Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-06-23
The DESTRUCTION OF DARIEN
GEOhGIA.

Oar readers have been informed, saws tho
Savannah "NeEe," that the CITY Of D.reu,
ono of :he olJess toTns in the State, the New
Inverness of Oslethorpe's time, has been to.
tslly destroyed by Yankee negro torcss. We
hsVo bseu kindly permitted tu make some ex
tracts from private letters received by one Of
our citizens, which contain some facts in re-
fo:enco to this crowniDg act OF wanton Van.
dali III on Georgia soil which have ZOE cefore
been published. 4 citizen of DArisn, writ
ing ffon "Dunwoody's Plsnt.tion, nesr
Hnere Darien once STOOD" under date OF
jane - b, says:
What mas been So long threatened hiss st
length conesto psss. D4rlen ia now one plain
OF ashes ard blackened chimneys. The
accutsed Yankee negro Ynnd,ls c.me
up yestsEday with three gunboats and
two transports, and laid tho city in
ruins. There are but three sm,ll
houses loft in the place. The Methciist
Oau,ch ~as SGT oa hre, but did not burn
All tte other churches, the market house,
court house, Jail, and clerks Office are all
gone. The villains b;oke open all the housss
aat stores and took what they wanted, ard
then pou-td spris Of turpsutine over the
floors snd applied tho toicb. II is sad
sight to see sne smoking ruins now. Tho
wTe.ches Bho. the mich cows and calves
down IN tic streets, to0a some Of them On
board their vessels aud left the rest lying il
che streets, where they still lie. They car.
lied d every negro that was in tho place, ex-
copt ono old African woman, named Nancy,
wao told than she was from Africa, and thu.
SIZE would not 80 sgsin on the big Wster.-
After dcst,uyiug the toYn, on their way to
Doboy, they burnt Dir. Morris plantation
buildings. For mysslf f,el tits calamity
severely. You know have lost heavily
since tho war commenced, but had still a
good homo sfs. This is now also gouo. The
value i'll money would not have thought so
much of, as am getting used to it; but there
is something IN the woId home that puts
money out Of the question. And, then. to
;hink tnat It was burned in broad daylight by
the ccHcrdly Yankec-negro thieves. But q
truce to regrets. One Of the boats started to
coue up Oathead creek to this place, but The
sneakirg rascals changed their minds, and
contonted themselyoa with sending US q few
compliments ii tn, shape of eholls. We. of
cou'se had to leave here for q time, and, az
there are more rslds expected, have con.
cluded to move little way into the pine
woods until zee whether can harvest NV
crop or not
The town vas destroyed by & negro regi-
mont tficered by white NOR. They left
book which found, and in which tho follow.
ing entry wac made, and which, presume,
is list of tho regimental officers. The wri
ting is in largo, coarse hand, and in pen
Gil:
Stewart W. Woods, June IL, 1868. Com
pany I, Saith Mass. Vols. Penn Township,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Stewart
W. Woods vas born September 81, 1884,
Hid.orR, Hidlersburg, Adams County, Penn
sylvsnia. st Massachusetts Volunteers.-
u h Regiment Massachusetts, Volunteers, Of
Dol. Shaw. Capt. G. Pope, First Lieut.. uis
inson, Second Lieut.. Tucker.
Should these Yankee negro brigands ever
fail into our hands the abuye record NAV be
u.eful.
From the lOtter Of lady, formerly = resi-
don't Of Savannah, VIC make the following ex.
tract:
| suppose you have heard all about the
burning Of DArien. was in town on Tues
day, snd WAS to have had what things had
there removed the first opportunity, but On
Thursday the Yankees landed q negro force
of four hundred, whc, with torches and spi-
rits of turpentine, burned every house and
store, together with tho churches and court
house.
rney bayo left nothing but the chimneys
standing in al! Darien. They took every
negro that was IN the place, forcing some to
&c with their guns pointed OF them all the
time. One negro woman ran from them and
they shot her in the head, and then carried
her on board their boat. They have taken
the schooner Pet, that was ready to eail for
Nassau with cargo Of cotton.
Tie destruction of D,rion was a oowsrdly,
wsnton out,sge, for which tho Yankee Van
dsls have net even the excuse of love of
plunde-. The town had for / long time been
nearly deserted, and there was nothing left
in the place 70 excite even Yankee cupidity.
1t afforded safe opportunity to infct injury
upon uDarmed and defenceless private citi-
zsns, and it is in such enterprises that Yam
kee-negro vslor displays itself.