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Augusta Dates to March Ist.
BICB3IOYD DATES TO FEBRUARY 2s.
INTERESTING EXTRACTS.
We have received a copy of the Au
gusta Constitutionalist of March Ist,from
which we make the following liberal ex
tracts. It will be readily believed by all
reasonable people, friends and foes, that
the statements of Yankee atrocities are
very much exaggerated, and we doubt if
they have any real foundation. YTmkee
soldiers, as a class, do not incline to bon
fires of bibles mid hy urn books, or the
wilful destruction of Masonic halls, nor
would Yankee officers permit any such
acts of vandalism. Exceptions of course
occur, for there are doubtless thieves aud
-brutes in all armies—quite as many in
the rebel army, we opine, as our own.—
But the citizens of Savannah can testify
to the orderly conduct of Y’ankee sol
diers as a class.
THE ENEMY IN BARNWELL, S. C.
Mr. Maloney, the lutendent of Black
viile, has furnished us with some very
interesting facts connected with the pas
sage of the enemy through the neighbor
ing District of Barnwell. Their recital
now is but the repetition of a “twice
told tale"; yet they have been recorded
for the interest of those who may come
after us, as exhibiting the diabolism of
the foe with whom w r e have had to con
tehd in our struggle for inc ependence.
The 20th Army Corps, under com
mand of Slocum, a genuine dowm-easter,
from that cotton-spinning potato patch,
Rhode Island, passed through Barnwell;
and long will be held in remembrance
that body of immaculate Yankee patri
ots. Kilpatrick’s cavalry were, of
course, the avant couriers, and disported
themselves with that swaggering air pe
culiar to upstartish braggarts and cow
ards.
At Bajrnvvell Court House the Yankees
were extatic in the thought that they
were punishing South Carolina. Neither
age or sex was spared insult, outrage
and robbery. Buildings of all sorts were
burned, although the ostensible order
was that none but unoccupied houses
were to be destroyed. Y’et, from pri
vates, the information was obtained that
all fme residences were to be laid in ruins.
The Masonic Hall, a building detached
trom all others, was covered with oil and
tupentine, and then fired. Masons do
“ ot seem to abound in the Twentieth
Corps.
The publisher of the Barnwell Sentinel
lost heavily; but succeeded in saving
some of his printing material by burying
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1865.
Everybody was robbed indiscriminate
ly—the aged, sick and helpie33 fared
alike, being deprived of the last morsel
of food. A party of Y'ankees with sev
eral wagon lodds of stoleu supplies ap
proached the house of an old planter,
and enquired if he had seen any “rebs”
lately. The gentleman looking askance
answered with more than native cute
ness : “Why, yes, there were forty or
fifty over in the field a few 7 minutes ago.”
The arrant cowards did not pause to as
certain the tivth, but quickly cut the
traces and rode off at full speed on the
mules.
In the little towm of Blackviile forty
three houses were destroyed. The Bap
tist Church w r as desecrated by the sacii
legous knives, tw o bails being held in it
which were attended by a miscegenatiug
crowd of niggers and Y ankee ofiicers.
They then burned the Bibles, hymn and
Sunday School troks and the church or
naments. The Methodist church fared
no better, having been used as a stable.
The Post-office w ? as sacked and the
.males destroyed. No persop was left un
molested, and the Y’ankees had the
names of several parties whom they de
signed treating with especial severity.
"They all have a peculiar penchant for
silver " plate, gold watches and similar
valuables* Every exertion was made to
discover the places where these articles
were secreted, and in most instances
with astonishing success. They would j
examine rigidly fields, and gardens, and
in their nefarious pursuit rifted the graves
in the church yard. The graves of two
negroes buried in the country were
onened, and the bodies left disinterred.
* Ladies lost all their wearing apparel,
and innocent little children likewise suf
fered. The heartless barbarians stole the
under clothing of Mr. Moloney s infant,
and took the shoes from the Feet of his
little daughter aged only five years.
It is thus that those Northern vandals
go about restoring the Union and ce
menting the ties of amity between the
long alienated sections. That they are
succeeding admirably must be allowed.
They are doing precisely what w T e could
wish —restoring union of sentiment
among the people, awakening a deter
mined spirit of resistence in ail classes,
and invoking upon their heads the indig
nation not only of civilized nations, but
of a justly offended Almighty.
Tne spirit of the women of South Car
olina seemed to astonish the Yankees.
They could not comprehend the calm,
heroic endurauce of those high-born
ladies; and they frequently remarked
that under all the outrage and insult and
injury heaped upon them, they had seen
no iSouth Carolina women in tears for
the loss of property, or abating one jot or
tittle of the determination to stand by
the cause of liberty.
The following is a copy of a Yankee
document, to which some of our soldiers
have had to subscribe. It is illegal aud
not binding:
prisoner's parole.
I, , a of Company
Reg’t of the so-called Confederate
States army, captured in —, do sol
emnly swear before Almighty God, the
Sovereign Judge, that 1 will not bear
erms against the United States Govern
ment, nor help, aid, or assist, either
directly or indirectly, any person or per
sons, in making war against the same,
until regularly exchanged as a prisoner
of war, and that I will not, at any time
communicate to any person information
received while within the Federal lines,
mental to the same.
Sworn and subscribed to before me in
[Signed] Jso B. Lee.
Major and Provost Marshal,
14th Army Corps.
A DAY OF THANKSGIVING*
Mr. Editor: The late calamities that
have befallen the eities and to'ms of our
sister State should be means of
bringing to our minds the pleasing re
membrance of our having been twice
spared the actual horrors of invasion
through the merciful Providence of a
watchful God.
Twice within the period of the marches
and countermarches of the subtle com
manders of the Federal army has our
gracious Father manifested His bound
less love and care for us.
Now it is evident to every mind that
when we*have been the recipients of such
mercy and protection, it should be
not only our pleasure but our boundeu
duty to" offer up our heartfelt thanksgiv
ing in a solemn and public manner for
the same. It is a lamentable fact that
up to this late day our municipal author
ities have not taken the steps that the
occasion called for. Our first thought
after the actual danger was removed,
should have been, “Let us thank God
for his signal mercies.”
Still “it is never too late to do good,”
and I would suggest that an early day
be named by our city authorities tor that
purpose: aud let our citizens, laying
aside all business and w r orldly pleasures,
devote themselves for one day at least to
rendering to tie Almighty what He has
just cause to expect and to receive.
After having partaken of such blessings
and exemptions from destruction, did we
not show our gratitude, “not only with
our lips, but in our lives,” we would pre
sent the spectacle of a people arrogantly
claiming the favors of Heaven as a due,
and noi a divine blessing. I trust, Mr.
Editor, you will impress this very im
portant matter upon our civil authori
ties. ' Gratitude.
SHERMANS .’ROGRESS —RELIEF FOR CO
LUMBIA*
{Dr. Na'/le's Despatch.')
Augusta, Feb. 28. —The evidence of
the terrible diabolism perpetrated by the
Yankees in Columbia, continues to accu
mulate. The crie3 of ten thousand hun
gry, staring and homeless women and
children appeal to the sympathies aud
benevolence of our people. The horrors
that attended the destruction of Atlanta
were ten fold repeated at Columbia.
There are no horses, wagons, or any
means of conveyance by w hich the peo
ple can leave the city and go wffiere sub
sistence and shelter can be had. Un
usually heavy rains during the past week
have placed "the roads in such conditions
that the sufferers cannot walk away from
the desolated place. The people abroad
should promptly send ofi their bounty to
the Mayor of this city and relieve the
awful distress of their afflicted people.
Every effort is being made here to sup
ply their wants of the sufferers and vic
tims of Sherman's accursed cruelty.
Gen. Fry despatched to-day to Colum
bia a large wagon train loaded with sub
sistence, and will send another heavy
train to-morrow. He is promptly
making every effort in his pow'er to pro
vide for the sustenance of the distressed
in our sister city.
Sherman was north of Chester at last
accounts, progressing very slowly.
Office Provost Marshal, ;
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 28, 1865. f
Circular —.
Owing to the number of officers and
men that daily throng the streets, the
following classes only will be allowed
passes to remain in tiffs city : '
Ist. All officers aud men who are reg
ularly assigned or detailed for duty with
in the limits of the city.
2d. All officers and men, such as ord
nance officers, quffrtermasters and com
missaries, or their regular authorized
agents here on necessary business con
nected with their departments.
;3d. All officers aud men with leaves of
absence or furloughs, when such leaves
of absence or furloughs have not expired.
, No passes will be given to the second !
class except for one day; to be renewed
if indispensably necessary.
Passes given to the third class will be
only for the unexpired time of their
leaves of absence or furloughs.
Officers in charge of patrol parties will
be held strictly responsible for the faith
ful performance of their duties, and will
use the utmost vigilance in detecting
forged papers, or those either improperly
granted or obtained by the parties hold
ing them. M. P. Parker,
Oaptain and Provost Marshal.
(From the Richmond Whig, Feb. 27.)
The Petersburg Express of yesterday
says;
Reliable intelligence leads us to be
lieve that ou Friday and Saturday nights
the enemy moved a number of pieces of
artillery to his left. The rumbling of
these trains could be distinctly heard
from points of observation not necessary
now to mention. The enemy’s cavalry
and the main body of his infantry h:\ve
been moved towards Hatcher’s run.
We are iuclined to believe this state
ment, as intelligence from other sources
convinces us that every man that can be
spared from these lines has been moved
to our right. We but await the clear
ing up of. the weather aud some im
provement in the condition of the roads
to hear that the enemy has commenced
a heavy movement against our extreme
right.
[From tho Richmond Examir.sr, Fob. 23.]
There is a general opinion that as soon
as the condition of the roads is improved
the enemy will commence a heavy move
ment on our right, in the vicinity of Pe
tersburg. There is no doubt that his
cavalry and the main body of his infant
ry have been moved towards Hatcher’s
run, and that but a feeble force is left to
confront our lines east'of Petersburg. It
is reported by deserters from Grant’s
lines that there is but one corps (the
Ninth) left between the Weldon road
and the Appomattox river. The heavy
massing on the enemy’s left means an
important battle, in which Grant probably
designs another experiment upon our
iine3 before Sherman can possibly get up
to share in that fond conclusion—fore
gone in Y’ankee estimation—the capture
ot Richmond. That laurel Grant is no
doubt adventurously resolved to pluck
for himself, even at the hazard of au at
tempt which may cost him a defeat such
as he has not yet experienced.
[From ths Richmond Sentinel (Davis’ organ).
Fib. 27.]
A great deal of causeless disquiet has
been created in our city by some move
ments which are purely precautionary,
but which have been greatly misunder
stood or misrepresented. We make this
statement on authority and by request,
in order to rolieve the minds of our peo
ple of gratuitous anxieties. Nothing has
been done or contemplated but what an
ordinary prudence enjoins, or with any
purpose that every citizen here would
not approve'and applaud. There is no
foundation for the stories on which some
build panics, and which others may em
brace for the indulgence of prejudices
With the opening of the campaign, and
in the immediate presence of the two
great armies which are to wrestle for our
city as the prize, it is of course eminent
ly proper that Richmond should be put
in her best fighting trim; for she is no
unconcerned spectator. If it will not
shock some weak nerves we would,
therefore, recommend that all useless
aud non-combatant consumers lx? urged
to leave us, that we may defend the city
to better advantage. There is some
strange fascination about a point of
danger -which attacts those who but
hinder operations. Let all such with
draw—as tor the rest, let us rub up our
guns.
Why do pioneers go bes >re the army ?
To axe the way. —Louisville Press.
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