The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-10
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.


New YORK, Feb 6.-The Heralds cor
respondence from Sherman's Army de-
scribes the opening of that Generals new
campaign.
The left wing of the Army under Gen.
Slocum had arrived at Skaters ferry, on
the Savannah river, fifty miles above the
city of Savannah, without meeting any
opposition whatever from the enemy.
Two divisions of the Goth corps, which
struck out for that point through the State
of South Carolina, had considerable diff
Guilty in getting through the swamps. The
other troops, who marched directly up the
Georgia bank of the river, had not such
endorsements to contend with.
On the Goth ult. all of Slocum's men
were at Siater's ferry, and supplies were
being rapidly received.
The right wing of the army is operating
in better country for marching than the
left, and at some distance from it, but
communication between the two is kept
uninterrupted.
One correspondent states that Gen.
Sherman proposes stirring up South Car
DINA at the rate of twenty miles day."
Port Royal papers give full particulars
of the loss of the monitor Patapsco, and
the gunboat Daching, already received.
The Patapsco was sunk in the harbor of
Charleston, on the night of the 18th of last
month, by one of the rebel torpedoes.
She went down in twenty seconds after
she was struck, and 60 of the persons on
board of her were drowned, 49 being saved
The Daching got aground in the Ma
combe river, South Carolina, on the 25th
ult., and after maintaing severe fight with
rebel fort for some hours, and it becom-
ing apparent that she could not be got of,
they set her on fire, and she was burned
to the waters edge. All her officers and
crew, except four, succeeded in escaping.
A few hours previous to the catastrophe
which befel her the Daching captured the
blockade runner Ooquette, from Charles
ton for Nassau, with cargo of cotton.
New YORK, Feb. "a letter from the
Department of the South to the Times,
dated the LIST, states that company of
the 4th Massachusetts, cavalry, under 1t.
Col. Bennett, of Gen. Hatch's staff made
raid last week on the town of Gillets-
| vile, situated eighteen miles west of the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, and
eleven miles from Grahamsyille. After
burning the court house, jail, and one OF
two other public buildings, the party re.
turned to Pocataligo. Consumed with the
court house was quite number of the
Beaufort county records, at the loss o.
| which the few inhabitants of the place
were considerably grieved. Nearly all Of
the documents destroyed were of a re-
cent bearing.
A few days before our troops entered
the place squad of the rebel Wheelert
men had paid the same place brief visit
and made themselves extremely odious
among the townspeople by appropriatine
all the cattle, chickens, hogs and such
like property that they could lay thei,
hands upon.
The same letter states that a steame,
recently il front of the Florida ports
brings us news OF, the capture of portion
of the 18th Regiment stationed at Jack
sonville. On last Thursday forty men in
command of q captain left Jacksonville
and proceeded about fifteen miles in the
direction of Baldwin, their object being to
assist a resident family in removing them.
selves and household goods to within our
lines.
They reached the house without meet.
ing the enemy, and while engaged in
loading the wagons were surrounded by
400 mounted rebels. Our men immedi-
ately fed to the woods, where they were
closely followed by the rebels. The result
was that only fifteen of our men including
the captain succeeded in getting back ia
the Union lines.
From the statement of an officer who
recently left Jacksonville, it appears that
the whoie-affair was made up by the party
whom it was sought to succor.