Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-22

claim to he the first 10 hoist the Stars ana STRIPES
upon the old Capitol, where the nrst ordinance VI
secession originated. The ThiTty-hrst Iowa claim
the honor likewise. However, the Thirteenth Iowa
was the first official flag that hoated rom u.
As soon as the -pontoOn was laid, General Sher-
man, accompanied by the several other gene
rails their stats and ordercs, forming orlinan'
cavslcade rode into the city amidst scene Of the
80 cnthnsiastic excitem ont. Ladies crowded
the windows and balconies, waving banners anu
bandkerchiefS. They were the wives ana sis'ers o'
the few prescribed Union people OF Oolumoia' as
for the RICH naughty Secessl0nlSlsi 'neS hau az
and. Negroes were grouped along the streets,
cbeering singing and dancing in the Wild e&uDer-
ance OF their new born freedom. Perhaps the
most hattering compliment pald 10 us was Oy NC,
gro, whom, with upturned features anu clasPeo
hands, heard eXclaim, "At ast-a' last, C"t %,
yiorsln Ringing cheers and shouts echoed lar ana
vide mi npled with the martial music OF the bands
as they playsd Hail, Columbia, ankee Doo-
aleu- ana other national airs. 1t was indeed an eA-
citing scene aud one we'll worth hvinS 10 WITNESS.
Our march through the city was SO orderly Una.
even the Southorners began TO bless their stars tha
the reign OF terror was over, ana .hat LeiSn VI
neace and security like that at Savannah, was
abon, being inauKurated Alas, that the scenes 0i
the night should mar so suspicious beginning
yIr1p oy SUPPLIES IN BARNwELL DISTRICT,
A. We entered Barnwell district, foragers roarned
at v1lftwenty miles on either Hank and III Hont VI
the column and brought in large amounts OF new
tha stomaoh's sake Two hundred head OF cattle
were brought in BY Ca tain Gillette, EeSr}'s CON-
n,issary Ihous auds OF bushels of corn were let
by the roadside for want vi trahsPoria.oh' MI
natrlck having been through the country Deiors u.s.
with tiilseR hppaled qismounted men, % '"o
sca'citv OF horses aud mules along the Fopte.-
Chickens, turkeys and sorghum were Is ao8hual' a.
in Georgia.
DEVASTATION ANB DESTRUCTION. 49,
Durinr the first part OF the march houses we're
burned as they were found Whenever view
could be had from the high ground black columns
of smoke we're seen rising here and there WITHIN
circuit OF twenty thirty miles. SOLID bnilt cllni-
news were the only relics Oi plantation houses after
the fearful blast had swept by. The destruction OF
houses barns, mills, &C., was almost universal
Families who remained al home occasionally Kept
the roof over their heads. "Reiugeeing," Us our
,o,.ii;;ers termed fleeing from the wrath to come,
was taken as evidence that the refugees were reo-
els, and the property they had lett was ueslroyeu;
Think of This black swath extending from barnweli
TO the coast aud hgure up the value 9l Saalh.
eastern South Carolina at the present day.
Even the negroes were wary-afraid IN some IN
stances TO trust themselves among the men VINO
made this fearful work on the cuuoiry. "h'el ta-
Die cloths were suspended from "ih9o~s WIN
"Haye mercy on ME /" for legend, and the merry
sp,rit of South Carolina was tamedIefectualy. pe-
caSiUnally, in Georgia, man eoHid DO loeAa My
b the courage to say that he voted Tor seeessloui
nm, these abiect men were afraid 10 own that tney
lived in u seeded StaN'
GEN. sLoCUN AT wISNsBORO'.
Cen. SIocum double quicked the advance of his
cnInmn into the village OF WinnsbOro' to save the
town from the torch OF his tOragers. Gen. Pardees
brigade. of Geary's division, was in advance and
evryy effort was made to beat the stragglers from
the Grand army into town. They were not success
fnl The town was pillaged aud set fire before
any organized body OF troops got IN. All officers
turnpd their attention to the fire, aud arrested the
nrooreSs OF the flames. Generals Slocum Viii
i,ams, Geary, Pardee, Barnum and all worked with
tbair hands burned their whiskers and scOrched
their clothes to prevent the repetition of Column
ria scenes Nine OF ten buildings were burned on
~, main street before the lire was Stopped-at the
bouse of Mrs. Prope, said to be the property OF a
| man in New York city. Guards we're posted at
eyery house in town, and other fires were quenched
a. they burst ont. Unfortunately the church buiid-
| inc OF the EpiscOpalian society was destroyed.
| Iitizens of WinnsborO told us that Mrs. Lunder-
dol, n ralid secession woman, set fire to her own
Droperty rather than have it fall into Yankee hands,
and so destroyed the property other neighbors.
OCCUPATION OF FAYETTEvILEE.
| Fayetteville is town Of some four thousand in
Ibahiiants The first to come into the town was
| C,,oib Duncan commanding the scouts and
r,,nnted men OF the Army Of Tennessee. He was
ray,isad by Hampton's cavalry, and himself taken
nisoner His party was reinforced by the toragers,
md again attacked the place, taking it,. Gen. Giles
A. smiths 4th division, 18th army corps, came up,
| also tbe beau OF Gen. Socums column, and hoist
| "a the flag over the market house,.
l Tic Mayor surrendered the town TO Col. VIM. l..
| c-rarc nj Cen Howard's staff; then to Gen. Slo-
cum. who had just arrived.
A. the rebels were retreating ovec the river they
onened two guns on the town, and then fred the
bridge, which was covered with rosn.
Fayetteville Is garrisOned 10y Gen. Slocum. The
Il I'D rnuuariN raiUns thera The
streets are patroled by guards thus protecting lite
| and Tropertv Nothing has been destroyed, or is
iloIr 70 be destroyed, except the arsenal and the
tHce of the Fayetteville 0bSerUe--a lying, tIucu-
| lent sheet, that well deserves its fate.
Another account says
The Ie0 wing crossed the path Of Hardee, who
retreated from Cheraw to Rockingham, and ad-
yauced on Fayettevliie without IeI OF nindr ance'
excent from a small force Of cavalry. Bairds d.
80 of the Fourteenth corps, skrmiShGd into
ty,n without halt for line of battle, and Col.
Morrow Ninety-secOnd Ohio, hoisted mis- dag over
the Court House in the Sc cond city OF North Caro-.
Ina Guards were posted at every house IN town,
and NJ fine time / " rite everything is going on as
niatIv az ever under tho rebel rule The last Union
dag that Hoated over the Fayetteville Hotel has
Laen brought out and now swings across the street
in front of Gen. Slocum's headquarters. TIE office
of the ObSerUe' newspaper has been burned by or
der. Nothing else has suffered. The arsenal here
contained no great ahoun' VI ~ iaC'i
the CAPTURES of rebel property at Fayetteville were
far below those at Columbia aud Cheraw.
CAVALRY FIGHT NEAR FAYETTEVILLE.
The Herald correspondent with Fitzpatrick, who
was expected, of course, to make black appear
white, whlewasRes Kilpatrick's defeat at Fayette-
vile, as follows .a ..
Nothing of Importance occurred from this point
save the grand advance of our army upon Fayette-
willie in which occurred of the most stubbornly
contested cavalry battles of the war, and in which
less than two brgades OF our cavalry, held aud
finally drove from their camp in confusion Wade
Hainpton's entire cavalry corps. Ii was discovered,
on the morning of the 9Th inst, that Hardee was
making forced marches to reach Fayetteville in ad-
vance of the infantry of Sherman. Gen. Fitzpatrick
NJ once put his column in motion t0uStrke Hardee
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