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4 Sacking and Burming of Colmbia. MALICIOUS DIABOLISM OF TIIB YAN KEE SOLDIERS. The correspondent of the Cenetitutionalist thus speaks of TUB BACXINO. Immediately after the irder to “ stack arms,*’ the Yankees showered through the streets. They left no tenement uuvisited; they invaded the sanctity of ladies’ chambers; they robbed indiscriminately; they were rude, savage and boisterous. “What do you think of the Yan kees now ?” was their common expression. Gentlemen were met on the sidewalk, “ What is the time of day ?” is the first. query, and then a snatch at the gold chronometer. This continued for hours, neither age, or sex, or color, being respected. Jewelry was taken, ladies’ clothing stolen or destroyed ; plate made way with; line liquors guzzled; provisions paured into the street—everything done, in fact, that could terrify and dishea ten the people. No one was safe from these encroach ments. According to Sherman's order, “thirty six hours’’ was granted to pillagers, and right, weil did t ey a*ail themselves of the privilege. TUB BURNING. Outing Fri ley several tires occurred, which were speedily extinguished, the cotton iu tho streets being also consumed. But afterwards, when attempts were made to stay the progress of the flames, the hose were cut, and the en gines rendered powerless. It was not appa rent. however, that the euemy intended de stroying the city by lire until late :u the after noon, when they burned the residences of lion. George A. TrenhoJm, Secretary of the Treasu ry, Gen. Wade Hampton and William Wallace. After nightfall fires broke out iu various sec tions of the city, and soon the flames were seen ascending from all quarters. To escape with property was a vain attempt. Wherever oae went, the angry element followed. All was chaos and confusion. Brerything given up to the great devottrer, and no one seemed concerned at out, saving aught but himself and household. The wind blew furiously, and the mad, lurid flames lashed each other from street to street, the tumult of the conflagration sound ing as the deep abysmal roar of the ocoan upon a much fretted iron-girt coast. Thus the greater part »f the city fell a prey to the fire—thus were robbed and beggared hundreds aud thousand* —thus were happy famiJioa reduced by «• sudden blow to the or phanage of want and poverty, aud thus a .sight.- y city became a wa.-to of smouldering ruins. Where tlie lire originated, if would be impos sible to state. It burst forth with violence in ail sections at the same time. Yankee soldiers with hand grenades, balls of phosphorus aud other combustibles, visited all parts of the place and tired it indiscriminately. Such wicked, malicious exhibitions of diabolism were never before witnessed on this continent. Attilia, in truth, was never so wanton. Nor were the hordes of Goths so ruthless as the Illinoisians and low.uts and Ohioinns of Logan. •>- o -»• Sir Walter Scott and Wilb eb force — In reading, a few evenings since, says Sir Walter, the diary of the great and good William Wil berforce, we were struck with the following passage in reference to the Waverley novels (which were just then in course of publica tion) : “ I am always sorry that, they should have so little moral or religious object. They remind me of a giant spending his strength in cracking nuts. I would rather go to render up my account at the last day, carrying up with me ‘The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain,' than bearing the load of nil these volumes, full as they are of genius.” • The following should be read by every man who lias neglected to take the paper published in liis own place, or the one nearest to him : “Breathes tliere a man with soui so dead— who never to himself hath said—l will my county paper take—both for my own and fami ly’s sake ? If such there be, lent him repent— and have ihe paper to him sent—and if he’d pass a happy winter—he in advance should pay the printer.” The San Antonio Herald says the French, ou arriving at Matamoras, complimented the Con federate flag with a hearty salute, while they passed by the Yankee flag in silent contempt. Our flag is reported to lie waving over stores, i taverns and saloons, all over the city of Mala- moras. -IS* There is no affliction so small but we should ! sink under it if God upheld us not ; and there I is no sin so great but we should commit it if God restrained us not. ■ Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions. ! Dr.-Dodd. THE ARMY & NAVY HERALD. Execution of Capt. John Y. Be«ll. The execution of Captain John Y. Beall, is described at length by the New York LI-raid. It says: The execution of Captain John T. Beall, the Kebel Spy, took place, with imposing ooremo nies, at Governor’s Island, in the presence of several hundred spectators. The condemned was unusually firm up to the last moment, aud seemed to have an utter contempt for the fear ful punishment that was meted out to him. The prisoner was attended in his last moments by the liev. Dr. Weston, of St. John's Episcopal Church, at whose hands he received the sacra ment of the holy communion, according to the rites of that church. During his confinement he devoted a great part of his time to his reli gious duties, aud never seemed to indulge in the hope of obtaining a pardon at the hands of the government.. He was visited by a number of his friends with in the past week, and his mother, too, was with him a day or two before he died. She had come on from Virginia for the purpose of bidding him a last farewell, and it was at her solicita tion that the reprieve was granted, which pre vented (he execution from taking place sooner. After describing the departure from the cell, the procession to the scaffold, the reading of the lengthy order from Gen. Dix, confirming the finding of the court-mart ill, lb. * Herald’closes its account of the last moment, of the viatim as follows : During the reading of the abovo order, the prisoner look a seat, showing that he was some what tired with the tediuu.-iicss of the form. Ho was observed to smile once or twice while Ifie Provost Marshal was recounting his exploits ou Lake Erie ; but aside from that he maintain ed his usual self-composure and disregard of the entire proceedings. Tlie reading of the document, having been fin ished, Beall drew himself up, and in a clear voice exclaimed-—“all J have to say in answer to this proceeding, is that if is a murder.” The clergyman who never left- his side fora moment now offered up a heartfelt prayer for the con demned at the conclusion of which, the execu tioner stepped forward and adjusted the fatal noose. The I’rovost Marshal then stepped forward, and addressing the culprit, asked him if he had anything to say, why the sentence of the Court should not be put into execution ? Captain Be. 11—All I have to say is, that the execution of the sentence is murder—absolute murder. 1 die in the service and defence of my country. The drop was thou pulled asunder, and Beall hung for twenty minutes and was pronounced j dead. 1 The Dying Indian Boy. 1 found him dying of consumption, and iu a state of the most awful poverty and destitution, itr-a smaii bitch-rind covered hut, with nothing but a few fern leaves under him, nnd an old blanket, over him. After recovering frem my surprise, I said : “ My poor boy, I am very sorry to see you in this state; had you lot me know, you should not have been lying here.” Lie replied: “It is very little J want now, and these poor people get it forme; but 1 should like something softer to lie upon, as my bones are very sore.” I then ‘asked him concerning the state of his mind, when he replied, that lie was very happy ; that,. Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, had died to save him, and that he had the most perfect confidence iu him. Observing a small Bible under the corner of his blauket, l said : “Jack, you have a friend there ; I am glad to see that; I hope you find something good there.’’ Weak as he was, he raised him self on liis elbow, held it in his attenuated band, while a smile played on his countenance, and slowly spoke, in proeisely tho following words: “This, sir, is my dear friend. You gave it me. For a long time 1 read it much, and often thought of what it told. Last year 1 went to see iny sister at Lake Winnipeg (about, two hundred miles off), where I re mained about two mouths. When 1 was half way back through the Lake, 1 remembered that 1 had left my Bible behind trie. I directly turned round, and was nine d>iys by myself, tossing to and fro, before I could reach the house ; but I found my friend, and determined that 1 would not part with it again, and ever since it has beqn«nenr my breast, and I thought 1 should have buried it with me; but l Lave thought since I had better give it to you when I am gone, and it may do souto one else good.” lie was often interrupted by a sepulchral cough, and sunk down exhausted. I rtad and prayed, the hut Lordly affording me room to be upright, even when kneeling.— Missionary letter in Bishop of Montreals Journal. The rose is the queen among flowers—woman the loveliest of her species—as the rose is among the flowers, so is she among the sons of men. The Iron-Clad Bams. _ SIIXSATION IV TAIKBDOM. Yankee papers are now making considerable noise over a report that two vessels, powerful rams, have recently left the port of Bordeaux, in France, for the Confederate States service. We publish below an article from the Paris correspondent of the Nets York Herald , in re gard to the matter. Paris, January 2T, 18(55.— 8y a fortunate accident, I am able to anticipate, I trust in time to mitigate a great disaster, the most startling intelligence that has crossed the Atlantic since the outbreak of the war. This will barely have reached ycru before two rebel iron-clads will have left the coast of France for theport ofNew fork, where they expect to carry the first news of the expedition. These vessels, which are admirable sea boats, as one of them has proved during the recent heavy gales in the North Sea are of the most formidable description, calcula ted to resist any artillery in our navy, except j perhaps, the monitor guns. They will take j abundant coal for the Atlantic voyage, without ! stopping at the islands ; and armed with Arm strongs, of the heaviest calibre, as well as an enormous supply of rockets. No doubt is en ; tertained of their ability to carry with ease the fortifications in New York harbor, and hold the' j harbor against any force that could be sent to the rescue. The city is then to be laid under | contribution, or, in the event of refusal, to be fired. The leaders of the expedition, however, : expect an outbreak in the city itself, and that | the copperheads will seize the moment of panic ] ;*td confusion, to declare New York independ | ent, front the Union and the State, and a free j port. j To show that Ido not exaggerate the formula i ble character of tliesS vessels, it is only neees | sary to name them, as during their construction 1 many oi out naval officers hare inspected them. I They are known as th« Sphynx aud the Cheops, \ but on hoiking their flag will be respectively | called the Stonewall and the Kapidan. You are I doubtless aware that before the keel of either of 1 these vessels was laid at. Bordeaux the person : al word of Louis Napoleon w it pledged to their j delivery, with guns and everything except pow | dev on board. Commenting upon the news contained in this | letter, the Herald says editorially : The Dano-Kekcl Iron-Clads on their way to ! the American waters —the duty of the govern | ment. The intelligence that the two rebel Iron clads had left, or was about to leave tlieFrench ; coast for American waters is confirmed by our Paris correspondent, whose let ter we publish. ! Our Consul at Liverpool confirms his statement to the Government, and implicates the Danish | authorities. It is not unreasonable to expect I their appearance on our coast almost at 'any ; hour, and the damage they may commit, if our j men of war and merchant vessels are taken by 1 surprise, will be incalculable. It. is the duty of ; our Government, therefore, promptly, to make arrangements for their recaption aud capture; | and furthermore, to seize such of the Danish j West India possessions as may be calculated to | imdemnify us for their being permitted to be | fitted out under the flag of the ©auish Govern-- i ment. I j The Yankees Offer Insult to the Memory J of Washington. —“Be De Kay,” the corres ; pendent of the Constitutionalist, in speaking of i the statue of Gen. Washington in front of the | new State House in Columbia, S. C., says: “The statue of General Washington was de ! faced, the grand old hero alter passing through ! the ordeal of Yankee reverence (?) looking as | if he had just escaped from an Irish wedding ■or Donrtybrook fair. His nose was broken off, ! eyeß battered, and cane mutilated.” The same correspondent says the Ursuline ! Convent- was burned, and its inmates driven j forth into the street—the nuns and pupils j losing everything. Sherman professed some regret at this, and by way of palliation offered tho Sisters the house of Gen. Preston, giving I them what he called a “stirrup title” to the | premises. He also proffered assistance, but | the Mother Superior, who is a sister of the i lion-hearted Bishop Lynch, spurned indignant ly bis spurious sympathy. Os course the barbarous invaders bad no re | spect for religion, and ail the churches in the j city were burned, save the Baptist, Presbyte ! l-ian, Episcopal and Catholic. The Baptist Church was fired several times, ! it being particularly objectionable, as having j been the scene of the first secession meeting ! ever held in the South. The Presbyterian ; Church was pillaged and greatly defaced in the j interior. Rev. Dr. rainier, the pastor, who is both eloquent and courageous, shouldered his ansi left with our forces. Eve, according to Milton, kept silence in Eden to hear her husband talk; There have been no Eves since. [For the Army and Navy Herald.] “ Euthanasia.” (In sympathy dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Sykei.) In fancy I’m seeing a narrow bed, Where a dying man in his youth wsS laid; The dewy brow and the fading eye Bespeak to the heart that the loved must die. Must die ! sad thought; from his native land— No mothew near, with her soothing hand, To part from the pale, brave brow the hair That once o'er her bosom swept soft and fair. Swept fair and soft to the breeze of Spring, As gaily lie danced on his youth-spread wing ; And his bold boy-heart beat rippling chime To the brooklets’ waves in the Summer time. “ Tell mother I sighed for her face again. Her hand to soothe this wearying pain ; Her tears, and her voice, and her blessed care, To help me this burden of death to bear.” But silently forth went the spirit, young— “Te deum Laudaraus ” the night-winds sung ; And the sister, all white, by the still couch there, Sent up thro' the shadows her soul of prayer. ’Twas a sad'ning sight to behold him die. The love-light quenched in his sunny eyC; And the sister, who bending in sorrow there, Enwreatbing her hand with his sun-burnt hair. Ah ! quiet and cold lies the stately form Peaceful and pale in life’s bright dawn : When scarcely a shadow of want or pain Across the path of his life had lain. Then carry him soft to his last sweet rest,' And pile the damp earth on his pulseless breast! And turn with your white, wet cheeks away From Blakford’s, hush! to the mournful day. “ Our Father iu Heaven ” will help us along O’er the waters so dark and strong : O’er the ceaseless, sullen roar, Till we meet with the lost on the fadeless shore. 1 Voodtnd- Cott.aye, Feb. 28th, 1805. The Commander-in-chief. The enemies of President Davis have been rea dy to fasten all the responsibility of our mili tary disasters upon him, regardless of the facts. He has been accused of interfering with the wishes and programmes of our Generals, caus ing the failure of campaigns. The invasion of Pennsylvania by Lee, and its failure—the de feat cf our army at Missionary Itidge, and Hood’s late campaign, have all teen cited to prove, the lack of military genius in President Davis. Gov. Brown coolly pronounces the mil itary administration of the President a failure —and a few of liis organs repeat the verdict. Is this verdict substantiated by the develop ments made in official reports and correspond ence ? When Gen. Lee came back to Virginia from bis Pennsylvania campaign, he publicly announ ced that lie alone was responsible for its incep tion and failure. When Gen. Hood took leave of his shattered arfny. at Tupelo, after the late Tennessee campaign, he said, I aloneam respon sible for the conception and failure of the en terprise. In short, although exercising his au thority as Commander-in-Ckief, the testimony shows that the President always has yielded to the opinions and suggestions of distinguished Generals of the Confederate armies. Late offi cial correspondence shows that. Gen. Lee has been consulted and liis views adopted for the last three years. He is now General-in-Chief by the creation of the office by Congress and by the appointment of the President, but he has virtually occupied the same position dating at least two years. Taxed as his mental and physical powers, -are, the President, in yielding up military movements te Gen. Lee, does not acknowledge weakness and lack of power, but shows his strength of judgment. All that, wo have to fear now is, that the great Lee will be over taxed. The populace are too apt to overesti mate the power of one man. They place all the responsibilities of the nation upon the shoulders of one military chieftain, and if he fails he is damned for uot achieving impossi bilities. We assert, and feel confident that the historian of this war will sustain us, that the politicians and people are responsible for tlie military disasters of the past two years. Our Government and military chieftains must be sustained hy the sentiments of the coun try, if we hope to succeed iu this coutest, Selma Dispatch. The Great Question. Friend, is the question on tby heart, engraved, “ What must I do to be forever saved ?” $ Believe in Jesus, is the solo reply ; Believe in him, and thou shalt never die ; His precious blood gives pardon, life, and peace; < Freedom from guilt, and joys that never cease, Go search the Scriptures, friend, in faith and prayer; The Spirit will reveal the Saviour there. /