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WHOLE NO. 10,428. SHERMAN. | The Gampaign in the Carolinas. Scotching the Snake Secession in His Nest. Hunting the Original Fire-eaters at Home and Burning Them Out of Their Dens. THE HERALD DESPATCHES. ‘Interesting Details of the Grand March from Savannah to Fayetteville. Fourteen Cities, Hundreds of Miles of Railroad and Thousands of Bales of Cotton Burned. Eighty-five Cannon, Four Thousand Prisoners and Twenty-five Thou- sand Animals Captured. . Over Fifteen Thousand White and Black Refugees Set Free, KILPATRICK'S GRAND CAVALRY BATTLE, aE mm It Proves to be Sheridan’s Victory at Cedar Run on a Small Scale. Hampton’s Troops Caught Plundering Kilpatrick's Camp and Whipped ih the Act, &e., &c., &c. Mr. Thomas M. Cook’s Despatch. Wrumixatox, March 13, 1865. BOW COMMUMOATION WAS OPENED BETWEEN GENERALS TERRY AND SHERMAN. Despatches from the special correspondents of tho Nrw “Zorx Herap who accompanied General Sherman go Gorward on the steamer Arago. These despatches cover the whole ground up to the arrival of the grand arm; Mt Fayetteville, ' “On the announcement in this city of the arrival of Sher- ‘man at Fayetteville, General Terry at once despatched a @eamer up the river to open communication. The deli- eate duty of penetrating, in an unarmed boat, one hun- @red and twenty miles into the enemy’s country, was @omthitted by the Chief Quartermaster, Brigadier General Dodge, to Captain Andrew Ainsworth, captain of the port. Captain Ainsworth started on Saturday afternoon, at two @olock, in the steam tug Davidson, After proceeding ome distance up the river, the tug came to the bank, and wok on @ quantity of cotton bales, which @fforded a safe bulkhead against musket bells. The vegsel proceeded along, however, without @ficulty until within about twelve miles of Fayetteville, when a body of rebel cavalrymen appeared on the banks of the narrow stream and opened upon them with tmusketry, The vessel, however, kept on her way unin- jared by the fire, and reached Fayetteville soon after Aaylight on Sunday morning. General Sherman had arrived a few hours previously, ‘and had established his headquarters at the arsenal. Maptain Ainsworth delivered his despatches, and, receiv- ‘mg others in return, started back in the edge of the evening. In descending the river the gunboat Eolus was met going up, about twenty miles below Fayette- ville, ‘This afternoon General Dodge went up to have a con- ference with General Sherman in regard to the vast srowd of refugees, negroes, deserters and prisoners that ‘@cumber the train of the army. It is understood that these are to bo at onee transferred to the care of Major @eneral Terry, at this place, to be by him disposed of as siroumstances may dictate. I am also informed that General Sherman will halt st Fayetteville only long smough to relieve himself of these encumbrances, THE RIGHT WING. Mr. D. P. Conyngham’s Despatch. Fayerrevitie, March 12, 1865. At length Sherman, after his great and successful cam- paign through the interior of South and North Carolina, has established communication with the coast by way of fhe Cape Fear river. The campaign bas been attended ‘with extraordinary results, the details of which I Give. F SHERMAN’S TACTICS. ‘This campaign is not to be judged by hitherto recog- mized military precedents, for Sherman has proved bim- geif not only a great fighter and flanker, but also a great @trategist; he has inaugurated a new code of tactics, which has eompletely bewildered and defeated the enemy. He has discarded the old effete syle of sitting down before natural barriers ‘and fortified places to take them by assault, or tire them ‘eut by siege. Had he done so, slow and solemn indeod would be our march. Discarding such movements, he @ropt over the country in separate columns. When one @olumn struck some natural barrier or fortified position, ‘mother swept by it, thus flanking it and compelling the @memy to clear out. THE OBSTACLES ENCOUNTERED, ‘The opening campaign té Atlanta was through a coun- try beset with natural obstructions of the most formid- able kind. Though of a different nature, those we en- @ountered through Carolina were no less difficult, we had no Buzzard Roost or Kennesaw to scale, we wide rivers, whose sedgy, oosy banks were Mooded for miles with dismal swamps. Through these ‘we had either to build roads or cross on w single ca ‘way barely sufficient for four men abreast, The heads of ‘these, in many cases, were strongly guarded and in- trenched. SOUTH CAROLINA BRAGGADOCIO AND THR neeCLT. After ail the vaunting gasconade of the Southern pross ‘and peopie South Carolina now lies as prostrate at our foot as Georgia. They boasted on the opening of Sher. ‘man’s campaign through Carolina that the great Palmetto State would whip the pusillanimous foderals, though thoy ‘wore desertedby all the other States, Alas! for human degeneracy, or, rather, humon humbug, this State of Bpartan heroes cowered before the onward sweeping march of Sherman's legions. Two months have scarcely passed over since the Charleston Mercury anid :—“Bouth Carolina don’t intend to be conquered. She intends to Aight. She don't intend to be hampered and turned over to the enemy. Itis tho imbecile who is sick at heart, <It is the coward whose stomach te weak, We want no @hild’s play.” After all this hifalutin braggadocio the Palmetto chivalry shrink before the brave hearta and manly arms of Sherman's seldiers. This wondorful Btato, that has hatched and mitrsed treason from the beginning, and that has worké! Mrelt into such a fury Mt slabs of the Yaukee legions, bas | Hughes commanding, skirmlebed sharply with the Third Ditterly patd the ponalty of her disloyalty. Her cities are in rvins—her plantations are devastated—the domineer- ing, arietogratic lords are scattered over the world, while @ wail of anguish goes forth from her widows and orphans. A new régime bas been established. The canaille has risen to power on the necks of their lords and masters. ‘The poor, whipped, scourged, despised slave is now in the ascendant. Having accompanied the Army of the Tennessee, includ- ing the Fifteenth and Seventeenth corps, under Major General Howard, I will chiefly confine the following de- tailed account to their movements. PREPARATORY MOVEMENTS. About the 16th of January the Seventeenth corps and three divisions of the Fifteenth corps were conveyed in transports from Savannah to Beaufort. The Seventeenth corps proceeded to Pocotaligo landing, where they had a slight encounter with the enemy, but soon took the fort with the loss of afew men. Brevet Major General Corse, Fourth division, Fifteenth corps, took up hia line of March with the left wing, which crossed the Savannah Tiver at Sister’s ferry. It was also the intention to send the Third division by land, across the Savannah river andan estuary of the sea at Union Causeway, but the flooding of the country by the heavy rains and freshets forced them to cross in transporte, The same cause re- tarded also the general advance of the army, which was to take place about the 20th of the month. The fall of rain, which was the heaviest remembered in Savannah, flooded the whole country, converting it into one sea, Some of the troops who had commenced their march were forced to bivouac on rice swamps and islands for several days, being unable to advance or retire. In some cases supplies had to be conveyed to them in boats, So intense was the flood that the country was covered over for miles, The men were up to thetr waists on the Plantations, and the pontoons on the river were swept away—even some mon and teams were lost, The! Four- teenth corps and two divisions of the Twentieth corps had fared in like manner. Geary’s division remained in the city until he was relieved by Major General Grover, who now assumed’command, ‘THE ARMY MOVES, General Sherman transferred his headquarters to Beau- fort on the 23d, and expedited the transportation of troops and supplies, the last of which had passed over by the 29th. His able chief quartermaster, General Easton, displayed his usual energy and zeal in furnishing transportation and forwarding troops and supplies. On thé 26th of January the Twentieth and Fourteenth corps took up their line of march towards Sister's ferry, along the Georgia side of the river. On the evening of the 20th the Seventeenth corps, com- manded by Major General Frank Blair, broke camp ‘round Pocotaligo and moved towards the Cambahee river, resuming their march next day, on the right of the Savannah and Charleston Ratlroad, where they had some slight skirmishing with the rebel cavalry, whom they shelled out of the woods on the opposite side of the river, * . wae erred The Fifteenth corps, commanded by Major General John A. Logan, took up their line of march along the Beaufort road, and encamped on the night of the 30th between the railroad and McPhersonville. The Army of the Tennessee rested on the 31st to allow the left wing to come up, and also to have all delayed troops and supplies join their command. PROGRAMME OF CAMPAIGN, No general order had been issued by General Sherman relative to the campaign, as the special order on the opening of the Savannah campaign was still in force. All baggage and transportation were reduced to the lowest possible standard. Wall tents wore prohibited, except as offices and.one for headquarters. We started with about thirty days rations and eight days forage, According to the plan, the Army of the Tennessee was to take the right wing—the Seventeenth corps moving on the extreme right, and the Fifteenth corps on the right centre—taking up their line of march from their tempo- rary encampments around Beaufort and Pocataligo, along the roads between the Coosawhatchie and the Com- bahee rivers, The Army of the Cumberland, under Major General Slocum, occupied the left the Twentieth corps the left centre, and the Fourteenth corps the extreme left—both marching from Savannah, on the right of the Georgia Central Railroad, crossing at Lester's Ferry and Union causeway, then keeping to the right until they formed a junction with the Army of the Tennessee. Kilpatrick’s cavalry operated partly in front and partly in flank of the left wing, and extending well in on the river. General Sherman travelled for the most part with the left wing. As to Sherman’s intemtions and destination they ap- Peared a mystery toall. I believe he had no definite course laid down, for his movements were controlled ty those of the enemy. Had he struek right for Charleston the enemy could concentrate and mass in his front, thus retarding his march and forcing him to a general engage- ment, which he did not wish to bring on; for he was too far from his base, and not in a position to eare for his | wounded, The same would hold good had he moved for Augusta or any special place, He moved his army in | two columns, each strong enough to resist any foree the enemy could bring against it; yet moving near enough to coneentrate should a large force threaten either. Their separate movement fooled the enemy. They had to detaich their forces to try and keep usin check. By Sherman’s masterly movements they soon found them- selves isolated and helpless. Sherman's object was first to destroy the network of railroads running through South Carolina, connecting Charleston with Richmond, Augusta, Columbia and other importamt points. In this he fully succeeded, compelling them to evacuate Charles- ton, and rendering Augusta and other points of no mili- tury value to the enemy. TUB FIRST OPPOMITION, - About five miles above the Coosawhatchie bridge the énemy occupied a redoubt in a curve of the river, which they had mounted with four guns. These comsiderably annoyed our right, but were silenced by our sharp- shooters, RESUME OUR MARCH, On Fel lwe broke camp before day, marching along the McPhersonville road toward Hickory Hill. The road was flooded in several places. The rebels had felled trees across these bayous, which were soon cleared off by our pioneers. Ip front of our column the Twenty-ninth Missouri monnted infantry and Seventh Illinois, under command of Major Buckhart, kept pressing on tho rebel videttes and skirmishers. Major Buckhart rendered very efficient services all throngh with his command, in skirmishing with the fey, ascertaining their position and feeling their ines, At Gand Hill the column halted for some time on Mr. Peoples’ plantation, Harris’ brigade of Tennessee cavalry disputed is? bri of Tennessee cavalry our pas- sage ad the Coosawhatchio bridge. olone W. Ross, Chief of Arttti Fifveenth corps, ordered up a ection of the Twelfth Wisconsin battery,’ which shelled the woods, while our sharpehooters covered the bridge. Major Generals Sherman and Logan occupied the house of a Mr. McBride as their headquartors. This place ts at the i of the causeway that crosses the Coosawhatchie mp, and about thirty-five miles from Pocotaligo Landing. We had some slight skirmishing in our front all day, the rebel cavalry mak! feeble show of resistance, ‘We met a few dend rebels along our line, A fow miloa further on, near Beech branch, where we bivouncked for the night, was ‘ splendid marble fronted belonging to a Mr. Bostick, who had been an planter and slaveowner. He was said to havo one thousand ee on bis different plantations. He had taken all the able bodied through the rebel lines, leaving but the young and Infirm. LIVING ON THR FAT O8 THR WAND, We now got into arich tract of country. There were large clearings along the line of road, with some fine plantations and negro surroundings, Though the houses were mostly deserted, they were well stored with pro- visions, showing that ‘their owners took a French leave. “Tr 1 NOT THR BRIDGER,” I had been Iunching with Major General Hazen as General Sherman came round. After some conversation General Hazen, seeing a thick smoke, remarked, ‘There goes the bridge.” “Lam sorry,” replied General Sherman, Then, after gazing a fow minutes, he exclaimed:— “No, Hazen, no; that’s a house; it is not the bridge. A bridge would not emit such a dense amoke.” He was hee It showed what an observer he was oven of small 68. Generals Sherman and Logan had thoir headquarters St night near Duck Creek, on the Coosawahtchie, General Ho! travelled with the Beventeenth corps. General Logan had some smart skirmishing with @ cavalry brigade on our front, but finally dislodged them. MOVEMENTS OF THR BRVENTEENTH CORIS. General Frank Blair broke camp near Povotaligo Land- ing on the 80th of January, and moved on the Sait- kether rowd, on the south battk of the river. On the let they continued t tgarch, General lowers’ divicion in advance, to Whippy Bwatnp creek. Here the Ninth Tinols infantry, Lieutenant Colonel South Carolina cavalry, driving them back on the main road toward the swamp. The ers re the swamp was by seven bridges, which the enemy had ‘bur on their retreat, thus flooding the roads ren- dering them almost im) le with Slashed trees. Gen. Mower crossed his entire division (First) over the swamp by wading, and over fallen trees, ke*ping up a fire all the time with the enemy. General Howard, Colonel Wil- liam EB. Strong, Lieutenant Taylor and their orderiies, to reconnoitre, when the rebels opened on advanced them, badly wounding Lieutenant Taylor. Next morning the whole column took up ite line of march for Braxton bridge, meeting the enemy’s cavalry, who made a stubborn General Mower de- ed bis advance brigade; found Braxton ned 7: the enemy, and they occupying a tion on the other side with three brigades and two batteries of artillery. General Mower let one regiment to skirmish with them there as a feint, and pe the rest of his command for River bri where 1e was joined by Colonel Hugh's cavalry, which engaged the enemy, making several spirited charges on their Vines. In one of these Lieutenant Colonel Kirby, of General Blair's staff, had his horse killed, and was him- self wounded in the leg. Tho rebels had been 90 closely that they were not able to burn all the bridves crossing the numerous inlets to the Saltketcher. They commanded River bridge with two pieces of artil- lery. Mower’s skirmishers advanced close on the river, 80 as to command the enemy's works. Here Swayne, Forty-third Ohio, lost his leg bya shell. CROSSING THE SALIKETCUER, The next morning General Giles A. Smith's division ona reconnoitered along the Saltketcher above raxton bridge for a position to cross, and finally suc- jeneral we River's Heavy skir- cleared out ceeded by wading through a deep swamp. Mower succeeded in oroming two brigades bridge, thus turning the enemy's position, mishing continued all day; but the enemy in the night. LOGAN'S CORPS CROSSYS THE TALKAHATCHIR, General Logan moved on toward Beaufort bridge, which he found destroyed by the enemy, This bridge crosses the Talkahatchie river near the church, on the Owens- boro road. Here we ‘earned that the Twentieth corps, which was on our right, was within connecting distance, and that it had communication with the Fourteenth corps, whose march had been comsidersnis delayed by the bad state of the roads, They were well under way now, meeting but slight resistance from the enomy’s cavalry. Kilpatrick’s cavalry was advancing on the front and flank of the Fourteenth corps. Next morning, February 5, we crossed Whippy 8) encamping on the other side. baled | amp is & dense marsh, of about one mile in breadth and several in length, well colonized by snakes ami allgatora. The rebels commanded this causeway by a strong intrench- ment, with redoubt and lunettes. Here a regiment could keep a whole army at bay; but the movement of ns Seventeenth corps turned this strong natural posi- jon. Our line of march now lay along the Savannah and Orangeburg road—the very road over which Marion _— ee during tee Revolutiot wo 0 4 eeler’s cavalry, commanded by himself in perso: made a vigorous stand near Orange chutes, ‘on the Little Talkahatchie, Their front was protected by a deepswamp, formed by the extension of the river, and easy of defence, Colonel Weaver's brigade, of General John A. Smith’s division, deployed and charged right through the swam up to their hips in mud and water, and soon dislodg: e enemy. Wheeler had his heosuuaen in a house beyond the river the previous night. Sherman and Logan occupied it the following night. HEAR FROM TAR LEFT. i The advance of the Twentieth corps had just come up with our rear guard. The Fourteenth corps still occupied their left. From the head of our column we could hear Kilpatrick’s artillery toward Barnwell. TAPPING THR RAILROAD, if About ten o’clock on the pers of the 7th the ‘Twenty-ninth Missouri mounted infantry struck the Charleston and Savannah Railroad at Banbury. This ‘Station is some fifteen miles west of Branchville, and nearly equidistant from Charleston, Augusta and Colum- bia. We were so cloge on the rel at they had to pte rcs has Bs oro jor General Wood's vision, which was in advance, imm commenced tearin; up Oe track, Adjut E. im Toe villcey brigade, aving had the honor Radler Spd the first rail. About the same time the Seventeenth corps struck it at Midway, At Hamburg we burned about three hundred bales of We also red a mail bag. friends, cotton and some stores. re captut It contained severa! letters from seldiers to their all in the most desponding tone, ‘THE EDISTO. the event! of the 8th General cctsta Getto tome tes (Becond) — out le} ne! jones’ out on @ _reconnoissance Coat Cannon’s bridge, on the Edisto river, the enemy bei: intrenched on the other side. Three companies of the Fifty-fourth Ohio were deployed as skirm! After through & dense swamp for about three hundred got to the edge of the river and commenced sk! This sus ieteaded eorehy aan ite Deed aT Next day we reached this vi! where we destroyed the track along oie burned the railroad and several Dales of cotton. Hore Hazen’s division diverged north, the Savannah and A' line; thence proceeding to Holman’s bridge, on the South Edisto. CROSSING THR SOUTH EDISTO. The enemy wore strongly intronched on the opposite side of the river, and burned the bridges in their front. The First brigade, Hazen’s division, was sent down some distance as skirmishers. The ‘Fifty-fifth Blinots erossed the river considerably above the bridge, sos to strike the enemy’s flank. They had to cross over on trees and floats, and then wade near a mile through a miserable swamp before they effected a lodg- ment. Next morning I rode down to the bridge, where I found the hero of Fort McAllister—General Hazen— guiding the movements of his pioneers, who were felling res for the troops to cross over. This had to be done for about a mile, as the swamp was at some places four feet deep. The rebel defence was poor indesd. They had about three hundred infantry and some cavalry here; yet they made no stand before a handful of men, who had to wade across a sw: as best they could for about a mile. 1h’S NOVEMENTS. On the eveming of the 9th the Seventeenth corps suc- coeded in effecting a landiag at Binneker's bridge, where the enemy had been imtrenched. General Mower had q@ossed below the bridge during the night and pontooned the river and corduroyed @ie road. The rebel position being now terned they retreated. On the 11th Blair marched, about emghteen miles, and skirmished with the enemy on the north fork of the Edisto, the enemy using artillery. They were strongay intrenched on the other side, and extended their flanks to correspand with ours. CROSAING THR NORTH erste. The approaches to tis river were protected by the usual swamps, trees and brash. We had ascertained from one of General Logan's orderiies, who had been captured and was afterwards recaptured by the Twenty-min@s Mis- souri mounted infantry, that the enemy were intrenched along the northeast bank. We had also ascertained that these works were guarded by Chalmers’ brigade. Early in the morning General Logan ordered General Hazen to feel the uneny a Shilling’ bridge. The second brigade (Colonel Well Jones) at once pro- ceeded to try the p here, ‘The One Hundred and Eleventh Bimots and Fifty-third Ohio deployed as skirmishers, and after wading through the swamp up fo their waists, Wey opened a sharp fire on the rebels, which was briskly fesponded to. ‘The Forty-seventh Ohio had gone up the wver some distance, and not finding the enemy there crossed over on while Colonel Theodore Jones’ brigade (the First) bad been equally successful some miles lower, At the same time General Blair's ing hp Seventeenth) was striving to effost a crossing in front of TE. The onemy had a section of artillery here, which opened upon them. Soon, finding that we had crossed on their flank and were threatening their rear, they at all pointa, Our logs was only two killed and about six wounded. Hazen’s division captured about @fty pris- oners, the Seventeenth corps some mere. About four o’clock the head of Blair's column entered Orangeburg. Our columns were now fast closing in about Columbia. at this time of eur march nearly fifteen miles aday. Sherman had deceived the rebels. Those in Ay ‘were completely cut off by the destruction of the Charleeton line. Those at Branchville were also be- wildeed as to our movements. = After the capture of rapid march, meeting but I until they approached Little Congaree creek. Hero they seemed ved to make a stand. "8 corpe had marched a by-roads until they struek the State road, near Sandy run. Blair's had followed the State road from Orangeburg, and formed a junction with the rear of the Fifteenth pies: at ipndy run Post office. Major General Wood's division }) had the advance, and skirmished with the enemy for some time, deiving them back behind the creek. Here they wero strongly intrenched and commanded the bridge by a seotion of We av arg ou troops mado a 1 HJ ition from the enemy tillery ; best their left was protected by the ‘Congareo river, while m doep stream, with soft, marshy vanias, lay in their nt A Lege waded the river on thelr right and left, compelling the enemy to give up their position. Ont skirmichors pressed so closely on them that their cavalry von round and charged them, but were speedily re- pulsed. Their artillery kept up a continuous fire all night on Maj. Gen. Hazen's headquarters and command, wounding several and taking the leg off of one of Colonel Jones’ staff officers in his quarters. Early on the morning of the 15th Major General Hazen threw forward his skirmishers, and ascertained that tho enemy had fallen back behind the Congaree, burning the fine bridge that spanned the river just on the edge of the town. Hazen bad now occupied the front with detach. monts from his command, Major Generals Howard, Logan, Blair and others rode to the front to join Hagen and reconnoitre the position, though the rebel battery was swoeping the road with round shot and canister, Colonel Rose, Chief of Artillery, Fifteenth co ordered up Captain Do Grass’ battery. This splendi battery, under its dashing young captain, took up posi- tion, and silenced the rebel battery that commanded the road, A seetion was placed close to the bridge so as to sweep the streets of the city, whieh were crowded with soldiers, citizens and wagona, clearing out of the town, Tue sholls soon burst among them, making them file right and left in double quick time, Captain Zickerick's Twelfth Mieso ri battery, and also some guns from ibe Seventeonth corps soon took up position on commanding positions and opened on the trains that wero leaving the depot, We were within five hundred yards of the city, which was situated on # rising bluf! on the other ‘site ol the river, so that we could smash it to pieces Ina short time by bringiug suificient artillery to bear on jt, It av. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1865. ange peared to be Sherman's intention to shed as little inno- ‘cent blood as poss.bie, " ‘CROSSING THE SALUDA. We thought every moment thai the city would sur- | pled it_now lay hopelessly in our power. aut 9 clock General Sherman and staff arrived; also Generals Blair and Slocum. As the rebels seemed in- 40 defend the place to the last, and as the river at point, from its wide and rapid nature, did uot appear favorable for pontooning, General Hazen ordered Gen>ral @itiver to send his brigade to Saluda, and try and effect hear that village, and if possible to save the 8, General Oliver sent forward the Ninety ninth Indiana and Fifteenth Michigan, but found that the bridge had ‘Deen burned. After some skirmishing General nD, mate ordered men’ to cross over In boats and on > hich they succeeded in doing without any losa. ile this was taking place our mounted infantry, con ee Ppp naa eee aud Seventh ri uda, @ 8 il Bole, dasbed into a, village on the banks of (G BROAD RIVER. crogern Towards evening we had pontooned and crossed the Bainda, and charged the rebels acroas the tongue of land which separates it from Broad river. Though ourmen ‘were close upon them they succeeded in burning the 4 pevins fy covered over with combastible matter. hing two regiments +o! plonel Stone's: Seoond brigade, Mower’s division, Seventeenth corps, crossed the river in rafts and boats. General Logan selected a narrow point of the river, ‘where some men crossed over in boats, the men on our left moving down on the rebel sharpshooters. ‘Tt was a lovely sight, the morning sun rose glowing and beautiful, its sparkling raya lighting up the house- tops of the doomed city, and dancing over the bright ‘woters like diamond gems, bathing the river with its sil- very rays. The shadows of the forest trees advanced ‘along the sparkling waters as the boats shot over its sur- fas, and the click of the rifle and whir of the bullet eoboed around. ‘ais Se Aa AS CATA engineers at once proceeded to lay the pontoot while the high bluff on the margin was crowded with officers and men. There was General Sherman, now g UP ‘and down in the midst of the group, all the ime with an unlit cigar in his mouth, and now and then abruptly halting to speak to some of the generals around tim, Again, he would sit down, whittlo a stick, and soon nervously start up to resume his walk. Above all the men I have ever met, that strange face of his is the hard- est to be read. It is a sealed k even to his nearest Sitting ona log beside him was Howard, reading a peer papa and occasionally stopping to answer some questions of Sherman’s or make some comment on some passages. Howard always looks the same—the kind, courteous general, the Christian soldier. Another of the group was Frank P. Blair, with his strongly marked features, indicative both of talent, y and ability. John A. Logan, too, was there, with his dark, almost ‘bronzed countenance, and fiery, commanding eye, the true type of tho dashing general. Not least was General Hazen, the hero of McAllister, with his frank, jive and finely moulded head, be- tokening the warm-hearted gentleman, the soldier of mind and brains. These, with several other generals, with a host of gay officers and orderiies in the back ground, formed a group worthy the pencil of a Reubens or Vandyke. WU! OF COLUMBIA, Colonel Btone's eigade ts tow advancing on the city, and when within about two miles of it he met the Mayor, Mr. Goodwin, and three members of the City Cowucli, coming out in a carriage to surrender tue town. Colonel Stone, Major Anderson, of the Fourth Iowa, and Captain B itt, aid-de-camp of General Logan's staff, and several other officers, proceeded with the depu- tation into the city, when the Mayor delivered up the keya and made a formal surrender. The Thirteenth Towa, Colonel Kennedy, claim to be the first to hoist the Stars and Stripes upon the old Capitol, where the first ordinance of secession originated. The Thirty-firet Iowa claim the honor likewise. However, the Thirteenth Towa was the first official flag that floated from it. ‘THR OCCUPATION. As soon as the pontoon was laid General Sh n— accompanied oY the several other gencrals, their staffs and orderlies, forming a brilliant cavalcade—rode inte ‘the city amidst g scene of the most enthusiastic excite- ment. Ladies crowded the pistes and balconies, wavin, banners Ee lof. ey were the wives sisters of we bed Union people of Colmbia, As for the rich, ty socessionists, they had all Ne uped along the streets, cheering, in thd wild exuberance of their new: 1o flattering compliment a , whom, with upturned ures and exclaim ‘‘At last ona mingied " mudo of the bands eituey played tant “Yankee Doodle" aod of terror was over, and that a reign of peace and security, like that at Savannah, was about bell jnsneurate®, oul mar 80 Alas, that the scenes of the night auspicious a beginning! . AGAIN ON THE MARCH, February the Army of the Tenuesses broke eam} around "Sumble and refucned their march. The Ser. enteent! dest about thirty miles of railroad, to Winneborty thence eroued clear uy the the Wateree at Peys’ movi rough Russel place to Young's bridge, all the time threatened by a squad of Hampton's cavalry Who dare not attack, Logan marched thrdugh Red Hill and Flat Rock to Tiller’s bridge, on Lynch creek. RETALIATION. On the 24th the rebel cavalry which was hanging on our flanks attacked our foragers, killing six—two after surtendering—capturing several and seven wagons. General Logan. in n went out with iment and repulsed the rebel cavalry after a brisk skirmish. le ordered twe prisoners to be shot in retaliation for our two men, and sent a prisoner to inform the rebels poe he would shoot five men for every prisouer of ours ot. CAPTURE OF TRAINS. We captured about ten refugee trains to-day, with valuable stores and supphes. Also ceveral animals. Among thore captured were two officers, who were riding in a Carriage when the Yanks pounced on them. They were well armed, but made no resistance. They sald they were @ principal and a second, going to fight ‘a duel, and that the other parties had gone before them to the place of rendezvous. The officer captured was Captain W. F. De Pass, a celebrated duellist, of South Carolin: His would-be antagonist was a Captain W Courtney, a fighting quartermaster. Being chivalrous and obliging, we made every effort to catch the latter, In jet them finish their little affaig of honor, in our R ut failed. It shows bow ignorant they had wen of allour movements, when officers could #0 foolishly engaged at such a critical moment. POUBING THE CRADLE AND THE GRAVE. The Twenty-ninth Missouri captured about one hun- dred and twenty militia to-day, who had a wagon carry ing their arms. Some of them were old, gray baired men, barely able to move along; others too young to be taken from their mothers’ leading strings. They had been quietly marching along, with their gums in a wagon and powder in casks to keep it dry. Geuoral Hazen sup- plied some of these veteran militia with staf, They were all let go at Cheraw. OCCUPATION OF CAMDEN. Major General Hazen’s foragers approached Camden and skirmished with some cavalry, driving them into the town, and, following them, soon took possession of it. ‘They were supported by the One Hundred and Twelfth Illinots, Colonel Adams, of Corse’s division (Fourth). We found about fifty thousand rations of corn meal and four thousand bales of cotton, which we destroyed. Major Generals Howard and Logan sent in detachments next morning, who destroyed all government proverty, public sree, ee depot and some pablic buildings. Captain John H. Devereux, of Charleston, poy? commissary at Camden, while retreating, rode into head of General Hazen’s column and was captored. ‘The Mayor and City Council had prepared a very ee, npeech and address to General Shorman on surrendering e city. It was rather mortifying to them to have it unceremoniously occupied by some foragers, LYNCH’S CREEK. Lynch's creek detained us two days, it boing con- siderably swollen by the freshets. Major General Hazen had to build a two hundred yards, and corduroy over three hundred yards before the troops could croas. The stream was Bo wide gad full of sags that it was impossible to pontoon it. jivision crossed at Teller's creek, Black creek had also to be pontooned, as the = extended over one hundred yards beyond the Captain Duncan, Fiteenth Mlinois, with bis company, the Fourth Ohio fedependent, and some fifteen men the Si corps, encountered the Seventh Carolinacavalry near McElow, and bad a skirmish with them, in which we had three men and Lieutenant Quinn, chief of General Howard's scouts, badly wounded. Tho rebels had five killed, including Acting Brigadier General Aiken. ‘The Seventeenth corps crossed the creek at Young's bridge, two regiments wading through the water. They also had to bridge the creek and corduroy near a quarter ot a mile, Next day (28th) they moved within thirteen miles of Cheraw, crossing Black creek at McDonald's, and passing noar Sugar Loaf Mountain. On the 8d they marched on Cheraw. Mower’s division, being in advanee, skirmished with the enemy. The rebels burned Coit’s bridge, on Thomas’ creek, and disputed the passage for some time, Mower opened a fow pieces of artillery, and pushed bis right to Cheraw. The enemy fled over the Great Peedee, firing the bridge, which they had covered with rosin, after them. General Mower took —" of the town, establiching a brigade as provost guard. : Our mounted infantry, Ninth Illinois and Twenty-ninth Missouri, with some equads of foragers, mado a dash on Society Hill, driving the rebels from the town, Aud suc ceeded in burning @ train of cars and the railroad depot, and also in tearing up a mile of the track. OMERAW, This place is near the northern !'ne of the State, ts about one hundred and fifty miles from Charleston and nivety from Columbia, Itls @ pleasant looking town, with near two thousand inhabitants. It is on the Great Pedee river, and at tho heat® of the steam navigation Hore we captured twenty-five ploces of artillery, among which was a Blakely thirty-two-pounder gun, with the Inscription:—""To the Sovereign State of Carolina, by a citizen abroad, March 4, 1861," We also captured twelve cars, one locomotive, olgh tons of powder, several thousand bales of coton and a In the hosp tols we found aboot re, A fow buildings wore on { ¢ fire was ¢ pot and buiidiows a CROSSING THR GREAT PeDEY, ‘The river was deep and about one hundred and forty yards in widih at this point, with high shelving banks, and therefore took some time to pontoon. The Seven: teenth corps crossed an the evening of the #th and m ing of the Sth, and was followed in the evening and next morning by the Fifteenth corps. The Twen- tieth corps also crossed at the same pont, while the Fourteenth corps and cavalry crossed some twelve miles further up the river, at Sneidsboro. In our he of march for Fayetteville, after crossing the Great Pedee, the Seventeenth corps branched off to- wards Gilipolis, the Fifteenth moving by Laureyburg, and crossing Lumber river at Gilchrist bridge to Rock Fish ereek, The Seventeenth corps bad moved along the plank road, both corps crossing at Davis’ bridge. OCCUPATION OF FAYETTEVILLE, Fayetteville is a town of some four thousand inhabi- tants, The first to come into the town was Captain Dun- can, commaniing the scouts and mounted men of the Army of the Tennessee, He was repulsed by Hampton's cavalry and himself taken prisoner. His party was re- inforeed by the foragers, and, avain attacked the place, taking it. General Giles A, Smith's Fourth division, Seventeenth army corps, soon came up, also the head of General Slocum’s columa, and hoisted the flag over the market house. The Mayor surrendered the town to Colonel William E. Strong, of General Howard's staff; then to General Sio- cum, Who had just come up. ‘AS the rebels were retreating over the river they opened two guns on the town, and then fired the bridge, wh'ch was covered with rosin. Fayetteville is garrisoned by General Slocum. The dest of order and regularity reigns there. The strects are patroled by guards, thus protecting life and prop- erty. Nothing has been destroyed, or is likely to be de- stroyed, except the arsenal and the office of the Fayette- bi i Observer—a lying, truculent sheet, that well deserves fate. OPENING COMMUNICATION WITH TIE SEABOARD. The first boat to open communication was the tug Davidson, Captain Robert Stephenson, and Captain Ainsworth, of Wilmington. She had on board a guard of seventy-five men of the Thirteenth Indiana, armed with seven shooters, under command of Captain Theodore Reiple, Lieutenants Thomas C. Curley and R chard Jones. Too mich praise cannot be given to the brave officers and men of this boat, who volunteered on this dangerous service, Fayetteville ts about one hundred and twenty miles from Wilmington by the river. Though the river banks were known to be occupied by the enemy, the noble little tug and her gallant crew ran the gauntlet. They were fired on twice by the enemy, but fortunately no lives were lost. They were received with cheers by our men on her arrival. ‘The trip back, which I accompanied to Wilmington, was extremely interesting. We hada mail hat In convoy, with two guns, and though we saw the abandoned picket fires of the enemy along the river, they did not dare to fire on ug, The night was lovely, with a full moon shedding its rays over sparkling waters as we shot along the silvery stream. All were cheerful, for it was like waking to a pew life, after being so long shut out from the outer world. SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS AOCOMPLISHED IN THE CAMPAIGN. Never before has an army accomplishd so much with such little sacrifice of either life or property. ‘We had been but about forty-five days shut out, as it ‘wore, from the outer world. Our march has been one continued success, Sherman's capital manqsuvres completely split up the rebel army, breaking them into isolated bodies, thus destroying their power. Our march has been somewhat retarded by the heavy falls of rain, which flooded the creeks and swamps and cut up the roads so that we “had to corduroy over a hun- dred miles of road, and build several miles of trestle work and bridges. Besides compelling them to evacuate Charleston, we destroyed Columbia, Orangeburg and several other places. Also over fifty miles of thoir chief lines of railroad, and thousands of bales of cotton. At Columbia we captured forty-three cannon, two hun- dred thousand cartridges, ten tons of powder, nine thou- gand rounds of fixed ammunition, about ten thousand muskets, over one hundred government presses, besides an immense amqunt of publie stores, locomotives, rolling stock, and other kinds of government stores too numerous to mention. At Cheraw we took twenty-five cannon, eight caissons and two travellin; forges, ‘Desides a large quantity of gov- . ernment stores of various kinds in the a1 and else- where. At Fayettevillo we took seventeen cannon, besides a large quantity of government stores of various kinds in the arsenal and elsewhere. This makes cighty-fve cannon—one-third of which were field plecos—with carriages, caissons and all com- plete. We captured about twenty-five thousand animals on our ne of march. We gave food gnd tral jon Mgibeconedaracy gf soloed “ier at uavex We ing the confederacy of oo! soldie also had about four white refu; , all of whom pic ol oe as ‘and will be sent North to whatever dest they choose. ‘We operated over the following districts or counties:— In Sout ot meant Barnwell, Orangeburg, Lex- ington, Sumter, Darii mn, cag are In North Pia gyrate: mere) Anson, Richland, Union, Robe- son, Cumberland and Moore. We marched on an averago four hundred and fifty miles, oar wings extending some ang sah or forty miles. This would give an area of over fifween thousand square miles which we operated over, all the time sup- ring men and animals on the country. Indeed, the foes we have inflicted on the enemy is incalculable, and all at a trifling sacrifice of life. ~~ I think one thousand killed, wounded and missing will cover our casnaltles. Several of these were owing to accidenta! explosions at Columbia and Cheraw. The enemy’s loss must be, in killed, wounded and missing, adout twelve hundred, while we have captured ‘and on hand over three thousand prisoners. The army is just resting a few oo Fayetteville, and will then march to Goldsboro or Kinston, to join Schofield’s gallantarmy. The army i¢ in the best of spirits, flus! with victory, self-reliant and defiant. ith such an army and such generals it needs no prophet to see the reguit of the next campaign. NAMF OV FBCAPED UNION OFFICERS FROM COLUMBLA, 8 0, Lieutenant H. G. Mitchell, 82d Maine. Captain H. H. Burbonk, 324 Maine. Lieutenant Freeman, 18th New Jersey. , Smith, Sth Pennsylvania cavalry. Lieutenant Lieutenant P. Newlan, 14th New York cavalry. Licutenant P. Dunn, 164th New York. Lieutenant P. Teunton, 824 New York. ptain @. Rogers, 4th’ New York cavairg. Lieutenant W. Beard, Co. F, 26th New Jersey. Lieutenant Shea, 13th Pennsylvania cavalry. Captain Jones, 14th New York artillery. Lieutenant Caglin, 14th New York Lieutenant Lamord, L4th New York artillery. Lieutenant H. Buckly, 4th New Hampshire, Licutenant A. McNiell, 37th Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Charles Downs, 33d New Jersey. Lieutenant H, Landon, 16th Connecticut. Captain H. G. White, 94th New York. Captain Hawkins, #7Uh Hlinois. Lieutenant H. J, Cole, 18th Connecticut. Lioutenant Sears, 94th New York. Ticutenant Beadle, 74th New York. Privato F. Dargan, 16th Now York artillery. Lieutenant G. A. Sabre, 2d Rhode Island cavalry, Captain Carpenter, 6th ‘Pennsylvania cavalry. Lieutenant Clark, ‘2d Maseach usetts artillery. Captain Gettmen; 10th New York cavalry. Captain W. Allebeigh, 51st Pennsylvania Licutenant Cameron, 5th Pennsylvania cavalry, Lieutenant Carlisle, 2d Virginia cavalry. Lieutenant King, 84 Ohio cavalry. Major Reynolds, Fourteenth New York heavy artillery. Captain Ira B. fampson, 24 Massachusetts artillery. Captain Fisk, 24 Massachusetts artillery. Lioutenant 0. M. Fish, 2d Massachusetts artillory, Lieut. R. B, Singlair, 3d Massachusetts artilery. Lieut. Crebie, 8th Michigan cavalry. Lieut. Jones W. Morton, 4th Massachusetts cavalry, Lieut. Carpenter, 18th Connecticut. Lieut. Lemon, 14th Now York artillery. Has since been we wounded by the accidental discharge of a pistol Captain Mote, 6th Kentucky cavalry. Lieut. Bader, 20th Massachusetts infantry. Lieut. L. Mayer, 12th yg cavalry. Lieut. ter, 154th Pepnsylvania infantry. Captain Fitzgerald, 112th Ohid. Adjutant Boyers, 5th fowa infantry. - Captain H. 4 Mosely, 26th Ohio, THE LEFT WING. Mr. H. D. Westfatl's Despateh. Hravqvar’ Lert Wino, Faverrkvise, N. C., March 12, 1865, ‘TIME INVASION OF FOUTN CAROLINA, The loft wing of the Army of Georgia invaded South Carolina on the 20th of January, thirty days after ite triumphal enéreé into Savannah. General Howard's wing moved around to Beaufort somewhat earlier than that date, Your correspondent with that column will detail its movements, . Two divisions—Jackson's and Ward’s— of the Twenticth corps, crossed the Savannah river at the city on the 20th, and plunged into the swamps of South Carolina, General Geary’s division was ordered to go to Sister's ferry, sixty miles above Savannah, by the Georgia road, Williams travelied up the South Carolina shore, the others up the Georgia bank, without Incident, but laboriously, til] Saturday, January 28, whon Jet. C. Davis reached the ferry, Steamboats with sup- plies were sent up tho river to that point, so that, after concentration, the left wing might cut loose from elvili- zation again with plenty of provisions, There was plenty of water in the river, and vast piles of stores wero soon accumulated at Sieter's ferry. Here a week of unremitting toll—when roldiers waded about in mud ap to thelr walsta, chopping, lifting and treading 6n torp:does—passed before the road over which the troops were to march was in condition. Genera! Wil- liama, with his two divisions, had come up to Roberta- ville meanwhile, and was walting to open ecommunica- tion. Kilpatrick's command crossed the pontoon Into | South Carolina on the 84 of February, and succeeded in | reaching dry South Carolina ground, and moved rapidly off into South Carolina space in the dir n of Aiken Goverai Siooum, who had labored day and nikht to Ket THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE FOUR CENTS. his two corps together, drew a long breath of relief wheg Geary’s division took the bridge, Saturday morning, February 4 BEAUPORT DISTRICT. General Williams moved from through Lawtonville, two days before Geary’s division of hig corps had crossed, and on the 4th was thirty-five miles in the heart of Beaufort district, L. M. Keitt’s old stamp- ing ground. Geary had the trains of the corps, moved | with considerable difficulty over roads where the mud averaged two and a balf feet in depth, where I saw ta Several places animals standing upright in the middle of the road, literally imbedded to the ears in mud, Many miles of corduroy were built and sunk and built again. Coosawhatchie swamp and river, swollen by the heavy rains, were successfully crossed, although three-quarters. of a mile of waist deep wading was required to do tt. The Saltketcher, (Siltkatcher, in South Carolina vernacu- ldr), was crossed at Beaufort bridge, and Williams’ corps finally concentrated at Blackville, a little town on the Charleston and Augusta Railroad, on February 9. FIRST IMPRESSIONS, Our first impressions in regard to the country we had invaded gave us no very exalted opinion of the State of South Carolina, Vast swamps, or barrens, where nothing but pine will grow, houses few and far between, no fence rails te burn, no living things in the fields to kill and eat, it was pretty generally conceded that we had not struck a very fine lead. The soil {6 treacherous, like the people who own it, A thin crust of earth and fine canes cover four or five feet of quicksand; -and wo to the an- lucky horseman or muleteer who leaves the beaten path for a short cut through the fields or woods, Heavy bodies were only safe on the corduroy. More than one thousand wagons of the Twentieth corps alone were brought over these roads to Blackville by General Geary in four days, THE YIELD OF SUPPLIES. As we entered Barnwell district the country was richer. Forngers roamed at'will twenty miles on either flank and infront of the column, and brought in large amounts: of new bacon and corn. ‘here was no longer anxiety for the stomach’s sake. Two hundred head of cattle were brought in by Captain Gillette, Geary’s commissary. Thousands of bushels of corn were left by the roadside for wan’ of ransportation.. Kilpatrick having been through the country before us, with fifteen hundred dismounted men, explained the scarcity of horses and mules along the route. Chickens, turkeys and sorghum were as abundant as in Georgia. DEVASTATION AND DESTRUCTION, During the first part of the march houses were burned as they were found, Whenever a view could be had from high ground black columns of smoke were seem rising here and there within a circuit of twenty or cage d miles. Solid built chimneys wero the only relics o! plantation houses after the fearful blast had ewept by. The destruction of houses, barns, mills, &c., was almost universal. -Families who remained at home occasionally kept the roof over their heads. ‘“Refugeeing,” as our soldiers termed fleeing from the wrath to come, was taken as evidence that the refugees were rebels, and the property they had left was destroyed, Think of this Black: swath extending from Barnwell to the coast, figure upon the value of Southeastern South Carolina the present day. . TERROR OF THE PEOPLE, Even the negroes were wary—afrald in gome i t trust themselves among the men who made ful work on the country. White table cloths wore sus- nded from windows with ‘Have mercy ou me!” fora Kona, and the fiery spiritof South Carolina was tamed Be effectually. Occasionally, in Georgia, a man could be found who had the cor to eay that voted for se- cession; but these al men were to own that they lived in a seceded State, NO PIGHTING. General Williams scattered small force of rebel cavalry at Robertsville, and his foragers drove them.on beyond Blackville, At Robertsville one man was killed and nine wounded. Other than this no organized body of rebels bothered the Twentieth corps column. BLACK’ VILL, The little village of Blackville had becn visited hy Kil- rick’s cavalry before the infantry column 0 real ore bat mot suffered ou ; suffered, Ger Slocum ie railroad buildings, and set Ward's division, of corps, at work upon,the rail or ten track destroyed, 288 h vat the teenth the rebels at Augusta were cutoff from Birence: No, pitvete dwellings were burned at Black- ville, HEAD WATERS OF THE BDETO. Saturday, February 11, the Twentieth ey = to the Edisto river. "Nine distinot ot gishly through a wage: half a mile in wit road ‘ore the to be here. Two hundred rebel cavalrymen disputed the. ing for a while; but a strong skirmish Ii through the ei dispersed them or drove s ina A a 5 was oer 0 at ne river. The balance of Gen. Slocum’s com: up on the left, with Kilpatrick farther on road acrovs the point formed by tbe two fourteen miles long. The corps marched to the fork before night on the 12th, and went into camp. two hundred rebels who had been dtiven away from lower Edisto had concentrated here; their force wag augmented somewhat, and with the assistance of four piedes of cannon they made considerable noise. Str. mishing was kept up all that Sunday night, the ploneers working upon the bridge meanwhile. the enemy were gone. General Ward's div: in advance, tbat general mounted hig kicking took two companies for skirmishers, and advanced Lexington and Columbia al thing TUBSDAY, FRBRUARY 1 All day Tuesday the rogiment of rebols skirmished with our adv c, but they were easily brushed away, Once they made a dash bebind the advance and € Reynolds, Inspector of General Robinson's bri- gado, and chased Captain Ward four mjes or more. enemy appeared in blue clothes, and were frequently hailed as Union ers. As te oon seafront Wed Feb- io iT Bi 'g brigade, of Geary's eh oe jenera) Slocum had twelve from Columbia. upon Davis’ being in thé town at that hour; pon vel- rains and vile réads bad prevented even that ling corps from coming wp. General Baraum’s was pushed into town, bul arrived there Just (oo late to strike ablow at the rear of the rebel cavaley which had been pouring throu bia. Only adozen shots were Gred. was withdrawn, and the Fourteenth u on a line with the Twentieth. Slocum’s wing of the grand army of invasion was con- centrated for action Weda night, ten mies Co- lumbia, facing towards that town, and he iasued the order for an advance on the capital early next morning, with the expectation of a fight. Ward's division of the Twen- Leth corps, closely followed by, Jackson's, moved down, wi the road parallel with Je! Davis’ ropa, id struck the “gone through” Lexin, ps on the banks of the opposite ortest line of | fires. corp shortly after noon. By having the right wing — paren See Grass’ battery of wenty- lJ firing shots at the great white marble frost ot the new Capitol building; sharpshootera eh: each other across the Congarce;, She Slocum, Howard, Frank Blair, and other general officers gossiped on the banks i i during the balance of the day, waiting for the pontoon train $0 come up. The rebels did not reply to the arti. lery fire, and it wag plainly to be seen pot intend to fight much for Columbia. Of oul capture of that city by the right wing I w my leaving the description for your correspondent with wing. I will simply observe that the sighs of Fi February 17, in Columbia, would have brain if be had by yo it tek yore DINTRICT. From the ffont of Columbia, General Slocum's com: mand moved to the left, scross the Saluda and rivers, to the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, and destroyed that for thirty miles. and'& D. Leo, with twenty thousand men Hood’s army, were reported by Laine | poten acon e oa berry, and General Siocum’s was & juuc- tion between them and Hardeo’s Charleston We wished rapidly on to Pe Pn capital of Fairfield istrict, where it was expected rebel cavalry give usa fight. They were known to outnumber Kil rick's command two to one. Wade Ham Whee- Per and Butler were in command, Fairfield district ts wealthy. Forage began to rell in; more meat and bread- stu tts than T saw at any one time, during the Georgia cam- paign was brought to the roadside day'by day. GRNERAL SLOCUM BAVPS WISNEDORO. General Slocum double-quicked the advance Of bis column into the vill ‘of Winnsboro to save the tow from the torch of his foragers. General of Geary's division, was in advance, and every made to boat the stragglers from tho grand army town, They were nol successful. The town was BE ‘ton fire before any organized body of a Ane eficers turned their atfention to the hye | arrested the progress of the Hames. Generals um, dee, be bed and rs worked = ‘4a, burned theit whiskers and scorched their gtien 1 preven the repetition of Columbia soones, uildings were burned on the main ine oF ten Buildings were Dane hi ¢ oo before tho fre wetbe property of aman in Now Y rope, said to be the Prope Mards were posted at house ip town, and Williams, Geary, Par oity. c fires were queached as Unforta ately the ebarch building of Kptreopelian nocloty troyed. beg ner OF THE PIRR, Citizens of Winnsboro told us that Lunderdale, 0 rabid secession Wotan, set fire t Lap Wakes | rather than have itfall foto Yankeo hands, 80 de- stroyed the property of her neighbors. i OVER REVOLUTIONARY GROUND. From Winnsboro the loft wing marched to tho Catawbe river, striking ft at Rocky Mount ford, the goon of one of the South Carolina skirmishes dari @ Revolution, Of outponte, Rocky Mount was one of Cornwallis’ (CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE