The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-04-13

thought by some thatiheSis in the hands
of the enemy aid probably still alive,
Gen, Gordon IS reported mortally woun.
ded. He was one ofSthe lions of the
day. Gen'l. Pickett is said to have been
killed. These reports may all prove
premature, and | recommend that they
be- received with caution. Our total
losses are estimated at from eight to ff.
teen: thousand, of whom.a considerable
portion are prisoners. That of the enc
my can boldly be guessed at; but officers
who were engaged at the front and saw
something Of the slaughter, state that it
cannot be less than from 40 to $1,000.
THE SCENE IN RICHMOND
On the reception of the news beggars
all description. While preparations for
an evacuation had been in progress SOW.
eral weeks, the suddenness Of the move.
ment took every one by surprise. The
President was at Church; officials were
resting in comparative quiet waiting
the dispatches of Gen. Lee; citizens
were confident and hopeful. No one
anticipated disaster When, however,
the truth was foreshadowed, such hurry.
ing to and fro, such gathering of goods,
disposition of effects, and endeavors to
leave. the city, as took place, has no par.
allel during the war. The streets were
thronged by an excited populace. The
departments were alive. with swarms of
officials packing and removing the pub.
lie records The torch was freely ap.
piled by order of the government to all
species of public property. In some IN
stances the patriotic owners set fire to
their own premises. Libby's Prison,
tobacco warehouses and flour mills,
whole acres of "Virginia weed" com.
missary stores and buildings, the Laba.
tory and Arsenal, in brief everything
that could afford sustenance to the Yam
kee army, or incite pillago was given to
the flames. During Sunday night many
of the stores. were broken open and rob.
bed of their contents; and others were
thrown open to the poor and needy.
Before sunrise flames and smoke were
coilng above and around the sacrifcal
pile in every direction, and l recalled
amid the bursting booms, the rush and
roar OF conhagration, the movement Of
trains, and a thousand other incidents of
the hour, the siege of Sebastopol in the
Crimea. Our MalakoF had fallen. our
noble feet OF gunboats were either sunk or
blown up as on that memorable occasion,
and our men might have been seen,
with the lurid light of their burning
capital glimmering on their faces, re.
treating slowly from the place. Take
it all in all, it was one of the most fear.
fG sights 1 have ever contemplated.
Imagination can scarcely fill the picture.
On Monday, up to the hour of my
departure, the excitement still continued
and the work of destruction progressed.
The superb railroad bridge across the
James was burned, and other similar
structures above and below it. Little
railroad rolling stock, if any, remained,
The last train left on Monday morning.
AT what hour the enemy entered /
am not now informed. But as their
advance was within seven miles, pre-
surhe a column must have marched up
during the day, An officer who escaped
from Richmond in a canoe says that
when he left, a Yankee officer was ad.
dressing crowd from the Washington
monument.
sofar as we. have adyices, they show
good spirits still prevailing in the army
and general determination not to sue.
cumb to the temporary difficulties by
which they have been enshrouded.
People are generally beginning to regard
the event as necessary to our final success
We hope for the best CYpHAx
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The BATTLE ,oF PErERsBuRG.-An
officer who left Richmond at nine O clock
on Monday morning last, informs us that
at the time he left. the city. was in flames
from Cary TO Canal streets Tba