New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-25
The Surrender OF Chr rlesfou.
Eross Tas Eiekmosd ExGE.iner, FEB. 90

II is not Charleston city, but tho empty
and runed shell Of city, That the enemy have lound
lying with s door open and entered without oprosi-
ZION. This Yankee nation is not particular abou is
title 20 boast aud vauGt. else IL wOnd very little
about its reduction Of Charleston after three years
immense and superhuman effort 10 take that Place by
regular SIEGE nfer burning more powder and throwing
more weight Of iron ball and shell than ever was ex
pended in any siege since the world begaa, and
all in yan-at length finding the back door Of the place
it pnTosey open, they slip .is and straigitway tic
whole Northern people sings re Deums and 10
7ramples the reduction OF the hotbed OF secession
They mud there few jews some telegraph operators
(who are Yankees and wilderness Of shattered and
enan;ess AID lime; not Charleston, but the aDan
doned Lnl Of Charleston The soul ana spiit OF tnat
heroic city lives still bnt not In h'se ruins II Il IN the
fed with General Lee ard General Beiuregnrd where
the hot.bed Of secession" yet blooms with vigorous
branches and gves promise of blooc-red NUT
But our enemies abxIously try TO pGsulde themselves
that they have subducd the famous city and even mat
they have conquered South Carolina. How tTiumphanty
they will display their felon flag upon the GLORIOUS runs
81 Sumter How mRjcstically their Provost Marslal
will tread the deserted regions OF kingbt and Meeting
st. ami predominant like three.,led pacha over tbe
few Driclmen and old women len to De- awed ~ tnat
mighty Yankee power But rs for the Ie'l, living
Cha'lcston and Immortal Palmetto state, the YANKEE
nation will nd that IL has still to reckon with them
Details Of Sherman's dealings With the poor defense.
les, non combatants OF South Car lima have not yet
frlly reached ~ Except the burning of one village,
and general plundcr Of corn aud provisions. we have
not vet heard that his IN that State has dllreu
In ANYTHING from the usual DrIgandarc OF fansee
army hen IL enters Confederate country whose htht'
ing population j. almost entirely ~ distant nrurs
n here The heroes Of the "glorons Union know they
will fhd none but rrcyhcads and little children ana
trembling women and where they can yictoronsly roo
the hoaesicGds. tear ard barn the DOCKS go iclures
and chop tie panos ato III Ga ood In Snrth Caroins
i, they were sure to find very Few OF ne Aght
ing men NJ home: for the ncvspapers had made known
"a Them that even Of persons deilied IL carry on the
Stale ,;oyeruncnt there but handful-the Soath
Garolininns having Judged that IN tim" hko thr ITO
Government Of their State might almost NC uts'eu 10
T6ey were quite sure therefore Of bcng able to tray
ersc All cast "A portion ofthat country "lthont serious
onpositon and infct helpless people those cow
srdy outrnges which they call restoring the nrihort!
~ law And II the hay and brutal YANKEE nation ~.
always taken delight iu committing those safe acts OF
n Gi,r P2I,lE y o 2, we nav Ssss
how the, would ievcl In that eBjy WIN amofe IN
tense g.o when they Their way Of last into the
county so long guarded sgeinst tho utmost emo u
Chsrlcston harbor Whca the sors & south csIOisa
now in he army shall read ofthe dc.clatr passage OF
STATE trsInpllns down and ravaeing their webeIoved
ho.ses smely they viii swear deep 9oh To soc tLos
more .s have si os Sse sS
onrs FOR all Perhaps that Gay Of reckoning may Dc
srer than they think on either side II
OFFICIAL FROM GIN. LEE - 0sDfS MEN AT
WORK. |;
The following official dspatchwns received
last night at the War Department:
The hon Jors c. BsycxSHrpes. SECRETARY " War
MAJOR A. r hlehari' Of Mo,by rsht ol.' Una, on va
. .aa '' 81 whom ssd ssd ~gsnds4 3. Amsss th.
woana,d were IsI.I ,1a Ssp su i've SdpnJsS
'Aa f" "''''' '' R.E.Lxx.
Fros. The RSchssssd DssSsseh, FEB. ~.
We believe that the evacuation OF Charleston
and Of all our seaboard cities would long ngo have edded
IA The strength OF the Coincidence H. Is moreying 10
c,ye mn civ which H. the peculiar object of Federal
Vengeance and which has been ~ long and so hero
ically defended But, after iour yeniS resistance 10
The Utmost power Of the United States 1t ses no honor
by the evacuation, which military necessity has CON-
peIIrd. Tho Yankees may hold thares'on for nme,
a. thc British did In The lie, out .ne snS %' ,s
enter a new career 81 prosperity ant, importance
Whatever the event Of the gglc, Charleston hes
covered itself with renowp and will long live In history
Fos,s TIE RiekAsesd Esq"fver, ErS. ~.
The progress Of Sherman through SoaM Caro-
linn nlsror xroypossd the fall cf Cosmbia, ritacu he
,esst ,ssi.,aHe the srftness Of hs fHsnys roreasHf'
pnrde iss GRATED rery ssrioss arshehsioas on e pat
Of The public 10 the H!aaIy condition "a mdt Staf
What the pur;ssc and plan OF Bcsnregarl 49, has no!
been permitted 10 leak out His promp but unexpected
evacuation Of Columbia. may ineic,te very great
weakness. or il may hs p part oil, 81 very a ascp
ali ,fai wa. lott 1t is impossible for oar
people 10 te advLod Of military plans. o.. for them TO
receive explanation Of military movements without tho
leave IN the hands commanders the s'sn"<ement
of campaigns and not unnecessarily make ourse!vts
unhappy sboei that WHICH, " advised Of we could not
10 more be stopped from circulation th,n sparks fon
going upward. There msy be ,ome ,raih Ia every
what one hears has really any foundation In
fact. They start. nobody knows where or
how. lat every one helps them on with
what was once cssiy handled and even cast nom
10 another. has, by continual accretons. nownt to
such gigantic proportions as 70 Tax ne sGsstn o. .ae
eauregard ~ reported 10 have gone crazy. mind very
much the for wear. body dragged down BY greas
third, Sherman is between Beaurcgard ana Charlotte
and BY another. the devil is to pay generally, aud
the Confedcraey, y 'So@ Up" rut not your
faith in ruar and do not permit yourselves ~ DC very
much frightened The csiitas OF Georgia. OF Misss
s!pp and Lousianaindecd, believe that the eapi-
,a Of every State In the Confederacy except OF VIZ
time been in the enemy's possession. Our cause
/. not IN house. houses bnt ny mems hands bu, in
ate soldiers and people Should the whole seaboard be
evacuated and the detachments TINT have been guard
E S Of ss Iun hs w os BY
rIsons required to hold the places NO have evacuated
The fall OF Richmond ITSELF aport from the moral ques
tons involved Ia tho fact that II has been the great
obeire point ~ tour years and also tbe TACT
that IL Is the principal wokshop Of tho Confederate ar
mics would not involve the failure of our osiise.
Shormans march through Georgia did not In the ,
cust inure causc; on the couray by bringing the
people Of that State into actual contact with the enemy
and causng them to expcicnc the treatment IN store
for them, his march actually benefited our cause ny
healing dissensions aud teaching tho lesson thai IN
union and harmony only Was there any hope for this
people. .r,..- -...,.l
calse and has since given every aid possible to the
army South Carolina now experiencing the
same treatment that has visited many portions ,
of the State Of Virginia. ard which has always .
made the people Of this state more deternped ana
resointe never to give up tho contest without ND
erty and Independence That portion 81 the STATE OF
Virginia now most indsposed To Iest with the enemy
Is the haired and burnt district u The Valley. iney
have Jog; oil but their neon9ueTable spirit ana 'h'J