, 1865-02-19

victory, commensurate in Its conseQue encea With
prove that God is lighting BY our side, although
with vl.or down, and that he has vouchsafed to
South Carolina the proud privilege Of c1osins, as
she begun, the WET In triumph.
THE MOVEMENTS OF s1ERNAN.
Columbia papers Of Saturday last don't exhibit
the presence of any serious apprehensious rs to
the snccessof sherman's movements. The tssro-
ssee,e Point Ausas's sst dsa7'sa9an asians
Columbia, OF Mchmond, or a1l, does not to IN.
skilled eyes get appear. One thing, however, y
army eha II aseq eqaha s p4onptg sas oe
CAPPED ut The proper time, fs 60 murh gained to
rs We hAys: troops, aur Generals arc watrhfuI,
there Will be euch a concentration Of strength
that an aasault wall make the Yankee comn,snsler
trelnble for hls safsty- he may be permitted to
@ 'aas aphs ap% q sns' saF fs
to s. fornurj or ha.k and .that risht
Hon awai.s him unlise that ,which Is f.
encountered In hls course through Georgia. II
b. gocs to l1azlcsion he msy find himself beset
that will he Just what all desire him to do. and
We shall be contenttol lcthim alone. Uu til. whole,
though some hearts arc perturbed with 6xpecta-
think lie aspect not discouragins, especially i.
our people viii bat do their duty. By all means,
whenever Sherman advances let him lind nothing
on Which to feed man nor be7st" .7.
Tho Richmond Enquirer also says: s'The
steamer Alllaon brought up from Bantwar's Land
ing, On Tuesday night, ,00 Confederate excltlng-
cn prisoners. The Conl.derates we're jubll3nt
nh:n they. got on board the little confederate
stcan flying the Confederate lag, md sang with
will Farewell to the Stars Spangled Banner. They
comfortable quarters At Camp Lee. A return load
Of Yankees was taken down yesterday forenoon"
4 correspondent OF TIC EhQKirtr complains
that Mr.. Marshall, of Kentucky, propozcs to Con-
Erres to t1kc private property and hold 1t 0a q
Iuud to sustain the Confederate finance credit.
Commenting IN this the elitor Of the Enquirer
siys; H., .,.-oanon,on. .n,o,,..n, ,no ..nr 49,,
Justice Of the maxim soius p0pMi sHprtn1 fer, by
which all life and I'll property belonging to the
country justtcs the conscripiion Of its citizens.
II must necessarily 1cgallze the taking. Of
priyntc property, with or without
compensation, IS the circumstances of the
country will permit The cotton a:d tobacco, no
matter how much the plantcrs may hsvc hopcd,or
sold the came after the war, er haze
niigcd handsome fortunes, while their fellow
cltfzena, WITH broken leg, broken orms and broken
c.naututionl were bcginnfnE tifc in poverty, nre
nevertheless to be t1ken for the public use when
ever the rae of tho country requires 1t. War has
Auccecdcd peace and sitcnced the laws, and teaches
t4c stfunge truth that self Is nothing, country ls
ut all times. and sometimes Of this country also,
and wien IT. the plea Of ones country. then who
shntl mike reply thereto, OF daro to deny to Vtr-
gina The use and enjoyment OF ul1 that lives ,nd
grows upon her soil. The unnliuFal son thar
denies his parents when In troubfc the bcst aid OF
hts hands and head, Is c1ecrated by the world tand
that son Of Virginia that would withhold his to.
he had mills.one hung about his neck, and he
Casf into the middle of the eenT