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hssds y i guilty peoblef How .snd
when - Know not but unlsss all his
tory ie 4ha ualsas the sxistsnce Of God
is dr. Of the imagination, there Is
: future awaiting that nation 90 full. .of
horror apdagony that syen Ne, Who are
the yieens Of THAR crime, could not
look urn without . shuddr.
Wemow how. in their impsnstrsbis
armo1 q selfcomplacency and atheism,
they Fseo6 It such . prediction. Bot
Shat = nswA prediction viii as surely b.
come history as The sun rises to-norrow.
ThersjA there must Be, just Governor
Of the Universe. Before Him We Icy our
csusel It may bs His will that We perish
by nusdsrous- hands, and If it be, we
bow With reverence and adofation. But
from our desolate homes, our churches
de6led. and our bloody graves, there
goes sEAexx which Heaven VIII hear
and will not disregard.
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figuring in church assemblies, and promi.
nent at prayer~meetings, and as quiet
and contemplativs a. . cat on . hearth
rug before = good Gre. He WAS not .
soldier by profession, but Is meek and
merciful = creature Is man ever set eyes
on. 1t is possible that, even now, be is
not gratifying any inherent taste for
blood but, by some subtle casuistry, has
reconciled his conscience to the deeds he
is performing, and really thinks he is
doing his duty to God and his country.
Well, We are al apt to Judge ourselves
with great lenity, and to take It for
granted that our final Judge looks 1T our
actions through our eyes. But IN error
on that point may be fatal, and if General
Dix has been hanging innocent men, not
because he had sufficient evidence Of
their guilt, but because he was afraid of
the wrath Of the Northern mob, his pro
fessions Of piety and long prayers will
fail to secure . verdict of "Not Guilty"
for himself when he stands arraigned
At the last tribunal for Murder.
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at the last tribunal for Murder.
In resding the record of such crimes
against God and humanity IS the enemy
have perpetrsted in this war, one is
tempted to wonder that the thunders of
Divine justice do not descend at once
from the Heavens and crush the guilty
perpetrators in the very commission Of
their wickedness. We do not complain
Of the "horrors of war;" as war is con.
Quoted by civilized nations, under the
recognized principle that each bellige-
rent is to fight in his country's cause
with all his strength; but that any an
noyance, suffering and slaughter by
which no ultimate advantage can be
gained is useless piece of barbarity.-
But we appeal to the civilized world, we
humbly appeal to that Great Tribunal
at which all men must one day appear
and render an account of the deeds done
| in the body, that the deliberate system
Of robbery, rapine, murder, starvation
and burning, now carried on against this
people, is not war, but gigantic crime
against humanity and against God:
Our readers will recollect the scene in
Columbia, where four thousand people
were turned out Of doors amidst roar>
ing flames, and the communion vessels
Of church were plundered and used in
their orgies by drunken soldiers, BIAS
pheming, as they drank, the name Of
Jesus Christ and the later scene, in
Winnsboro', where, as the church was
burning. they sang blasphemous songs
to the organ amid the sea of fire. Men
wonder, when they read such accounts,
that Heaven itself does not interpose, and,
by some signal interposition of its VEN
geance, mark its sense of the crime. But
that is not Gods ordinary mode of dealing
with man. In the dispensations of His
Providence, sentence against an evil
work is not executed speedily" Men
are treated as free agents, which they
could not be if every step the transgres-
sor took thrust him at once upon the
thick bosses of Jehovah's buckler. He
has told them that, latter death, the
Judgment -; and because He knows how
fearful that judgment will be, He waits
with wonderful patience and benignity,
exhsusting the treasures Of his good
ness and long-sufering to bring them, If
possible, to repentance, before he sum-
mons them to = bar where the voice of
Mercy is no longer heard, and Justice
condemns tho guilty to pay, to the utter
most farthing, the long arrears Of their
crime.
But as nations have no hereafter, and
must hence be punished here for their
wickedness; and IS the North, in the
reelection Of Nj. Lincoln, has delibe-
rately sanctioned his mode of conduct
ing this war, those Of its people who
have any belief in God cannot look
to the future Of their country without
some dismal forebodings. with that
measure 70 msts to others, it shall be
mstsd to you again, is IS true of na-
tiona ~ individuals. We are aware that
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had remained strictly neutr9l. Tnero
was no fear, he said, that England would
give any cause of offence. However, hs
was in favor Of putting Cansda in pos
ture of defence, since that was the most
certain mode Of preserving the peace.-
He Was persuaded the tone Of modera>
ton which had prevailed in that cebets
would be Of the greatest service in the
United States, &c.
It is impossible not to be struck with
the subdued tone of these speeches, ~
well as Of the English press generally.
It contrasts ludicrously with the loud
notes Of defiance with which they an
'swersd any threat or complaint Of the
Northern press before the real strength
Of the Yankees was known. England is
cowed, balisd, cooled down, into The
msanest pestnre sf snbaission.
Il is raAFeskiag, sltss sssing - moeh
msAnness, to turn TO such an article .
thiA which Ne take from the 1oadoo
Gtsslord~ Ths writer feels tn diaGrAcs
q Inelnnd, md szpreaase himse3 il
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. StAVeue1lt CHat UeuoE0l OueTmona III
conversation with lady in Fayetteville,
said that if the results of his late visi-
tation of the South did not restore its
people to loyalty, he should, on his next
invasion, burn every house to the
ground, and if that did not work = cure
he would put all the inhabitants to death,
without regard to age or sex.
If anything were necessary to render
his next visitation rather more difficult
one than the last, this timely announce.
ment has secured that result. He never
could have advanced far into Georgia if
the inhabitants had laid waste the coun-
try before him as he travelled. Even
Napoleon qaailed in his march upon
Moscow wtri he'saw that the people
were acting upon . maxim once an
nounced by himself, that " an army can
not exist among ruins" Sherman is not
Napoleon. Nor have our own country
men, we admit, acted, as yet, with the
desperation Of Russians. But Sherman
has now furnished them the incentives
to that desperation, and If their houses
are to be burned, they will burn them
themselves, and make the country .
desert before him. If the men, women
and children are to be put to death, they
will prefer to die with arms in their
hands rather than be shot down like
dogs. The common instincts Of hu.
manity render that much certain. And
it is equally clear that, when prudential
reasons against retaliation have been
thus summarily removed, retaliation will
at last begin in earnest, and when Sher-
man comes IS "a savage" as he pro-
mises, he will be met by savages, who
will make no farther appeal to civiliza-
ton, but quietly accept the wild-beast
issue which is forced upon them by the
Invaders.
It really seems as if the mode Of con.
Quoting this war had been shaped for no
other purpose than to render q restora>
ton of the old Union impossible. Sup
pose that policy had been adopted of
the war according to the
usages of civilized people; that the
Federal armies had contented themselves
with fighting Confederate armies, and
taking every military advantage for put
ting down 1.-THE rebellion" but at the
same time had respected private pro-
perty; had neither burned dwelling>
houses nor mills; had interfered in no
way with any peaceful non-combatant;
had permitted no outrages to men nor
insults to women, but had relied solely
upon their superior military strength,
and the skill Of their generals, and the
valor Of their troops, to end the war!
We do not say this would have satisfied
the malignity of the people; but if the
object Of the war was the restoration Of
the Union, would not this have been the
most efficient means? Is it not obvious
either that the war was intended for no
such purpose, or that Whatever Was in-
tended, the mode Of conducting it could
have no other effect than to render such
~ event impossible! !! After what has
occurred fer fonr long years, the future
unity Of Ameriss Is dsesm Of maniacA
Subjugated We. may be, or even extsr-
minsted, but the worshlppsrs Of the Old
Union have shivsrsd into irTepasable
fragments the object Of their ido,atxy.
- @x----.--=
IN The British Hssss e Commona On
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money, and that he b1,leved thS~rx,u
no reason for do;nr "a s;nc. keI eenll
lsss no eround for s..n;c,e. nf 1hA nir;ted
States. and cone;dsred 1h.f. e.ch s,,a-
picims had been caused aloo6 bv ~
ConfsdsrAtess and their n syu,na thisirs. a.
by certain disappeinted psooAsta. h
protested against rushine into this enor- - :
nous expense fof the de1snee e Oaneda
Nr. d'IsraeI renl;ad "a n Rnet.e -
was followed by John Br;xht vho>a1snlv
ayewsa that Great Rrifuin c.,.ak aef.,d
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newsp.ners ne.t morn;no v.. ~. No
clamation Of neutrality and the acknov
le0kment Of bellieerent rights Neither
of these measures ought to have been
.dontod unt;l NJ Adams had .rr;vod
and been waited on. &C.. and the not
waiting for his arrival was an unfr;enalv
act. which gave great comfort At Rich>
mond. &c.
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note the change that has come over Enc.
l.na1
To this sneech Lord p.,merston made
. rpn,v If considerable ,enoth devot.a
to ~ oroso.ct. a..te,v cf II. I1n;,.d
Mates Government and to nr.;se If him,
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n him there never v.s 90 inst 81 nm
r;oht so honorable . Government AZ th.t
At washington excent that in London
The tvo are n.r.pons which il would
not ha noss;h,e to match He denied how.
ever. tiat the United States had been i'll.
t-o.toa IN Cro.t R-;k.;r and a.;d that the
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VTHE FOLLOWING OLD HE1BERS
Of the COUNCIL and HUa11u00 COURT
having been tried. viii b supported by ~ vetsss
Of MADISON WARD: essf
FOR COUNCIL:
r. r. 0rattan; D. /. Burr
James A. Scott. 0oog1o i. Crutc3Netds
.ss.--~-sz. Il. =. walker.
FOR HUSTIN00 COURT:
Charles. E. Wortbam, 4. L. Olet4
George y. 0Y.thn,F' c.ssss Gss:.ss ~ s'anam'
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sa back TO Swift creek before att mptng to offer any
iurther Resistance TO advance.
RFaIL GgNEaAI KILLED.
General A. p. Hill was killed yesterday by rife ball
Wnle trying TO rally his a. in front OF William Turn
Dull house on the Whitworth plantation.
toohel Pegram, of the rebel artillery service, and
brother believe o. the rebel general OF that name was
also killed during thu engagement OF yesterday the
same place where Hill Tell
gHg COMP ErESEsS SUCCESS
The success Of movement son the eney's works.
has been complete and brilliant Opinion was evenly
divided ct the whether it was the intention
10 demonstrate sufficiently to prevent Lees reinforcing
Johnston, to Sheridan's operations against the
Souttsjde and Danville railroads. or to make deter
nod effort for the capture Of tho city and the desruc-
ton o. tho rebll army.
THE nAGAIPcENcE GRANrt rLAys
All the combinations prove the latter have been the
primary object Lee was drawn away the extreme west
ward doences of the city by our demonstrations and
then induced to send three divisions out on the south
side road TO confront Sheridan who lowered on our flank
70 cooperate instead of eating loose on q raid for
Juncure Inc Sixth corps ordered carry the
mys main line OF ntrenchments its 'front.' thus cut
uos tho reDcl army completely into two parts, and
forcing ono to leave Petersburg hurredly under
oi Inc night as the other probably has been compelled
70 leave haridans front and escape the Upper
Appomattox on pontoons TO rejoin the main portion Of
the rebel army towards Richmond.
THE TRoorS ENTERING PETERSBURG.
AS write our troops are pouring into the city yelling
scream ng and hallooing with delight They orderly
and well behaved No sufficient stop will be made for
them to become otherwise A negro regiment passing
seems 10 take especial de and pleasure In maintaining
the dignity becoming soldiers and neither bosterous
nor noisy.
PRISONERS CAPTURED on THE % INST
inc prisoners taken yesterday are computed ct ten
thousand
NO RELIABLg ESTIMATE OF OUR LOSSES.
NO reliable estimate of our loss can yet be made.
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Merritt ana Nm George etarbucf contributed supply
OF hot and coffee and other refresh ments distributed
from the steps Of Mr. Beechers house. (Which oyerooke1
the Of the Disaster Houses wen opened 10 the
injured men, ladies' brought lint and bandages fog
injured limbs and nothing was left undo 70 that could
mitigate the horrors OF the catastrophe number Of
While the Gre raging lady living near The place
called out 10 those upon tho roof and warned heAl INA
IL would 90 down, and prayed them, 'for Gods saAe -
leave i, but all TO no purpose.
Nr. T. J. TrautInan, OF Ensue No. IT, fell with ths
roof bat as he was standing near its edge about One
half OF Ills body thrown forward 10 solid earth,
aud hs was caught by the limbs and saved
THE CAUSE OF THE ROOF FALLING.
Mr. John J. Merritt the owner OF the buildings de-
sroyed, gives II III his opinion that the falling OF the
roof occasoned by the sudden giving away OF
OF the iron supports his theory being that the intense
heat evolved by the combustion OF the contents o. the
building had heated the iron beams and posts and III s
had melted had rendered them soft and pabe and
thus incapable OF supporting the incumbent weight q
the four or hye feet Of earth and the uperadded weighs
OF tho men crowded upon IL. The root, he
TAR resting upon substantial walls, and Coz
sidered stronger than those OF the edJoning houss
Some seven years since building Of the same kind,
belonging To Dr. Beecher two doors sooIh OF Mr. Meg-
rtt had its roof suddenly caved in daring the preva
lence OF Intensely cold w ather. This building
subsequently took fire. and its covering fell in the same
manner as did those burning yesterday This induced
Mr. Merritt " put extra iron supports and II the
recollection Of the manner in which Mr.. Beecher1
build had fallen in al It's top which induced him 70
eldeavor to keep the remen from standing tho r0oS
Of his But from other, the Chief Engi-
did not order the men Off, and they Tell victims
either their recklessness the criminal neglect
and want Of caution OF the officer having then In con-
mand.
THE cORoNER's PROCEEDINGS.
Coroner Lynch yesterday viewed three OF the bodies
and empannelled ajury with the view Of holding an IN
quest ON Thursday. To-day he will view the two bodies
exhumed last evening He intends to make thorough
examination into all the circumstances
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Our Special Washington Despatch.
THE PRESS DESPATCH.
Reported Arrival Of Mr.. Lincoln i'm
Richmond.

WASHINGTON, April 4, 1906.
Mrs Lincoln received despatch from the President
to-day, dated follows-'From Jefferson Dayis's a:c
residence ut Richmond"
Major Taggar, Of the Bureau OF Colorcd Troops, left
to-day for Richmond to establish in that city branch
his Office and facilitate the organization Of companies
from among the colorcd recruits
Immediate will be taken reestablish the
Post Offices In Richmond aud Petersburg
Several vessels have arrived hore to-day, Bringing
about thousand Of the wounded from the battles
Others will arrive to morrow.
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NEW YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY, APRIL s, 1855

Upper James, followed by second just at this mo-
meat, that leaves doubt in the military mi nd her
that the rebel rams have been blown up General Wetze
teegraphng TO Lieutenant General Grant this probable
result OF the explosions further believed that
Richmond is being actually evacuated at the minute OF
this writing such reports having already brought in
during the night by deserters from Wetseis front
and Major General HartsuTs lines the Bermuda Hun
dred front The proximity of the moment at which my
messenger must leave for City Point with this despatch
prevents enlargement upon these statements
PREPARING ON RICHMOND
will add, however, that the present impression il
that Weitzes column will at move on the rebel
capital troops having been moving all night towards
General Weitzes 'front.' and before daylight this morn
ing noticed an immense lighting up Of the heavens in
the direction of Richmond, which many believe to be
the conagation Of the town. There can be no doubt
that the rebel troops this front have withdrawn
In THE FKLp April 3-6AM
wErrzM OFF FOR RICHMOND
The glorious Weitzel has moved out, and already has
possession Of the entire line Of tho enemy on this
1t is confidently expected shall occupy Richmond by
tonight.
We have splendid morning. precursor Of grand day
upon which 70 move.