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Thursday Morning, April 6,1865.
Charles ton Paper:,.
Th? Courier, under the Yankee rc? ime, reach?
es ns at intervals. It is monstrous dull and
somewhat dirty. Clearly, the editors possess
nothing of tko divino faculty. Tn the paper of
the SSd March, there is a jv ? ort of a 'Freed?
man's Jubilee-,*' in which CuiTe? ascends to, the
heavens o', .-onceit and ecjuequecce, rides in
bis ear of state, surrounded by flaps and em?
blems and,sweating still ?Sc his way to glory, j
?is allowed to* play monkey tricks for a season,
prior to Iiis being used up in the front rank,]
stndsr thc punch in the rear of Yankee bay?
onets. He is on the way through wreaths and j
roe?%*to the last ditch, wlier1* Negropliilus willi
plant him with ?due heed that he gives no
more trouble, lt affords a sufficient notion pl!
th? sort of beginning, in the education of tue j
negro childreu, that the mo*to af the flag borne,
?aver the little band of woodies, ran thus:
*'We know no masters ont ourselves." With
auch a tuition, such a moral to begin with
bad enough, in all conscience, to bc taught to
the white race-what fruit will it bring forth
ia the negro! God help the servants of sucl^
m race, thus tutored. .
9
SuTs?*jV.(^;--jt.SAL.-We regret to^ learn that
Dr. R. Wi^?li?bbes has, sonio week? sisee, re?
signed frota th? office of Surgeon-General of the
State, whiyhhe has so long filled with credit
to himself and benefit to the ceurltgy. Gov.
Magrath has appointed to succeed .him Di. B.
W. Lawton, a.?isi?Bfftiished surgeon of Burn
well District, and at present a btaator in the
Legulittre of? the State. T,
"VXATH or HON. A. P. CALHOUN.- r iii* gea'de?
nian died at Fort Hill, on Mic 23d ult., after a
brief illness of only two hours. For several
years, he was Presidenb-bf our Stat? Agricultu?
ral Society, and, in 1860, received the appoint?
ment of State Commissioner to Alabama
John Daniel, the old and well known
editor of the Riehmond Examiner, died on the
20th ult, after a protracted illness.
The Federal House- of Representatives, cn
the 22d ult, pasted the bill for-the forfeiture of
the property of rebel ked owners, by a majority
of li to Ti votes- . ?lose contest.
Oar Refugeeisin. . .
Ia order properly to define our pos ' ?on, I
mast be pardoned for being a little personal,
j but shall, iu every cace where names are neces
! sary to the integrity of my narrative, deal in
initials or blanks.
i My husband is a clergyman. By ap?
pointment af ' the presiding officer of his
chm eh, ^Columbia, tjoutn Carolina, has been
for two yea-s past his 1leld nf labor. His
'pastoral charge was the large .colored congre?
gation of the Washington Street Methodist
Church, and he w.-is the Sup rinteudent of th?
"Bureau of the Central Association for the Re?
lief of the South Carolina Soldiers." In view
of th? invasion of the State by tba Yankee
enemy ?iud the possibility ol their reaching
: Columbia, thc Association curinsciled the ?u
. perintendent lo renta bureau in the village ol
Chester, and there, in ess? of Sherman's ntl
v.-ince, ty feinove the e?nt.?uts of the bureau in
Columbia. As this advance, by the bootnini
of the caunon, was reduced- to a certainly, lu
engaged a car to ta ko the things of the Lureau
and those ot his family, to Chester. Previous
ly, he bad' sent part of his fanni}' to Lincoln
ton, N. C. So tha% when we had, as we sup
posed, secured a car for our goods, nothin;
j then remained to prevent our leaving Colum
j bia; for our" house, ye knew, would be a
j faithfully protvoted by those we left- in it as i
j we.were to remain in it ourselves. So, o
j Wednesday afternoon, after solemn prayer, i
j whioh tire minister solemnly committed th
i house, and all that^were to remain iu it, to^th
(.superintending care of God, with the] cauno
I boon ing louder and louder every moment, w
j lefcour home. *
Ilshould, ere I proceed farther, stafc that th
minister's pastoral charge he committed to
? brother munster, whom duty-pararaosnt dut
j io ?he State-called not away, as with liimse
j n..sXhe, case.
; About 10 o'clock p.fjfn., ne arrived at Ki
. lian's Mill. An we cuteivd the house, we foui
Ithe family in active preparation for flight,
obtained a loll on a sofa for a short while b
? for* it was taken-out to be snit off; and bi
? oui is>and coffee handed iii to ..us proved th
the flurried and distressed mistress could st
attend to the sacred rites of hospitality. Ah
they were the last ever to be exercised in th
kind home. About 4 o'clock a. m. found
started ioi oar journey. The Killians' in tl
cars, wo in our carriage, drawn, to my excee
ingly reat annoyance, by slow, obstine
mules, whose snail-pace was anything but cot
fortable; when th? mnsor recoiled cs that st
there where we were, between Ridgeway a
Killian's Mill, the enemy meant: io fl<tnk o
army and break the railroad. If "a hors? ii
I vain thing for safety," ahl thought ?, what ii
I mulei "If they eora? upon ns," ?aid I te i
traveling compution, "ilo y?u '??<..
woods, you know the count?f sn ! > li 'ap ,
rill they will do to me, will bjpto tal.e horst
and leave me to foot it 'et my leisu: Hui i
arrived at Ridgeway without mol. . '
then felt, for the tima, being, safe. Tb
ing, Thursday, stopped for the m .
friendjCol. W's. The colonel absem in
his wife and Tour refugee friends, t?
the Misses Z-, who had the day
our house in Columbia. We fOUr.
not at all excited about the adv.. . .
enewy. although the reports of th? . v
lumbia were "distinctly heard there,
from Winnsboro. Mrs. W. said h si ....-> ?
told her, ?*'he wonlatbe ashamed of
felt afraid of a Yanace." I-confe- - '.>
excite her fsnrs, at least, to prepar.i'.. .. du
saviugtof her provisions-but, in the
sh mid come home but the Coloi
Kuowiug the eu?iuy wuld .pass b ?
had obtained a furlough for the pu .
I walebing over his homestead.
We macfe Hie next morning an ear'y - >
Enpaxsaui, Wiausboro* foundthe viii .. ? . ' .
i ag rather- blue, in anticipation of a
an un welcome .guest. Towards nig'.',
arrived at Blaokatocks, one of*our n . v
gave out We were fortunate en. i. . i .
row on ?si ts pince Stopped sQEr Y
for a night's lodging. Werevid s hu .
come, with the affirmation that tho; nev
turned any one away. After supp. :
j to the vindow by an unusual look ng tig!
j far in the distance, in the di'reetic
i loved home we had left Some th . -r
woods; others, the cotton at Ridgt > iv; <
gentleman of the house 6aid trad 1
tliere was a very big tjre. That ;.>.'.
seemed, for ma, no possess a ft- . ?
eeuld not turn away from it' A;
"that maybe my own house 'Buri i
It was my oWn, my beautiful C ~{
was my blessed church and its P '
Sunday school room, that were ca ;
red glare they sf nt up, tue very si y
for toe cruelty ot men made in th.i
God. I can never foiget that lur: '. - ? -C;;
that seemed io burn into my bra*..
blind rat! Thero wa? a good d;.. * -.
ment here, in view 01 Sherman's apps "w?k
widow ?oman showed me her bli?t*r<
"You h ive to ?pork very hard, I said, cotn
miseraticgly, ''Ne, nb!" sbe^eai 1 ' it was fro;
burying my meat." At newer, ol . - ;
where we staid,?sinoe we had left ons on
would they charge us a cent. T i.Mnuter,
return, gave them his'prayers. U h '"*?
hospitable homes were saved..SI- - m ?-? ? i
when arriving nt Blackstocks, ic si? . .- ?. '>'?
Air. Y.'s, turned in another" dirscy '
Th* next day, Saturday, saw ct Qhestar.
We drove np to the cottage ranted for o>?,
alighted, thea sent to the depot fo: ??? ? things
Alasl nothing wes there for us, cl the best fro rr
our house ia Columbia, with provisions, fo:

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