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V ft i t 4 V A ( i 1 u i Vol.. XL VI; . 1 1 ' " i "TT J'- ! ' ' ' ' '' 1 - " ' f-. ; LI . . . f . if! Ii:f:'Tl:rl''- 'ii Mil .. . i , t ., ;' a . II I . : I I I i , I I I I 4 t' i vi t -. ip i y ii r f i f' ! " i' 1 1 . ' - ' i ' i ! "I. i ; .1''," -. ! :, 1 From tha L'barfstU Dtmocrtt. .J Shennan'i Harch thiciglLS: Carolina. JBUBK1N0 vr COLUMBIA WINNSBOKOCH, &C. "We had cphvemlien en Ian Thut. lajr with Dr. Clovrr vt Orangtburg, S. C.4 who wacapturertj Shermah'n'tniopi between Orangeburg C II. and Columbia; and lfcld lis a ttistner i.utii the Yankee arm jaied LancattrrC. 11. Or. Glover ; was with the enemy in their march through Columbia and Vinnboraxh,' atu (;vea a0 iaterestin; acrutot f their conduct in those places and on the line of inarch. 1 1 There was no regalar battle at Coluiri. bia; vnl slight skirmishing' on the part f our cavalry. ; The enemy commenced warcing into the city on Friday the 17th. ami ery auon tfterwarda the city was in Hatnes. The et'Oflagratien esteotlrd from the t'apitol on both aides of Mail street to Cotton Town," eo'niuming abosteijhit squares rtuildier,. The old Capitol, th Catholie Convent, the Court Hoase and Jail and the Printing OSctt, were burnt, along with hundreds tf othfr buildinju. The new Capitol, oor informant think; was partially destrnyrd, thnuh others mt it was not injured be cave it wotd require a lare amount of pnwder to blow U op. Tli S.C College buildings and Lunatic Aylum f caped. It is said that the firing a done before Urn. Shermn himself reached the city, and that he afterword ctpretted regret at it; but uf rour-ie all that will pa for hypocrisy,' After Sher man reached the city he posted guard with orders to shout any sldier caught jetting fire t a house, and oor informant aya tine Yankee sldiers were hor. ChilifsV Factory near the city i burnt. General Sherman occupied Gen. Hampton's house as his hradquarler. Whan the enemy went into Colombia a number. f while And Unn flajjs were found flving, but the Yankee soldiers did Hot Mem tu respect them much, and told tffose who oht protection in thai way that they were found in, d d bad com pany." But when the enemy left the city a number of citizen (uppnsed to be north ttners ami foirincr,) went oil with them, the enemy fu'rnihtii ti an. porta t ion lor wonti ti and bazgagc. . At Winiiiborough, about twenty build. itia in t'' buinr j rtion of the town were burnt, and bit rendencrs and stores were robbed ol pi oiiui!, clolhing, spoons. knives atut lorks, occ. We leatn that the citizen of Columbia and Vinr.hrrough ore now suflVriiijr, very u a cH fur food c vei thine of the kind havine been taken from them. Thouaods ol the cittrii of Columbia ate houaeles. The Chailotte and $. C. Railroad was destroyed from Columbia to HUcatock,(a tiation between. Chester and Winnbo- rt ugh.) a distance of about fifty miles. The . . i . . o.s a . . crots'iies were uurni auu the raits tii- ed. . - , ; ,- Our informant, savs that tt far as he could ee or learn no personal injury wa inrliced t persons found in their hme instance vt tiolenee may hate occurred, but, ne -w ttuliung ol the kit.d. Lvery man Mey met m the road Vas captured ami held a a prisoner, unlets he'couM pro duct evitlriice that he wa not liable t military rrice. In regard to the detrction of j-ropei tv through the coontry along the ercniy lute v( march, we are told that all cotton, jfin-houir and mUli were burnt, also dwelling unoccupied. Where the owner of a hute had left and put some one in pwfteioii id take care of it the enemy would remote the occupant and burn it. Horses, mutes and provisions of all kind were" eiy.ed wherever fuand. Hut few ne gros were forced ofj some went voluntari ly. It is said the Yankees generally trea ted the negmes very badly, compelling thaw to carry heavy hardens on the inarch, acd'wheu they broke dowm beat or ahoot them.' A gentleman who remained in Wionsborough while the enemy was there, aya that they treated the aegroes a great deal worse than the white people. Tht army, h marching through the eouotrjtdid aoi keep the roadi cateis thiy ran straight in the direction the enemy was through the: woods. t Companies of foragers were sent out in all dirrrtiona r procure supplies. , The! armr consisfed of (una iL S ... . . - wrpp me lain, inn, 20ih arid 24th, beaHles Kilpatrick'smrryfj The rations of the oldieri.appearetijo.be short, and inose, wno were held a, prisoner sufTered for foodour informant going Wr or six days without anythingto eat, , ' . VM" miormani, ur. uiover. was new as a prisoner until the Yankee army reached Lyirch'a Creek ' (between ";Camifen and Clkcraw.Vio or near Chesterfiptd nisfr.Vf when he was released by Gen. Blair, 5omt wtiiutr i tne i?tn corps, rrom the di? rection 'the 'army was theri marching he thinks they we're makiog for Georgetown, Ttietalk among the soldiers' was that they were goiag to Georgetown, but there waa "miij iuoui lonr uesitnauon. 'Hie Yankee; cavalry remained a few days in Lancaster District, foraging and plundering, and were met . two or three time by our cavalry and scattered. On Sunday morning,' the 26th, Gen J Wheeler met a small body of the enemy'a cavalry three miles this side of Lancaatrr (J. II and whipped them, killing Ere and captur- t., c. 'PL,. V-.L- ... i 5 oc.cii. nc iaoRcc iniamry passeu sbout sis miles below Lancaster C. H. none came nearer than tht to the village. , Visit or Yaskri Cavalry tuMonroi, N. C On Wednesday last, about 3 o'clock, a squad of thirty-five Yankee ckvalry dash ed into the village of Monroe, Union coun .ty, remained about an houraud left, carry-in-; oft all the hores and mules they could gather 'on.' A train of wagons, tea in number, belonging to a party of refugeea from Cheater District, had iust reached the village and were standing in the street ..... wnen ttte' lanfceea appeared. Ol courser ioc jrain waa seixea. anu horses, .mules. and wguns with their contents, and nine teen necro men oere carried off. Thir w teen ol them ecaprU from the enemy and returned to Monroe the same aieht. The tost i a heavv one to the onfortoaate re fugee. for wt aoppose the wagons contain ed all the valuables they possessed. The woioeii ii nd children that accomnanied the wagons were leftstandiugia the strecta of k tVioinor, , No building were burnt in the village ot even the Court House and jail were in juredbut the enemy seized whatever the y wanted and cained it off. Two couriers (sent out from this place.) stationed at .. . .1 rt .ti on roe, were capiurea unanev nrem ft W a i a " ana .Marahail Jones. Ing1 In 'its streets, Good tlVr prevails. nusi-HlB 19 must SilUtKtllg llie ........ , tie invst laglalK SIIU onen violation! jor. th! r.KpUt'nn la. i marriage abound: Nor imtfislsSw.il confined to the fact ol nluralitv of wives. Own ters are often found in the same family, as tllA SSfSttata) aIS a I -I. .1 m vi iiS uiasier, nu,iue mpinerp ot hit fhildren.. . In at leastione instance, a Mormon ctaima as his lawful wives, a mo ther and her two daughters! No wonder that the ChristianV Bible, and the Chris tian t hurch are so carefully excluded. Yel this is in atTerritofy of tkVUnifed Statea a country which recognizes Christian!. ty, at least so far as to pasa laws rorl the nrvnt!in ill .it. ml...:..'.rnL.i.i!.. morality, Polvjamv is. disallowed 'and forbidden br our national leriilatur. Y pofygamy, npen, unblushing and defiant, cm is in uuu. nor uoes it seem possible, as yet, to prerent it, except by the strong hand of military power, invoked to the aid of the civil. The only peaceful remedy is gs luviiiic vi siuicricRu population affording material for juries and officers whu will sustain tha authority of law. I say American population J for , it is very ouservaoie, mat the great mass of the Mor mon society is from abroad. The leaders, who amsss immense fortonesout of this stu pendous imposture, are, I believe, almost all native born. The dunea aro foreigners ; and, fur the most part, as ignorant as thev are degraded. I cannot believe that this great Territory, containing sixty thousand Souls, is to be left in this condition, ami T confidently look forward to the time when it will be possible not only, but easy, to introduce a curer faith, and. with ir mgner standard ot domestic and socis life. V , . THE MORMON. The following eitroct is taken from RUhon Talbot's report, the Missionary ft. . Bfa .' Am a Kinop ni tn rrotenant episcopal cnurch in the North--eit: At Fait Lake, I had no opportunity for reiigiou serttces ot any kind, bo com nlrtrlv the f nuntrr under Mtrmiu rale. that l was entirely excluded from thai privilege, except upon terms, which, as a Bishop ol the Church, I could not accept. For the nine teason, it will be impossible to establish admission in that Territory, tthati-ver nneniri? mav nresent itself, until there is some change in the administration III It K 111 II III I VIII, .'1 .Mr- .HIIK'lllf V l.lil . i . . !. . .1 t .t- national gnvrrnmroi eaeneu lor ine nrntetinn if the iniMiiinaries. No Mor- man would be. allourd to rent his house for . 1 r i. ; .1 - the pur lionet or uiirismn wornip, ng me laws against street or neiu nreacnmg, en ariil urn! eteentpil bv ihe Morman lead- w " - - J V ers, work the rd'eciuil exclusion of that i :.i..k.it,.:.t.:..r pure religion which ii'minima mcir iimjai- t Thf State of societr in Salt Lake picsnts the most remarkable contrast any .k.r iii In. fnn rl. OutKanlle.it is the fflll.iv w . J w a m m . w . mm most moral, orderir and quiet city I nave ever seen. Containing a population of at least fifteen thousand souls, it is absolutely free from those mticemenis to immorality ukiA ahnund in all other nlaces of its kite. .So far as I could ascertain, there is not a singte drinking saloon, or gambling estab lishment, or house of ill-fame within its limits. There n nd drunkenness or net- CHRISTIAN OLD ACE. I was thinking, lately, of Psalm xcii, 14 - i ner snail oring lorth rruit in old age. And I thought I found a cluster of sue fruits in Rom. v. 3 5. Old age, thonght I, Is a time in which tribulation commonly beat down the spirit j and if ansanctirled, they work ptnithnm ; but if sanctified, patitnet. 1 have known many a good eld Christian, whose hear was softened and mellowed by them. His irmne.il beeame tempered withgentlet.es ami his zeal with tenderness and prudence When a voath..it mar be h- full fire, and would hardly be pursuaded to put " f bi, iiijkij i uui now ne win give up everv thing but truth and a good conscience for the sake of oesce. ' Old age, thought I, farther, is a time to wnicn experience becomes mature. ; Ob servation and reflection are Row rinened into decision. This, if unsa'nctified. work oosiinacy; out, ir sanctified, the 'meek- ncss oi wisaom." jhe aged Christian has had large experience or his own ignorance, weakness and denravitv! ami thia htm humble and forbearing. !. ,wiu age is a umo in wnicn heaven orawi near, and none coea forth to meet if. o hi age, if onianctified, oommonlr increases ia ..... . O. - r. ivinwuMiria. oninze as ii mar seem when men are about to leave th wnrdl tber Hinz the fastest to it. .The "Iot of ine uen na neany spent us force; the pride of life " baa lost its charms ; de pravity, therefore, has only one channel left" Ihe lust of the eve:' and thia mm monlr flows fleecer and stronger. Rof sanctified by the gract of God, we shall iook ingner, anu seek alter a better por tion.' How charmini ia it to see th mind soar, while the bndv bows, and fa hear the venerable saiat ottering, with broken but r . .a O at a . aiiectni accents, tne svoma or tno annti I am now ready to be offered, and the time ol my departure is at hand. I have fouht the rood frht. In ave finiihcd-.mv course,! have kept the faith," &c tor of the dvinr rjatriarcn l have vrai ted toe thr lalvatinn, O Lord." Such hope mak eth not ashamed ;" for, having received the earnest. In the sheddinx abroad of GodV love in the heart; we shall receive the in heritance! and ao shall nat bo aaharnrf rmi. 'confounded before Him tt nis ceraing. .. . euaer. Promiscuous Foragers Non-plussud by a " ;. woman. . . , ; . ': A Mississippi correspondent of the Mo bile Register narrates the annexed incident of war'i; ' -'V, . 't,v One of th regiments of' cavalry in this section has the reputation of being a hard 1 regiment; They.have always depredated without mercy or feeling on every one who happened in their path. One evening of last fall they stopped on the plantation of Srs. S., an old lady, living in Cherokee county. She has always been. one of the truest patriots and kindest-hearted women to our sick and wounded soldiers, making her . house a, welcome home . to ; them, but she is easily aroused and'vengeful on those who steel from her or impose on her good nature. On the evening mentioned, while she was preparing supper Tor a' number of our worn-out and straggling tarefoots and sick, her nezro rame into the house and told her that the lot was full of cavalry, who were taking all of her Corn and fod der. 'She hurried out and witnessed in a mouient the extent of the oillaffe. The fellows were cursing about, Tiding furious ly nere and there, and despoiling her ot the last particle of forage. : Instantly she took .0 D a larse stick of fat nine and Ihrht. ed it, then dashed into their midst, and be gan poking it into the' fodder the men had . a '" . a . fastened on liieir horses. In a few mo ments the sinzed and maddened animals and scorched riders were miugling'in wild contusion, knocking each other over, jump ing and" rearing, and setting fire to the others, while their riders were cursins-and yelling and shouting and burning in all quarters, a panic struck them, and as, they rushed furiously down the road, the bjaling fodder and dropping fire flyigg be hind) them and beside Ihem. nresented a fearful, yel most ludicrous cene. f : ' " ' In a few momenta the old ladr returned to the house an.d proceeded with her duties with nn air of satisfaction that words could notexnteis. Neit mornin? Gen. F. visit ed her, and told her she had done so hand some a deed the night before tint he owed her his many thanks; that she had attack- .1! i.ii.ii cu, insjieraeu anu royieu inree nunareu oi .1.. k:. ... i. ; i if. ioc uiggrsi rascais in in comiuanu. lie told her that numbers of the horses had their hair completely singed off, and that a great many of the men were badly burn ed some had only half a whisker; others were completely scorched, the hair on their heads and faces completely gone ; others witn their clothes half-burned, and one fel low had the le?s and seat ot his breeches entirely burned off, and the man himself was unable to sit. - He thanked her, hon- in:: the lesson would be a trood one. She answered that she honed it would : that a t - w - soldier was always welcome to the hospi talities of her home, and could have all she bad if they aiked for it; but for thieves she had nothing, and did not regret that she had taught Jhem the lesson. HOW TO BE UNHAPPY. In the first place, it voa want to be mis erable, be selfish. Think all the time of yourself and of your own things. Do not care aoout anybody else. Have no feeling -for any one but yourself. Never think of enjoying the satisfaction of seeing others L . !... .,L- ! "PP u 11 oer, it you ice amiung face, be jealous, lest another should enjoy what vou have not. finvr every one who is better off, in any respect, than yourself; think unkindly towards them, and speak ill of them. Be constantly afraid lest some one should encroach upon your rights; be watchful against if, and it any one coraif near vour things, snan at him like a mad dog, ,Conlend earnestly for every thing that is your owa, though it may rot be worth a dime t for your" rights 'r,are iust as much concerned as if it ware a pound of gold. Never yield a point , Ho very sen sitive, and take evrrythins that is said tu von ia blAtfnlnaa. in tha' mair - aatinua wanner. Be jealous of your frienCi, les t they should not think enough of rno. And if at an? time the? should seem fo neglect yoi, put the wont construction upon their conduct yea can. 'I i ' -it v i t.i
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March 29, 1865, edition 1
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