks, to bring forward the mails for this town and
surrounding country.
We hope arrangements will be made by the P
0. authorities to Observation-Disclosures mail trans
portaton in the future.
IMPREssMENTs.-It will be seen by the following
Order issued by Gen. Beauregard, that impress
ments for the army under his command and now in
this section. limited to prescribed boundries. aud
therefore the seizure of property about here is e-
gal. Much injury has already been inflicted on cit
liens of,this county by the wholesale impressment
which has recently been carried We fear that
of our farmers will not be able to make crop
for the want of horses and mules;
Headquarters Military Division of the West,
Charlotte, N. c., March 2, 1865.
Special Field ORDERS No. 8. Extract
Hereafter impressments of Horses and Field
Transportation will only be made East of the Wa
teree river and South of Lancaster Chesterfield and
Marlborough Districts, of South Carolina. No one
attached to the troops operating in the field is au-
thorized to make mpressmsnts outside of the limits
above mentioned.
By command of Gen. Beauregard
JNO. Nj. OTEY, A. A. G.
The NEGRoEs.-During the late excitement in
this section it evident that the negroes general
ly. SO far observation could discern, true to
their masters and '.loyal" to the In every
instance that have heard of. they made strong
professions of attachment to their homes and ex-
pressed much fear lest they might fall into the hands
of the enemy. No doubt few of them would go to
the enemy if opportunity offered, but we think the
large majority would prefer to stay at home. But
fear that this good feeling and good conduct will
not continue if we require them to enter our own
armies soldiers.
~ We tender our thanks to Hon J. G. Ramsay,
member of Congress from this District. for public
documents.
u A number of soldiers serenaded Gen. Beau
regard at his Headquarters in this town Monday
evening last, and the General made short speech
in returning his thanks for the compliment. He
spoke hopefully and cheerfuy of the situation of
affairs-did not think them as bad as some persons
seemed to imagne-and concluded by announcing
that Gen. Johnston had assumed chief command,
and that he (Beauregasd) would willingly serve
under him.
Since his sojotrn in this community, Gen. Beau
regard has made highly favorable impression on
all who have had any intercourse with him.
STILL TALKING.-Words, words. words These
are still the order of the day i'll Richmond. Meas
ures upon whose prompt adoption depends the pub
lie safety-the very existence of the country-are
discussed day after day and week after week in the
open and secret session of Congress- just if there
was no emergency whatever requiring DESPATCH
Petersburg Erpress.
What better can be expected from the class of
men who generally sent to Congress They
are not selected on account of their ability expert
ence, discretion or honesty, but in consequence of
their expertness in demagoging and deception The
Confederate Congress, like State Legislature is
not equal to the occasion. Congress has been in
session several months and done nothing, and our
Legislature after long session. did but little more
than make sixteen hundred new Magistrates, adj
vance members pay to fifty dollars per day. aid
adopt heavy tax bill. The country would be
better off if neither body would assemble again in
the next twelve months But if the people will elect
incompetent men to Congress and the Legislature
they may expect to suffer for it.
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~ The soldiers of Co. D, 9th N. c. Regiment,
return their thanks to D. A. Covington and b. d.
Austin of Union county, for barrel of moasses
and box of provisions donated to the company.
Ey 1t is gratifying to know that all the yankee
prisoners held at Salisbury and at other points in
this State have been sent North in exchange for
our own men. This, besides restoring own men
their country will relieve of the heavy burden
of guarding and feeding thousands of prisoners
1 We judge from paragraphs we see in our
exchanges, that persons who d" skedaddled" from
this place when it was thought that Sherman was
advancing the town. circulated some very "wild
reports" On two days week before last our
streets were crowded with well-dressed fat-ooking
men but when it was reported that the yankees
were near here, and when Col Hoke and Col. Brem
commenced sending out Invitations by the hands of
men carrying "shooting-irons," for every man to
walk up and enroll himself, our population rapidly
decreased. and by Friday morning the oath, the
streets of Charlotte looked rather deserted. The
" GO off, disease prevailed extensively.
e The bill to abolish the Office of Provost Mar
shall except within the lines of the armies is
law having been finally passed by Congress on the
I'd inst.
A WARNING TO HoARDERS.-In connection
with the enemy's advance into our State, we learn
that immense quantities of fell into his hands,