Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-24
outrases by Tories and Others.

Clay Counties have been recently treated by a ro-
wing gband calling themselves Confederate soldiers
For the Standard.
TORIES! T0RIESll
Mr.. EDrroR:-For the sake of women aud chill
dren, and for decency's sake, permit me to state
few facts. A band Of tories, about $50. calling
themselves Confederate soldiers entered Cherokee
county, N. c., from Georgia, last week. In Chero-
kee, they robbed and stole horses, &c Capt. lid
we'll stationed ut Murphy and others followed and
forced them to give up the property. The tory
officers, as l have heard, promised Capt. Tidwell
tha: they would commit no more depredations in
Cherokee and Clay counties, and he then permitted
them to pass on. But after Tidwell left them, they
Immediately resumed the glorious work Of robbing
and stealing butreserVed their most glorious efforts
for a night attack upon the true and unsuspecting
people of the eastern part Of Clay county.
Here the tories seemed to be in their OUn element
and glory. Divided into squads they secured the
whole country, across mountains into the little
coves, &c, and robbed and stole nearly every horse
in the country. No doubt these tOries thought
they had it all their own way; but little band of
citizens served them up breakfast just as they
were about to leave somewhat after the manner the
Wings, under Marion, served their tory brethren of
1875.
These citizens suddenly charged, and fred into
them and wounded several and routed and scat
tered the cowardly rascas In the rounds they
captured eight Of the tories and about twenty-five
horses and mules In their fight the tories LEFT cot
ton yarn jeans cloth, leather needless spoons scis
sors, baby clothes, women's clothes, bed-clothes,
knives, thimbles, guns, boots, and hats, &c, &C.
Also mail bag, which contained the records of the
Superior Court of Fannan county, Ga, &c, &c.
The tory prisoners stated that the whole gang
was made up chiefly of deserters from the infantry
who had mounted themselves; that there were four
captains along, namely: Thompson, COwan, Odell,
and Garrett Others Of them said, they were sent
here to take horses and other property from Onion
men. Others said, this country was abandoned to
the Yankees and they were to take the property to
keep it from the Yankees; and that the whole gang
belonged to Graham's command, and came from
Athens, Ga.
The above are the facts as reported to me by eye
and ear witnesses, and presume it is all substan-
TALLY true.
Now who is responsible for this tory raid from
Georgia into North Carolina?
Tories, in the Revolution of 1776 were hung with
out mercy. By that law, this whole gang ought to
be hung If commander Graham, of Athens Ga,
sent them, he ought to be hung as tory leader
II Gov. Brown sent them, he is a tory and ought
to meet q worse fate. If jeff Davis sent them, he
is the chief Of tories and ought to be hung as high
as Haman by the same law.
If Graham, Brown, and Davis, ilhict merited
punishment on the actual tories who have plumber
ed US, and give US redress, they will be acquitted
if they do not the people of these counties in
North Carolna-than whom there no truer, or
more loyal citizens any whsre-will hold them,
Graham, Brown and Davis, responsible as tory
leaders! If Gov. Vance quietly submits to tory
raids from another State upon his citizens he ought
to be BACKED and kicked into some gentleman's
kitchen to wash dishes and carry slop to the pigs
as position and occupation suiting his genius.
These bands who steal, rob- abuse women and
children and murder, tories, because they do
the deeds Of the tories of 1776 Why are they sent
upon US ? Our men are in the army. Our women and
| II. NosIz r. Il.
even clothing their men IN TIE army. And yet,
bands of tories permitted to rob and steal, and
curse and abuse women at their will.
These independent irresponsible companies are
curse to any country or cause. If the authori
! ties do not put them down, the people will be ut
terly ruined or be compelled to turn out devil like
to Sushwhacklng
Just think of it man and his sons serving in
the Confederate army at $500 per month, and
| gang of tories comes to rob and steal from their
wives and children tbimbles, combs, baby clothes,
&c. OH is not this the quinteScence Of oppres
sion, of tyranny, of devilism2
But all this is the legitimate fruit of the accursed,
secession doctrine that one person must be punish
ed for the crime of another
A good man has son, independent Of his father.
That son in spite of his parents goes to the Yankees
Then by permission, tory gang falls upon the
father, curses him, hangs him awhile, robs him Of
| money, horses, provisions, clothes, &c, and what
|
troll, has acted as he chose A sins, the father
is punished A wOman's husband, whom she can't
control, goes to the Yankees. Immediately, the Sa
| tanic agents of power pounce upon her. curse and
abuse her, hang her of her little children to
force them to tell where the husband or his money
IS and then strip them of horses provisions, clothes
| spoons, baby rags, &c, and why? The sin of the
father is visited upon helpless women and innocent
| babes.
"The memory of the wicked shall not"-SoLo
NON Children yet unborn will curse the memory
| OF men now living, and confinement in the lake
! which burns with fire aud birthstone" to all eterni
ty will alone be an adequate punishment for their
! crimes.
Justice will ultimately be done, but how long |!
| how lopgll r. w. d.
Our correspondent has used very strong language
and we feel it to be our duty to publish his conmu-
nication pretty much as he has written it. 1t can
not be, however that the President knows of these
outrages; or, if he does he is certainly making Of
forts to prevent their repetition. Our people natu.
rally look to him and to our Governor for protec-
lection. If they cannot get protection they will
soon become Indifferent as to what flag waves over
| them.
Que readers have doubtless heard much as to the
outtages perpetrated on the old men, and women
and children of Randolph and other Counties, by
certain of the Home Guards called out to arrest
deserters. Every good citizen is opposed deser.
ton. Every good citizen will do everything he can
in reason to aid in returning deserters to their
mands. But there is right way and wrong way
in every thing 1t is right to arrest deserters but
it is wrong to arrest and torture women and chill
dren, and to destroy property on mere suspicion
that this or that old man, this that woman has
harbored deserters, or can te1 where they are. 1t
is wrong to arrest and torture the wife of deser-
ter to make her tell where her husband is. 1t is
horrible, in this Christian land in this "high noon
of the nineteenth century," to hang this wife up by
the thumbs, or to put her thumbs uuder the fence,
with two men to sit upon the fence, until she