The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03
GLOOM In SOUTH CAROLINA.
General Sherman Expected in
Raleigh, "To Stay" ~
The Rebels Admit there is Nothing
to Stop Hin.
From the Raleigh Progress, Jan. 81.

From the Raleigh Progress, Jan. 81. .'.-
A gentleman of intelligence and posi-
ton, a man who would not be likely to
exaggerate or state that which was not
true, has just arrived in this city from
Florida, coming through Georgia and
South Carolina, and he assures us that tile
people of the last named State, as far as
he could see and hear in working his way
through, the railroads being broken BY
the freshets,) are the worst whipped
set that he has ever seen or heard Of
They look on all as gone, believe Sherman
will meet with no serious obstacles, and in
fact want the best peace they can get, and
want it now. Such, he says, is the feel
ing in South Carolina, andi'we know the
man well, and know that,he believes what
he says to be so. p PSI 2st' ,. ... 4.
And does not the tone of the Georgia
and South Carolina papers lead to the
same conclusion? We think so. The
following wall of despair and bitter irony
is from the editorial columns OF the Ner-
curry: d. oil c. lr... #..- ,r.sl- T. q
GENIUS, PLUCK, ENERGY. - .
. 1t is CONCEDED fact that South Caro-.
lima is not the Botany Bay Of the Confed-
crate army. We enjoy here at leisure,
and in the greatest profusion, the ablest
and boldest leaders from every part Of
the broad land this side of the Mississippi
River. By the, blessing Of God, Kirby
Smith finds it too much trouble to- ship
any of his great and sober officers quite 90
far We are only subject to such men as
other Generals this side of the Mississippi
most highly appreciate. We congratulate
every man, woman and child in this State
on that singular circumstance. We desire
to express, in behalf of all the grateful and
appreciatiye people here, our proposed
thankfnlness for this special dispensation,
Of Providence in our behalf 3 We think a,
i'.day of thankfulness, humiliation and
prayer" should be- speedily appointed by
way q, expressing our felicity. The Con.
federate government is most bountiful,
most considerable, most wise. South Car
DINA is now the key of the Copfeaeracy.
Most noblys is she to be defended by irwin
chile pluck that fears no odds. Mr.. jeff
erson, Davis is wise. ri All is great. God Is
good, The Department is in a. superb
condition. We have never. fought here
before; against odds, But, now not an
officer is whipped; our military organiza-
; tons are all perfect; our discipline ad-
mirable; our leaders models of capacity, I
courage, sobriety, .tenacity and wisdom
all full of fight to the very eyes, Let us
all sing Ie Deu,ns and ,hurrah for Jeffer-.
son Dayis-JeE Davis for ever, and the
devil the next day -
Now how do "spatriots and property
holders like that? Are not the "Oaro-
linians, according to this testimony, quite
as much disguised with jeff Davis now
as they, were with Abe Lincoln In. 1861?
We think So. But Sherman's columns are
moving on, and soon they will have a
chance to spill that last drop Of blood Of
which they have said so much. Mr., Boycel
knew what his people wanted, and his
position was taken to try to save them
from the ravages of an invading army;
but Mr.. Boyce was silenced by the min
ions of power, the blood suckers whose
drunken debauchery and wasteful extrava- !
gance are starving the women and chill
dren of ! The land his lips are closed, as
are the lips, of all who would, speak to G
save, while he'll itself seems to have
spawned and emptied all its demons into
the departments of the government,
whose rulers and agents are carrying us :
to destruction with speed Of at least sixty
miles an hour. Sherman is coming. The
enemy South Carolina has affected SO
much to despise is at her own door, and
we shall wait in breathless anxiety for
that Spartan courage, that heroic daring,
that is to save that "sacred sol" and
turn the tide of revolution. -agrLJaIs.'t
! We may be mistaken, but we think the
people of South Carolina, majority of
them, would jump at peace withrecon-
struction, and we doubt not that Sher-
mans reception in that State will strength
en- that conviction within us. ,sG afl 10
..t ass. 20 2r: = 4F----4-ta4. sr,G aE-.-.ula. 1t-
The March Through the ,Carolinas.
From the Rale h Progress, Jan. a., ,6l lilo
Sherman is in motion, and according to
refugees from Savannah, has a force of
r eighty thousand men. Z Nor is his army a
loose mob, prowGng on the country to OPP
. press friend as we'll as foe,- 1t is an army
of discipline, vigor action. With, Sayan-
nah and Beaufort, South Carolina as a
base, he moves north with the, sun, and
already Charleston and Columbia begin to
feel the oppression. But will he come to
Columbia with those eighty thousand men?
Yes: if he wants to do 80 he will, and
even further into the bowels of the land.
Terry is on our own coast-has Fort Fish
er, at the mouth of Cape Fear, and will
soon, we think, have Wilmington. He
probably has twenty to forty thousand
men. Suppose they combine their forces,
Terry and Sherman, We must set them
down at not less than about one hundred
and twenty thousand men. And they will
move on with the sun, and before the orb
that lights the world shall stand erect in
the heavens it is'more than probable that
the federal flag will fly over Charleston,
Wilmington, Columbia and Raleigh! Yes,
Raleigh toe! Grant will stop. where he
is and thus keep Gen. Lees army in the
vice that has held it for the last ten, months