The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-04-04
THE YANKEES IN ANsoN, N. C..
From the Wadesboro Argus.

southern part OF this county, and from the LIST to
the 5th, all that portion of the county, in a line
! from Joel Horns on the Stanback ferry road
through Wadesboro' to Lanesboro, at their
mercy. The heart sickens to look upon and con-
! template the ruin they have left behind. The
houses they visited, of the rich and poor alike,
were paged Of whatever provisions were about
/ them; smoke houses were broken open and des-
poiled Of their contents; cribs emptled or
| where the corn was not removed, the buildings
were fired and their contents destroyed; fodder
houses and fodder, Mills gin-houses and cotton
screws, with large amounts of cotton, were burned
lin fact, the section Of the country we have desig-
mated was left complete wreck. The dwelling
house of Mr. Jas Home and contents were burned
to the ground. Dwellings, entered and
searched for valuabes and if not found on the
premises the inmates we're treated in the most
! brutal aud lnhuman manner to make them reveal
where they were concealed Delicate females had
loaded pistols pointed at their heads or breasts
with threats of instant death something worse if
they would not instantly deliver up their watches
and other jewelry. In two instances citizens were
murdered in cold blood-Mr James G Bennett
and Mr. james Getting hanl-after they had been
robbed of everything. Where they. could not
carry off female and chdreDs wearing apparel,
beds and bedding, they destroyed All the horses
and mules, even to colts, they could get their
hands on carried off; also all the cattle they
could find; fencing was burned pulled down;
aud everything was done they could think of
either to starve the inhabitants to prevent them
from making crops in the future. Many planters
lost all their best negro men, while others only lost
few. 10 some instances some of the negroes
have returned. We cannot particuiarize or indi-
ylduallZe, all or less sufferers.
In Wadesbor their depredations COM
paratvely light to what they were in the lower
portion of the county, where the main body Of the
cavalry operating Their first appearance il
town was on Friday, March 3, when we and sew
eral others, as we have stated In another place,
were made prisoners. The prisoners who were
taken off, as we'll as the citizens who fell into their
hands and were left behind by them, were robbed
of their watches, and any other jewelry they had
about them, as also of their pocket books. In
most instances these last given back with
their contents, if they contained nothing but Con-
federate money. Boots and felt hats were made
to be given up by their owners, who generally
found their way home bareheaded and barefooted
Soon after this party left another came 10, from
different direction, which broke open the store
houses and the tithing depot, throwing out their
contents to poor white people and negroes, who
carried them off, Many of the articles carried off
have been recovered by the owners but the greater
portion of %he government tthes, consisting prln-
cipally of wheat and corn, will not probably be
covered Private dwellings entered by this
party in search Of watches, jewelry and silver
plate Private drawers and trunks were ransacked
by them, and if any Of their contents suited the
robbers tapccs they were carried off, Shirts were
in demand by them. During Saturday the town
visited by several parties who continued the
search for yauables left unfinished by the parties
who preceded them. One of these parties fred
the lanyard of Messrs. MUIR & Co., Oh tha south
side of town, which, in short while entirely
consumed, and the machinery so badly Injured as
L. A.
number Of the unwelcome guests began to fall off.
They no doubt had discovered that the main body
of our cavalry under Hampton and Wheeler was
near the town and marching rapidly upon it. Be-
fore they entirely got off two of them were sur
prised by some of Wheelers advance scouts and
one Of the blue devils was killed just in front of
the Masonic Hall. The encounter was witnessed
by several of our citizens, particularly ladies'
Some of them before they left fred the guard
house in the rear Of the Court house parting
token. Threats had been made by them to fire
the whole town before they left; and no doubt
they would have done it bat for the opportunc and
sudden appearance Of our cavalry. The main body
of our cavalry remained in and near town until
quite late III the afternoon, when they moved on
towards the river.
On Monday small squad of our men, left here
under Lieut.. O'Neal, had skirmish with body
of the enemy on the hill back of VIM. P Kendalls
lcSfuence, anu SuCCSeueU III dpUulluS ulue VI
them. After this no town,
and their destruction Of property in the county to
some extent ceased, they found our main cav
airy force rather close to them to admit of their
free operations All Monday, as we're witnesses,
the main porton~of kilpatrick's cavalry covered
down under the river banks at Pegues, awaiting an
opportunity to cross the river.
BE- The first slave ship belonging to the Amer
icar colonists fitted out in 1915 by member
of the Puritan Church in Boston.
The first slaves Of Europeans in America were
the Indians; aud the Puritan Governor win |
throp) of Massachusetts bequeathed his soul to
God and his Indian slaves to the lawful heirs of
his body.
Confederate New England in 1913, provided
for the equitable division Of lands, goods and per-
equally part of the "spoils' of war-en=
acting the first fugitive slave law in America.
On the 18th of july 1875, every American Col
ony had become slave State, and Che number of
slaves was four hundred and fifty thousand. Ma
ture warred against the institution in the North
ern States; otherwise, slavery would have existed |
there to this dag 1t not profitable, and died.
lingering in New York till July 1927. The most |
of the slaves were transported and sold to- the
South, and thus their owners were enabled to turn
an honest penny, and to say to the South: "Be-
hold we are purer aud hoer than thou!"
SALT! SALT!! SAET!!!
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT, !
CHARLOTTE, N. c., March Gath. 1865. !