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ive oil what a -sval'? w< ir>?ke o;..? .."
'?Y. \oii hi.vt- kindled ?i..?i torches a.- xii'l
all lb? !>:.*..?' in ail your vein;- to ext!ii
?nish You exult now. but. could you foresee*.
When fou mareil hence, yon will go to retr'hu
tion." I
Another, who had thus forced himself as an j
escort upon a party, on tbr morning of Satur?
day, said, pointing to thc thousand stacks of
chimneys. "You are a curious people here in
house-building^ You tun up your chimneys
.afore you build the house."
One who had been similarly impudent, said '
to a uiotKer, who was1 bearing a child in her
arms, "Let me carry the baby, madam." 'T)<>
not touch bim for your life," was tho reply. "I i
would sooner hurl him into the flame* and
{dunne in after him than that he should po!
uted av your touch." Nor shall a child of mit.?*
aver have even til? show of obligation io .1
Yankee!" "Well, that's point: it strong, by
-: but I like your pluck. Wc rik?, it, ri-;
and you'ji iee us corning back after th? war
every innji of us-to ??et. a Carolina We
hat* your men like h-, bm; wr ?ovt?-your v .>?
men!'' "We much prefer your hui., c.vn
though it comes iii fi rel Will you leaw ns;
.ii!"
Il wnp not always, however, that our wonnjn
were able to preserve their cooliie.is and li ria
?indkr the as.-aults of the bruter, who cu
ered then* We have quire an amusing
of a luckie?* wife, who was conhouted
stalwart ruffian, with a horrid oath and a
cocked revolter ai her head, '"Your w:<tc!i! vour
money! you d-d rebel b-hj" The horrid
oaths, the sudden denijfrtd, fierce look and rapid
action, so terrified her '.i nt she cried out. "Oh!
my Ci-! i h a vc no watch. 1:0 monej", except i
what's tied lound my v/ai^tl" We need not say!
bow deftly lae rxTbber applied his Viowie knife j
to loose the ??lays ol' tfie lady. She was then*
taught, for the first time in her life, that the
stays were wrongly placed- They tdiould have
been upon ber tongue
lu all their conversation, the officers exhibited
the ustunl swelling, i aflat ?d. bombastic manner,
Sud their exaggerations of their strength and
performances were amush.krly great and fre?
quent. On their first arrival, they claimed
generally to h?ve 60,0u0 men; in a few hours
after, the number was swollen to 75,<>0o; by
night, it ht? ? readied JO0,Ct,'O; and on ;>attKrlay,
the day after, they chimed to have 12a,0u?.
Wt have a'.taatiy est'mated tho real number at
40,000-total cavalry, infantry and artillery.
[CONTINUKD 1? CUP. NEXT.]
COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning, April 4, 1865.
Tba Repentants.
It is well known that Minc two hundred ner
Sons-men. Koats and children-mostlv o
Yaokae erigir? and afficitio*. wont off wi'1.
Sherman's arm\ wliau be left lilis city. Some
w i'l-.eitr part:?* 'sere naturally knaves, some
j simply tool? and some-poor creatures-were
i seared out. of their wits, and moved to Hy by
j falso reports nnd representation*1 earnestly
I thrust into their cars by the Yankees them
: pelves. In one instance, one lady was told that
1 her husband-an officer in the Confederate ser
? vioe and absent from home-had beeu made a
I prisoner, and was actually.in a Northern pri
i son. It was quite ^natural.'after hearin'g thist
: that she shonfd eagerly sark an offered oppar
? tun It y to make h'-r way io him. >'or the ^reat er
I number, there is no excuse. Wo now learn,
? and thc inform?t inti come* from VTOII. Hampton
j himseit. that tho poer devils v. .->r< very soon
?made aslaim^d and thoroughly repentant ol
; their erroY, aau through Sherman, nuder a flag,
i mad.- an applioation ti. ??on. if. t<j surf, r theil
; return tr? Columbia. Sh^rioap reported tin
! whole patty aa thoroughly tired, jf not repent
ant. Bat Hampton was" inflexible in his" re
i fusai to grant the desired permission, and w.
j may fancy them still grudging rm in their WAI
; to their premised land. .".Tay they enjoy th
I privilege.vouchsafed to th? Israelites, and con
I sume forty years in th^ir pleasant pilgrim?!;?.
' If Ihr report bo true Unit Hampton, in a sin;
?jo'i'drtsh, deprived thom <-f all their vehicles
they will need a formidable supply fd' sho<-?. fi.
I their continued progres-s.
j -TrO
Nagro Fugitives.
j lt is reported *h:<t some lin-eo hundrod n
! 2roes, chiefly women and children, wir? abai
j doned by Sherman's army at ?he passage of tl
' Catawba and other rivers, and that, in tl
< ffort to follow the enemy on a rait, the" poi
wretches drifted down stream, and were mast,
drowned, lt is said that Sherman adopts til
i policy whenever his consumers Ap J su pern
I meraties afp tr>o numerous for his provisu
Warona. He will le? them c^fcupv one of I
boats, then cut it D'' ft, leaving the miserai
i wretches, whon h aaa seduetd or tom fro
I their holies, to find tb "ir way as they can
j and to the bottom, wli lier they will or r
! The tender mercies of th . wicked are especial
j penal dooms to the weak and silly.
: Waterloo or Austerlitz-Gan. Lee's Plai
i The New York Mercury, of February 2?, 1
: au editorial artic]? which possesses partien
interest at this time. We copy it entire:
i Wilmington 's ou?-* Charleaton \* ours J
j iumbia is ours. Withouts i 1.thoo"
sr.sw~rj.ng .;?cv.'. ',,-;;c sfV , ; ? . .
?bul mtely th? chief jrtroog' of
hare yietded to what ihe -.? ...>. :.' ? .
would have us betieve wi. r.i . >,
eessity. For nearly four y'*-*1 1 >?.
pregnable, they have dff : i
siege to scorn, and -Withe . L
want o;' ?lipidies, ana miffe-. :
endured by a weaker pow r - i- rv v- .
stronger.
And nov." why is it, th:
extremity, they have so tai ? iv y ie d ii
foe they have defied and ) ? '? st bay H
Why this sudden depart-.. om the ciria
which, in the earlier day.1 . the wai ti .
stoutly swore should nev " ...Ifc.tecrr.'.r-ii .
the presence of?the "acfcu- --; Yankee ' ?..
he eiiose to walk through ir.*
smouldering ruins'aad des 'y- ? 1 l;i
are thevandals-of the Nc - uly
rious? Wh - .allowed wjt r ic t
uuil the clash of regimen ?. !.. nds, :
without opposition mt? !. ? . ia.'-"si ?
cause weakened? Is it a v.- jouit on tba: ;
j sis tan cc "would be annihila' ' '-. the <? <r
quering legions of the Not .. I.J lu
j cheek, and the vast, and '. . y?; '.,.< pe. i
I developed, combinations '' < ??? bien . . -ur
j General are irresistible?
', We da not consider it
j speak it hs disloyal, when < - Roi :
: E. Lee. the commander of ' .. ', ,'. iv -
, in, all that constitutes a avntt ri i
i "oes to make a general al i- . d'tre ?MU! l rt
(down even fate itself-the
the country. While wei M V ni . t!
genius and the greatness c ci .. .'?
il is not only unfair, but u . .; : : > w< -.. >?
i refuse to acknowledge th t..
Klim? heroism of that gre} lie .i -.
descendant of a liue of i : .
i tiing against the combined . , !.. ... ... .
au entire world, ?till stand - !..?. . .? ?
?lid holds at bay the most vriu
j existence, and has, in def. .:
? held him to his ground, . .
when hope itself Seemed I
yieUi th? meed of praise .?? - . ?
i'tiey were once oar bro i 1
hand with 'is. WhaieVei tb: ir ??.??ri iii
crimes, they are nona the
Charleston, Wilmington
I ours, eui Bono? Beyond .. ... ...
taining full control oAhe i >
by relieving our bloekadi
ous, tiresome service, and uandi
cities deserted, there does . . ?
material advance toward *-. ? .
war.
Those who have stud* ci < .
and observed his plan of .
his system is that of coin : . '. ?
? his troops, and attack the . :
detail, one after the o' ie
Wary, otraeqweeet, yet p ?> .. ?.
.ives tbs dash and f?ekh
