The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-23


% 6lIal vy;th the most terrible rumocs- Then
ehera came an unusual increase in the number OF
wagons on the streets; boxes and TRUNKS were
heisz hastily laden at the departments ana oriSen
~ tha Danyilie Depot. Those who inao deter
mined 70 eYacpate With the fugitive Government
looked on with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS exam
-r,sIe Vehicles with two horses, one horse, or
sven m horse at all. suddenly rose to premium
<hst vvss astounding, and ten, fifteen and even
hnDAred dollars in gold or federal currency, was,
offered for a conveyance. Suddenly, as Il oy
magic. the streets became Tiled with men walk
Ing az though for q wager, and oenind tnenn eH'
cited negroes, teting trunks, ouadles and luggage
Uss every description. All over the city u was
the same. Wagons, trunks, psndooxes ana tnelF
ownsrs-a mass Of hurrying fugieiVes, filing the
etraets The banks were all open, and deposi-
TORS were as busy as bees removing their specie
6eposits: and the directors mere equally active
In getting at their bullion. Hundreds of thous-
suds Of dollars of paper money was destroyed,
both State and Confederate. Night came on,
and with it came confusion worse eontoundeo:
There was no sleep for human eyes IN Richmond
Sunday night. The rapid tramp OF men upon
.the streets, the rattle and roar OF wagons, the
.shouts of soldiers retreat;ng through the city to
the South side, went on the whole long, long
Ns&Ey night, -,
- ....- Z. ,.. L P1-LAaEa KILLED. ..:
e One az the pillaging soldiers engaged IN rob-
hsnq the stores on Main street Monday morning,
vas shor from the inside by the proprietor while
ne was knocking in the show-giass. charge OF
huckshot entered bis stomach, and it was believed
Se died IN short time; but we, could not learn
what became Of the body. ....
At the Government clothing store, corner of
Cary and Pearl streets, a man, while plaslng
clothing, fell through the hatchWay and Droke
his neck. 's.
-. THE coUMIsskRY sToREHoUsE.
htda7break Monday morning the scene at the
Conmissary depot, at the head OF tfe doek, oss-
eared dissertation Hundreds Of Government
Tagons were 10 ded with bacon, -four and Thiskey
and driven off IN hot haste to join the retreatlng
armv. Negroes; With their peculiar "heaYe Oh
eweated and worked like beavers; bat the. lnl-
Doenss niles of stores did not seem to diminish
In the least. Throaged about the depot were
bnndreds of men, women and children, black
ard white, provided with capaciors bags, baskets,
INNS buckets. tin pans and spoons, curSlng push
ing and croRding, awaiting the throwing open OF
The doors. and the order for each to help them:
selves When the Government wagons had got,
Ten off all the stores possible, it was found that
several hundred barrels of Whiskey remained IN
the upper story. ~ H..
... ~. A wHEsaEY CATARACT. IS ...-. : F..
~ One after another, in hasty procession, the bar
rsl. we're rolled to the, hatchway, the heads
knocked out, and a miniature whisSey Niagara
poured continuously down, pouring into the COCK
in current almost strong enough to nave swept
q man off his feet. Between two and three nun
dred barrels we're thus poured ont-a'blg drunk
tothe 6nny inhabitants Of the river
About sunrise the doors we're opened to the
%iok
bnildine off It's foundation was made, and hun
areds af thousands of pounds of splendid bacon,
Aour, &c, iwens into the, capacious NAV et the
public. -. 81 non
: And here We may remark that while the Con-
fa6erate government was making such poor
month over tie reputed failure OF supplies
while the people were being starved that the
. army might be fed, this immense ssorehouse was
bursting with futlness and plenty, to come nRsty
. "a utter wreck asd waste. =
@ SUDDEN WEALTH.
while hundreds Of families have been render
al homeless and houseieSs by the conhagraton,
Great rnany. persons who live in sections spared
6S the flames. have accumulated small fortunes
~ rescung large quantities of goods from the
hnrnino buildings. Clothing, shoes, dry goods
os :eyeTy description were saved in large quaint.
+;ae and are now stored away in the houses OF
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those who saved them. Part restitution would
be the proper thing in cases where the owners.
were known.
=. =. 4 PAPER ToRSADo. 4
A.vhirlHipd sweeping through dead leaves II IN !
.opt,,n,n scattered them no more wildly than ofii-
,c;al documents, pamphlets, &C., we're scattered
ON Monday morning Confederate bonds, Con.
>federate notes, bank checks, bills, feeked and
vbtened the streets in every diTectlon-aa SO
worthless that the boys would net pick them up.
s.... SHE'LL EXPLOSIONS:
While the city was burning, about nine O'Clock
AN Monday morning, terrific shell explosions,
rapid and continuous, added to the terror OF the
scene, and led to the impression that the city
was being shelled by the Tetreatins Confederate
aru,y from the Southside; bnt the explosions were
soon ascertained to proceed from the GoTeraneHe
arsenal and laboratory, then IN names Ts 4
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