, 1865-03-23

| ana tDi1mpla hAlll oaQ. anu destroyed tina
for thirty miles. Chea,ham and s. D. Lea
with twenty thousand men from Hoods ar
my, y ere reported BY Fitzpatrick as crossing
-'he river at Newbeny, and Gen. S.ocum':
Idea was to prevent q junction between then
and Hardee's Charleston troops. We pushed
rapidly on to Winneboro, the capital Of Fair
field district, where it was expected the rrbe
known to ou'number Klpatfick's command
two to one. Wade Hampton, Whee'e er aud
Butler wire In command. Fairfield district |;
! wealthy. Forage began to roll In more
| mat and breads1uffs than saw at any ons
| time during the Georgia campaign, wat
b1ought to the roadside day BY day.
GENERAL s1oCuH sAvEs w1NNsBono.
Central Slocum double quIckcd the ad
vance of his column into tho village of .slnns
boro to cave the town from the torch Of his
fcrasers. General Pardee's brigade, Of Geary's
made TO beat the st'agglers from the grand
amy into town. They were not successful
The town VAS pillaged aud set on fl.e before
my organized body Of troops gok in. ALI Of
| feers TUNED their attention 10 the fire, and
arrested the progress Of the flames. Generals
slocun, Williams, Gea1y, Pardee, Barnum
and all worked with their hands, burned their
whiskers and scorched their clothes, to pre-
vent the repetition Of Columbia scenes. Nine
| or ten buildings were burned on the main
street before the fire was stoppcd-at the
house Of a Mrs. Prope, eoid to be the property
] Of man in New Tork city. Guards were
posted ut every house in town, and other free
were quenched as they burst out. Unfoftu'
nately, the church building Of the Episcopa'
]ian Society WIS destroyed.
ORIGIN or 1HH FIRE.
Citizens Of Winnsboro told us that Mrs
Iundt rdale, q rnbid secession woman, set fire
to her own property rather than have 1t iall
into Yankee bands, and so destroyed the pro.
lerty OF hcr neishbors.
OVER REVOLUTIONARY GROUND.
From WinnsboFo the left wing marched to
the Catawba RIVER, stfiking IT ut Rocky Mount
ford, the scene Of one OF the South Carolina
skirmishes during the Revolution. Rocky
Mount WAS one Of Corvallis line Of ont.
posts. The Catawba here Is about thou.
said feet wide, and runs through very hi,ly
county. A pontoon WIS thrown across, and
the s0lh corps hurried orer. The rain, we
feored cut of GeaEy's division, and the
troubles increased. The rcd clay made heavy
mud and plenty Of 1t. No Idea can be formed
By outsiders OF the difficulties Of the Catawba
crossing. Wagons we're hauled down the
steep hill to the pontonn, dragging loads of
mud b. the a9lss, the wheels not moving, ar-
tillery horses hounlered, and cannon were
stuck fast. Virginia campaigners said 1t
ecliEsed Stafford Court House. When the
crossing WAS made, the ascension of the hill
was Just rs difficult. Two days were spent
by the Goth corps In this labor through the
mud.
TUE DEsoLAr1ox OF wAR-FoRAaERs AND
FoRAGlSG.
Our foragcrs spread in irregular and repu.
lar rartits. tkirnishing over The country.
+ These enteiptising characters were known BY
she- nan'es Of "Bummers," s:Smoke- housu
Raneerss', and Do.Boys' L hummer Is m
individual who BY favor Of q wagon.mastcr
hecoMes poSsessed al q broken. down mule, OF
else Starts need be, on foot, In either case,
his way into the enenIy's country, finds bor-
<ses In numbers By help OF the nexrocs, bitches
tenn TO wagon, l. ads On 1t all the stores
| and supplies he can find IN the nearest house,
mounts Lis ncgroes on the rest Of the horses,
! and returns with his spo1ls. He never %.
| lects TO g.'ld watches or silver plate :" If he
! eau find 1ht m in swamp mile away from
! amy house." These men We're strnggglcrs not
| in the Icar but font OF the army, aud they
went before It like cloud, being often twenty
| 1r thirty miles in advance Of the head If the
column. They would tleht anything. Three
''buinmess" together would at any tlme at
| tack company OF rebel cavalry, and, IN fa-
voTable circumstances, would disperss then,
and captur. their booty. With the excep-
tfop OF Columbia alone, every town IN South
| tirst entered b} the bunlmers. At Chester
| field they we're two days and n half ahead Of
The army, the whole. corps having congre-
! gated at this point.
AtRoberteVtlle We struck the Savannah and
G t.Ieo iset - a..,o 4nu t1.ad ta sne
r,a1S ~. ~ nt;aa,, '1%a'as ~ ,niJae;uH
r.;,e - - TsI+a,s,a 1,o ~ .S.siaf;nn ~.
fsroo "a p.,se an shsntse uIe a1era x.o;nn', NC
| disturbed. 1he plantation hnnds were al at
hnt IN o,o ~ t1sn ~ ~ T,wton's htarts ren,osnrJ
~ ~ tei, he taIe ordsvastatton' n wien the rrnei
1e,S ~ - -at,,,,s1 ~ ~ 10 daser,cd rri,nds.
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DIX BUST "lch . fAASt
One mile further on the column struck
fine tWo-story farmhouse anda villaSe OF ne
gro butts. The gardens andfaIk wee OF the
osl eleEa9L kn4, ah1 aRId f,ornr ".n ,io,,. .ue
[Aiess VIII sutuooeH e. "4I hM u"e. ,au,e9,
i,n,,.e ~ ~ III e,ior IF the manai.,
srh,55,tes cn1,f,,snd .cene. The most ala
oanr desr,Jnt5nn ~ drnitutc gns found scat.
ffsTed nronnd nn1 hokeu: pInnos and mrlo-
;,oona a te1esco-,4 center tables costjr chars
oftnTnns cerTks, a fne collection Of bon,.s
nn1 ,;c1 ,,res "a paintings. ali Altered ,hnnt
j., cdnS,,inr and disorder. The troops. nftrr
sattstYipgxhcir curiosity, and heIpsnr them
| sriyes b book or q picture from the descrt.
/ Cd plantatlon, departed, and a few minutes
together with It's deserted contents, was ID
ashes, the climneys alone remaining to mark
another mile OF "country subjugated."
uAKNBuL,
The advance Of the corps arrived at Barn
wcll Court House on the 10th, and went iuto
camp for the night, General Baird detailing
regiment q provost guard to prevent the de-
suuction Of the place. It contains about 100
houses and other buildings, Il boosted the
Possession Of a superb Court Housc, which
was burned few days ago, together With tho
only hotel ~ the place, and several other
buildings. lhe residences are Of wood, sub
stantially built, and very neatly ornamented
with shade tees and evergreens. Many Of
the citizens remained, and were not molested
by The truops, who, however, deprived them
Of their winter provisions, and such other
things as they were in need Of.
THE PEOPLE 1mp1oR1So oun uKy TO LEAVE
THEM FooD,
The country through which We have tra7-
c,ci the Inst iw,n daTs vns mi, n nnrt- ~
ond ~ tninht r. nan cs1no ;n;o camn .r;+1,
p1oyis;ons sufficicnt to 1ast Them a YeeE-
the people today have realized what war is
for the first time and while some saw their
substance walking off on the shoulders Of the
toregers without murmuring, others pitcous-
ly imploIed the 1ne:3 to leave them suffi-
c:ency for their Immediate wants. Since we
struck into the interior, vs. have found most
Of the families at home, and in all such casts
their houses were saved from obstruction.
KurATR1cK,s FIGHT.
n, 3ho ,o,r,,o nj +ho mi, ~ March r. >,
T1!at-;ct- 1vos % a1,es n,nod ahnrt ;ftaa1 ,,;ias
5n1 Fayettrr31Ie @ | md wns eyt nttactsd hV the
r1 Waa anu mns .ail, a.eaGne" ~ ane
wnose ol mnae hanpaons 10 caval!y Az .a;l lamp mp
un c>mlaanaea n person. Inc et!ach M was
Very sudden lnd tclt entirely upon one brig
ede, which was surprised. and for the time
c,,ptfl t.tfcr but little resistance.
K,tratr;cle wn4 f'rivcn haIE IN n sxa,nn IN
,ea, r. 1,;s 1nns Thn-o ~ W. fn-n,;,d ~ mo-. 49,
-. y, 1ns ~ anEae y Ie'os4sa ~ tnsn