The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-10-02
NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LATE

NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LATE
IL s.ss@z> WAR.
i a correspondent writes to the N, Y Record
I from Pittsboro, n c., as followss i
SCI will take the liberty OF trespassing upon
yourtime and the patience of your numerous
readers to give some account as to what is being
done 10 the "Old North State" It might very
naturally have been supposed that, as the war
closed 10 this State, Gen. Johnstens surrender
being made at Greensboro, and as q natural con-
sequence Of the disbanding of large bodies of
soldery, much confusion and terrible state OF
disorder and anarchy should have prevailed
famongfus'; but happily for Us, the same orderly,
conservative, law-abiding principle which has
always characterized North Caroinians, at that
trying hour shone forth most conspicuoasly
order was soon restored, the laws respected, and
i in short time the machinery of government
! was working as smoothly as 10 any Southern
State, and much better than in many North
Carolina may probably never receive justice
! from the historians of the war for the gallant
! part she sustaiped 10 the late bloody drama, aud
therefore / may be excused for mentioning
few historical facts, for entirely eeneurin the
old Latin Proyerb-'. fat justitia. ymdt coetans."
1t is well known to all that the first battle Of the
war was fought and won by North Carolina.
!
but DOW Lieutenapt General ID H Hill but it
is not so generally. known, though none the less
true, that on the 9th of April, 1865, imme-
dateiy before the surrender of General Lee on
the ever memorable hills Oh sAppomattox Court
House, North Carolina troops commanded by
another distinguished son of the old North State
Major General Bryan Grimes, made the last
charge and fired the last Uoltey for Southern
independence. ..s-ja.t
With population of less than million
whites and blacks, North Carolina sent into the
Confederate army .l20 eco wellarmed soldiers.
! Upon the ensanguined hills around Gettysburg,
on the burning sands near Charleston, on the
| blood stained. heights of Missionary Ridge,
/ around the beleagured trenches of Petersburg,
on every carnage covered field of Southern yalor,
and in the dreary hospitals Of Richmond, were
to be found the gallant dauntless, suffering,
| fearless old 'sTar-heels" And now since "grim-
Vsaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled 'front.'
those bat.le-scarred veterans have returned to
their homes, determined to repair the disasters
OF war, and work as vigorously in the con-
genial pursuits of peace and as the results of
their labors see fields waving with their
ripeping grain, and marks Of returning industry
on every side, where but a short time since
! Shermans "bummers" were rioting in all their
iendlsh work of devastation. --.-' -, ga
History III vain may search for parallel to
equal the vigor and earnestness with which the
| Southerners, though defeated, deprived of all
their property, and rendered destitute by four
years of unprecedented suffering, resumed their
peaceful avocations, and realized the stern neces-
sites of the day by quiet and patient sublns-
sion 20 their conquerors." ..E. -s,.. 3 ---z
THE GENTLEMAN AT CHURcH.-A gentleman
at church may be known by the following
Look around you when in the house of God, and
see who among you can lay claim to the title
when tried by these rules: ~. ...-. Z
l. Comes IL good season, so as neither to in
terrupt the pastor nor congregation by late
| rival. ss5-.s~. 49,
g. Does not stop upon the steps or in the
portico either to gaze at the ladies' salute friends,
or display his colloouia powers =
B. Opens and shuts the door gently and de-
liberatey, and lightly walks mp the aisle or
gallery stairs, and gets his seat as quietly, and
by making as few persons move, as possible.
/ d. Takes his place either in the back part Of
the seat, or steps out into the aisle when any.
one wishes to pass 10, and never thinks of such
thing as making people crowd past him while
keepiog his place in the seat.
s. Is always attentive to strangers and gives
4 up his seat to such, seeking another for himself
6 Never, unless in the case of illness, gets
up and goes out during the time of service
But if necessity compels him to do so, goes so
quietly that his very manner is an apology for
| the act. a. z .-s .-.-a-< .~@
/ 7. Does not engage in conversation before the
commencement of service. .. .......s..- 4
g. Does not whisper, or laugh or eat fruit in
the house of God, or lounge in that holy place.
| 3" g. Does not rush cut of the church like
trampling horse the moment the benediction is
pronounced, but retires slowly, in noiseless,
/ quiet manner . =. ..-.....-.- ......- .--