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WATCHMAN.
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8ALT8BUKY. N, C.t
A FEMALE RAID.
’Between 40 end SO soldier»' wive*, M.tw-
*d by a numomui train
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cnrkmt female ob-
aervem, made Ml attack on aeveralof our Un-
•\nm men U*t Wedncalay. whom they re¬
garded u speculators In i lie tksXurtHr* of
life. for the purpose,
л*
wo are Informed, of
demanding mi abatement In price?, nr forci¬
bly taking possession «if ihe g**bl* they re-
quirt'd. The first house mited «u Mr. M.
Brown'?. They demanded he
»1юпИ
acll ihom
floor ai $10.60 per barrel. fhi* he de*:lin«sl
to do, alkdgmg iliai hi* flour Iwd coat him
more than iww* that aum. They then »id
they were determined to have the Hour, and
would take it, unless Ihj would acll it to them
at the price Government wa* paying for it; ami
accordingly went to work with hatchets on
hie etoro room door. After wine tune apent
in vain effort* to open the «hnw, a parley woe
I tad, am! Mr. Jlrown agreed to give them,
free of'Cliarpc. ten barrels, if tliat would sat¬
isfy them. Tlu-y Mf.'pled the
«Лег,
the (four
waa rolled out and hauled olf.
They next visited Mr. John Ennis*, of the
firm of llcoderaon & Knee?, ftml made a smi*
lar demand on him. lie gave them three
! barrel* of Hour.
Tlwy next called on Mr. FVaukford. wlio,
it
«
reported, told tlietn he hml not been
specoUring i:i provisions. ami '.hat he now
had nothing in lib atoro but liinwrlf " ao la¬
dles if yon take any tiling here, you will have
to take i*e— yes. lake me. I’ll go with too
an v where you pUraw.*' ' They m-xt cal
км
on
Mr. II. Sprague Mr. S. received them in
hi* usual calm and courteous manner, and gave
them a barrel of mo/iiow.
Ttcy also called on Mr. David Weil, whom
lliey charge with having run up flour from
$40 10 $.10, and who wa» iiipjieed to liave
a large kit at the depot to be »hi{vcd South.
It turned out however, that lie iiad none
within «heir convenient reach, lie gave
them a sack of salt
They nex; called on Mr. Tima. Eoatnr, wlm
was advertising salt on consignment lie
told them llio salt belonged to a man in Wil¬
mington, and iliai he had no interest in it be¬
yond that Of an agent. Timt he felt it to l«e
bb duty to protect it, &c, and that rather
Uian they should take it. he would give them
$20 out of his own pocket .“Some one in the
crowd answered — ** we will lake that, and
the salt too." Mr. Foster replied, that he
would take die responsibility of also giving
them one sack ot salt. They accepted thsa
offer and left
They abu called at (tie door of a building
formerly occupied by Mr. Simmons; but we
diink tlivy found nothing titer*.
Awl finally tliey vi«itcd llte North Carolina
«lepoC. in Search of flour supposed lo be or.g to
Mr. Weil, and other (unties believed to be
•peculator? ui thu and oilier provision article».
They In i nd, mid bade forcible possession vf.
ten barrel* Ilnur belonging lo some one ux
Charlotte.
Thi-compleii-d liw «lay’s wotk. The next
morning wa« spent in •'•tiling the question of
division — a delicate, atul a* it p'uved, a difti*
cult queelion. There was some disputing,
flashing of eye*, and some angry word*. It
wa*. however, accvmplidicd, whether satis¬
factorily to all or no, we cannot say.
This movement wa* aimed a* a blow at
the practice"'* peculating in pros iriori*. Whe-
tlwr or not it f-II on proper euljects is not for
U* lo determine. Imbed tliat i* a question
which mine should prt-Miiojituonily
«1н»1г.
These procentingi were aim caused, in
part, by pinching want, it i* «aid die re arc
many foniilics in thi* town and vicinity who
lore nut tastnl meat fur wn-k*. and wine
tune*, months togetJwr. Of course tliey liave
| liad no hiitter, molasses, or sugar. Marty of
them have no garden* and cuiLwnfucntly no
! vegetable*
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their own raising; an*! the
scarcity and high price of potato», pea*,
1**09, Ac, rend-r it extremely difficult if at
all (MAsibfc, for them lo obtain th
article*.
| What, tlicn, liavo they to support life 1 Bread
and water! Bread is tin: only thing with
1 their limited means they could provi«!e for
themsetvej; at.d a; prwnt price*, it i? not
very easy for even the industrious prior
to provide this, ‘lliey certainly cannot af¬
ford o> buy flout at {o0 per Uriel. Fortu¬
nately. our soil is peculiarly adapted to coax,
whidi. as a elalf of life, is not excelled in the
I world. AnJ we believe tlieru is «sough of
I this invaluable grain in tin- country
ю
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from sufleriug. ‘flic only difficulty about it
is in distributing it among the people, apcc-
ulntor* rnu-t be prevented fruen -eliding it
out of I he teach of our needy people. Av-
ariciou* borders of grain and other proveions,
for high price, must open their eyes lo the
danger of their selfish and covetous [«racUcce.
it is impussiblo fur the |*/or lo endure Uic
hardships and privatiwB these two classes
liave imposed upon them. They cannot, they
will not ; ami it> the part of wmlotn to re¬
coguise tl»c truth and provide against the «bn •
wMob (hrmatm tba pwd w*r and we*
being
*И*е«м*у.
fob* mi
(Mr
ц ммПми
*r Ibey will
гам
tbM4vM
andnreey QM alaa. Tho» who has. aurplq»
рготЫопа
mm
пике хщ> Лек
minds to
faittbemmWwiOftBhortaUowftfto. forth, sake
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the eotiMWa* food, and
иВ
tUir aurphta
not to those Who <«n W the highest
prkwe, bat lo thow wlmee wants nr. most
pressing. The darkest days .of our atruggla
arc coming on. The tiiu.-a which Iry men’s
*-iU are at hand, ami cursed be he who is not
willing, not only to Hake his fx-jperly, but
lies lift* for the sale* of our cane*.
Tlw CieiMnlaaloner* appointed by the
ClMintT Court to ivln>ini»t«*r rvlinf to wd-
tiler»’ fontiHr*, ami who wrn> anthorisiNl to
ttl« tl« credit of tlw CounlV for this piiqaam
to I he amount of
|Ди,0«Н‘.
‘ will be hckl ae-
Sninlalde In Urge |«art fi>r this flrat demon -
ralloti of Uwlomiv*7 How liave tln-y
«liK-liaiged tWr titist? Have tlify any stores
of corn or otber^pnivision* to distribute out
to the drOtituf* lainila-* of sohlier* ? None
whatever. They thougld it best to givu ilwm
iltr money, ami let the hwub
о»
Ihmilir* por-
«‘liaw tlietr own aitpplies where it woull suit
thrill
•*•*«. Ля
hornet conviction, no doubt,
but I hr (dan haa ban subject to tin* gru*wst
abuse* lor months, ami lias (ailed m accom¬
plishing the etwl dMgtwit Many have ap¬
plied for and obtained money who were irnt
in nrol, whilst hrl|fnM and wflvring ones in
rcinnte |*arl* of tlie wtuniy have perhajo re- ;
rviiol iiiitliing. If llte tiroMnt Board of C«vn- .
niMoneis euntimis to Isold llurir ortk* they
■boulil imnwdiately lay a*i«b their pride of
«•pinion and judgment and viit Mcc«kkmbiirg, 1
Davie, Iredell, and other nefthtwrting coun¬
ties where «toiler appropriates have
Ытп
made for llw relief «if addierl faniilies. ainl
learn from the Cominiseiwicr* «f these coun¬
ties lmw they «lispense this pfolic fond ft-r
the relief of the needy. 1*4 horn go.
аП
hlusliinj* with shame for tin? Keh- vmwtv-l ih
our
«ПТГ«
nil Wednesday l*«i, A<| sit at the
feel of the tmire su*v»s*fiil ComALmioners of
llirse counne*. anil learn |ira*:tqal wielom
anil enUrgiil views on a si.bjecl tf sital im¬
portance to
Вы
iMunliy. Tliey
Цуи
trifled
with the confident*' reposed in ituki until (he
mob ficn«; nas di*plari*l htaliidcob form in
Our midst. IX* they suppose live» Vitl escape
the fury ol tlie deni ifo-ir mal-adu*il«t ration
bu* Indprtl
Ю
aroose? Men of
|*>?:А*п
areal-
rtMdy ituspscwuie»! of exHintenaiiiint. if they
did not seontly prvv«*kv, the ptvcvWiOgS of
last Wednesday. It i« natural, fo\ <me of
the liumvliate ami sure results tf such
out-brtsik* i» the descmclmn of votfdence
between man and man. and the eucti-ptiun
of dark sosptcjun* ami r»-‘tlne jealousi*. Let
oflicial* slrnw bv extra diligence in l>e di**
clmrev of tiwir dutM* aj Justices of Ihrtl'nrt
au«l x« ComniisriiHiers,' that these
кипрским
arc gnmiidlt^i as to them. Tliey Uve it
to iherr.Selve* ami to the public, ami mil not
escape tin? conseoiwnws of negl«4.-u
If tin- Uuiiv* wqo cotdp>sed tlie party ol
1*« Wednesday wifi uke «lie trouble to tlr.ak
a little, «hey will see that altlmngh tliat «lay*
work may no! prove hurtlul, yet «list tlie ex¬
periment of " iiiip!(*a>iK-nt " i*a very dan¬
gerous «me, awl BlUK. it' (vrsisted in, h-ad lo
the gravest oonseqiwiciT muqtinabk-. In the
first place, n '• unjurt to lbo
whuae pro-
jierty is taken. Oilers who have done ns
inm-h or more to brug them in trouble, arr
urifairiv (lermittnl : •
ел-аре.
For inuanw.
it wa« the duty of til* Onniit**loiierj for re-
beiiiig soldiers' famlk-S lo have pmcliefd
emniiHMi foresiglit aid [«irehared brovbi«Ui«
lor tlieir use. *o tlir.t riuue Would' w- left M
■ufler by heart Wsa
*(«-о|1а(огч
You | I
by iIwm CoDiiiii*si«o.T* on Wwlnnday and
tnadv y«*ur deuiainl >H thus* you «nuisid-
«т«1
»|»v*ilat*n . Tl* latter have been «lotng
what envy la*ly low* to do. to wit: mak¬
ing money. The fornrr liavr proved ineffi¬
cient a;id unworthy he trust committwl t«
their hand* for your beiu'fit. Was ymtr *le-
ci-ion ju»t? The Conmit-fonm arc sharp
business men in their own affair*, and stood'
a* good a diancv to i>A ul.ovl for V«u, a*
the specubiorc
I»
look ahead and make mo- j
Псу
for tbfinselveA
Again, many a sp'-ulator wlwin you di«l '
Ml vi«it. i* a* guilty its tlioae you did visit.
It i« not fair tliat one «houkl be made to an¬
swer and anmher h!' ««««I to escape. All!
■leruM lie treatss I
*1:1».
But how will yon |
do tl.i* 7 8u«ne hive made thouiftnib of dul-
Ur*, other* only hundre-k How will y«xi
graiJi- your demand* *oas to make tlnrm bear
■Ч|*|я1|у
on all * It ought an to bear, for it i*
inanifestly wrong to dva! partially with
|>и*т.
WImI a difficult task it Winild be to nroceod
ujioti this rule ! and yet it
и
tlivunly fair one.
In fa* t. your plan can’t be made to work
equally unless you coul-l rei|uirc uvery luan in
the comrnutnty t«j make a truthful exhibit of
hi* bunncM transactions sin« tlie war begun;
and witlioijt equality, there will be ju«t cause
of w-ui|Jainu tlicre w«P k» bittemew of feel¬
ing, and apKjdily wirelwll s>.<e wrangling, awl
deadly strife*
агтиЦ{*1
OurseUe*; for tfo»-
are tlie Iruit* of lawk* proceedings. Wo
sliali (1km desrroy each Other oul-right. and
fall an tasy prey to tli* unprim.<ip!Ml and cru¬
el enemy who i« seeking u« subjugate our
country.
Tim County r.f Kowan at tin- hi-ginning of
the war, appropriated $5*>.0lH> fur the relief
of soldier»’ families. The Legislature Inn a No
in Bile x IH>«!raJ appropriation of which Rowan
will rViX-'VIJ HitlK' sixteen Of JK'VeritCVII tlnn--
*od :nqre. This if properly managed, will
certainly save the bvnefleiant* from exttefne
siilfi'ring. But tlii* [uuvision, handvnui- m
it is. will nut admit of any considerable num¬
ber dcpemliug on it ah<cc. Wu must all work,
and work iiard. to mipporl ourselves by
рг«ь
ducing our own food and dotlung, as fur *-
possibl»*. This fund is ioteu«le«l as n
Л
'Ip, and
not as a mam dependence. Indecl it wouhl
be impossible for tlie Ooonty ot State to *«u..
port the p-sipfo in idleness. All must work,
ar.d ruuke out with w little a* povibfo. Our
SoW'cia in the field an- often rcdcnx-1 to Mf
and even quarUr rations. I> t us a! Iionm
cheerfully submit to tlie same bardshlp, and
perneven? as tln-y do, hoping in
П<н1
fora final
triumphant issue out of all Umi*! our (irwent
tore trial*. It will surely coore if. wc arc
faithful to ourselvM. But in God’» name let
us not fall to devouring eacli «Kber by tnoba,
wMkar*
bntT»-
•bar Ut u*
тимИг а-оЫ-е.
and m***\
••oh other ia*lw** llmaaof trotfohanddfo-
