Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-07
Rebel News Paragraph.

The correspondent Of the O.neiDn al
Gazette, when General Schofeld cap
tured Wilmington visited, the Office ofthe
Journal Of that city aud secured some
Southern exchanges, from which he
quotes freely in letter ia the Gazstse
We copy some Of bis selected para
graphs
An item 10 the Raleigh Progress
shows that the Divine Institution, as |
believe q majority termed It shorttime
before the war, still retains all the ear
marks Of it's old divinity:
NEGRO AUcTIos.-We dropped in 81
the auction room Of Askew d Co, yes
terdsy, for short time. A fancy girl
brought SS, $50; seamstress g, $50; S
black girl, sixteen or seventeen years
old could not get a bid; a likely boy.
eighteen years old. brought $1,000 q
likely girl twelve years old, vas taken
in, bid Of e., 500 being refused; young
woman with al infant got no bid; q wo-
man about thirty years old brought
81 $500 oea atfes
Blessings in disgaise are falling st
the South in eopious rhOWers. Hers is
the last drop:
II Sherman ever reaches Columbia
we shall firmly believe be was sent BY
Providence as 3 pnnishment 10 the peo-
pie Who sell wood for 500 . lssd--&pd
by no means generous loads at that,
Oar p9or are snfsring, And our rich
have but two resources left, either TO
substitute Confederate notes Tor. pine
knots, or take irretrivably to'their beds,
aud stay beFs aniil the cold snap Is
over Columbia CarotRiaR
We would not be surprised if Provi
dence sent shermsa over this way, a.
some people charge enormous prises for
the necassariss OF life.
TIE editors ct the South, as class,
are becoming great granbiers Yefy
little seems 70 sait them these limss
Such men would doubtless essmbIe At
being hung They are even dissatis sed
It the acts Of Wheeler's bandiisi. as mAy
be seen from tte una I Of late dsre.
We regret 20 hear from soldiers who
nave resur sed from Georgia, sccoants
IN The highest degree upfavoraOle 70
Wheelers cavalry, not simply as to dea.
cipIine and military Hssrale, but as to
COMMON morals and common honesI
y. Taey appear 70 have done that cause
about as much harn as The eusmy--
perhaps more, People expected Sher-
mans msu 10 rob them, they snatnEaliy
looked 20 our own tEpups fos pFoteetioH.
When theg foaad that ipsiead of proiees
ton they were met With insnlf and rob
berry, the effect may well be conceived.
We bad hsaFd something Ike this ba-
fore, and ~ eoinpe'lsd to believe At
least part OF Is. Our EoEh Carolina
troops, under General. Bskef, mostly
trained undar men like General Whiting,
and ptheF thorough soldiers and diseip.
linarians, were certainly amazed at The
state Of things hey found Ia Georgia.
The militia wws said 20 be, and no ti0ubs
was, composed Of good material but ru.
ined BY want Of discipline, and shove all,
| by wholly incompetent Ofheers. Joe
Brown's peist--his militia liantenanta,
and captains, and majors, and colonies,
&c, we're totally united for their poai.
tions. Bat that might have been expect
ed Nheelsrs cavalry had names enough
on ia roll to have saved Georgia. Ii did ia
part to ruin Il When We heard Of acts
reported to have been done in that State
mot by the enemy bot by our own peo
| ple--wheu We learn how The country peo
pie near Atlanta acted when that unfpF
tunAte city was evacuated by the enemy
We are forced to become believers i the
doctrine OF total depravity, at least 81
far IS very many people are concerned
The picture Is painful one and W
would not dwell upon it. Nay, We would
say little about General Wheeler, who il
40 doubt an amiable and q brave man
bat We cannot shut our ears 70 what ",
hear about his command from day I,
day Ifhe can do no better with them
and nobody else can, It would seem tina
they had better be disbanded or hav'
something done to restore their nsoFoi
and organization.