The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-11-30


Romo (Ga.) correspondent of tho Now
Yotk 7rBsao, pndor date Of Nov. f0ai .has
tilc following account 6f the burning and
evacuation Of that place by our troops:
AS | write, tho heavens arc illuminated
with tho sblazol at tho. bwnipg .buihlings
destroyed By Ucn. Corso, IN bb6dionco to
orders from headquarters, prior TO our ovao.
uation of this once prosperous aud pretty
little Southern towns rFor over week tho
abandonment OF this town has been con
tomplatcd, aud il was only delayed on ao-
count of the excessively stormy weather,
and the presence Of Tho paymastors, who
were engaged in paying OFT Fourth Dl-
vision OF the FiItcouth totpsy To-day oc
ders were received TO carry into execution
tho original orders, and Brigadicr. General
Corsc, commanding the post and garrison,
having had his plaus fully maturcd, was
not long in arranging all tho prolmiuarios
necessary for the prompt aud f0ithful exc.
cution Of tho orders Tor tho thorough dc.
shuction of everything that might DO use.
ful to the enemy. THO luyid ghro that Ii 10
tho sky ominds ono OF the burning cf Cham
bcrsburg, ra.; but when we consider that
no private property has been mohstod by
our troops, Notwithstanding lilo soldiers
1 we'll remember the Infamous treatment that
1 Col, Strright aud his command received
\ WHOM they arrived rs prisoners of war in
this little rebcl city, it stands out in strong
contrast with the burning OF Chambers
burg. -f.t-
/ Owing TO the great lack of railroad trans
! portation, Gen. Corsu was obliged to dcs.
troy nearly million dollars worth of prop
,erty, amougJ whieh6was. q few thousand
4 dollars worth Of condemned and mscrviUc-
ablo government stores. Nine rebel guns
captured at Romo by our troops, were
burst, it being doomed unsafe to use them
\ Ono thousand bales OF iino cotton, two
flour mills, two rolling mills, two .anperos
ono.saw lniH, AN cStcnsive fOundcry sever.
al machine shops, together with the rail
ROAD dcpois and store.houscs, four pOntoOr
bridges, built by Con. Corsos Pioneer
Corps for use on thc C0osa and Etowah
Rivers, and substantial trcstlc briig,
nearly completed for use, wore destroyed
This trcstlo was CONSTRUCTED by the Ergin
Ger Corps, and | am told would havo cos
fifty thonsand dollars North. Rocullccting
the gross outragos which alluded t.
above as being pcrpotraic upon Colonc
Sucight by tho Romans" our troops n.
soon as they learned that the town was t
abandoned anda portion vi il burned, re
solved to layltbmo fu askos IL r6s6hEe f0
insult offered to our prisoners. Gen. COrso
however, had taken the prccaution to sta
. lion guards through all parts of tho cit,
with orders to shoot down tho first man
caught firing buildius without prope
mtthofjty, StrmgentsJrdBts were uiso is
sued to arrest all citi56tis or suspicious
per ons io,m on tho ktrcetq after tho con
lagla ion cOulpGnccd,s liza roaring of sth,
flames as they oopod trols window to win
dow, their savage tongues. Of fro dartinl
high up into tho heavens, ,2nd then lickin,
tho sides of tho buildings, presented al
awful but grand spectacle, whio tn,
mounted patrols and tho Infantry men gil
dcd along through the brilliant light lik,
giant spectros of horrid war. Tho ctizcn
were terribly alarmed, expecting that tn
kMghw would sot fire 10 tlle hundred
of old wooden buildings with which tn,
town abounds, aud their fears were in
creased by the ineessant cracking an,
roar of the flames, which rcscmblcd il
sound The near approach of a long rail
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