The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1863-01-22

/ c"oshuS oAuuDXivs women en- Qtyhd
bile clappisg their hsnds, frantic with
JOY, crsing ".kill them, kill them "a
heterogeneous mass Of excited, frantic,
frightened human bsings presenting al,
'ndsscribie picture, more adapted for
the pencil Of Hogar,h than ,he pen Of
s,newspapes correspondent.
.Ihesurprised camp surrendered 500
men and l50 commissioned officers.
nho were Immediately paroled. And
then commenced tho work Of destruc.
ton. The extensive building of the
Mississippi Central depot, the station
house, the engine house, and immsns.
store houses were filled with supplies
Of olnthihg and comnissary stores
Outside of the depot The barrels Of -four,
estimated half n mile iu length, and
ffty feet through aud fifteen foct high.
Turpeniinc WAS thrown over this, and
the whole amount des, roysd. Up
Town the court house and public build.
ings, livery stables snd all capacious
establishments, were filled, ceiling high.
with medical aud ordnance stored
These We're vii iiro,s, aud The explosion
Of ons of the buildings, in which was
s,ofed ono hundred barrels of powder,
Knocked down nearly all the l,ouses on
the south side Of the square. Surely
such a scene Of devastation was never
before presented o.rhe owe of man.
Glance at the gigantic estimates /: -...
100000 fixed cartridge. and other
ordnance stores, valued at $1,000, 900,
including $4,000 riacs aud 1000 re-
yo!vars. -.-,.
100000 sn;ts Of clothing and other
qaar'ermaster stores valued nj $500, coo
5000 tarrels Of dour and other commits.
sary stores, valued at $500, 900.
I.oO0o0O worth Of medical stores,
Tor which invoices 10 that amount were
exhibited, and 1000 bales of cotton and
5000, 900 worth Of suffers stores.
D.. As there was no time to remove
these immense stores from the bnild
ings containing them, they were all dos
H'yed, comprising the Mississippi Cen
lral Depot, engins houses and store
houses, the most elegant and capaciuus
in all The South, the court house. Iiverr
stable, aud the largest buildings OH the
public squire.
While the capture Of the camp. narol.
irs OF tho prisoners and destro, ing Of
the. stores we're going on. the Texas
Rangers. composing the 0,h, 9th aud
Sd legions, became engaged with the
Mici:gan Cavalry. and drove them
pelirne'i through town. and run1hrm of
north, with considerable loss TO the
Abcli,ionists, anu a loss Of thirty in
killed and wounded on our part.
The ladies fuslisd cut from the houses,
wild with joy. crying out; "There's
s"me al, tho Fair Grounds Chase
them, kill them. Tor Gods sake I" One
lady said: "The Yankee Cumman-
dant Of the Pos, Is in my houss; come
and catch bin, ~ and a search was In
siigaied, but wilhoui success, when the
noble woman insisted that no was there.
concealed; and finally, after much ado,
the gallant save the markD Colonel
Murphy. the intrepid Yankee Com
mandaut of Holy Springs, was. hauled
out from under lis bed, and presented
himself IL his nocturnal habiliments to
his carlors. .s
The Iiovost Marshal was also taken.
and addressing Gen, Van Dorm. said
" We'll, General, you've got us fairly,
this time. know IL. ] was in bed
with my wife when I heard the firing,
and | vt oace said, Well, wife. it's no
use closing our eyes. or hiding under
tho cover we've gone up"
Our attention was given to Grants
headquarters, which be had lef: tw.n!y-
four hous before. All his papers. cl,aris,
maps, ETC, were captured. together with
bis splendid carriage. which was burn.
ed. Among his papers was found
pass, to pass the bearer over all rail.
romls and steamboats, in the United
States, al Government expense TO pass
all pickets and guards and other pa
pers, at once interesting and valuable.
Mrs. Grant was also captured, but no
indignily was offered TO her.
Nearly every store ,on the public
square was iiile,l with sutler stores. and
after our men had helped thcmseI, es, the
balance Of The goods were burned.
When our forces first reached the
depot, there was train about leaving.
The engineer jumped Off and run away,
and ono of our men took his place, shu:
The throttle valve, and stopped the train.
Hixty cars and two locomotives were
Then fired aud Destroyed.
Among the proceedings Of :ha Pro.
vost conrl we flud ihe follow ing item
James Finn and 4. DouIigng had
row at j. Hawkins. BouIieny shot
three times al Finn, with whom he had
been lighting, and who bad Knocked
him down. None Of the shots took |
effect Both parties were supplied with |
u suitable qnad,ity Of cio,hig and
boots, al Xix o'clock 10 the morning the
march was renewed, and Davis. Mil
was the next place a,tacked. Here the
enemy we're entrencbed, and sheltered
themselves in block house and fort
formed Of cotton bales. The cavalry