Carolina Watchman

              carolina watchman weekly vol xx salisbury n c september 1 l862 number 15 1 .). bruner ■ editor am proprietor h fur the watchman h links i to tin memory ok i g en a 8 johnston i hold soldier i of the sunny south ■ sheathe thy 8 word ami stay thy spear i close now the cannon's deep-toned mouth ■ shout not o'er thy victory here h . nobly one — and nobly all i heat back til blood-red tide i if war h fearless alike t,f deadly ball — h uf broadsword or of cimetar h tho triumph crowns each manly brow h and fame attends thy proud career h yetsoldierl wave no banner now ; i shunt nut o'er thy victory here i for in that guarded tent there lies i tin great tin noble and th brave — i ] ie gave himself a sacrifice i il:s own bright sunny st nth to save i then gather all in silence there i sol liers tu conquesl proudly led i nor shame to lei your tears declare i a glorious tribute to the dead i breathe then a prayer around his bed i and lay him down from aii apart : i [| needs no record of the dead — i tis written mi a nation's heart ■ and there he'll live while freedom throws i her halo o'er his country's lame i and while a hero's deed bestows i renown upon liis country's name i lincolnton n c i for the wntclutian i prison lyrics i to in l.i.a i memory tones „/, .' why awaken i s /'. cartui — baltimore md i memory to nes eh why awaken i thoughts of bliss by envy taken i kiiuu'.-t thou not my heart forsaken i lives in despair i would'st ihou ruh of every token i would'bt then whisper vow 8 now broken i why remind of fondness spoken ' i spare oh ! spare .' i spare ine from the thought that linger i lake foreboding's dark harbinger i pointing to my shame with finger i raised in scorn i round me throw thy vail of madness i for ne'er again may 1 know gladness i wrapt in solitude and badness i a 1.1 al.one i slander firsl distilled her poison i o'er my boyhood's bright horizon ; i anil cruel l-'.nvy cast her e es on i scei.es so bright i then commenced my trials my anguish i hope's bright lowers began to languish i sorrow then did gladness vanquish : i now all is night i star of the south — ll s t carusi star of the south thou beautiful star twinkling with rays of love afar hi the braves of the south on glory's field ; bidding ihem ne'er to tyrants yield balding tin-in n e'er t.i tyrants yield beautiful star — beautiful ftar star star of my country beautiful star of the south land of the beautiful sons of the brave would ye from pollution save a nation's honor ! spartan hand • * ike hemes mid dealh ye must firmly stand mand lirm when ye meet the vandals rush v u-ld not tho hie from thy brave beans gush a nation redeemed will cherish the scars gained in defence of onr runs and stars a the mid-night of gloom — mid the carnage o tar beam in ihy splendor thoo beautiful s'ar '" tall like a soldier is the boon 1 crave and thou wilt beam o'er my lowly grave captured — the wilmington journal '• monday savs ; we learn lhat early yesterday morning the blockadcis captured t small schooner oaded with salt and endeavoring to make ■ r way into tl.e capo fear river the reu escaped ami have arrived here the 1 oner was from nassau wo have • rd a rumor that a schooner was taken but if so we can learn no particulars for tin watchman ami near orange 0 ii va / august is 1862 ( mr bruner seated on a blanket under an tiak shrub in an old field surrounded by infantry artillery and quartermasters bag gage wagons while immediately in front maj gun loogstreet's division is marching rapidly on to meet the enemy and as soon as his column has passed ours will take up the lino of march lor the same destination and if my letter should be disconnected ami badly written my apology is surrounding scenes in confusion we left richmond a lew days since and i came t hanover junction anil remained i there for aboul three days then again took up i the lint of march and were halted here as i above stated and will remain till this after i noon and perhaps all day i there is a large force now concentrated ij here and tiie intention is to strike a heavy i blow anti what will he the result remains to i in seen our army is now very much im i proved in character though much reduced in i numbers the officers have improved in drill i and discipline and tiie battles ol seven pines land the six days belore richmond have rid i the army oi the faint hearted as it is not i hard to get a resignation approved if theoffi i eer fails iu courage on the field i pope's late orders have aroused the soldiers i very much and you will see by jackson's late i battle the effect it had upon them where two i divisions defeated ihree fresh divisions of the i enemy and took a large number of prisoners i arms c the enemy retired leaving all i tbeii wounded in our hands the particulars i of tin battle have not yet been circulated in i the army and the it-as.ni is we have been on i the move all the time and have not had the i opportunity ol seeing the late papers i jackson is still hovering around the enemy i and when he least expects he will pounce i upnn inm and make him feel the penalty of i invading tin soil ol the south and this week i may vet behold the halo ol glory still hover i ing o'er our arms and growing more brilliant i adding strength to tin frame of the young i confederacy or it may witness its reverse i and lor a tune the lustre which now clusters i in brilliant wreaths around our arms may be i dimmed but never obliterated not so long as ■ there remains ten thousand soldiers in the i field will they yield to the insolent foe thai i now treads upon our sni and i think that i 1 can safely say there is nol a single soldier in i this army that would not welcome death if i he thought the south in the end would be i compelled to yield to yankee power it i seems rathei strange but still it is true that i numbers are leaving the army upon every i pretence that can be thought of some ol i wbich show the great depravity of human i nature there are officers and soldiers who i left their homes full of enthusiasm but the i slow and tedious labor over a twelvemonths i campaign has worn out tlieir stock of endur i ance and if they have been so unfortunate i as to receive any injury in former life it is i now magnified ten-fold i alter the battles of seven tines the sys i tem of granting furloughs lo wounded men i was so abused that as soon as the six days i batt before richmond were decided there i was an order issued thai no ofiicer or soldier i should leave tiie army under any considern i tion either siek or wounded they wen of i ten 7 the privilege of private houses and hos i pitals in and around richmond and alter go i ing to those places they might apply to the i medical board for leave of absence which i was so circuitous that it required considera i ble time to accomplish tbe undertaking and i the result was thai very few officers of any i grade and uo privates except those badly i wounded wen allowed to leave richmond i man is a curiosity and the army will de i velop all his qualities either good or bad and i it is amusing to witness the actions ol men i annoyed by the tedium of camp life and the h excitement ol an action i i might extend this article to double the i length 1 tins letter bul space forbids as this i sheet is about full and it is the lasl i have i i may dm volente resume the same subjecl i again iota i remember the soldiers we hope that i our i:oble-licurtetl north carolina women i are busily employed in knitting socks get i ting up blankets worsted drawers and i shuts ac for our soldiers for the winter hthev saved tbe life of manv abravesoldier i last winter by tbeir timely help let every i little girl every young and old lady in the i state think of the hardships of the soldiers i the coming winter and get to work heaiti i ly for tbem — raleigh standard rowan way-side hospital ■ the chairman of thi institution begi leave i to mates the following report thli hospital has now been in existence one i month and during that time it has had eighty i seven wounded and forly-seven sick soldiers nf i the confederals army — makinp a total of one i iiundred and thirty-four of this number only i two have died h thu chairiiiiin respectfully returns his thanks i ii the ladies lor the kindness and attention they i have bestowed upon the sink and wounded and i lakes this opportunity of saying tlmt he hopes they will not become wearv in well doing and i i that those who have heretoftire been prevented i i from ittlentlii.fr will also give their attention | i the following contributions have been re 1 i ceivetl during the present month : ii 13 sprague 100 fts rice 7.00 3 ihsh i sugar 1.60 ! bag 30 ; 1 half bushel b :. brooms 2 2 ; cash 5.00 16.80 h t.j allison cash 5.00 i i j j bruner cash 5,w i i charles hackett cash 1 00 | i h e morse cash 20100 i i linn i 17 caldwell cash 15.00 i i j p wiseman one bushel of meal 2(1.00 i i hev s rothrock one broom 1 00 | i aggregate f.4\!-'0 m i j c smyth ch'n i i salt salt i i our readers and the public will doubt 1 i less be interested in the following facts i i with which we have been furnished for i i publication : h i gov clark in behalf of this state has i i procured from the proprietors of ihe vir i igmiasalt works an interest in those i i works for the manufacture ot salt the i i proprietors agreeing to furnish as niiich i i brine as can be used so the quantity ofl i salt made will be only limited by the i i amount of labor and niachmery employed i i bv the state b i n w woodfin esq 1ms been appoint i i ed superintendent in behalf of the state i landisnowat saltville va with ample i i means and authority to etect all the tieces i isary machinery and hire labor and as his i i success depends on the amount of labor b i be can procure it is evidently the interest i lof counties and individuals to assist ini 1 sending up as manv laborers as possible i i for this necessary work men with axes i i to out wood will receive 20 per month i land teams for hauling trom 4 to 5 per i fldav employment will be given to all i ithe labor that will offer and it affords a i i line opportunity to eastern slaveholders i i for employment of their slaves in a secure i i the infamous butler i i the barbarous conduct of this individual i flat new orleans will 6x upon him a stigma i i which history will ever perpetuate his i b progeny after him if he have any will ■ b inherit the disgrace which attaches to his i bname anti his government which at least fl fl winks at his baseness deserves the infamy i b which will ever attach to its brutal official i b'riie following joint resolution in regard to i i him was introduced in the confederate fl i house of representatives last week ami i i was referred to the committee on military i i affairs let it be put upon the record : i i whereas benjamin f butler an ofii i leer commanding the forces of the uuitec i states now occupying a portion ofthe tt r iritory of tho confederate states baa by i repeated atrocities committed on citizens lof the confederate states of both sexes laud of all ages shown the most utter disre igardofthe amenities of civilized warfare land of the obligations of social and chris itian life and au utter contempt for that b protection which is awarded by all clnis itian conquerors to the defenceless iion bcouihataiits that may cither temporarily or b permanently be subject to their rule ; there fl i the congress ofthe confederate states mdo resolve that the said benjamin v fut llt-r is hereby declared jlostis human . h7....t..v nntl ns such to bo treated by all bcitizens aud sohliers of the confederate bstates of america whenever ami wherever ! btliey may tind the said benjamin f butler fl.\inl the exemption from punishment which bthis resolution extend to any citizen or bs.dilier ofihe confederate states is hereby ' bex tided to any citizen or subject of an \ bforcigu country whatever i from morgan's command i cii.\tt.\noot ativ 26 morgan has j s . i iictl a proclamation luted hartsville augusl lis in which he dit lares ins intention of put it me the law of retaliation in force sine the yankees will iu>t permit bis paroles to be re icoknizcd he says that he will in future imi itutc them iu their exactions aud retaliate lupon them and theirs the crin-ltnv and op ipn-ssiiiii xvith which his friends arc visited land that he will continue this'course uritlfthe lencmy consents to make war according to'ilie aw ol nations speculators and extortion ■ ers ■ thousands and tens of thousands i of hot brained before-day war men have i remained out of the war to coin money out i of the government and every one around i them and to claim exemption for their i sons or employees the government has i thus unwittingly given the speculators i a monopoly over itself and the public i which is operating injuriously to the com ninii weal for instance tanners claim i i exemption from the war because leather i i is so nmch needed by the government 1 i ihey demand the exemption in order that i i they may buy green hides at 0 and 8 i i cents ami dry hides ai 14 and ig cents i i per pound ami sell sole leater at 1,50 to i i 1,75 and upper at j to 2,25 owtn-rs i i of cotton factories demand exemption tor i i their employees because the government i i is a customer and then demand 60 to vo i i cents for spun cotton per pound and do i i to 10 cents per yard tor domestics the i i whole confederacy has thus become the h i mart for the specuhition and extortion of i i certain classes embarrassing the jjovei'd i ■ *"** o h i ment and impoverishing the people — i i what can be done to remedy it let i i congress and tbe legislature attend to it i 1 _________! i every tat tor merchant mechanic farmer i i and speculator engaged in the work of ex i i tortion upon the government or people i i should be forced to shoulder his musket i i forthwith and go into the war our suf i fering poor arc groaning under the load i i imposed on them by the war and the spec i i ulators — raleigh standard i i the federal troops while in swans i i boro carried on at a high rate i i breaking into houses robbing citi i i zens stealing meat stealing cattle i i and bragging tltat tbey would pay i i wilmington a visit in two weeks — i i ihat party of ben-thieves won't al i i though we by no means promise our i i selves a complete immunity from at i i tbey run off such ofthe few ne i ______! ______! ■ groes left as they could lay their i i bauds upon oi induce to go with i i t iiem the fact is that foster makes i i these raids to keep the northern i i people satisfied that he is doing i i something captain foster used 1 i to pass for a gentleman but no gen 1 i tletiiiin would order or sanction tbe i i aets which are done by his troops i i from newbern isince he has be i i come a general his morals have de i i teriorated fl ■ counterfeit treasury notes j i secretary memminger has decided i ■ in consequence of the numerous i i counterfeits to withdraw from cir i i culatioii all the confederate treasu 1 i ry notes of the denominations of fif i i ty and twenty dollars dated sep i i ember 2d 1861 i i any person holding notes of the j i above denomination and date may ii i deposit the same with the treasurer 1 m or any assistant treasurer ami re jl bet'ivt in exchange interest bearing i notes or call certificates which eer mtiticates will be taken up with other m notes as goon as they can be prepar i ed and until taken up interest there i mi will be paid at tbe rate of six per h jesse holmes the fool killer of the i milton chronicle says that the extortion flei-and speculators are fast subjugating i the south i since lhe battles around richruond it li-sa;d that the religious interest of our flarmv bas greatly improved lnsomeiegi i ne m profane language is seldom heard i where < jhaplains and colporteurs do their hdtity they see the fruit h cotton in nashville — we pee by th hitiaiket reports in tbe nashville dispatch i.f august 17 that cotton is quoted nt 88 i ts in gold 4'_i in federal notes and 60 hi-i uts per pound in southern currency i a vatikeb correspondent writing from hj'iiitrt-s monroe on the 10 inst bays h-lhe blockading squadron off charleston hat tin present tune consists of m venteen h\e.ssets and the greatest vigilance in re hgar.i to that port has been instituted i indictment of the richmond typo i iphieal society ibe grand jury of hkictitiioitd have indicted all the members h.,t tin richmond typographical society i vlc.se names they could obtain for tm hl.twl'ul ami pernicious combination ami hconspiracy to control tbe printing estab hlishim-iits employers and journeymen piin hters of that city for the watchman rowan mills x ('.. an 2 lsfi'j mil l.imsi.ii it should ever in the detef 111 mn t i m of godd citizens lo abstain irom im posing unnecessary burdens upon editors a class of tneii who voluntarily assume the la borious positions of public servants ; but there is no source lunn which men feel safer in making inquiries relative to any public inte rests ati'l to whom liny can more readily ap peal for tiie correction ol existing evils there is an evil to which your attention is desired ami one that may grow into huge propor tions working injury ami wcukiiess in tin vinds of onr infant confederacy tis tin*''.77 treatment of conscripts now mr editor lei us rehearse a low statements that are cur rent in this country circulated by men of ve racity ind integrity men here of truth and lion u trembling with the last strokes ofcon burrtlng disease whose honesty und openness of nature have forced them under the earnest remonstrances of physicians ami friends to present themselves belore the authorities at raleigh lin examination having returned with certificates of exempt ion do boldly assert numerous instances of barbarous treatment of conscripts by the officers and there is ileum developed an element ol hatred con tempt and indignation against the authors "'. such outrages that is as combustible ns tinder human nature is too dangerous o be an noyed on any extensive scale it will destroy itself to ruin an enemy for the facts it is declared lirst that the physicians have been known to curse in a brutal manner sick wearied and emaciated men whose ill health and unavoidable disability compelled them to apply for exemption they were subjected to the insults of indecent profanity even be fore their cases had been investigated and when they are known to be diseased and un lit lor duty again that tlieir persons were exposed and made the butt ol j/seripg and i remark that would have disgraced the brutal i soldiery of an uncivilized african chief some lof l hem were abused and insulted for tho i difficulty met in pronouncing their names land iheir parents before them there are i many brave and patriotic sons of german ex i traction lighting lor our country whose f'orc i lathers settled in our carolina generations i ago shall they be insulted and offended tbr i the want of cultivation and literary ability in i their officers ? the climacteric is only reached lin the last and most disgraceful revelations i from the practices abuse and mismanagement i at our camps of instruction some of tho i officers are said to have boasted of the large i sums of money swindled from the less favored | conscript by the schemes and chicanery that i position enabled them to palm ofl upon the i subjects ol their wholesale robbery whilst i we write the gentleman is in a half mile ot ins who makes the fdllowing statement lie ling exempted by the physician lor pulmonary i consumption weak sick he was standing for | hours endeavoring to reach the officer's tent i that bis discharge might be signed with the fl physician's previously given but tmsueeess b ful he expressed his regrets when an officer wjirojfered to get it rill dove in a fed minutes mf'or the sum of twenty dolhrs i o liberty and political honor such men flan a disgrace to our country 1 i lastly mr editor if these things are so i why can ihey not be remedied why are i nol men put in office who can appreciate the ■ spirit that goes to combat an invader west lof raleigh the conscripts compose a largo portion ofthe honest laboring class that were icompclled to remain at home to secure bread i f ir their families probably two-thirds work lin their own crops and if they had left earlier i starvation would have been more threatening iln the west you can visit large areas of icoiiiiiry and see corn crop scorched by idi-ought promising little and feeble women llillmg their husbands places an men ol i this spirit to be treated brutally the con s.-iipt.s are in nest intelligent and full of pa it li.itism and they should never be abused by itbe agents executing an act of doubtful eon bstitutionality our authorities should coi red bill evils but if they fail southern tyrants bshoiild meet the fate of yankee usurpers b this language may appear strong it is and b.h.nild bi tiie sentiment of every man who lha enough spirit to expose his life for his bhoiior and his country bryan n pay of ocr soldiers i the pitiful pay of our soldiers when rthey get it is a crying shame upon our brroveinment congress must do something bquicklv to relieve them speculation and bex tuition and the pinch ofthe war have brought tbem aud their families to the lilum of starvation only think ofit — 11 bpcr month and 50 commutation for cloth img for a vear for our brave soldiers when isli7.es sell at 10 to 12 pants at 15 to ifc'jo shirts at 4 to 5 coats at 15 to fc.so itve bacmi at to cts nn al 11 oi sugar at l00 cts ivc can it be possible that the l^o.e.rnmeut will put tbem off with that pitiful sum unless it breaks up the extor iti.n and speculation of the country . it iwill not tl < ur soldiers must be belter ipaid ur we cannot expect to prosper let ht h salaries of the higher officers ho reduced m brigades regiments and companies made m^i'iailcr i order that the rank and tile may li better paid moreover some of them mate not paid regularly we understand lil a aqme of our soldiers have not received m dollar of their wages since the 1st oi m'b'miiitry hist whose fault is it 1 — ral i stand a id