New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-06
Richmond press al though this were unheard o

Richmond press al though this were unneard OF
severity. The prctcnse is simply absurd.
Tile augusta Chronicle Of the 9Th ulI. has
letter from Georgia Rebel who watched from
tho woods the advance of Gen. Sherman's army
from Mlledgeville through Madison to the
OcOnee, and tells q sad tale of its wholesale de-
vast0.ons. He docs not pretend that single
man or woman was personally s3sailed or IN
jured, but says,
"The roads were strewn with thc debris o. their pro
gress. Dead horses cows sheep. hogs, chickens corn
wheat, cotton, books paper bfokenyessels oonee. Hills
and fragments Of nearly every species oil properly tna'
adorned the beautiful farms OF this country sew the
wayside. as monuments OF the meahness rapeoiy ana
hypocrisy OF people who boast that they are not ROB
bers and do not interfere with private property in
Madison, they burned the depot and one or TWO on
warehouses. with the jail and markothousc lhey
Quilted every store and pundcred or less on every
lot. They fired drug store and several oher houses
and their clicors, nth shos Of nGSnahtmIH dheN 20 ~"
out Hs Jdses.
MANY families have moi pound Of meat or apeck OF
neal or -four Many negroes were eDticed away rom
tier homes Of comfoy to share the uncertain fortunes
Of Il Winter march 10 the coast ond then freedom 10
s.arve. Families of wealth have not house servant
left and hose rho oerc mos, trusted ~eys often IRE
dru 10 lear,. The Yankees entered the house OF my
neytdoor neighbor,.an old man Of over three.scorc
years, and tore up his wfe's clothes AMI bedding
trampling her bonnet on the floor and ro1bins inc
house and pantry OF nearly oyerythinspi value 1hcrc
was no proyOca'on for %! these acts for everybody
treated thom oiyy and offered them w they W9D'ea 10
ent Their excuse Is they canno, control tho' men
aud my humble domcilc escaped any serious dcPreda
tions. Those citizens who remained at home ana
watched their premises lost little save horses 1000 and
stock Those who from any cause CHANGED - ne away
lost all lady on the EatontOn roud whose father il
in the army feeling afraid 10 stay ut her house Wehi
TO the house of |, neighbour and on retufhina lonnu
every plate broken, every knife ana iork ana spooh
gone and her own clothes stripped to sheets and scat
tered about the lot.
Going 10 Crodeps place we found his fine house In
ashes. and his gin house bhrned and every horse snd
dead they looked like good stock ana were e'ideh'a
killed TO deprive tho planters Of them
Now will any one believe that an army IN a
hostile country killed hundred good horses IN
mere wantonness, when il must have thousands
of jaded, lifted, gaunt, spawned, sorry nags,
which it would be too happy to exchange for
steeds in good conditions Common sense die
ta,es the answer.
Consider then, This extract from another
letter in the same paper;
Prom Medgeviic. we learn that tho Government
has been renoTed. The Governor has PordoHed al the
oo1rir,s IN the psnleniary put their hands and
he could not Icpricve. according TO law.
And then this from The Sentinel Augusta OF
even date with the foregoing:
"Ii, rnrorsd TIA. OUR cor0iry 5s.y IN dssroying
barns crbs eai anything ihdi may BE- Of ustto SltTrd
in front of his main army the Ocmnlgee River
Now you sec how the country is devastated,
and the roads filed with dead horses and cat
tie. First, oil the ielons are liberated, armed,
and sent TO the front; next, the Rebel cavalry,
in full accordance with general orders, procia-
nations, &C., from the Rebel authorities, are
set to " destroying barns, cribs, and anything
that may be OF use to Sherman which is well
known to include horses aud cattle-and, when
our forces advance, they find their roads StTewn
with the wreck of general devastation; all Of
which is laid to their charge, when probably
four.ffths Of il is the work of the Rebels them
selves. and il is not the fault Of their leaders
that they have not done the whole.