Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-31
THE STORY OF sHERMAWs GRAND MARCH.

The correspondent of the New York
Evening Post with Sherman's army, has
furnished that journal with a series of
letters in which complete and most in
.eresting account of the whole great march
is given. The writer begins with the
movement of the right wing from Savan-
nah, January 21st, the left wing from Po-
3otaligo, january 9th, and graphically
traces the progress of the old flag through
South Carolina, during which that rebel
Iious State paid an installment long over
due on the debt to justice and humanity.
We can find room for only small portion
of the readable matter recorded:
AT HICKORY HILL-THE POOR WHITES.
Agriculturally speaking, this is mis-
erable country we are passing through
| We have gained some forage and prOvi-
siOns, but of trivial importance compared
to what we could use. The inhabitants
were rich landowners, with all the pride,
| ignorance and arrogance of feudal barOns /;
the balance few poor whites. The for
mer have all ran away, and | met a family
of the latter occupying the house of the
escaped magnate Il came near writing con-
vict.) The head of this poor family,
which consisted of himself, a weak look
ing creature with pale face, pale eyes and
pale beard his wife, woman of thirty,
| bowed, crooked and yellow, with a child
in her arms; dirty boy of three years old,
and frightened young girl of thirteen,
| the daughter of the man by former mar
riage.
| IMPORTANCE OF COLUMBIA.
Columbia is of vastly more importance
| than was Milledgeville. It is a city quite
as large as Savannah. It contains the
largest printing establishment in the rebel
| States 1t is the center of a number OF
railroads that stretch up into the most fer
tile and fruitful agricultural districts in
| the South. It is the home of thousands
of wicked instigators to treason who have
made this State so hated and despised
South as well as North. Manufactures
of powder, arms, cloths and other materi-
ais, are there Columbia is a richer prize
md more important capture than any city
in the South We have destroyed already
fifty miles of their c. & A. railroad. This
places Augusta horS du combat. Her use
fulness is gone.
HOW SHERMAN LEADS.
1t is useless to conjecture what will be
the next move. [ think the army is alto
gether Indifferent about the matter. 1t
has such an abiding faith in General Sher-
man that it will go wherever he leads
Leads" is the proper word, for he is al
ways on the skirmish line, frequently
pitching his camp there He never rests
VIII IuC IODOIlS VI OlACLb hC
must see the condition of affairs for him
self, so he is generally to be found in the
front.
LIVE STOCK WELL FED.
AS one passes and repasses daily the
column of troops, he cannot help recur-
{ ring to the gratifying condition of the ami
mails. The abundant forage which is
t found upon the plantations, and the short
marches which we make, has placed the
horses, mules and beef cattle in the best
: possible condition. Aside from the fact
that it is a pleasant sight to see, and Of
= primal importance for our successful pro-
I gress, it is a good thing to know that we
f are saving millions Of dollars to the gov
5 ernment, fact to which General MeigS
/ has borne emphatic testimony; and thus
t we take the life blood of the enemy al
E every STEP Thus it is we'll in every way
CITY OF ORANGEBURG-FEB. II.
!; To-day another difficult task has beer
q achieved. We have crossed the north
, fork of the Edisto The passage of these
i rivers, even though there may not be {
= large force of the enemy to. oppose, IS {
! triumph of patience, skill, hard work, anC
! true valor Each new attempt and every
I success adds to my warm admiration o.
! our noble army, and yet more to my un
u bounded enthusiasm for our great leader
I His far reaching disposition brings abOu
\ the desired result with the certainty of {
u mathematical problem. The city o
u Orangeburg is prettily situated upon th'
; north bank of the Edisto, and from it
= position upon the ridge of high lands, up
p on which the railroad runs to Charleston
! it was really of more Importance thar
Branchville, which the rebels had takel
great pains to fortify.
= Some ninety rebels were captured a
u Orangeburg, and a portion of the city wa
+ burned, the fire being started by jew il
) revenge for cotton belonging to him whicl
9 the rebels destroyed.
THE SLAVES.
y We find very few wealthy planters tn
K inhabitants we meet-mostly wOmen-ar
4, of the poorer class they are trightene'
g, fearfully, and expect all sorts of outrage
e to be perpetrated, and appear to be CORES
n pondingly grateful that their lives an,
IF houses are spared. The negroes in thi
city remind me more of Georgia expert
d ces than any have seen in South Carroll
m ma before | suppose it is because the
[e are house servants, and have always live
W in city, where there has been moro o