Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-29

black or white, slave or free, was pill
laged and, stripped of all the valuables
that could be carried away The people
are almost entirely without provisions or
clothing. But one horse or mule was left
! Blalrs corps first entered the town.
He made his headquarters in the resi-
J dence of enc of our weslthiestt citizens,
and appropriated the best he could find
in it. When he was applied to by the
lady of the house to interfere with the
plundering of the common soldiers, who
| were in the basement breaking and rob-
| bing trunks, he repaired to the scene,
but ouly to share in the sport This is,
as understand, the late member of the
| Federal Congress- Sherman himself
came into Cheraw on the Second day.
He was not at Society Hill, as reported,
nor was any portion Of his in fantry or
artillery marched in that direction A.
cavalry raiding party of $500 went
down that way, on to Florence, whence
they we're repulsed BY / 200 of our men
left there in charge Of the prisoners,
who were left too sick to be, removed.
What this party accomplished on the
route so long as they encountered no re-
sistance, he did not state. The condi- |
ton Of the people Of Cheraw must be
most deplorahle The population of. the
town, being about 7,500,l is composed in
large part Of refugees Before our
army reached the neighborhood it was
extremely difficult TO get fire wood, and |
almost impossible to buy any corn or
meat In ordinary times the wants of |
the town in these particulars are largely |
supplied from North Carolina The de-
struetionr of the bridges ON the Pedee i
and dFhompson's creek has al
most isolated the town. Even if the |
adjoining country had a supply, lt'wonld /
be almost impossible, owing to these OBJ /
structions aRdl5 their deprivation of /
transportation for themselves, to procure
it The whole, of the adjacent county,
has doubtless been .rayaged. by. the foe, !
and not only the means of, present sub
sistence taken away, but all power to
create future means destrpyeds a Meek
lenburg, Cabarras, aud athe, peighboring |.
counties in North Carolinaa have dor
merly had muck int erco oufse with Che
raw. Is it.. asking teo5amueho when / T
respectfully bat 'deve1tly implore that,
in the hour of her extremity. the people
of those counties shall contribute from
their stores and means Of 'transPortation
which the enemy has not yet been per-
mitted to waste, at least some scanty
supplies to their suffering ,acquaint-
ances 70 Columbia Is. in ashes yet she
has powerful helpers asl hand & in Eddys-
field, Abbeville, Anderson, eGteenville, 7
Laurens,- Union, 7Newberry, Chester, and |
York, as well as the near parts of Geor-i I
gla; but where is the yet unplundered 7
granarY accessible to- Cheraw, to which
her famishing women and children may
look for bfead2 To make this appeal is
the chief aim of this communication,
and in order to give it access to those to
whom it is principally addressed, re-
spectfully ask the proprietors of the BHI-
letin to publish so much of it as will be
necessary for the purpose. ~A14 .5%t1
! The Richmond Sentin Ell of March 24th
says:
The propriety of introducing colored
troops into our army having been con-
sidered and decided in the affirmative,
able effect to the policy, it is to be hoped
that not only willlopposition be entirely
but q generous support be
yielded by the citizens at large in giving
the experiment an auspicious trial AL
ready quite number of these colored
soldiers have been enlisted. All of them
be it remembered, are volunteers. How
many of those citizens, who from safe
places and sheltered by exemptions,
have opposed, perhaps sneered at the
policy of employing soldiers of this de-
scription, can be found to initiate the
example by voluntarily surrendering
their protection papers, and enlisting
for the WARP 1t seems surely very
small thing to expect,that those, at least,
who do not exhibit an equal zeal with
these colored troops will refrain from
criticisms. Indeed, the
spirit which these latter display is such
as to entitle them to hearty -commenda-
ton, and to a. kind word from every cit.
izen. Their service in the public de-
fense viii beto them q badge of m crit
and certificate Of honor as long as they I
may live, as They viii form a sort of aris-ai
tocracy in their own class, and will en-
Joy a popular favor and respect from
which they will reap large advantages.
-
soldiers, by showing them the favor and I
giving them the praise justly due to their
conduct cess s.iI ssloazt h7- 'Ita ot iiov ob
In ordsr to secure the policy under
consideration the success of which is it
capable, it is o necessary that masters
should heartily cooperate. 1t is they
who practically are to be the recruiting /
officers. It is they who are to- present
the Opportunity aud supply the motives
We trust they will bring the subject to
the attention Of those of their slaves !
who would be suitable for the object, and 4
they will deal very literally with such
as may have the inclination to assist in I
driving back the detested I Yankee--the |
enemy both of our race and theirs, and |
who comes to rob and ruin all alike. |
Let no false economy make Us uiggard |
in the inducements offered, and above |
81, let it be well and clearly understood |
that the promises made are to be re-
deemed with the most scrupulous fidelity |
and at all hazards The least appear
ance; the slightest semblance Of bad |
faith must be avoided as an indeilibls |
dishonor.. We think that with proper
effort and general cooperation large
force Of coiored troops can be speedily |
raised. They will have motives for zeal |
and fidelity such as the Yankees cannot |
supply, for they will be fighting for their
homes; and it would Only be an absence
Of consideration which would make our
white population unwilling to accept the |
services of the colored soldiers1in resist
ing the Yankees. IfR3 man house takes |
FIRE be does not reject the services Of his !
servants in extinguishing the flames.
Side by side with them viii he labor,
and gladly will he compliment their
zeal and diligence If burglars invade,
if robbers attempt to break in, whatever
peril assails, the master is quick to avail
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