The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-30

0fty hogs az nv plantation The meat Of which all
there, except what my heroes had used tney teok u
fai hogs they also tooks My last years crop OF
corn was rather scant though ! had spared out
prevent starvation, and had en for myself and
family perhaps enough 10 do until harvest. Those
did not leave me than twenty lave bushels They
burned fed away and wasted out OF bountful supply
every bundle OF fodder and oats had tore down ana
upwards Of hundred bales Of cottonthe most OF II
had before the war They burned IL and the houses
that contained It. My negroes, however, begged Them
for to spin, and they put out five bales had
sold the State 1fiy bales which in the house with
NINE and it shared the same fate. They knocked out
the heads OF my molasses barrels several OF them)
eat and wasted my potatoes, both sweet and Irish
took my tobacco; killed and cat my geese
ch ekcns and turkeys shot down some or my cat
tie and hoes; robbed my negroes Of their money
and "Sunday clothes,n broke up and burned cotton
raj axes, Gc Only squad Of Kpatrick's robbers came
TO this place Monroe had two carbnes presented by
them AZ my bosom Dne ie and
daughter demanded gold and silver threatened 10 shoot
Us and burn house They got my wifes gold watch
Many families IN that section land suppose II Is so all
along the lne almost destitute Of anything TO
subs upon My negroes have III returned except four
hear plantations where only or two out OF
dozen have returned And now, Mr.. Editor is this the
way back into the Unionf Can we ever com
and be on fraternal terms with such wicked and
vile wretchesY think not
Rebel Report OF the strenth OF sherman's
From the Richmond Dispatch Ma rch 27l
The following statement Of the strength OF Shermans
found In the headquarters OF one OF his gene
rails after its had left This representsts strength
without Schofed's troops which have since joined it,
No feldpeces over twenty-five pounders aggregate OF
nedpieces, 90.
Corps ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS corps, Jer. Davis;
Fifteenth corps, Logan Seventeenth corps Blair Twen
teth corps Williams Right wing Howard, left wing,
Slocum.
nsentieA corps-1oooo strong six fourgun batteries,
Fourteenth Corps-9 600 strong six four-gun batteries.
fifteenth Cdrpi-13 600 strong; six four gun batteries
Seueaeenh Corps10 600 strong six fourg gun batteries
Each regiment averages 200 men; each brigade 500
men each division 1900; each corps l2000 the whole
army 1900.
List OF Rebels Captured Near Will
mfnGtOn.
from the Richmond Wing, March ~
letter from Colonel c. H. Smonton, of the Twenty
fifth South Carolina Volunteers gives the following list Of
officers captured Town creek Wilmington, N G.,
the Goth ult -
EererM South Carolina Volunkers Captain .. J. wes-
coat Lieutenants w. d. Ellis, G. X. Ryan, W. G. Wilson,
F. j. Cassidy and A. W. Clement Ensign W. A HEX
man.
Ttoenty.fr South Carolina. Major s II. Wilds
T.centyfJth North Cdrolind.-Co0nelC G. X. Smonton;
Captains N. b. Mazyck, w. H Bartless Jr, and j. J.
Hawaiian; Leutenants Samuel Dbbe and r. J. China
Tsoeny-serenM So1h Cdrolina.-Captains Jos Byth
Asl0n and Edward H. Holman Lieutenants J. G. HUI
guemin s. r. Proctor, A. B. White, c. M. Hopkins, Shell
+. Preston; Adjutant A. d. Simons; LieutenanS II. W.
Hendricks and A. G. Cudw0rth.
First North Cdroina BGtalion (arIl1y). Lieutenant
j. 7. Rankin.
Horton J. J. Saylor w. F. Izlar, Twenty fifth South
Carolina Volunteers and Twenty seventh South Carolina
Volunteers: Ensign James upper and Private J. B.
Rhodes.