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Otf THE WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET $4 Per Annum CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER- IN ADVANCE Wm tJ. YATO, Editor and Pkopreitor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, .1866. FOURTEENTH Y0LIWE-N UMBER 712. the WIST Mil MMBUM (Published every Tucsday,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, KOITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ' "OlTKDiiC, $4 PER ANNUM, in advance. S& Transient advertisements mu3t be paid for in Advance. Obituary notices are charged advertis ing rates. , Advertisements not marked on the manuscript f r a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. $1 per square of 10 lines or less will be charped far each insertion, unles the advertisement is in serted 2 month? or more. MEDICAL CARD. DRS. GIIilSON & McCOMBS, having associated themselves in the practice of Medicine and Surgery, respectfully tender their professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. From a large experience in private a3 well as Field and Hospital practice, they feel justified in proposing to pay special attention to the practice of Surgery in all its branches. Oltice in Granite Row, up stair?, opposite the Mansion House. ROHERT filHHON, M. D. Dec 11. lfiG5 J. 1 McCOMUS, M. D- j FULLINGS 6c SPRINGS Have removed their CLOTHING and MERCHANT TAILORING STORE, to No. 4 Granite Row, lately occupied by J. S- Phillips. We are offering our ttock of JtE.IOY-JIAOK CLOTHING at cost for cah. Our former friends and patrons will do wel to supply themselves at once. We" will keep at all times a good supply of Cloths, Cassimers and Vestings, which will be made to order in the best style and manner, We will keep also a good tock of Hats, Shirts, Drawers and other furnishing Goods. FULLINGS k SPRINGS. Jan '29, 1SCC Huf chiton fc Springs, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Agents of the most reliable 1J SM!II1JCE COJ?Ml91VMES in the I'nited Slates. Re on the SAFE SIDE and insure your property ag-:iint loss or' damage by (ire. Also, INSUttE YOUR LIFE tor the benefit of your wife and children. RISKS taken at moderate rales. Call on Hutchison k Sprir.gs. No. 4. Grautie Row. E. NYE HUTCHISON, J. M. SPRINGS, Marcb 5,' IS'W; Agents. J. DEROSSET, W. L. IlEttOSSET, UtlAH-lM DAVES ib;:ossj;t & c., Formerly DcRossct it liroicu ) Established 1839. GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. G North Water Street, (up stairs.) Wilmington, V. Will give personal attention to the purchase and eale of produce of every description, and to receiv ing and fui watdiiig goods. ' March 5, 18GG. 3m Italcigii &. Gaston II. IS. Co., S ITEM I M EN DENT'S OFFICE, RALEIGH, N C , Feb, 15, lGG iUAiKGE OF TI3IE. On and after Monday, February 10, 1&GC-, Trains will run as follows : rASSKXGEU TRAIN, Leave Raleigh -Arrive at Weldon, Leave Weldon, . Arrive at Raleigh, 4.30 A. 1 1.00 1.30 P. 8.30 M. M. FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, leave Raleigh on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 A. M., and arrive at Weldon 4 I M. - FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, leave Weldon on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur days at 5 A. M., and arrive at Raleigh 4 P. M. 15y this change in the I'assenger Train, connec tions are made with the Seaboard k Roanoke Rail road, as well as by the upper route via Richmond Way passengers can be accommodated by the Freigh-t and Accommodation Trains, if they think proper to do so. This train leaves Raleigh from the Raleigh Jc Gaston Depot, in the Northern part Of the city. ALBERT JOHNSON, General Superintendent. March 5, 1SJG. tf StcBiliouse & .ISacanlay COM M ISSION MERCU ANTS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, and 66 Pearl St., NEW YORK. Prompt personal attention to the sale of cotton, cotton yarns, naval stores, &c , and the purchase of merchandise generally. iUrsKENCES John Wilkes and T II Brem, Esq'rs, Charlotte, N C ; Jordan Womble. Esq, Raleigh, N (J ; O G Parsley k Co, Wilmington, N 0 ; D Paul & Co, :Mid RobtMureiCo, Charleston, SC.; Wilcox & Hand, Augusta, Ga.; Dunlop, Moncure A Co, Rich mond, Va ; Tannahill, Mcllwaue k Co, N V ; Par tridge, Weils Jfc Co. New York. February 26, 1SC6. . The Southern Express Company, For the transportation of merchandise, valuable packages, specie, bank notes, bonds, &c, for all parts of the South and Southwest, in connection with ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, have established their agency at 50 BROADWAY. NEW YORK, where orders to rail tor goods to be forwarded South will receive prom,-! attention. Merchandise and valuables delivered t o Harnden's, Kinsley's, American and United States Express Com panies, for the Southern Express Company, will re ceive prompt .dispatch. . For particulars, rates oj freight, Jkc. kr, apply at the office of the Southern Express Company, 5? "Broadway. . U. B. PLANT, De 13,-186. President. HYMN BOOKS of all kinds. 1. PresUvteri.tn. Methodisr(Southern.) Baptist Psalmody. 4. Lutheran Hvmns. Note Books'of vhtrevent kinds. The Hymn Bowks are of every variety, from very cheap to the niort cosily styles" R- N. TIDDY k CO., New Book Store, next to Starr's Drug Store, March 5. 1806 3m Charlotte, N. C. A general assortment, always on hand, at Feb 5, 1866 SCAUR'S DRPG STORE. a, ) ENT, f-56.- J .TREASURY DEPARTMENT Raleigh, March 21, 1866 To Holders of Coupons of IVortli Ca rolina Bonds. By an Act of the General Assembly cf North Ca rolina ratified March 10th, 1866, I am directed to prepare and sell for not less than par, Bonds of the State running thirty-four years, with coupons bear ing six per cent interest, payable semi-annually, of the denomination of $100, $500 and $1000, princi pal and intePest untaxable, for the purpose of pay ing Coupons now due and to become due in 1866, and Bonds due and to fall due in 18C6. By author ity vested in the Public Treasurer, 1 designate New 1 oik as the place of payment. Parties entitled, desirous of effecting the ex change authorized in said Act, will please com municate to me at once the amount and character of the securities which they wish to be funded, ia order that 1 may know the number and denomina- j tion of the Bonds which will be' required. After the ; engraver shall Suish the blanks, the Bonds will be J prepared for issue with little delay. Lnder advice of the Attorney General, coupons ot Bonds issued since but under Acts passed before May 20th, 18GI, will be funded under the Act of March 10th, 18CC: Provided, their identity is estab lished by being cut- from the Bonds in my presence, a provision necessary on account of the similarity to other coupons issued since May 20th. 1861. KEMP P. BATTLE, Public Treasurer. " March 26, 18G5 CHINA, (KOIKE III AND GLASS-WARE, At China Hall, Next door to the Court House. We have just received a splendid assortment con sisting of China Gilt-Band Tea Setts, Plates. Cifps and Saucers, Bowls, Mugs, ham and steak Dishes, Tea Pots, Sugar Bowls, Creamers, Tumblers, Gob lets, Decanters, Preserve. Stands, kc. Also, a good assortment of Knives and Forks, Spoons, Castors, Seives, cocoa-Dippers, Roling Tins, and numerous other house-keeping articles, which will be sold low for cash. JAMES IIARTV k CO. March 12, 1SCG 2mpd c i,ovi:i: sued. A large supply of Fresh Clover Seed, received and for sale by Feb 26, 1866. BARRING ER, WOLFE k CO. SHO.Y Al CASTINGS. 30,000 lbs. wrought and rolled lion, Castings, &c, for sale for cash or barter for coi n, oats, peas, cotton arn, and cloth of different kinds. My Blast Furnace is now in operation and I am prepared to fill ordeis for Machinery, Cooking Ware, &c. Terms cash. I want to employ some good hollow-ware Mould ers and some good Miners. I wish to make. con tracts for the cutting of 5,000 cords wood; also for coaling. Apply soon at mv Fuyiace six miles East of Linc'olnton, N. C. J. W. DERR. February 12, 1866 Grnpd THE EQUITABLE IJF ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. Accumulated Fund $2,000,000- Annual In come $1,000,000. PURELY MUTUAL ANNUAL CASH DIVIDENDS. At the request of their numerous Policy-holders, this Societt have determined to declare their divi dends annually in cash. The tirst dividend will be declared Feb i, 1807. The last dividend declared on' the quinquennial plan reduced the premiums in some cases more than 50 per cent, or doubled the Policy during the next dividend period. It is be lieved for the future that no company in this coun try will be able to present greater advantages in its dividends to persons assuring than this Society, as total expenditure to cash premium received was, by the last New York Insurance Report, less than that of any of the older American Lite Insurance companies. The otlisers of this society desire to present to the public for their consideration five modes of di viding surplus premiums or profits, some of which were never before granted to Policy-holders by any Life Company, and present advantnges obvious to all: 1st. The dividends maybe applied to the pur chase of additional assurance for a term of years. 2d. Dividends may be applied to reduce the pre mium coming due next. At the last dividend, upon a similar plan, premiums" were reduced one-half up on some policies. Sd. The dividend may be applied to provide" for the payment of premiums at the latter end of life, so that the assured may be guaranteed against fur ther payments on attaining a certain age, each suc cessive dividend gradually reducing the time during which the, premiums must continue to be paid, so that at last, with the same success as heretofore, a paid up policy will be secured by quite a moderate number of premiums. To illustrate A man assur ing at 25 years old would, on the basis of our last dividend, be secured by this application of dividend against any payment after 45 and probably at an t atlier flgt -and thereafter receive an annual divi- dend in cash. 4th. Dividends may be appljed to the purchase of a certain addition to ihe poiicy, payable with it. 5th. Dividends may be applied to the reduction of all future premiums during the continuance of the policy. Hereafter dividends on the first annual premium may be used as cash in the payment of the second State of North Carolina, annua, premium, and so on thereafter, t lie aiviuenc j on each premium may be applied to the payment cf j the next succeeding premium. Policy-holders in ; most other companies must wait four or five years i before any advantage can be derived from dividends. I Call at No. 4, Granite Row, and get books and j papers for further Information. i HUTCHISON k SPRINGS, Agents. ' For N. Carolina, S. Carolina and Georgia, j Feb 26, ISCo. Charlotte, N. C. i Commission Shipping Merchants, ' NEW BERN, T. C. - Consignments of Cotton, Naval Stores and Tobac co will leceive our prompt attention. We have a weekly line of Steamers from Ncwberr. : and Morehead City, which sail from Newbern every ! Friday and from Morehead City every Saturday at 4 P. M. ' T. J- HUGHES, XWBKnS G. W. DILL. MOBEIIEAii CUT. 1 August I, 1865 tf Southern Express Company. The Southern Express Company has opned com munication with ill Northern and "Western States, and is now prepared to forward Freight, Money and : valuable Packages safely and promptly. Messen : gers leave Charlotte daily, connecting at Raleigh ! with Adams' Express Company, and at Richmond ' with Adams' and Harnden's Express Companies. Letters ill be forwarded by this Company to all ' points South and North having no mail facilities. , T. D. GILLESPIE, Agent. Charlotte, June 10.. I?05 tf BILL AEP AT HOME. We take the following from a recent letter of Bill Arp, who, after many tribulations incident to the war, has arrived at home : "We finally arrived within the presinkts of oar lovely home. The doors creaked welcome on their hinges, the hoppen bug cherruped on the hearth, and the whistlin wind was eingin the same old tune around the bedroom corner. We were about' as happy as we had been' miser able, and when I remarked that General Vandi ver who had okkupied our house must be a gen tleman for not burning it, .Mrs. Arp replied "I wonder what be done with my soiog "ma sheen." "He didn't cut down our sbade trees," said J. 'Aly buroes and carpets and crockery aro all gone," she sed. , 'It may be possibul," sed I, that the Gen rul " "And my barrel of soap," sed she. "It may be possible, sed I, "that the Genrul moved oft our things to take keer of em for us. I reckon we'l get em all back after while." "Alter while," said Sirs Arp like an ekko, and ever since' then when I allood to our North ren brethren she only replies, "after while." Towards the close of his letter Bill indulges in the following reflections : "But I'm at hoo;e now for good. I'm gwitO to stay here like a sine die. I'm agin all wars and rumpuses. I don't keer nigh as much about a dog fight as I used to. " Now, if one could always see the eend of a thing in advance, and the eend was all right, I wouldn't mind a big' fuss; but you know a man's fore sights aint as good as his hind sights. If they was, this war wouldn't have broke out, and I would not 'a lost my steer nor my watch." Amalgamation as seen in the Dance Halls of Boston. The lcal of the Boston Post, in describing the dance halls of that city, paints vivid pictures of vice. Here is his ac count of one lie entered. There were many others like it, bat we select this as a specimen : Passing into the dance hall, we found quite a company present "tripping the light fantastic toe" to the music of a piano-forte with violin ac companiment. This hall is about sixty feet deep, and is fitted up with considerable taste. The walls are hung withpictures,real and fan- an d to patriotic caste to the whole, the names of the principal battles in which Mas sachusetts colored regimatits have served, are printed in gold and relieve the sameness of the dingy walls. But the scene here presented by those participating in the "social dance" is not ouly novel, but disgusting. Toung, good look ing white girlsand negroes, b'ack as lamp black, mingle and " commingle in the dance, and em brace each other with seeming tenderness of spirit. The tall, athletic specimen of the genu ine African, with great gusto and enthusiasm, whirls the young white woman in the mazy dance, and at the signal to promenade lor drinks escorts her to the bar and treats her to a tum bler of t-pruce beer and some peanuts. This scene is revolting in the extreme to one accus tomed to respectable society, but it is practiced here, in this mixed company, nearly every night in the year. Familiarity knows no restraints. All are ou a level, and we have here a perfect illustration of the theory of negro equality at the expense of white woman's respect and vir tue. MUSIC. PROF. F. B. MAURICE, of Greensboro', N. C, respectfully informs the public that he has opened a MUSIC STORE in Greensboro. Having received the bext and most complete collec tion of Music, he is prepared to fill orders whicfi may be sent to him. The selections consists of : New Songs and Ballads, with Piano and Guitar accompaniments; Marches, Quick-Steps, Polkas, Schottishes, Mazurkas, Waltzes, Melodies for two or fourfiands, with or without variations; Overtures. Exercises, Gems of Operas ; Melodies' by the best and most popular composers, such as Grabe, Hun ten, Mozart, Baife, Mack, Meyerbeer, Ciamer, Wal lace, &c. Instructors aud Piano Forte Primer3 . Catalogues of New Music sent free on application. Music sent by mail, the expense being two cents for every four ounces. Persons at a distance will find this conveyance a saving of time and expense in obtaining supplies. Any Music or Books will be sent by mail on receipt of the marked priee. Address, F. B. MAURICE, April 2, 18CG 2t Greensboro, N C " 500 Pairs COTTON CARDS, Selling off below New York cost $9 per dozen or 75 cents per single pair at KOOPMANN & PHELPS'. April 2, 18T36 tf , Baisk of Charlotte, Y. C. The Stockholders of this Bank will convene at the Banking-house, in Charlult, on Thursday the 19th of April, lt6. A full representation, cither in perspn or by proxy, is desired. W. A. WILLIAMS, March "26, 1866 4t Acting Casher. A first rate IRON SAFE, weighing 1230 pounds. Applv at this Office. March 12. 18GG. tf. Cotton Seed, For sale best article at H. B. WILLIAMS'. March 12th. , Corn 150 Bushels for sale by March 12th Uleal, II . B. WILLIAMS. Slate of I. Carolina Clea vela cl Co. Courf of rieas tj- Quarter Sessions, Feb. Term, 1866. Sidney II. Elliott et al. vs. Geo. W. Logan et al. Petition for reprobate of Frank W. Cabaniss' Will. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Sandford Cabaniss and George Cabaniss, two of" the defjndants in this cause, reside beyond the limits of thisState.it is therefore ordered that" publication be made for six successive weeks in the Western Democrat, notifying the defendants of the filing of this petition, and that they be and appear at the nevt Term of tliis court to be held for the county of Cleaveland at the Court House j,n Shelby, on the first Monday in May, 1866, or the same will be taken pro confesso and heard exparte as to them. Witness, S.Williams, Clerk of our said court at Office, the first Monday in February, 1S66. 9-6t rdv. $fi ' S. WILLIAMS. Clerk. THE DESTRUCTION OP COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? Inasmuch as a letter was recently read before the U. S. Senate from Gen. Sherman, not only denying that be had Columbia burnt, but blam ing Gen. Hampton for the destruction of that city, we republish the following letter from Gen. Hampton on the subject: . Letter from Ge$. Wade Hampton. Columbia, June 19, 1SC5. To the Editor of the N. Y. Day Book: Gents. Tn your paper of 6th May, I have just sen Generai Sherman's official report of bis march through the two Carolinas. As this report misrepresents me in the grossest and falsest manner, I trust that you will not deny roe the right to vindicate myself. It is due to history, if not to me, that the falsehoods of General Sherman in reference to the destruction of this city should be exposed. This shall be done in the briefest possible manner. The report says: " General Wade Hampton, who commanded the Confederate rear guard of cavalry, had, in snticipatioo of our capture of Columbia, order ed that all cotton, public and private, should be moved into the street and fired to prevent our making use of it. ' Some of these piles of cotton were burning, es pecially one in the very heart of the city, near the court house, but the nre was partially sub dued by the labor of our soldiers. Be fore one single public building had been fired by order, the smouldering fires set by Hampton's order were rekindled by the wind, and commun icated to the buildings around. About dark they begaa to spread and got beyond control of the brigade on duty 'within the city. The whole of Wood's division was brought in, but it was found impossible to check the flames, which, by midnight, had become unmanageable, and raged until about four o'clock, A. M. when the wind subsiding, they were under control. I disclaim, on the part of my army, any agency in this fire, but, on the contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsutned. And, without hesitation, charge General Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia, not witt malicious intent, as the manifestation of a silly 'Iloman stoicism," but from the folly and want of sen&e in filling it with lint, cotton and timber. Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames." It would be difficult, if not impossible, to ex press, in an equal number of paragraphs, a greater ntnnber of falsehoods than are contained in the above extracts. There is not one word of truth in all that has been quoted, except the statement that "General Hampton commanded the Confederate rear guard of cavalry." lie did. not order any cotton "moved into the street and fired." On the contrary, my, first act on taking command of the cavalry to which I 'was assigned only the night before the evacua tion of Columbia was to represent to General Beauregard the danger to the town of firing the cotton in the streets. Upon this representation, he authorized me to give orders that no cotton in the town should be fired, which order was strictly carried out. I left the city after the head of Sherman's column entered it, and I assert, what can be proved by thousands, that not one bale of cotton was on fire when he took possession of the city. His assertion to the contrary is false, and he knows it to be so. A distinguished citizen of this State whose name, were I at liberty to give it, would be a suffi cient voucher, even at the North, for the truth of any statement made by bitn has given to the public a minute history of the destruction of the citv. From this document, which insertion in' your paper, 1 will is too long for make a fev ex-triiif-is General tracts, which will show how Sherman's solemn disclaimer of "any agency in this fire." and his claim to have -"saved what of Columbia remains unconsumed." The Mayor had been informed that he would be notified when to surrender the city, knowing that inef fectual resistance on our part would furnish the; ready excuse for all lawlessness on the part of the enemy. I would not allow my troops to become eugaged in the city, and they were withdrawn on the morning of 17th of February. At nine o'clock A. M., on that day, the Mayor, at the head of the deputation from the City Council, went out to meet General Sherman for the purpose of surrendering the city, which he did in the following letter: "Columbia, S. C, Feb. 17, 1805. To Major-General Sherman: The Confederate forces having evacuated Columbia, I deem it my duty, as Mayor and representative of the city, to ask for its citizens the treatment accorded by the usages of civilized warfare. I, therefore, respectfully request that you will send a sufficient guard in advance of the army, to maintain order in the city, and I protect the persons and property of citizens. V ery respecttuiiy, your ooeaicni servaui, i G. T. Goodwin, Mayor." j The deputation met the advance guard of the ' enemy, under Colonel Stone Fifteenth Corps I outside of the city, and Colonel Stono return- ed with them to the town iu their carriage, i The Mayor reports that on surrendering the ' city to Colonel Stone, the latter assured him of 'l the safety of the citizens, and the protection of ' their property while under bis command. He ! could not answer for General Sherman, who ! was in the r.ear, but he expressed the conviction that he would fully confirm the assurances ! which be (Colonel Stone) had given. Subse ' quently General Sbermati did confirm them, and that night, seeing mat me .uayor was enuusi- may lie down to sleep, satisfied that your town shall be as safe in my bands as if wholly in your own At about eleven o ciocit toe i head of the column reached Market Hall. n.'trdly bad the troops reached the head of Main : ed by the labors of the day, be counselled him I to retire to rest, saying, "Not a finger's breadth, I Mr Mayor, of your city shall be harmed. You begun. i cs tores were broken open in the presence of j thousands within the first hour after their arriv- , j al No attebapt was made to arrest the burg-" i lars. The authorities, officers, soldiers, all j seemed to consider it a matter of course. And j woe to him who carried a watch with gold chaiu ; pendant, or who wore a choice hat, or overcoat, i or boots, or shoes. He was stripped by ready uxperis in trie twinkling ot an eye. w About twelve o'clock the jail was discovered to De on nre Irom within. This building was im mediately in the rear of the Market or City Hall, and in a densely built portion of the city. The fire in the jail had been pre ceded by that of some cotton piled in the streets. Both fires wre soon subdued by our firemen. At about H o'clock P. 31., that of the jail was rekindled and was again extinguished. The expeence of the firemen in putting out the fire in the cotton in the jail was of a sort to discourage their further efforts. They were thwarted aud embarrassed by the continued in terference of the soldiery. Finally, their hose was chopped with swords and axes; and pierced with bayonets so as to be rendered useless. The engines were in some cases demolished also. And so the miserable day wore on in pfilagc, insult, and constant confusion and alarm. We have shown that the robbery of the persons of citizens and the plunder of their bouses com menced within one hour after they had reached tbe Market Hall. It continued without inter mission throughout the day. Sherman travers ed the streets everywhere, so did his officers, yet they saw nothing to rebuke or restrain. Bobbery was going on at every corner, in every house, yet there was no censure, no punishment. Among the first fires at evening was one about dark, which broke out in a filthy por tion of low houses, occupied mostly as brothels There were then some twenty fires in full blast, in as .many different quarters, a similar alarm was sent up almost simutaneously from Cotton Town, the northernmost limit of the city-, and from Main slreet, in its very . centre. The wretches engaged in this appointed incendiarism were well prepared with all the appliances es sential to their work. They carried with them from boue to house pots aud vessels coutaitilng combustible liquids, and with balls of fire satu rated in this liquid, they conveyed the flumes with wonderful rapidity to dwellings." What remained from tbe morning of engines and hose were brought out by the firemen, but these were soon driven from their labors by the pertina cious hostility of the incendiaries. Engines were-tumbled over and disabled, the hose, was hewn to pieces, and the firemen, dreading worse usage to themselves, left the fiuld in despair. Old men and women and children were to be seen, often while tbe flames were roaring and raping around them while walls were cracking aud rafters tottering and .tumbling in the en deavor to save their clothing and sume of their more valuable effects. They were driven out headlong, pistols clapped to their heads, violent hands laid on throat and collar, and t!ie ruffians seemed to make but little distinction in their treatment of man and woman. Ladies were bust ltd from their chambers under the strong arm or with their menacing pistol at their hearts. Their ornaments plucked from their breasts their bundles taken from their hands A lady undergoing pains of labor had to be borne out on a mattress into the open air to es cape the fire. It was in vain that her situation was described to the inccndiaites, as they ap plied the torch within and without the house They beheld the situation of the sufferer and laughed to scorn the prayer for her safety. An other lady was but recently confined. Her life hung upon a hair. The demons were appiised of the f acts in the case. They burst into her chamber took rings from the lady's finger, plucked the watch from beneath her pillow, shrieked offensive language in her ears, and so overwhelmed her with terror that she sunk un der tbe treatment sutviving but a day or two The churches were at first sought by many streams of population. Thither the hellish per severance of the fiends followed them, and the churches of God were set on flnro. Again driven forth, numbers made their way in the re cesses of Sydney Park, and here fancied to find security. But the ingenuity of hate aud malice was not to be baffled, and Jirebiands thrown from the height into the deepest hollows of the Park taught the wretched fugitives to despair of any escape from enemies of such unwearied and unremitting rage!" But enough of this atrocity, the bare recital of which makes humanity shudder, the heart grow sick. Surely enough 'has been quoted lrom the narrative of these hoirors to prove that General Sherman alone is responsible for the destruction of Columbia, and for the many other atrocities committed by bis army, lie declares that the fires set by my. order consumed the city. 1 have shown how false is this statement; but even if it were true, howdoes he char himself of the guilt of burning private dwellings out- ; side of tbe city limits? Early in the afternoon j of the day be entered Columbia, my house, j which was two miles from the city was fired; j soon after the bouses of Mr Trenholm, Gen. Lovell, Mrs Stark, Br Wallace, Mr Arthur, Mr ! Latta and Mrs English all in the bame vicinity, shared' the same fate. General Sherman cannot , I.. 3 i i , . ( . . nor can he deny he destroyed in part, or who e, t hu rt ..rroy if Karntrpll I S I a T K V 1 1 (P, 1 1 T k h 1 III . I HV t IMDV V i " " J -- 7 j , Bamberg, Buford's Bridge, Orangeburg, Lex- ingtoo, Alston, Pornaria, Winnsboro', Black fctocks. Society Hill, Camden aud Chcraw. Does not the fate ot these unoffending towns give the lie to his disclaimer ol any agency m burning this city; ' . , , , ,. Alon" tbe line ot marcn ioiiowea oy uitu i there is scarcely one house left standing, from tbe Savannah Paver to the Pee Dee, and yet be ! dared to declare solemnly that he did not burn Columbia! I do not wonder that be should strive to escape the infamy which, like the lep- ! rosy of Gehazi, fehrll cleave unto him and unto his seed forever, for the commission of this dark deed. Nor am I surprised that he should natu- rally seek to escape by taking refuge behind a 1 falsehood. But .be shall not with impunity street when the work of pillage was make me the hcapegoat for his eins. Wherever he has taken his army iu this State, women haw been iusulted or outraged, old men have been hung to extort from them hidden treasure. Tho fruits of tho earth have been destroyed, leaving etarvation where plenty once reigned, and the dwellings of rich and poor alike have been laid in ashea For these deeds history will brand : him as a robber and incendiary, and will deserv- i edJy "damn him to everlasting fame j 1 am, your obedient servant, ! WADE HAMPTON, Lieutonant-GenertL STATE ITEMS Superior Court The Spring Term of the Superior Court of. Law and Equity, for Wake county, Judge D G Fowle presiding, commenced at the Court House in this city, on the 2d. The charge of His Honor to tbe Grand Jury, which embraced the usual points, was able, clear and earnest. We have not listened to an abler or more perspicuous charge to a Grand Jury for many years, lie particularly dwelt upon the crimes of larceny and robbery, which, since the close of the war, have become so common throughout the country. He alluded to tbe changed status of the negro race, and stated that tbey were, by an understanding between the officers of the Freedmen's Bureau, turned over to the civil Courts for the trial of such offenses against the laws, as J hey may be charged with, while the law makes no discrimination ia the award of penalties, between them and the whites; and that should any controversy arise, it would be between the Bureau and the Court, and not with the Grand Jury. It is, therefore, their duty to make presentment of' all cases of breach of law, whether by white or blacks. Raleigh Standard. The South ooino North We are mora than pleased to learn that our enterprising neighbors, Messrs. Wm. B. Smith & Co., of tbe Southern Field and Fireside Publishinghouso, last week received large orders. Tor "Nameless," Mr Downing' charming novel, und the volume of poems, "Moses," from the pen of Mrs Marj . B. Clark. -The orders emanate from leading hituscs iu the cities of Baltimore, Philadelphia aud New York. Such a thing was never before heard of in the history of typology at the south, aud is alike complimentary to publishers and a u t h orcsscs " Ra Iti'jh Progress. A Man Shot. We learn that a soldier wa shot at the railroad depot in this place on "Sat urday, and killed instantly. His arrest bad been ordered by the military authorities for some offence, when resisting he was shot by the guard. Salisbury North istate. Caught is the Act. There was quite at excitement on the passenger train from Golds boro', on Friday. An old gentleman in' the c irs, who was comfortably duzing, just before day, perceived a strange unpleasant odor and sensation, and, upon suddenly opening his eyes, -found a fellow tilting nexPto him very deliber ately holding a phial of chloroform to his noso. He immediately clutched the disconcerted ras cal, the cars were stopped, and the villain put off the train when he mado for the woods ia "double quick." He should have been brought to this city and handed over to the authorities. Raleigh Sentinel. We are constantly hearing of the rob bery of corn cribs anfl tmoke-housca. These robberies are charged to the negroes. Tbej may have a hand in them; but we thfnk low" . down white men are concerned as well. Under presetit circumstances our people seem poirer-lc.'-s to check the robberies utiles? eacb man stands guard over his own premises with a 'load ed gun and shoot the rascals down in the act. One or twu severe lesson of this kind will. do a great deal of good. Or, if it is . preferred, a piece or two of poisoned meat miht help seme. Several scoundrels, have been headed off that way recenily in different parts of the country. Uadcab'jro Argus. ffX Tfr lna r.A n ef t1 an f Ke tvAMAre At-k L I'd? uvt-i' r u i v i ais aiio 'aj,ia Governor Fenton, of New York, had refused to make a requi-if ion. upon Gov. Worth, of thif State, for the delivery of a fugitive from justice. This tho Albany Evening Journal denies. It s iys, that Gov. Fenton cnriclud"S that it does not lie within the province of his office to decide whether the States are fully reconstructed or not, but recognizing the existence of their State governments, has '-responded to two re quisitions from Gov. Wells of Louisiana, and one from Gov. Worth of N C. He has not re fused to make a requisition upon the Governor of North Carolina, because ' he has not been asked to do so." - Connection Complete The train passed j over the Railroad Bridge, at Weldon, we learo, ' on tho JL1 ihn 'A ink!, t'nr ih.A firt lim tinea the I. 1 - ... l.. V ..... .l I... c,,.!.. I I o rr. 1-.-- .1 - . : I t litis iwiupicica fciJU kuuui.biiuii yj j Ilakigb and Norfolk. Raleigh Standard. since, at buijy court, a white rascal nametl Robert Cox was convicted of stealing iron and brandy from a couple of traders named Burnet and Brown and sentenced to be whipped. In flagellation was promptly administered, and tb .1. . U n r.raAn.tA1 tn liim fit V I ueiiioiivu nac men ipicvinc . j another one, or. leave that section of tlae cou , f hwil We m9 he ,eft. J The ltaleigh papers report continued interc j in the revivals among the 31etnod.sH ana US ; tists of that city. j new paper is soon to be cotniueoeed j naie;h. tinder the title of "Tbe Sabbath Scho 'Banner There is no greater obstacle in the way success in lifo than trustibg for something turn up, instead of going to work end turpir? up eometuiDg. j A lawyer, ou being called to account for ha acted unprofeEsionallya in taking less thj tbe usual fees irom bis client, pleaded that I had taken alt the man had. He was Iherefq honorably acqnittcd.
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 10, 1866, edition 1
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