The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-04-27

confident anu hopeful. NO one antlclpa-
ted disaster, When, however, the truth
was foreshadowed, such hurrying to apd
fro, such gathering of goods, disposition
of effects, and endeavors to leave the city
as took place has had no parallel during
the war The streets were thronged by
an excited popuface. The departments
were alive with swarms of officials pack
ing and removing the public records The
torch was freely applied by. order of the
Government to all species Of public prop
erty. Tn some. instances the patriotic
owners set fire to their own premises
ibi,vys nriissssr,, eal,aceo warehouses sSiie
fiour nltifs, 4 i6ie aeleSuo iassyeed,
commissary stofes and buildings, the Lab
oratory and Arsenal, in. brief everything
that could afford sussenance to the Yankee |
army, CT incite pillage was given .. to the. ! /
flames. During Sunday night many OF
the stores were broken open and robbed
of their contents and others were thrown
open to the poor and needy.
Before sunrise flames and Smoke were
coiling above and around the sacriticeal
pile in every direction, and recalled amid
the bursting bombs, the rush and roar OF
confagration, the,movoment oftrains and
. q thousand other incidents of the hour.
the siege Of Sebastopool in the Crimea.
Our Malakoff had fallen, our noble fleet
of gunboats werc either sunk rblownup
as on that memorable occasion, and our
men might have been seen, with the Irid
light Of their burning capital glimmcring
on their faces, retreating slowly from the
place. Take it all IN all it was one ofthe
most fearful sights I have ever contem-
plated. Imagination can scarcely fllthe
, picture,
On Monday up to the bour of my de-.
.parture, the excitement still. continued
and the work of destruction progressed!
The superb railroad bridge across the
James was burned, and other similar struci
lures above and below it. Little railroad
rolling stock, if any, remained. The last
train left Monday morning.
At what hour the enemy entered Lam
not now informed But as their advance
was p,!5ssi.;:. xssn.ilites, prsssilo q sof4
ilust lI.rss fn;lfchs hst....-..--ss.ss!! =!
Z day. An officer who escaped from Rich
: mond in canoe says that when he left
! u Yankee officer was addressing crowd
> from tie Washington monument
+ AUGUSTA, April 17-Tho Yankees as
G saulted Columbus on Sunday the 10th al
D noon, and skirmished with our forces
t through the streets until sunset, wher
d they occupied the city.
# The command of the enemy, supposed
# to number four thousand, advanced from
If Montgomery, and destroyed the Mont
: gomery and West Poift railroads
It Private property at Montgomery wa.
It respected. All the cotton, Governman
r stores, manufacturing establishment
S railroads and boats wcrs dcs.troyed.
Q Salisbury, N. G., vas ro.occupicd b,
J our troops OF tie 18th. The Yankee
9 did not dc mich damage to the place.
q The Yankee raid destroyed the depo
) and Seine rolling stocks at Sumtervillt
S. g., No private property molested.
"a The enemy then moved on Camden
Il where large amount of stock of th
= South Carolina railroad had been accu
4 mulated.
= Gen. Lewis with his Kentucky brigad
overlook the enemy, near Camden, ane
after short, but spirited battle, the Yam
KEGS were forced to retreat rapidly, beins
;. driven in confusion towards Georgetown
The Kcntuclzians pursued with alacrity
8 WASHINGTON, April II, 1860.
TO Major General Sherman:
/ President Lincoln was murdered. aboul
J. ten o'clock last night, in his private boz
n at Ford's Theatre, in this city by an as
J. sassin, who shot him in the head with 6
n pistol ball. At the same hour Mr.. Sew
> ards house was entered by another.assas
g sin, who stabbed the Secretary in several
t places. 1t is thought he may possibly re-
} cover, but his son Fred may possibly die
d of the wounds he received.
9 The assassin of the President leapcd
o from the private box, brandishing his pis-
il to, and excIaiming ",Sic Sempe. Iuannis
t VIRGINIA IS nEvENoED !" Mr.. Lincoln
i fell senseless from his seat, and contin.